FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— ‘ICE Academy’ training materials for warrantless arrests challenged in Chicago court. I should write about the 6 months of training that IRS gave me in 1971 to be a GS-7 (currently $55,850/year) Revenue Officer. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=IRS+%22revenue+officer%22+training Democrats run IRS and Democrats run GAO. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO In 1980 after working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/immigration-customs-enforcements-ice-academy-training-materials-warrantless-arrests-challenged-chicago-court/17476470/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While in the Chicago area Friday, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem touted her department is in the midst of a hiring surge, with more than 80,000 applications received in the past week. To meet the demand, Noem said training at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Academy that once took up to a year to complete could be hastened to a matter of weeks, if the applicant has the relevant training and experience. The ABC7 I-Team had a rare look at some of the ICE Academy training materials for new agents that immigrant rights advocates say is concerning and their lawyers argue is illegal.)
— Trump offers $50M for Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro arrest. The Trump administration accused Maduro of being one of the world’s largest narco-traffickers.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-offers-50m-venezuela-president-nicols-maduro-arrest-accuses-being-worlds-largest-narco-traffickers/17474129/
RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Because Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot, it is fair to ask them if they use pot and if they say yes, how much, and if they say no, why not.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/loan-applications-for-all-cannabis-social-equity-licensees-set-to-open-august-11th-85158.cfm
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who wants to be the next chairman of the Illinois Republican Party? Leading a political organization is a thankless job. I served as an officer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) 2003-2007 and as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly blamed ICRC and TAPROOT for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct suffered. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes not only end my aforesaid roles, they destroyed the aforesaid organizations. I should write about my critics/opponents. They demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being too conservative. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois. They have always been Democrat plants who have always done everything they could to destroy Republicans, and sooner or later, they will proudly proclaim that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASINGTON TIMES
— Trump hunts for colleges still using race in student selection. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But because of my bad demographics, I doubt that they would admit me today.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/8/trump-orders-colleges-prove-ended-race-based-admissions/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Indiana goes all-in to help ICE arrest, detain, and deport illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3495104/indiana-helps-ice-deport-illegal-immigrants-speedway-slammer/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Great Gerrymandering War Of 2025
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/the_great_gerrymandering_war_of_2025.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Adam Schiff says quiet part out loud about Dems needing illegals to win. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/08/adam-schiff-says-quiet-part-out-loud-about-dems-needing-illegals-to-win-1574766/
BREITBART
— Catholic Bishops Compare ICE Deportations to Nazis and Slave Catchers. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success invading, infiltrating, infesting, and conquering religion.
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2025/08/08/catholic-bishops-compare-ice-deportations-to-nazis-and-slave-catchers/
— Andrew Cuomo Calls on Socialist Zohran Mamdani to ‘Move Out’ of His Rent Stabilized Apartment. The only rent that I have ever paid was while I was a student at NIU 1969-1970.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/08/andrew-cuomo-calls-on-socialist-zohran-mamdani-to-move-out-of-his-rent-stabilized-apartment/
COLLEGE FIX
— Trump orders more oversight of federal grants after funds went to drag shows, DEI
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-orders-more-oversight-of-federal-grants-after-funds-went-to-drag-shows-dei/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— There Are 50 Million Illegal Aliens in the USA. We Can and Must Deport Them All. Here Are the Top 10 Ways for President Trump To Make It Happen Efficiently and Quickly.
https://www.creators.com/read/wayne-allyn-root/08/25/there-are-50-million-illegal-aliens-in-the-usa-we-can-and-must-deport-them-all-here-are-the-top-10-ways-for-president-trump-to-make-it-happen-efficiently-and-quickly
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Moves To Keep Leftists From Pilfering Tax Dollars For Radical Agendas
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/08/trump-move-liberals-left-pilfering-tax-dollars-radical-agendas/
DAILY SIGNAL
— DEI Will Implode. Here’s Why. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used DEI the most to destroy me. I would focus on a) my Democrat superiors in the federal government and b) past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party; Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, pollsters, fundraisers, major donors, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers; conservative leaders; and religious leaders. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/08/how-trump-broke-the-dei-machine/
— The DEI Scam is Falling Apart, and Trump Broke It.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lh2dQrU1kA
FEDERALIST
— Education Dept. Demands Receipts From Universities That Do Affirmative Action Under The Table. Democrats and RINOs have always crowed about their giving preference to those who are Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/08/education-dept-demands-receipts-from-universities-that-do-affirmative-action-under-the-table/
— Trump Order Targets Self-Appointed ‘Experts’ Funneling Tax Dollars To Leftist Pet Projects
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/08/trump-order-targets-self-appointed-experts-funneling-tax-dollars-to-leftist-pet-projects/
ICE
— ICE Houston arrests more than 350 gang members in past 6 months who illegally entered US over 1,400 times, been convicted of nearly 1,700 criminal offenses. Among those arrested were convicted murderers, child predators, thieves, and arsonists and an alien who illegally entered the US 40 times.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-houston-arrests-more-350-gang-members-past-6-months-who-illegally-entered-us-over
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— To promote wokeness is to promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/can-wokeness-be-defeated/amp/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Gerrymandering Wars Have Begun. Threats have been exchanged, and now we wait until someone pulls the trigger.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/08/begun-the-gerrymandering-wars-have/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Pot pushers ever-increasingly push Trump to push pot. The more pot that you use, the less that you accomplish in life. If I had used pot, I would not have been able a) to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) to earn six professional certifications, or c) to earn a professional license. If I had used pot, a) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, b) Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970, c) IRS would not have hired me in 1971 or promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, and d) GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986. If I had used pot, would not have been able to get married in 1978.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/trump-marijuana-reclassify-dea
NEWSWEEK
— Redistricting Wars: Map Shows How Many Seats Could Change Before Midterms
https://www.newsweek.com/redistricting-map-midterm-election-2026-gerrymandering-republicans-democrats-states-2110170
MSN
— ‘Worrying time for Irish in US’ as Trump makes good on illegals promise
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/worrying-time-for-irish-in-us-as-trump-makes-good-on-illegals-promise/ar-AA1Jq43p
MSNBC
— Why the Air Force is denying early retirement for longtime transgender service members. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to not come to work.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/air-force-denying-early-retirement-longtime-transgender-service-member-rcna223839
NBC NEWS
— Air Force revokes approved retirement for trans service members. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to not come to work.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/air-force-revokes-approved-retirement-trans-service-members-complete-u-rcna223876
NEW YORK TIMES
— Air Force Denies Early Retirement for Transgender Men and Women. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to not come to work.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/politics/air-force-transgender-service-members-early-retirement.html
— More Turmoil at I.R.S. as Trump Ends Chief’s Short Tenure. Democrats run IRS. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, they were ever-increasingly angry against Nixon and Ford. They took their ever-increasing anger against Nixon and Ford out against me, one of their very few Republican employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/politics/trump-billy-long-irs-commissioner.html
— Mexico ever-increasingly makes it clear that it is anti-American. Will Mexico side with America’s enemies in WWIII?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/world/americas/mexico-trump-military-cartels.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration weighs military actions against drug cartels
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/08/trump-mexico-pentagon-drug-cartels/
NEW YORK SUN
— Trump’s New Census Could Spell Trouble for Democrats, Like Ocasio-Cortez and Jeffries, in Districts With Many Non-Citizens. The number of blue state members of Congress is swelled by the constitutional requirement that the decennial census include an ‘actual enumeration’ of the population. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army. During their First Civil War, Democrats failed to get foreign countries to join them. But Democrats are succeeding during their Second Civil War.
https://www.nysun.com/article/trumps-new-census-could-spell-trouble-for-democrats-like-ocasio-cortez-and-jeffries-in-districts-with-many-non-citizens
— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Collapses Under Weight of Its Own Paradoxes, Even Before President Trump’s Order Banning It. Half of all Americans no longer approve of racial and gender preferences. My critics/opponents have always promoted race and gender based preference giving. I should write about my critics/opponents and the reasons why they promote race and gender based preference giving.
https://www.nysun.com/article/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-collapses-under-weight-of-its-own-paradoxes-even-before-president-trumps-order-banning-it
USA TODAY
— From Bibles to prayer groups: What Trump’s new religion memo for federal workers means. The memo provides guidance on religious expression for federal workers. Backers say it mirrors Clinton-era policies. But to others, the overtly Christian language raises First Amendment concerns. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually none of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Protestant and none that knew of were Missouri Synod Lutheran like me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/07/trump-religion-federal-employees/85516547007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Is Right on ‘Debanking’ Regulators have abused their power to cut off political opponents. What does your bank think of those who share your demographics?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-debanking-executive-order-bank-examiners-biden-obama-operation-choke-point-8396e49d
— How the West Was Really Won. If I had ever ran for a government office, my opponent would have used against me that all my ancestors immigrated from what is now German during the 1840s and 1850s, that on my father’s side they homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete township, and that on my mother’s side, they sharecropped 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-undiscovered-country-review-into-the-west-13866720
— Trump Takes a Destructive Turn Against India. He has a point about New Delhi’s relationship with Russia, but 50% tariffs are a counterproductive policy. https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-takes-a-destructive-turn-against-india-tariffs-d77a2a79
— Living in Zohran Mamdani’s America. How did socialism rise from the dead, and what can freedom-loving Americans do about it? Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. According to Democrat leaders, you cannot survive in America, let alone succeed in America, without massive government assistance, and especially if you are a minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if your ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/living-in-zohran-mamdanis-america-44ea8b90
— Gerrymandering Is Deepening America’s Political Divide. Less than 20% of Americans live in a state where the minority party has a meaningful voice in governance. In Illinois, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less voice that you have in governance: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly I have no voice in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/us-gerrymandering-political-divide-a2a83a28
ATLANTIC
— Democrats cannot win without massive gerrymandering.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/lawlessness-fbi-against-texas-democrats/683804/
BRITANNICA
— American Civil War – Emancipation, Slavery, Union. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army. During their First Civil War, Democrats failed to get foreign countries to join them. But Democrats are succeeding during their Second Civil War.
https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War/The-Emancipation-Proclamation
GOOGLE AI
— Peers play a significant role in an individual’s life, influencing success, happiness, and overall well-being. I should write about the impact that my childhood peers had on me. I would focus on my childhood friends and classmates. Further, because one could argue that the most relevant criteria to use to measure one’s success in life is the success of one’s peers, I would focus on the successes that my childhood peers have had.
https://www.google.com/search?q=peers+success+life
— Living on one paycheck. Since I got married when I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have always been furious that my wife and I have always lived on just one of our paychecks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who are not married, b) whose spouse has little or no income, and/or c) who decry the tremendous amount of time and money needed to raise children. Initially, my wife and I lived on just one of our paychecks because we intended to have children. But because we gave up trying to have children because of our fertility problems, we then lived on just one of our paychecks to save more for our retirement.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22living+on+one+paycheck%22
Tag: federal
August 8, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Noem accuses IL leaders of being ‘obstructionist’ in Chicago area visit
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-chicago-friday-speak-immigration/17470258/
— U.S. Sen. John Cornyn says FBI Director Kash Patel has approved a request for the FBI to assist Texas law enforcement in locating Texas House Democrats, many of whom came to Illinois.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-senator-john-cornyn-says-fbi-director-kash-patel-agreed-assist-finding-democrats-left-illinois/17461889/
NBC5
— Noem slams ‘sanctuary policies’ during Illinois visit. During a visit to Lombard Friday, Noem criticized both Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, saying they’re not cooperating with ICE.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-slams-sanctuary-policies-during-illinois-visit/3806766/
CBS2
— Noem touts ICE arrests in west suburbs, protest held outside
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-in-chicago/
FOX32
— Demonstrators protest DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Chicago visit
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/demonstrators-protest-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-chicago-visit
WTTW
— Homeland Security Head Noem Criticizes Pritzker, Johnson in Illinois Visit While Local Officials Brand Her a ‘Liar’
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/08/homeland-security-head-noem-criticizes-pritzker-johnson-illinois-visit-while-local
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Texas Republicans ask Illinois court to order arrest of House Democrats who fled state as part of remap battle
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/08/texas-republicans-illinois-court-enforce-arrest-warrants/
— Noem blasts Pritzker, Johnson during Chicago-area visit
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/08/kristi-noem-chicago-visit/
— Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/08/texas-partisan-gerrymandering-is-it-legal/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Noem highlights Illinois immigrant arrests, as Dems defend state’s legal sanctuary policies. Standing in front of a cache of fentanyl, guns and cash that were recently recovered in Illinois, Noem came to west suburban Lombard and briefly highlighted the arrests made by federal agents, “without the help of the governor or the mayor.” Noem did not say whether the men had been deported.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/08/08/dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-illinois-arrests-sanctuary-policies-juliana-stratton
DAILY HERALD
— Noem calls Pritzker ‘obstructionist’ on immigration enforcement at Lombard news conference
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250808/news/dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-calls-pritzker-obstructionist-on-immigration-enforcement-at-lombard-news/
— Democrat leaders use reports of bomb threats against Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250808/crime/second-bomb-threat-at-st-charles-conference-center-where-texas-democrats-stayed/
— Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250807/nation-and-world-politics/pritzker-fbi-cant-arrest-texas-lawmakers-sheltering-in-illinois/
ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://dceo.illinois.gov/oe3/cannabisequity/cannabis-social-equity-r3.html
https://dceo.illinois.gov/oe3/cannabisequity.html
DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation or their illegals.
https://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/casten-blasts-dhs-secretary-noems-visit-chicago-discuss-border-security-worst
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-358/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Newsom vows to ‘nullify’ Texas with 5 more Democratic seats in California
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/8/gov-gavin-newsom-vows-nullify-texas-5-democratic-seats-california/
— Trump removes IRS commissioner Billy Long, appoints him Iceland ambassador
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/8/trump-removes-irs-commissioner-billy-long-appoints-iceland-ambassador/
— Ivy League forced to drop left-wing indoctrination under federal pressure
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/8/editorial-ivy-league-forced-drop-left-wing-indoctrination-federal/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago police refused to turn over 92% of illegal immigrants to ICE under Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3494647/chicago-illegal-immigrants-noem-police-ice-sanctuary-city/
AMAC
— Dems’ Foreign Loyalties Expose ‘America Last’ Agenda
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/dems-foreign-loyalties-expose-america-last-agenda/
BLAZE
— Expel Delia Ramirez — and enforce the oath of office
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/expel-delia-ramirez-and-enforce-the-oath-of-office
— Loyalty to the United States is non-negotiable for Congress members
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/loyalty-to-the-united-states-is-non-negotiable-for-congress-members
BREITBART
— Durbin on if IL Is Gerrymandered: We Had a ‘Partisan’ Process for Drawing Our Maps. Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/08/08/durbin-on-if-il-is-gerrymandered-we-had-a-partisan-process-for-drawing-our-maps/
— Noem: Sanctuary Democrats IL Gov. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Johnson ‘Choosing Criminals’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/08/kristi-noem-sanctuary-democrats-il-gov-pritzker-chicago-mayor-johnson-choosing-criminals/
DAILY SIGNAL
— DHS Chief Accuses Illinois Governor, Chicago Mayor of ‘Ignoring the Law’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/08/dhs-chief-accuses-illinois-governor-chicago-mayor-of-ignoring-the-law/
FEDERALIST
— Mass Immigration, Legal Or Illegal, Is Incompatible With National Survival
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/08/mass-immigration-legal-or-illegal-is-incompatible-with-national-survival/
FOX NEWS
— Cuban-born congressman calls for ‘Squad’ member’s removal over ‘Guatemalan before American’ remark. ‘I have and will continue to use my voice, my heritage, and my experience to defend everyone in America, our Constitution, and our rights,’ Ramirez responded.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-who-fled-communism-seeks-squad-members-ouster-guatemalan-first-before-american-comments
— Noem, in Illinois, calls out Pritzker and Johnson over their handling of criminal illegal immigrants. Noem says they are ‘being obstructionist’ on criminal illegal immigrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-illinois-calls-out-gov-pritzker-chicagos-mayor-over-handling-criminal-illegal-immigrants
— Texas asks Illinois court to enforce arrest warrants for Democratic lawmakers
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-asks-illinois-court-enforce-arrest-warrants-democratic-lawmakers
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders use reports of bomb threats against Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5443451-texas-democrats-hotel-bomb-threat/
CNN
— GOP lawmaker pushes to strip Democrat of committee assignment after saying she’s ‘a proud Guatemalan before I am an American’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/politics/gimenez-resolution-strip-ramirez-homeland-security-committee-house
— Texas AG sues to remove Democratic lawmakers who remain absent from legislature. Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/texas-democrats-redistricting-house-quorum-08-08-25
— Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/politics/gerrymandering-texas-house-outcomes
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Is Removing I.R.S. Chief 2 Months After He Was Confirmed
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/politics/trump-billy-long-irs-commissioner.html
— Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/us/texas-redistricting.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/us/politics/congressional-gerrymandering-redistricting-game.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/08/redistricting-gerrymandering-voters-representation-elections-texas/e0c75080-747f-11f0-84e0-485bb531abeb_story.html
FLORIDA POLITICS
— ‘Unacceptable’: Carlos Giménez moves to boot Dem from Homeland Security Committee over loyalty remark
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/750848-unacceptable-carlos-gimenez-moves-to-boot-dem-from-homeland-security-committee-over-loyalty-remark/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Earning More but in Worse Shape: Hardship Overwhelms Many American Families
https://www.wsj.com/economy/earning-more-worse-shape-poverty-overwhelms-families-eab13800
FORBES
— Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1jTJlZ6ohw
NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198936/texas-maps-gop-end-democracy
POLITICO
— Billy Long out as IRS commissioner. President Donald Trump is removing the former member of Congress from his post less than two months after his swearing in. Long is expected to get an ambassadorship.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/08/billy-long-irs-commissioner-trump-00500365
DAILY KOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Ramirez
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/8/2337460/-Rep-Delia-Ramirez-calls-to-dismantle-ICE-and-stands-strong-for-immigrants-and-human-rights
August 8, 2025
Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing dependency on government and charity, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing LGBTQ, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing abortion, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing mass/illegal immigration, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing diminishment of Second Amendment rights, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing race and gender based preference giving, Democrats pull out all the stops.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump offers $50,000 bonuses to hire thousands for ICE push. $50,000 is a lot of money. When I was 22 years old in 1971, in today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $55,858/year. To get hired, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn ICE, and therefore, they ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn ICE employees. My father never made more than $50k/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. He fought brittle type 1 diabetes from childhood. He was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never attended college because his doctors told him that the stress would kill him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/07/afternoon-briefing-trump-offers-50000-bonuses-to-hire-thousands-for-ice-push/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/07/angry-with-ice-protesters-disrupt-job-fair-at-congress-plaza-hotel/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois, but Gov. JB Pritzker calls move ‘grandstanding.’ Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/07/fbi-to-help-find-texas-democrats-illinois/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ramirez’s comments on her Guatemalan heritage draws backlash from conservatives, White House. In comments in Spanish at the second annual Panamerican Congress in Mexico City, Rameriz said, “ … I could say a few words in Spanish because I’m Guatemalan and proud of it — first, before American.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/06/delia-ramirez-congress-representative-america-guatemala-immigration
— Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that the Ku Klux Klan was Republican.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/07/ku-klux-klan-march-washington-dc-1925-centennial
— Democrat leaders shout at immigrants that Republicans cause all the problems that immigrants have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/08/07/trump-immigrants-dick-durbin-naturalization-ceremony-wrigely-field
— All Chicago police misconduct cases could be heard in secret if court sides with union. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, c) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/police-reform/2025/08/07/chicago-police-shooting-arbitration-misconduct-discipline-adam-toledo-cpd
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/08/08/cta-transgender-bus-driver-suicide-ava-hudson-blue-line
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/08/08/chicago-premier-aids-unit-illinois-masonic-hospital-trump-cripples-research
DAILY HERALD
— Rep. Amy Grant of Wheaton to step aside after current term
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250807/news/rep-amy-grant-of-wheaton-to-step-aside-after-current-term/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250807/news/underwood-ice-completely-unresponsive-after-enforcement-in-joliet/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250807/transportation/krishnamoorthi-at-forefront-of-investigation-into-flock-license-plate-readers/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois NPR and PBS stations see donations surge after federal funding blow. My direct competitors are beyond furious that I have the time, money, experience, ability, and motivation needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out every morning free of charge and without any advertising or donation requests. I should write about my direct competitors who have their operatives and their dupes do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending the newsletters out and b) to stop everyone from reading them.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marketing-media/npr-and-pbs-stations-illinois-see-donations-surge
ABC7
— Vance visits Indiana to talk about redrawing congressional maps as Trump’s redistricting fight grows
https://abc7chicago.com/post/vice-president-jd-vance-visits-indiana-talk-redrawing-congressional-maps-trumps-redistricting-fight-grows/17467234/
— Pfleger leads multi-faith protest outside Israeli Consulate of Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rev-michael-pfleger-st-sabina-church-leads-multi-faith-chicago-protest-outside-israeli-consulate-loop/17466050/
CBS2
— Pritzker defends signing bill upping pension payouts for Chicago police, firefighters. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically less because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jb-pritzker-defends-bill-pension-payouts-chicago-police-firefighters/
FOX32
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1687623
WBEZ
— Reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters is the fastest, most comprehensive, and free way to stay informed about political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/01/news-headlines-giving-you-whiplash-tips-on-staying-informed-without-doomscrolling
SOUTHERN
— Trump orders new census excluding undocumented immigrants amid redistricting battles.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/08/07/trump-orders-new-census-excluding-undocumented-immigrants-amid-redistricting-battles/
WQAD
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/pritzkers-redistricting-comments-joke-colbert-spark-criticism/526-e313c739-c110-42d9-8ed8-f75ded9460cf
SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://southsideweekly.com/we-need-help-local-organizations-step-up-as-undocumented-immigrants-lose-state-health-coverage/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Bob Fioretti is running for Illinois attorney general on the Republican ticket. He’ll be featured next week at Republican Day at the state fair.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/08/08/power-plays-by-mike-quigley-brendan-reilly-00499437
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-564/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-357/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIZE
— Del Mar Inches Toward Governor Run, Dabrowski “Moving in a Good Direction”
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/delmar-inches-toward-governor-run
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Kathy Salvi to Resign as State Party Chair — Proof IL GOP Isn’t Dying, It’s Dead. DIERSEN: Leading a political organization is a thankless job. I served as an officer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) 2003-2007 and as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly blamed ICRC and TAPROOT for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct suffered. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes not only end my aforesaid roles, they destroyed the aforesaid organizations. I should write about my critics/opponents. They demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being too conservative. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois. They have always been Democrat plants who have always done everything they could to destroy Republicans, and sooner or later, they will proudly proclaim that.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/sources-kathy-salvi-to-resign-as-state-party-chair-proof-il-gop-isnt-dying-its-dead.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republican Party continues its spectacular freefall into irrelevance, struggling with internal divisions, dwindling support and an increasingly uncertain future. Now, multiple sources have confirmed to this publication that Illinois GOP Chairwoman Kathy Salvi – after just one year in the role – plans to step down this summer, following the State Fair. Salvi, who previously lost a congressional race in 2006 and a U.S. Senate bid in 2022, took over the embattled state party last July after then-chairman Don Tracy – known for his deep Democratic ties and opposition to Trump – resigned, citing the rise of a powerful grassroots movement in his resignation letter. Since taking over, the state party chairwoman has been largely ineffective, leading a GOP that remains dysfunctional and often undermines its own base by targeting conservative, Trump-supporting candidates with vicious mailers and negative ads during primary elections. In seven months, Salvi has overseen only one meeting of the state central committee, the GOP’s governing board. Top IL GOP donors have also chosen to sit out this upcoming primary election. Amid a vacuum of leadership, direction, infrastructure and fundraising capacity – major donors increasingly view Illinois Republican candidates as a risky – and ultimately unrewarding investment. Without the support of major donors, the Illinois GOP faces a daunting path forward. The party’s internal divisions and lack of clear leadership have eroded confidence among those who traditionally fuel campaigns, leaving Republicans severely outmatched in both resources and organization. In January, a retiring state senator endorsed Salvi’s son – a political unknown – to succeed him in the state legislature, sparking accusations of nepotism and favoritism. Sources confirmed to this publication that the state party chairwoman had been lobbying behind the scenes to secure the appointment for her son. The Salvi family has been involved in Illinois Republican politics for decades. Her husband, Al, an attorney, has run unsuccessfully for office three times – losing a congressional race in 1986, a U.S. Senate race in 1996, and a bid for Illinois Secretary of State in 1998. As the midterm elections draw near, Democrats are poised to maintain control of every statewide office and preserve their supermajority in the legislature. For Republicans, this election season underscores a hard truth: they’re not just losing elections – they’re losing structure. There’s no head coach, no assistant coaches – just a political free-for-all. Unless the state GOP unites behind the grassroots, rebuilds its infrastructure, and offers a compelling vision, it risks remaining sidelined in Illinois politics for decades. No names have emerged as Salvi’s successor – which comes as no surprise. Few want to take the helm of a struggling party lacking infrastructure, fundraising or a clear path forward.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— FBI will help find Texas Democrats in gerrymandering fight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/7/fbi-help-find-texas-democrats-gerrymandering-fight/
— Trump turns tables on banks that cancel customers for political reasons
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/7/trump-turns-tables-banks-cancel-customers-political-reasons/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Chicago Is So Gerrymandered Its Main Airport Is Parking Backlogged Planes in Two Different Congressional Districts. Texas Democrats fled to the city in a private jet to oppose Republican gerrymandering.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/chicago-is-so-gerrymandered-its-main-airport-is-parking-backlogged-planes-in-two-different-congressional-districts/
NEW YORK POST
— Gerrymandering is driving US politics mad — Congress, step in. Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/07/opinion/gerrymandering-drives-us-politics-mad-congress-step-in/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump is right to call for a new census minus the illegals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/trump_is_right_to_call_for_a_new_census_minus_the_illegals.html
BREITBART
— Consumers’ Research Calls for Investigation into DISH Network over Promotion of Woke Ideology
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/07/exclusive-consumers-research-calls-investigation-dish-network/
CENTER SQUARE
— While Democratic lawmakers from California to New York have threatened to redistrict in response to Texas’ redistricting efforts, state Rep. David Spiller, R-Jacksboro, says three states with Democratic majorities – California, New York and Illinois – already have unfair advantages.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-center-square-509740/4162642169932-texas-lawmaker-democratic-state-redistricting-efforts-created-unfair-advantages
COLLEGE FIX
— Because Democrats cannot win without the minority vote, Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/whitelash-professors-say-white-students-get-angry-frustrated-by-anti-racist-education/
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/stanford-shuts-down-dei-office-cornell-renames-dei-office/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Orders ‘New And Highly Accurate’ Census Not Counting Illegal Migrants
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/07/trump-orders-illegals-out-of-census-count/
DAILY SIGNAL
— After Trump Order, Conservative Group Issues ‘Woke Alert’ for JPMorganChase. What does JPMorganChase think of you?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/07/exclusive-after-trump-order-conservative-group-issues-woke-alert-jpmorgan-chase/
DAILY WIRE
— Join Now! $50k To Round Up Mexicans For ICE. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. He never made more than $50k/year in today’s dollars. He fought brittle type 1 diabetes from childhood. He was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never attended college because his doctors told him that the stress would kill him.
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mks-ep-1788
FEDERALIST
— Illegal Aliens Rig The Census For Blue States, And Trump Is Right To Correct It
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/07/illegal-aliens-rig-the-census-for-blue-states-and-trump-is-right-to-correct-it/
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani takes aim at Trump saying his administration will be president’s ‘worst nightmare’ NYC socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani took shots at Trump and former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a Thursday press conference.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376660175112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Requiring Colleges to Prove Non-Race Based Admissions. “Greater transparency is essential to exposing unlawful practices and ultimately ridding society of shameful, dangerous racial hierarchies.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/trump-requiring-colleges-to-prove-non-race-based-admissions/
NEWSBUSTERS
— Legacy News Skips Proposed 2030 Census Not Counting Illegals
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/latino/jorge-bonilla/2025/08/08/omission-legacy-news-skips-proposed-2030-census-not-counting
REAL CLESR POLICY
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/08/07/why_dei_was_already_dying_1127461.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump ups aggressive redistricting war with call for new census
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5441978-trump-census-redistricting-war/
ABC NEWS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gerrymandering-reshaped-political-map-red-blue-states/story?id=124383979
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/arnold-schwarzenegger-weighs-ramping-anti-gerrymandering-efforts/story?id=124444402
— FBI granted request to ‘locate’ fleeing Texas House Democrats, Sen. Cornyn says
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sen-cornyn-says-fbi-granted-141125108.html
— Texas Democrats plea for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump’s redistricting plan
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/texas-democrats-plea-donations-extend-walkout-block-trumps-124436171
NBC NEWS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/gerrymandering-is-the-rot-at-the-core-of-politics-texas-democrat-says-244540485554
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/news/national-international/what-is-gerrymandering/6362388/
CBS NEWS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-redistricting-plan-california-new-york-illinois-indiana/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Young adults are less likely to follow politics. If I had been involved in Republican politics a) the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me or promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me or promoted me in 1986.
https://apnews.com/article/voting-elections-economy-young-people-trump-politics-0cfb6066fad5798219f8a6fe6c25b694
NEWSWEEK
— Map Shows How Population Could Change in Each State Under New Census
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-how-population-could-change-each-state-under-new-census-2110255
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.newsweek.com/what-supreme-court-justices-said-about-gerrymandering-rucho-2109166
MSNBC
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-weeknight/watch/-abuse-of-power-ny-gov-kathy-hochul-slams-gop-gerrymander-244553285651
MSN
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/is-gerrymandering-legal-texas-dispute-highlights-nation-s-long-history-of-it/ar-AA1JWjRg
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dems-gerrymandered-the-vote-beyond-recognition-stephen-miller/vi-AA1K3ePZ
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/get-the-facts-redistricting-or-gerrymandering/ar-AA1K2Odw
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-is-gerrymandering-why-is-it-legal/ar-AA1JYjSI
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/trump-orders-colleges-to-release-data-proving-they-don-t-consider-race-in-admissions/ar-AA1K7HO0
REUTERS
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-signs-memo-requiring-universities-disclose-admissions-data-race-2025-08-07/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Trump to Sign Order Requiring Universities Disclose Admissions Data on Race. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, universities have always bragged about the number of minorities and females that they admitted instead of Whites and males.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-08-07/trump-to-sign-order-requiring-universities-disclose-admissions-data-on-race
NEW YORK TIMES
— Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Full Military Takeover of Gaza
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-military-offensive.html
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/us/politics/redistricting-states.html
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/opinion/happiness-community-wealth.html
— Trump Administration Begins to Strip Federal Workers of Union Protections. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, c) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-unions.html
— Trump Escalates a Fight Over How to Measure Merit in American Education. President Trump’s most recent executive order wades into a debate over how elite colleges should weigh grades and test scores versus the obstacles students have overcome. What obstacles did you have to overcome? I was not viewed as being college material. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. I washed dishes during my junior and senior years and the summer in between. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/trump-merit-affirmative-action-colleges.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/07/texas-gerrymandering-democrats-nuclear-cold-war/
— Trump orders colleges to prove they don’t consider race in admissions. Since the 1960s, everyone above me has been under ever-increasing pressure to give more preference to those who do not share my demographics.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025/08/07/trump-race-college-admissions-executive-order/4e8ca8a4-73ae-11f0-84e0-485bb531abeb_story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-07/california-redistricting-texas-redrawn-congressional-districts-bad-news-republicans
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders claim to speak for Gen Z men.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/08/06/trump-jeffrey-epstein-gen-z-republican-voters/85513159007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/08/trump-publishes-sanctuary-immigration-jurisdiction-list/85543980007/
— More than half of U.S. workers recently surveyed say they feel some anxiety about taking all the paid time off they’re entitled to – and a third of them say they’re pressured not to use all of their PTO. About 9% of workers said their employers actively discourage them from taking all the time off they’re owed. My Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasing pressured me to not take the PTO that I earned.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/07/17/why-employees-wont-take-time-off-pto/85237125007/
— Black unemployment. From the beginning, ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that all the jobs I had were bad jobs and b) they all those jobs should have been given to Blacks.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/08/05/black-unemployment-up-slower-labor-market-economy/85467628007/
PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/ceos-who-cut-dei-initiatives-miscalculated-market-impact/article_2755b8ee-d80f-4939-91d3-664c1fcbbaa9.html
UNION LEADER
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.unionleader.com/news/courts/teachers-union-advocacy-groups-sue-state-over-dei-ban/article_978cfc8c-2d40-4658-8aaf-043fbd069735.html
BOSTON GLOBE
— More White workers are suing over racial bias. To get more votes from minorities, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/08/business/kate-merrill-wbz-white-workers/
SACREMENTO BEE
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article311608507.html
FRESNO BEE
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education-lab/article311119480.html
DESERET NEWS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2025/08/07/not-the-first-gerrymandering-battle/
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/08/07/utah-lawmakers-on-federal-gerrymandering-ban/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/opinion-potomac-watch/who-going-to-win-the-gerrymander-wars/75556160-e007-43fb-b3cb-74e3ee02f986
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/gerrymandering-deepens-the-political-divide-903e24b2
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-gerrymander-flub-state-maps-redistricting-36b0b08f
BLOOMBERG
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-07/california-dives-into-texas-gerrymandering-game
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-07/newsom-and-democrats-fight-gerrymandering-do-they-mean-it
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/new-hampshire-anti-dei-law-hit-with-constitutional-challenge
FORBES
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/08/07/texas-battle-triggers-national-gerrymandering-war-these-states-could-redistrict-next/
POLITICO
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/07/daniels-interview-00497577
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/07/republicans-are-full-steam-ahead-on-redistricting-and-not-just-in-texas-00496450
AXIOS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/07/democrats-redistricting-new-york-california-trump
ATLANTIC
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/08/texas-districts-gerrymandering/683793/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/08/08/how-leaders-are-keeping-dei-work-alive-opinion
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2025/08/08/teaching-about-class-post-dei-era-opinion
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-universities-can-move-dei-backlash-breakthrough
https://www.highereddive.com/news/trump-orders-college-admissions-research-grants/757166/
HR BREW
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025/08/07/new-doj-guidance-on-dei-includes-a-subtle-warning-on-employee-resource-groups
BROOKINGS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-the-texas-gerrymandering-battle-could-impact-the-midterms/
BRENNAN CENTER
— To elect more Black and Hispanic candidates to Congress, Democrat leaders create Black Congressional Districts and Hispanic Congressional Districts. Their Illinois 3rd Congressional District is one of their Hispanic Congressional Districts.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/gerrymandering-explained
REMAX
— FOR SALE IN MY PRECINCT: 821 Plamondon Road in Wheaton – $949,900
https://ronlewis.remax.com/holp/listing/103/12426295
GUARDIAN
— By their forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, so far, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/07/air-force-transgender-retirement-military
August 7, 2025
For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rhonda Belford: Democrats can’t fight for democracy in Texas while undermining it in Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/07/opinion-illinois-gerrymandering-texas-redistricting/
(FROM THE LETTER: Gov. JB Pritzker is once again talking about gerrymandering — just not in Illinois. This week, he welcomed Texas Democratic legislators to Oakwood, Illinois, to denounce Republican redistricting efforts in that state. But while Pritzker lectures red states about fairness, he continues to ignore the glaring problems in his own backyard. Don’t forget that in 2021, Pritzker signed one of the most blatantly and aggressively gerrymandered congressional maps in the country, drawn and passed by his own party. The map created districts with lines that make my grandchildren’s scribblings look like Pablo Picasso’s. It’s a stark contrast from when Pritzker was on the campaign trail. He promised to veto any map that was “in any way drafted or created by legislators, political party leaders and/or their staffs or allies.” Pritzker campaigned with a message of hope and fairness and moving past Democrats’ history of corruption. Then, at his first opportunity, Pritzker broke that promise without hesitation. “Fairness” wasn’t on Illinois Democrats’ minds. Now, as he positions himself to run for president, Pritzker is outraged. While standing on his giant soapbox and projecting his moral authority, he floated the idea of redrawing even more favorable maps in Illinois. That’s not democratic leadership; it’s partisan gamesmanship. That map gave Democrats a clear advantage in 14 of Illinois’ 17 congressional districts and earned an “F” for fairness from the nonpartisan Princeton Gerrymandering Project. The maps weren’t an accident. They deliberately cut out two Republican-leaning seats and helped lock in Democratic control. Let that sink in: The same man who signed, supported and pushed one of the worst partisan gerrymanders in the nation is now upset that other states are following his lead. Instead of looking in the mirror or pushing for national changes, Pritzker responds by threatening additional partisan moves that will continue to divide our state. Illinois families deserve better. They deserve fair representation, not districts drawn in backrooms to silence opposition and insulate power. When maps are rigged to favor one party, voters lose faith in our elections and our country’s founding principles. The truth is, with Democratic supermajorities in Springfield, there’s no one who can force Illinois Democrats to do the right thing and clean up partisan games — they need to do it themselves. If Pritzker truly wants to lead on voting rights and gerrymandering, he should start by honoring the promise he made to Illinois voters: to support an independent redistricting commission and end partisan gerrymandering in our state. The phrase “fix your own house before criticizing your neighbor” has never been more apt. And until Pritzker refuses to rein in Illinois’ partisan splintering map, his lectures about Texas ring hollow. Gerrymandering matters, and both Republicans and Democrats should do their part in making sure that there is a system that doesn’t play political games. But our country won’t learn how to draw better maps from the man who inked Illinois’ most gerrymandered script. Until then, his speeches about fairness will continue to ring hollow. You can’t fight for democracy in Texas while undermining it in Illinois. The phrase “fix your own house before criticizing your neighbor” has never been more apt. And until Pritzker refuses to rein in Illinois’ partisan splintering map, his lectures about Texas ring hollow. Gerrymandering matters, and both Republicans and Democrats should do their part in making sure that there is a system that doesn’t play political games. But our country won’t learn how to draw better maps from the man who inked Illinois’ most gerrymandered script. Before our governor lectures Texas on fairness, he should take a long, hard look at his own record — and start living up to the promises he made to the people of Illinois. Rhonda Belford is an Illinois Republican national committeewoman and president of the Republican County Chairmen’s Association of Illinois. She leads the 12th District State Central Committee.)
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders use reports of a bomb threat to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/06/gov-jb-pritzker-colbert-texas-dems/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/06/immigrant-detention-indianapolis-speedway/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/06/latest-federal-sanctuary-list-chicago-illinois-cook-county/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump dismisses civil rights, fair housing cases in Chicago to focus on ‘real concerns’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/08/06/trump-general-iron-housing-environmental-racism
— Vance heading to Indiana, expected to push for redistricting ahead of midterms. The vice president will meet with Indiana Gov. Mike Braun to discuss redistricting the 1st and 7th congressional districts. The visit comes as Texas Democrats have taken refuge in the Chicago suburbs amid a similar effort in Texas.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/06/jd-vance-indiana-remap-bid-gov-mike-braun-meeting-midterms
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250807/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-too-much-to-ask-illinois-officials-please-keep-our-voter-data-private/
ABC7
— Trump announces Apple investing another $100 billion in US manufacturing
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-will-highlight-apples-plans-invest-100-billion-more-us-raising-total-600/17453133/
— Democrat leaders use reports of a bomb threat to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/senator-dick-durbin-join-texas-democrats-illinois-halt-redistricting-effort/17449674/
NBC5
— Homeland Security removes age limits for ICE recruits to boost hiring for Trump deportations. Currently, ICE applicants must be 21 years old and no older than 37 or 40, depending on what position they are applying for. I have ever-increasingly fought age discrimination since I was 25 in 1974 when my Democrat IRS superiors used “up-or-out” to deem me too old to ever be promoted to GS-13. I finally made GS-13 when I was 38, but not until after I a) earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) transferred to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31, and d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/homeland-security-age-limits-ice-recruits-deportations/3805515/?amp
FOX32
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1687252
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1686683
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/08/06/immigrants-deportations-shrinking-health-care-workforce
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— In Illinois, Democrat leaders have had their greatest success gerrymandering.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/06/gerrymandering-in-illinois-is-it-legal-stephen-colbert-pritzker-redistricting-district-map/85543930007/
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/07/pritzker-said-fleeing-texas-legislators-are-welcome-in-illinois/85551253007/
STATELINE
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/colbert-pritzker-redistricting-maps/
WGLT
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-08-06/gov-pritzker-says-illinois-could-retaliate-if-gop-redistricts-in-texas
WRIC
— Democrat leaders use reports of a bomb threat to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.wric.com/hill-politics/texas-democrats-who-fled-to-illinois-forced-to-evacuate-hotel-after-bomb-threat/
WAND TV
— Indiana plans to hold up to 1,000 illegal immigrants in ‘The Speedway Slammer’
https://www.wandtv.com/news/indiana-plans-to-hold-up-to-1-000-illegal-immigrants-in-the-speedway-slammer/article_54d196be-5f59-5636-be2a-ffb18926e5d8.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump’s immigration policies are having an impact in our workforce. With fewer illegals, wages will increase.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-06/trumps-immigration-policies-are-having-an-impact-in-our-workforce
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-05/the-politics-driving-the-push-for-gerrymandering
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-06/how-the-trump-administration-is-rolling-back-access-to-birth-control-in-the-u-s
— Trump calls for U.S. census to exclude for the first time people with no legal status
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-07/trump-calls-for-u-s-census-to-exclude-for-the-first-time-people-with-no-legal-status
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders prefer foreign students over American students.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-what-to-know-as-trumps-immigration-crackdown-strips-tuition-breaks-from-thousands-of-students/
ILLINOIS TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/city-council-set-to-approve-third-round-of-cannabis-grants-20546631
ILLINOIZE
— Rep. Amy Grant Won’t Seek Re-Election
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/sources-rep-amy-grant-wont
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Multiple sources say Rep. Amy Grant (R-Wheaton) one of the House GOP’s most perennially endangered incumbents won’t seek re-election in 2026. Grant did not return a phone call from The Illinoize, but we’re told she has informed many of her colleagues of her plans. She was elected in 2018 to the Wheaton-based district and has overcome hard charging Democrat challenges in the past three election cycles. After being vastly outspent in 2024, she won re-election by 292 votes. No word yet on who Republicans hope to see the seat. Democrats appear high on their candidate, Wheaton Village Trustee Erica Bray-Parker.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-563/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-356/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— If Texas Republicans succeed, their map will still not be as lopsided as the current map in Illinois.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ba674a0c-cb0e-4fde-a52e-f15de7657e6b.html
— Feds warn Illinois State University on race-based diversity.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_12efb416-dfa1-4ef0-9cc8-beffe414f4eb.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Voter Fraud Is Real — Just Ask This Convicted Democrat Operative
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/08/voter-fraud-is-real-just-ask-this-convicted-democrat-operative/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Opting Out of Controversial Public School Content
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/opting-out-of-controversial-public-school-content/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Over half of Illinoisans unhappy with Pritzker
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/over-half-of-illinoisans-unhappy-with-pritzker/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Texas Democrats Go Into Hiding at St. Charles Hotel Amid Arrest Threat From Gov. Abbott
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/texas-democrats-go-into-hiding-at-st-charles-hotel-amid-arrest-threat-from-gov-abbott.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— NYC opens first taxpayer-funded transgender homeless shelter in US: ‘Progressive political theater’
https://nypost.com/2025/08/06/us-news/nyc-opens-63m-taxpayer-funded-transgender-homeless-shelter/
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://nypost.com/video/gerrymander-much-democrats-red-hot-takes/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Ramirez desperately tries to undo her America second statement
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/06/congresswoman-desperately-tries-to-undo-her-america-second-statement-thats-not-what-you-said-1574114/
— Stanford student newspaper sues Trump because some of the writers fear deportation
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/06/stanford-student-newspaper-sues-trump-because-some-of-the-writers-fear-deportation-1574146/
BREITBART
— Abbott Files Lawsuit to Start Removal ‘Derelict Democrat Texas House Members’ Who Fled State to Block Redistricting Bill
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/08/06/abbott-files-lawsuit-to-start-removal-derelict-democrat-texas-house-members-who-fled-state-to-block-redistricting-bill/
— Dem TX State Rep. Jones Compares Congressional Redistricting to the Holocaust
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/08/05/dem-tx-state-rep-jones-compares-congressional-redistricting-to-the-holocaust/
DAILY CALLER
— Liberal Media Dutifully Ignoring Illinois’ Blatant Gerrymandering Hypocrisy
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/06/liberal-media-dutifully-ignoring-illinois-blatant-gerrymandering-hypocrisy/
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/06/texas-democrats-redistricting-gerrymandering-illinois-ron-hart/
— Noem announced in a Fox & Friends interview on Wednesday that ICE is ending its age cap for officer applications. I have ever-increasingly fought age discrimination since I was 25 years old in 1974 when my Democrat IRS superiors used “up-or-out” to deem me too old to ever be promoted to GS-13. I finally made GS-13 when I was 38, but not until after I a) earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) transferred to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31, and d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/06/kristi-noem-announces-end-of-age-cap-for-ice-applications/
DAILY WIRE
— Mr. Hypocrisy: Pritzker Bashes Texas Maps, Forgets His Own Power Grabs In Illinois
https://www.dailywire.com/news/mr-hypocrisy-pritzker-bashes-texas-maps-forgets-his-own-power-grabs-in-illinois
FEDERALIST
— Dems Furious At Prospect Of Losing Their Monopoly On Gerrymandering
https://thefederalist.com/videos/purnell-dems-furious-at-prospect-of-losing-their-monopoly-on-gerrymandering/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker defies FBI: ‘Unwelcome’ to pursue Texas Democratic lawmakers. Pritzker argues no federal law broken as Republicans seek arrests over Texas redistricting stalemate.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-governor-defies-fbi-unwelcome-pursue-texas-democratic-lawmakers
— Shouldn’t members of Congress love America first? Not if you’re a Democrat. Rep. Delia Ramirez didn’t just celebrate her Guatemalan roots. Before world leaders, she elevated the country that her parents fled above the nation she was elected to represent.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/06/democrats-delia-ramirez-guatemala-anti-america/85522222007/
— Trump DOJ to fight ‘race-based gerrymandering,’ Dhillon says amid Texas redistricting battle. Texas redistricting battle began with DOJ push to ensure state’s districts were in line with federal voting rights laws. Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District is race-based gerrymandering.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/watch-trump-doj-fight-race-based-gerrymandering-dhillon-says-amid-texas-redistricting-battle
— Colbert confronts Pritzker with map showing Illinois gerrymandering. ‘It’s like a stinger on a scorpion,’ Colbert said of one Illinois district
https://www.foxnews.com/media/colbert-confronts-jb-pritzker-map-showing-illinois-gerrymandering
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376614530112
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/colbert-confronts-jb-pritzker-map-120007545.html
— Dems wanted to draw every Republican out of Maryland but now lambast Texas redistricting. The ‘Patapsco Pterodactyl’ formed as part of a Democratic push to oust Republicans through redistricting.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-wanted-draw-every-republican-out-maryland-now-lambast-texas-redistricting
— Dems gerrymandered the vote beyond recognition
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376637385112
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dems-gerrymandered-the-vote-beyond-recognition-stephen-miller/vi-AA1K3ePZ
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-labels-texas-redistricting-push-a-power-grab-undermines-our-democracy
— Trump administration arrests ‘worst of the worst’ criminal illegal immigrants in enforcement sweep. Five men with convictions for firearm possession, burglary, child indecency and drug distribution targeted.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-administration-arrests-worst-worst-criminal-illegal-immigrants-enforcement-sweep
NATIONAL REVIEW
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/gerrymandering-meh/
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-gops-gerrymandering-battle-goes-national/
NEWSBUSTERS
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/alex-christy/2025/08/06/colbert-lets-pritzker-dodge-question-illinois-gerrymandering
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/08/06/tapper-claims-gop-worst-offenders-when-it-comes
NEWSMAX
— ‘Speedway Slammer’ will get illegals out of here quickly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmAEdIzm2No
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Porter: We Welcome Texas Dems Bringing Attention to Absurd Illinois Gerrymandering
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/06/porter_we_welcome_texas_dems_bringing_attention_to_absurd_illinois_gerrymandering.html
— Pritzker’s Presidential Ambitions Are Sinking Him at Home
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/jb-pritzkers-presidential-ambitions-sinking-110541880.html
TOWNHALL
— Home Depot Hide-and-Seek
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/08/06/ice-raids-la-home-depot-foot-chases-ensue-n2661487
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Illinois Gov Admits State’s Congressional Map Looks Like It Was Drawn by a ‘Kindergarten Class’
https://www.westernjournal.com/illinois-gov-admits-states-congressional-map-looks-like-drawn-kindergarten-class/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— It’s Pritzker’s party: Hell yes, he’s messing with Texas, and he’s not sorry.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5437052-its-pritzkers-party-hell-yes-hes-messing-with-texas-and-hes-not-sorry/
— Democrat leaders use reports of a bomb threat to promote hatred against Republicans
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5438788-texas-democrats-bomb-threat-illinois/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Pritzker to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5438411-jb-pritzker-donald-trump-texas-redistricting-midterms/
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5436443-trump-abbott-gerrymandering-texas/
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5440204-pritzker-law-texas-democrats-arrest/
NBC NEWS
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/redistricting-important-3-charts-rcna223163
CBS NEWS
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/history-gerrymandering-us-politics/
CNN
— White House plans increase in federal law enforcement in DC over crime as Trump threatens to bring in National Guard
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/politics/national-guard-washington-dc-crime-trump
MSNBC
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-weeknight/watch/-this-is-bigger-than-texas-tx-congressman-warns-of-nationwide-gerrymandering-threats-244488773529
MSN
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/jb-pritzker-refuses-to-rule-out-gerrymandering-in-illinois-because-gop-has-thrown-the-rule-book-out/ar-AA1K017U
NEWSWEEK
— Illinois Removes Nearly 700,000 People From Health Care Plan
https://www.newsweek.com/illinois-removes-nearly-700000-people-health-care-plan-2109093
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.newsweek.com/illinois-jb-pritzker-texas-democrats-fbi-trump-2109980
NEW YORK TIMES
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/us/politics/redistricting-states.html
— Trump Announces Additional $100 Billion Apple Investment in U.S. The White House said the pledge would bring more of the company’s supply chain and advanced manufacturing to the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/us/politics/trump-apple-investment.html
— Columbia and Brown to Disclose Admissions and Race Data in Trump Deal. A widely overlooked part of a settlement with the two universities could profoundly alter how elite schools determine who gets accepted. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly crowed about their success in hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. That is, they ever-increasingly crowed about their success in not hiring, not retaining, and not promoting Republicans who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. By the time my GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, all of my Chicago office superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/nyregion/columbia-brown-admissions-trump.html
— My critics/opponents had parents who had lots of money. They bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. With the money that I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers, I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air when was 16 in 1964. With the money that I earned delivering newspapers and washing dishes, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966. With the money that I earned cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, and delivering mail, I paid for my UIC and NIU college expenses and bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/upshot/trump-college-admissions-race-wealth.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s plan to hold migrants at military bases begins taking shape. Fort Bliss is preparing to detain at least 1,000 undocumented immigrants starting this month on the Mexican border.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/08/07/trump-fort-bliss-migrants-detention/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2025-08-06/essential-california-house-gerrymander-challenge
BOSTON GLOBE
— Democrats can’t gerrymander themselves out of their gerrymandering problem
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/06/opinion/gerrymandering-democrats-house-districts/
TAMPA FREE PRESS
— Homan Rips Ramirez For Declaring Allegiance To Guatemala
https://www.tampafp.com/border-czar-tom-homan-rips-illinois-rep-ramirez-for-declaring-allegiance-to-guatemala/
KANSAS CITY STAR
— New Plan to Eliminate DEI Influence at Naval Academy. In my defense, notwithstanding tremendous Affirmative Action and DEI pressure on my superiors in the federal government, a) I survived for almost 3 years working for the Democrats who ran the Post Office, b) I survived for almost 9 years working for the Democrats who ran IRS and even got promoted to GS-12 Step 5, currently $112,280/year, and c) I survived for almost 18 years working for the Democrats who ran GAO and even got promoted to GS-13 Step 10, currently $153,151/year.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-kansas-city-star-1592484/4160113274198-new-plan-to-eliminate-dei-influence-at-naval-academy
WCBM
— Ramirez Says She’s More Proud to Be Guatemalan Than American. I am 100% German American. Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents are anti-German American, if not German-American-haters. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-f.
https://wcbm.com/national-headline/democrat-congresswoman-says-shes-more-proud-to-be-guatemalan-than-american/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Gerrymandering and Pritzker’s Inferno. Democrats’ hypocrisy is worthy of Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy.’
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/gerrymandering-and-jb-pritzkers-inferno-5a12ade2
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/gerrymandering-deepens-the-political-divide-903e24b2
BLOOMBERG
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-06/the-texas-gerrymandering-fight-could-ignite-a-national-fire?embedded-checkout=true
NPR
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/06/nx-s1-5493278/texas-redistricting-map-democrats-counter
FINDLAW
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/federal-courts/210649/
ATLANTIC
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/democrats-redistricting-republicans-gerrymandering-texas/683775/
NEW REPUBLIC
— I never did farm work. But I did do yard work, deliver newspapers, wash dishes, clean golf shoes, chip slag, pump gasoline, deliver mail, work on an automotive assembly line, sell tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pump more gasoline, collect delinquent federal taxes, and audit federal agencies. My critics/opponent ever-increasingly make it clear that they would never have stooped to take the jobs that I took. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://newrepublic.com/post/198834/trump-undocumented-immigrants-naturally-made-work-farms
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservative groups. I should write about the following who demonized, denigrated, and condemned the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois the most: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, pollsters, fundraisers, major donors, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. The aforesaid succeeded in destroying ICRC in 2007 and TAPROOT in 2012.
https://www.aol.com/emil-bove-consulted-far-legal-191800961.html
ROLLING STONE
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/gerrymandering-texas-republicans-map-trump-explained-1235401621/
INC.
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/workplace-diversity-and-social-programs-thrive-by-going-undercover/91223812
MS. MAGAZINE
— To get more votes from minorities, females, younger people, poor people, LGBTQers, non-married people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those who have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, illegals, etc., Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy Whites, males, older people, non-poor people, heterosexuals, married people, Protestants, German Americans, those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, citizens of America, etc.
https://msmagazine.com/2025/08/06/men-mental-health-crisis-boys-trump-vance-violent-suicide-drugs/
GUARDIAN
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is a key to their success.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/06/supreme-court-texas-redistricting-gerrymandering
August 6, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Words matter when you’re elected to represent America, Congresswoman Ramirez
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-words-matter-elected-represent-100000284.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL When a member of Congress publicly declares allegiance to another country over the United States, it’s bound to raise eyebrows — and for good reason. That’s what happened when U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez, speaking at an event in Mexico City, said: “I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.” Ramirez, whose district stretches from DuPage County to Chicago’s Northwest Side, has since attempted to clarify her intent, saying on X that “honoring my Guatemalan ancestry only strengthens my commitment to America.”)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/texas-california-trump/
— Dangerous car crashes are being perpetuated by cannabis.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/06/column-car-crash-weed-new-buffalo-michigan-washington/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Hamas.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/06/opinion-israel-gaza-palestinians-jewish-harm/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. JB Pritzker riffs on his wealth and staying out of prison in Stephen Colbert appearance. Stephen Colbert told Pritzker he’d be the first Democratic governor in Illinois to finish two terms by next January, because “a lot of them end up in the hoosegow.” Pritzker said, “It’s extraordinary to stay out of prison.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/08/06/gov-jb-pritzker-stephen-colbert-late-show
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2025/07/28/chicago-queen-utica-drag-race-alum-project-runway-ethan-mundt
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250806/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-political-power-plays-as-texas-redistricting-farce-unfolds-in-the-suburbs-we/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1686131
— Trump threatens to take federal control of DC
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-threatens-federal-control-dc-edward-coristine-attacked
— Trump targets visa overstays with $15,000 bond policy. The buyer of my Iron Gate Motor Condo forced me to put $10,000 in escrow to give me up to 5 days to get my vehicles out after closing.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1686211
— The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed the Clintons for testimony regarding Epstein
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/comer-subpoenas-clintons-trumps-doj-house-oversights-epstein-probe
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/05/texas-democrats-continue-hold-out-illinois-amid-redistricting-fight-we-are-standing
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/08/05/rapid-response-team-helps-families-find-trans-health-care-in-illinois
WMBQ
— Republican eyes run for state’s top office. Ted Dabrowski is strongly considering a run for governor.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-eyes-run-for-state-s-top-office/vi-AA1JTio3
IPM NWSROOM
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/gov-pritzker-says-illinois-remap-is-possible-as-dnc-chair-vows-to-fight-texas-gop-efforts-tooth-and-nail/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Pritzker says redistricting Illinois could happen if Texas continues push. How fast could Pritzker redistrict Illinois so that no Republican will ever be elected to Congress in Illinois ever again? Republican Trump got 44% of the vote in Illinois in 2024.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/05/texas-illinois-pritzker-redistricting-abbott-democrats-republicans-trump
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, who oversees the suburban areas where the Texans have been holing up, said he’s fielded calls nonstop from the public wanting to know why he hasn’t arrested the Texas visitors. “I tell them it’s because this is a civil case. They aren’t criminals,” Mendrick, a Republican running for governor of Illinois, told your Playbook host. “People hear the rhetoric and that’s when the calls come in.” We wonder if one of those calls came from the Illinois Freedom Caucus, which issued a statement Tuesday calling for Pritzker “to focus on Illinois instead of harboring Texas fugitives.” . . . With Richard Porter deciding not to run for U.S. Senate, watch for former GOP Chair Don Tracy to jump in. He’s also considered a run for governor. We’ll surely find out by next week when Republicans gather for the annual Republicans Day rally at the Fair on Aug. 14. Republican Ted Dabrowski continues to talk like a governor candidate.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-562/
— A Naperville woman has accused DuPage County GOP Chair Kevin Coyne of alleged bullying and sexual harassment
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/06/isabel%E2%80%99s-morning-briefing-562/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County GOP chairman Kevin Coyne: ‘No state has done more to make a mockery of the map drawing process’ than Illinois
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/674224333-dupage-county-gop-chairman-no-state-has-done-more-to-make-a-mockery-of-the-map-drawing-process-than-illinois
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ramirez is my U.S. Representative because Illinois Democrat leaders gerrymandered a congressional district to elect her. Ramirez represents only those who share her demographics: anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, minority, female, younger, non-Methodist, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois hosting Texas Dems worried about gerrymandering? What hypocrisy.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-hosting-texas-dems-worried-about-gerrymandering-what-hypocrisy-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
— There simply aren’t enough new, good jobs in Illinois
https://wirepoints.org/there-simply-arent-enough-new-good-jobs-in-illinois-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Texas Republicans give Democrats until Friday to return to the Legislature or lose their seats
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/5/texas-republicans-give-democrats-three-days-return-legislature-lose/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Beto O’Rourke’s PAC Funded Texas Dems’ Private Jet to Illinois. O’Rourke, who has lost campaigns for governor, president, and Senate, helped finance a similar walkout in 2021.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/now-we-know-beto-orourkes-pac-funded-texas-dems-private-jet-to-illinois/
NEW YORK POST
— Key Trump national security roles left vacant due to Dem obstruction — leaving US vulnerable to threats
https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/us-news/key-trump-national-security-roles-left-vacant-due-to-dem-obstruction-leaving-us-vulnerable-to-threats/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Ramirez declares her loyalty to Guatemala first at a Mexican leftist gathering
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/rep_delia_ramirez_calls_herself_a_proud_guatemalan_first_at_mexican_leftist_gathering.html
BREITBART
— Dem TX Rep Says Illinois’ Gerrymandering Is Different Because It’s Legal
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/04/dem-tx-rep-illinois-gerrymandering-is-different-because-its-legal/
— Trump says “We Want to Take Care of Our American Workers.” But what about Americans who ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take bad jobs like I did? I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped more gasoline, collected delinquent federal taxes, and audited federal agencies. My critics/opponent ever-increasingly make it clear that they would never have stooped to take the jobs that I took. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/05/trump-olympics-eo-signing-dropoff-foreign-born-workers/
— Trump Deputies Declare Crackdown on Migrant Marriage Fraud
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/05/trump-deputies-declare-crackdown-on-migrant-marriage-fraud/
DAILY CALLER
— Anchor Baby Congresswoman Ramirez Admits To Treason
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/05/rooke-anchor-baby-congresswoman-treason-daca-dreamer-delia-ramirez-illegal-immigration-mexico-city-summit/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Noem Announces ‘Speedway Slammer’ Illegal-Alien Detention Center in Indiana
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/05/noem-announces-speedway-slammer-illegal-alien-detention-center-indiana/
FEDERALIST
— 41 Planned Parenthood Facilities And Counting Set To Close As Trump Defunds Abortion Giant
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/05/41-planned-parenthood-facilities-and-counting-set-to-close-as-trump-defunds-abortion-giant/
FOX NEWS
— Social media erupts after Ramirez makes ‘shocking’ comment about America during overseas trip. Ramirez defended her comment in a statement.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/social-media-erupts-after-house-dem-makes-shocking-comment-about-america-overseas-trip
— Ramirez doubles down amid firestorm of criticism over Guatemalan loyalty: ‘I am both Chapina and American’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-doubles-down-amid-firestorm-criticism-guatemalan-loyalty-both-chapina-american
https://www.aol.com/dem-doubles-down-amid-firestorm-101618605.html
LEGAL INSURRECTON
— Ramirez Doubles Down on ‘Proud Guatemalan Before I’m an American’ Comments. Ramirez also described America as a country out of the freaking 1500s, accusing it of prioritizing ‘imperialism, militarization, conquest, control, competition in its attempt at domination.’
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/house-democrat-doubles-down-on-proud-guatemalan-before-im-an-american-comments/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Ramirez says she is proudly Guatemalan
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/congresswoman-delia-ramirez-forfeited-her-guatemalan-ness/
NEWSMAX
— Ramirez Draws Ire Over Guatemala Pride Comment
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/delia-ramirez-guatemala-immigration/2025/08/05/id/1221309/
PJ MEDIA
— Canadian Wokies Can Choose Only Male or Female on U.S. Travel Cards
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/08/05/canadian-wokies-can-choose-only-male-or-female-to-enter-us-n4942426
POST MILLENNIAL
— Columbia, Brown universities to disclose affirmative action admissions data in Trump deal. Data will be broken down by “race, color, grade point average and performance on standardized tests.” All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me 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 than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://thepostmillennial.com/columbia-brown-universities-to-disclose-affirmative-action-admissions-data-in-trump-deal
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Ramirez Tries to Play Victim After Admitting Her First Allegiance Lies with a Foreign Country
https://www.westernjournal.com/democratic-rep-tries-play-victim-admitting-first-allegiance-lies-foreign-country/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— MAGA Calls for Ramirez To Be Deported Over Guatemala Comments
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-deport-democratic-representative-delia-ramirez-guatemala-2108921
CNN
— Trump reignites threat to take over DC
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/politics/trump-federal-take-over-dc-doge-coristine-assault
— My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They had their operatives and their dupes a) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024 and b) end my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. They have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I should write about them.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/politics/video/laura-loomer-hunt-for-disloyalty-trump-vrtc
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump threatens federal takeover of DC
https://apnews.com/article/washington-dc-crime-assault-doge-05aaaeb09d106ca1af673b46e89d60e1
— Trump: FBI ‘may have to’ help bring Texas Democrats back to the state
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx_Bfsvs_Zg
REUTERS
— Trump suggests Vance is his likely heir apparent in 2028
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-suggests-vance-is-his-likely-heir-apparent-2028-2025-08-06/
— Trump urges Texas Republicans to redraw map for partisan gain. Democratic governors threaten retaliation in other states. Mid-decade redistricting could shift power balance in Congress.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-led-texas-redistricting-gambit-ignites-national-arms-race-control-congress-2025-08-05/
— White House to target banks as Trump claims discrimination
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-target-banks-trump-claims-discrimination-2025-08-05/
MSN
— Democrat leaders side with Ramirez against America
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/who-is-delia-ramirez-illinois-democrat-congresswoman-who-said-she-is-a-guatemalan-before-an-american/ar-AA1JUoe6
— Trump Gets Sharp Response After Saying He’ll Let Deported Farm Workers Back Into US, ‘They’re Very Very Special People.” I never did farm work. But I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped more gasoline, collected delinquent federal taxes, and audited federal agencies.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-gets-sharp-response-after-saying-hell-let-deported-farm-workers-back-into-us-theyre-very-very-special-people/ar-AA1JXxih?ocid=TobArticle
MSNBC
— Reporter explains: How the WH press corps has changed in Trump 2.0. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used Jeff Gannon (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Gannon ) against me the most.
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/reporter-explains-how-the-wh-press-corps-has-changed-in-trump-2-0-244401733992
AOL
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me 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 than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/trump-dismantling-eeoc-civil-rights-224211238.html
NBC NEWS
— Trump threatens federal control of D.C.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-threatens-federal-control-dc-attack-doge-staffer-coristine-rcna223293
CBS NEWS
— Trump floats federal takeover of D.C.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-doge-staffer-edward-coristine-injured-in-attempted-carjacking-trump-federal-takeover-of-d-c/
WASHINGTON POST
— Abbott sues to remove Democratic leader amid election map fight. Abbott filed his lawsuit as other top Republicans raised the prospect of intensifying law enforcement actions against Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/05/texas-democrats-redistricting-maps-abbott-trump/
— Trump says Republicans are ‘entitled’ to 5 more seats in Texas redistricting
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/05/trump-presidency-news/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote foreign students over American students.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/06/international-students-visas-trump-uk-dubai/95f94f06-727a-11f0-84e0-485bb531abeb_story.html
— Trump threatens federal takeover of Washington D.C. Musk also says D.C. should be taken over.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/05/trump-doge-worker-washington-dc-crime/
USA TODAY
— Trump says FBI ‘may have to’ force Democratic lawmakers back to Texas
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/05/donald-trump-fbi-texas-democratic-lawmakers-arrest-redistricting/85531774007/
— Democrats have devolved into a clown show. No wonder polls show voters prefer GOP.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/04/trump-vance-republicans-democrats-harris-future/85462114007/
— MAGA’s next leader? Trump says Vance is ‘most likely’ to lead in 2028
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/05/donald-trump-jd-vance-2028-presidential-election-maga/85533490007/
— Trump says 2028 Olympic athletes will be tested to prevent transgender competitors
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/05/donald-trump-2028-olympics-los-angeles-transgender-testing/85531661007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/05/texas-gop-trump-pritzker-redistricting-cheating-democracy/85523447007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Democratic Protectorate of Illinois. Few do partisan gerrymanders better than Springfield liberals.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/illinois-democrats-gerrymandering-texas-lawmakers-j-b-pritzker-9720b2be?mod=opinion_lead_pos3
— Pritzker on Possible Illinois Remap: ‘Everything Is On the Table’ Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.wsj.com/video/gov-pritzker-on-possible-illinois-remap-everything-is-on-the-table/40EE39FA-CD6A-465E-87DA-5FE881E42316
— Kill Jews, Get Your Own State. A Hamas leader says new global recognition for Palestinian statehood is a reward for the Oct. 7 massacre.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ghazi-hamad-hamas-palestinian-state-israel-2290c711
— Racial Gerrymanders in the Dock. The Supreme Court will hear what could be a voting rights landmark.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/racial-gerrymanders-in-the-dock-31f93146
FORBES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ocgpu2b1xQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSCTzZy_HoM
BUSINESS INSIDER
— China’s ‘social credit’ system ranks citizens and punishes them with throttled internet speeds and flight bans if the Communist Party deems them untrustworthy. According to my critics/opponents, I am untrustworthy. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-social-credit-system-punishments-and-rewards-explained-2018-4
NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrat leaders side with Ramirez against America
https://newrepublic.com/post/198824/dhs-attacks-democratic-lawmaker-delia-ramirez-spanish
AXIOS
— Democrat leaders say that the debate over who can farm America’s land has been historically linked to racism, xenophobia and, oftentimes, exploitation of farmers of color. I was the dishwasher for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I was the only White male who washed dishes for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights. My critics/opponents have always used that against me big time. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my dishwashing proves that I am an unmitigated loser and/or that I took a job that should have been given to Black women.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/05/trump-farmland-workers-racial-stereotypes
August 5, 2025 Evening Edition
According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.” Can/will Pritzker further gerrymander Illinois so that no congressional district in Illinois is Republican?
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket. Can/will Pritzker further gerrymander Illinois so that no congressional districts in Illinois are Republican?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/democrats-vow-whatever-it-takes-redistricting-battle/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker says Illinois remap is possible as DNC chair vows to fight Texas GOP efforts ‘tooth and nail.’ Democrats in New York, California and Illinois are threatening to redraw their own maps in retaliation to Republican redistricting efforts in Texas. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket. Can/will Pritzker further gerrymander Illinois so that no congressional district in Illinois is Republican?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/08/05/jb-pritzker-illinois-remap-texas-democrats-greg-abbott
— Chicago Abortion Fund to receive $2 million grant from Cook County. The grant aims to lower barriers to abortion access and provide wraparound services like childcare, transportation and lodging. Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2025/08/05/chicago-abortion-fund-to-receive-2-million-grant-from-cook-county
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/08/04/chicago-immigration-judges-fired-trump-white-house-dick-durbin
DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker says redistricting in Illinois a possibility if Texas goes ahead with remap. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket. Can/will Pritzker further gerrymander Illinois so that no congressional districts in Illinois are Republican?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250805/news/pritzker-says-mid-term-redistricting-in-illinois-a-possibility-if-texas-goes-ahead-with-remap/
ABC7
— Pritzker, DNC chair praise Texas Dems in Illinois as Gov. Abbott calls for their arrest. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-remain-illinois-halt-gop-redistricting-governor-greg-abbott-orders-arrest/17438511/
NBC5
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/what-is-gerrymandering-what-do-illinois-congressional-districts-look-like-what-to-know/3804655/
— Texas redistricting fight leads some to question Illinois’ maps. As Illinois Democrats support Texas lawmakers leaving the state, some Republicans are questioning the Land of Lincoln’s maps. Charlie Wojciechowski explains why.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/video-texas-redistricting-fight-leads-some-to-question-illinois-maps/3805146/
CBS2
— Attorney General Kwame Raoul warns Texas politicians that police can’t just come to Illinois to arrest Democrats. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kwame-raoul-warns-texas-democrats-illinois-arrest/
WGN9
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/are-illinois-democrats-guilty-of-hypocrisy-in-texas-map-battle/
WGN RADIO
— DuPage County to open new crisis center for mental health and substance use care
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/dupage-county-to-open-new-crisis-center-for-mental-health-and-substance-use-care/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker calls Trump a ‘cheater’ as he rallies with Texas Democrats. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/08/05/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-rallies-with-texas-democrats-in-chicago/85523370007/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The VA wants to end coverage of abortion for US military veterans
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-trump-administration-wants-to-end-abortion-coverage-through-veterans-affairs/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— The Department of Justice has named Chicago, Cook County and the state of Illinois among a list of sanctuary jurisdictions that have “policies, laws, or regulations that impede enforcement of federal immigration laws.”
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/il-named-sanctuary-jurisduction-doj
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-355/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRAIRIAN
— Johnson Doubles Down on Chicago’s Financial Death Spiral
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/johnson-chicago-financial-death-spiral
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Squad’ member Rep. Delia Ramirez puts America second at gathering in Mexico City. Illinois native’s GOP colleague calls for her deportation.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/5/squad-member-rep-delia-ramirez-puts-america-second-leftist-gathering/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Delia Ramirez took the stage at a leftist conference in Mexico City over the weekend and declared that she was more proud of her Guatemalan heritage than her American citizenship. The Illinois Democrat, who attended the Panamerican Congress with fellow members of the House’s left-wing “Squad,” told the crowd in Spanish that she was “a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.” In the U.S., her remarks were met with questions about her allegiance to the voters who elected her and calls for her to be deported. “These Democrats’ comments are despicable and underscore their commitment to putting Americans last,” White House spokesperson Liz Huston said in a statement. “In stark contrast, President Trump is working tirelessly to secure peace deals, deport illegal alien criminals and advance America’s interests at home and abroad.” Ms. Ramirez has seldom been in the political spotlight. She has described herself as the “daughter of working-class Guatemalan immigrants.” She also has boasted that she is the only lawmaker in Congress “in a mixed-status family.” Her husband, Boris, is a Dreamer, or someone brought to the U.S. illegally as a child. Other House Democrats attending the Panamerican Congress, a gathering of leftist politicians from throughout the Americas, included Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania and Jesus G. Garcia of Illinois. The Panamerican Congress concluded with pronouncements condemning the U.S. persecution of migrants and Israel’s aggression in the Gaza Strip. Ms. Ramirez’s speech garnered the most attention in the U.S. Rep. Andrew Ogles, Tennessee Republican, wrote in a post on X: “Denaturalize, deport, and kick her off the Homeland Committee. We know where her allegiances lie.” Rep. Claudia Tenney, New York Republican, said it’s “embarrassing” that the Democratic Party “no longer even pretends to put America first.” Charlie Kirk, founder of the conservative Turning Point USA, said, “Any person who values any other country over America does not belong in Congress. Period.” Ms. Ramirez doubled down on her Mexico City speech with a post Monday on social media. “Honoring my Guatemalan ancestry only strengthens my commitment to America. That is the truth I carry with me always. And it is a truth that many Americans carry with them,” she said. “Anyone who denies our claims on this country simply because we dare to honor our diverse heritage and immigrant roots only exposes how fragile and small-minded their own idea of America really is.” She called the attacks on her “a weak attempt to silence my dissent and invalidate my patriotic criticism of the nativist, white supremacist, authoritarians in government.” “It is the definition of hypocrisy that members of Congress — who betray their oath each day they enable Trump — are attacking me for celebrating my Guatemalan-American roots,” Ms. Ramirez said. The Department of Homeland Security responded to Ms. Ramirez with a quote from former President Theodore Roosevelt: “There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. … Americanism is a matter of the spirit and of the soul. Our allegiance must be purely to the United States. We must unsparingly condemn any man who holds any other allegiance.” Other Squad members have experienced travails similar to Ms. Ramirez’s. Ms. Omar, an immigrant from Somalia, was criticized last year after she said that, according to one translation, she was serving in Congress to “protect the interests of Somalia from inside the U.S. system.” She later said the widely shared translation was wrong and she was actually saying she was advocating for the U.S. to take a particular position in a dispute between Somalia and Ethiopia. Democrats are showing increasing hostility to Mr. Trump and, by extension, the government he controls, particularly concerning immigration. In New Jersey, Rep. LaMonica McIver faces federal charges after a clash with Homeland Security Department agents at a migrant detention facility. The Democrat was captured on video throwing elbows at officers amid a scuffle over whether a local mayor should be allowed access to the detention center. In Mexico City, Ms. Ramirez and her Democratic colleagues were attending the second annual Panamerican Congress. The event is billed as a gathering of delegates from countries “across the hemisphere with an ambitious agenda that ranges from equality to prosperity, solidarity to sovereignty.” Event attendees criticized U.S. immigration policy under Mr. Trump. Gerardo Fernandez Norona, president of the Mexican Senate, talked about the “persecution of migrants in the United States.” He called it “unjust, infamous and incorrect persecution where just for being a migrant, and just for your skin color or nationality, you are persecuted.”)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Justice Department has published a list of cities, counties, and states that identify as “sanctuary” zones or places where law enforcement will not turn over illegal immigrants to federal immigration authorities. Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago are included.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3491161/justice-department-sanctuary-cities-states-list-eradicate/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrats howling at Texas redistrict push should take a look in the mirror. Let’s take a tour of the 13th congressional district in Illinois.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/opinion/dems-furious-at-texas-redistricting-need-to-look-in-the-mirror/
FEDERALIST
— UNACCEPTABLE: Homeland Security Committee Member Delia Ramírez Says She’s Loyal To A Different Homeland
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/05/homeland-security-committee-member-says-shes-loyal-to-a-different-homeland/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The founders knew our republic could not survive if its people — let alone leaders — were filled with foreign attachments. Forty-two years ago, a pregnant Guatemalan woman illegally crossed the Rio Grande River and gave birth to a baby who now has “birthright” citizenship. Today, that child sits in Congress — proudly declaring her allegiance to the country her mother left behind. This is the predictable result of a broken immigration system — one that has allowed the mass importation of both legal and illegal aliens regardless of their capacity or willingness to assimilate into the country. “I am a proud Guatemalan before I am American,” Illinois Democrat Rep. Delia Ramírez said in Spanish during the opening remarks of the second annual Panamerican Congress in Mexico City. Notably, she sits on the House Homeland Security Committee — a committee dedicated to protecting the homeland.)
FOX NEWS
— Bondi DOJ names and shames 35 sanctuary jurisdictions that ‘put American citizens at risk.’ Attorney General Pam Bondi warns of possible legal action against jurisdictions with uncooperative immigration policies. Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago are included.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bondi-doj-names-shames-35-sanctuary-cities-put-american-citizens-risk
NEWSMAX
— DOJ Releases List of Sanctuary Jurisdictions. Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago are included.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/doj-sanctuary-cities-illegal-migrants/2025/08/05/id/1221332/
— Illegals in Sanctuary Cities are ‘Ticking Time Bombs’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/john-torres-ice-migrants/2025/08/05/id/1221316/
— Trump Vows to Work With US Farmers on Migrant Labor
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-migrants-farm-labor/2025/08/05/id/1221333/
TOWNHALL
— Democrat Congresswoman Says She’s More Proud to Be Guatemalan Than American
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2025/08/05/delia-ramirez-n2661419
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-bondi-russia-texas-gerrymander-tariffs-immigration-live-updates-rcna222681
— DNC chair says Texas redistricting will be fought with ‘every option on the table.’ Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/texas-democrats-in-illinois-and-party-leaders-rebuke-redistricting-244382277885
WASHINGTON POST
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/05/trump-presidency-news/
NEW YORK SUN
— JP Morgan Once Told Donald Trump He Has 20 Days To Get Out. The president is going to prevent this kind of debanking with an executive order that will punish firms that discriminate against conservatives — or any other groups.
https://www.nysun.com/article/jp-morgan-once-told-donald-trump-he-has-20-days-to-get-out
WGME
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://wgme.com/news/nation-world/illinois-and-texas-democrats-unite-in-chicago-to-oppose-texas-redistricting-plan-republican-party-governor-greg-abbott-trump-administration
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/pritzkers-illinois-temporary-home-to-texas-democrats-is-gerrymandering-hot-spot-1c00cbd0
— Justice Department Slashes List of Sanctuary Jurisdictions to Target. The Trump administration removed a much longer list months ago after some local officials said it contained errors.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/justice-department-slashes-list-of-sanctuary-jurisdictions-to-target-03881cb1
— White House Preps Order to Punish Banks That Discriminate Against Conservatives
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/white-house-preps-order-to-punish-banks-that-discriminate-against-conservatives-8af18854
— Trump’s Firing of BLS Chief Prompts Democrats to Propose Bill Protecting Stats-Agency Heads. It would have been great if Republicans had protected Republican federal employees like me.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/democratic-congressmen-to-propose-bill-to-protect-stats-agency-chiefs-51915619
GUARDIAN
— Trump says Republicans are ‘entitled’ to five more congressional seats in Texas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/05/texas-republicans-redistricting-maps-trump
GOOGLE AI
— Muscle car definition. A muscle car is generally defined as a high-performance, American-made, two-door coupe or convertible, typically with a powerful V8 engine, designed for straight-line speed and acceleration. They are known for their bold, aggressive styling.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22muscle+car%22+definition
August 5, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/texas-redistrict-democrats-fight-back/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, eventually everyone will be on SNAP.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/knowles-food-insecurity-increasing/
— DNA project hopes to reunite African Americans in Illinois with ancestral relatives in Africa. Will this lead to identifying those who were directly responsible for slavery?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/dna-project-black-americans-africa/
— As last baby boomers reach retirement, they tackle a quest for fulfillment. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Since then, putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters has increasingly been my focus. Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes a) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, c) end my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2010 and 2004, and d) end my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/retirement-bike-riding-baby-boomers/
— John Curran: Illinois Democrats’ delivery tax is a short-term cash grab paid by those who can least afford it
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/opinion-illinois-delivery-tax-general-assembly-cta/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/illinois-queer-farmers-lgbtq/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/04/texas-democrats-quorum-illinois-redistrict-map
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— In downtown Chicago’s condo market, the hits keep coming. In 1978, when I got married, I sold my one bedroom Outer Drive East condo that I had owned for 2 years for a $10,000 gain and bought a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale and a 1978 Chevrolet Chevette.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/downtown-chicago-condos-reflect-markets-price-decline-woes
ABC7
— Texas Democrats remain in Illinois as Gov. Abbott orders their arrest
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-remain-illinois-halt-gop-redistricting-governor-greg-abbott-orders-arrest/17438511/
— State Department may require visa applicants to post bond of up to $15,000 to enter the US
https://abc7chicago.com/post/state-department-may-require-visa-applicants-post-bond-15000-enter-us/17433002/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU43-62wCRk
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-court-judges-terminated-donald-trump-administration-works-cut-down-massive-case-backlog/17434235/
NBC5
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-officials-face-pushback-over-texas-gerrymandering-criticisms/3804336/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders, that is, the mainstream news media, ever-increasingly treat Pat Brady as being the spokesperson for the Illinois Republican Party.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-gerrymandering-texas-redistricting-battle/
— Chicago designated ‘EV Ready.’ What does it mean?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K9-wnnDmjw
WTTW
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/04/texas-governor-threatens-remove-democrats-who-left-illinois-other-states-over-trump
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/pritzker-texas-democrats-redistricting-20801137.php
SHAW LOCAL
— Girls flag football surges in Illinois as hundreds more take the field in year two. More than 200 high schools expected to have teams this fall. My parents had absolutely no interest in football, and neither do I. Does that explain my lack of aggressiveness?
https://www.shawlocal.com/friday-night-drive/2025/08/05/girls-flag-football-surges-in-illinois-as-hundreds-more-take-the-field-in-year-two/
ELMHURST PATCH
— Confusion Over Addison Township Group’s Status
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/confusion-over-addison-township-groups-status
COD COURIER
— Campus Voices Weigh In on Siddiqi’s Plans for College of DuPage
https://codcourier.org/campus-voices-weigh-in-on-siddiqis-plans-for-college-of-dupage/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: She stressed the importance of taking a stand on the college’s long-held values of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). “Last year, when there was pressure to remove DEI language and committees, COD and its Board of Trustees refused to bow to those demands,” Purcell said. “Our values have been here for decades, and it’s critical that the new administration uphold them to protect the college’s reputation.”)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-561/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— BS from Pritzker on Mid-Decade Reapportionment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/08/05/bs-from-pritzker-on-mid-decade-reapportionment/
WIREPOINTS
— What happened to private sector job growth, Gov. Pritzker?
https://wirepoints.org/what-happened-to-private-sector-job-growth-gov-pritzker-wirepoints/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Darin LaHood appears to pass on Illinois Senate run in blow to state GOP hopes
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3490826/darin-lahood-pass-illinois-senate-run-state-gop/
— Abbott says blue-state gerrymandering ‘distorted’ US politics after Democrats flee Texas. How badly have Illinois Democrat leaders gerrymandered the political jurisdictions where you live? I should write about how Democrat and RINO leaders gerrymandered my precinct in 2015.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3490941/greg-abbott-blue-state-gerrymandering-democrats-flee-texas/
BREITBART
— Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump from Quickly Deporting Biden’s Parole Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/04/biden-appointed-judge-blocks-trump-from-quickly-deporting-bidens-parole-migrants/
CENTER SQUARE
— DOJ scraps decree used by Democrats to keep Republicans out of the federal workforce
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_1de8bdce-8e86-4d1e-8297-bb3849644d07.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Federal appeals court upholds Arkansas ban on Critical Race Theory in the classroom. To teach CRT is promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/federal-appeals-court-upholds-arkansas-ban-on-critical-race-theory-in-the-classroom/
DAILY CALLER
— Pulling Kids Out Of DEI Lessons Just Got Easier. To teach DEI is promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/04/exclusive-pulling-kids-out-of-dei-lessons-just-got-easier/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats are protesting what they have been doing forever. Fox News host Sean Hannity calls out Democrats’ ‘big, meaningless political stunt’ in protesting gerrymandering on ‘Hannity.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376556781112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Flight of the Legislators
https://www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-fools/the-flight-of-the-legislators/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democratic Texas Rep. Harold V. Dutton Jr. speaks alongside other Texas democrats during a press conference at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union hall in Warrenville, Ill., August 4, 2025.)
NEWSMAX
— Pritzker Vows to Protect Texas Dems From Arrest
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/jb-pritzker-protect-texas-democrats/2025/08/04/id/1221258/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Economists sound alarm over Trump firing. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, the following did not come to my defense: a) the Association of Government Accountants; I had served on the Executive Committee of its Chicago Chapter for 13 years and b) the Illinois CPA Society; I had served on its membership committee for 8 years.
https://thehill.com/business/5435904-economists-sound-alarm-over-trump-firing/
NBC NEWS
— White House searches for a new BLS chief with ‘credibility’ and ‘experience.’ All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me 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 than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/white-house-search-new-bls-chief-credibility-experience-rcna222910
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/swing-district-republicans-object-texas-redistricting-plan-democrats-t-rcna222972
CBS NEWS
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrat-who-fled-texas-over-redistricting-says-were-willing-to-face-whatever-consequences/
CNN
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/04/politics/gerrymandering-supreme-court-texas
— Are/were you “little-known.” According to my critics/opponents, I have always been “little-known” notwithstanding my having been the subject of a 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/ That article made me very well-known to the Democrats who ran IRS and GAO. They used everything in that article against me that they could. They used the article mainly to paint me as being a grossly overpaid draft avoider. That helped them force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/04/politics/bls-commissioner-trump-firing-decision
REUTERS
— Tesla’s brand loyalty collapsed after Musk backed Trump
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/teslas-brand-loyalty-collapsed-after-musk-backed-trump-data-shows-2025-08-04/
MSN
— Top Trump Official Says Americans on Medicaid Should Replace Deported Farm Workers. I was never a farm worker, but I did do yard work, deliver newspapers, wash dishes, clean golf shoes, chip slag, pump gasoline, and deliver mail.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/top-trump-official-says-americans-on-medicaid-should-replace-deported-farm-workers/ar-AA1IczMz
CNBC
— President Donald Trump said Tuesday that JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, the two largest U.S. banks, previously rejected him as a customer, reviving claims that conservative clients were being unfairly denied accounts.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/05/trump-jpmorgan-chase-bank-of-america-rejected-bank-customer.html
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-files-victim-pam-bondi-2108809
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/us/hochul-new-york-texas-redistricting.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/us/politics/texas-redistricting.html
— Democrat leaders side with Erika McEntarfer against Trump. Republican leaders did not side with me against the Democrats who ran GAO.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/business/trump-bls-firing-economic-reports.html
— Are Democrat leaders moving their eggs from their Epstein basket to their McEntarfer basket?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/opinion/columnists/friedman-trump-labor-firing.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Inside Texas Democrats’ plan to seek refuge with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The potential 2028 presidential candidate has quietly talked with Lone Star State lawmakers for weeks, as he and other ambitious governors seek to ways to join their fight.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/05/illinois-pritzker-texas-democrats-redistricting/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders flood Republican town halls with booing Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/04/mike-flood-donald-trump-town-hall-nebraska/85518190007/
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/04/texas-redistricting-map-congress-trump-takeaways/85508969007/
— Trump praises Sydney Sweeney ad, but does he know American Eagle is super WOKE? Sydney Sweeney may be a registered Republican, but I have discovered that American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. is – and it pains me to write this – incredibly, unconscionably woke.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/05/trump-sydney-sweeney-tweet-american-eagle-ad/85512067007/
— Because GAO audits IRS, my having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, should have been enough for GAO to offer me a transfer at GS-13, currently $117,807/year in 1980. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, GAO offered me a transfer only at GS-9 Step 10 Level, currently $88,808/year, a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars To add insult to injury, GAO ignored/dismissed/belittled that most of what I did for IRS was similar to what I would do for GAO, that I had earned an MBA in 1976, that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2025/07/29/apply-for-job-experience-but-no-degree/85362393007/
WBUR
— According to Democrat leaders, it is not possible to rig jobs numbers. My Democrat superiors in the federal government falsely argued that they did not rigg their employment decisions against me. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have a) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors would not have a) never promoted me beyond GS-12 and disallowed my education deductions in 1978 and my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors would not have a) forced me to resign in 1969 and b) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/08/04/bureau-of-labor-statistics
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/texas-gerrymandering-house-seats-democrats-republicans-congress-f1514f89
BLOOMBERG
— American Eagle Jumps Most Since 2000 After Trump Praises Sydney Sweeney Ad
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/american-eagle-gains-meme-status-with-biggest-jump-since-2000?embedded-checkout=true
POLITICO
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/california-fires-back-at-texas-redistricting-00493314
PBS
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/is-political-gerrymandering-illegal-6-things-to-know-as-texas-dispute-carries-on
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly deny that Trump was elected.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-trying-to-insulate-himself-from-the-will-of-the-public-texas-democrat-says
— My Democrat GAO superiors wasting my career, taking many big adverse actions against me, and forcing me to retire sent a very strong message to those who have the following demographics to not apply to work for GAO: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/firing-of-labor-statistics-head-undermines-trust-in-key-data-ex-trump-official-warns
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/tamara-keith-and-jasmine-wright-on-trumps-bls-firing-and-trust-in-institutions
PEOPLE
— Trump Pits ‘Woke’ Taylor Swift Against Sydney Sweeney
https://people.com/trump-pits-taylor-swift-against-sydney-sweeney-11784508
August 4, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Gov. Abbott orders arrests of Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois to halt GOP redistricting plan
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-plan-staying-illinois-2-weeks-halt-redistricting-gov-greg-abbott-threatens-loss-seats/17426930/
NBC5
— Illinois officials face pushback over Texas gerrymandering criticisms. Critics say Illinois’ maps are just as gerrymandered as Texas’ would be under a proposed law that has sparked controversy.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-officials-face-pushback-over-texas-gerrymandering-criticisms/3804336/
— Rep. Darin LaHood won’t run for Illinois governor, he says. LaHood also revealed he would not run for U.S. Senate.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/rep-darin-lahood-wont-run-for-illinois-governor-he-says/3804440/
— Redistricting clash escalates in Texas after Democrats scatter
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-trade-tariff-texas-redistricting-august-04-2025-live-updates/3804074/
CBS2
— Pritzker says redrawing Illinois district map “on the table” in response to Texas redistricting push
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-illinois-district-map-texas-democrats/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tesla awards CEO Musk millions of shares valued at about $29 billion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/tesla-elon-musk-share/
— Democrats prevent Texas House from moving forward with Trump-backed congressional map
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/texas-house-congressional-map/
— Why dozens of Democrats left Texas and how Republicans want to punish them
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/democrats-texas-republicans/
— Texas Democrats who fled to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort speak out
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/watch-live-texas-democrats/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Public Schools needs $1.6 billion more from the state to provide an adequate education
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/08/04/chicago-public-schools-budget-deficit
— Pritzker’s signature on police pension bill adds pressure for state bailout and city property tax hike. The bill will cost the city $60 million more in 2027, and by 2055, city pension payments will be $750 million higher than they are now. It adds one more big pressure point onto Mayor Brandon Johnson, who already has said he won’t raise property taxes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/08/04/jb-pritzker-police-pension-bill-brandon-johnson-pressure-chicago-budget-state-bailout
DAILY HERALD
— Former GOP official Porter won’t run for Durbin’s Senate seat
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250804/us-congress-politics/gop-official-porter-wont-run-for-durbins-senate-seat/
— ‘We will hide them at our own legal peril’: DuPage Democratic leader pledges to protect Texan lawmakers
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250804/nation-and-world-politics/we-will-hide-them-at-our-own-legal-peril-dupage-democratic-leader-pledges-to-protect-texan-lawmak/
— Geneva woman Jessica Breugelmans running for Republican nomination for state Senate
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250804/news/geneva-woman-running-for-republican-nomination-for-state-senate/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push Blacks to be pot pushers.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/how-black-owned-label-can-help-grow-cannabis-brands-oped
WAND TV
— New DPS policies target students and visitors smelling of marijuana, other ‘distracting’ odors
https://www.wandtv.com/news/education/new-dps-policies-target-students-and-visitors-smelling-of-marijuana-other-distracting-odors/article_3450f262-c6fa-41ce-963a-452589331826.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ahead of the new school year, Decatur Public Schools updated its district policies to emphasize banning marijuana and other “offensive” odors in its facilities. A DPS flyer said that students who come to school smelling like marijuana or other “distracting” odors will be instructed to call home for a change of clothes, or be picked up to change. Visitors who smell of marijuana or other “distracting” odors will be asked to leave the premises. The district justified the changes by saying that marijuana has an odor that causes/triggers allergic reactions, affecting indoor air quality and putting others at risk of getting sick. The district added that marijuana potentially has cancer-causing chemicals that put students, staff and others at risk. That policy went into effect July 1. According to the DPS 61 student code of conduct and parent handbook, those who use marijuana for medical purposes must provide a medical card upon request.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-08-04/professors-calling-for-northwestern-leaders-to-stand-up-to-the-trump-administration-first-listen
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-354/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Top Illinois GOP Donors Sit Out Upcoming Primary
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/sources-top-illinois-gop-donors-sit-out-upcoming-primary.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Gov. Pritzker to Fight Gerrymandering with… More Gerrymandering?
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/08/gov-pritzker-to-fight-gerrymandering-with-more-gerrymandering/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Firing the government’s statically incompetent statisticians. Isn’t it about time? Of course, my Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued that they wasted my career, took adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire because I was incompetent. It is called pretext. But they were frustrated a) by my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) by my passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) by my earning four more job-related professional certifications, and d) by my earning a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/4/firing-governments-statically-incompetent-statisticians/
— Not sorry for immigration enforcement. Without borders, we have no country.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/4/sorry-sorry-immigration-enforcement/
TOWNHALL
— Texas House Approves Arrest Warrants for Democrats Who Fled to Illinois to Block Redistricting Vote
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/08/04/texas-house-approves-arrest-warrants-for-democrats-who-fled-to-illinois-to-block-redistricting-vote-n2661402
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pritzker says Texas Democrats who fled state will be protected amid arrest threats
https://thehill.com/homenews/5434627-redistricting-battle-texas-illinois/
— Redistricting fights explode across US
https://thehill.com/newsletters/evening-report/5435411-texas-redistricting-political-war/
CBS NEWS
— State Department may require some travelers to post $15,000 bond for business or tourism visas
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-department-visa-bond-pilot-program/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Will Slow, but May Not Stop, the Rise of Electric Vehicles
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/business/trump-electric-vehicles.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump moves to bar nearly all abortions at Veterans Affairs hospitals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/04/veterans-va-abortion-trump/
— Democrats are becoming a) more liberal, b) bigger advocates of mass/illegal immigration, and c) less proud to be American.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/04/democratic-party-change-under-trump-polls/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats are ever-increasingly becoming more anti-car, anti-American nameplate car, and anti-American nameplate muscle car.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/americas-love-affair-with-the-car-has-soured-over-money-4b73670f
— China Is Choking Supply of Critical Minerals to Western Defense Companies
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/china-western-defense-industry-critical-minerals-3971ec51
BUSINESS INSIDER
— What does our choice of vehicle reveal about our political preferences?
https://www.businessinsider.com/car-models-owned-by-republicans-democrats-american-politics-jeep-2024-10
CAR BUZZ
— 10 Muscle Cars That Prove America Does It Best. Cars I used to own include a 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint (a poor man’s GTO), 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, and 1969 Dodge Charger SE. Cars I currently own include a 1972 and 2005 Chevrolet Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2023 Ford Mustang GT Premium, and 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus. Please let me know if you share my interest in any of the aforesaid cars.
https://carbuzz.com/10-muscle-cars-showing-america-does-it-best/
GOOGLE AI
— Republican politicians and car choices
https://www.google.com/search?q=Republican+politicians+and+car+choices
August 3, 2025 Evening Edition
How badly have Pritzker and Illinois Democrat legislators jerrymandered your congressional district? I should write about their 3rd Congressional District.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Texas Democrats fleeing to Illinois to block congressional maps; some to appear with Pritzker Sunday.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-house-democrats-plan-flee-state-try-stop-proposed-congressional-maps-appear-illinois-gov-jb-pritzker/17420791/
NBC5
— Texas Democrats head to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting. In an extraordinary move to counter Republican redistricting in Texas, dozens of Democrats in the state House are landing in Illinois to deny a quorum.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/texas-democrats-illinois-republicans-redistricting/3803982/
CBS2
— Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP’s redistricting plan.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/texas-democratic-legislators-flee-state-to-protest-gops-redistricting-plan/
FOX32
— Texas Democrats flee to Illinois in bid to block vote on redrawn House map backed by Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/texas-democrats-flee-illinois-bid-block-vote-redrawn-house-map-backed-trump
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/texas-house-democrats-flee-to-chicago-over-congressional-redistricting/
— Co-living buildings offer ‘attainable luxury’ for Chicago’s young professionals. Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 25 in 1974, when IRS promoted me to a $99,069/year in today’s dollars job in the Loop, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East Building and I walked to work and to graduate business courses at Loyola. In 1976, when my salary was $105,675/year in today’s dollars, I traded that studio condo in to the building’s developer for a one bedroom condo and I walked to graduate accounting courses at DePaul. I had bought a new town home in University Park in 1972. I lived in it full-time 1972-1974, part-time 1974-1976, and then I rented it out until I sold it in 1984.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/co-living-buildings-chicago-straits-row/
— Smithsonian denies White House pressure to remove President Donald Trump impeachment references. I filed Diersen v. GAO in 1998 (SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) knowing full-well that my chance getting a settlement, let alone winning, was bleak. Everything was stacked against me. But I filed anyway to get my facts and my arguments on the record.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/02/smithsonian-trump-impeachment/
— The emerging schism within the Democratic Party
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/opinion-democrats-schism-abundance-agenda/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Texas Democrat legislators flee to Illinois to block Trump-backed GOP redistricting plan. The walkout, which Texas Democrats called an “extraordinary and necessary step,” came a day after a House panel advanced a congressional map that would add five new Republican districts next year.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/03/texas-democrats-flee-to-illinois-to-block-trump-backed-gop-redistricting-plan
WGN RADIO
— The more of the following that you are, the more that you should anticipate/expect that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://wgnradio.com/the-alpha-wealth-hour/getting-through-blind-spots-in-your-retirement-plan/
WCIA
— BLS commissioner reacts to Trump firing. GAO works for Congress. I should write about how my Republican U.S. Senators and my Republican U.S. Representatives reacted to my Democrat GAO superiors a) forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delaying my promotions and never promoting me beyond GS-13, c) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) forcing me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/bls-commissioner-reacts-to-trump-firing/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Former Milton Township Supervisor John Monino Signed Illegal Traffic Enforcement Contract
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2025/08/former-milton-township-supervisor-signed-illegal-traffic-enforcement-contract/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The Washington Post’s ‘fact checker’ Glenn Kessler finally throws in the towel. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I increasingly worked as a fact checker. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22fact+checker%22+gao
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/3/washington-posts-fact-checker-glenn-kessler-finally-throws-towel/
— E-Verify, a choke point for stopping illegal immigrant employment in America. Big business and weak politicians are blocking the tool that protects U.S. jobs.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/3/e-verify-choke-point-stopping-illegal-immigrant-employment-america/
— Why the left’s education agenda leaves children illiterate. Time for a new path rooted in discipline, choice and phonics.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/3/lefts-education-agenda-leaves-chilldren-illiterate/
— Time for conservatives to kick antisemites out. Many, if not most of my Democrat Chicago office GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemites. They were furious when I volunteered to work for the office’s leading Jewish GS-15 (currently $163,749-$195,200/year) manager. She put them to shame. She had an MBA from the University of Chicago. She had passed the CPA examination on her first attempt. She was attractive. She was young. She was wealthy. She was demanding. She wanted all her employees to have a graduate degree in finance. I got her appointed to the IIT board of directors for its master’s degree program in financial markets and trading that I completed in 1997. Nevertheless, she played a big role in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/3/time-conservatives-kick-antisemites/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How Democratic presidential hopefuls are positioning themselves for 2028
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3489632/how-democratic-presidential-hopefuls-are-positioning-themselves-for-2028/
— The Trump economy is delivering for American workers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3488698/trump-economy-delivering-for-american-workers/
BREITBART
— Woke Gestapo Target ‘Registered Republican’ Sydney Sweeney for Thoughtcrime
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/08/03/nolte-woke-gestapo-target-registered-republican-sydney-sweeney-for-thoughtcrime/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Unless Faculties Are Rebalanced, Deals Struck With Universities Will Not Effectuate Long-Term Change. “I completely agree that getting the federal government involved in hiring decisions at universities is a bad idea, but it’s a less bad idea than what the current situation is…. [W]hat we’ve seen over the last 30 years is they’ve destroyed the system. They have spent 30 to 40 years only hiring their own.” The entire federal government needs to be rebalanced. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/unless-faculties-are-rebalanced-deals-struck-with-universities-will-not-effectuate-long-term-change/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— India indicates it will keep buying Russian oil despite Trump’s threats
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/world/article/india-indicates-it-will-keep-buying-russian-oil-20799376.php
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/us/politics/chinese-stay-flee-united-states-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/03/latino-republicans-immigration-trump-law-abiding-ice/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/03/afghanistan-immigrants-trump-deportations/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Unemployed Americans Endure Longer Job Searches in a Cooling Market
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/unemployed-americans-endure-longer-job-searches-in-a-cooling-market-4ab9fce3
NEWSBREAK
— Sydney Sweeney Is A Registered Republican. I have always been a Republican. I should write about how my critics/opponents have always used that against me. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government.
https://www.newsbreak.com/whiskey-riff-510620/4154235137037-sydney-sweeney-is-a-registered-republican-sparks-another-liberal-meltdown-on-heels-of-american-eagle-ad
GOOGLE AI
— Up-or-out Who do you know who has been harmed by up-or-out? I should write about why my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12 and why my Democrat GAO superiors delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22up-or-out%22
— Adverse actions Who do you know who has had adverse actions taken against them? I should write about why my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took adverse actions against me.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22adverse+actions%22
— Pay cut Who do you know who has taken a pay cut? I should write about why my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22pay+cut%22
— Pay- for-performance Who do you know who was under pay-for-performance (PFP)? I should write about why my Democrat GAO superiors always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22pay-for-performance%22
— Forced retirement Who do you know who was forced to retire early? I should write about why my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997
.https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Forced+retiement%22
— Career limiting Who do you know who has taken career limiting actions? Should write about the actions that I took and why my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors limited my career because of that.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22career+limiting%22
— Civil Service protections Who do you know who was not protected by Civil Service protections? I should write about why I was not protected by Civil Service protections.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22civil+service+protections%22
August 3, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/dehumanizing-inside-the-broadview-ice-facility-where-immigrants-sleep-on-cold-concrete/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/charles-selle-deportations/
— Indiana Gov. Braun greenlights state police, agencies to cooperate with ICE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/indiana-gov-braun-greenlights-state-police-agencies-to-cooperate-with-ice/
— Former Kane County Coroner Rob Russell announces bid for sheriff
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/24/former-coroner-rob-russell-joining-sheriff-race/
— The mainstream news media exists to get rid of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/column-donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-maga-support-page/
— State control of Chicago Public Schools grows likelier as budget crisis intensifies
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-state-control-chicago-public-100000308.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Anticipate/expect that your critics/opponents will use the jobs that you get against you.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2025/08/01/job-hunting-tips-teenagers
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTUTE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250802/news/a-chilling-effect-on-justice-ice-argues-courthouse-immigration-arrests-make-sense-but-local-oppo/
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250802/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-karma-and-epa-policy-local-weather-conditions-add-worrisome-irony-to-proposed/
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Hundreds of motorcycles ride to raise fentanyl awareness Saturday in Kane and DuPage counties. Grieving families, elected officials and law enforcement agencies unite to spread awareness.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/08/03/hundreds-of-motorcycles-ride-to-raise-fentanyl-awareness-saturday-in-kane-and-dupage-counties/
STARVED ROCK MEDIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.starvedrock.media/wlpo/protests-against-trump-still-strong-in-ottawa/article_e63a907e-deec-4b98-b796-5ce1b50e7ed2.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-appeals-court-keeps-order-blocking-trump-administration-from-indiscriminate-immigration-sweeps/
WJBC
— Illegals Reduce US Workers’ Wages. When I was young, if there had been as many illegals as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, but if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/08/01/homan-to-newsmax-illegals-reduce-us-workers-wages/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders oppose work requirements for Medicaid.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-02/how-the-new-work-requirements-for-medicaid-could-impact-some-states
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-02/from-the-clinics-to-the-capitol-links-anti-abortion-movement-to-far-right-extremism
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Milton Township Under Criminal Investigations
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2025/08/milton-township-under-criminal-investigations/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTOM EXAMINER
— End the ‘mission creep’ of Temporary Protected Status. To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders give them protected status: minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non- German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, citizens of foreign countries, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3488896/trump-afghanistan-temporary-protected-status/
NEW YORK POST
— Texas Roadhouse hit with civil rights complaint alleging DEI discrimination in hiring practices. All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they bragged about the preference that gave to their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I should write about that.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/03/business/texas-roadhouse-hit-with-discrimination-civil-rights-complaint-for-dei-hiring-practices/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Texas Roadhouse wrote that it is committed to “attracting, retaining, engaging, recognizing, and developing a workforce that mirrors the diversity of our guests” and provided a chart breaking down the percentages of their employees and managers who were either women or people of color in its 2024 10-K annual report. . .According to the Texas Roadhouse 2024 sustainability report, the company takes DEI factors such as gender and race into consideration when determining nominees to its Board of Directors.)
DAILY CALLER
— Senate Confirms Trump’s Pick for U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican, Brian Burch, who resides in Chicago
https://www.aol.com/senate-confirms-trump-vatican-pick-214131318.html
— Universities Use Social Credit To Bypass Affirmative Action Ban. What social credits do you get? I get no social credits because I promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, enforcement of immigration laws, discouragement of vices, Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity. That is, I get no social credits because I oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, more gun controls, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/02/opinion-universities-use-social-credit-to-bypass-affirmative-action-ban-casey-ryan/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the situation appears, Dialogue portfolios are nothing more than a system modeled after the Chinese Communist Party’s Social Credit System that essentially blacklists Chinese citizens from society if they hold the wrong opinions. Under China’s system, citizens can gain a bad social credit score by daily activities deemed negative by the government. This can include posting opinions on social media or making too many frivolous purchases. A negative social credit score can lead to bans from traveling, throttled internet speeds, or rejections from universities – which sounds eerily similar to the intent of Dialogue portfolios. The last thing college applicants in America need is a dystopian measure to filter out perceived wrongthink. The Supreme Court’s decision to ban affirmative action for universities was to help ensure everyone has an equal opportunity. These “Dialogues” appear to be a purity test that is even worse than affirmative action. While affirmative action is awful, at least there was a chance for universities to admit students of differing viewpoints. Dialogue portfolios give universities the explicit power to reject students solely because of the opinions they hold.)
DAILY WIRE
— For The First Time In 40 Years, The Federal Government Can Judge Applicants By Merit. The move opens the door to an elite federal workforce — and a major victory for President Donald Trump. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the postal job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. I qualified myself for the GAO job by working for IRS for almost 9 years, earning an MBA from Loyola, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/for-the-first-time-in-40-years-the-federal-government-can-judge-applicants-by-merit
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A decades-old court order that blocked the federal government from using tests to measure job applicants’ skills was terminated by a D.C. judge on Friday, setting the stage for an overhaul of the federal workforce that could be one of President Donald Trump’s most lasting achievements. In 1981, Angel Luevano sued the federal government over the Professional and Administrative Career Examination, a test that helped identify the best and brightest out of the tens of thousands who apply for government jobs each year. Luevano argued that the test kept too many blacks and Hispanics out of government, and, in the waning days of President Jimmy Carter’s administration, OPM agreed to pause the test for five years. Forty-four years later, the “Luevano Consent Decree” was somehow still intact. In January, the Trump administration filed a brief challenging the agreement — a feat which required reopening a decades-closed court case in which the original judge had died. The administration argued that it was doubtful the decree was ever appropriate, and that, with Supreme Court case law outlawing affirmative action, it was certainly not now. Angel Luevano is still alive, and agreed to terminate the consent decree, court papers show. Luevano was represented by lawyers from Hispanic and black civil rights groups, two of whom did not return a request for comment. For almost half a century, the federal government has operated like a college that didn’t look at SAT scores when admitting students. Rescinding the Luevano Consent Decree could take the government from safety-school status to Ivy League. “We’re making civil service great again,” Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor told The Daily Wire Friday. The move opens the door to technocratic hiring assessments that allow the government to hire applicants who objectively demonstrate the most aptitude. Kupor told The Daily Wire in an interview that the move means Americans may start getting better service at government agencies, with government being more helpful and responsive. “The lasting opportunity here is: can we change the culture of the workforce in the federal government? Can we make it a high-performance culture? That will definitely be the president’s legacy, if we can make that successful,” he said. After the demise of the Professional and Administrative Career Examination and similar tests, the government began relying on “self-assessments” to sift through job applicants, as it was the only measure that saw a sufficient number of minorities enter government. Applicants simply declared how good they were at a task, with no attempt to verify it or compare them to other applicants. That led to a hiring process that rewarded boasting and fabrications as much as merit. Kupor said the de facto prohibition on government checking people’s competency before hiring them — at which point they become difficult to remove — had become particularly crippling in the modern age, with people using artificial intelligence or simply copy-and-paste to take a job advertisement’s requirements and send an application asserting that they had all those skills. The inability to use objective measures to sort the most qualified applicants from a large pool — as virtually all other large employers do — has profoundly impacted the caliber of government employees. The Luevano Consent Decree was perhaps one of the largest applications ever of the philosophy known as “disparate impact,” which holds that anything that produces racially unbalanced outcomes must inherently be racist. But the fallout went beyond just minorities, leaving little way to differentiate a brilliant white job applicant from an incompetent white applicant. OPM General Counsel Andrew Kloster told The Daily Wire in an interview that the government did not make any concessions to reach the agreement. “It was a very easy process,” he said. “They just flat out agreed. It would not have happened without the original named plaintiff agreeing to it and the judge agreeing to accept it.” “This is really kind of an understanding that disparate impact as a way to measure things is not the law of the land anymore. You have to actually show real discrimination. The explicit argument was that the objective tests themselves were racially biased, and obviously that’s bogus.” It is yet to be decided whether OPM will institute a general aptitude test across agencies. But many specific job categories are likely to have their own tests. If the government is hiring, say, computer programmers, it won’t simply ask them how good they are at a programming language. Instead, it will administer a coding test to rank applicants on a uniform scale. The hiring process used by government agencies for decades resulted in hiring that was, at best, random, and at worst, allowed the sort of cronyism and favoritism that the consent decree was supposed to avoid, Kupor said. “We’re going to be able to attract really, really good people, because they’re going to be fairly tested for their merit,” he said. “It also really does eliminate a lot of potential for a bias in the hiring process if you actually use objective standards.” “This is a win for fairness, as well as a win for getting American people the ability to get people with the appropriate skills into the right jobs.”)
FOX NEWS
— DOJ cracking down on noncitizen voters
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376491200112
PJ MEDIA
— Democrat and RINO leaders want Trump to grant amnesty, that is, Democrat and RINO leaders want Trump to destroy the Republican Party. Those who come to America illegally and/or stay in America illegally will always vote for Democrats.
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2025/08/02/now-that-trump-has-really-truly-secured-our-borders-is-it-time-for-a-gop-pivot-on-immigration-n4942338
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Statisticians blast Trump over BLS firing: ‘Dangerous precedent.’ My Democrat superiors in the federal government followed a strong anti-Republican precedent when they wasted my career and forced me to retire. My RINO superiors in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois followed a strong anti-conservative precedent when they wasted me and got rid of me.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5433583-trump-bls-firing-precedent-controversy/
NEWSWEEK
— Pope Francis Critic Brian Burch Confirmed as Vatican Ambassador
https://www.newsweek.com/pope-francis-critic-brian-burch-confirmed-vatican-ambassador-2108079
MSN
— The most competitive college in your state. In Illinois, it is the University of Chicago. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/the-most-competitive-college-in-your-state-according-to-data-and-see-the-rest-of-the-hardest-schools-to-get-into/ss-AA1JAp3M#image=14
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois: University of Chicago #7 hardest college to get into nationwide, Acceptance rate: 7%, Net price: $36,584, SAT range: 1500-1570. The University of Chicago boasts a low student-to-teacher ratio—5:1—as well as an affiliation with 97 Nobel laureates, 34 MacArthur “genius grant” fellows, and 23 Pulitzer Prize winners, including Saul Bellow and Thornton Wilder, who won on three occasions. The school is proud of its nationally recognized medical and law programs.)
— Trump administration rescinds Jimmy Carter‑era DEI mandates for federal hiring. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the postal job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. I qualified myself for the GAO job by working for IRS for almost 9 years, earning an MBA from Loyola, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-admintration-rescinds-jimmy-carter-era-dei-mandates-for-federal-hiring/ar-AA1JKxut
NBC NEWS
— Chicago Democrats issue warnings about their mayor amid Zohran Mamdani’s rise
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/chicago-democrats-issue-warnings-mayor-090042907.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/opinion/ice-immigration-protest-resistance.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/opinion/epstein-trump-polls.html
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/02/supporters-decry-ice-arrests-south-korean-student-peruvian-asylum-seeker-court-hearings/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly badmouth the American Flag.
https://www.aol.com/trump-installs-massive-flag-poles-135836687.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.aol.com/americans-views-immigration-massive-positive-190958366.html
WTOP
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly disparage Republicans.
https://wtop.com/national/2025/08/ohio-city-whose-haitian-migrants-were-disparaged-by-trump-braces-to-defend-them-against-deportation/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at young men that Trump causes all their problems.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/we-asked-young-men-who-voted-for-trump-to-grade-him-here-s-what-they-said/ar-AA1JG2Kl
INDEPENDENT
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Trump causes all their problems.
https://www.aol.com/more-70-black-voters-disapprove-205101322.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-rage-against-the-regime-protests-over-300-us-cities-hosting-anti-trump-demonstrations-today-on-jd-vances-birthday-50501-group-full-list/articleshow/123060369.cms
INDIA HERALD
— Can an Indian Citizen Have More Than One Caste Certificate in case of Inter-Caste Marriage? What Caste were you born into? I was born into a low Caste because neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. My critic/opponents have always used the aforesaid against me. My critics/opponents have parents who have lots of money.
https://www.indiaherald.com/Breaking/Read/994838885/Can-an-Indian-Citizen-Have-More-Than-One-Caste-Certificate-in-case-of-InterCaste-Marriage
TIMES OF INDIA & MSN
— Google stops funding of 214 groups, over 50 of them related to diversity and equity. I should write about how Google has treated me and my www.gopillinois.com website.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/google-stops-funding-of-214-groups-over-50-of-them-related-to-diversity-and-equity-report/articleshow/123073327.cms
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/google-quietly-removes-dozens-of-dei-focused-groups-from-funding-list-amid-policy-shift/ar-AA1JLWsO
GOOGLE AI
— Too conservative, Republican According to my critics/opponents, I have always been to conservative, that is, I promote too many planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22too+conservative%22+republican