February 28, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Democrats plan to boycott major corporations during ‘Economic Blackout’ protest. The one-day event is designed to bring attention to dissatisfaction with the Trump administration’s push to eliminate DEI initiatives at U.S. companies. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagoans-plan-to-boycott-major-corporations-during-economic-blackout-protest/3685163/

WGN9
— DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick announces GOP run for Illinois governor
https://wgntv.com/news/dupage-county/dupage-county-sheriff-james-mendrick-announces-gop-run-for-illinois-governor/

WBEZ
— Illinois Democrats have bold words for Trump. What action can they take? The U.S. Constitution gives federal law authority over conflicting state law, but state lawmakers have some means to push back.
https://www.wbez.org/springfield/2025/02/28/illinois-democrats-have-bold-words-for-trump-what-action-can-they-take

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage children to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/28/opinion-transgender-children-sports-donald-trump/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How Trump is taking an ax to federal government in Chicago and the State of Illinois (COMMENT: I should write about how Republican-led budget cuts took an ax to GAO’s Chicago office while I worked for it 1980-1997.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9VN4HU489g

DAILY HERALD
— Amy Erkenswick: 2025 candidate for Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 board
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250226/local-politics/amy-erkenswick-2025-candidate-for-wheaton-warrenville-unit-district-200-board/
— Brooke Gennaro: 2025 candidate for Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 board
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250226/local-politics/brooke-gennaro-2025-candidate-for-wheaton-warrenville-unit-district-200-board/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois and Chicago economies on shaky ground
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-and-chicago-economies-shaky-moodys-cogfa-report

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Duckworth.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2025/02/27/tammy-duckworth-is-usa-today-women-of-the-year-honoree-for-illinois/77679604007/

SOUTHERN
— Education Department launches ‘END DEI’ website (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used DEI to get rid of 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://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/02/27/dei-needs-to-go-education-department-launches-end-dei-website/

JOURNAL COURIER
— To get more votes from voters who have less money than others, Democrat and RINO candidates ever-increasingly promise to use government to give more money to those voters who have less money than others. Those voters are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO candidates ever-increasingly shout at the aforesaid voters that Republicans cause all their financial and other problems.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/more-americans-of-all-political-stripes-support-20191490.php

HERALD REVIEW
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Edgar.
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/article_b8cdf40f-05fb-582d-8af6-f00a62210b23.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump poised to sign order making English the official US language
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-poised-to-sign-order-making-english-the-official-us-language-reports-suggest

WAND TV
— DOGE cuts 2400 VAs jobs, Illinois veterans lose access to services (COMMENT: I should write about the tremendous damage caused by Republican-led gutting of GAO. If Republicans had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/doge-cuts-2400-vas-jobs-illinois-veterans-lose-access-to-services/article_b7e54534-f575-11ef-9fd1-57a21ce38ff1.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Legislation aims to help first-time homebuyers. Bill would create tax deductible accounts to save for down payment.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/legislation-aims-to-help-first-time-homebuyers/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The sheriff who wants to be governor
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/28/the-sheriff-who-wants-to-be-governor-00206652
(FROM THE ARTICLE: AND SO IT BEGINS: DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick took the low-key approach to roll out his announcement that he’s running for the Republican nomination for governor in 2026. It was a message on Facebook. And it created plenty of buzz. Mendrick’s been receiving calls and emails ever since, including donation offers. It’s still in the works. Mendrick doesn’t even have a campaign manager yet. His wife, a psychiatric nurse, filled the role in his two bids for sheriff, “but this will be too big for her to do alone so we’re going to figure all that out this weekend,” he said in an interview with your Playbook host. Mendrick doesn’t have Ken Griffin or Dan Proft working behind the scenes for him. And didn’t even think to call Republican Chair Kathy Salvi before he made his announcement. “I did not plan on running for sure,” Mendrick said. He made the surprise move after choosing not to leave Illinois because he didn’t like how it’s being run. He’s now staying put in Woodridge after his 25-year-old son said he wasn’t budging. Mendrick and his wife also have a 22-year-old son with autism and are active in the disability community, he said. His campaign should be taken seriously, according to a GOP insider we talked to. Mendrick has been a police officer since 1996, following in the footsteps of his father. He’s been sheriff since 2018. Now, instead of retiring outright, he’s going to enter the state’s biggest political ring: the governor’s race. It doesn’t scare him. Mendrick currently oversees the county-wide correctional facility, where he says he sees first-hand how crime and immigration has challenged the state. Mendrick is focused on the SAFE-T Act. He disagrees with letting potential offenders out on bail instead of letting them clean up their addictions and get mental health assistance in jail. “I do believe that we’re doing God’s work,” he said. The sheriff opposes the state’s TRUST Act, which makes Illinois a sanctuary state. He calls it an “unfunded mandate” that prompts new immigrants from all over the country to move to Illinois, putting a strain on services. As for the state budget, Mendrick says, “I very much believe everything should be done within our economic footprint. You should never go outside what you can afford.” His politics: “I’m a Republican with a lot of conservative values,” Mendrick said, adding he doesn’t want to be labeled in a political way, though his social media posts suggest he leans far right. “It’s hard to be a slave to the politics,” he said. “It’s just about doing the right thing.” Mendrick is the first Republican officially in the race, but there will be others. Aaron Del Mar, a 2022 lieutenant governor candidate, is mulling a bid. Also mulling: Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker has yet to announce whether he’ll run for a third term in 2026 — and/or if he’ll make a run for president in 2028.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-464/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Johnson responds to congressional probe
https://www.aol.com/news/illinois-quick-hits-johnson-responds-214000056.html

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ own auditors admit they don’t know where all the state’s money goes (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my auditing experience the most. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt. I became a licensed CPA and a certified fraud examiner, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant. I earned a master’s degree in accounting. I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year.  I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I would focus on my critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-own-auditors-admit-they-dont-know-where-all-the-states-money-goes-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
—  Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans. My critics/opponents have always used DEI to get rid of Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. To get more votes from voters who have problems, Democrat and RINO candidates ever-increasingly promise to use government to give them more preference and more money. Those voters are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO candidates ever-increasingly shout at the aforesaid voters that Republicans cause all their problems. I should write more about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you attribute your financial success to? I attribute my financial success to following conservative principles. I earned three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a job-related professional license (CPA). But my critics/opponents attribute my financial success to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics. My critics/opponents are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I should write about my critics/opponents who have ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my auditing experience the most. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt. I became a licensed CPA and a certified fraud examiner, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant. I earned a master’s degree in accounting. I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I would focus on my critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The more planks in the Republican Party platform that candidates on ballots in my precinct promise to defend and advance if elected, the more that I do to help elect them. According to my critics/opponents, the more that I do to help elect those candidates, the fewer votes that they get. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, if not virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Jeanne Ives, Who Backed DeSantis for President, Now Throws Support Behind DuPage County Sheriff Mendrick for Governor
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/02/sources-jeanne-ives-who-backed-desantis-for-president-now-throws-support-behind-dupage-county-sheriff-mendrick-for-governor.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Multiple sources also confirmed with this publication early this morning that Republican State Central Committee member Jeanne Ives – also a DuPage County resident, is supporting Mendrick’s candidacy and also serving in a behind-the-scenes advisory role. Ives is also rumored to be eying a run for governor or Lt. Governor.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Experts break down how Trump’s illegal immigrant registry will help ICE round up millions – and why migrants may register
https://nypost.com/2025/02/27/us-news/how-trumps-illegal-immigrant-registry-will-make-it-easier-for-ice-to-round-up-millions-more-migrants/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Morning Greatness: ICE Arrested More Than 20,000 Illegal Aliens in Trump’s First Month
https://amgreatness.com/2025/02/28/morning-greatness-ice-arrested-more-than-20000-illegal-aliens-in-trumps-first-month/

COLLEGE FIX
— Professor sues University of. Illinois for discriminating against him as a White male. (COMMENT: If I had been a minority or a female, my Democrat superiors in the federal government would not have taken the adverse actions against me that they did. They would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service before I was 40 years old. None of my coworkers who they promoted over me did what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/professor-sues-u-illinois-claims-it-discriminated-against-him-as-a-white-male/

DAILY SIGNAL
— ICE Arrests of Illegal Aliens Up 627% Under Trump
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/27/ice-arrests-illegal-aliens-increase-627-under-trump/

FOX NEWS
— Blue state governor’s ‘gross mismanagement’ cost taxpayers $1.6B for illegal immigrant healthcare. Illinois GOP’s Senate leader wants to see state’s liberal governor be more ‘cooperative’ with Trump migrant crackdown.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-state-govs-gross-mismanagement-cost-taxpayers-1-6b-illegal-immigrant-healthcare-audit

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Trump administration set to launch mandatory registration program for illegal aliens
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/trump-administration-set-to-launch-mandatory-registration-program-for-illegal-aliens

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise illegals and b) blame Republicans for all the problems that illegals have.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/confinement-unbearable-migrants-describe-held-guantanamo/story?id=119270282

NEW YORK TIMES
— What to Know About Filing Taxes as the I.R.S. Sheds Workers (COMMENT: I was involved in IRS’s 1974 tax season big time. Have you ever phoned IRS with a tax question? If you did during the 1974 filing season, the IRS employee who answered your call was one of my subordinates. Back then, as a 25-year-old GS-11 (currently $82,655/year) IRS Revenue Officer, I supervised all of the IRS employees, which included a rotating staff of about 90 IRS Revenue Agent trainees, in IRS’s new downtown Chicago office who answered taxpayer questions using IRS’s new tollfree CentiPhone system. Because of my job performance, the IRS manager who had given me that developmental opportunity and who had promoted me in 1972 and 1973 promoted me to GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) in 1974.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/business/irs-tax-refund.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump officials start gutting civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s plan. Legal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, they have used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/28/doge-trump-civil-rights-office-closing-eeoc/
— Federal workers could get a second email Saturday. It might require a response. A new strategy might compel employees to respond with bulleted lists of what they did in the past week.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/28/federal-workers-second-email-elon-musk/
— Transgender troops will be removed from U.S. military, Pentagon says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/27/transgender-ban-us-service-members-military-pentagon/

USA TODAY
— Commendations, cash awards, positive reviews. Then they were fired for poor performance. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. The job performance appraisal systems that they use are extremely subjective. My Democrat superiors took many big adverse actions against me. To justify that, they used the aforesaid subjectivity and hinted/implied that I was a poor performer. But my doing the following frustrated that. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-relate professional license.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/27/federal-employees-firing-letters-claim-poor-work/80269905007/
— US household income growth is slowing, posing risks for consumer spending and economy. (COMMENT: Because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, in today’s dollars, my income has been $86,371/year (56%) less since then.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/24/income-growth-slowing-economy/79339787007/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE OF TRUMP: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/27/dei-backlash-erase-black-executives-gains/78475480007/

NBC PHILADELPHIA
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise illegals and b) blame Republicans for all the problems that illegals have.
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/panama-costa-rica-turning-black-hole-migrants-deportees-from-us/4121338/

CBS19
— Senator Cruz reintroduces act to abolish sanctuary cities in Texas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAWBQGmUWVg

ECONOMIST
— Democrats run the mainstream new media
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/02/27/america-has-never-had-state-media-like-it-does-today

February 26, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

WGN9
— Mayor Johnson to defend Chicago’s sanctuary city status in Washington (COMMENT: To be a Democrat or a RINO is to promote more illegal immigration.)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-johnson-to-defend-chicagos-sanctuary-city-status-in-washington/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Dolton Trustee Jason House declares victory over Tiffany Henyard in mayoral primary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/dolton-mayor-tiffany-henyard-far-behind-challenger-jason-house-in-democratic-primary/
— ReSet Party declares victory over incumbents in Homer Township Republican primary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/homer-township-reset-claims-victory/
— What we know about primary elections in Chicago’s suburbs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/26/daywatch-what-we-know-about-primary-elections-in-chicagos-suburbs/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker and Illinois Dems say the state is being shorted $1.9B by Trump
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzker-illinois-democrats-say-trump-withholding-funds

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker panders to working-class voters by saying that the system is rigged against them. Of course, he hints/implies/argues/shouts that Republicans do the rigging.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/02/26/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-system-is-rigged-toward-the-wealthy/80316143007/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Pritzker takes the lead nationally calling Trump a Nazi. Because of Pritzker, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more danger that you are in. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article300989979.html

SOUTHERN
— Musk’s whirlwind approach sparks rift in the White House and in Trump’s orbit
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/02/25/musks-whirlwind-approach-sparks-rift-in-the-white-house-and-in-trumps-orbit-sources/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Illegal migrant hotels in the spotlight with taxpayers footing the bill
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/illegal-migrant-hotels-in-the-spotlight-taxpayers-footing-the-bill-nancy-mace-alien-removal-not-resort-stays-act-ice-deportation

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump introduces a green card for the rich: the gold card
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-25/trump-introduces-a-green-card-for-the-rich-the-gold-card

WREX
— Rockford leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wrex.com/news/rockford-city-council-committee-votes-to-keep-all-people-are-welcome-sign/article_d562e5f4-f330-11ef-90d6-f32ca480598b.html

FOX2
— Illinois schools will continue to teach LGBTQ+ history despite warning from feds (COMMENT: Democrats do not teach LGBTQ+ history, they promote LGBTQ+.)
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/illinois-schools-will-continue-to-teach-lgbtq-history-despite-warning-from-feds/amp/

LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Long Live The King? Trump Grabs For Power (COMMENT: How soon will the Democrats who run Loyola revoke my 1976 MBA?)
https://loyolaphoenix.com/2025/02/long-live-the-king-trump-grabs-for-power/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker tries prying back $2B in frozen fed funds
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/26/pritzker-slams-trump-over-2b-in-frozen-funds-00206170

CAPITOL FAX
— Local results: Balich slate swept out in Homer Township; Henyard trounced in Dolton; Durbin candidate fails to make Aurora runoff; Dominick, Jackson win in Cicero and Riverdale
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/26/local-results-balich-slate-swept-out-in-homer-township-henyard-trounced-in-dolton-durbin-candidate-fails-to-make-aurora-runoff-dominick-jackson-win-in-cicero-and-riverdale/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-462/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Beyond the Nazi accusations. What you should know about Gov. Pritzker’s budget address.
https://wirepoints.org/beyond-the-nazi-accusations-the-many-deflections-in-gov-pritzkers-2026-budget-address-wirepoints/
— Wondering how Illinois’ projected $3.2 billion budget deficit disappeared?
https://wirepoints.org/wondering-how-illinois-projected-3-2-billion-budget-deficit-disappeared-wirepoints-quickpoint/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois State Board of Education not complying with Trump’s DEI orders. Despite declining enrollment, ISBE asking for more tax dollars.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a02aeec2-f3cb-11ef-a77e-97097912fca1.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “Integrity Team” Wins Control of Algonquin Township, Dado Wins for Supervisor, Danijela Sandberg Re-Elected Road Commissioner, Medendorp Wins Clerkship, Allied Trustees Victorious
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/integrity-team-win-control-of-algonquin-township-dado-wins-for-supervisor-danijela-sandberg-re-elected-road-commissioner-medendorp-wins-clerkship-allied-trustees-victorious/
— Mike Shorten Wipes Out Incumbent Nunda Township Supervisor Leda Bobera-Drain
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/mike-shorten-wipes-out-incumbent-nunda-township-supervisor-leda-drain/
— Algonquin Township Fuzzy Maps of Who Won Where for Supervisor and Road Commissioner
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/algonquin-township-fuzzy-maps-of-who-won-where/
— Fuzzy Map of Nunda Township Precincts Where Mike Shorten and Leda Barbora-Drain Won for Supervisor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/nunda-township-fuzzy-map-of-precincts-where-mike-shorten-and-leda-barbora-drain-won-for-supervisor/
— Three Percent Turnout Decide All But One Township Official in Algonquin, Grafton and Nunda Townships
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/three-percent-turnout-decide-all-but-one-township-official-in-algonquin-grafton-and-nunda-townships/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I should write about my high-profile critics/opponents who stress that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who have taken many big anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican actions. I would focus on those whose many big anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican actions have been highlighted the most by the Democrat news media. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because I included links to reports of their actions in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. My high-profile critics/opponents want/expect/demand that I coverup their wrongdoing. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on unions and grievances? I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors took many big adverse actions against me. If GAO had been unionized, I would have filed grievances. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, b) gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done any of the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Hegseth became a Second Lieutenant in 2003, Captain in 2011, and Major in 2014.  My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as having been a failed federal employee. But I became a) a GS-7 in 1971; that is equivalent to Second Lieutenant, b) a GS-9 in 1972, that is equivalent to First Lieutenant, c) a GS-11 in 1973, that is equivalent to Captain, d) a GS-12 in 1974, that is equivalent to Major, and e) a GS-13 in 1986, that is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint themselves as being champions for those who are marginalized if not oppressed, that is, that they are champions for those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, pregnant, non-rich, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What has frustrated your job searches? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That, along with the previous adverse actions that they had taken against me, my having opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and my demographics defeated my search for a job appropriate for my work experience, professional certifications, and my professional license. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrats say that DOGE is turning into a Democratic candidate recruitment tool. How dependent on federal spending are the voters in America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? From what I see, the more of the following that voters are, the more dependent that they are on federal spending: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, pregnant, non-rich, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc. According to Democrats, those who are the aforesaid are discriminated against, marginalized, and oppressed by Republicans. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Self-deport’: Noem vows to flex immigration laws on the books but never enforced
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/25/dhs-warns-illegal-immigrants-self-deport/

NEW YORK POST
— Ex-Navy SEAL Rep. Dan Crenshaw fumes over Tucker Carlson in hot-mic moment
https://nypost.com/2025/02/25/us-news/ex-navy-seal-rep-dan-crenshaw-fumes-over-tucker-carlson-in-hot-mic-moment-ill-f-king-kill-him/

BREITBART
— Pritzker: Trump Ignoring Courts, ‘Disobeying’ Constitution Like Early Nazi Days
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/02/25/pritzker-trump-ignoring-courts-disobeying-constitution-like-early-nazi-days/

CHRONICLES MAGAZINE
— Henry Hyde’s Monuments
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/henry-hydes-monuments/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Planning To Create Registry For Illegal Aliens. The plan utilizes an old immigration law that was designed to catch suspected communists.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-planning-to-create-registry-for-illegal-aliens-report

FEDERALIST
— Illinois Democrat Bill Would Legalize Women Selling Their Bodies For Money
https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/26/illinois-democrat-bill-would-legalize-women-selling-their-bodies-for-money/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump to Launch ‘Gold Card’ Visas That Would Grant Residency for $5 Million. The new visa will grant green card privileges and a path to citizenship. ‘Wealthy people will be coming into our country,’ the president said. (COMMENT: What do wealthy people think of you? I should write about my critics/opponents who are wealthy.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-to-launch-gold-card-visas-that-would-grant-residency-for-5-million-5816329

FOX NEWS
— Noem announces DHS registry for illegal aliens in US that will require them to be fingerprinted. DHS secretary announces plans to fully enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act enacted in 1952.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-announces-dhs-registry-illegal-aliens-us-require-fingerprinted
— Top Trump official moves to block illegal immigrants from receiving food stamps
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-trump-official-moves-block-illegal-immigrants-from-receiving-food-stamps-follow-law-full-stop

NEWSMAX
— Trump Plan: Fines, Prison For Illegals Not Part of Registry
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-illegal-immigration/2025/02/25/id/1200480/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump Ending Benefits to Illegals Is a Game Changer
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2025/02/26/trump_ending_benefits_to_illegals_is_a_game_changer_641824.html

REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— Illinois Students Are Struggling. Lowering Standards Masks the Crisis.
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2025/02/25/illinois_students_are_struggling_lowering_standards_masks_the_crisis_1093921.html

TOWNHALL
— Biden Policy Fast-Tracked Illegals Through Airport Security Lines
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/02/25/biden-policy-fast-tracked-illegals-through-airport-security-lines-n2652815

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— The mainstream news media acts like the Democrat Party is paying it to spin everything against Republicans and for Democrats.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-claims-media-paid-write-152811489.html

REUTERS
— Democrats say “Musk to attend Trump cabinet meet as workers brace for more uncertainty.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-attend-trump-cabinet-meet-workers-brace-more-uncertainty-2025-02-26/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Fired federal workers hunt for new jobs but struggle (COMMENT: What has frustrated your job searches? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That, along with the previous adverse actions that they had taken against me, my having opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and my demographics defeated my search for a job appropriate for my work experience, professional certifications, and my professional license. I should write about the aforesaid.)
https://apnews.com/article/doge-firings-layoffs-federal-government-workers-musk-57671a76f22d5398a3c794e29e350082
— Trump administration creates registry for immigrants who are in the US illegally
https://apnews.com/article/illegal-immigrant-registry-trump-border-enforcement-37ce7a345c1617ce3a9427e0ef755021

NEW YORK TIMES
— Hegseth Returns to Guantánamo, This Time as Defense Secretary. Hegseth served at the U.S. Navy base as a National Guard Second Lieutenant. The base is now being used to hold some migrants who face deportation. (COMMENT: Hegseth became a Second Lieutenant in 2003, Captain in 2011, and Major in 2014.  My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as having been a failed federal employee. But I became a) a GS-7 in 1971; that is equivalent to Second Lieutenant, b) a GS-9 in 1972, that is equivalent to First Lieutenant, c) a GS-11 in 1973, that is equivalent to Captain, d) a GS-12 in 1974, that is equivalent to Major, and e) a GS-13 in 1986, that is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/pete-hegseth-guantanamo-bay.html

USA TODAY
— 1,400 more VA employees laid off in Trump’s latest purge of federal workers (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans got rid of more than 3,000 of its employees, that is, they got rid of more than half of its employee. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/25/more-layoffs-veterans-department/80303826007/
— Democrats ask “When did the party of ‘family values’ stop caring about having moral leaders?”  (COMMENT: I should write about my high-profile critics/opponents who stress that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who have taken many big anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican actions. I would focus on those whose many big anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican actions have been highlighted the most by the Democrat news media. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because I included links to reports of their actions in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. My high-profile critics/opponents want/expect/demand that I coverup their wrongdoing.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/02/24/trump-musk-republicans-immoral-family-values/78925358007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Conservatism is rooted in a philosophy of personal responsibility. How you conduct yourself as an individual matters. Living your life in line with conservative principles pays dividends far more often than cheating and lying your way through relationships and politics. . .People pretend that personal and political lives are separate. They’re not. The two facets, political and personal, are interconnected. As the GOP has embraced men who have conducted themselves poorly in their personal lives, the party’s commitment to conservative political principles have crumbled.)
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint themselves as being champions for those who are marginalized if not oppressed, that is, that they are champions for those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, pregnant, non-rich, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/02/23/jane-fonda-sag-awards-speech-trump/79899116007/
— ‘Reverse discrimination’ case comes to Supreme Court as DEI is under siege. At issue: have courts created an extra hurdle for discrimination claims made by the member of a majority group? It comes amid a raging battle over DEI programs.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/26/supreme-court-case-dei-reverse-discrimination/80052848007/
— Democrats say “MAGA roars as Trump GOP critics fret in the wilderness.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/26/donald-trump-maga-cpac-2025/79612255007/

BARRON’S
— Tesla Has Lost $400 Billion In Value During Trump Presidency. What the Charts Say Comes Next.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/tesla-stock-value-trump-eb339749

POLITICO
— ‘Furious and looking for action’: DOGE is turning into a Democratic candidate recruitment tool. More than 2,000 people reached out to an organization that recruits people to run for office in the last week. (COMMENT: How dependent on federal spending are the voters in America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? From what I see, the more of the following that voters are, the more dependent that they are on federal spending: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, pregnant, non-rich, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/recruit-federal-workers-run-for-office-022064

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— It’s Becoming Rarer for Federal Agencies and Employees to Settle Over Adverse Actions And employees who take their cases to a judge are increasingly losing. (COMMENT: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors took many big adverse actions against me. If GAO had been unionized, I would have filed grievances. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, b) gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done any of the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.)
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2020/01/its-becoming-rarer-federal-agencies-and-employees-settle-over-adverse-actions/162813/

GUARDIAN
— To get more votes from minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites and men.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/26/donald-trump-straight-white-men-diversity-kemi-badenoch-business-multiculturalism-economy

February 24, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Father Pfleger, faith leaders call for boycott of Target after company scales back DEI initiatives (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding. The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/target-boycott-father-michael-pfleger-among-faith-leaders-calling-consumer-company-scales-back-dei-initiatives/15942947/

NBC5
— ‘Dark MAGA’ spreads as conservatives embrace Musk’s influence on Trump. The black “Dark MAGA” hats made popular by Elon Musk was heavily noticeable at an annual gathering of conservative activists.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/dark-maga-spreads-conservatives-musks-influence-trump/3681062/

CBS2
— Oak Park seeks to regulate hemp-derived THC products (COMMENT: Pot pushers want THC to be regulated because THC sales cut into pot sales.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/oak-park-illinois-regulate-hemp-derived-thc-products/

FOX32
— Musk email to federal employees met with resistance (COMMENT: Because GAO is part of the legislative branch, if I was still working for GAO, I presume that I would not have gotten Musk’s email. But if had gotten his email, I would have stressed specific things that I did to fight fraud, waste, and abuse in the federal government. See https://www.google.com/search?q=gao+analyst+%22position+description for a description of what GAO Analysts do. During my last 11 years at GAO, I worked at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/elon-musk-email-federal-employees-trump-what-did-you-do-last-week
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hundreds of thousands of federal employees have been directed to tell the Office of Personnel Management what they accomplished over the last week. Elon Musk, who’s been tasked with slashing federal spending, said they must reply within 48 hours or risk losing their jobs. Key federal agencies from the FBI and State Department to the Pentagon have instructed their employees not to comply.)

WBEZ
— Chicagoans mark three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As the administration in Washington grows critical of Ukraine, hundreds waving flags filled the Wrigley Building plaza downtown Saturday to call for an end to the war.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/02/23/ukraine-war-putin-zelenskyy-trump-nato-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic governors balance whether to fight or pacify after Donald Trump threatens one of their own
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/23/democratic-governors-after-trump-threatens/?clearUserState=true
— The more planks in the Republican Party platform that a group promotes, the more that RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that that group is an extremist group if not a hate group. Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois promoted all the planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write about my critics/opponents who did the most to destroy ICRC and TAPROOT. I would focus on those who are still in power.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/23/chicago-police-extremism-task-force/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be hired, retained, and/or promoted: citizen of America, heterosexual, Republican, conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/24/opinion-end-racism-dei-affirmative-action/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/24/column-republican-voters-donald-trump-page/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Soon, if not already, everyone in health care in America will be more and more and more of the following: citizens of foreign countries, non-conservative, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/02/24/illinois-medical-school-amissions-race-affirmative-action-black-hispanic-students

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump and Musk take aim at Loop’s Kluczynski, Metcalfe buildings  (COMMENT: I worked in the Kluczynski building 1973-1980 for IRS and then for GAO 1980-1981.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-and-musk-take-aim-loops-kluczynski-metcalfe-buildings

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Overcoming sexual stigma: Springfield massage therapist shares experiences, hardships  (COMMENT: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote prostitution.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/02/24/how-unlicensed-massage-parlors-sexually-stigmatize-massage-therapy/79187661007/

WCIA
— Trump, Musk aren’t the first to make deep cuts: Clinton-era initiative saved billions (COMMENT: During the Clinton-era, I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO. They used Clinton budget cuts to get rid of their Republican employees like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/trump-musk-arent-the-first-to-make-deep-cuts-clinton-era-initiative-saved-billions/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Clinton administration also worked with Congress to authorize $25,000 buyouts for federal workers and ended up eliminating what Kamarck said were more than 400,000 federal positions between 1993 and 2000 through a combination of voluntary departures, attrition and a relatively small number of layoffs.)

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “CPAC is an annual meeting of conservative leaders” and ask “How’s it changed in recent years?” (COMMENT: From what I see, CPAC has ever-increasingly moved more toward Libertarianism.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-22/cpac-is-an-annual-meeting-of-conservative-leaders-hows-it-changed-in-recent-years
— Democrats say “Two conservative events show how Trump has created a divide in the Republican Party.” (COMMENT: Trump got elected by promising to defend and advance the Republican Party platform. What Trump does against that platform divides the Republican Party.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-23/two-conservative-events-show-how-trump-has-created-a-divide-in-the-republican-party

WREX
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wrex.com/news/illinois-senate-to-be-presented-with-bill-that-could-stop-police-from-searching-a-vehicle/article_c91efbd2-f25b-11ef-8879-0b0dd6cd474e.html

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— What does Trump’s pick for labor secretary tell us about his priorities for workers? (COMMENT: I should write about what picks by Republican leaders say about those leaders. I would focus on the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) and the Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 2000. Ever-increasingly their picks reject more and more and more planks in the Republican Party platform. Ever-increasingly, their picks paint themselves as being Democrat-Lite, if not anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican. I would focus on those leaders whose picks took the most/biggest adverse actions against me. MTRO leaders fired me as MTRO webmaster in 2004 and 2010. Wheaton leaders fired me as a member of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011 and as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades in 2021. IRP leaders fired me as a member of the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024. Republican leaders had their operatives and dupes fire me as a) an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member in 2004, b) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee in 2007, and c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-02-23/what-does-trumps-pick-for-labor-secretary-tell-us-about-his-priorities-for-workers

UIC TODAY
— FEBRUARY 17, 2015 FLASHBACK: Circle Back, UIC Forward: UIC remembers its roots (COMMENT: I attended UIC 1966-1968.)
https://today.uic.edu/circle-back-uic-forward/

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Why the Obama Presidential Center is immune to Trump’s cuts
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/02/19/obama-presidential-center-immune-trumps-spending-cuts

ILLINOIS EAGLE
— State rep calls for equity in funding for HIV in Black community
https://illinoiseagle.com/2025/02/22/eaglets-state-rep-calls-for-equity-in-funding-for-hiv-in-black-community/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— How Pritzker’s speech was written
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/24/how-pritzkers-speech-was-written-00205688
— A Trump visit (COMMENT: I used to attend such Republican events and post such reports on them, but not as detailed. But I stopped because leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party ever-increasingly punished me for doing that. I should write about the aforesaid leaders. I would focus on those still in power.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/24/how-pritzkers-speech-was-written-00205688
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lara Trump, the former co-chair of the Republican National Committee and daughter-in-law of the president, visited Illinois on Friday making a bold statement that Illinois could turn red in 2028 — and she revealed some insight about President Donald Trump’s executive moves. She had stats: “Donald Trump in 2016 got 38 percent of the vote here. In 2020, 40 percent of the vote. In 2024, he got 45 percent of the vote in the state of Illinois. I want you guys to understand something. We are about to turn the state of Illinois in the next presidential election to a red state,” Trump told a crowd of 500 at Venuti’s Italian restaurant in Addison. The event was a fundraiser for McHenry County GOPAC. Lara Trump also offered a glimpse into the thinking of the president’s recent executive actions. During his first term, she said, the president was told repeatedly, “You need to fit into this specific mold. And so he tried to fit into that mold, and he got a lot of great things accomplished.” That changed in his second term: He’s “looking at things differently,” Lara Trump said. The president “isn’t trying to fit in that mold anymore. He said, ‘You know what? I’m going to come into this White House, and I’m going to do things my way this time.’” ABC 7’s Liz Nagy has more. SPOTTED: Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi, House Republican Leader Tony McCombie and Republican state Reps. Martin McLaughlin, John Cabello, Jed Davis, Regan Deering, Bradley Fritts, Amy Grant, Jeff Keicher, Patrick Sheehan, Dennis Tipsword, Dan Ugaste and Tom Weber. Also in the room: Former state Sen. Darren Bailey, who’s mulling a run for office again. “Stay tuned,” he says.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-460/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do your critics/opponents do? My critics/opponents focus on stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and failing that, they focus on stopping everyone from reading my newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents and the biggest adverse actions that they have had their operatives and dupes take against me since 2000. I would focus on my critics/opponents who are still in power. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopollinois.com
— Are your critics/opponents anti-Trump? My critics/opponents are anti-Trump if not Trump-haters. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against e since 201`5. I would focus on those who are still in power. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Because GAO is part of the legislative branch, if I was still working for GAO, I presume that I would not have gotten Musk’s email. But if had gotten his email, I would have stressed specific things that I did to fight fraud, waste, and abuse in the federal government. See https://www.google.com/search?q=gao+analyst+%22position+description for a description of what GAO Analysts do. During my last 11 years at GAO, I worked at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year.- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The more planks in the Republican Party platform that a group promotes, the more that RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that that group is an extremist group if not a hate group. Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois promoted all the planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write about my critics/opponents who did the most to destroy ICRC and TAPROOT. I would focus on those who are still in power. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— During the Clinton-era, I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO. They used Clinton budget cuts to get rid of their Republican employees like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
—  I should write about what picks by Republican leaders say about those leaders. I would focus on the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) and the Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 2000. Ever-increasingly their picks reject more and more and more planks in the Republican Party platform. Ever-increasingly, their picks paint themselves as being Democrat-Lite, if not anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican. I would focus on those leaders whose picks took the most/biggest adverse actions against me. MTRO leaders fired me as MTRO webmaster in 2004 and 2010. Wheaton leaders fired me as a member of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee in 2011 and as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades in 2021. IRP leaders fired me as a member of the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024. Republican leaders had their operatives and dupes fire me as a) an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member in 2004, b) an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee in 2007, and c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012.)
— Who are the members of the conservative news media in Illinois? What are their positions on me and on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? According to my critics/opponents, me and my newsletters cause all their problems, all of your problems, all of my problems, and all of everyone’s problems. They want to stop me from sending my newsletters out, and failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading them. Everyone in Illinois sees how members of the conservative news media in Illinois treat me and treat my newsletters. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Why is DOGE needed? I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997. Fewer and fewer and fewer of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinate were Republicans. Toward the end, virtually none were Republicans. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it in the 1990s, there would be no need for DOGE today. The Democrats who ran GAO used Gingrich’s budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s few remaining Republican employees including me. Federal agencies run by Democrats do not want Republicans to audit them. Federal agencies run by Republicans do not want Democrats to audit them. Solutions include requiring half of GAO’s employees and its audit teams to be Republicans and half to be Democrats. When auditing agencies headed by Democrats, the lead auditors would be Republicans. When auditing agencies headed by Republicans, the lead auditors would be Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican in Illinois, the more of the following that you are, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters like Pritzker will call you a Nazi: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. To call someone a Nazi in America today is like calling someone a Jew in Germany during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Pritzker ever-increasingly makes it clear that he is going to get rid of all Republicans in Illinois once and for all. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint Republicans as being oppressors and b) paint Democrats as being protectors.  According to Democrat leaders, Republicans oppress those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-rich, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— New Trier High School Led On Woke Education. It Should Lead The Way Out.
https://wirepoints.org/new-trier-high-school-led-on-woke-education-it-should-lead-the-way-out-wirepoints/

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are, Wheaton College Lefties
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/02/21/come-out-come-out-wherever-you-are-wheaton-college-lefties

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Danjela Sandberg Mails in Support of Her Candidacy for Road Commissioner on Tuesday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/22/danjela-sandberg-mails-in-support-of-her-candidacy-for-road-commissioner-on-tuesday/
Danijela Sandberg Makes Second Mailing in Campaign to Remain Algonquin Township Road Commissioner
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/23/danijela-sandberg-makes-second-mailing-in-campaign-to-remain-algonquin-township-road-commissioner/
— You Won’t See Stories Like This about McHenry County Restaurants
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/23/you-wont-see-stories-like-this-about-mchenry-county-restaurants/
— Durbin Holds Lonely Protest
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/23/durbin-holds-lonely-protest/
— Rob Parrish Mails before Election on Which He Is Not on the Ballot
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/22/rob-parrish-mails/
— Reaction to Pritzker’s Announcement That Lake Michigan Shall Henceforth Be Called “Lake Illinois”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/23/reaction-to-pritzkers-announcement-that-lake-michigan-shall-henceforth-be-called-lake-illinois/
— The Censures of Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy Funk – Part 7
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/23/the-censures-of-algonquin-township-supervisor-randy-funk-part-7/
— Pritzker Hit New Low with Nazi Charge, According to Jewish News Syndicate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/23/pritzker-hit-new-low-with-nazi-charge-according-to-jewish-news-syndicate/
— The CBS Gal Who Thinks Freedom of Speech Led to the Nazi Holocaust
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/23/the-cbs-gal-who-thinks-freedom-of-speech-led-to-the-nazi-holocaust/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP States threaten fines and jail time for local officials who resist Trump’s immigration crackdown. (COMMENT: What is Pritzker doing to stop enforcement of federal immigration laws in your county, township, municipality, and school district?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/23/gop-states-threaten-fines-jail-time-local-officials-resist-trumps/
— Patel tells FBI employees to ignore Musk’s email on work reporting, for now
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/23/kash-patel-tells-fbi-employees-ignore-elon-musk-email-work-reporting/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pentagon tells personnel not to respond to Musk-backed accomplishments email
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3327666/pentagon-tells-personnel-not-respond-musk-accomplishments-email/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Mellon Foundation’s Assault on American History. The organization bankrolls the deconstruction of our heroes and founding principles.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-mellon-foundations-assault-on-american-history/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The AP’s feelings get hurt; it’s a First Amendment crisis!
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/02/the_ap_s_feelings_get_hurt_it_s_a_first_amendment_crisis.html
— Lies, damn lies, and statistics—or, in the case of Democrats, polls
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/02/lies_damn_lies_and_statistics_or_in_the_case_of_democrats_polls.html

BREITBART
— Jane Fonda Uses SAG Life Achievement Award Speech to Push Hollywood to Resist Trump: ‘Woke Means You Give a Damn About Other People’ (COMMENT: To be woke is to promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/02/23/jane-fonda-uses-sag-life-achievement-award-speech-to-push-hollywood-to-resist-trump-woke-just-means-you-give-a-damn-about-other-people/
— More Artists and Celebrities Canceling Shows at Kennedy Center to Protest Trump (COMMENT: Overwhelmingly, increasingly, artists and celebrities are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-non poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/02/23/more-artists-and-celebrities-canceling-shows-at-kennedy-center-to-protest-trump/

DAILY SIGNAL
— What Has Changed in the Darien Gap Under Trump’s Presidency?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/23/darien-gap-migration-slows-from-torrent-trickle-under-trump/

FOX NEWS
— Musk’s demand that fed employees list their accomplishments roils workforce: ‘Mass civil disobedience’  ‘This is a good opportunity for mass civil disobedience,’ Democratic Rep. Sean Casten posted to X.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/musks-demand-fed-employees-list-accomplishments-roils-workforce-mass-civil-disobedience
— CPAC attendees say Trump ‘activated’ new media conservatism  (COMMENT: Who are the members of the conservative news media in Illinois? What are their positions on me and on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? According to my critics/opponents, me and my newsletters cause all their problems, all of your problems, all of my problems, and all of everyone’s problems. They want to stop me from sending my newsletters out, and failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading them. Everyone in Illinois sees how members of the conservative news media in Illinois treat me and treat my newsletters.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/watch-cpac-attendees-trump-activated-140716949.html

LEGAL NSURRECTION
— Reports of the Death of DEI are Greatly Exaggerated (COMMENT: I should write about how DEI continues to be enforced in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/02/video-reports-of-the-death-of-dei-are-greatly-exaggerated/
— American Bar Association Temporarily Suspends DEI Enforcement (COMMENT: I should write about how DEI continues to be enforced in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/02/american-bar-association-temporarily-suspends-dei-enforcement/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Hegseth responds to blowback over Friday night Pentagon purge
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5159850-defense-secretary-hegseth-defends-firings/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Georgia and other states threaten fines and jail time for local officials who resist immigration crackdown
https://www.wabe.org/georgia-and-other-states-threaten-fines-and-jail-time-for-local-officials-who-resist-immigration-crackdown/

MSN
— Trump Sparks Firestorm By Sending Illegals to Guantanamo
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/appalling-trump-sparks-firestorm-by-sending-migrants-to-guantanamo/ss-AA1zu3Ht
— Trump Wants To End the EV Tax Credit — Are EVs Still Worth Buying? (COMMENT:  I have ordered a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV. What positions do my critics/opponents have on that?)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/trump-wants-to-end-the-ev-tax-credit-are-evs-still-worth-buying/ar-AA1yACUF

ABC NEWS
— Fired Joint Chiefs chairman posts farewell message (COMMENT: Because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, I did much more than post a farewell message, I sued them. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-2nd-term-live-updates/?id=119115308

CBS NEWS
— Homan says he’s “bringing hell” to sanctuary city Boston
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/immigration-tom-homan-president-trump-sanctuary-city-boston/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Some Trump Officials Push Back Against Musk’s Ultimatum to Workers
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/us/politics/elon-musk-email-federal-workers.html
— Does Elon Musk Still Care About Selling Cars? Mr. Musk, one of President Trump’s main advisers, has not outlined a plan to reverse falling sales at the electric car company of which he is chief executive.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/business/elon-musk-tesla-trump.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The chief executive’s polarizing social media posts and work in the Trump administration were driving away customers, prompting some employees to leave and making it harder to recruit new talent to Tesla, the manager said, according to an audio recording of the meeting reviewed by The New York Times. . .Some investors said that Mr. Musk’s lack of interest in selling cars was apparent in how little he had said about Mr. Trump’s initiatives that could hurt Tesla’s sales. The chief executive of Ford, Jim Farley, last week said that some of Mr. Trump’s plans to repeal Biden era incentives for electric cars could force the company to lay off workers. But Mr. Musk has said nothing publicly about them.)
— Prison Officials Detail Treatment of Trans Inmates Under Trump Gender Order (COMMENT: Inmates who say that they are LGBTQ should be housed with other inmates who say that they are LGBTQ.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/trump-trans-women-prison.html
— Trump Just Fired 6,700 I.R.S. Workers in the Middle of Tax Season. That’s a Huge Mistake. (COMMENT: I was involved in IRS’s 1974 tax season big time. Have you ever phoned IRS with a tax question? If you did during the 1974 filing season, the IRS employee who answered your call was one of my subordinates. Back then, as a 25-year-old GS-11 (currently $82,655/year) IRS Revenue Officer, I supervised all of the IRS employees, which included a rotating staff of about 90 IRS Revenue Agent trainees, in IRS’s new downtown Chicago office who answered taxpayer questions using IRS’s new tollfree CentiPhone system. Because of my job performance, the IRS manager who had given me that developmental opportunity and who had promoted me in 1972 and 1973 promoted me to GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) in 1974.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/opinion/irs-taxes-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/23/panama-united-states-migration-trump/4518008e-f226-11ef-acb5-08900d482a27_story.html
— Trump announces conservative podcaster Dan Bongino as FBI deputy director. The appointment of Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and NYPD officer turned conservative radio host, puts a second Trump ally at the top of the agency.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/23/dan-bongino-fbi-deputy-director-trump/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Paralyzes the U.S. Wind Power Industry. The president, who despises wind turbines, has paused federal permits and leasing for such projects, putting company plans in limbo.
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/trump-paralyzes-the-u-s-wind-power-industry-21fd4c7a

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marybethgasman/2025/02/23/how-leaders-are-unpacking-trumps-anti-dei-actions/

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
— Trump and Musk cite fraud, but what does a government audit really look like? (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997. Fewer and fewer and fewer of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinate were Republicans. Toward the end, virtually none were Republicans. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it in the 1990s, there would be no need for DOGE today. The Democrats who ran GAO used Gingrich’s budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s few remaining Republican employees including me. Federal agencies run by Democrats do not want Republicans to audit them. Federal agencies run by Republicans do not want Democrats to audit them. Solutions include requiring half of GAO’s employees and its audit teams to be Republicans and half to be Democrats. When auditing agencies headed by Democrats, the lead auditors would be Republicans. When auditing agencies headed by Republicans, the lead auditors would be Democrats.)
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/0224/trump-musk-government-fraud-doge
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Every year, the federal government could be losing between $233 billion and $521 billion to fraud, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). At the high end, that is about 8% of the $6.75 trillion the federal government spent in its last fiscal year. . .If the GAO were to initiate an agency audit, it would use a standardized process that involves gathering the right group of people, meeting with interested parties to iron out goals and get feedback, collecting and examining evidence, reviewing comments on drafts and findings, and writing a comprehensive report. In all, the process might take nine months. “It’s a really rigorous process,” says Rebecca Shea, a director in GAO’s Forensic Audits and Investigative Service. “Every word in the report, every line, every number, is indexed and referenced. It is tied back, linked back, to a piece of evidence that we have collected.” DOGE, by contrast, has started down a much different path. Instead of deliberation, it has moved with entrepreneurial speed. Instead of the fact-checking rigor of a GAO audit, Mr. Musk has made unsubstantiated claims, some of which have turned out to be false. “Nobody’s going to bat a thousand,” he told reporters in a recent press briefing. He promised to quickly fix any problems.)

NPR
— Democrats say “Two conservative events show how Trump has created a divide in the Republican Party.”
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/23/nx-s1-5300044/two-conservative-events-show-how-trump-has-created-a-divide-in-the-republican-party

GOVERNING
— The Unacceptable Risk Sanctuary Cities Pose for Public Safety. The consequences of sanctuary policies extend far beyond the ideological debate surrounding immigration enforcement. These policies enable criminal networks to make communities more dangerous.
https://www.governing.com/urban/the-unacceptable-risk-sanctuary-cities-pose-for-public-safety

DAILY CAMPUS
— Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican in Illinois, the more of the following that you are, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters like Pritzker will call you a Nazi: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. To call someone a Nazi in America today is like calling someone a Jew in German during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Pritzker ever-increasingly makes it clear that he is going to get rid of all Republicans in Illinois once and for all.
https://dailycampus.com/2025/02/24/trump-and-hitler-drawing-the-parallels/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrats used to promote integration. Now they promote segregation.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/02/24/colleges-must-stand-new-segregationists-opinion

AXIOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint Republicans as being oppressors and b) paint Democrats as being protectors.  According to Democrat leaders, Republicans oppress those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-rich, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/23/trump-attacks-dei-diversity-disability

DAILY MAIL
— Pam Bondi’s brutal three-word response to Democrat governors refusing to deport illegal migrants
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14427009/pam-bondi-three-word-response-democrat-governor-deport-migrants.html

February 23, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Some agencies tell employees to hold off responding to latest Musk email
https://abc7chicago.com/post/agencies-tell-workers-hold-off-responding-latest-elon-musk-email-including-irs-emergency-management-agency-noaa-cdc/15947456/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly count on Pritzker to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all those who voted for Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/23/gov-jb-pritzker-turned-heads-by-comparing-trump-administration-to-nazi-germany-but-will-voters-be-moved/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The hidden world of Chicago ICE arrests. One month after Trump’s inauguration, a partial look at those detained.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/23/immigration-detentions/
— Know who you’re voting for, especially if they’ve taken actions with which you don’t agree (COMMENT: As a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, I have always helped elect in general elections all those candidates who won Republican primary elections and caucuses.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/20/josh-mcbroom-guest-column-know-who-youre-voting-for-especially-if-theyve-taken-actions-with-which-you-dont-agree/
— Kids and Money: FAFSA filing is off to a good start  (COMMENT: Did you or your parents apply for student aid? My parents and I did not because my father believed that he made too much money. Therefore, I worked my way through college. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. He never made more than $50,000 a year in today’s dollars. My mother never worked outside the home until after he died.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/kids-and-money-fafsa-filing-is-off-to-a-good-start/ar-AA1ySLjB
— Today in Chicago History: 60 years ago: ‘Circle campus’ opens (COMMENT: I attended UIC 1966-1968.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/chicago-history-february-22/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote Black History Month. When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and replaced me with their Black History Month coordinator. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He no professional license like the one I had.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/02/21/under-trump-2-0-black-history-month-hits-differently
— Missing the income tax deadline or failing to pay can have costly consequences. Taxpayers can face penalties from the IRS and the state of Illinois if they file their tax return late or fail to pay any taxes owed. And the late filing penalties are harsher than the late payment penalties. (COMMENT: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/taxes/tax-day-deadline-income-tax-consequences-illinois
— Chicagoans mark 3 years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As the administration in Washington grows critical of Ukraine at the third anniversary of the Russian invasion, hundreds clad in Ukrainian colors and waving flags fill the Wrigley Building plaza downtown Saturday to call for strong support for Ukraine and an end to the war.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/ukraine/2025/02/22/ukraine-war-putin-zelenskyy-trump-nato-chicago

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Democrats promote medically-assisted suicide bill
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/illinois-considers-assisted-suicide-bill-2/
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/illinois-bill-could-ban-cannabis-odor-as-probable-cause-to-search-vehicles/

NPR ILLINOIS
— A federal worker supporting small businesses with disaster recovery was fired — twice (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government fired me twice. My Democrat Post Office superiors fired me in 1969 and then my Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997. My Democrat Firestone Store boss fired me in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. The aforesaid adverse actions and firings would not have happened if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-22/a-federal-worker-supporting-small-businesses-with-disaster-recovery-was-fired-twice
— This year’s CPAC is a victory lap for Trump’s first month in office
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-21/this-years-cpac-is-a-victory-lap-for-trumps-first-month-in-office
— This Black History Month, we’re highlighting stories from community changemakers (COMMENT: When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and replaced me with their Black History Month coordinator. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-23/this-black-history-month-were-highlighting-stories-from-community-changemakers

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump moves with light speed and brute force in shaking the core of what America has been
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-moves-with-light-speed-and-brute-force-in-shaking-the-core-of-what-america-has-been/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— The Man the Deep State Hates: Kash Patel  (COMMENT: I should write about those who hate me the most and why they hate me.)
https://johnkassnews.com/kash-patel-new-fbi-director/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, Democrat and RINO leaders will get all the citizens of the world to come to America illegally who will a) vote for Democrats and/or b) work for less money than citizens of America. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How much success have Democrats and RINOs had promoting hatred against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I will assess that when I hand-deliver campaign literature and sample ballots for the April 1 election to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent voter. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What are your demographics? How are those who share your demographics reacting to Trump? Anticipate/expect that those who share Trump’s demographics react to him more positively than those who do not. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you been fired? If so, by who and why? My Democrat superiors in the federal government fired me twice. My Democrat Post Office superiors fired me in 1969 and then my Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997. My Democrat Firestone Store boss fired me in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. The aforesaid adverse actions and firings would not have happened if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on straw polls? To raise money for the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), I organized many straw polls. My critics/opponents oppose/despise/hate straw polls because they are difficult to manipulate/dominate. When their candidates do not win, they hint/imply/argue/shout that the polls were rigged. When Jack Ryan won the MTRO straw poll in 2003 instead of their candidate Andy McKenna, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I rigged that straw poll. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Musk says that federal employees must report their accomplishments weekly or face termination. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Their top priority is getting rid of Republican employees and especially those who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time like me. In their weekly reports, my Democrat Post office superiors would have included their disallowing my sick leave requests and forcing me to resign. In their weekly reports, my Democrat IRS superiors would have included their disallowing my travel vouchers and education deductions and their not promoting me beyond GS-12. In their weekly reports, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors would have included their forcing me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO and their keeping me off audits of IRS. In their weekly reports, my Democrat GAO superiors would have included their a) delaying my promotions and not promoting me beyond GS-13, b) keeping me off audits of IRS, c) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forcing me to resign when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
— Democrats hypocritically decry that Trump’s cuts drain federal government of technical expertise. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I was their only employee in their Chicago office who had a) a CPA license, b) six professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and/or c) three master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance). GAO audits IRS. I was their only employee who had worked for IRS. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I had worked on audits of IRS for 3 years. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Trump ever-increasingly takes more/bigger adverse actions against federal employees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates despised/hated Republicans like me. If I was still a federal employee, they would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com)
— Employers despise/hate federal employees. I should write about that. I would focus on how potential employers treated me when I sought a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license after my Democrat GAO superiors wasted my career, took many adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have your critics/opponents painted you as being low-performing? According to my critics/opponents, I was a low-performing employee. They stress that GAO a) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,472/year pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They stress that IRS a) never promoted me beyond GS-12 and b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978 and my travel vouchers in 1974. They stress that my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me when I gave him my 2-week notice in 1971. They stress that the Post Office forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My critics/opponents use my qualifications against me. According to them, because I had the following qualifications and the aforesaid actions were nevertheless taken against me, I had to have been a low-performing employee, if not even worse things. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-relate professional license in 1981.)
— This is Black History Month. When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and replaced me with their Black History Month coordinator. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He no professional license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Musk is stepping up his efforts to cull federal employees. Democrats run federal agencies. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Agency heads will first cull their employees who are Republican, and then their non-Democrat employees who are White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and then lastly, their Democrat employees. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s Justice Dept. vows to end college affirmative action — here’s where to start
https://nypost.com/2025/02/23/opinion/trump-targets-college-affirmative-action-doj-start-here/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Vance, Bannon Lead CPAC’s 2028 Straw Poll. The vice president was the overwhelming favorite (COMMENT: To raise money for the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), I organized many straw polls  because they are difficult to manipulate/dominate. My critics/opponents oppose/despise/hate straw polls. When their candidates do not win, they hint/imply/argue/shout that the polls were rigged. When Jack Ryan won the MTRO straw poll in 2003 instead of their candidate Andy McKenna, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I rigged that straw poll.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/vance-bannon-lead-cpacs-2028-straw-poll/

BREITBART
— ‘We’ve Got to Arrest More, We’ve Got to Increase Targeting’ — Homan Says 700k Criminal Illegal Aliens on the Streets
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/02/22/weve-got-to-arrest-more-weve-got-to-increase-targeting-homan-says-700k-criminal-illegal-aliens-on-the-streets/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Hegseth’s Military
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/20/pete-hegseths-military/

EPOCH TIMES
— Musk Says Federal Workers Must Report Weekly Accomplishments or Face Termination (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Their top priority is getting rid of Republican employees and especially those who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time like me. In their weekly reports, my Democrat Post office superiors would have included their disallowing my sick leave requests and forcing me to resign. In their weekly reports, my Democrat IRS superiors would have included their disallowing my travel vouchers and education deductions and their not promoting me beyond GS-12. In their weekly reports, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors would have included their forcing me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO and their keeping me off audits of IRS. In their weekly reports, my Democrat GAO superiors would have included their a) delaying my promotions and not promoting me beyond GS-13, b) keeping me off audits of IRS, c) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forcing me to resign when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/musk-says-federal-workers-must-report-weekly-accomplishments-or-face-termination-5814648

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump’s Anti-DEI Executive Orders
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/23/trumps_anti-dei_executive_orders_152404.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
—  Democrats and RINOs ask themselves “Can we lower toxic polarization while still opposing Trump?” I will assess the success that Democrats and RINOs have had promoting hatred against Trump when I hand-deliver campaign literature and sample ballots for the April 1 election to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent voter.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/opinion-can-we-lower-toxic-polarization-while-still-opposing-trump/ar-AA1zAaJf
— College student groups based on race, ethnicity could be in jeopardy under Trump (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to organize and unite those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5155919-college-student-groups-race-ethnicity-trump-dei-doe-affirmative-action-civil-rights/

CNBC
— Musk orders U.S. federal workers to report on work by Monday or resign
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/23/musk-orders-us-federal-workers-to-report-on-work-by-monday-or-resign.html

NEWSWEEK
— Musk Faces Legal Threat Over Federal Worker Ultimatum: ‘Utter Disdain’
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-legal-threat-federal-worker-firings-trump-2034946

NBC NEWS
— Democrats question diversion of federal law enforcement officers to Trump migrant crackdown (COMMENT: I was a federal law enforcement officer for almost 9 years. As an IRS Revenue Officer, I enforced federal tax laws.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/democrats-question-diversion-federal-law-enforcement-officers-trump-mi-rcna190411

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/upshot/lgbtq-survey-results.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/us/immigration-red-card.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they are going to get rid of Trump once and for all.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/us/politics/trump-alternative-reality.html
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/opinion/america-refugees-refoulement-trump.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, Democrat and RINO leaders will get all the citizens of the world to come to America illegally who will a) vote for Democrats and/or b) work for less money than citizens of America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/world/middleeast/this-christian-convert-fled-iran-and-ran-into-trumps-deportation-policy.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/world/americas/panama-migrants-hotel-photo.html
— The worse national origin to have is German
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/opinion/trump-germany-election.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/world/europe/alternative-for-germany-youth.html
— How to Come Up With a Down Payment on a House (COMMENT: My down payment to buy a new town home in University Park when I was 24 years old in 1972 came from what I earned a) working for IRS for 15 months, b) working part-time for Firestone Stores for 18 month, and c) working full-time for that store for 7 months before that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/your-money/house-down-payment-assistance.html
— Dan Caine, Trump’s Joint Chiefs Pick, Had Unusual Path to Top Ranks
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/dan-caine-trump-joint-chiefs.html
— Wall Street Is Getting Antsy With Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/business/trump-wall-street-saudi-miami-conference.html
— Musk Steps Up Efforts to Cull Federal Work Force (COMMENT: Democrats run federal agencies. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. They will first cull their employees who are Republican, and then their non-Democrat employees who are White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and then lastly, their Democrat employees. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/22/us/donald-trump-news

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Do Mass Federal Layoffs Mean for the Labor Market? The economic impact of federal cutbacks will depend on how many jobs are actually cut and the spillover to contractors and spending. (COMMENT: Employers despise/hate federal employees. I should write about that. I would focus on how potential employers treated me when I sought a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license after my Democrat GAO superiors wasted my career, took many adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/what-do-mass-federal-layoffs-mean-for-the-labor-market-33515410

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Some federal employees say they voted for Trump thinking he’d help the economy and struggling Americans, but while they support cutting government waste, some don’t think all federal workers should be targeted. (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates despised/hated Republicans like me. If I was still a federal employee, they would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-supporting-federal-workers-think-085901876.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some had concerns about targeting the federal workforce. The 17-year federal employee said they voted for Trump thinking he would help the economy and struggling Americans. Now, the worker said, they feel as if the president is making things worse by putting federal workers’ livelihoods at risk. “Do Trump and Musk know the whole situation of every federal building? I don’t think they’re making proper choices,” the worker said. They added that while they agreed with Trump’s goal to cut government waste, they didn’t agree that cutting the federal workforce and requiring all employees to return to the office full time was an effective approach. Another federal worker said they voted for Trump twice and “had hope that he would fulfill his promises,” but that hope disappeared after the administration’s deferred resignation offers. The Office of Personnel Management offered federal employees the option to resign and receive pay through September, but this offer is now on pause because of ongoing litigation. One worker said the way they’d gone about the federal workforce changes was a “little disconcerting.” The worker said that while they understood Musk was only there for so long, it seemed as if they were “getting rid of people very quickly.” The worker also had concerns about returning to work in person because they moved out of DC, saying it would be a financial burden to return to the office. A federal worker said they reached out to their senators and congressman and told them that “demonizing the federal workforce is not good.” They said federal workers have performance reviews, meet with supervisors, and act in compliance with their mission. “Don’t take it out on us just because of the bad behavior of the prior administration,” the worker said, adding that they hadn’t changed their stance on supporting Trump because “it shouldn’t have come to this.”)
— What Happens When a Company’s ‘Low Performers’ Speak up (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, I was a low-performing employee. They stress that GAO a) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,472/year pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They stress that IRS a) never promoted me beyond GS-12 and b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978 and my travel vouchers in 1974. They stress that my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me when I gave him my 2-week notice in 1971. They stress that the Post Office forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My critics/opponents use my qualifications against me. According to them, because I had the following qualifications and the aforesaid actions were nevertheless taken against me, I had to have been a low-performing employee, if not even worse things. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-relate professional license in 1981.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/bi-today-meta-startup-apartment-federal-workers-2025-2

FAST COMPANY
— ‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters say they’re just getting started denouncing DOGE at dealerships. After a day of protests against Musk and DOGE, organizers says it is just the beginning.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91280513/tesla-takedown-protesters-say-theyre-just-getting-started-protesting-doge-at-dealerships

MIRROR
— Trump appointees tell federal workers to ignore Elon Musk’s requests for proof of five work-related accomplishments
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/trump-appointees-tell-federal-workers-992150

NPR
— Muslims in Michigan react to the first few weeks of the Trump administration. (COMMENT: What are your demographics? How are those who share your demographics reacting to Trump? Anticipate/expect that those who share Trump’s demographics react to him more positively than those who do not. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wvik.org/2025-02-22/muslims-in-michigan-react-to-the-first-few-weeks-of-the-trump-administration

AXIOS
— Cuts drain federal government of technical expertise (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I was their only employee in their Chicago office who had a) a CPA license, b) six professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and/or c) three master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance). GAO audits IRS. I was their only employee who had worked for IRS. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I had worked on audits of IRS for 3 years.)
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/23/federal-government-cuts-drain-technical-expertise

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Just 29% Think Government Layoffs Would Boost the Economy
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/just_29_think_government_layoffs_would_boost_the_economy

February 22, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— President Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump speaks at McHenry County fundraising event
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-politics-president-donald-trumps-daughter-law-lara-trump-speaks-mchenry-county-gopac-fundraising-event/15943990/
— Trump clashes with Democratic governor at White House event: ‘See you in court’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/maine-governor-janet-mills-president-donald-trump-clashes-executive-order-banning-transgender-athletes-womens-sports/15943839/

NBC5
— Judge blocks Trump administration from terminating DEI-related grants. The court ruling also prevents the Justice Department from bringing any enforcement actions against contractors and grant recipients who have such programs.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-terminating-dei-related-grants/3680425/
— A look at Trump’s latest executive orders as he signs more than 70 in first month. This week, measures surrounding IVF, federal regulation and benefits for immigrants were among the newest additions.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/a-look-at-trumps-latest-executive-orders-as-he-signs-more-than-70-in-first-month/3680178/

FOX32
— Pritzker receives pushback for comments comparing Trump and the MAGA movement to Nazi Germany. (COMMENT: If you are a conservative Republican and White, male, older, Christian, and/or German American, the more demographics that you share with Hitler, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a Nazi. Hitler was White, male, older, Christian, and German American.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1597352
(FROM WIKIPEDIA: The religious beliefs of Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, have been a matter of debate. His opinions regarding religious matters changed considerably over time. During the beginning of his political career, Hitler publicly expressed favorable opinions towards traditional Christian ideals, but later deviated from them. Most historians describe his later posture as adversarial to organized Christianity and established Christian denominations. He also staunchly criticized atheism. Hitler was born to a practicing Catholic mother, Klara Hitler, and was baptized in the Roman Catholic Church; his father, Alois Hitler, was a free-thinker and skeptical of the Catholic Church. In 1904, he was confirmed at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Linz, Austria, where the family lived. . .Toland offers the opinion that Hitler “carried within him its teaching that the Jew was the killer of God. The extermination, therefore, could be done without a twinge of conscience since he was merely acting as the avenging hand of God …” Michael Rissmann notes that, according to several witnesses who lived with Hitler in a men’s home in Vienna, he never again attended Mass or received the sacraments after leaving home at 18 years old. In a speech in 1932, Hitler declared himself “not a Catholic and not a Protestant, but a German Christian”.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/transgender-trump-executive-order-chicago-impact/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote immigrants. Democrat leaders want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINO leaders want immigrants because RINO leaders want cheap labor.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/02/21/elaine-soloway-family-refugee-story-russa-immigration-aslyum

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats had mixed reactions last week to Gov. JB Pritzker’s budget address
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250222/news/majority-party-democrats-had-mixed-reactions-last-week-to-gov-jb-pritzkers-budget-address-with-le/

SHAW LOCAL
— Gary Sinise & The Lt. Dan Band return to Cantigny in Wheaton this summer Saturday, July 12
https://www.shawlocal.com/thescene/2025/02/22/gary-sinise-the-lt-dan-band-return-to-cantigny-in-wheaton-this-summer/

RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to have their children born in America. Democrat leaders see those children as being soldiers in their army. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-and-rosen-introduce-born-in-the-usa-act-legislation-79938.cfm?

WAND TV
— IL Democrats celebrate Pritzker’s budget, GOP criticize Governor for ‘Nazi comparison’
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-democrats-celebrate-pritzkers-budget-gop-criticize-governor-for-nazi-comparison/article_7b08d028-ef16-11ef-ba5b-efc1d3148209.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump says he may take control of the US Postal Service. (COMMENT: To force me to resign in 1969 when I was 20 years old, my Democrats Park Forest Post Office superiors falsely claimed that I was not available to work enough part-time hours. I was available to work every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, holiday, and every day that NIU was not in session. Previously, they denied my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-says-he-may-take-control-of-the-us-postal-service-heres-what-to-know/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— People in neighboring states are getting tax cuts. Gov. Pritzker has never offered Illinoisans the same relief.
https://wirepoints.org/people-in-neighboring-states-are-getting-tax-cuts-gov-pritzker-has-never-offered-illinoisans-the-same-relief-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What are Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI? They are tools that Democrats and RINOs use to get rid of Republicans. I should write about how my Democrat superiors in the federal government used AA and DEI to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about how RINO leaders of the following used DEI to get rid of me: a) Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party leaders, b) Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois leaders, c) conservative leaders, and d) religious leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How would your life have been different if Trump had ended Affirmative Action and DEI earlier? For me, it would have been much more difficult for my Democrat superiors in the federal government to take adverse actions against me and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Because I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service before I was 40 years old in 1988. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How has DEI impacted you, that is, how has race and gender based preference giving impacted you? Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used DEI to get rid of me. I should write about that. I would focus on a) my Democrat superiors in the federal government, b) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, c) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I would focus on the big adverse actions that the aforesaid would not have taken against me if I had been a minority or female. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you been fired? My Democrat Post Office superiors fired me in when I was 20 years old in 1969. My Democrat Firestone Store boss fired me in 1971. My Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997. My RINO Milton Township Republican Organization leaders fired me in 2004 and 2010. My RINO American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter leaders fired me in 2004. My RINO Illinois Center Right Coalition leaders fired me in 2007. My RINO Wheaton Chamber of Commerce leaders fired me in 2011. My RINO TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leaders fired me in 2012. My RINO Wheaton leaders fired me in 2021. My RINO Illinois Republican Party leaders fired me 2024. I should write about those who have fired me and the pretexts that they used. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Did you get scholarships? Since I was 17 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have used against me my not getting any scholarships. According to them, my not getting any scholarships proves that I am academically deficient and that my parents were filthy rich. They have always stressed that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class and that my ACT score was only 24. In my defense, I stress that even though I had to work my way through college, I went on to earn three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on how much money their parents had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What are your demographics? If I had been a minority or a woman when I was 49 years old in 1997, I would have been able to get a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I had earned three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance). I had earned six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting). I had earned a job-related professional license (CPA). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Judge pauses parts of Trump orders aimed at dismantling DEI
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3326999/judge-pauses-parts-trump-dei-orders/
— Noem deputizes State Department employees as immigration officers (COMMENT: I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years. Will Trump deputize IRS Revenue Officers as immigration officers?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3323486/kristi-noem-deputize-state-employees-dhs-immigration-officers/

NEW YORK POST
— No going back: The left will fail in trying to reverse Trump’s DEI death sentence (COMMENT: How has DEI impacted you, that is, how has race and gender based preference giving impacted you? Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used DEI to get rid of me. I should write about that. I would focus on a) my Democrat superiors in the federal government, b) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, c) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I would focus on the big adverse actions that the aforesaid would not have taken against me if I had been a minority or female.)
https://nypost.com/2025/02/21/opinion/the-left-will-fail-in-trying-to-reverse-trumps-dei-death-sentence/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Trump Should Lead A World Summit Against Illegal Immigration. Now is time to internationalize the campaign against illegal immigration.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-should-lead-a-world-summit-against-illegal-immigration/

BREITBART
— Attorney General Pam Bondi warned leftist mayors and governors that if they don’t comply with the law and work with federal authorities to deport illegal immigrants, they will be sued. (COIMMENT: Federal Law Trumps State And Local Law.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bg9yVmbd2k

COLLEGE FIX
— Federal agency halts scholarship program at HBCUs following Trump’s DEI crackdown (COMMENT: Since I was 17 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have used against me my not getting any scholarships. According to them, my not getting any scholarships proves that I am academically deficient and that my parents were filthy rich. They have always stressed that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class and that my ACT score was only 24. In my defense, I stress that even though I had to work my way through college, I went on to earn three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on how much money their parents had.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/federal-agency-halts-scholarship-program-at-hbcus-following-trumps-dei-crackdown/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Considers Merging US Postal Service With Commerce Department. ‘We’re losing so much money with the Postal Service, and we don’t want to lose that kind of money,’ Trump said.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-considers-merging-us-postal-service-with-commerce-department-5814303

FOX BUSINESS
— Citigroup pulls back on diversity in job hiring as Trump administration dismantles DEI nationwide. Citigroup CEO announced in a memo that a diverse job candidate slate is no longer required. (COMMENT: If I had been a minority or a woman when I was 49 years old in 1997, I would have been able to get a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I had earned three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance). I had earned six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting). I had earned a job-related professional license (CPA).)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/major-bank-pulls-back-diversity-job-hiring-trump-administration-dismantles-dei-nationwide

NEW AMERICAN
— Noem Ends TPS for 520K Haitians; Almost 1M Illegals No Longer Have Status
https://thenewamerican.com/us/noem-ends-tps-for-520k-haitians-almost-1m-illegals-no-longer-have-status/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— At CPAC, the MAGA base is skeptical of Trump’s Big Tech alliance
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/22/politics/cpac-tech-trump-musk/index.html

REUTERS
— Scenes from CPAC
https://www.reuters.com/pictures/scenes-cpac-2025-02-21/

CNBC
— Trump, DOGE mass job cuts: Federal workers’ money questions answered
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/21/trump-doge-mass-job-cuts-federal-workers-money-questions-answered.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Experienced workers, not just rookies, get cut as Trump slashes probationary employees. (COMMENT: To deal with Republican-led budget cuts, while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they protected their employees who were Democrat, minority, female. younger, or veteran from adverse impacts and made their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and or non-veteran pay the price.)
https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2025/feb/22/experienced-workers-not-just-rookies-get-cut-as/

CNN
— Trump administration fires top US general and Navy chief in unprecedented purge of military leadership  (COMMENT: Have you been fired? My Democrat Post Office superiors fired me in when I was 20 years old in 1969. My Democrat Firestone Store boss fired me in 1971. My Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997. My RINO Milton Township Republican Organization leaders fired me in 2004 and 2010. My RINO American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter leaders fired me in 2004. My RINO Illinois Center Right Coalition leaders fired me in 2007. My RINO Wheaton Chamber of Commerce leaders fired me in 2011. My RINO TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leaders fired me in 2012. My RINO Wheaton leaders fired me in 2021. My RINO Illinois Republican Party leaders fired me 2024. I should write about those who have fired me and the pretexts that they used.)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/politics/trump-fires-top-us-general-cq-brown/index.html

NBC NEWS
— Mass federal layoffs deliver a gutting one-two punch to America’s veterans. Veterans who lost their government jobs say they also have to worry about the potential fallout from cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, many of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were veterans, and at times, most, if not virtually all were veterans.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mass-federal-layoffs-deliver-gutting-one-two-punch-americas-veterans-rcna193127

NEW YORK TIMES
— Frustrated Democrats Urge Leaders to Show More Fight Against Trump. Voters, activists and even some governors, like Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, are growing exasperated with congressional Democrats’ restrained approach.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/us/politics/democrats-trump.html
— How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk. Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors. (COMMENT: If I was still a federal employee, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/us/politics/federal-employees-elon-musk.html
— At CPAC, Leaders of the Global Right See a New World, Led by Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/us/politics/cpac-trump-liz-truss-orban-germany-spain.html

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘Lifting’ becomes ‘leveling’: Companies reframe DEI amid Trump upheaval. With private-sector policies in the government’s crosshairs, businesses are ditching representation goals and focusing on inclusion. (COMMENT: I should write about how my Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action and DEI to waste my career and force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/21/trump-business-dei-policy-rebrand-representation-goals/
— Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board. Experts say the move would likely violate the law. Trump said Friday that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick would be “looking at” the mail agency.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/20/trump-usps-takeover-dejoy/

USA TODAY
— Tracking federal layoffs 2025: Impacted agencies include IRS, FAA, TSA and more
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/21/federal-layoffs-2025-list/79415517007/
— Trump keeps teasing a third term, but his fans at CPAC don’t back him on that
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/02/22/trump-third-term-steve-bannon-cpac/79468835007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Debt Has Always Been the Ruin of Great Powers. Is the U.S. Next?
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/debt-has-always-been-the-ruinof-great-powers-is-the-u-s-next-02f16402?page=1

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Trump administration fires raft of top military officers in unprecedented purge
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-administration-fires-raft-pentagon-leaders-in-unprecedented-purge-2025-2

FORBES
— Trump Celebrates Efforts To End ‘Lawless’ DEI Policies Put In Place By Biden (COMMENT: I should write about how my Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action and DEI to waste my career and force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBwKM9YIUP8
— Citigroup Rolls Back Diversity Initiatives—Here Are All The Companies Cutting DEI Programs (COMMENT: I should write about how my Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action and DEI to waste my career and force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/02/21/pepsi-rolling-back-diversity-initiatives-here-are-all-the-companies-cutting-dei-programs/

NFFE
— What is happening to the federal workforce under Trump, updates and information you need (COMMENT: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I was a union member for almost 12 of those years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years.)
https://nffe.org/nffe_news/what-is-happening-to-the-federal-workforce-under-trump-updates-and-information-you-need/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Impacts of federal layoffs will be felt for years to come, good government group warns (COMMENT: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I was a union member for almost 12 of those years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/02/impacts-of-federal-layoffs-will-be-felt-for-years-to-come-good-government-group-warns/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— DoD to fire 5,400 probationary employees next week, with hiring freeze to follow (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under Republican-imposed hiring freezes and promotion freezes.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2025/02/dod-to-fire-5400-probationary-employees-next-week-with-hiring-freeze-to-follow/

ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
— A snapshot of the federal workforce that is now under attack from the Trump administration (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are hell-bent on getting rid of Republicans. I should write about that. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I would focus on the many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me to get rid of me.)
https://www.epi.org/blog/a-snapshot-of-the-federal-workforce-that-is-now-under-attack-from-the-trump-administration/

CONVERSATION
— Trump’s moves to strip employment protections from federal workers threaten to make government function worse – not better (COMMENT: The more of the following that federal employees are, the fewer protections that they have: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-union member, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://theconversation.com/trumps-moves-to-strip-employment-protections-from-federal-workers-threaten-to-make-government-function-worse-not-better-248086

ABP
— Pentagon To Layoff 5,400 Employees As President Donald Trump And Elon Musk Continue To Downsize Federal Agencies. So far, over 20,000 workers have been laid off and multiple programs have been dismantled across the US government from foreign aid to financial oversight.
https://news.abplive.com/business/pentagon-to-layoff-5-400-employees-as-president-donald-trump-and-elon-musk-continue-to-downsize-federal-agencies-1753184

MANILA TIMES
— Undocumented Filipinos in US up for deportation as Trump cracks down on illegals
https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/02/22/news/undocumented-filipinos-in-us-up-for-deportation-as-trump-cracks-down-on-illegals/2060620

February 21, 2025 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— When There Are No Illegal Immigrants, There Is No Need for Shelters
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/when-there-are-no-illegal-immigrants-theres-no-need-for-shelters/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Father Pfleger, faith leaders call for boycott of Target after company scales back DEI initiatives
https://abc7chicago.com/post/target-boycott-father-michael-pfleger-among-faith-leaders-calling-consumer-company-scales-back-dei-initiatives/15942947/
— Judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending federal support for DEI programs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dei-judge-blocks-president-donald-trumps-executive-order-ending-federal-support-diversity-equity-inclusion-programs/15943426/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://abc7chicago.com/post/11-year-old-jocelynn-rojo-carranza-dies-suicide-days-chatter-rumors-ice-raids-gainesville-isd-school/15942540/

WGN9
— Fired IRS employee Vanessa Marie Rollins searching for health insurance after recent cancer diagnosis (COMMENT: I worked for IRS in its downtown Chicago office in 1971 and 1973-1980, its Harvey office 1972-1973, its 63rd & Halsted office in 1973, and its Joliet office 1973-1974.)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-irs-federal-job-cuts-trump/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Judge blocks Donald Trump’s executive order ending federal support for DEI programs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/21/judge-trump-dei-programs/

DAILY HERALD
— Darby Hills’ appointment to state Senate on hold as Republicans reopen applications for McConchie’s seat
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250221/illinois-state-politics/republicans-reopen-applications-for-mcconchies-suburban-senate-seat/

SOUTHERN
— Fired IRS employee decries irony of being hired to ‘make the IRS ‘more efficient’ (COMMENT: The purpose of GAO’s audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) that I worked on for GAO for 3 years was to help IRS CID close the tax gap.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/02/21/fired-irs-employee-decries-irony-of-being-hired-to-make-the-irs-more-efficient/

RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth Slams SecDef Hegseth’s Order to Cut Defense Budget by Eight Percent for the Next Five Years  (COMMENT: SEE: Downsizing the U.S. General Accounting Office at https://www.gao.gov/assets/Downsizing_at_the_U.S._General_Accounting_Office.pdf )
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-slams-secdef-hegseths-order-to-cut-defense-budget-by-eight-percent-for-the-next-five-years-79912.cfm
(FROM THE GAO REPORT: In 1995, Congress sent a legislative branch appropriations bill to the President, which he signed, that reduced the fiscal year 1996 budget of the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) by 15 percent. At the same time, Congress indicated that it would be calling for an additional 10 percent
reduction in GAO’S budget for fiscal year 1997. In order to accommodate those reductions, GAO determined that it would have to trim its workforce
from the fiscal year 1995 level of approximately 4,350 employees’ to 3,500 employees (a loss of 850 positions) by the beginning of fiscal year 1997.)

FOX ILLINOIS
— Kristi Noem deputizes hundreds of State Department agents for immigration enforcement
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/kristi-noem-deputizes-hundreds-of-state-department-agents-for-immigration-enforcement-dhs-department-of-homeland-security-trump-mass-deportations-illegal-immigration-ice

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— MAGA is ‘a Nazi movement’: Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested at city council meeting (COMMENT: Under Pritzker’s lead, anticipate/expect that those in Illinois who voted for Harris (3 million) will ever-increasingly call those who voted for Trump (2.4million) Nazis.)
https://newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/maga-is-a-nazi-movement-former-nfl-punter-chris-kluwe-arrested-at-city-council-meeting-california-huntington-beach-city-council-minnesota-vikings-president-donald-trump-politics-make-america-great-again-red-hat-swastika

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise them because of Trump budget cuts.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-administration-looks-to-slash-hud-workers-tackling-the-housing-crisis/

WGLT
— IRS cuts over 6,000 jobs in the middle of tax season
https://www.wglt.org/2025-02-20/irs-cuts-over-6-000-jobs-in-the-middle-of-tax-season

WOC 1420
— Former John Deere Employee Sues For Age Discrimination (SEE: Diersen v. GAO at: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://woc1420.iheart.com/content/2025-02-21-former-john-deere-employee-sues-for-age-discrimination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A former John Deere employee is suing the agricultural equipment maker for age discrimination. Sixty-one year-old Terence Murphy of Geneseo, Illinois says he was fired last summer after 26 years, and his job filled days later by a 33 year-old woman. In the suit, Murphy says his performance ratings were excellent. He says the new hire had no prior experience in the position, and lacked his credentials. Murphy’s attorneys say statistics show Deere fired employees over age 60 at a rate 7.5% higher than those under age 40. Deere & Company says it can’t comment on pending litigation.)

WQAD
— Employment law experts break down age discrimination lawsuit against John Deere  (SEE: Diersen v. GAO at: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf )
https://www.wqad.com/article/money/business/john-deere/john-deere-wrongful-termination-lawsuit-age-discrimination/526-5c13b394-2ec9-4933-b724-eb26b9746e13

CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Illinois schools chief tells districts to follow state law, not Trump threats  (COMMENT: Federal Trumps State Law.)
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/02/21/illinois-schools-chief-says-keep-teaching-black-history-after-trump-letter/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-253/
— ILGOP calls out Jewish governor for ‘vile, antisemitic attacks”
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/21/ilgop-calls-out-jewish-governor-for-vile-antisemitic-attacks/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS GOP
— ILGOP Responds To Pritzker’s Vile, Antisemitic Attacks
https://illinois.gop/category/news/
(THE PRESS RELEASE: Lost in the shuffle of the grandstanding and hypocrisy from Governor Pritzker’s budget speech was the dangerous, divisive rhetoric he used – comparing President Trump and the Republican Party to Nazi’s. During Wednesday’s budget speech, Pritzker referred to Nazi’s six times, painting an inaccurate and dangerously partisan picture of the Republican Party. As Pritzker continues to prepare for his 2028 run for President, ILGOP Chair Kathy Salvi released the following statement: “JB Pritzker stoops to a new low and needs to be condemned by both Democrats and Republicans. His disgusting and repulsive attack on Republicans and this administration comes at a time when President Trump and Republicans are supporting Israel and the Jewish people as they defend themselves from barbaric terrorists. Meanwhile, JB Pritzker is standing with criminal illegals and further dividing our great nation. At the Illinois Republican Party, we continue to fight with the Trump Administration to combat an unprecedented wave of antisemitism and will always call out Pritzker’s repulsive language. Bottom Line: In their effort to combat vile, antisemitic attacks like those by Governor Pritzker on Wednesday, President Trump and Republicans are fighting antisemitism in the United States.)

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Those who have demographics that vote for Democrats benefit from DEI. Those who have demographics that vote for Republicans are harmed by DEI. Demographics that vote for Democrats are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Republicans are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Stopping the illegal alien invasion. January was the lowest month of people illegally crossing the border since May 2020.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/20/stopping-illegal-alien-invasion/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Fires Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Charles Q Brown. Trump will nominate Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine to replace the general.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-fires-joint-chiefs-of-staff-gen-chair-charles-q-brown-5814407

FOX BUSINESS
— Chicago resident says his city believes it’s ‘more important’ to take care of illegals than Americans
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6369166557112
— Red state businesses put on notice if they intentionally hire illegal immigrants: ‘Stiff penalties’  The bill would give the Montana prosecutors resources to enforce the law.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/red-state-businesses-put-on-notice-intentionally-hire-illegal-immigrants-stiff-penalties

NEWSMAX
— Military Bases to Be Used to House Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/us/immigration-deportation-ice/2025/02/21/id/1200023/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Elon Musk becomes a new power center at CPAC. The tech billionaire stole the show Thursday, a surprise guest who wielded a chainsaw to symbolize his government cuts.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/elon-musk-becomes-new-power-center-cpac-rcna193097
— At town halls, Republicans feel the heat from Trump and Musk’s firing and cutting spree. The White House said the incidents represent just a handful of critics. Others noted similarities to earlier backlash against disruptive moves in Washington.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/town-halls-republicans-feel-heat-trump-musks-firing-cutting-spree-rcna193164

CBS NEWS
— White House pushes back on criticism of Trump spending cuts
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/white-house-pushes-back-on-criticism-of-trump-spending-cuts/

MSNBC
— Not all Republicans want Musk’s chainsaw approach to spending cuts
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/joe-not-all-republicans-want-musk-s-chainsaw-approach-to-spending-cuts-232576069725

USA TODAY
— What is DOGE dividend check? Will Illinoisans get a $5,000 stimulus check?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/02/21/will-illinoisans-get-5000-doge-stimulus-check-heres-what-to-know/79440259007/
— More than one way to slice a workforce: How Trump’s cuts differ from Clinton’s.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/21/clinton-trump-federal-workers-jobs/79306710007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the wake of mass layoffs under President Donald Trump’s new administration, some have compared the government-shrinking initiative to a 1990s effort under President Bill Clinton, when about 400,000 jobs were cut from the federal workforce.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Cancels Henry Hyde. Progressives stripped the late GOP Congressman’s name from a courthouse over abortion.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/dupage-county-democrats-henry-hyde-courthouse-illinois-abortion-hyde-amendment-bffcbb8d

POLITICO
— AP sues Trump officials after being barred from some White House events. The lawsuit says First and Fifth Amendment rights were violated.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/21/associated-press-lawsuit-trump-officials-white-house-00205504

JEWISH NEWS SYNDICATE
— Who is calling who a Nazi?  “Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s comparison of the Trump administration to the Nazi regime is deeply disturbing and unacceptable,” said Rabbi David Katz, executive director of the Israel Heritage Foundation.
https://www.jns.org/who-is-calling-who-a-nazi/

February 21, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders do not want America to be the leader of the free world.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/21/opinion-america-first-nato-ukraine-pete-hegseth/
— According to Democrat leaders Russia has won the Cold War and it all Trump’s fault.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/20/column-russia-wins-cold-war-ukraine-nato-shackelford/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s anti-DEI stance has Illinois companies tight-lipped or reversing diversity policies. The Sun-Times reviewed the policies of 15 major Illinois-based public companies and found some changed their policies and others won’t discuss them amid what experts blame on fears of being sued.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/work/2025/02/21/trump-dei-stance-illinois-raoul-mcdonalds-kraft-john-deere-reversing-diversity-policies
— Anticipate/expect that soon, Illinois Democrats will legalize prostitution and offer associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.Ds. in prostitution. What about licensing?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/02/21/sex-workers-criminal-charges-exploit-survivor-model-traffickers-pimps-sex-buyers-marian-hatcher

NBC5
— What does DOGE’s IRS shake-up mean for tax season? (COMMENT: I was involved in IRS’s 1974 tax season big time. Have you ever phoned IRS with a tax question? If you did during the 1974 filing season, the IRS employee who answered your call was one of my subordinates. Back then, as a 25-year-old GS-11 (currently $82,655/year) IRS Revenue Officer, I supervised all of the IRS employees, which included a rotating staff of about 90 IRS Revenue Agent trainees, in IRS’s new downtown Chicago office who answered taxpayer questions using IRS’s new tollfree CentiPhone system. Because of my job performance, the IRS manager who had given me that developmental opportunity and who had promoted me in 1972 and 1973 promoted me to GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) in 1974.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/doge-irs-shake-up-tax-season/3679235/

WTTW
— Mass Deportations a Cause of Concern for Illinois Restaurant Industry (COMMENT: Have you ever had to compete against immigrants? What percent of restaurant employees are immigrants? I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. If there had been as many immigrants back then as there are now, they would have gotten that job as well as all the jobs that I had 1964-1970. The money that I earned and saved washing dishes enabled me to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966. I used that car to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and a) jobs cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline during the summer of 1966, b) delivering mail during 1966 and 1967, and c) classes at UIC 1966 and1967. I sold that car in late 1967 and bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 that I used delivering mail 1967 and1968 and getting to/from classes at UIC. I sold that car in late 1968 and bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE that I used delivering mail 1968 and 1969, getting to/from classes at NIU, and working on the Chrysler assemble line in Belvidere in 1970.)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/20/mass-deportations-cause-concern-illinois-restaurant-industry

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly call Trump and the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump Nazis. To call someone a Nazi in America today is like calling someone a Jew in Germany during the 1920s, 19390s, and 1940s. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will focus on those in the 2.4 million who share the most demographics with Trump but not with Pritzker, that is, those who are Protestant and/or German American.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-pritzker-says-no-to-new-taxes-cellphones-in-school-and-nazis/article_f7117e3a-eefe-11ef-868c-63cea336ecf0.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rand Paul gives post-election endorsement to Trump: ‘I was wrong’ (COMMENT: Will the hate-filled Trump-hating Republican major donors, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in your county, township, municipality, and school district do the same?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/rand-paul-gives-post-election-endorsement-to-trump-i-was-wrong-white-house-2024-presidential-election-politics
— White House avoids question on who Trump blames for Russia’s invasion
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/white-house-avoids-question-on-who-trump-blames-for-russias-invasion-united-states-ukraine-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-peter-doocy-dmitry-medvedev-putin-senate-intelligence-committee-negotiations-war-freedom-democracy

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Ukrainians rally around their president after Trump seeks to denigrate him
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/world/ap-ukrainians-rally-around-their-president-after-trump-seeks-to-denigrate-him/
— IRS lays off 6,700 employees, torpedoing Democratic enforcement boost (COMMENT: I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s enforcement efforts 1986-1988.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/irs-lays-off-6700-employees-torpedoing-democratic-enforcement-boost/

NPR ILLINOIS
— EV’s and the Trump Administration (COMMENT: I have ordered a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV. If you know anyone who shares my interest in that car, please ask them to contact me.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-02-20/statewide-evs-and-the-trump-administration

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Don Tracy clears his name. Illinois executive inspector general previously cited him for prohibited political activity.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/don-tracy-clears-his-name-19783942

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/21/illinois-ag-kwame-raoul-says-it-costs-to-fight-trump-00205408

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/21/64866/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Unanchoring Babies
https://johnkassnews.com/unanchoring-babies/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly call Trump and the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump Nazis. To call someone a Nazi in America today is like calling someone a Jew in Germany during the 1920s, 19390s, and 1940s. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will focus on those in the 2.4 million who share the most demographics with Trump but not with Pritzker, that is, those who are Protestant and/or German American. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly carries out Democrat Party orders to negatively spin and to demonize, denigrate, and condemn everything that Trump says and does. I base that on what I see spending 10-15 hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I was involved in IRS’s 1974 tax season big time. Have you ever phoned IRS with a tax question? If you did during the 1974 filing season, the IRS employee who answered your call was one of my subordinates. Back then, as a 25-year-old GS-11 (currently $82,655/year) IRS Revenue Officer, I supervised all of the IRS employees, which included a rotating staff of about 90 IRS Revenue Agent trainees, in IRS’s new downtown Chicago office who answered taxpayer questions using IRS’s new tollfree CentiPhone system. Because of my job performance, the IRS manager who had given me that developmental opportunity and who had promoted me in 1972 and 1973 promoted me to GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) in 1974.- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you ever had to compete against immigrants? What percent of restaurant employees are immigrants? I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. If there had been as many immigrants back then as there are now, they would have gotten that job as well as all the jobs that I had 1964-1970. The money that I earned and saved washing dishes enabled me to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966. I used that car to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and a) jobs cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline during the summer of 1966, b) delivering mail during 1966 and 1967, and c) classes at UIC 1966 and1967. I sold that car in late 1967 and bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 that I used delivering mail 1967 and1968 and getting to/from classes at UIC. I sold that car in late 1968 and bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE that I used delivering mail 1968 and 1969, getting to/from classes at NIU, and working on the Chrysler assemble line in Belvidere in 1970. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you been discriminated against? According to my critics/opponents, no one has ever discriminated against me for any reason. Have you had adverse employment actions taken against you? According to my Democrat superiors in the federal government, all the adverse employment actions that they took against me were justified. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In my defense, my Democrat superiors never cited any performance problems or employee complaints against me to justify any of the adverse actions that they took against me. In my defense. all my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. In my defense, my Democrat GAO superiors have never denied a) that I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination or b) that I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 years old in 1988. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What pretexts have been used against you to justify adverse actions against you? When I was 20 years old in 1969, to force me to resign, my Democrat Post Office superiors falsely argued that I would not be available to work enough part-time hours. Starting in 1974, to not promote me to GS-13, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used up-or-out to falsely hint/imply/argue/shout that I was too old to be promoted to GS-13. In 1974, to disallow my travel vouchers, my Democrat IRS superiors falsely charged me with living inside their commuting area. In 1978, to disallow my education deductions, they falsely argued that the courses that I took did not relate to my job duties, did not maintain or improve my job skills, qualified me for a new trade or business, and were taken by me to get a job in the private sector. In 1980, to justify forcing me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors falsely argued that the work that I did for IRS was not similar to the work that I would do for GAO and that my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, that my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and that my almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul were not enough. To keep me off audits of IRS, they falsely badmouthed what I had learned about IRS by working for it 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 and stressed the adverse actions that my Democrat IRS superiors had taken against me and falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that because of that, I could not be objective, that I would take revenge against my former IRS superiors. To delay my promotions, to not promote me beyond GS-13, and to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance, they falsely used the tremendous subjectivity in their performance appraisal system. In 1997, to force me to take their early retirement “offer,” they falsely denied that they told me that if I did not retire, they would demote me, they would give me adverse transfers, and/or they would take even bigger adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office hired me in 1966 because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. I had passed the postal employment examination, I had earned a diploma from Crete-Monee High School, and I was taking classes at UIC. Virtually all my superiors, supervisors, and coworkers were Democrat veterans. My Democrat Post Office superiors despised/hated Republicans, and especially draft avoiding Republicans like me. They disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and they forced me to resign in 1969 falsely claiming that I was not available to work enough part-time hours. I was available each and every a) Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, b) holiday, and c) day that NIU was not in session. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. According to my critics/opponents, all the federal jobs and promotions that I got should have been given to Blacks instead of me. The Post Office hired me when I was 18 years old in 1966. IRS hired me in 1971 and promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. GAO hired me in 1980 and promoted me in 1986. GAO forced me to retire in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are you involved in politics? If so, what do your critics/opponents use against you? My critics/opponents in Republican politics use a) my promoting the individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform, b) my promoting direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members, c) my supporting Pat O’Malley in the Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary in 2002, d) my serving on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee 2003-2007, e) my serving as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, and f) my serving as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and firework 2005-2021. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

FOX NEWS
— Frustrated Chicago residents fed up with spending on illegal immigrants, call for Republican leadership. The group ‘Chicago Flips Red’ has been active in pushing for the GOP to take over the traditionally blue city.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/frustrated-chicago-residents-fed-up-spending-illegal-immigrants-call-republican-leadership

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— 5 takeaways from Musk’s CPAC talk
https://www.wjtv.com/news/5-takeaways-from-musks-cpac-talk/amp/

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders do not want anyone to be deported.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/21/panama-costa-rica-migrants-trump/

USA TODAY
— Trump evolved CPAC beyond conservatism. Is there still room for Reagan Republicans? CPAC has become a parade of prancing personalities, all trying to one-up each other in toadyism to Trump, where provocation is everything and actual policy of governing is, at best, an afterthought.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/02/21/cpac-conservative-conference-trump-republican-party/79313361007/
— Anticipate/expect that the more demographics that you share with Trump, and especially if you are Protestant and/or German American, the more that Democrats and RINOs will call you an extremist and even worse things.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/21/extremist-murders-2025-increase-on-the-rise/78385408007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— An Escape Route From Illinois. Indiana takes the first step toward welcoming Land of Pritzker counties that want to secede.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/indiana-illinois-secession-boundary-adjustment-commission-todd-huston-j-b-pritzker-a3c18977
— Trump Is Planning to Take Control of the Postal Service. President seeks to disband governing board and put Postal Service under the Commerce Department. (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office hired me in 1966 because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. I had passed the postal employment examination, I had earned a diploma from Crete-Monee High School, and I was taking classes at UIC. Virtually all my superiors, supervisors, and coworkers were Democrat veterans. My Democrat Post Office superiors despised/hated Republicans, and especially draft avoiding Republicans like me. They disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and they forced me to resign in 1969 falsely claiming that I was not available to work enough part-time hours. I was available each and every a) Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, b) holiday, and c) day that NIU was not in session.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-is-planning-to-take-control-of-the-postal-service-officials-say-e9188e7c
— FRONT PAGE: IRS Begins to Fire 6,000 Workers, Threatening Tax-Season Delays. Some collections and audits are likely to be paused, and one-on-one personal service is set to be more limited.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/irs-workers-fired-tax-season-doge-102fbecb

BLOOMBERG GOVERNMENT
— Ambitious MAGA Republicans Hunt for Trump Bump as Others Skip CPAC
https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/ambitious-maga-republicans-hunt-for-trump-bump-as-others-skip-cpac

POLITICO
— Trump holds Black History Month celebration amid his administration’s war on DEI. Famed golfer Tiger Woods attended the event. (COMMENT: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. According to my critics/opponents, all the federal jobs and promotions that I got should have been given to Blacks instead of me. The Post Office hired me when I was 18 years old in 1966. IRS hired me in 1971 and promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. GAO hired me in 1980 and promoted me in 1986. GAO forced me to retire in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/20/trump-black-history-month-dei-021434
— The Trump administration has defended its cuts at the Federal Aviation Administration by saying safety-critical employees weren’t affected. Experts disagree. (COMMENT: During the early 1980s, I worked for GAO on an audit of FAA that involved air traffic control staffing.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/20/faa-firings-aviation-safety-experts-00205160

NPR
— A far-right influencer is getting invitations to travel with Trump Cabinet members (COMMENT: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that I am a failed would-be far right influencer. They stress the many big adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and dupes.)
https://www.wesa.fm/2025-02-21/a-far-right-influencer-is-getting-invitations-to-travel-with-trump-cabinet-members

ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
— Who in the Democratic party Is calling who a Nazi? if any use of Holocaust imagery was justified, it was President Trump’s description of Jewish hostages released from Hamas terrorist captivity last week, certainly not Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s parallels between Trump’s political agenda and the rise of Nazi Germany.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/404252

AL JAZEERA
— Are White Afrikaners at risk in South Africa? Not really, most say. As Trump offers to take in Afrikaner refugees, many say right-wing lobbyists have spread misinformation and fear. (COMMENT: Have you been discriminated against? According to my critics/opponents, no one has ever discriminated against me for any reason. Have you had adverse employment actions taken against you? According to my Democrat superiors in the federal government, all the adverse employment actions that they took against me were justified. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In my defense, my Democrat superiors never cited any performance problems or employee complaints against me to justify any of the adverse actions that they took against me. In my defense. all my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. In my defense, my Democrat GAO superiors have never denied a) that I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination or b) that I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 years old in 1988.)
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/2/21/are-white-afrikaners-at-risk-in-south-africa-not-really-most-say

February 20, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Republicans shocked by Gov. Pritzker’s attacks on Trump administration, Nazi Germany references
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jts1KaE_rj0

WTTW
— Pritzker Compares Trump Administration’s Approach to Nazi Germany During State Budget Address
https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/19/pritzker-compares-trump-administration-s-approach-nazi-germany-during-state-budget

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— What Central Illinois lawmakers liked, and didn’t like, in Pritzker budget plan (FROM THE ARTICLE: Multiple Republicans walked out of the joint session in the House chamber.”)
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/what-central-illinois-lawmakers-liked-and-didnt-like-in-pritzker-budget-plan/article_a48aeb5e-ef23-11ef-b7ba-2f418a049d96.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Near the end of his address, Pritzker compared the actions taken by the Trump Administration in recent weeks to the rise of Nazi Germany in the 1930s. “The authoritarian playbook is laid bare here,” Pritzker said. “They point to a group of people who don’t look like you and tell you to blame them for your problems.” What comes next, he asked, “after we’ve discriminated against, deported or disparaged all the immigrants and the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women and the minorities, once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends after that, when the problems we started with are still there staring us in the face — what comes next?’” Before Pritzker could finish making his point, multiple Republicans walked out of the joint session in the House chamber, including state Rep. Brad Halbrook, R-Shelbyville. “That rhetoric was out of place, and (did) not need to be talked and spoken,” Halbrook, a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, said. “It was completely wrong.” Fellow caucus member Rep. Adam Niemerg, R-Teutopolis, had more heated criticism. “Parts of the governor’s own party want to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth,” Niemerg said. “And to call Trump and Republicans Nazis is dangerous political grandstanding and will only incite the violence he claims to condemn. But this is about JB Pritzker’s misguided aspirations to be the next president.”)

WAND TV
— GOP criticize Governor for ‘Nazi comparison’ (COMMENT: To harm me, my critics/opponents, including those who are Protestant and/or German American, have always stressed that I am Protestant and German American. I should write about my critics/opponents who are Protestant and/or German American and who have taken the biggest/most adverse actions against me to curry favor with non-Protestants and/or with non-German Americans.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-democrats-celebrate-pritzkers-budget-gop-criticize-governor-for-nazi-comparison/article_7b08d028-ef16-11ef-ba5b-efc1d3148209.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pritzker ended his speech by criticizing the Trump administration and comparing it to when the Nazis attacked marginalized communities. “To sit there and basically be called Nazis, not only Trump but the Republican party, it was disgusting,” House Minority Leader Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) said.)

NBC5
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/former-educator-historian-makes-push-for-reparations/3678446/
— President Trump signs executive order to make IVF more affordable (COMMENT: During the 1980s, my Democrat GAO superiors used against me big time my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF even though they knew full-well that both of us had big fertility problems and that because of that, our doctor had advised against trying IVF. They stressed that IVF was covered by our health insurance and they punished me big time for our not trying IVF. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, or pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors. I would focus on those who complained the most about the time and money they spent raising their children.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/president-trump-signs-executive-order-to-make-ivf-more-affordable/3678347/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— City Council proposal would return Columbus statues to Grant, Arrigo parks. Condemning what he calls “selective censorship,” Ald. Anthony Napolitano also is criticizing the city’s refusal to remove from the city-owned Cultural Center a puppet display titled “U.S.-Israel War Machine.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/02/19/columbus-statues-grant-arrigo-park-cultural-center-public-art-gaza-monuments-project-report
— When politics seep into schools, learning becomes harder (COMMENT: Democrat teachers focus on turning their students into good little Democrats.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/02/20/schools-politics-culture-wars-learning-becomes-harder-students-want-comfort-jerald-mcnair

WBEZ
— Chicago’s most marginalized students have almost no shot of getting into CPS’ elite schools (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, a) the more of the following that you are, the more marginalized that you are: liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if your ancestors have not been in America for a long time and b) the more of the following that you are, the more of an oppressor that you are: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wbez.org/education/2024/07/09/chicagos-most-marginalized-students-have-almost-no-shot-of-getting-into-cps-elite-schools

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly blame me for all of their problems, your problems, my problems, and everyone’s problems. They mainly blame me for all the losses that Republican candidate candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered. I should write about my critics/opponents and those candidates and the many big adverse actions that they have had their operatives and dupes take against me.
thing that is bad.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/politics/pritzker-calls-55-2b-budget-responsible-and-balanced-warns-trump-policies-could-upend-it/article_3415cc6c-ef33-11ef-ab69-bf48b8db64d3.html

STATELINE
— IRS plans to lay off 7,000 probationary workers beginning Thursday (COMMENT: I worked for IRS 1971-1980.)
https://www.mystateline.com/news/national/ap-irs-plans-to-lay-off-7000-probationary-workers-beginning-thursday-ap-source-says/

WSIL TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in making children and everyone else sexually active LGBTQers. How much success have Democrats had doing that in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/population-identifying-as-lgbtq-in-the-us-has-nearly-doubled-since-2020-poll-finds/article_db540a40-8c28-5949-a7a8-4a96dd9d4432.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Senate Republicans voice rare dissent after Trump blames Ukraine for Russia’s invasion
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/senate-republicans-voice-rare-dissent-after-trump-blames-ukraine-for-russias-invasion-zelenskyy-american-russian-officials-putin-bipartisan-backlast-chuck-schumer-war

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Pritzker ‘proud’ to join lawsuit against Trump over federal spending freezes (COMMENT: To get more votes from those who need/want/demand government assistance, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use government to give them more money. How dependent on government spending are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://chicagocrusader.com/pritzker-proud-to-join-lawsuit-against-trump-over-federal-spending-freezes/

BARRINGTON HILLS OBSERVER
— Do Over Scheduled for Meeting to Replace State Senator Dan McConchie
https://barringtonhillsobserver.com/2025/02/20/do-over-scheduled-for-meeting-to-replace-state-senator-dan-mcconchie/

NORTHERN STAR
— Democrats run Illinois. They ever-increasingly use the power that they have to drive Republicans out of Illinois who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://northernstar.info/123108/news/pritzker-talks-budget-rise-of-american-authoritarianism-at-state-of-the-state-address/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— City Crews Tear Down Tents At Gompers Park Encampment On One Of Coldest Mornings Of The Year. The Park District said the city was removing “smoke stack components and propane tanks used to heat five, illegal structures” in the park. The rest of the encampment would be spared, they said.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/02/19/city-crews-tear-down-tents-at-gompers-park-encampment-on-one-of-the-coldest-mornings-of-the-year/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrats love Pritzker’s promotion of hate against Trump, that is, Democrats hate Trump. How much success has Pritzker had promoting hate against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/20/pritzker-packs-a-punch-00205092
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pritzker used the word “idiot” to describe Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk, and he compared the actions unfolding in Washington to Nazi Germany. The governor isn’t apologizing: He had a whole passage about the Nazis trying to march in Skokie. “I do not invoke the specter of Nazis lightly.” Pritzker said in his speech in the Illinois House chamber, adding he’s “watching with a foreboding dread what is happening in our country right now.” In a powerful passage, Pritzker added: “After we’ve discriminated against, deported or disparaged all the immigrants and the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women and the minorities — once we’ve ostracized our neighbors and betrayed our friends — After that, when the problems we started with are still there staring us in the face — what comes next?” The whole speech is here. Critics see Pritzker’s address as an effort to fuel his political aspirations, though the governor has denied that even saying so in his speech: “I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.” Simply put, the governor told reporters later, he is “passionate” about his belief in the Constitution and sees the Trump administration’s efforts to sidestep that as an attack on Democracy. He’s not going to keep quiet about Trump. . .Latino Caucus lawmakers felt stung learning Pritzker wants to eliminate a healthcare benefit for noncitizen immigrants younger than 65. It’s a program that had huge support from Democrats when it was passed. And members of the Black Caucus wished they had heard the governor mention Black History Month or the importance of the Black community in his speech, noting the governor’s sweeping mention of diversity and equity was fine but not enough.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-459/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker says he is fighting against Nazis in astounding speech
https://wirepoints.org/jb-pritzker-says-he-is-fighting-against-nazis-in-astounding-speech-wirepoints/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It was supposed to be the annual State of the State and Budget Address, but the most notable segment by far in Gov. J.B Pritzker’s Wednesday speech was what he said about Americans he opposes. That message was deliberate and unequivocal: “I do not invoke the specter of Nazis lightly,” he said after talking about his work building the Holocaust Museum and an earlier Nazi march. “I’m watching with a foreboding dread what is happening in our country right now,” Pritzker said, citing President Trump blaming a recent plane crash on diversity hiring and the Missouri Attorney General’s reverse discrimination lawsuit against Starbucks. “The authoritarian playbook is laid bare,” he said. “They point to a group of people who don’t look like you and tell you to blame them for your problems.” Pritzker continued. “I just have one question. What comes next? All the atrocities of human history lurk in the answer to that question. And if we don’t want to repeat history – then for God’s sake in this moment we better be strong enough to learn from it…. If you think I’m overreacting and sounding the alarm too soon, consider this: It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.” Note that Pritzker’s words weren’t only about Donald Trump. The looming and sinister “they” are the Nazi threat, Pritzker said. The Missouri attorney general is an example. It’s not the first time Pritzker has made such an astonishing charge about so many Americans. Last year, he said all Republican Trump supporters are fascist. “Illinois Democrats have done more in the last five years to push back on the wave of authoritarian, anti-democratic MAGA Republican nonsense than in any other place in the country,” Pritzker said. “Leave it to us to raise the tallest flag in the fight against modern American fascism.” The full text of the relevant part of Pritzker’s speech is below. It’s difficult to imagine words more inflammatory and irresponsible than Pritzker’s. “Nazi” is perhaps the worst conceivable insult, they being tyrannical monsters who slaughtered some 20 million people during World War II and its run-up. How are Pritzker’s words not incitement to violence? To those convinced by Pritzker’s words, would it not be morally right, or even morally imperative, to use violence or even kill those who are bringing Nazism to America? Pritzker’s accusation applies to around half of America, with support growing. A recent CBS poll, for example, found Trump’s job approval rating at 53%. Support is much stronger, as that poll showed, for Trump policies to which Pritzker is most hostile, namely, those  on illegal immigration, deportations and DEI policies (diversity, equity and inclusion). Among other consequences of words as outrageous as Pritzker’s is his loss of credibility on matters that Trump can be reasonably criticized for. There’s no shortage of those. Most Americans, for example, don’t like Trump’s tariff policies, and even Trump’s Republican base doesn’t like his idea for America taking ownership of Gaza. On those and many other matters, Pritzker’s bombast about Nazism dooms him to irrelevance. All hope of constructive input is forfeited. The Trump Administration will laugh him off or perhaps impose reprisals on Illinois. Finally, does Pritzker not know that invoking the Holocaust and comparisons to Nazism must be used sparingly to preserve their impact when true risks arise? Who does Pritzker think benefits from insults like the ones he made? Presumably, he thinks it will help him in the next presidential race, but good luck with that. His speech will help nobody. Not him, his faction of the Democratic Party, the State of Illinois or the United States. Hatred and division help nobody. They are Nazis, he told us.)
— This wasn’t the budget speech that ordinary Illinoisans want to hear. They want tax relief, not more spending.
https://wirepoints.org/this-wasnt-the-budget-speech-that-ordinary-illinoisans-want-to-hear-they-want-tax-relief-not-more-spending-wirepoints-on-the-illinois-radio-network/
— Pritzker declares Lake Michigan is now “Lake Illinois.” The responses are perfect.
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-declares-lake-michigan-is-now-lake-illinois-the-responses-are-perfect-not-the-bee/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— State Election Board Vindicates Illinois Review in 6-0 Vote as Mayor Pekau Allies Fail to Silence Conservative Voice
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/02/state-election-board-vindicates-illinois-review-in-6-0-vote-as-mayor-pekau-allies-fail-to-silence-conservative-voice.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker’s magic beans: Growing a record-setting $55B Illinois budget
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzkers-magic-beans-growing-a-record-setting-55b-illinois-budget/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How much success has Pritzker had promoting hatred against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I anticipate/expect to get a measure of Pritzker’s success when I hand-deliver Republican campaign literature and sample ballots to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or Independent voter for the April 1 election. Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Pritzker will do to destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly focus on destroying those who do not share his demographics with Trump, especially those who are Protestant and/or German American. It is called religious discrimination and national origin discrimination. Are you Protestant? I am. I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. Are you German American? I am. If you are, what do you stress in defense of your national origin? 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are you Protestant? Are you German American? To harm me, my critics/opponents, including those who are Protestant and/or German American, have always stressed that I am Protestant and German American. I should write about my critics/opponents who are Protestant and/or German American and who have taken the biggest/most adverse actions against me to curry favor with non-Protestants and/or with non-German Americans. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on IVF? During the 1980s, my Democrat GAO superiors used against me big time my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF even though they knew full-well that both of us had big fertility problems and that because of that, our doctor had advised against trying IVF. They stressed that IVF was covered by our health insurance and they punished me big time for our not trying IVF. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, or pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors. I would focus on those who complained the most about the time and money they spent raising their children. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly blame me for all of their problems, your problems, my problems, and everyone’s problems. They mainly blame me for all the losses that Republican candidate candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered. I should write about my critics/opponents and those candidates and the many big adverse actions that they have had their operatives and dupes take against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To get more votes from those who need/want/demand government assistance, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use government to give them more money. How dependent on government spending are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrats run Illinois. They ever-increasingly use the power that they have to drive Republicans out of Illinois who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders like Duckworth ever-increasingly do everything that they can to turn veterans against Republicans. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many, most, and at times, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrat veterans. To turn them against me, my Democrat superiors stressed to them that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21, a master’s degree in business when I was 27, pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32; b) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29; c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35; and d) get married when I was 29. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Did you enlist? I did not. Worse yet, I avoided the Vietnam War draft. Since 1966, my critics/opponents have used that against me. They stress a) that I am a conservative Republican, b) that I was 1-A for the draft, and c) I would not have been sent into combat anyway because I could not run because I had a bone disease, my vision could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on age discrimination? My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used up-or-out, that is, they used age discrimination big time to get rid of their Republican employees. They wrote off their Republican employees as being too old to be promoted if they had not made GS-13 (currently $117,807/year) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211/year) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200/year) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What are your demographics? According to Democrat and RINO leaders, a) the more of the following that you are, the more marginalized that you are: liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if your ancestors have not been in America for a long time and b) the more of the following that you are, the more of an oppressor that you are: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— CPAC attendees ecstatic about conservatives’ big wins in the new Trump-era
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/20/cpac-attendees-ecstatic-conservatives-big-wins-new-trump-era/

EPOOCH TIMES
— Trump Loves Idea of Sending Taxpayers Checks Funded by DOGE Savings. The proposal was first floated by businessman James Fishback, who called it a ‘DOGE dividend.’ (COMMENT: To justify its budget requests, GAO always stresses that its audits save the federal government far more tax dollars than its budget requests. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-107438 )
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-considers-returning-20-percent-of-doge-related-savings-to-americans-5813167
(FROM GAO’s FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET REQUEST: In fiscal year 2023, GAO’s work yielded $70.4 billion in financial benefits. Our average return on investment for the past 6 years is $133 for every $1 invested in GAO. In this testimony before the House Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Appropriations, U.S. Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro discusses GAO’s FY 2025 budget request. Our budget request will enable GAO to continue to meet key areas of importance to the nation and Congress including national security, fraud prevention, science and technology, cybersecurity, and health care costs. These resources will also support GAO’s IT modernization and space optimization efforts.)

FOX NEWS
— Trump signs executive order ending use of taxpayer money to ‘incentivize or support’ illegal immigration. A White House fact sheet said the executive order is to ensure taxes are used to ‘protect the interests of American citizens, not illegal aliens.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-signs-executive-order-ending-use-taxpayer-money-incentivize-support-illegal-immigration?lid=q4376bhn4ot7

NEWSMAX
— Democrats Criticize Trump IVF Order as ‘PR Stunt’ (COMMENT: During the 1980s, my Democrat GAO superiors used against me big time my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF even though they knew full-well that both of us had big fertility problems and that because of that, our doctor had advised against trying IVF. They stressed that IVF was covered by our health insurance and they punished me big time for our not trying IVF. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, or pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors. I would focus on those who complained the most about the time and money they spent raising their children.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-ivf-pr/2025/02/19/id/1199750/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— To these Black retirees, the federal civil service now under attack was a path to the middle class (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, all the federal jobs and promotions that I got should have been given to Blacks instead of me. The Post Office hired me when I was 18 years old in 1966. IRS hired me in 1971 and promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. GAO hired me in 1980 and promoted me in 1986. GAO forced me to retire in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-doge-civil-service-race-black-americans-64980891924f179c7395ed7443107ce5

USA TODAY
— Are you a fired federal employee? Here are resources to help you get back on your feet. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors not only wasted my career, took many adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, they did everything that they could to stop me from getting a job appropriate for my work experience, professional certifications, and professional license. Their success in doing that drove me into Republican politics. I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member in 2001, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member in 2003, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2005, the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2005, etc.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/02/17/what-to-do-lost-federal-government-job-resources/78976164007/

SACRAMENTO BEE
— Number of studio apartments has doubled in Sacramento region in last decade. ‘We do sacrifice’ (COMMENT: I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building when I was 25 years old in 1974. I lived in it weekdays until 1976 when I traded it in to the building’s developer for a one bedroom condo. During that time, I waked to/from my IRS job in Loop and graduate evening business courses at Loyola. I spent weekends in my townhome in University Park that I had bought in 1972.)
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article298981875.html

STARS AND STRIPES
— ‘On the backs of veterans’: Senators rail against federal workforce purge as vets hit hard by cuts (COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many, most, and at times, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrat veterans. To turn them against me, my Democrat superiors stressed to them that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21, a master’s degree in business when I was 27, pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32; b) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29; c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35; and d) get married when I was 29.)
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-02-19/veterans-federal-firings-trump-musk-16888063.html

C-SPAN
— VP Vance & Republicans Deliver Remarks at CPAC
https://www.c-span.org/event/public-affairs-event/vp-vance-republicans-deliver-remarks-at-cpac/431061
— Democrats run Illinois. They ever-increasingly use the power that they have to drive Republicans out of Illinois who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.c-span.org/clip/state-legislature/illinois-governor-pritzker-warns-against-threats-to-american-democracy-in-state-of-the-state-address/5154061

NBC NEWS
— Democrats run Illinois. They ever-increasingly use the power that they have to drive Republicans out of Illinois who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-warns-against-authoritarianism-in-address-232454725674

BARRON’S
— CPAC: American Conservatives Gather To Savor Trump’s Triumph
https://www.barrons.com/news/american-conservatives-gather-to-savor-trump-s-triumph-468d4b89

360 LAW
— Chicago’s Art Institute School Hit With Age Bias Claims (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used up-or-out, that is, they used age discrimination big time to get rid of their Republican employees. They wrote off their Republican employees as being too old to be promoted if they had not made GS-13 (currently $117,807/year) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211/year) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200/year) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. I should write about that.)
https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/wage-hour/articles/2299888/chicago-s-art-institute-school-hit-with-age-bias-claims

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
— Amnesty International sides with countries that send their citizens into America to destroy America.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/02/the-right-to-seek-asylum-does-not-exist-at-u-s-mexico-border/

COMPASS
— FOR SALE: 1000 Delles Road, Wheaton – $889,000
https://www.compass.com/listing/1000-delles-road-wheaton-il-60189/1776211843058275473/
— FOR SALE: 1044 Golf Lane, Wheaton – $1.075,000
https://www.compass.com/listing/1044-golf-lane-wheaton-il-60189/1258102091755862113/
— FOR SALE: 1011 Penny Lane, Wheaton – $1,139,000
https://www.compass.com/listing/1011-penny-lane-wheaton-il-60189/1779055728122503841/

February 19, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Fired federal workers protest Trump administration cuts as others speak out in support (COMMENT: If you were me, what position would you take on federal employees. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years (Post Office-3, IRS-9, and GAO-18), virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. Extremely few sided with me. Virtually none came to my defense. Many helped my Democrat superiors waste my career and take adverse actions against me including forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Overwhelmingly, they promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SsrWEuGTRs

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Libertyville Township has unrelated O’Connors facing off for supervisor; ‘We were just blessed with the same last name’ (COMMENT: What offices are on the April 1 ballot in your precinct? Who are the candidates? How much do you know about them? How have those candidates treated your Republican Precinct Committeeman?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/18/libertyville-township-has-unrelated-oconnors-facing-off-for-supervisor-we-were-just-blessed-with-the-same-last-name/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s Friday firings leave EPA Chicago office down dozens of scientists, staff  (COMMENT: Republican-led budget cuts during the 1980s and 1990s left GAO’s Chicago office down dozens of auditors. I was one of those auditors that my Democrat GAO superiors forced into early retirement.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/02/18/trump-fires-epa-chicago-scientists-staff-environmental-protection-agency
— Democrats oppose anything and everything that discourages voter fraud.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/02/18/safeguard-american-voter-eligibility-illinois-citizenship-passport-birth-certificate-becky-simon

NPR ILLINOIS
— She worked for years to get a federal job. Within a month, she was fired (COMMENT: 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.  My passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma qualified me for the Post Office job. My passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in management qualified me the IRS job. My earning an MBA, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting qualified me for the GAO job.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-19/she-worked-for-years-to-get-a-federal-job-within-a-month-she-was-fired
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A dream job. Rose is the daughter of immigrants and grew up on the East Coast. For her entire professional life, she had wanted to work in the government. She’d done a few internships around Washington, D.C., before taking a job as a consultant. In that role, she’d worked alongside federal workers on environmental cleanup and clean energy projects. Working with those federal employees inspired her to pursue a job as a civil servant. But, she says, she soon learned that “getting a job in the federal government is a science in itself.” Initially, she was rejected from several positions. Undaunted, Rose steeped herself in the language of the U.S. government. She taught herself an endless list of acronyms and bought a book on how to build a résumé that would make her more attractive to federal work. Then late last year, she got what she thought was going to be her big break. She had interviewed at the Department of Energy for a job helping to oversee a portfolio of renewable energy projects. She says the hiring process was a monthslong ordeal, during which, she jokes, she told them everything except “what my blood type is.” In December, she got the call from human resources telling her she’d landed the role. “I was with a friend at the time,” she says. “And I just kept saying over and over, ‘I got the job! I got the job!'” It was going to be a turning point in her life: “It really felt like … my career is beginning, because this is the job I want,” she recalls.)

WOKV
— ‘Now I have a voice’: Jacksonville sheriff joins statewide illegal immigration crackdown
https://www.wokv.com/news/local/now-i-have-voice-jacksonville-sheriff-joins-statewide-illegal-immigration-crackdown/AGNOWOCVPNBXHMIWPMNIJGNBRQ/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump imposes his vision on America
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-imposes-his-vision-on-america-in-departure-from-first-term-stumbles/

WAND TV
— Rep. Will Davis (D- East Hazel Crest), who chairs the House Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee, calls for more Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, for more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that all the problems that minorities and females have are caused by Republicans.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/rep-blaine-wilhour-argues-illinois-should-stop-focusing-on-equity-in-education-funding/article_b0c6b2da-ee4d-11ef-ade8-67c4623f0b02.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will blame for everything that is bad.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/19/pritzkers-budget-reveal-00204837

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-458/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois has spent billions and billions on illegal immigrants…and that’s just the money we can see publicly
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-has-spent-billions-and-billions-on-illegal-immigrants-and-thats-just-the-money-we-can-see-publicly-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Morning Greatness: Most Americans Say Foreign Aid Is Wasted on Corruption
https://amgreatness.com/2025/02/18/morning-greatness-most-americans-say-foreign-aid-is-wasted-on-corruption/
— Support for President Trump’s Tariffs on China: A Strategic Move Towards Equitable Global Relations. Trump’s tariffs on China target fentanyl, economic espionage, and human rights abuses, signaling a hardline stance on trade and national security.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/02/19/support-for-president-trumps-tariffs-on-china-a-strategic-move-towards-equitable-global-relations/

BREITBART
— Fmr. GAO Head David Walker: DOGE Opponents Aren’t ‘Providing Any Support’ for Claims It’s Breaking Law
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/02/19/fmr-gao-head-doge-opponents-arent-providing-any-support-for-claims-its-breaking-law/

CENTER SQUARE
— IRS tax gap grows to $600 billion as DOGE looks for savings (COMMENT: I worked for GAO for 3 years on audits of IRS’s efforts to close the tax gap.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_ecd0de72-ee0c-11ef-848d-ebb54839938d.html

CHRISTIAN POST
— Wheaton College alumni flood petition for leadership change amid ‘pernicious drift’
https://www.christianpost.com/news/wheaton-college-alumni-flood-petition-to-change-leadership.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Trump finds nearly $1 billion in Education Department waste
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-finds-nearly-1-billion-in-education-department-waste/

DAVID ARMANO
— These federal employees have no idea how private sector workers view them. Wow, they live in a world of their own with guaranteed job security, unions and legal armies ready to do battle on their behalf. A completely different set of rules. (COMMENT: If you were me, what position would you take on federal employees. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years (Post Office-3, IRS-9, and GAO-18), virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. Extremely few sided with me. Virtually none came to my defense. Many helped my Democrat superiors waste my career and take adverse actions against me including forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Overwhelmingly, they promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination.)
https://x.com/armano/status/1892047499755409808?mx=2

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Terminates Biden-Era US Attorneys in DOJ Overhaul. The president stated that the move was necessary to restore a ‘fair justice system’ in the country. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always stressed that my Republican U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald appointed U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald who sided with my Democrat GAO superiors in Diersen v. GAO. To side with my Democrat GAO superiors is to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-terminates-biden-era-us-attorneys-in-doj-overhaul-5812443

FOX NEWS
— Deportation flights are ‘the most profoundly impactful tactic’ to deter illegal immigration (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that many, most, if not virtually all of those who are deported will return.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369027551112

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Trump administration terminates privacy officials at agency overseeing government hiring and firing
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/politics/opm-privacy-team-fired/index.html

NEWSWEEK
— Musk Says Some DOGE Workers Are Federal Employees
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-doge-employees-hannity-interview-2033017

NBC NEWS
— Despite DOGE, Trump’s agenda calls for adding trillions of dollars to U.S debt. Budget experts say Trump’s tax and spending priorities would increase red ink, even as he boasts of balancing the budget. “I don’t think their rhetoric matches reality,” says one.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/doge-trumps-agenda-calls-adding-trillions-dollars-us-debt-rcna191665

CBS NEWS
— Tension between sanctuary cities and federal immigration crackdown
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/tension-between-sanctuary-cities-and-federal-immigration-crackdown/

MSN
— Boeing’s new Air Force One delayed until 2029 or later
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/boeing-s-new-air-force-one-delayed-until-2029-or-later-official-says/ar-AA1zeNrN

WASHINGTON POST
— U.S. Catholic bishops sue Trump administration over blocked refugee funds. The suit says the impact of the administration’s action is “devastating” for the Church and the refugees it serves. (COMMENT: According to Democrat leaders, sooner or later, everyone outside of America who is one of the following a) is a refugee, b) will be a refugee, and c) should be admitted as a refugee: minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, disabled, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/18/catholic-bishops-sue-trump-refugee-funds/
— FEMA is losing scores of employees. What does that mean for disaster recovery? Cuts at the Federal Emergency Management Agency could affect people across the country who are struggling to rebuild and prepare for disasters. (COMMENT: I should write about the tremendous negative impacts of Republican gutting of GAO during the 1980s and 1990s.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/02/18/fema-layoffs-disaster-response/
— Trump and Musk praise each other, promise ‘hundreds of billions’ in cuts during Fox interview
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/18/trump-presidency-news/
— Youngkin promises help for federal workers but defends Trump job cuts. In his first extended remarks on the Trump cuts, Youngkin acknowledges many are anxious but says the process is needed and that state help is coming. (COMMENT: In Diersen v. GAO, virtually everyone sided with the Democrats who ran GAO. Those who sided with GAO were many, most, if not virtually all of the following: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/18/virginia-youngkin-trump-federal-jobs/
— Why people aren’t having kids (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used my and my wife’s giving up trying to have children to justify the big adverse actions that they took against me. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had lied about our efforts to have children. They stressed that we did not try IVF knowing full-well that our doctors said it would not be successful. They shouted that we could have adopted or become foster parents but did not.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/18/fertility-decline-women-kids-claudia-goldin/

USA TODAY
— Trump’s mass firing of probationary employees illegal, not performance-based, lawyers say (COMMENT: After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious that they could not use their probationary procedures to fire me because I had served my probationary period while I worked for IRS.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/18/trump-mass-firings-federal-workers-illegal/79070972007/
— Barron Trump is ‘future of conservative movement’ say College Republicans
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/19/barron-trump-nyu-conservative-republican/79104907007/
— Trump said he was the ‘father of IVF.’ After his executive order, these voters are rejoicing.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/02/19/ivf-trump-insurance-executive-order-reactions/78405547007/

UNION JOURNAL
— Trump Has Used $10.7 Million in Taxpayer Funds for Golf Expenses
https://www.theunionjournal.com/donald-trump-has-used-10-7-million-in-taxpayer-funds-for-golf-expenses/

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Accelerates Mass Firing of Federal Workers
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-18/trump-accelerates-mass-firing-of-federal-workers-evening-briefing

FAST COMPANY
— How federal workers are mobilizing against Trump, Musk, and DOGE. In response to sudden firings, government workers from across departments are starting a protest movement to fight back—and are targeting Tesla dealerships.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91280631/how-federal-workers-are-mobilizing-against-trump-musk-and-doge

WORLD AND WAY
— Wheaton College Clash Over Russell Vought Escalates, Exposing Evangelical Fault Lines
https://wordandway.org/2025/02/19/wheaton-college-clash-over-russell-vought-escalates-exposing-evangelical-fault-lines/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/02/19/higher-ed-groups-push-back-trumps-dei-threats

GOVERNMENT EXCUTIVE
— Thousands join class actions as fired feds weigh options to challenge Trump’s moves. Former federal probationary employees are hopeful they can prove their dismissals were not actually performance based, as their agencies claim. (COMMENT: After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious that they could not use their probationary procedures to fire me because I had served my probationary period while I worked for IRS.)
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/02/thousands-join-class-actions-fired-feds-weigh-options-challenge-trumps-moves/403087/

FED MANAGER
— Federal Agencies Start Mass Layoffs, Probationary Employees Targeted (COMMENT: After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious that they could not use their probationary procedures to fire me because I had served my probationary period while I worked for IRS.)
https://www.fedmanager.com/news/federal-agencies-start-mass-layoffs-probationary-employees-targeted

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Fired probationary employees bring class-wide complaint to OSC (COMMENT: After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious that they could not use their probationary procedures to fire me because I had served my probationary period while I worked for IRS.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-rightsgovernance/2025/02/fired-probationary-employees-bring-class-wide-complaint-to-osc/

FED WEEK
— Federal Workplace Likely to Be Topic in Hearing on New GAO High-Risk List (COMMENT: At that hearing, Republicans should stress that GAO wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that, b) earning six job-related professional certifications, c) earning a job-related professional license, and d) earning three job-related master’s degrees. Who does Trump want the next head of GAO to be, that is, who does Trump want the next Comptroller General to be?)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/federal-workplace-likely-to-be-topic-in-hearing-on-new-gao-high-risk-list/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats likely will use the hearing to point out that among GAO’s concerns in all such reports since they started in 2001 is what GAO calls “strategic management of human capital.” Main issues cited have included persistent shortages of federal employees with needed skills in areas such as cybersecurity and other IT functions, the STEM fields in general, acquisition, HR, and others—along with the need for better planning and building up capacity for the workforce of the future. The prior report said that shortages of employees were “undermining agencies’ abilities to meet their missions.” Closing those gaps “will require demonstrated improvements in agencies’ capacity to perform workforce planning, foster employee engagement, train staff effectively, and recruit and retain the appropriate number of staff with the necessary skills,” it said.)

AFGE
— AFGE Condemns Trump’s Mass Firing of Federal Employees
https://www.afge.org/article/afge-condemns-trumps-mass-firing-of-federal-employees/

NARFE
— NARFE Members Denounce Fed Firings During Nationwide Protests. Act Now: Protect Federal Earned Federal Retirement and Health Benefits from Budget Cuts. Urge Congress to Stand Up for Public Servants, Rule of Law. (COMMENT: I have been a NARFE member since I was 40 years old in 1988.)
https://www.narfe.org/advocacy/legislative-action-center/?_zs=NUifm&_zl=k7OF3

REDDIT
— Some federal workers are ‘getting wealthy at taxpayer expense,’ says Elon Musk, whose companies have received at least $20 billion from the government. (COMMENT: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. My critic/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid.)
https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/comments/1isvn9q/some_federal_workers_are_getting_wealthy_at/?rdt=63007

INSTAGRAM
— 3rd of federal workers are veterans. The federal government is largely a jobs program for them.(COMMENT: My Democrat superiors who took adverse actions against me were veterans and/or used their subordinates who were veterans to do that. I should write about that. Of course, they stressed that I avoided the Vietnam War draft.)
https://www.instagram.com/thetnholler/p/DGPScQstOrO/

February 18, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS2
— Durbin, congresspeople highlight what they say would be detrimental effects of federal spending cuts (COMMENT: To what extent is your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct dependent on federal spending?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/durbin-congresspeople-detrimental-effects-federal-spending-cuts/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their protests against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/protesters-rally-in-chicago-against-president-trumps-policies/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their protests against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFkVQUBlIoY
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-presidents-day-trump-musk-protests/
— Illinois Congressional Democrats rail against Trump, Musk cuts (COMMENT: To what extent is your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct dependent on federal spending?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luDPZki4H5Q

FOX32
— Illinois Dem lawmakers push back against Trump budget cuts (COMMENT: To what extent is your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct dependent on federal spending?)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1594717

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/18/opinion-illinois-fighting-unconcstitutional-actions-donald-trump/
— Homer Township Reset slate challenges Freedom Caucus incumbents in Republican Primary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/17/homer-township-republican-primary/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their protests against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/02/17/protesters-march-donald-trump-nationwide-presidents-day-demonstration
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/02/17/trump-presidency-republicans-maga-mean-federal-layoffs-debt-conservatives-new-party-usaid

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their protests against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-17/thousands-of-people-protest-in-washington-d-c-and-across-the-u-s-on-presidents-day

WCIA
— Central Illinois federal workers face unemployment, uncertainty (COMMENT: Because of Republican-led budget cuts, all during the almost 18 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, I faced Democrat retaliation, that is, I faced political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write about that.)
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/there-were-people-crying-central-illinois-federal-workers-face-unemployment-uncertainty/

WAND TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/planned-parenthood-of-illinois-expands-medication-abortion-access-through-app/article_206323fe-edf3-11ef-ab84-1f11aa00a2cd.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— TROLLING TRUMP: The Illinois Democratic Party has been trolling President Donald Trump by projecting digital phrases onto the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago’s River North neighborhood and a stream of online messaging.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/18/richard-irvin-returns-to-the-ring-00204650

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-457/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How much success have the Democrat and RINO leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district had promoting fear, anger, and hatred against Trump and against those who voted for Trump? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I should write about the tremendous negative impacts from Republican gutting GAO instead of Republican reforming of GAO. If Republicans had reformed GAO, the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, 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, or d) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— GAO is supposed to fight waste in the federal government. But Democrats run the federal government and Democrats run GAO. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Because I have always been a Republican, they did not want me fight waste. To get rid of me, they. a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, b) delayed my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, c) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years, b) earning three job-related master’s degrees, c) earning six job-related professional certifications, and d) earning a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to my critics/opponents, the courts in Diersen v. GAO decided that employers can fire their employees a) because they oppose political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination and/or b) because they have performance problems. According to my critics/opponents, both of the aforesaid applied to me a) because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my employer with reverse discrimination and age discrimination and b) because my employer never promoted me beyond GS-13 and always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. According to them, I had to have performance problems because they took those adverse actions against me even though I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But in fact, they took those adverse actions against me a) because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination and age discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents stress about you to turn people against you? My critics/opponents stress that I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and almost 9 of which working for IRS, I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years, I have been married for almost 47 years, I have more education than they have, I have six professional certifications and a professional license, I have more real estate, vehicles, and/or money than they have, I have better health than they have, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents stress to promote envy against you? Mine stress that I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years, that I have been married for almost 47 years, that I have more education than they have, that I have six professional certifications and a professional license, that I have more real estate, vehicles, and/or money than they have, that I have better health than they have, etc.
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Congressman Robert C. McClory’s Significant Law
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/17/congressman-robert-c-mcclorys-significant-law/
— Crystal Lake Grade School District Has 20% Fewer Students Than in 2008, But More Staff
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/17/crystal-lake-grade-school-district-has-20-fewer-students-than-in-2008-but-more-staff/
— The Censures of Randy Funk – Part 1
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/17/the-censures-of-randy-funk-part-1/
— The Contract with Peter Bensinger I Would Not Sign in the Thompson Administration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/17/the-contract-with-peter-bensinger-i-would-not-sign-in-the-thompson-administration/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

U.S. Department of HOMELAND SECURITY
— Secretary Kristi Noem announced a nationwide and international multimillion-dollar ad campaign warning illegal aliens to leave our country now or face deportation with the inability to return to the United States. The international ads warn criminal illegal aliens not to come to America and break its laws or they will be hunted down and deported. (COMMENT: Of course, Democrats and RINOs oppose/reject the aforesaid.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hezXQvjzCkQ

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Time to go: DHS tells illegal immigrants to ‘self-deport and stay out’  Secretary Kristi Noem vows ‘We will hunt you down’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/17/dhs-tells-illegal-immigrants-self-deport-stay/

NEW YORK POST
— AOC’s harmful migrant assistance (COMMENT: It is criminal to help people commit crimes.)
https://nypost.com/2025/02/17/opinion/aocs-harmful-migrant-assistance-letters/
— Eric Adams is a hostage to New Yorkers’ will — not to Donald Trump
https://nypost.com/2025/02/17/opinion/memo-to-eric-adams-critics-hes-a-hostage-to-nyers-will-not-donald-trump/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Buttigieg insinuates that Trump’s IG firing spree has something to do with promoting ‘waste, fraud, and abuse’ (COMMENT: When the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago Office forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, the Democrats who ran IG offices in Chicago could have offered to hire me, but they did not. I should write about those who they hired instead of me.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/02/buttigieg_insinuates_that_trump_s_ig_firing_spree_has_something_to_do_with_promoting_waste_fraud_and_abuse.html

BREITBART
— Supreme Court Path for President Trump on Birthright Citizenship
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/17/scotus-path-birthright-citizenship-trump/
— Kristi Noem Warns Migrants Against Entering U.S. Illegally: ‘You Will Be Caught’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/17/kristi-noem-warns-migrants-entering-u-s-illegally-will-be-caught/

FOX BUSINESS
— DOGE critics are in favor of government waste  (COMMENT: GAO is supposed to fight waste in the federal government. But Democrats run the federal government and Democrats run GAO. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Because I have always been a Republican, they did not want me fight waste. To get rid of me, they. a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, b) delayed my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, c) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years, b) earning three job-related master’s degrees, c) earning six job-related professional certifications, and d) earning a job-related professional license.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6368973252112

FOX NEWS
— Homan takes victory lap after illegal immigrant crossings plummet during Trump admin: ‘He is delivering’  Homan said it’s the lowest he’s seen since President Reagan was in office.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/homan-victory-lap-after-illegal-immigrant-crossings-plummet-during-trump-admin-delivering

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Dear DOGE – Why Is The U.S. Government Funding “Media Literacy” Informers And Indoctrination?  DHS, Defense, and State are all involved. I know, I took the trainings. Do Secretaries Noem, Hegseth, and Rubio know?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/02/dear-doge-why-is-the-u-s-government-funding-media-literacy-informers-and-indoctrination/

NEWSMAX
— Some Shelters Close as Migrant Flow Slows
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/migrant-shelters-closing-border/2025/02/17/id/1199406/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Supreme Court could decide who Trump is allowed to fire (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, the courts in Diersen v. GAO decided that employers can fire their employees a) because they oppose political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination and/or b) because they have performance problems. According to my critics/opponents, both of the aforesaid applied to me a) because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my employer with reverse discrimination and age discrimination and b) because my employer never promoted me beyond GS-13 and always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance (PFP). According to them, I had to have performance problems because they took those adverse actions against me even though I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But in fact, they took those adverse actions against me a) because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination and age discrimination.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq2hVZ_zz94

MSN
— Hegseth reports that IRS has audited him and says he owes $33,558.16. (COMMENT: I should write about why my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions when I was 29 years old in 1978. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pete-hegseth-shares-back-taxes-self-own-while-blasting-biden-irs-for-audit/ar-AA1zfqGt
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Fox News host until being nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Defense Department, Hegseth’s annual salary at the media company was north of $2 million, according to a financial disclosure report he filed as part of the confirmation process. Additionally, he earned $900,000 in speaking engagement fees over the last two years, according to the report. As Secretary of Defense, Hegseth will be paid $246,000 per year. The Trump administration is expected to soon announce substantial layoffs at the IRS. Furthermore, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is looking to gain access to the IRS’s highly-classified system for housing taxpayers’ financial information.)

ASSOCIATED PRESS & MSNBC & NEWSWEEK & LOS ANGELES & ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER & NBC BOSTON & ABC DENVER & BUSINESS TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their protests against Trump.
https://apnews.com/article/president-donald-trump-protest-c8796556fbf20e796f42167f61c3d942
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLJLFiB6bb8
https://www.newsweek.com/photos-show-trump-musk-50501-protests-across-us-2032448
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-17/presidents-day-rally-long-beach
https://www.ocregister.com/2025/02/17/on-presidents-day-in-irvine-demonstrators-rally-against-president-trump-and-elon-musk/
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/politics/presidents-day-brings-protests-against-trumps-policies/3634753/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKbNe3qG8MQ
https://www.btimesonline.com/articles/172879/20250218/no-kings-on-presidents-day-rallies-target-trump-policies-musk-s-influence.htm

NEW YORK TIMES
— What do your critics/opponents stress to promote envy against you? Mine stress that I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years, that I have been married for almost 47 years, that I have more education than they have, that I have six professional certifications and a professional license, that I have more real estate, vehicles, and/or money than they have, that I have better health than they have, etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/03/learning/do-you-ever-feel-envious-of-others.html
— Democrats Fear They Are Missing the Moment to Remake the Party. As President Trump steamrolls over their priorities, Democrats say they could miss the opportunity to learn lessons from their defeat and undertake needed reform. (COMMENT: From what I see, the Democrat Party will forever promote dependency on government charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, 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. By doing the aforesaid, the Democrat Party wants to get more votes from those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, are in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, and criminals.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/politics/democrats-trump-future.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Targets a Growing List of Those He Sees as Disloyal. In his first month in office, the president has carried out a campaign of retribution that has little analogue in history. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty and 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 coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/politics/trump-retribution-list.html

USA TODAY
— Federal government has wasted trillions. Trump and Musk are saying, ‘Enough!’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/02/17/trump-musk-doge-government-waste-national-debt/78518870007/

WEEK
— How much did Germany pay as WWI reparations? Here’s why Donald Trump’s proposed $500 billion offer for Ukraine is even worse. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked his officials to reject Donald Trump administration’s $500 billion deal, saying it does not give adequate security guarantees for Kyiv.
https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2025/02/18/how-much-did-germany-pay-as-wwi-reparations-here-s-why-donald-trump-s-proposed-500-billion-offer-for-ukraine-is-even-worse.html

WBAL TV
— Employees across federal agencies detail impacts of layoffs, DOGE action (COMMENT: I should write about the tremendous negative impacts of Republicans gutting GAO instead of reforming GAO. If Republicans had reformed GAO, the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, 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, or d) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/federal-employees-layoffs-impacts-doge-executive-orders/63821109

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Media Claim to Find No Fraud in Government. Then again, they also told us Biden was sharp as a tack and nothing was amiss at the border.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-media-claim-to-find-no-fraud-in-government-waste-abuse-agencies-8ed673b2
— 6 Ways to Fix the Job-Application Nightmare. Companies are needlessly hurting their reputations among potential employees. Here’s what they can do to improve the process—and attract better talent. (COMMENT: I did not apply to be an IRS employee. IRS offered me a job because I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-search-applications-fixes-476ed638
— America’s Trumpiest City Council Is Thriving—in Newsom’s California. Huntington Beach has become a laboratory for Trump-style local governance; ‘non-sanctuary city’ status and a MAGA plaque at the library. (COMMENT: How strongly do the Republican leaders of the following support Trump: a) your state senate and house districts, county, township, municipality, and school board and b) the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county and township/ward party organizations?)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americas-trumpiest-city-council-is-thrivingin-newsoms-california-e671f21c

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/diversity/race-ethnicity/2025/02/18/after-trumps-diversity-threats-what-should-colleges-do