FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Volunteer work is the best remedy for our anxious times (COMMENT: What volunteer work do you do? I spend 15+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars every year putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out every day. Those newsletters promote the Republican Party platform. What motivates you to do the volunteer work that you do? For me, it is filling the tremendous void in communication from the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO). The IRP should be doing what I do for Illinois Republicans daily. The DCRCC and MTRO should be doing what I do for DuPage County and Milton Township Republicans at least weekly. Political organizations exist to help elect candidates in their jurisdictions who can and will defend and advance their platform. Democrat organizations do not have to do what I do because the mainstream news media promotes the Democrat Party platform.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/03/07/volunteer-work-kindness-best-remedy-anxiety-polarizing-times-culture-wars-happiness-carol-larson
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County unveils plans to replace Heritage Gallery in Wheaton (COMMENT: The Democrats who have invaded and conquered DuPage County despise/hate Republicans. They want drive all Republicans out of DuPage County.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250307/news/dupage-county-unveils-plans-to-replace-heritage-gallery-in-wheaton/
— Hundreds rallied Thursday at the Capitol in Springfield to voice their opposition to a bill that would require oversight of families who home-school their children (COMMENT: Democrats hate home schooling because Democrats use education to make students good little Democrats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250308/news/l/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump budget cuts.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/stand-science-rally-thousands-federal-plaza-chicago-oppose-trump-administration-research-funding-cuts/15989395/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump budget cuts.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-farmers-food-pantries-hit-hard-by-trumps-budget-cuts/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump budget cuts.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1604992
WTTW
— Illinois Joins Lawsuit Seeking to Halt ‘Illegal’ Mass Firings of Federal Workers and Thrust Into Unemployment, Axed Federal Workers Face Relatives Who Celebrate Their Firing (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress that virtually no one came to my defense when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was grossly overpaid ($153,151/year in today’s dollars) and that I must be an extremely bad employee because I was forced to retire even though I had three job-related master’s degrees (1997, 1980, and 1976), six job-related professional certifications (1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979), and a job-related professional license (1981).)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/07/illinois-joins-lawsuit-seeking-halt-illegal-mass-firings-federal-workers
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/07/thrust-unemployment-axed-federal-workers-face-relatives-who-celebrate-their-firing
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts to the IRS threaten to cost more than DOGE will ever save (COMMENT: I 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. My Democrat IRS superiors took adverse actions against me and wasted my career. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. To waste my GAO career and to get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, except for 3 years 1986-1988.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/03/07/doges-cuts-irs-threaten-cost-more-than-doge-saves
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump wants to gut HUD. Illinois can’t afford to lose it. (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO during the 1990s instead of gutting it, there would no need for DOGE today.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/illinois-cant-afford-lose-hud-under-trump-opinion
FOX ILLINOIS
— DOGE’s power curbed amid reports of tension within Trump Administration
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/doges-power-curbed-amid-reports-of-tension-within-trump-administration-elon-musk-marco-rubio-sean-duffy-cabinet-trump-agency-democrats-finances
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-07/trump-freeze-on-resettlement-funding-leaves-new-refugees-scrambling-to-adjust-in-u-s
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-263/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To end Affirmative Action and DEI is to end a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How would your life been different if Democrats had not had Affirmative Action and DEI to use against Republicans? For me, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, long before I was 40 years old. I had three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a job-related professional license (CPA). None of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me had anything close to that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your attitude toward fired federal employees? My critics/opponents stress that virtually no one came to my defense when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was grossly overpaid ($153,151/year in today’s dollars) and that I must be an extremely bad employee because I was forced to retire even though I had three job-related master’s degrees (1997, 1980, and 1976), six job-related professional certifications (1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979), and a job-related professional license (1981). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— A big reason why I got virtually no sympathy when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 was that that I immediately started getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension of $66,780/year in today’s dollars and that the federal government continues to pay 72% of my and my wife’s health care premiums. But in today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $153,151, and therefore, I suffered a $86,371/year or 56% loss of income. But virtually everyone accepted back then and continues to accept the hinting/implying/arguing/shouting from my critics/opponents that I was grossly overpaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. If you accept that, you can understand why my employers had such a hard time recruiting and retaining women for those jobs and why they gave the women who they did hire so much preference over men. With Affirmative Action and DEI, the women who they hired could always get better jobs elsewhere. All the women who my employers promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one that I had. They were all Democrat, minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If Republicans had reformed GAO instead of gutting it while I worked for it 1980-1997, I would have been promoted into its Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year. But instead, the Democrats who ran GAO wasted my career and got rid of me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— RINOs want Trump to fail, that is, RINOs want America to fail. RINOs are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-those who have more money than they have, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. I should write about the biggest RINOs 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Astounding Social Security Bonus! (COMMENT: My Social Security ($3,000/year) is only about a third of what it should be ($9,000/year) because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension ($67,000/year). Because Biden signed a law that ended that reduction, I will get about $6,000 for 2024 and $750/month instead of $250/month starting this year.)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/astounding-social-security-bonus/
— Congressman Darin LaHood Questions Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/congressman-darin-lahood-questions-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson/
— Opioid Deaths Up in McHenry County, While State Sees Downturn
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/opioid-deaths-up-in-mchenry-county-while-state-sees-downturn/
— Oakland Hills Dares Hold an “EASTER” Egg Hunt
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/oakland-hills-dares-hold-an-easter-egg-hunt/
— New State Senator Darby Hills Sends First Newsletter
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/new-state-senator-darby-hills-sends-first-newsletter/
— More Concern for Data Centers Electric Use
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/more-concern-for-data-centers-electric-use/
WIREPOINTS
— Emanuel shouldn’t get a pass just because Lightfoot was bad and Johnson is even worse.
https://wirepoints.org/rahm-emanuel-shouldnt-get-a-pass-just-because-lightfoot-was-bad-and-mayor-johnson-is-even-worse-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinoisans pay nation’s highest combined state, local taxes
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/report-illinoisans-pay-nations-highest-combined-state-local-taxes/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HB2827 Threatens Homeschool Freedom—Fight Back Before It’s Too Late!
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/03/hb2827-threatens-homeschool-freedom-fight-back-before-its-too-late.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DEI and deviancy: Wealth doesn’t always buy protection.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3311108/dei-and-deviancy-wealth-doesnt-always-buy-protection/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Three FEMA supervisors fired after probe of directive to skip homes with Trump signs
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/03/08/three-fema-supervisors-fired-after-probe-of-directive-to-skip-homes-with-trump-signs-1527711/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Education Department Launches ‘End DEI’ Portal for K-12 Discrimination Reporting (COMMENT: To end DEI is to end a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/03/06/education-department-launches-end-dei-portal-for-k-12-discrimination-reporting/
EPOCH TIMES
— US Stopping All Federal Funding to South Africa (COMMENT: As discrimination against Whites in America diminishes because of Trump, more White South Africans may want to immigrate to America.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/us-stopping-all-federal-funding-to-south-africa-trump-5821808
FOX NEWS
— Obama Presidential Center: DEI-linked firm’s racial lawsuit blasted as baseless ‘smears’ Engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti was accused of racially discriminating against a Black-owned subcontractor after criticizing their work.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-presidential-center-dei-linked-firms-racial-lawsuit-blasted-baseless-smears
NATIONAL REVIEW
— DEI Meets an IED (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly do everything that they can to keep DEI, that is, to keep a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2025/04/dei-meets-an-ied/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSNBC
— Trump’s outreach to white South Africans isn’t (just) about Elon Musk. The president’s offer for white farmers to leave post-apartheid South Africa and gain U.S. citizenship says a lot about how he views America. (COMMENT: As discrimination against Whites in America diminishes because of Trump, more White South Africans may want to immigrate to America.)
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-elon-musk-south-africa-rcna195340
MSN
— IRS worker laid off by DOGE had received just 1 paycheck before getting fired (COMMENT: A big reason why I got virtually no sympathy when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 was that that I immediately started getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension of $66,780/year in today’s dollars and that the federal government continues to pay 72% of my and my wife’s health care premiums. But in today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $153,151, and therefore, I suffered a $86,371/year or 56% loss of income. But virtually everyone accepted back then and continues to accept the hinting/implying/arguing/shouting from my critics/opponents that I was grossly overpaid.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/taxes/we-are-the-easy-targets-irs-worker-laid-off-by-doge-had-received-just-1-paycheck-before-getting-fired/ar-AA1At9AV
CBS NEWS
— Some migrants hoping to cross U.S. border consider turning back due to Trump crackdown
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-mexico-border-migrants-trump-crackdown/
NEW YORK TIMES
— I’m a Rust Belt Democrat From a Swing District. Anti-Tariff Absolutism Is a Mistake.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/opinion/tariffs-democrats-mexico.html
— Asked if U.S. Needs Education Department, Its Head Says ‘No’ (COMMENT: For Democrats, the Department of Education exists to crank out good little Democrats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/education-department-mcmahon-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The 10 Republicans who could be Trump’s heir apparent in 2028. Vice President JD Vance is the obvious and prohibitive frontrunner, but here’s who else could be in the mix.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/08/10-republicans-who-could-be-trumps-heir-apparent-2028/
— For some federal workers, Trump and Musk offer a career springboard (COMMENT: If Republicans had reformed GAO instead of gutting it while I worked for it 1980-1997, I would have been promoted into its Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year. But instead, the Democrats who ran GAO wasted my career and got rid of me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/08/trump-musk-doge-workforce/
USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/07/canada-tariffs-affect-us-goods/81799529007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats Are Busy Fighting Over What to Fight Over. Progressives want confrontation while moderates fear that will turn off the centrist voters who can put them back in power.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democrat-party-strategy-progressive-moderates-13e8df10
— RINOs want Trump to fail, that is, RINOs want America to fail. RINOs are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-those who have more money than they have, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. I should write about the biggest RINOs 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.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/snap-out-of-it-democrats-trump-congressional-address-showed-they-wont-win-for-a-long-time-1757d3c4
— Trump Is Overturning the World Order That America Built. As the president embraces Putin, longtime allies are starting to view the U.S. not just as unreliable but as a possible threat to their own security.
https://www.wsj.com/world/trump-is-overturning-the-world-order-that-america-built-10981637?page=1
FORBES
— Democrat and RNO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2025/03/07/trump-immigration-policy-ending–protection-for-18-million-immigrants/
WRAL
— Dismantling modern DEI policies will hurt women in corporate culture, especially in heavily male-centric organizations, experts warn. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. If you accept that, you can understand why my employers had such a hard time recruiting and retaining women for those jobs and why they gave the women who they did hire so much preference over men. With Affirmative Action and DEI, the women who they hired could always get better jobs elsewhere. All the women who my employers promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one that I had. They were all Democrat, minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wral.com/business/women-workforce-dei-policies-change-corporate-america-march-2025/
Tag: federal
March 7, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago FBI terrorism task force new objective: Immigration enforcement. Some worry reallocation of resources could allow crime to slip through the cracks. (COMMENT: Illegal immigration is a crime. Those who promote illegal immigration promote crime.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-fbi-terrorism-task-force-new-objective-during-president-donald-trump-administration-immigration-enforcement/15985664/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those in America on SNAP will ever-increasingly increase. How many are on SNAP in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/stolen-snap-benefits-state-illinois-no-longer-reimbursing-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-food-benefit-fraud-victims/15985185/
NBC5
— Trump blames ‘globalists’ for stock market sell-off (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are globalists, that is, they want cheap foreign labor. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. They despise/hate the fact that I was a union member for almost 12 years, and that during that time, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management) and two job-related master’s degrees (business and accounting) and b) I earned a job-related professional certification (CPA).)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-blames-globalists-for-stock-market-sell-off/3690976/
— Trump puts new limits on Elon Musk’s authority amid backlash to DOGE cuts. The president instructed his Cabinet to work with Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency but clarified that Cabinet members should be the ones making staffing decisions. (COMMENT: What about the legislative branch? During the 1990s, Gingrich cut GAO’s budget dramatically, but he let the head of GAO, Charles Bowsher, make all the staffing decisions. Bowsher assured that Gingrich’s cuts would not adversely impact GAO employees who were GS-15 (currently $163,749-$195,200/year) and above, minority, female, younger, veteran, and/or Ivy League degree holders, that is, that all the adverse impact would fall on GAO employees who were GS-14 (currently $139,211-$180,974/year) and below, White, male, older, non-veteran and/or were non-Ivy League degree holders. Because of the above, my having master’s degrees in management, accounting, and finance from non-Ivy League universities, my having six job-related professional certifications including in accounting and internal auditing, and my having a CPA license did not save me. Bowsher had an MBA from the University of Chicago, but he never passed the CPA examination and never become a licensed CPA.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-puts-new-limits-on-elon-musks-authority-amid-backlash-to-doge-cuts/3691187/
WGN9
— Jim Oberweis launches bid for Florida congressional seat
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/jim-oberweis-campaign-florida-19th-congressional/
FOX32
— DePaul University bans pro-Palestinian group from campus amid planned protest
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/depaul-university-bans-pro-palestinian-group-from-campus-amid-planned-protest
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A 40-day boycott of Target that calls for supporters to give up shopping at the company’s stores during the Lenten period kicked off this week, to protest the discount retailer’s decision to end some of its DEI initiatives. (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents promote DEI.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/06/40-day-boycott-target-during-lent/
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/07/opinion-teacher-diversity-illinois/
— A sad day dawns for Chicago’s own Walgreens
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/editorial-sad-day-dawns-chicago-110000485.html
— ‘It’s more urgent now’: Protests have taken over Chicago.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-urgent-now-protests-taken-110000037.html
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those in America on Medicaid will ever-increasingly increase. How many are on Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/07/i-hope-people-have-some-kind-of-compassion-illinois-patients-hospitals-fear-potential-medicaid-cuts/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Amid Loop vacancies, Chicago’s property tax burden shifts to neighborhoods
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/03/07/property-taxes-loop-pandemic-christopher-berry-pat-quinn-joseph-schwieterman-joseph-ferguson-farzin-parang
JOURNAL COURIER
— Pritzker’s words now require ‘willing suspension of disbelief’
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/words-require-willing-suspension-disbelief-20196171.php
RIVER BENDER
— House GOP: House Democrats Must Bring Brandon Johnson to Springfield for Answers
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/house-democrats-must-bring-brandon-johnson-to-springfield-for-answers-80353.cfm?
NORTHWEST HERALD & SOUTHERN & NPR ILLINOIS
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those in America on Medicaid will ever-increasingly increase. How many are on Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/03/07/medicaid-isnt-just-a-government-program-its-a-vital-support-system/
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/06/238925/
https://www.nprillinois.org/news/2025-03-06/illinois-lawmakers-educating-themselves-about-the-potential-impact-of-medicaid-cuts-first-listen
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Low marijuana sales hinder Evanston reparations distribution
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/03/06/city/low-marijuana-sales-hinder-evanston-reparations-distribution/
FOX2
— Pritzker takes action to support workers impacted by federal job cuts (COMMENT: I was impacted my federal job cuts. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich’s federal job cuts to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, in today’s dollars, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to pay me $1.8 million. If I was still working, instead of collecting that $1.8 million to not work, I would have paid $295,000 into the CSRS. Who do you blame the most for the aforesaid? My Democrat GAO superiors or Gingrich? What is your position on paying employees to not work?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtBRE0V_7Kk
WAND TV
— Democrats push more pot in Danville.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/danville-gives-green-light-on-cannabis-lounge/article_f82148f0-fb01-11ef-9660-6b52635c9b12.html
— Illinois House GOP members criticize Democratic homeschool oversight bill
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-house-gop-members-criticize-democratic-homeschool-oversight-bill/article_8c7a8694-fac4-11ef-a66f-174fca7307ff.html
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois Republicans endorse Indiana’s move to annex counties
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/03/07/illinois-indiana-boundaries-rivalry-state-government
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Hundreds rally at the Capitol to oppose homeschool bill. Opponents say bill is a slippery slope to more regulation.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/hundreds-rally-at-the-capitol-to-oppose-homeschool-bill/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Duckworth, Bost and a tale of two veterans
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/07/duckworth-bost-and-a-tale-of-two-veterans-00217217
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-469/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Proposed homeschooling mandates in Illinois facing strong opposition
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ed078682-fac0-11ef-81f6-43de4265984c.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have the mainstream news media spin against Trump everything that he says or does. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Social Security Administration has banned its employees from reading news websites. Because Google continues to refuse to deem www.gopillinois.com as being a news website, Social Security employees can continue to read it. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Federal law trumps state and local laws. But anticipate/expect that state and local Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly reject federal law. Previously, that caused the Civil War. Democrat leaders refused to end slavery. But today, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint and treat illegals as being runaway slaves. Illegals are not runaway slaves; they are citizens of foreign countries. – Dave Diersen
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those in America on Medicaid will ever-increasingly increase. How many are on Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents promote DEI. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on paying employees to not work? My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich’s budget cuts to fire me when I was 49 years old in 1997, that is, to force me to retire. So far, in today’s dollars, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to pay me $1.8 million. If I was still working, instead of collecting that $1.8 million to not work, I would have paid $295,000 into the CSRS. Who do you blame the most for the aforesaid? My Democrat GAO superiors or Gingrich? What is your position on paying employees to not work? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I should write about the following who have blackballed me the most as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) conservative and religious leaders and activists, d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, and e) Republican donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, campaign volunteers, etc. I would focus on the aforesaid who continue to have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on the aforesaid who continue to have their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to my critics/opponents, I have brought all my problems on myself. I acknowledge that my doing the following has caused me many big problems: a) I have always been a conservative Republican, b) I avoided the Vietnam War draft, c) I majored in management instead of accounting at UIC, NIU, and Loyola, d) I became a federal employee and stayed one for almost 30 years, e) I became a union member and stayed one for almost 12 years, f) I did not become a Democrat, g) I did not take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30 years old, h) I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32 years old, i) I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, j) I became an active member in a class action law suit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 years old in 1988, k) I have filed lawsuits, and l) I have always refused to glorify and praise, pander to, serve as an operative or dupe for, coverup the wrongdoing of, and give money to leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, conservative organizations, and religious organizations. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who do you blame problems on? Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame problems on Trump and on those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid, the following blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems: Democrat and RINO leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, conservative organizations, and religious organizations. – Dave Diersen
http://gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois lawmakers attack parents’ constitutional rights
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-attack-parents-constitutional-rights/
— Illinois’ emergency reserves lowest in nation
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-emergency-reserves-lowest-in-nation/
— Parents would see what children are learning under school transparency bills
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/parents-would-see-what-children-are-learning-under-school-transparency-bills/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— D.C. reparations law takes effect, opening door for payments to Black residents (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will D.C. also pay reparations to its residents because they are: Democrat, members of other minority groups, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/6/dc-reparations-law-takes-effect-opening-door-payments-black-residents/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s long purge: The president is trying to undo the four years he was gone
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3338249/trump-first-month-white-house-executive-orders-undo-biden-policies/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Trump Executive Order Requires Aliens to Register
https://cis.org/Celler/Trump-Executive-Order-Requires-Aliens-Register
DAILY CALLER
— Fraud, Child Sex Changes, Healthcare For Illegals — Dems Spent Years Expanding Medicaid Beyond Recognition
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/06/fraud-child-sex-changes-healthcare-for-illegals-dems-spent-years-expanding-medicaid-beyond-recognition/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Attorney General Pam Bondi Issues a Commandment to Sanctuary Jurisdictions: ‘Thou Shalt Not Obstruct’ (COMMENT: Federal Law Trumps State And Local Laws.)
https://www.fairus.org/attorney-general-pam-bondi-issues-commandment-sanctuary-jurisdictions-thou-shalt-not-obstruct
FOX NEWS
— Homan: Sanctuary cities are not going to stop what the Trump administration is doing.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369706309112
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Social Security Administration bans reading ‘general news’ at work (COMMENT: Because Google continues to refuse to deem www.gopillinois.com as being a news website, Social Security employees can continue to read it.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5181338-ssa-bans-general-news-websites/
— Loyalty over merit: Pete Hegseth’s dangerous military makeover (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, all my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me had more merit than I did. But they all were Democrats who a) 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 and/or b) were minority, female, younger me, and/or veteran.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5178772-trump-hegseth-threat-weak/
ABC NEWS
— As federal workforce firings continue, town halls provide legal advice to former employees (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich’s budget cuts to fire me when I was 49 years old in 1997, that is, to force me to retire. So far, in today’s dollars, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to pay me $1.8 million. If I was still working, instead of collecting that $1.8 million to not work, I would have paid $295,000 into the CSRS. Who do you blame the most for the aforesaid? My Democrat GAO superiors or Gingrich?)
https://wjla.com/news/local/federal-workers-virginia-firings-town-hall-concern-trump-administration-layoffs-dc-maryland-emotional-layoffs-services-agency-abuse-union-aaron-rouse-ghazala-hashmi-library-community
NBC NEWS
— Social Security Administration bars employees from reading the news at work. In a Thursday morning email, the Social Security Administration said it was “implementing additional restrictions” on web browsing. (COMMENT: Because Google continues to refuse to deem www.gopillinois.com as being a news website, Social Security employees can continue to read it.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/social-security-administration-bars-employees-reading-news-work-rcna195096
— What do say to illegals who illegally bring their spouses and/or children illegally in with them illegally?
https://www.aol.com/trump-raids-now-target-migrants-171022255.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook. Economic forecasts have deteriorated in recent weeks, reflecting the upheaval from federal layoffs, tariff moves and immigration roundups.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/business/economy/trump-economy-tariffs.html
— Tesla for Sale: Buyer’s Remorse Sinks In for Elon Musk’s E.V.-Owning Critics. The backlash against the electric vehicle company has intensified as the billionaire ally of President Trump exerts his power over the federal government.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/business/tesla-boycott-elon-musk.html
— Trump’s Cuts to Federal Work Force Push Out Young Employees. The loss of early career workers has raised concerns about the impact on the next generation of civil servants. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly wasted my career. It began big time when I was 25 years old in 1974.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-cuts-young-federal-workers.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving manufacturing out of America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/05/trump-wants-benefits-for-cars-made-in-usa/81614278007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Wins Fight to Fire Ethics Watchdog. Hampton Dellinger drops lawsuit after appeals court clears way for his removal from Office of Special Counsel (OSC). (COMMENT: OSC did not come to my defense when my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took many big adverse actions against me a) because I blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit when I was 40 years old in 1988 that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-wins-fight-to-fire-ethics-watchdog-f91c0b2f
— The Economics of DEI and Merit. A hiring approach that maximizes talent and rewards performance is the antidote to bias. (COMMENT: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were the aforesaid and a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-dei-and-merit-hiring-productivity-1fc094d2
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/us-migrants-mexico-border-conditions-4133946b
— Tesla’s Fortunes Fall as Musk Rises in Trump World. CEO’s politics erode brand’s appeal among some core buyers of electric vehicles; ‘I used to idolize the guy’
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-elon-musk-consumer-backlash-19326a57
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Trump Attacks on ABA Threaten Group’s Funding and Membership
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/trump-attacks-on-aba-threaten-groups-funding-and-membership
BUSINESS INSIDER
— These are the US military’s diversity photos Trump doesn’t want you to see
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-online-diversity-content-trump-dei-crackdown-2025-3
THE NATION
— Blackballing Journalists (COMMENT: I should write about the following who have blackballed me the most as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) conservative and religious leaders and activists, d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, and e) Republican donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, campaign volunteers, etc. I would focus on the aforesaid who continue to have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on the aforesaid who continue to have their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/nick-turse-us-military-africom-blackballing-journalists/
POLITICO
— Sex, Drinking and Dementia: 25 Lawmakers Spill on What Congress Is Really Like. We interviewed Democrats and Republicans — on the record and anonymously — about life on Capitol Hill, what broke Congress and a whole lot more.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/07/lawmakers-spill-what-congress-is-really-like-00205491
March 6, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— Women’s History Month
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/03/womens-history-month-2025/
— Irish-American Heritage Month
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/03/irish-american-heritage-month-2025/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Voters ‘overwhelmingly’ choose this design in Illinois flag contest
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/voters-overwhelmingly-choose-this-design-in-illinois-flag-contest/3690327/
CBS2
— How could Trump’s plans to dismantle U.S. Department of Education affect Chicago area schools?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/president-trump-executive-order-education-deparment-impact-chicago-schools/
FOX32
— Social Security employees banned from reading news websites at work
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/social-security-workforce-layoffs-employees-banned-news-websites
— Could President Trump dismantle the Dept. of Education?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1604319
WGN RADIO
— Does being a sanctuary city make it a safer city? (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/does-being-a-sanctuary-city-make-it-a-safer-city/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Head of Small Business Administration closing Chicago office, citing ‘sanctuary city’ status
https://chicago.suntimes.com/small-business/2025/03/06/small-business-administration-loeffler-offices-chicago-sanctuary-city
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are on Medicaid?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/06/trump-musk-federal-budget-cuts-health-care-medicare-medicaid-social-security-prescriptions-paxlovid
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/06/trump-vance-zelenskyy-lindsey-graham-rubio-spineless-mona-charen
DAILY HERALD
— Kane County Chair makes pitch for $51 million sales tax referendum
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250306/business/kane-county-chair-makes-pitch-for-51-million-sales-tax-referendum/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What companies are saying — and not saying — about DEI and ESG now
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/dei-and-esg-downplayed-chicago-area-corporate-10ks
— Small Business Administration closing Chicago office over sanctuary city law
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/sba-closing-chicago-office-over-sanctuary-city-law
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— How Trump justifies his tariffs — from budget balancing to protecting ‘the soul’ of America
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-how-trump-justifies-his-tariffs-from-budget-balancing-to-protecting-the-soul-of-america/
NPR ILLINOIS
— How does the U.S. federal workforce compare with those in other countries? (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-06/how-does-the-u-s-federal-workforce-compare-with-those-in-other-countries
KSDK
— Illinois recruits laid-off federal workers for state jobs amid cuts
https://www.ksdk.com/article/money/economy/illinois-hiring-fired-federal-workers-trump-administrations/63-47271700-b021-4186-94a4-bbc06b976b03
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-262/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have the mainstream news media spin against Trump everything that he says or does. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
JOHN BIVER
— The Reality of the 2026 Illinois Elections
https://johnbiver.com/the-reality-of-the-2026-illinois-elections/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Des Plaines Man–John Goodman–Announces Candidacy for GOP Nomination for U.S. Senate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/06/des-plaines-man-john-goodman-announces-candidacy-for-gop-nomination-for-u-s-senate/
— Buehler and Other Local Officials Attend Meeting with U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/06/buehler-attends-meeting-with-u-s-senators-dick-durbin-and-tammy-duckworth/
— Woodstock Manufacturer of Strong Paper Straws Costing Two Cents Apiece Fears Bankruptcy Because of Trump Executive Order
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/06/woodstock-manufacturer-of-strong-paper-straws-costing-two-cents-apiece-fears-bankruptcy/
— Comparing Counterfeiting Now and in the Late 1960’s
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/06/comparing-counterfeiting-now-and-in-the-late-1960s/
— Retaining Current State Flag Wins Contest
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/06/retaining-current-state-flag-wins-contest/
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— IL Dems Overreach Again – Want to Require Private Schools to Register with the State
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/03/05/il-dems-overreach-again-want-to-require-private-schools-to-register-with-the-state
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump must stand strong against the left’s rage
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/6/trump-must-stand-strong-lefts-rage/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s Russia prostration is a great global gift to China
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3339920/trump-russia-prostration-great-global-gift-china/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump says he’s ‘looking at’ revoking visas for thousands of Ukrainians: ‘Not looking to hurt them’
https://nypost.com/2025/03/06/us-news/trump-to-revoke-legal-status-for-240000-ukrainians-as-us-steps-up-deportations/
FOX NEWS
— GOP rep says she’ll refer sanctuary city mayors for criminal prosecution
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-rep-says-shell-refer-sanctuary-city-mayors-criminal-prosecution
— The Small Business Administration announced a series of reforms on Thursday aimed at ensuring illegal immigrants don’t receive taxpayer benefits and removing offices from sanctuary cities.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-trump-agency-flips-script-biden-admin-awarding-illegals-taxpayer-benefits
— ‘Squad’ Democrat ‘wanted to be thrown out’ of sanctuary city hearing
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369681649112
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Elon Musk’s DOGE Cancels Lease at Obama Library Site
https://www.newsweek.com/doge-barack-obama-library-lease-canceled-2040816
CNN
— 10 Democrats join with Republicans to censure Rep. Al Green for Trump speech protest
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/politics/al-green-censure-trump-protest-house
— Trump says he will convene biweekly Cabinet sessions with Musk to make cuts more precise
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-presidency-news-03-06-25#cm7xrjj9k00003b6m2wwe9e8l
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats’ Sanctuary City Choice. Mayors say they won’t change despite worries about migrant crime.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/sanctuary-cities-democrats-migrants-crime-michelle-wu-boston-denver-chicago-d9a877e8
— How Sanctuary Cities Are Fighting Trump’s Mass Deportations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6DsBVgBero
LAW
— Trump Order Calls For DEI Policy Review of ‘Leading Law Firms’
https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2025/03/06/trump-order-calls-for-dei-policy-review-of-leading-law-firms/
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/well-read/202503/how-systemic-racism-impacts-student-mental-health
March 6, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn tariffs.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/trumps-tariffs-explainer/
— The historic Crown Point Courthouse saw one of several demonstrations organized across 50 states ahead of President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress Tuesday evening.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/region-residents-join-nationwide-demonstrations-on-eve-of-trump-speech-in-congress/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/lake-countys-congressmen-give-trump-speech-the-cold-shoulder-he-stands-for-only-one-thing-himself/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/06/opinion-homelessness-criminalization-grants-pass-camping-bans-illinois-legislation/
— Early voting for April 1 election begins Friday in Kane County
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/early-voting-for-april-1-election-begins-friday-in-kane-county-officials-say/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly a) promote the hate-filled Trump-hating Mayor of Chicago and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump..
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/05/brandon-johnson-sanctuary-city-hearing-chicago-house-oversight-committee
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn tariffs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/small-business/2025/03/05/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-illinois-businesses-facing-scary-times
— Robert Crimo III signs trial waiver ‘Donald Trump’ after pleading guilty to Highland Park parade shooting. Experts say his guilty plea should stand. “He can sign Mickey Mouse or Donald Trump,” said Richard Kling, a law professor at Kent College of Law. What matters, he said, is that there is a transcript of Crimo orally pleading guilty, which Crimo did Monday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/highland-park-parade-shooting/2025/03/05/highland-park-parade-shooting-robert-crimo-trial-waiver-donald-trump
DAILY HERALD
— Early voting ahead of April 1 election begins Friday for some, March 17 for others (COMMENT: As a Republican Precinct Committeeman, I will use 805 mailing labels to hand-deliver Republican campaign literature and marked sample ballots to the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican or one Independent voter.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250305/local-politics/early-voting-ahead-of-april-1-election-begins-friday-for-some-march-17-for-others/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Lisle mayor, trustees at odds over police chief hiring process (COMMENT: How did you get your jobs? 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, or veteran who would take the job. For the Post Office job, I had passed the postal employment examination and I had earned a high school diploma. For the IRS job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU. For the GAO job, I had earned an MBA from Loyola, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250305/news/lisle-mayor-trustees-at-odds-over-police-chief-hiring-process/
NBC5
— Appeals court allows Trump to remove Office of Special Counsel (OSC) ethics watchdog Hampton Dellinger — for now (COMMENT: OSC did not come to my defense when my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took many big adverse actions against me a) because I blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit when I was 40 years old in 1988 that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/appeals-court-allows-trump-administration-to-remove-federal-ethics-watchdog/3689910/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The Special Counsel’s job is to look into and expose unethical or unlawful practices directed at federal civil servants, and to help ensure that whistleblowers who disclose fraud, waste, and abuse on the part of government agencies can do so without suffering reprisals,”)
— DOGE recommends closing multiple Social Security offices across the U.S., including in Illinois. The proposed closure comes after reports that the Social Security Administration is preparing to lay off least 7,000 people from its workforce. (COMMENT: My Medicare is more than my Social Security. That may explain why I did not get a SSA-1099. But the Social Security website would not let me request one and no one answered at Social Security after hours of being in hold.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/doge-recommends-closing-multiple-social-security-offices-across-the-u-s-including-in-illinois/3689639/
FOX32
— LaHood calls Johnson ‘tone deaf’ to needs of Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DTtTNdlAl7lA
SOUTHERN
— Trump administration hit with over 100 lawsuits since inauguration
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/06/trump-administration-hit-with-over-100-lawsuits-since-inauguration/
RIVER BENDER
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/trump-administration-cuts-funding-for-grants-that-support-illinois-farmers-and-food-banks-80297.cfm?
STATELINE
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-gov-pritzker-warns-1-million-may-lose-health-care-coverage-if-medicaid-funding-cut/
CLINTON JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn tariffs.
https://theclintonjournal.com/stories/tariffs-on-illinois-largest-trading-partners,86466
WAND TV
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/legislative-leaders-urge-illinois-gop-congressional-delegation-to-vote-against-medicaid-cuts/article_88944766-fa08-11ef-b1f9-632b456fc219.html
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Appeals court rules that Trump can remove head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC). OSC did not come to my defense when my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took many big adverse actions against me a) because I blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit when I was 40 years old in 1988 that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-03-05/trump-administration-can-remove-head-of-federal-watchdog-agency-appeals-court-rules
(FROM THE ARTICLE: OSC is responsible for guarding the federal workforce from illegal personnel actions, such as retaliation for whistleblowing. It investigates whistleblower claims of reprisal, can pursue disciplinary action against employees who punish whistleblowers and provides a channel for employees to disclose government wrongdoing.)
AXIOS CHICAGO
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/03/05/house-budget-medicaid-cuts-illinois
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Brandon Johnson gets a D.C. grilling
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/06/brandon-johnson-v-darin-lahood-00215402
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-468/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— One of the first targets for an Illinois DOGE? Chicago’s 20 nearly-empty, failing schools. Here’s the 2025 list.
https://wirepoints.org/one-of-the-first-targets-for-an-illinois-doge-chicagos-20-nearly-empty-failing-schools-heres-the-2025-list-wirepoints/
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Illinois officials have the constitutional authority to essentially thumb their nose at federal immigration agents and complicate federal efforts to locate and remove illegal immigrants, according to a new filing from Illinois’ state attorney general. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject the rule of law.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/670297274-new-filing-illinois-has-constitutional-authority-to-ignore-immigration-law-complicate-deportations
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Democrat-led mainstream news media ever-increasingly spins negatively everything that Trump says and does. – Dave Diersen
http://gopillinois.com
— All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were the aforesaid and a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Office of Special Counsel’s (OSC) job is to look into and expose unethical or unlawful practices directed at federal civil servants, and to help ensure that whistleblowers who disclose fraud, waste, and abuse on the part of government agencies can do so without suffering reprisals, But OSC did not come to my defense when my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took many big adverse actions against me a) because I blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit when I was 40 years old in 1988 that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Oberweis Tries for Congress Again (COMMENT: I did much to help Oberweis win general elections. Of course, my critics/opponents always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at him that I caused all his defeats. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/05/oberweis-tries-for-congress-again/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Declares ‘America is Back’ as House Speaker Removes Rep. Al Green for Disrupting Presidential Speech to Congress
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/03/trump-declares-america-is-back-as-house-speaker-removes-rep-al-green-for-disrupting-presidential-speech-to-congress.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
U.S. HOUSE
— Sanctuary Mayors Refuse to Change Policies That Obstruct Federal Immigration Enforcement and Protect Dangerous Criminal Aliens
https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-sanctuary-mayors-refuse-to-change-policies-that-obstruct-federal-immigration-enforcement-and-protect-dangerous-criminal-aliens/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats are delusional in their open embrace of illegals
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/6/democrats-delusional-open-embrace-illegals/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump’s triumphant vision as America’s renewal shines in historic address
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/trump_s_triumphant_vision_as_america_s_renewal_shines_in_historic_address.html
BREITBART
— Trump Reforms Yield Several Arrests of Illegal Aliens Taking American Jobs
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/05/trump-reforms-yield-several-arrests-illegals-taking-american-jobs/
— The more demographics that you have that vote for Republicans and the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more hatred that Democrat and RINO leaders promote against you.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/05/there-is-no-america-without-migrants-says-democrat-attorney-general/
DAILY CALLER
— Soaring Levels Of Non-English Speaking Students May Be Driving National Reading Test Scores Into Ground (COMMENT: Delay in dumping German held my ancestors back big time. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Yet, all my grandparents still spoke German. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/05/soaring-levels-of-non-english-speaking-students-may-be-driving-national-reading-test-scores-into-ground/
FOX BUSINESS
— Mayors gave ‘woke wonderment’ and ‘double-talk’
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6369653272112
FOX NEWS
— DNC hires new top exec with long history of pushing racial grievances, leftist ideology. Roger Lau previously worked for progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dnc-hires-new-top-exec-with-long-history-pushing-racial-grievances-leftist-ideology?lid=4j232h861vbo
— Republican, independent voters react positively to Trump declaring US ‘woke no longer’ Democrats in the focus groups tests did not react at all favorably to Trump’s statements during his address to Congress.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/republican-independent-voters-react-positively-trump-declaring-us-woke-no-longer
GREG GIROUX
— Former Illinois state Sen. Jim Oberweis (R), who relocated to SW Florida after close loss to Rep. Lauren Underwood (D) in 2020, filed papers to seek #FL19 seat Rep. Byron Donalds (R) is giving up to run for governor. (COMMENT: I did much to help Oberweis win general elections. Of course, my critics/opponents always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at him that I caused all his defeats. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://x.com/greggiroux/status/1897388737275031939
JAMES A. FUREY
— Education bureaucrats lower standards in the name of ‘equity’ and call it progress. In reality, they are condemning students, particularly the most vulnerable, to a lifetime of limited opportunity. (COMMENT: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were the aforesaid and a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://x.com/JamesAFurey/status/1897400171593654726
JIM OBERWEIS FOR CONGRESS
https://votejimo.com/
NEWSMAX
— Sanctuary City Mayors ‘Put Illegals First’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/james-comer-chicago-denver/2025/03/05/id/1201616/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US
https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-trump-plans-revoke-legal-111130604.html
NEWSWEEK
— Sanctuary City Hearing Descends Into Chaos: ‘This Is My Right!’ (COMMENT: How strongly are your county, county district, township, municipality, municipal district, school district, and precinct sanctuaries for illegals?)
https://www.newsweek.com/sanctuary-city-hearing-james-comer-ayanna-pressley-chaos-2040235
C-SPAN
— Trump Praises Efforts to End DEI “Woke” Policies in Defense Dept.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5155812/president-trump-praises-efforts-end-dei-woke-policies-defense-dept
CBS NEWS
— Highland Park parade shooter signed “Donald Trump” on trial waiver rather than his own name after guilty plea
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/highland-park-parade-shooter-donald-trump-name-document/
NEW YORK TIMES
— More Than 70 Million Americans Are on Medicaid. This Is Where They Live. (COMMENT: How many are on Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? Why are they on Medicaid?)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/27/us/politics/medicaid-enrollment.html
— There Is No Musk Exception in the Constitution
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/opinion/elon-musk-trump-constitution.html
— ‘Hamilton’ Cancels Kennedy Center Run Over Trump’s Takeover. “We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” said the show’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/theater/hamilton-kennedy-center-trump-miranda.html
WASHINGTON POST
— D.C. U.S. attorney tells Georgetown he won’t hire from any school with ‘DEI’ (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to lower standards for Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/03/05/dc-us-attorney-ed-martin-georgetown-law-dei/
— The Democratic fight over how to respond to Trump has already begun (COMMENT: I wonder what the hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will shout at me as I hand-deliver sample ballots and Republican campaign literature in my precinct.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/05/democrats-trump-speech-reaction-debate/
USA TODAY
— Canadian province leader threatens to cut off energy to 3 US states, imposes 25% surcharge
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/04/ontario-canada-tariff-retaliation-energy-states/81350351007/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/04/trump-dei-backlash-explained/81170427007/
NEW YORKER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-many-immigrants-will-die-in-us-custody
FINANCIAL REVIEW
— All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were the aforesaid and a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/gender-data-shows-any-lack-of-meritocracy-is-working-in-favour-of-men-20250225-p5lf18
PRESS AND GUIDE & NEWS HERALD
— Today in history: John Belushi’s death shocks hometown of Wheaton
https://www.pressandguide.com/2025/03/05/today-in-chicago-history-john-belushis-death-shocks-the-city/
https://www.thenewsherald.com/2025/03/05/today-in-chicago-history-john-belushis-death-shocks-the-city/
March 5, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Johnson defends spending on migrant crisis during Capitol Hill hearings
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-defends-spending-migrant-crisis-during-sanctuary-city-hearings-washington-dc/15981771/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson testifies in DC at sanctuary city hearing
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-set-testify-washington-dc-sanctuary-city-hearing/15979555/
— Trump issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas to release all remaining hostages held in Gaza
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-issues-last-warning-hamas-release-remaining-hostages-held-gaza/15981541/
— Trump administration plans to fire over 70K employees at Department of Veterans Affairs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trumps-administration-planning-fire-70k-employees-us-department-veterans-affairs-memo-shows/15981426/
— ‘Partisan and divisive’: House leadership on Trump’s joint address
https://abc7chicago.com/post/democrats-republicans-react-president-trumps-joint-address-congress/15980125/
— Illinois legislative revenue estimate more than $700M lower than Gov. Pritzker’s proposed budget
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-legislative-revenue-estimate-737-million-lower-governor-jb-pritzkers-proposed-state-budget/15982106/
NBC5
— House Republicans seek to censure Rep. Al Green after interrupting Trump’s speech
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/house-republicans-seek-to-censure-rep-al-green-after-interrupting-trumps-speech/3689903/
— LaHood questions Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson during testimony before Congress
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/il-rep-darin-lahood-questions-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-during-testimony-before-congress/3689776/
CBS2
— Mayor Brandon Johnson defends Chicago’s immigration policies on Capitol Hill; “Chicago is and always has been a proud city of immigrants.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/after-prep-mayor-johnson-testify-capitol-hill-immigration/
FOX32
— Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers opening statement in sanctuary cities hearing
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DliSvuXQIHh8
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson defends Chicago’s sanctuary laws in GOP-led congressional hearing
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/mayor-brandon-johnson-congress-committee-sanctuary-laws/
— Democrat leaders say “Trump uses Democrats as stooges at address to Congress” and ask “When will the party learn some common sense?”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/editorial-donald-trump-uses-democrats-as-stooges-at-state-of-the-union-when-will-the-party-learn-some-common-sense/
— City begins rehousing efforts for Gompers Park homeless encampment residents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/chicago-rehousing-efforts-gompers-park-homeless/
— Aurora mayoral candidates Richard Irvin, John Laesch to answer questions at upcoming forum (COMMENT: While I was the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005 -2012, far too many Republican candidates objected to my asking them after their speeches that if elected, would they defend and advance all the planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/aurora-mayoral-candidates-richard-irvin-john-laesch-to-answer-questions-at-upcoming-forum/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Heavily-scripted Mayor Brandon Johnson survives congressional hot seat on Chicago’s sanctuary city policy
https://chicago.suntimes.com/brandonjohnson/2025/03/05/chicago-sanctuary-city-brandon-johnson-testimony-updates-file
DAILY HERALD
— ‘Insulting and disrespectful’: Suburban Democratic lawmakers slam Trump’s address to Congress
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250305/us-congress-politics/insulting-and-disrespectful-suburban-democratic-lawmakers-slam-trumps-address-to-congress/
— Illinois lawmakers boycott, bring pointed guests to Trump speech
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250304/nation-and-world-politics/illinois-lawmakers-boycott-bring-pointed-guests-to-trump-speech/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Brandon Johnson argues sanctuary city law keeps Chicago safer in high-profile House testimony
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-defends-chicagos-sanctuary-city-law-dc
SOUTHERN
— Trump, Musk raise questions about whether nation’s gold at Fort Knox has been stolen
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/05/trump-musk-raise-questions-about-whether-nations-gold-at-fort-knox-has-been-stolen/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Volunteers help fired federal workers re-enter the job market (COMMENT: No one helped me or my Republican GAO coworkers who were fired because of Republican-led budget cuts during the 1980s and 1990s.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-05/volunteers-help-fired-federal-workers-re-enter-the-job-market
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Republicans push for special master in Illinois redistricting lawsuit
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/republicans-push-for-special-master-in-illinois-redistricting-lawsuit#
KDHL RADIO
— Cannabis Edible Sends Illinois Teen To Emergency Room
https://kdhlradio.com/ixp/722/p/cannabis-edible-illinois/
WHEATON
— Women of Wheaton (COMMENT: What About Men of Wheaton?)
https://www.wheaton.il.us/1069/Women-of-Wheaton
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-261/
— Underutilized CPS schools driving up costs
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/05/report-underutilized-cps-schools-driving-up-costs/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— It all comes out in the wash. As time goes on, it becomes all the more clear that all my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican reject many, most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its 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 still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and 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
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Antics at speech highlight Democrats’ Trump problem
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/5/antics-speech-highlight-democrats-trump-problem/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Chicago Mayor: Sanctuary Policies Make Cities Safer Because ‘Undocumented Immigrants Come Forward To Report Crimes’
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/chicago-mayor-sanctuary-policies-make-cities-safer-because-undocumented-immigrants-come-forward-to-report-crimes/
BREITBART
— Biden Quadrupled Unvetted Immigration Through Parole Program Abuse
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/05/report-biden-quadrupled-unvetted-immigration-through-parole-program-abuse/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— USDA employees fired en masse by Trump administration reinstated (COMMENT: I was among the more than 3,000 GAO employees who Republicans fired during the 1980s and 1990s. What if we had been reinstated?)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/usda-employees-fired-reinstatement/index.html
NBC NEWS
— Trump grants automakers a 1-month exemption on tariffs; Vance visits southern border
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/live-blog/live-updates-trump-vance-musk-doge-immigration-russia-ukraine-rcna194067
CBS NEWS
— JD Vance touts Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration in Texas
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/jd-vance-touts-trump-administrations-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration-in-texas/
— House Speaker Mike Johnson’s chief of staff arrested for DUI after Trump speech
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-johnson-chief-of-staff-hayden-haynes-arrested-dui-trump-speech/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Chicago’s Mayor Pushes Back as Republicans Attack Immigration Policies
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/us/brandon-johnson-chicago-mayor-sanctuary-city-hearing.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Americans don’t love Trump’s methods on Ukraine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/05/americans-dont-love-trumps-methods-ukraine/
— Trump administration plans 15 percent cut to VA workforce (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO during the 1980s and 1998s, Republicans cut half its workforce.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/05/veterans-affairs-cut-employees-trump-doge/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Tariff Concerns Paralyze Businesses, Raising Uncertainty
https://www.wsj.com/video/trump-tariff-concerns-paralyze-businesses-raising-uncertainty/9883E3CA-F5B0-4DB2-A2FB-0845198B7542
INDEPENDENT
— Speaker Mike Johnson’s chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump’s speech
https://www.yahoo.com/news/speaker-mike-johnson-chief-staff-213942800.html
March 5, 2025
WHITE HOUSE
— Democrats Showed Whose Side They’re On — And it’s Not the American People
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/03/democrats-showed-whose-side-theyre-on-and-its-not-the-american-people/
ILLINOIS GOP
— ILGOP Responds to President Trump’s Address To Joint Session Of Congress: Following President Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress in his second term as president, ILGOP Chair Kathy Salvi released the following statement: “Tonight, President Trump addressed millions of Americans around the country and outlined his administration’s first 43 days in office – common sense solutions, securing our border, stopping government waste and abuse, and putting America First. The next four years will be full of prosperity as we get our country back on track and the Illinois Republican Party will continue to work with President Trump to help Illinois families and Make America Great Again.”
https://illinois.gop/ilgop-responds-to-president-trumps-address-to-joint-session-of-congress/
EPOCH TIMES
— 12 Takeaways From Trump’s First Major Policy Speech to Congress. Trump touted his administration’s achievements in its first 42 days, and promised greater prosperity and security for the nation.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/12-takeaways-from-trumps-first-major-policy-speech-to-congress-5820120
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Tax Cuts Promised for All Americans. . .2. Border Closed, Deportations Underway. . .3. Trump Touts ‘Common Sense Revolution’. . .including rooting out “woke” ideas from the government and federally-funded programs. He referenced an executive order signed early in his second term declaring that the federal government recognizes only two sexes, based on biological sex at conception and not “gender ideology.” Trump highlighted his executive order stripping federal funding for schools that allow males to compete in female sports. One order declared that it is the official policy of the United States that Title IX applies to women and not men who identify as transgender females. The first gallery guest introduced by Trump was Payton McNabb, a female athlete who suffered injuries while playing volleyball against a male player. Trump also referenced merit-based hiring—rather than hiring to meet diversity quotas—as part of his “common sense revolution” agenda. . .4. Tariffs Explained, ‘A Little Disturbance’. . .5. DOGE Findings Highlighted. . .6. Promises Balanced Budget. . .7. Victims Spotlighted. . .8. Direct Appeal to Greenlanders. . .9. Letter From Zelenskyy. . .10. New Shipbuilding Office. . .11. Arrest of Top Terrorist Responsible for Abbey Gate. . .12. Democrats Respond)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders spin Trump’s speech against him
https://abc7chicago.com/post/key-takeaways-pres-trumps-speech-congress/15979123/
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/trump-joint-session-of-congress-live-updates/15977198/entry/15978756/
— Democrat leaders fact check Trump’s speech. During the last 11 years that I worked for GAO at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, I often worked as a fact-checker.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/fact-checking-trumps-speech-congress/15978671/
— A disjointed response from the Democrats
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/trump-joint-session-of-congress-live-updates/15977198/entry/15978647/
— Chicago-area protests held as Trump delivers address to Congress; local politicians weigh in
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-speech-today-federal-plaza-chicago-protest-among-several-held-area-response-address-congress/15978909/
— Trump administration ends reimbursements for Illinois food programs. USDA funds are part of nearly $2 billion being withheld from Illinois, Pritzker says. (COMMENT: To what extent are those in your country, township, municipality, school district, and precinct dependent on federal food programs?)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-administration-ends-reimbursements-program-designed-help-farmers-supply-fresh-food-illinois-banks/15978548/
— Stocks tumble after Trump tariffs take effect
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/trump-joint-session-of-congress-live-updates/15977198/entry/15978114/
CBS2
— CTU holding rallies, walk-ins in Chicago for “Protect our Kids” day of action
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-teachers-rally-protect-our-kids/
FOX32
— Illinois politicos react to Trump’s first speech to Congress in 2nd term
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-speech-reax-illinois
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEBpaq1CGhg
— Chicago activists push for immigrant rights amid scrutiny of sanctuary cities. As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson prepares to face questioning from members of Congress over the city’s sanctuary laws, local activists argued for the importance of the city upholding immigrants’ rights.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1602832
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use tariffs against Trump
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1603216
— Krishnamoorthi expects ‘attack on Chicago’ at Johnson hearing
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-congressman-expects-attack-chicago-johnson-hearing
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/04/illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-trump-administration-birthright-citizenship-and
WBEZ
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/03/05/dei-isnt-just-lawful-its-mission-critical
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: After nearly four-month break, gun arrests outside Naperville Topgolf resume with three busts in four weeks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/04/naperville-police-topgolf-gun-firearm-arrest/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump’s Justice Department files to join legal challenge to Illinois nonprofit diversity law
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-justice-department-join-challenge-illinois-dei-law
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Trump says he’ll cut funds to colleges for ‘illegal’ protests, arrest and deport agitators
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2025/03/05/rockford-activists-say-trump-lacks-authority-over-on-campus-protests/81380530007/
SOUTHERN
— Who do you blame for high grocery prices and why?
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/05/in-democratic-response-slotkin-says-trump-has-no-credible-plan-to-lower-grocery-prices/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump touts success of immigration crackdown, pushes Congress to pass funding
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/president-donald-trump-touts-success-of-immigration-crackdown-pushes-congress-to-pass-funding-migrants-asylum-border-wall-deportations-ice-dhs-title-42
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump says he is ‘just getting started,’ as he faces vocal protests from Democrats
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-04/trump-says-he-is-just-getting-started-as-he-faces-vocal-protests-from-democrats
WIFR
— Illinois representatives react to Trump’s joint address to congress
https://www.wifr.com/2025/03/05/illinois-representatives-react-trumps-joint-address-congress/
WCIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot in Danville
https://www.wcia.com/news/vermilion-county/seven-point-dispensary-to-expand-in-danville-after-approval-of-consumption-lounge/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— You want privacy with that? (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, including almost 9 years for IRS and 3 years for GAO on audits of IRS. Federal employees who are Republican should anticipate/expect that their Democrat superiors will get your tax information and use it against you. My Democrat IRS superiors used my tax information to disallow my education deductions. My Democrat GAO superiors used my and my wife’s tax information to paint me as being undeservedly filthy rich.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2025-03-05/perspective-you-want-privacy-with-that
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We’re well into a particularly dreaded time of year. Ah, yes. It’s time to pay 2024 taxes. According to a 2023 report from an ad hoc Congressional committee, “Big Tax Prep has recklessly shared tens of millions of taxpayers’ sensitive personal and financial data…for years in what appears to represent a violation of taxpayer privacy laws.” That’s pretty scathing. Think about this: the instant you open that commercial tax package and start uploading your data, you may be risking the loss of your financial privacy. It has me thinking about going back to the twentieth century and filing on paper! Fortunately, Congress and the Internal Revenue Service are rolling out a remedy. This year, it’s now possible for taxpayers in twenty-five states (including Illinois and Wisconsin) to file directly with the IRS – for free. The process will forever be (dare I say) taxing. But at least we’re getting some privacy protections with the new IRS Direct File program. I suppose we can call that……progress.)
AXIOS CHICAGO
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent om Medicaid?
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/03/05/house-budget-medicaid-cuts-illinois
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— ICE Says It Will Reveal Who Was Arrested In Chicago ‘As Soon As Possible’ — Which Might Be Never
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/04/ice-says-it-will-reveal-who-was-arrested-in-chicago-as-soon-as-possible-which-might-be-never/
STATE OF ILLINOIS
— Pritzker Acts to Support Federal Workers. State of Illinois will host two career fairs in March for former federal employees in Edwardsville and Chicago. (COMMENT: I have been a former federal employee for more than 27 years. Illinois has never indicated that it might want to hire me. It has never helped me find a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. For that matter, neither has DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, or Wheaton Warrenville School District 200.)
https://www.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/illinois/iisnewsattachments/30997-030525-cms-march-job-fairs-press-release.pdf.pdf
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Trump: ‘Wokeness is trouble’
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/05/trump-wokeness-is-trouble-00213050
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-467/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— We shouldn’t be proud to have 3.6 million Illinoisans on Medicaid, it means we’re an economic failure
https://wirepoints.org/we-shouldnt-be-proud-to-have-3-6-million-illinoisans-on-medicaid-it-means-economic-failure-wirepoints-on-chicago-tonight/
— So-called voter education group — League of Women Voters — says don’t attend, engage or watch State of Union speech
https://wirepoints.org/so-called-voter-education-group-league-of-women-voters-says-dont-attend-engage-or-watch-state-of-union-speech-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— Be ready for Mayor Johnson to wiggle out of every question he’s asked
https://wirepoints.org/be-ready-for-mayor-johnson-to-weasel-out-of-every-question-hes-asked-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Early childhood agency proposes budget, questioned about ‘White Fragility’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_9012a9d8-f94a-11ef-af4e-2b0663225ced.html
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— IL high court questions if GOP gerrymandering suit is ‘timely;’ GOP: ‘Unquestionably’ so
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/670216205-il-high-court-questions-if-gop-gerrymandering-suit-is-timely-gop-unquestionably-so
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What discourages you from helping elect Republican candidates? For me, it includes my seeing far too many of them who I have helped elect since 2000 a) dump planks in the Republican Party platform if not work against those planks and/or b) blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrats and RINOs are woke. To be woke is to work against Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Wokeness/wokeism is Affirmative Action, DEI, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Since the 1960s, Democrats and RINOs have ever-increasingly used the aforesaid to get rid of me. If my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not used the aforesaid against me, I would have made Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, long before I was 40 years old. I say that because a) I earned job-related master’s degree when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. None of my coworkers had accomplishments anywhere near the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If my parents had not sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran Grade Schools, I would not have been able to a) get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, or c) get accepted by UIC. To teach wokeness/wokeism is to demonize, denigrate, and condemn students who are White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— League of Women Voters Advised “DO NOT ATTEND, ENGAGE, OR WATCH THE STATE OF THE UNION”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/05/league-of-women-voters-advises-do-not-attend-engage-or-watch-the-state-of-the-union/
— CBS Turns Burton’s Bridge Brushfire into a Climate Change Story, Three Stations Use Alex Vucha’s Stunning Photos
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/05/cbs-turns-burtons-bridge-brushfire-into-a-climate-change-story-three-stations-use-alex-vuchas-stunning-photos/
— LaHood Comments on President’s Speech
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/05/lahood-comments-on-presidents-speech/
— Two Subjects Trump Did Not Talk About
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/05/two-subjects-trump-did-not-talk-about/
— The Wrath of God’
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox?compose=DmwnWrRsqXnvpzZnJQcwnDnbnqTbbgzdsqPDLMrJsHxshZzzctVLVhdPLBfmpLqXfKkqpTvmnlwB
— Legislative Reaction to Data Centers’ Electricity Sucking
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/04/legislative-reaction-to-data-centers-electricity-sucking/
— Dems’ Illegal Alien Health Care Lives Down to Republican Expectations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/03/dems-illegal-alien-health-care-lives-down-to-republican-expectations/
— No Car? How To Get Around in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/03/no-car/
— Illinois Still Has Second Highest Property Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/03/illinois-still-has-second-highest-property-taxes/
— Pritzker Urged to Ban Chinese Communist Party DeepSeek Software on State Devices
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/03/pritzker-urged-to-ban-chinese-communist-party-deepseek-software-on-state-devices/
— Lakewood’s Golfing Elected Officials In for a Surprise When They Read This
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/03/lakewoods-golfing-elected-officials-in-for-a-surprise-when-they-read-this/
— Barack’s Crumbling Tower of Babble
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/02/baracks-crumbling-tower-of-babble/
— Darin LaHood Interviewed on WGN Radio, Blames Putin for Starting the War
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/darin-lahood-interviewed-on-wgn-radio-blames-putin-for-starting-the-way/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Teachers unions don’t want teachers evaluated on how well students are learning
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/teachers-unions-dont-want-teachers-evaluated-on-how-well-students-are-learning/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump promises that U.S. ‘will be woke no longer’ (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs are woke. To be woke is to work against Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Since the 1960s, Democrats and RINOs have ever-increasingly used wokeness/wokeism to get rid of me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/4/donald-trump-promises-us-woke-longer/
— Speaker Johnson says Democratic Rep. Al Green faces censure for disrupting Trump speech
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/5/speaker-mike-johnson-says-democratic-rep-al-green-faces-censure/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump brings back sanity, rebukes the LGBT lobby
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3336980/trump-brings-back-sanity-rebukes-lgbt-lobby/#google_vignette
NEW YORK POST
— Trump hails his whirlwind, six-week ‘common sense revolution’ — as downbeat Dems protest address to Congress
https://nypost.com/2025/03/04/us-news/trump-hails-whirlwind-six-weeks-as-common-sense-revolution-as-dems-heckle-and-protest-address-to-congress/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump Is On The Verge Of Ending The EPA’s Tyranny
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/03/trump_is_on_the_verge_of_ending_the_epa_s_tyranny.html
BREITBART
— Trump Touts Getting Wokeness Out of the Military, Recruiting Numbers Up
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/03/04/trump-touts-getting-wokeness-out-of-the-military-recruiting-numbers-up/
— Trump: Deporting Biden’s Migrants Is ‘Great Liberation of America’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/05/trump-deporting-bidens-migrants-is-great-liberation-of-america/
— Trump: We Needed a ‘New President,’ Not ‘New Legislation’ to Secure Border
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/04/trump-needed-new-president-not-new-legislation-secure-border/
— Trump Shutting Down Biden’s Texas-Based Soft Sided Migrant Detention Centers
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/03/04/exclusive-trump-shutting-down-bidens-texas-based-soft-sided-migrant-detention-centers-says-source/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Overpowers Democrat Protests With Verbal Highlight Reel Of First Six Weeks In Office
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/04/donald-trump-address-joint-session-congress-al-green-protest/
DAILY SIGNAL
— 13 Winners and Losers From Trump’s Address to Congress
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/03/04/winners-losers-trumps-address-to-congress/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump: It Is Time For America To ‘Wage War On The Cartels’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-it-is-time-for-america-to-wage-war-on-the-cartels
— Trump Will Use ‘Full Might’ Of Government To Crush Cartels
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-tells-daily-wire-trump-will-use-full-might-of-government-to-crush-cartels
FOX NEWS
— Chicago alderman says Mayor Brandon Johnson can’t defend sanctuary city policies: ‘Lamb to the slaughter’ The Chicago mayor has promised to defend the sanctuary city’s policies on illegal immigrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-alderman-says-mayor-brandon-johnson-cant-defend-sanctuary-city-policies-lamb-slaughter
— Trump takes on ‘toxic ideologies’ in schools and gender surgeries in children: ‘Wokeness is trouble’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369618651112
— Trump proclaims that ‘wokeness is dead,’ calls to permanently ban sex changes for minors. Trump said that wokeness is ‘out of our society.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-proclaims-wokeness-dead-calls-permanently-ban-sex-changes-minors
— Trump promises ‘this will be our greatest era’ in joint address to Congress
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-promises-this-our-greatest-era-joint-address-congress
NEWSMAX
— Democrats Backing Largest Tax Hike in History
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/kevin-hern-democrats-joe-biden/2025/03/04/id/1201402/
— Dem Mayors in Congress Talking Sanctuary Cities Protecting Criminal Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/democrat-sanctuary-city/2025/03/05/id/1201461/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Honors Girls Murdered by Illegals, Dems Refuse to Applaud
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/03/05/trump-tells-story-of-angel-laken-murdered-by-illegal-n4937580
TOWNHALL
— Under President Trump, America’s Borders Are Secure Again
https://townhall.com/columnists/congressmanandybiggs/2025/03/05/under-president-trump-americas-borders-are-secure-again-n2653226
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump vows to press ahead on reshaping America in speech to Congress as Democrats register dissent
https://apnews.com/article/trump-speech-congress-immigration-tariffs-guests-93f6107ede260854f90c65c4bde60de8
REUTERS
— Trump touts relentless start to term in speech to Congress, drawing catcalls from Democrats
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-address-congress-after-upending-us-foreign-domestic-policies-2025-03-04/
NBC NEWS
— Key takeaways from Trump’s speech to Congress: A focus on culture wars and GOP unity, as Democrats protest. Trump defended his tariffs, bashed “wokeness” and outlined his tax agenda as Democrats heckled him, while some in the party chose between audible and silent protests.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-speech-highlights-takeaways-congress-address-rcna193844
NEW YORK TIMES
— Full Transcript of President Trump’s Speech to Congress. In a speech to Congress in his first weeks in office, the president laid out his vision to remake U.S. policy on the military, trade, immigration and foreign aid.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/us/politics/transcript-trump-speech-congress.html
— Congressional Speech Highlights: Trump Asserts Term Is Off to a ‘Swift and Unrelenting’ Start. President Trump highlighted the many actions his administration has taken in the past six weeks, including drastic cuts to the federal work force and the eradication of diversity initiatives.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/04/us/trump-speech-congress
— What Republican Men Think About Trump and Masculinity
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/upshot/trump-men-masculinity-gender.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Defiant Trump signals full speed ahead on divisive policies. Trump addressed a divided nation in a speech marked by acrimony, as a Texas Democrat was escorted from the chamber within the first few moments and as Trump taunted Democrats in the room.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/04/trump-speech-to-congress/
— Republicans applaud Trump address to Congress; Democrats blast it as divisive
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/05/trump-presidency-news-speech/
USA TODAY
— Elon Musk gets high praise and a shoutout in Trump’s joint address: ‘He didn’t need this’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/04/elon-musk-gets-shoutout-by-trump-in-joint-address/81155034007/
— Trump puts tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, China. Where does the tariff money go? (COMMENT: I am importing a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T from Canada. How will tariffs impact that?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/05/where-does-tariff-money-go/81375235007/
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/04/trump-dei-backlash-explained/81170427007/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Trust in Trump’: President’s supporters dismiss alarm bells from critics (COMMENT: What discourages you from helping elect Republican candidates? For me, it includes my seeing far too many who I have helped elect since 2000 a) dump planks in the Republican Party platform if not work against those planks and/or b) blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/04/trump-trust-joint-address-congress/78245523007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Touts Rapid Action on Border, Budget and Economy
The State-of-the-Union-style address gave the president a chance to sell his agenda to the American public six weeks into his second term
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/donald-trump-speech-congress-32b8bda1
— Trump’s Tariffs Whack Trump Voters. Whatever happened to GOP concern for the working class?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-working-class-voters-dc140dbc
BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders say “Trump “delivered the biggest speech of his presidency yet, hitting on partisan talking points favored by his conservative base, while largely sidestepping the effects of his sweeping tariff proposals on consumers.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-05/tariff-defense-democrats-protest-takeaways-from-trump-s-speech
— Democrat leaders say “How Trump Is Fueling the Backlash Against DEI.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-04/dei-trump-s-executive-orders-targeting-diversity-policies-are-fueling-backlash
POLITICO
— Trump celebrates disruption and defies backlash. “The people elected me to do the job, and I’m doing it.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/04/trump-joint-address-speech-what-happened-00212916
PBS
— Trump says his administration is getting ‘wokeness out of our schools’ (COMMENT: If my parents had not sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran Grade Schools, I would not have been able to a) get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, or c) get accepted by UIC. To teach wokeness/wokeism is to demonize, denigrate, and condemn students who are White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGVXBniEsz8
NDTV
— “Permanently Ban Sex Change, End This Lie”: Trump Rages Against ‘Wokeness’ Trump also said he had “removed the poison of critical race theory” from public schools, referring to a framework identifying racial bias as inherent in parts of Western society.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/donald-trump-us-congress-speech-us-2-gender-policy-ban-sex-change-permanently-ban-sex-change-end-this-lie-trump-rages-against-wokeness-7851999
March 4, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— Excerpts from President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress
https://www.whitehouse.gov/news/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hundreds gather in Daley Plaza Tuesday to protest Trump in ‘pro-democracy’ rally
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/04/hundreds-gather-daley-plaza-protest/
— Effort to house Gompers Park homeless moving forward
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/04/gompers-park-homeless-mayor-brandon-johnson/
— Trudeau slams Trump’s tariffs, says US is appeasing Putin while launching a trade war against Canada
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/04/trudeau-trump-tariffs-putin/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration puts several major Chicago federal buildings up for sale. The properties listed for sale Tuesday include two iconic high-rise towers in the Loop: the Kluczynski and Metcalfe federal buildings.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/03/04/donald-trump-general-services-administration-sale-chicago-federal-buildings
— Lead Madigan prosecutor leaving U.S. attorney’s office after more than two decades. It’s unclear what prompted the departure of Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet Bhachu. The news comes in the early days of President Donald Trump’s new administration, but also less than three weeks after a jury found Madigan guilty of a bribery conspiracy and other crimes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-corruption-trials/2025/03/04/lead-madigan-prosecutor-leaving-u-s-attorney-office
DAILY HERALD
— Demonstrators across 50 states look to unify a disparate opposition to Trump and his sweeping agenda
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250304/nation-and-world-politics/demonstrators-across-50-states-look-to-unify-a-disparate-opposition-to-trump-and-his-sweeping-agenda/
— Trump’s trade war draws swift retaliation as Mexico, Canada and China impose tariffs on the US
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250304/business/us-tariffs-take-effect-mexico-canada-and-china-retaliate-with-their-own-tariffs-on-the-us/
NBC5
— After taking down Mike Madigan, top Chicago prosecutor is taking Trump buyout. Amar Bhachu is considered a tough-as-nails questioner and an advocate for ethics, justice and cleaning up Chicago’s halls of power.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/after-taking-down-mike-madigan-top-chicago-prosecutor-is-taking-trump-buyout/3688730/
CBS2
— Questions remain about immigration enforcement in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-speech-congress-immigration-enforcement-chicago/
WGN9
— Chicago’s history as a sanctuary city spans 40 years, 7 presidents and 5 mayors
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicagos-history-as-a-sanctuary-city-spans-40-years-7-presidents-and-5-mayors/
— Quigley, Schakowsky, Casten did not attend President Trump’s joint address to Congress Tuesday evening.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-representatives-to-skip-president-trumps-address-to-congress/
FOX32
— IRS could cut up to half of its 90,000-person workforce
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/irs-workforce-cuts-trump-administration
— ACLU of Illinois: Hearing on sanctuary cities is about ‘much more than immigration policy’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/aclu-illinois-hearing-sanctuary-cities-is-about-much-more-than-immigration-policy
— LaHood: Congress will vote on DOGE cuts
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-republican-doge-cuts
WBEZ
— Venezuelans in Chicago face Trump’s decision to end protected status. Many intend to stay in the U.S. But uncertainty from losing the status is putting pressure on business owners and straining relationships.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/03/04/venezuelans-in-chicago-face-trumps-decision-to-end-protected-status
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump seeks to put 443 federal properties up for sale — including 11 in Chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-seeks-put-443-federal-properties-sale
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-the-irs-is-drafting-plans-to-cut-as-much-as-half-of-its-90000-person-workforce-ap-sources-say/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Trump administration ends reimbursements for Illinois food programs. USDA funds are part of nearly $2 billion being withheld from Illinois, Pritzker says. (COMMENT: To what extent are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct dependent on food programs?)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/trump-administration-ends-reimbursements-for-illinois-food-programs/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-260/
— A month later, ICE still won’t reveal who it arrested in Chicago
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/04/a-month-later-ice-still-won%e2%80%99t-reveal-who-it-arrested-in-chicago/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois legislators differ on Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canada, Mexico
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e0dba010-f939-11ef-b6d1-e365c30349d5.html
— Illinois Republicans pleased redistricting lawsuit moving forward
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_5ff3f8f4-f93d-11ef-a1ed-532e1f5769a9.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans cheer, Democrats stand still as Trump walks in for joint address to Congress
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/4/republicans-cheer-democrats-stand-still-trump-walks-joint-address/
— White House says fired veterans among federal workers are ‘perhaps’ not fit for the jobs (COMMENT: If I was still working for the federal government, my many superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were veterans would be beyond furious. They would kill me figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/4/white-house-says-fired-veterans-among-federal-workers-perhaps-fit/
— Trump’s personnel office walks back order to fire probationary employees
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/4/trumps-personnel-office-walks-back-order-fire-probationary-employees/
NEW YORK POST
— United Auto Workers union praises Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico
https://nypost.com/2025/03/04/us-news/united-auto-workers-union-praises-trumps-tariffs-on-canada-and-mexico/
FOX NEWS
— Illinois educators turn our kids into political pawns in war against Trump. Rooftop Revelations: It was no surprise when I learned that the Illinois State Superintendent told districts to defy Trump’s orders to dismantle DEI.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/illinois-educators-turn-our-kids-political-pawns-war-against-trump
— Activist gives illegal migrants heads up about ICE raids
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369572924112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump’s Early Success at the Border Exposes Biden Lies
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/trumps-early-success-at-the-border-exposes-biden-lies/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED P{RESS
— Trump touts Elon Musk and DOGE in joint address to Congress
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-address-congress-updates
ABC NEWS
— Republicans target 4 ‘sanctuary’ cities as Trump pushes mass deportations (COMMENT: The list includes Chicago.)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/republicans-target-4-sanctuary-cities-trump-pushes-mass-119421896
NBC NEWS
— Trump addresses Congress as his policy overhaul tests the economy and key alliances. The Russia-Ukraine war and U.S. tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China are likely to be among the focuses of President Donald Trump’s speech, which began at 9:20 p.m. ET.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-administration-speech-congress-live-updates-rcna194006
NBC WASHINGTON
— Democrat and RINO leaders stress difficulties in deporting their illegals.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/immigration-courts-clogged-for-years-as-trump-vows-to-deport-millions-more/3858328/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Chinese Company to Single Workers: Get Married or Get Out (COMMENT: According to my Democrat GAO superiors, if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA in 1981, d) earn additional job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) earn a master’s degree in finance in 1997. None of my Democrat GAO superiors had anything close to the number of job-related degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I had. They all decried the time and money needed to raise children. According to them, my not having children gave me a tremendous unfair advantage over them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/world/asia/china-marriage-companies-childbirth.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The ideal worker at the Chinese chemical manufacturer, according to the internal memo, is hardworking, virtuous and loyal. And — perhaps most important — willing to have children for the good of the country. That was the message that the company, Shandong Shuntian Chemical Group, sent to unmarried employees recently, in a notice that spread widely on social media. It instructed them to start families by Sept. 30, or else. “If you cannot get married and start a family within three quarters, the company will terminate your labor contract,” the memo said.)
KHOU
— Congressman Al Green from Houston removed from Trump’s speech to joint session of Congress. The president was addressing Congress when Green disrupted the speech.
https://www.khou.com/article/news/politics/al-green-trump-speech-removed/285-5ef5f2c9-76e7-471d-adcf-2db10c1041ef
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Addresses Joint Session of Congress. The president sets his agenda for Ukraine, inflation, deportations and other issues, including the shrinking of the federal government.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-speech-congress-joint-session
March 4, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Pritzker SLAMS Trump, drops hints for 2028 run as Democrats look for leadership (COMMENT: Pritzker is far to the left of Harris.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRRuZ2qaXtA
— Census Bureau under Trump seeks permission to delete questions about gender identity. Trump has targeted transgender and nonbinary people with a series of executive orders since he returned to office.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/census-bureau-under-trump-seeks-permission-delete-questions-gender-identity/3687917/
— Stocks tank as Trump says tariffs will start Tuesday
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/daily-open-stocks-tank-as-trump-says-tariffs-will-start-tuesday/3687825/
— Trump dashes hopes for last-minute Canada and Mexico deal ahead of 25% tariffs
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-dashes-hope-for-last-minute-canada-and-mexico-deal-ahead-of-25-tariffs/3687449/
— Trump promises ‘big’ impacts ahead of joint address to Congress. The president took to Truth Social to offer a preview of the speech, which will take place Tuesday.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-joint-address-to-congress-president-offers-preview/3687572/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote concerns about tariffs
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/chicago-small-business-owners-concerned-over-trumps-tariffs-on-mexican-imports/
WTTW
— Chicago’s Sanctuary City Protections Face Crucible Moment as Mayor Brandon Johnson Set to Testify Before Congress
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/04/chicago-s-sanctuary-city-protections-face-crucible-moment-mayor-brandon-johnson-set
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Here are some goods in the crosshairs of Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/03/tariff-goods-mexico-canada-china-2/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, more and more and more people will be on Medicaid. Beyond overwhelmingly, those on Medicaid vote for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/03/03/medicaid-cuts-republicans-health-care-doom-millions-illinois-pritzker
DAILY HERALD
— Des Plaines council cutting city clerk’s oversight of staff
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250303/local-politics/des-plaines-council-cutting-city-clerks-oversight-of-staff/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— As Trump tariffs move from threat to reality, these Chicago industries brace for the impact
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-tariffs-hit-chicago-manufacturing-pharma-tech
SOUTHERN
— Trump will face dozens of fired bureaucrats at joint address Tuesday (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997, that is, they forced me to retire. What if my U.S. Congressman Henry Hyde and my U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald had invited me to Congressional addresses? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Hyde, Fitzgerald, and Hastert sided with GAO against me.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/04/trump-will-face-dozens-of-fired-bureaucrats-at-joint-address-tuesday/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats bringing fired federal workers to Trump speech
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/democrats-bringing-fired-federal-workers-to-trump-speech/
WGLT
— Musk moves to cancel leases for federal offices across Illinois (COMMENT: Outstandingly, the last 8 years that I worked for GAO 1990-1997 were in new space in the new 200 West Adams building in the Loop.)
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2025-03-03/elon-musks-doge-moves-to-cancel-leases-for-federal-offices-across-illinois
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-466/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— The cost of illegal migrant healthcare… it’s billions instead of millions. But that’s typical of Illinois budgeting.
https://wirepoints.org/the-cost-of-illegal-migrant-healthcare-its-billions-instead-of-millions-but-thats-typical-of-illinois-budgeting-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/
— Mayor Emanuel suddenly cares about Chicago’s “streets, schools and finances?” Here’s his record.
https://wirepoints.org/mayor-emanuel-suddenly-cares-about-chicagos-streets-schools-and-finances-heres-his-record-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Trump got elected by promising to defend and advance the Republican Party platform if elected. What does that platform say about Ukraine, about tariffs, about spending cuts, about firing federal employees, about Canada, about Greenland, about etc.? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If I had sought to be on Musk’s DOGE team, I would have stressed that a) 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, b) I 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) I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, d) I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrat veterans, and at times, most, if not virtually all of them were. My Democrat superiors stressed to them that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. They stressed to them if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to a) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29. b) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, d) pass on my first attempt the CPA examination when I was 30 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, e) become a licensed CPA when I was 32, or f) get married when I was 29. My Democrat superiors succeeded in getting my Democrat superiors and supervisors to who were veterans to take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Why did America lose the Vietnam War? SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22lost+the+Vietnam+war%22 According to my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government, America lost the Vietnam War because far too many Republicans like me who not only did not enlist, but who avoided the draft. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997, that is, they forced me to retire. What if my U.S. Congressman Henry Hyde and my U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald had invited me to Congressional addresses? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Hyde, Fitzgerald, and Hastert sided with GAO against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you work for the federal government, your superiors and supervisors know everything about you, including your and your spouse’s income, assets, liabilities, dependents, etc. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates always painted themselves as be grossly underpaid and suffering tremendous financial hardships. Most commonly, they stressed the tremendous cost of raising their children. They were filled with envy and they were furious that my wife had a good job and that we gave up trying to have children, that we did not adopt, and that we did not become foster parents. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Overwhelmingly, Republicans view federal employees negatively. Why is that? Virtually all federal employees are Democrats, and many of them are minority, female, and/or veteran. I am Republican, White, male, and non-veteran, but nevertheless, I survived as a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years. To demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me, my Republican critics/opponents stress that I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I have been a federal retiree since 1997. They especially stress that I was an IRS employee 1971-1980. I should write about why Republicans view federal employees negatively. I would stress how my Democrat superiors treated me. I would stress the many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me that they never would never had taken against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to my critics/opponents who are not past, present, or future government employees, government is the employer of last resort, that is, government employees are those who are so bad that they cannot get a job in the private sector. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who could not get a government job if they tried to because they lack qualifications, because they cannot pass a background investigation, or because of even worse things. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Refocusing U.S. military: Why identity politics has no place in national defense. Defending our nation is not meant to be a social club.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/3/refocusing-us-military-identity-politics-place-national-defense/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Why Illinois and the U.S. are broke
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/why_illinois_and_the_u_s_are_broke.html
BREITBART
— Trump Warns U.S. Against Becoming ‘Like Europe’ With Mass Migration (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders are ever-increasingly replacing those in America who vote for Republicans with those who vote for Democrats.)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/03/03/trump-warns-u-s-against-becoming-like-europe-with-mass-migration/
FEDERALIST
— Trump’s Success Proves Democrats And Weak Republicans Were Holding Border Security Hostage
https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/03/trumps-success-proves-democrats-and-weak-republicans-were-holding-border-security-hostage/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
AOL
— Many federal employees are veterans. They’re terrified. (COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrat veterans, and at times, most, if not virtually all of them were. My Democrat superiors stressed to them that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. They stressed to them if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to a) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29. b) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, d) pass on my first attempt the CPA examination when I was 30 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, e) become a licensed CPA when I was 32, or f) get married when I was 29. My Democrat superiors succeeded in getting my Democrat superiors and supervisors to who were veterans to take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.)
https://www.aol.com/trumps-sweeping-doge-driven-cuts-093002133.html
— Musk Claims To Know The Net Worths Of Federal Employees – But How? (COMMENT: If you work for the federal government, your superiors and supervisors know everything about you, including your and your spouse’s income, assets, liabilities, dependents, etc. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates always painted themselves as be grossly underpaid and suffering tremendous financial hardships. Most commonly, they stressed the tremendous cost of raising their children. They were filled with envy and they were furious that my wife had a good job and that we gave up trying to have children, that we did not adopt, and that we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.aol.com/musk-claims-know-net-worths-223621481.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “We do find it sort of rather odd that, you know, there are quite a few people in the bureaucracy who have, ostensibly, a salary of a few hundred thousand dollars but somehow managed to accrue tens of millions of dollars in net worth,” he said. In reality, only 3% of the 2.4 million federal employees make more than $200,000 a year, while half make between $50,000 and $110,000 a year, according to government figures. Further, workers who have made six figures for a number of years could easily be worth seven figures, particularly those in their 50s or 60s who have been saving for retirement for decades and have considerable equity in their homes. But Musk’s assertion raises the more fundamental question about how he would know the financial situations of federal employees.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— China Retaliates Against Trump Tariffs With Levies on U.S. Food
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/04/us/tariffs-us-canada-mexico-china
— The People Carrying Out Musk’s Plans at DOGE (COMMENT: If I had sought to be on Musk’s DOGE team, I would have stressed that a) 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, b) I 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) I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, d) I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/27/us/politics/doge-staff-list.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The New York Times identified more than 50 people within the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a group formed by Elon Musk that in a short few weeks has radically upended federal agencies. Few members have formal Washington experience. Many are software engineers. All seem to have a clear mandate: Shrink and disrupt the federal government. Mr. Musk’s team has taken aim at more than 20 agencies while gaining access to sensitive government data systems. But the full extent of its reach or ambitions is unclear. Much of the team’s operations are opaque, and most of its personnel have not been disclosed by the Trump administration, and it is unclear exactly how large the operation is. Through executive order, President Trump moved the team from the Office of Management and Budget, where it had been housed as the United States Digital Service since its founding, into the White House — a transition that effectively shielded its work from open records laws that could give the public insight into its operations. The list below includes some of Mr. Musk’s allies; engineers — many of whom are young men — with backgrounds in artificial intelligence; former employees; and others who have helped the operation. Several have recently deleted their social media accounts after their names appeared in news reports.)
— Departures Are Draining Agencies of Expertise. Trump’s effort to remake the government is a direct challenge to a decades-long effort to build a civil service stocked with experts. Critics say it will backfire. (COMMENT: My coworkers who my Democrat GAO superiors did not force to retire were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or were a) minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/us/politics/federal-workers-scientists-firings-trump.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage assimilation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/us/politics/trump-english-official-language.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in the military.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/us/transgender-military-ban-trump-hegseth.html
— Struggling With Errors, DOGE Deletes Billions More From List of Savings. For the second time in a week, Elon Musk’s government overhaul effort updated its “wall of receipts” to remove mistakes that inflated its success.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/us/politics/doge-musk-contracts-wall.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s speech to Congress has the ingredients for an explosive event. The president addresses restless lawmakers Tuesday after six weeks of working aggressively to slash their power.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/04/trump-speech-second-term-congress/
— No one knows what will finally stop Trump. So Black leaders are trying everything. Resistance to the president should include lawsuits, boycotts, marches — and not forgetting history.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/03/03/trump-opposition-black-leaders/
USA TODAY
— How DOGE’s email to federal employees was ripped from private sector playbook
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/24/musk-doge-federal-layoffs-private-sector-inspiration/79075752007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Tariffs on Canada and Mexico Take Effect, With Added Duties on China. Beijing hits back with retaliatory tariffs and other measures after U.S. imposes additional 10% duties on China.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-stock-market-today-03-04-2025
— Trump Takes the Dumbest Tariff Plunge. He says the 25% levies on Mexico and Canada will begin Tuesday. Stocks fall.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-takes-the-dumbest-tariff-plunge-5da57946
— Just When We Need Them, the Media’s Credibility Hits Bottom. Journalists harrumph at Trump’s actions, but no one cares anymore. I say that with no satisfaction.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/just-when-we-need-them-the-medias-credibility-hits-bottom-79b11b8f
BARRON’S
— Trump’s Tariffs Will Send Inflation Higher, Hurt Exporters
https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-030425/card/trump-s-tariffs-will-send-inflation-higher-hurt-exporters-e4sxiO7RcFzoVmD88EBN
TIME
— These Are the Guests Democrats and Republicans Are Bringing to Trump’s Speech Tonight (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997, that is, they forced me to retire. What if my U.S. Congressman Henry Hyde and my U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald had invited me to Congressional addresses? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Hyde, Fitzgerald, and Hastert sided with GAO against me.)
https://time.com/7264128/trump-joint-session-congress-2025-guests-democrats-republicans-schumer-johnson/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fired federal workers. Medicaid recipients who could lose their healthcare under proposed budget cuts. A small business owner who may be affected by new tariffs. These are some of the people who will attend President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday night, brought as guests by Democratic lawmakers seeking to highlight the human cost of the administration’s sweeping policy changes. For decades, lawmakers have used invited guests to put a human face on policy debates, underscoring the real-world consequences of decisions made in Washington. This year, as Trump touts what he calls a “historic transformation” of the federal government, Democrats are countering with stories of disruption and hardship—stories they hope will resonate beyond the chamber’s walls.)
NATION
— Your Government Owes You a Job. The federal government can easily afford a job guarantee program, becoming our employer of last resort. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents who are not past, present, or future government employees, government is the employer of last resort, that is, government employees are those who are so bad that they cannot get a job in the private sector. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who could not get a government job if they tried to because they lack qualifications, because they cannot pass a background investigation, or because of even worse things.)
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/your-government-owes-you-job/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Ever-increasingly, since 1965, Democrats and RINOs have ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/trump-revokes-workplace-discrimination-rules-203613130.html
AXIOS
— Some Dems plot to disrupt Trump’s speech to Congress
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/04/trump-congress-address-democrats-disrupt-plan
GOOGLE AI
— Why did America lose the Vietnam War? According to my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government, America lost the Vietnam War because far too many Republicans like me who not only did not enlist, but who avoided the draft.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22lost+the+Vietnam+war%22
INDEPENDENT
— U.S. forecast to enter recession after Trump crashes markets with tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-tariffs-canada-mexico-zelensky-musk-updates-b2708278.html
March 3, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— How will Canadian and Mexican tariffs impact Chicago-area businesses and consumers?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/how-will-trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-impact-businesses-consumers-little-village-chicago-beyond/15974088/
— Dow drops nearly 650 points after Trump announces Canadian and Mexican tariffs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-tariffs-mexico-canada-will-start-tuesday/15973614/
NBC5
— Shocking video shows speeding car crash into suburban home, burst into flames. Two people inside the vehicle were pronounced dead on the scene, Woodridge officials said
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/shocking-video-shows-speeding-car-crash-into-suburban-home-burst-into-flames/3687294/
FOX32
— Debate over Chicago’s sanctuary policies intensifies as federal lawmakers seek answers from Mayor Johnson
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/debate-chicago-sanctuary-policies-federal-lawmakers-seek-answers-mayor-johnson
WTTW
— Illinois Bill Aims to Add More Oversight of Homeschooling
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/03/illinois-bill-aims-add-more-oversight-homeschooling
WBEZ
— Elon Musk’s DOGE moves to cancel leases for federal offices across Illinois. The Trump administration is aiming to unload half the buildings the government owns and cancel 50% of leases for offices across the country. (COMMENT: Outstandingly, the last 8 years that I worked for GAO 1990-1997 were in new space in the new 200 West Adams building in the Loop.)
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/03/03/musks-doge-moves-to-cancel-leases-for-federal-offices-across-illinois
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Elon Musk’s DOGE moves to cancel leases for federal offices across Illinois. The Trump administration is aiming to unload half the buildings the government owns and cancel 50% of leases for offices across the country. (COMMENT: Outstandingly, the last 8 years that I worked for GAO 1990-1997 were in new space in the new 200 West Adams building in the Loop.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/03/03/elon-musk-doge-leases-federal-offices-illinois
DAILY HERALD
— Legislation aims to help first-time homebuyers (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, I was able to save enough for a down payment for a new town home in University Park when I was 24years old in 1972. The money came from what I had earned a) working for IRS in Chicago and then Harvey for the previous 15 months, b) working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights for the previous 18 months, and c) working for that store full-time for the 7 months before that. During that time, I also earned enough to a) help support my mother and brother, b) buy a new 1972 Corvette, and c) pay for tuition and books for graduate evening business courses at Loyola.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250303/real-estate/legislation-aims-to-help-first-time-homebuyers/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— GSA moves to close some SEC regional offices, including Chicago’s
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/gsa-moves-close-chicago-sec-office?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter-BreakingNews-20250303
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Focused on Trump, Pritzker blasts administration’s actions in Kane County speech. Stars of Illinois Democratic Party speak at Kane County Democrats fundraising dinner.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/03/03/focused-on-trump-pritzker-blasts-administrations-actions-in-kane-county-speech/
STATELINE
— Rep. McCombie reintroduces bill to repeal Illinois pro-abortion laws, faces activists in Pecatonica
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/rep-tony-mccombie-abortion-bill-protests/
WCIA
— IL Republican lawmakers file batch of bills to boost relief for families
https://www.wcia.com/news/capitol-news/il-republican-lawmakers-file-batch-of-bills-to-boost-relief-for-families/
ST. LOUIS TODAY
— Illinois congresswoman aims bills to help farmers, unions, federal workers
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/column/joe-holleman/article_6fbfdf96-f7df-11ef-ad7d-833ad2b84dcc.html
CHICAGO MAROON
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://chicagomaroon.com/45816/news/2025-aaac-social-justice-talk-examines-challenges-to-racial-social-and-cultural-equity/
CWB CHICAGO
— At illegal street takeover, bystander tosses explosive into passing motorist’s car
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/03/at-illegal-street-takeover-bystander-tosses-explosive-into-passing-motorists-car.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-259/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-465/
— Do you support or oppose allowing community colleges, with some restrictions, to offer four-year degrees? (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League colleges are worthless.)
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/03/question-of-the-day-3720/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Democrats boycotting Trump’s presidential address to Congress
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3335952/democrats-boycotting-trump-presidential-address-congress/
DAILY WIRE
— AOC Admits She Was Openly Advising Illegals On How To Avoid Law Enforcement. AOC faced considerable heat online over her remarks.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-admits-she-was-openly-advising-illegals-on-how-to-avoid-law-enforcement
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Admin Pauses Aid to Ukraine. The news follows a tense exchange between Trump and the Ukrainian president at the Oval Office last week.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-admin-pauses-aid-to-ukraine-5819502
FOX NEWS
— Rooftop Revelations: Illinois state superintendent prizing ‘diversity over education’ reflects ‘failure’ Pastor and Project H.O.O.D. founder Corey Brooks calls out Illinois state superintendent for telling school districts to defy the Trump’s administration’ abolishment of DEI.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369562475112
NEWSMAX
— Affirmative Action Calif.-Style Discriminates Against Minorities
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/students-fair-admissions/2025/03/03/id/1201133/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the summer of 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ended the practice of affirmative action, or race-based admission practices in its decision in a pair of cases brought by Students for Fair Admissions. But California is not only still driving race-based admissions practices, it’s shifted the policy into overdrive, and the California university system is now the target of a lawsuit because of it. Weirder yet, the person who filed the lawsuit is himself a member of a minority group, but he’s a member of the wrong one — he’s Asian, and his credentials are amazing.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— A hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-hater says “Trump is the right’s tool to dismantle a century of progress.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5169412-elon-musk-cpac-maga-movement-fascism/
MSN
— Trump Halts Military Aid To Ukraine, Wants Kyiv To Accept Peace Negotiations With Russia
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/us-president-trump-halts-military-aid-to-ukraine-wants-kyiv-to-accept-peace-negotiations-with-russia/ar-AA1AbohU
— Trump halts all military aid to Ukraine after White House clash with Zelensky
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/trump-halts-all-military-aid-to-ukraine-after-white-house-clash-with-zelensky/ar-AA1AbfMf
REUTERS
— Trump locks in Canada, Mexico tariffs to launch on Tuesday; stocks tumble
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/trump-decide-us-tariff-levels-mexico-canada-tuesday-deadline-approaches-2025-03-03/
CBS NEWS
— Democrats invite fired federal workers to Trump’s address to Congress (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997, that is, they forced me to retire. What if my U.S. Congressman Henry Hyde and my U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald had invited me to Congressional addresses? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Hyde and Fitzgerald sided with GAO against me.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-invite-fired-federal-workers-trump-address-congress/
NEW YORK TIMES
— U.S. Suspends All Military Aid to Ukraine, Trump Official Says
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/03/us/trump-news-congress
WASHINGTON POST
— Would Americans accept Trump’s concessions to Russia? It’s clear that President Donald Trump is pressuring Ukraine to make concessions. But Americans aren’t sold on giving up territory, and many are concerned about Russia’s threat.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/03/trump-concessions-russia-polling/
ATLANTIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/chicago-immigrants-ice-raids/681855/
March 3, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Hundreds rally for Ukraine in downtown Chicago after shouting match between Trump, Zelenskyy (COMMENT: If you, if your parents, if your grandparents, or if any of your ancestors are/were from Ukraine, what are you doing about this, what are you going to do about this? All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ukraine-chicago-protest-today-demonstrators-rally-justice-heated-donald-trump-volodymyr-zelenskyy-meeting/15970169/
— Proposed Medicaid cuts could put nearly 1M Illinois residents at risk of losing coverage. A Humboldt Park Health official said people can expect much longer wait times in the emergency room if the cuts are approved.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/medicaid-illinois-chicago-protest-today-proposed-cuts-held-humboldt-park-health/15966039/
NBC5
— ‘Reverse Robin Hood scam’ or windfall for middle class? Lawmakers debate Trump tax plan extensions. (COMMENT: My critics/opponent have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should pay more federal taxes. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/reverse-robin-hood-scam-or-windfall-for-middle-class-lawmakers-debate-trump-tax-plan-extensions/3687002/
CBS2
— Emotions run high at rally for Ukraine in Chicago’s Daley Plaza
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/emotions-run-high-at-rally-for-ukraine-in-chicagos-daley-plaza/
— More than 1,000 protest for Ukraine, lambaste President Trump in downtown Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protest-for-ukraine-lambaste-president-trump-downtown-chicago/
FOX32
— Chicago mayor to be ‘held accountable’ for sanctuary policies in Capitol Hill hearing, GOP reps say
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/republican-chicago-johnson-hearing
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicagoans rally in support of Ukraine after Zelenskyy’s contentious meeting with Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/chicago-ukraine-rally/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more opposition to Republican budget cuts. While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, there was virtually no opposition to Republicans cutting GAO’s budget.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/federal-employment-cuts-to-national-park-service-other-agencies-draw-sharp-criticism-here/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/chicago-guatemalans-community/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/fear-of-ice-arrests-keeping-customers-at-home-immigrant-owned-businesses-in-aurora-say-the-streets-were-so-lonely/
— 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.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/northbrook-celebrates-diversity-with-cultural-fair/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage assimilation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/03/opinion-multilingualism-us-spanish/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Musk’s DOGE moves to cancel leases for federal offices across Illinois. The Trump administration is aiming to unload half the buildings the government owns and cancel 50% of leases for offices across the country.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/03/03/elon-musk-doge-leases-federal-offices-illinois
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Reflecting history: County board considering update to DuPage Heritage Gallery
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250302/news/reflecting-history-county-board-considering-update-to-dupage-heritage-gallery/
— District 207 candidates oppose Trump plans to abolish U.S. Education Department, use public funds for private schools (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have used against me the most my attending a) Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and b) Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250228/local-politics/district-207-candidates-oppose-trump-plans-to-abolish-u-s-education-department-use-public-funds-fo/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Nothing new about financial mismanagement in Illinois
https://www.yahoo.com/news/editorial-nothing-financial-mismanagement-illinois-155100049.html
OUR QUAD CITIES
— Illinois governor plays Nazi Trump card
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/illinois-governor-plays-nazi-trump-card/
— Democrat leaders not only oppose cutting federal spending for those who vote for Democrats, they want that spending to be increased. Those who vote for Democrats include those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, are in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, and criminals.
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/whats-ahead-as-illinois-lawmakers-push-to-stop-medicaid-cuts/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump is not the first U.S. President to lose patience with Zelenskyy reports show
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-is-not-the-first-us-president-to-lose-patience-with-zelenskyy-reports-show-volodymyr-former-president-joe-biden-jd-vance-oval-office-russia-ukraine-war-foreign-aid
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump’s speech to Congress comes as he wields vast power almost daring lawmakers, courts to stop him
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-speech-to-congress-comes-as-he-wields-vast-power-almost-daring-lawmakers-courts-to-stop-him/
— Trump’s past speeches to Congress asked them to pass his agenda. Now, he’s willing to go it alone. (COMMENT: Trump got elected by promising to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-past-speeches-to-congress-asked-them-to-pass-his-agenda-now-hes-willing-to-go-it-alone/
WSIU
— Democrats say “What Putin thinks of the tensions between Trump and Zelenskyy.”
https://www.wsiu.org/2025-03-03/what-putin-thinks-of-the-tensions-between-trump-and-zelenskyy
WCIA
— Conan O’Brien swipes at Trump with ‘Anora’ joke: Americans ‘excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian’
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/conan-obrien-swipes-at-trump-with-anora-joke-americans-excited-to-see-somebody-finally-stand-up-to-a-powerful-russian/
WAND TV
— Following Trump’s lead, his allies lash out at Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and suggest he may need to resign
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/following-trumps-lead-his-allies-lash-out-at-ukraines-zelenskyy-and-suggest-he-may-need/article_56d77fe3-1f42-5d25-88d5-3626b63a97ed.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Foreign students say the threat of Trump’s executive orders is getting real
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-03/foreign-students-say-the-threat-of-trumps-executive-orders-is-getting-real
— Democrat leaders say “Majorities say state of the union is not strong, and Trump is rushing change.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-03/poll-majorities-say-state-of-the-union-is-not-strong-and-trump-is-rushing-change
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— How Northwestern has responded to Trump’s anti-DEI orders
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/03/03/campus/the-daily-explains-how-northwestern-has-responded-to-trumps-anti-dei-orders/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders say “What’s at stake if we lose sanctuary city laws.”
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/03/03/sanctuary-city-chicago-immigration-house-hearing
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Former Gov. Bruce Rauner is among Republicans looking at Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency with a bit of nostalgia, uncertainty and caution. In an interview, Rauner acknowledged the challenges of trimming government. “There are all kinds of restrictions and union rules and regulatory rules for what you can do as an executive versus what needs legislative or other approvals, including union approvals and employee approvals,” he said. “It was very, very, very tough to shrink.” . . . Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump’s funding freeze, will host Lauri Morrison-Frichtl during the president’s speech before Congress on Tuesday. Morrison-Frichtl is executive director of the Illinois Head Start Association, which has been affected by the freeze. Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) will bring Eric Rodriguez for Trump’s speech. Rodriguez is a disabled Army veteran who works at the Hines VA Hospital and is concerned about Trump’s cuts to veterans’ services and the rights of unionized federal employees, according to Garcia’s team.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/03/this-week-is-going-to-be-viral-00206948
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders not only oppose cutting federal spending for those who vote for Democrats, they want that spending to be increased. Those who vote for Democrats include those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, are in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, and criminals. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gpoillinois.com
— The Democrat mainstream news media, that is, Democrat leaders, ever-increasingly spins everything against Trump and against the 77 million who voted for Trump. The more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Democrats assume that you voted for Trump. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Trump is following Gingrich’s policy of gutting of federal agencies instead of reforming them. While Gingrich was a U.S. Representative 1979-1999, and especially while he was the Speaker of the House 1995-1999, he became ever-increasingly critical of GAO. He cut GAO’s budget in relative terms, and increasingly, in absolute terms. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE today. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Were you a bad employee? My critics/opponents ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that I must have been an extremely bad employee because my superiors in the federal government took so many big adverse actions against me. They stress that my GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old EVEN THOUGH I had earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrats have invited fired federal employees to Trump’s congressional address. The move comes as lawmakers hear from constituents over President Trump’s and Elon Musk’s efforts to slash federal spending and cull the civil service ranks. My Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997, that is, they forced me to retire. What if my U.S. Congressman Henry Hyde and my U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald had invited me to Congressional addresses? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Hyde and Fitzgerald sided with GAO against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What would your critics/opponents stress to Trump and to his supporters to turn them against you? My critics/opponents would stress that I am not a team player, that is, that I have not ever been and that I will never be blindly loyal to any individual, that is, that I am instead loyal to conservative principles and to the Republican Party platform. Further, they would stress that I cannot be manipulated or dominated and that I refuse orders to a) glorify, praise, demonize, denigrate, or condemn people, b) pander to people, c) serve as an operative or dupe for anyone, d) coverup wrongdoing, and e) give money to anyone. No offense to Trump or to his supporters, but I take the aforesaid as a badge of honor. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Since 2000, as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, I have served as a conservative Republican political and government news and commentary aggregator. Of course, my critics/opponents do not want me to influence anything. That is why they a) ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2004 and 2010, b) ended my bid to serves as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, c) ended my service as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member in 2004, d) almost got Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, e) ended my ICRC Steering Committee membership in 2007, f) ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, g) ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, h) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, i) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and j) ended my Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee membership in 2024. I should write about my critic/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Willful indifference to cost: Illinois’ noncitizen healthcare scandal is worse than new audit shows
https://wirepoints.org/willful-indifference-to-cost-illinois-noncitizen-healthcare-scandal-is-worse-than-new-audit-shows-wirepoints/
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Illinois Commits to Using Schools to Harm and Indoctrinate Minors
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/02/28/illinois-commits-to-using-schools-to-harm-and-indoctrinate-minors
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois Schools to Trump: We’re Keeping DEI, Even If It Costs Millions!
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/03/illinois-schools-to-trump-were-keeping-dei-even-if-it-costs-millions.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing the civilian workforce at the Pentagon to respond to the Office of Personnel Management’s request for a list of their accomplishments for the past week. (COMMENT: My accomplishments last week include my putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters with links to 500 articles.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/2/defense-secretary-directs-civilian-employees-comply-opm-request/
— Islam is killing Germany. To survive, Europe must return to its roots.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/2/islam-killing-germany/
— Trump Is right: Fire bad federal employees and reward good ones (COMMENT: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that I must have been an extremely bad employee because my superiors in the federal government took so many big adverse actions against me. They stress that my GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old EVEN THOUGH I had earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/2/trump-right-fire-bad-federal-employees-reward-good-ones/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Hollywood’s decline is an American tragedy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3334133/hollywood-decline-is-an-american-tragedy/
NEW YORK POST
— Vance family moved to ‘undisclosed location’ after hundreds of pro-Ukraine protesters swarm ski resort ahead of vacation
https://nypost.com/2025/03/01/us-news/jd-vances-visit-to-vermont-ski-resort-interrupted-by-pro-ukraine-demonstrators-after-zelensky-exchange/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Fonda disproves the adage age brings wisdom
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/fonda_disproves_the_adage_age_brings_wisdom.html
CAMPUS REFORM
— ‘LGBTQ+ words for elementary students’: 10 ways Maine’s Department of Education spends its money
https://www.campusreform.org/article/lgbtq-words-elementary-students-10-ways-maines-department-education-spends-money-/27577
FOX NEWS
— Illinois GOP chair Kathy Salvi unleashes on governor for ‘grandstanding’ with special demand of Trump admin. ‘Governor Pritzker is grandstanding for his 2028 run for president instead of focusing on the mess that he’s left with us in Illinois,’ she said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-state-gop-chair-unleashes-governor-grandstanding-demand-trum-admin
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump’s Worthy Effort to Rein In ‘Independent’ Agencies (COMMENT: GAO is supposed to be an independent agency, but instead, it is an arm of the Democrat Party. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE today.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/trumps-worthy-effort-to-rein-in-independent-agencies/
NEWSMAX
— Zelenskyy Should Work With Trump to End Ukraine War
https://www.newsmax.com/drlucjaswiatkowskicannon/zelenskyy-trump-ukraine/2025/02/26/id/1200577/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Wheaton College Alumni Send Clear Message on School’s Woke Drift
https://www.westernjournal.com/christian-college-alumni-send-clear-message-schools-woke-drift/
— Canada Spent $320 Million to Fuel Anti-Christian Hate But Came Up Empty-Handed
https://www.westernjournal.com/canada-spent-320-million-fuel-anti-christian-hate-came-empty-handed/
— Have We Become the Party of Handouts?
https://www.westernjournal.com/become-party-handouts/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Elon Musk Is South African. We Shouldn’t Forget It. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my hometown of Crete where I lived 1948-1972. They stress that while I lived there, it was overwhelmingly Lutheran and German American.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/opinion/elon-musk-south-africa.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. Soon, if not already, Democrat and RINO employers will officially a) not hire you unless you hate Trump and b) fire you if you do not hate Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/opinion/trumps-masculinity-democrats.html
— Democrats Invite Fired Federal Workers to Trump’s Congressional Address. The move comes as lawmakers hear from constituents over President Trump’s and Elon Musk’s efforts to slash federal spending and cull the civil service ranks. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997, that is, they forced me to retire. What if my U.S. Congressman Henry Hyde and my U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald had invited me to Congressional addresses? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Hyde and Fitzgerald sided with GAO against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/us/politics/democrats-trump-federal-workers.html
— Trump and the press
https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/render?campaign_id=9
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s opponents decry a sweeping crackdown on free speech. In an effort to stamp out “woke” racial and gender messages, critics say, the president is running afoul of the First Amendment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/02/trump-free-speech-censorship/
— Tariffs on Canada, Mexico to take effect Tuesday barring Trump reprieve
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/03/trump-presidency-news/
— A closer look at DEI and veterans’ preference (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I got and all the promotions that I got should have been given to veterans instead of me because I avoided the Vietnam War draft. I should write about that.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/03/dei-preference-veterans-military-families/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump is surrendering a century’s worth of U.S. global power in a matter of weeks
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-03-03/trump-ukraine-russia-global-power
USA TODAY
— Trump orders additional troops, armored vehicles to southern border
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/01/pentagon-troops-armored-vehicles-southern-border/80972784007/
— Dismantling agencies and firing workers: How Trump is redefining relations with Congress and courts. Trump has adopted a theory from former Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia that presidents control the entire executive branch. (COMMENT: Trump is following Gingrich’s policy of gutting of federal agencies instead of reforming them. While Gingrich was a U.S. Representative 1979-1999, and especially while he was the Speaker of the House 1995-1999, he became ever-increasingly critical of GAO. He cut GAO’s budget in relative terms and increasingly in absolute terms. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE today.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/02/president-trump-unitary-executive-branch-congress/80517757007/
CBS NEWS
— Trudeau to bring up Trump’s threat to annex Canada in meeting with King Charles
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trudeau-meeting-king-charles-trump-annex-threat/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Despite federal deadline, N.Y. colleges make few changes to DEI programs
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/02/despite-federal-deadline-ny-colleges-make-few-changes-to-dei-programs/
BOSTON GLOBE
— Musk and Trump aren’t just decimating the federal workforce. They’re denigrating it. (COMMENT: Overwhelmingly, Republicans view federal employees negatively. Why is that? I have always been a Republican. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years. To demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me, my Republican critics/opponents have always stressed that I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I have been a federal retiree since 1997. They stress that I was an IRS employee 1971-1980. I should write about my Republican critics/opponents.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/02/opinion/doge-federal-workforce-layoffs/
MIAMI HERALD
— Democrats Denounce Their Own Party: ‘Over-the-Top Wokeism’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-denounce-their-own-party-over-the-top-wokeism/ss-AA1A6goG
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Some of Illinois Wants to Join Indiana
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-some-of-illinois-wants-to-join-indiana/04100582-95B9-4BA1-B267-3BC902D84795
— FRONT PAGE: ‘Garage Mahals’ Are Driving Neighbors Nuts. When a regular garage isn’t big enough, Minnesotans turn to luxury storage spaces. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents despise/hate cars, and especially American nameplate cars, and more especially muscle cars, and even more especially Corvettes. I have owned my 1972 Corvette since I bought it new in 1971. If I sought a political office or a government office, my critics/opponents would stress the Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville that I used to own, the one that I own now, and the one that I am buying.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/garage-mahal-man-cave-car-barn-storage-shed-45681baa
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With his three-car garage in this Minneapolis suburb already full, Bret Bailey had to keep his racing Porsche in a trailer outside through brutal Minnesota winters. Then one March, as he prepared for a race, Bailey discovered the wheels of the trailer had frozen to the ground. “For two weeks, I’m throwing salt out there,” said the 64-year-old retired IT manager. Now, Bailey is part of a man-cave-meets-Storage Wars revolution spreading across the country. He keeps his two Porsches, Ferrari, custom Harley, dune buggy and racing trailer in a nearly 2,700-square-foot space outfitted like a sleek European car dealership. It sports a tequila bar, heated floors, bathroom with a shower, giant TV, leather sofa, stack of racing tires and a car lift. He’s among 100 owners in a complex of garage condos called Chanhassen AutoPlex whose car shows attract thousands of people on summer weekends. When a regular garage just isn’t big enough to stash all their cars, boats, snowmobiles, RVs or even quilting gear and golf simulators, some people turn to luxury storage spaces where they can be close to their toys with all the comforts of home. Call them car barns, barndominiums, toy sheds, garage mahals or shouses (for shop houses), they are a big hit in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.)
FORBES
— DOJ Civil Rights Chief Nominee Harmeet Dhillon Decries Affirmative Action In College Admissions (COMMENT: If Affirmative Action pressure had been stronger when I was young, minorities and females would have been admitted instead of me. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class and my ACT score was only 24. If qualified minorities and females had applied in 1966, UIC would have admitted them instead of me. The same for NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKtKDNN0L0Q
INC.
— To get more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that women are superior to men.
https://www.inc.com/stephanie-mehta/this-banks-board-is-78-percent-female-but-dont-credit-dei/91154397
REASON
— Mass Firings Aren’t Meritocracy
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mass-firings-aren-t-meritocracy/ar-AA1zZEcv
PEW RESARCH CENTER
— No consensus on who comes to mind when Americans are asked to name a news influencer (COMMENT: Since 2000, as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, I have served as a conservative Republican political and government news and commentary aggregator. Of course, my critics/opponents do not want me to influence anything. That is why they a) ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2004 and 2010, b) ended my bid to serves as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, c) ended my service as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member in 2004, d) almost got Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, e) ended my ICRC Steering Committee membership in 2007, f) ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, g) ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, h) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, i) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and j) ended my Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee membership in 2024.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/19/no-consensus-on-who-comes-to-mind-when-americans-are-asked-to-name-a-news-influencer/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: About one-in-five U.S. adults (21%) say they regularly get news from news influencers on social media, according to our recent study. The study is part of the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. But because the idea of “news influencers” is relatively new, we also wanted to know who Americans are thinking of when they hear the term. So in an open-ended question, we asked U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from news influencers to name the first one who comes to mind for them. In response, half named a person (as opposed to an organization or entity) or gave no response. The 425 people they named reflect a wide range of backgrounds – from journalists to opinion commentators to politicians to content creators. Most of these people fit the definition of news influencers in our larger study – that is, people with large followings on social media who regularly post about news or politics. The influencers our respondents most often named include Philip DeFranco (volunteered by 3%), Tucker Carlson (2%), Ben Shapiro (2%), V Spehar from Under the Desk News (2%) and Carlos Eduardo Espina (2%).)
DAILY MAIL
— Trump shocks as he makes huge concession to Russia
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/trump-shocks-as-he-makes-huge-concession-to-russia/ss-AA1A8EKk