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April 18, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— More than 1,000 international students have had visas or legal status revoked. IIT admitted me in 1992, DePaul in 1976, Loyola in 1972, NIU in 1969, and UIC in 1966. But they would have admitted international students instead of me if they could have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/17/international-student-visas-revoked/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in organizing protests against Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/17/naperville-protest-indivisible-trump-musk/.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/17/photos-day-of-action-protests-at-northwestern-and-uic/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/18/column-donald-trump-due-process-el-salvador-prison-shackelford/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES & WBEZ
— Duckworth hammers President Trump over veterans’ care. Duckworth went off on the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to services for veterans. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, many, most, and at times, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrat veterans. They promoted the veterans preference and stressed that I had avoided the Vietnam War draft. According to them, Democrat veterans should have gotten all the promotions that I got. I should write about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who were veterans and who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/17/tammy-duckworth-donald-trump-veterans-care-daily-show
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/04/17/u-s-sen-tammy-duckworth-hammers-president-donald-trump-over-veterans-care-in-the-daily-show-interview

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Pritzker says public safety is ‘under attack by Trump. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/17/jb-pritzker-public-safety-trump-administration-chicago-anti-violence-programs
— Nearly 1 in 4 out-of-state abortion patients come to Illinois. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2025/04/17/out-of-state-abortion-patients-illinois-chicago-guttmacher-institute-roe-v-wade
— Trump’s termination of international student visas jolts Illinois colleges. Trump is erasing students’ immigration status without explanation. School officials at the University of Illinois Chicago, Northwestern and the University of Chicago say they’re not even receiving notification. IIT admitted me in 1992, DePaul in 1976, Loyola in 1972, NIU in 1969, and UIC in 1966. But they would have admitted international students instead of me if they could have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/04/17/trump-immigration-visa-terminations-illinois-college-students-uic-northwestern-university-of-chicago
— The Democrat Party ever-increasingly promotes criminals and crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/17/donald-trump-detain-deport-pro-palestinian-el-salvador-prison-immigrants-kilmar-garcia-mona-charen
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in organizing protests against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/17/northwestern-students-and-faculty-protest-trumps-campaign-against-higher-education
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kilmar Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/17/donald-trump-detain-deport-pro-palestinian-el-salvador-prison-immigrants-kilmar-garcia-mona-charen
— Trump guts the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/consumer-affairs/2025/04/17/layoffs-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-cut-trump-government-downsizing
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/small-business/2025/04/17/chicagos-small-business-owners-are-stocking-up-and-bracing-for-the-impact-of-trumps-tariffs

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTOS: Lisle trustee candidates separated by single vote, while Queen Bee school board race ends in a tie
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250417/local-politics/lisle-trustee-candidates-separated-by-single-vote-while-queen-bee-school-board-race-ends-in-a-tie/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Abortions in Illinois dipped only slightly in 2024 despite new hurdles. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/illinois-abortion-numbers-dip-slightly-2024

ABC7
— Judge orders suspect detained in DePaul attack on Jewish students
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-adam-erkan-due-court-hate-charges-attack-2-jewish-depaul-students-lincoln-park-campus/16190158/
— Trump says he’s in ‘no rush’ to end tariffs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/italys-meloni-will-test-mettle-eu-us-bridge-when-she-meets-trump-washington/16191357/

NBC5
— Suspect accused in DePaul hate crime attack will remain in custody
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suspect-accused-in-depaul-hate-crime-attack-will-remain-in-custody/3725195/

CBS2
— Immigrant rights groups, labor unions plan May Day march to demand end to Trump’s mass deportations. Mass/illegal immigration harms American workers. All the employers that hired me would have hired citizens of foreign countries if they could have.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/may-day-protest-rally-immigrant-rights-march-trump-administration-deportations/
— Man charged in hate crime attack on 2 Jewish students at DePaul University to stay in jail
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/adam-erkan-charged-hate-crime-attack-jewish-students-depaul-university/
— Northwestern ever-increasingly fights Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/northwestern-research-grants-trump-federal-funding-freeze/

WTTW
— Nearly 25% of All Out-of-State Abortions Took Place in Illinois Last Year. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/17/nearly-25-all-out-state-abortions-took-place-illinois-last-year-study

WBEZ
— Pritzker says public safety is under attack by Trump. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. Democrat leaders promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2025/04/17/governor-jb-pritzker-says-public-safety-is-under-attack-by-trump-administration
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in organizing protests against Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/04/17/northwestern-students-and-faculty-protest-trumps-campaign-against-higher-education

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Reps. Davis, Ford urge voters to “fight back” to save democracy. If you are a Republican, anticipate/expect that the Democrats in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct will ever-increasingly take more/bigger adverse actions against you to punish you because of Trump.
https://chicagocrusader.com/reps-davis-ford-urge-voters-to-fight-back-to-save-democracy/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrat colleges exist to crank out good little Democrats.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/04/17/lateststories/funding-freezes-at-northwestern-elite-universities-divide-federal-lawmakers/

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in organizing protests against Trump.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/04/18/grad-students-union-protests-trump/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Jews to promote more hatred against Republicans. I should write about the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had using my many Democrat superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-17/wesleyan-university-president-says-trumps-antisemitism-fight-doesnt-protect-jews
— As Trump jettisons its staff, HUD puts its D.C. headquarters up for sale. I should write about how GAO jettisoned its staff in response to Gingrich budget cuts. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-17/as-trump-jettisons-its-staff-hud-puts-its-d-c-headquarters-up-for-sale

CITIES 92.9
— Illinois Dems push banning cops from ticketing students for breaking school rules. Democrats ever-increasingly destroy education.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/04/17/illinois-dems-push-banning-cops-from-ticketing-students-for-breaking-school-rules/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kilmar Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-the-abrego-garcia-case-pulls-democrats-into-the-immigration-debate-trump-wants-to-have/
— Ben Carson among most liked politicians
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/obama-sanders-ben-carson-among-most-liked-politicians-surveys-show/

WAND TV
— 14-year-old arrested for possession of drugs with intent to deliver on school grounds. Who are the biggest pot pushers in your school district?
https://www.wandtv.com/news/crime/police-14-year-old-arrested-for-possession-of-drugs-with-intent-to-deliver-on-school/article_a7287556-ae24-4e10-b191-ed30506a2b67.html

WTHR
— Bill to invite Illinois counties to join Indiana passes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7I7u9a7xUw

WIFR
— Illinois program can help clear old cannabis records. Pot and gambling destroys people. I led the successful efforts to stop the sale of pot and video gambling  in Wheaton. Those who want pot and/or video gambling in Wheaton want to kill me. I should write about them.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/04/17/illinois-program-can-help-clear-old-cannabis-records/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Hemp Sales Banned In Parts Of Far South Side As Some Dispensary Owners Urge Tougher State Rules. Hemp sales cut into pot sales.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/17/hemp-sales-banned-in-parts-of-far-south-side-as-some-dispensary-owners-urge-tougher-state-rules/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Conservative activists are trying to get sanctuary status referendums on 2026 ballots, and they expect some Democrats could support them.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/18/activists-want-immigration-on-the-ballot-00298301

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hate Trump. What are your demographics? What will your future be? In Illinois, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the bleaker that your future is. The more demographics that you share with Trump, the sooner that Democrat and RINO leaders will get rid of you. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— Trump is in this tariff fight to even the playing field for Illinois farmers.
https://wirepoints.org/trump-is-in-this-tariff-fight-to-even-the-playing-field-for-illinois-farmers-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/
— Illinois lawmakers ignore where the real transit savings are
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-lawmakers-ignore-where-the-real-transit-savings-are-wirepoints-quickpoint/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago Flips Red founder Zoe Leigh said Pritzker is the one who is a threat. “He is a threat to the state of Illinois being the governor. Our mayor is a threat to the city of Chicago being the mayor, because they don’t care about the Chicago citizens’ safety. If they did, we wouldn’t be a sanctuary state any more,” Leigh said. . .Chicago Flips Red vice president Danielle Carter-Walters said crimes involving noncitizen migrants were not reported. “They were not recording anything that they did illegally. They just let it slide, let it go away. We know for a fact they are not reporting the illegal alien crime,” Carter-Walters told The Center Square.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7e354608-ed86-430a-8d2f-41b41c7ffc30.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Kane County part of voter wave saying ‘no’ to more taxes
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/kane-county-part-of-voter-wave-saying-no-to-more-taxes/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago’s Failing Mayor Smears President Trump as a “Terrorist” for Threatening to Withhold Federal Funding While Harboring Dangerous Illegal Migrants
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/04/chicagos-failing-mayor-smears-president-trump-as-a-terrorist-for-threatening-to-withhold-federal-funding-while-harboring-dangerous-illegal-migrants.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court expected to consider giving Trump more firing power, overruling 90-year-old precedent. The justices and judges in Diersen v GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) ruled that federal agencies can force their employees to retire, that is, they can fire their employees, a) because they are active members in class action lawsuits that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, or retaliation, b) because they oppose political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, or national origin discrimination, and/or c) because they are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/17/supreme-court-expected-consider-giving-trump-firing-power-overruling/

NEW YORK POST
— Liberals refuse to date Trump voters, Tesla owners as political polarization ‘on steroids’: DC matchmaker
https://nypost.com/2025/04/17/media/dc-matchmaker-says-political-polarization-on-steroids-as-liberals-refuse-to-date-trump-voters-tesla-owners/
— IRS workers only had to show up to work once a week in person, before Trump took over.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/irs-workers-only-had-to-show-up-to-work-once-a-week-in-person-before-president-trump-took-over/

DAILY CALLER
— Illinois Joins List Of States Who Are Refusing To Comply With Trump’s Executive Order On Trans Athletes
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/17/illinois-donald-trump-executive-order-transgender/

DAILY WIRE
— Most Americans Side With Trump On Illegals, Want Them ALL Deported
https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-pollster-admits-most-americans-side-with-trump-on-illegals-want-them-all-deported

CENTER SQUARE
— Bill seeks to take millions in guns from federal tax collectors. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0f1d9642-f8b3-4d06-a894-40c0333fdcb4.html
— DHS, IRS join government funding crackdown on Harvard over antisemitism charges
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_18dc2d32-b8c5-4c86-9640-9f3ae7d4c627.html

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump: I Was Elected To Get The Criminals and Murderers Out Of This Country, It Was The Number One Factor
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/17/trump_i_was_elected_to_get_the_criminals_and_murderers_out_of_this_country_it_was_the_number_one_factor.html
— Democrats Hate Trump So Much They Are Willing To Grovel To Illegals
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/17/hawley_democrats_hate_trump_so_much_they_are_willing_to_grovel_to_illegals_personally_escort_every_illegal.html

WHITE HOUSE
— Extension of Hiring Freeze. All during the almost 18 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, the agency was almost always under Gingrich-caused hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely because of that. They forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. 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 purposes. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old. They flushed down their toilets my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. What does Gingrich have to say about that? If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/extension-of-hiring-freeze/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS & CNN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tax-exempt-crew-environmental-groups-harvard-5e1e0ffacfa040ccdeaf4e43fb72b5fe
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/18/politics/powell-trump-federal-reserve-tariffs/index.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kilmar Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://apnews.com/article/abrego-garcia-trump-maryland-el-salvador-2090f0dd508bbc3d2f60845842af27b4
— Harvard exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-harvard-tax-exempt-status-international-students-07a10958bf078cb04b59d1fc9a3a27a8

MSNBC
— Democrat and RINO leaders exist to destroy Trump.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-s-authoritarian-push-stumbles-as-resistance-diversifies-and-grows-237812805755
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq3635knGj4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWukpq9Y-gE

CBS NEWS
— Trump is drastically shrinking the size and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It is a lot easier to gut a federal agency than to reform it. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-cutting-nearly-90-percent-consumer-financial-protection-bureau/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/world/asia/china-xi-trump-cambodia.html
— Harvard exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/politics/harvard-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/harvard-donors-trump.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/opinion/trump-harvard-law-firms.html
— With Harvard Threat, Trump Tries to Bend the I.R.S. to His Will. Since the post-Nixon era, the Internal Revenue Service has had a degree of independence from the White House. President Trump is seeking to change that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/us/politics/trump-irs.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/18/trump-tax-exempt-crew-environmental-groups-harvard/514a345e-1c0a-11f0-9160-306c35f9b3a8_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Harvard enrolls about 10,000 international students. IIT enrolled me in 1992, DePaul in 1976, Loyola in 1972, NIU in 1969, and UIC in 1966. But they would have enrolled international students instead of me if they could have.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/harvard-trump-dhs-international-students-enrollment-e4bc3ea6
— Trump Demands Harvard’s Foreign Funding Records
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-demands-harvards-foreign-funding-records-acc11947

POLITICO
— Trump’s tighter grip on agencies turns to financial regulators. I worked for GAO on audits of federal financial industry regulators for 8 years at the GS-13 Step 3-10 Levels, currently $125,661-$153,151/year.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-money/2025/04/18/trumps-tighter-grip-on-agencies-turns-to-financial-regulators-00298285

LINKEDIN
— My critics/opponents a) attribute their successes to meritocracy and b) attribute my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics. My critics/opponents are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents promote a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/meritocracy-myth-hiring-already-fair-take-challenge-jenn-tardy-vgdze

INSIDE HIGHER ID
— Public education in America exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/politics-elections/2025/04/18/what-know-about-trumps-funding-threats-colleges

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Trump cannot say ‘you are fired’ to Fed chair Jerome Powell amid economic tensions. For federal employees, the more of the following that they are, the fewer protections that they have: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/trump-cannot-say-you-are-fired-to-fed-chair-jerome-powell-amid-economic-tensions-heres-why/articleshow/120402427.cms

April 15, 2025

The mainstream news media ever-increasingly exists to help Democrat leaders promote more hatred against Trump.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use student visa revocations to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/depaul-student-visa-revoked-vishnu-nali-slated-graduate-june-fighting-f1-termination-court-complaint-says/16172304/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use farmers to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-tariff-updates-donald-trump-tariffs-impacting-illinois-farmers-like-john-bartman-exports-soybeans-china/16172797/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use used car prices to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/tariffs-impact-on-used-car-prices-already-being-felt-at-dealerships/3722128/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/pritzker-addresses-political-future-trump-administration-in-presser/3722224/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/father-mistakenly-deported-over-bulls-hat-wont-be-released-el-salvador-president-says/3721940/

CBC2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker to promote mor hatred against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/gov-pritzker-addresses-security-after-pennsylvania-arson-other-matters/
— Antisemitic graffiti found on several buildings at Northwestern University
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/antisemitic-graffiti-buildings-northwestern-university/

WGN9
— Illinois Democrats mull next moves after strong showing in April elections. Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the faster that Democrats and RINOs will destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/illinois-democrats-dupage-county-pritzker-durbin-stratton/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— It’s time to lift Illinois’ moratorium on new nuclear plants
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/15/editorial-nuclear-power-moratorium-pritzker/
— Momentum builds for nuclear power in Illinois as state aims to reach Pritzker’s energy goals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/14/momentum-builds-for-nuclear-power-in-illinois-as-state-aims-to-reach-gov-jb-pritzkers-energy-goals/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/14/el-salvador-maryland-man/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mayor Johnson pushes environmental equity law after feds allege racist policies. An ordinance is expected to be introduced Wednesday. City Hall promised President Joe Biden’s administration that it would change its practice of dumping polluting businesses on low-income Black and Latino communities, threatening public health. Democrats run Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/04/14/brandon-johnson-environmental-racism-ordinance-hud-pollution-chicago

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250414/local-politics/tariffs-are-on-tariffs-are-off-pritzker-dives-into-trade-transit-and-why-suburbs-went-blue/
— Democrats invaded, infested, and conquered DuPage County to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there.  Now they want to obliterate the county’s history. Under the Democrats, poverty and crime will ever-increasingly increase in DuPage County. Under the Democrats, there will be more and more a) welfare, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. DuPage County residents will have to spend more and more and more money on protecting their personal safety. They will have to avoid leaving their residences at night. They will need to know where the “no go” zones are and to avoid them. More and more and more employers will not hire Republicans and they will get rid of their Republican employees. More and more and more organizations will not admit Republican members and they will get rid of their Republican members. And even worse things. How many voted for Harris in your precinct? 478 did in my precinct.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250415/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-dupage-heritage-gallery-renovation-an-opportunity-to-make-exhibit-more-educati/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Court strikes down another abortion speech restriction
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/jim-dey-court-strikes-down-another-abortion-speech-restriction/article_c46d5c7d-ec8f-46be-94c5-4673b53a0cca.html

HERALD NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/04/15/joliet-council-receptive-to-cannabis-dispensary-on-jefferson-st/

JOURNAL COURIER
— Getting the IRS on the phone is more difficult this tax filing season. 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.myjournalcourier.com/news/politics/article/getting-the-irs-on-the-phone-is-more-difficult-20275591.php

STATELINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight/reject federal law
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-senate-bills-immigrant-workers/

SOUTHERN
— Former Attorney General candidate Thomas Devore says there is a way for Republicans to win statewide offices.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/14/former-attorney-general-candidate-says-there-is-a-way-for-republicans-to-win-statewide-offices/
— ‘Homegrowns are next’: Trump doubles down on sending American ‘criminals’ to foreign prisons
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/14/homegrowns-are-next-trump-doubles-down-on-sending-american-criminals-to-foreign-prisons/

CITIES 92.9
— Illinois GOP: Legislation addressing the state’s high taxes being ignored
https://www.cities929.com/2025/04/14/illinois-gop-legislation-addressing-the-states-high-taxes-being-ignored/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting abortion.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-study-finds-more-people-are-obtaining-abortions-but-fewer-are-traveling-to-other-states-for-it/

WQAD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use student visa revocations to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/trump-administration-revoking-visas-international-students-iowa-illinois/526-b5823a5b-b968-4e13-8147-5bba13ef824f

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote foreign students over American students.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2025-04-14/the-trump-admin-revoked-the-visas-of-several-niu-international-students-other-international-students-are-anxious

MEDILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give more preference to Blacks. I should write about the tremendous preference that my Democrat superiors in the federal government gave my Black Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates. I would focus on my Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with when I was 49 years old in 1997. 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 had no professional license like the one I had.
https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/watch-chicago-public-schools-implement-black-student-success-plan-to-close-opportunity-gaps/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— If Durbin decides not to run, there are already at least six Democratic candidates who have expressed interest in his seat, including Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton; Reps. Robin Kelly (IL-02), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) and Lauren Underwood (IL-14); state Sen. Robert Peters; and Christopher Swann, a nonprofit leader in Chicago. . .Congressman Darin LaHood, a Republican, offered comments about Democratic Congressman Sean Casten bringing a town hall to his district. “Voters in Dixon and Lee County, and across the 16th District of Illinois, overwhelmingly supported President Trump and the America First agenda,” LaHood said in a statement to Playbook. “I am proud of my commitment to the people of IL-16 and will continue to provide high-quality constituent services, support local businesses, and meet with constituents across the 16th district as their representative in Washington, D.C.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/15/doge-targets-brookfield-zoo-00290522

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— 23 states: IL, Chicago ‘sanctuary’ laws incentivize illegal immigration, ‘spills’ burden onto other states, rest of U.S.
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/670893602-23-states-il-chicago-sanctuary-laws-incentivize-illegal-immigration-spills-burden-onto-other-states-rest-of-u-s

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump and the Fight to Save American Retail
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/04/opinion-president-trump-and-the-fight-to-save-american-retail.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— High Truancy Rates Say So Much About Government Schools
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/high-truancy-rates-say-so-much-about-government-schools/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Tax Day: Here’s how your $4K in state income taxes is spent
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/tax-day-heres-how-your-4k-in-state-income-taxes-is-spent/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— China recruiting current, former U.S. government officials as spies. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/14/china-recruiting-current-former-us-government-officials-spies/
— Why Trump’s tariff policy represents economic patriotism, not isolationism. How strategic trade measures protect American jobs and manufacturing sovereignty.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/14/trumps-tariff-policy-represents-economic-patriotism-isolationism/
— Liberal media distorts immigration enforcement to attack Trump’s policies. President isn’t, in any way, obligated to continue the lawless policies of his predecessors.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/14/liberal-media-distorts-immigration-enforcement-attack-trumps-policies/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GAO auditing Musk-led DOGE.  Gingrich slashed GAO’s budget by 15 percent in 1996 and 10 percent in 1997. My Democrat GAO superiors used that to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3377103/government-accountability-office-audit-elon-musk-doge/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Illinois Scraps Race-Based Scholarship In Wake of Free Beacon Report. Move highlights how legal threats from the Trump administration are discouraging DEI. Since 1966, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had lots of money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, who got them jobs, etc. My having to work my way through college harmed my GPA.
https://freebeacon.com/politics/illinois-scraps-race-based-scholarship-in-wake-of-free-beacon-report/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago cancels annual parade over fears of ICE raids
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/14/sanctuary-city-cancels-annual-parade-over-fears-of-ice-raids-1536292/

EPOCH TIMES
— Harvard Professors Sue Trump Admin Over Threat to Withhold Nearly $9 Billion. Harvard exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/harvard-professors-sue-trump-admin-over-threat-to-withhold-nearly-9-billion-5841486

FEDERALIST
— Criminal Aliens Paroled By Biden Took In $1.3 Million In Taxpayer Handouts
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/14/doge-criminal-aliens-paroled-by-biden-took-in-1-3-million-in-taxpayer-handouts/

FOX NEWS
— Judge blocks Trump from revoking legal status for 530,000+ migrants who flew into US via Biden program. The migrants came into the United States from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela through the controversial CHNV mass humanitarian parole program.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-blocks-trump-from-revoking-legal-status-530000-migrants-who-flew-u-s-via-biden-program?lid=bamub24n4k70
— Cinco de Mayo parade canceled in Chicago due to fears over immigration enforcement. ‘Our people are scared,’ Hector Escobar, president of the Casa Puebla and Cermak Road Chamber of Commerce said.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cinco-de-mayo-parade-canceled-chicago-due-fears-over-immigration-enforcement

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Federal Government Freezes $2.26 Billion Funding to Harvard After It Refuses to Comply. The university accused the federal government of trying to impose ‘direct governmental regulation’ on its academic programs. Harvard exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/harvard-rejects-trump-administrations-demands-tied-to-9-billion-funding-5841811
— Harvard Won’t Comply With Trump’s Demands to Dismantle DEI, Limit Protests. Harvard exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/04/harvard-wont-comply-with-trumps-demands-to-dismantle-dei-limit-protests/

TOWNHALL
— El Salvador’s President Perfectly Explains Why Criminals Should Be Locked Up
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2025/04/14/el-salvadors-president-perfectly-explains-why-criminals-should-be-locked-up-n2655498

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Trump calls Xi’s tour of Southeast Asia a chance to ‘screw’ the US
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/world/video/xi-china-southeast-asia-us-trump-tariffs-digvid

MSNBC
— Trump’s attacks on the IRS will encourage wealthy tax cheats. Studies show the wealthy are more likely to underreport their income. I have always been a Republican. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years. Neither Democrats nor RINOs wanted that.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-irs-attacks-wealthy-tax-cheats-rcna199082

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat groups are preparing to be targeted by the Trump administration. I should write about the Democrat groups that dominate Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.
https://apnews.com/article/democrats-trump-actblue-indivisible-legal-threat-fbi-42f502bcb5888b12628629710c6eb21b
— International students file legal challenges over widespread US visa revocations. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992.  But they all would have admitted foreign students instead of me if they could have.
https://apnews.com/article/f1-visa-international-college-student-trump-9d4d900d328a0c205503c1178e70f1d5
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://apnews.com/article/president-trump-china-tariffs-iphone-f50e1c6ba8f8cbb7c4b463720e65f3c4
— Federal Work Force Prepares for Another Round of Mass Firings as Deadline Nears.  All during the almost 18 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, the agency was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes because of Gingrich budget cuts. They ever-increasingly took their anger against Gingrich out on me. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/politics/federal-workers-layoff-doge-trump.html

NBC NEWS
— Trump admin pushing immigrants to self-deport as its deportation numbers lag
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-admin-pushing-immigrants-self-deport-deportation-numbers-lag-rcna201099

NEW YORK TIMES
— Harvard’s Decision to Resist Trump Is ‘of Momentous Significance.’ Harvard exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/politics/harvard-trump.html
— Trump Administration Will Freeze $2 Billion After Harvard Refuses Demands. Federal officials said they would freeze the money after Harvard said it would not submit to requests to overhaul hiring and report international students who break rules. Harvard exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/harvard-trump-reject-demands.html
— Harvard Says It Will Not Comply With Trump Administration’s Demands. Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful. Harvard exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/harvard-trump-reject-demands.html
— Biden illegally promoted illegal immigration. Biden should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/migrants-trump.html
— Why Europe Fears a Flood of Cheap Goods From China
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/world/europe/europe-china-dumping-tariffs.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump plan would slash the State Department budget by nearly half. Gingrich slashed GAO’s budget by 15 percent in 1996 and 10 percent in 1997. My Democrat GAO superiors used that to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/14/state-department-budget-cuts-trump-rubio/
— Were your parents wealthy? If they were not, how would your life have been different if they had been wealthy? My parents were not wealthy. because of that, I had to work my way through college.  Because of that and because my employers paid none of my education expenses or paid just token amounts, my GPA suffered. Nevertheless, I a) earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU when I was 21, b) earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27, c) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31, e) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, f) became a licensed CPA when I was 32, and g) earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/05/10/the-incredible-impact-of-rich-parents-fighting-to-live-by-the-very-best-schools/
— Trump is ‘all for’ sending Americans to Salvadoran prison. More and more and more “Americans” act as agents for foreign countries that want to destroy America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-is-all-for-sending-americans-to-salvadoran-prison/2025/04/15/43f0d4a8-9cdc-4cb2-906e-b2d14e61df95_video.html

USA TODAY
— GAO to investigate Musk, White House-led changes at the SEC.  Gingrich slashed GAO’s budget by 15 percent in 1996 and 10 percent in 1997. My Democrat GAO superiors used that to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/14/gao-securities-exchange-commission-sec-doge-trump/83078995007/

MIAMI HERALD
— Biden’s humanitarian parole program was illegal. Biden should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article304234666.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Compared to your peers, how much money are you saving/did you save for your retirement? Ever since my wife and I got married in 1978, we always saved as much as we could for our retirement. My critics/opponents are ever-increasingly furious about that. We were able to save more for our retirement because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. According to my critics/opponents, if we had children, a) 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, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, or become a licensed CPA in 1981 and b) my wife would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/all-roth-retirement-account-f7951b6f

BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders say “Tariff-Fueled Market Rout Cost Chicago’s Pensions $1 Billion.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-14/tariff-fueled-market-rout-cost-chicago-s-pensions-1-billion
— China Orders Boeing Jet Delivery Halt as Trade War Expands
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-15/china-tells-airlines-stop-taking-boeing-jets-as-trump-tariffs-expand-trade-war?embedded-checkout=true

FORBES
— My critics/opponents a) attribute their successes to meritocracy and b) attribute my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics. My critics/opponents are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents promote a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2025/04/13/make-work-fair-strategies-to-combat-the-myth-of-meritocracy/

FED SCOOP
— After a slow start, GAO says it’s now hearing from DOGE. Gingrich slashed GAO’s budget by 15 percent in 1996 and 10 percent in 1997. My Democrat GAO superiors used that to force me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://fedscoop.com/gao-audit-doge-government-efficiency-work/

GOVERNING
— Amid Labor Shortages, More Companies Pay Kids’ Way Through College. Because I had to work my way through college and because my employers paid none of my education expenses or paid just token amounts, my GPA suffered. Nevertheless, I a) earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU when I was 21, b) earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27, c) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31, e) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, f) became a licensed CPA when I was 32, and g) earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.governing.com/workforce/amid-labor-shortages-more-companies-pay-kids-way-through-college

NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/14/g-s1-60091/venezuelan-asylum-seeker-immigration-court

EDUCATION WEEK
— Democrats run education. They use Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI to give preference to Democrats over Republicans. They use AA and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/anti-dei-policies-are-ramping-up-with-big-implications-for-college-access/2025/04

April 14, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump is ‘fully fit’ to serve as commander in chief, his doctor says after recent physical
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/trump-physical-exam/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Casten
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/casten-town-halls-in-gop-districts/
— Pritzker rips Trump tariffs on first Fox News appearance, calls them ‘taxes on working families.’  What percent of those who voted for Democrats in the April 1 election did so to punish Trump for his tariffs?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/gov-jb-pritzker-rips-trump-tariffs-on-fox/
— State Department wants staff to report instances of alleged anti-Christian bias during Biden’s term
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/state-department-anti-christian-bias-bidens-term/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s budget cuts against him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/a-really-frightening-concept-nwi-activists-react-to-potential-air-pollution-exemptions/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/some-top-tech-leaders-have-embraced-trump-thats-created-a-political-divide-in-silicon-valley/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker. To promote Pritzker is to promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, 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, and even worse things.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/04/14/jb-pritzker-governor-white-house-presidency-illinois-democrats-republicans-andy-shaw

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— United Airlines doesn’t want to lose CEO Scott Kirby, so it nearly doubled his compensation last year to $33.9 million from $18.6 million.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/united-airlines-ceo-scott-kirby-gets-big-pay-raise

ABC7
— At least 13 shot, 2 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-13-shot-2-killed-gun-violence-city-police-department-says-live-news-updates/16164681/

NBC5
— Trump is in ‘excellent health,’ White House physician says
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-excellent-health-white-house-physician-says/3721208/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/commerce-chief-electronics-tariff-exemptions/3721177/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Pritzker to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-criticizes-president-trump-over-tariff-policy/

FOX32
— Doctor releases Trump’s physical exam results: ‘Fully fit’ to serve
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-physical-exam-results-april-2025
— Protesters pack Times Square after judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1624175
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO sellers will ever-increasingly put “tariff surcharges” on their receipts.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tariff-surcharges-receipts-trump-trade-war

WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is a liberal Democrat, that is, that Jesus is anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://wgnradio.com/news/snl-roasts-trump-tariffs-in-easter-cold-open-stock-market-did-a-jesus/amp/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/republicans-fear-trumps-trade-war-could-lead-to-political-wipeout/amp/

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane GOP files complaint over St. Charles Education Association campaign signs. Campaign signs did not state who paid for them.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/04/14/kane-gop-files-complaint-over-st-charles-education-association-campaign-signs/

INDY STAR
— Do Illinois breakaway counties want to become Hoosiers? Annexation bill nears finish line.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/14/illinois-secession-bill-indiana-general-assembly/82418672007/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give more preference to foreign students.
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/article_55f0d587-c1af-495a-936a-9726aeb603b2.html

WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America. What percent of those who voted for Democrats in the April 1 election did so to punish Trump for his tariffs?
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/as-tariffs-put-trade-between-china-and-the-us-in-peril-chinese-businesses-ponder-the/article_2bfb2595-ec1e-5149-8c20-3cc4e5ccba12.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in using Trump’s tariffs against all Republicans. What percent of those who voted for Democrats in the April 1 election did so to punish Trump for his tariffs?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/republicans-fear-trumps-trade-war-could-lead-to-political-wipeout/

DEPAULIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to stop illegals from voting.
https://depauliaonline.com/76404/news/how-trumps-executive-order-could-stop-you-from-voting/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Casten
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/14/casten-takes-town-halls-to-gop-land-00288596

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. What do Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders have to do to turn Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton red? They have to defend and advance conservative principles, that is, they have to defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They have to show how following conservative principles helped them succeed. They have to stop being Democrat Lite. They have to stop being anti-conservative. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How have following conservative principles helped you succeed? My following conservative principles helped me a) earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) earn professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) earn a professional license when I was 32.  My following conservative principles helped me buy news cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, get married when I was 29, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

DUPAGE GOP
— CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT ON ELECTION Our Chairman, Kevin Coyne, speaks about the election, vote by mail, branding, coming membership program & more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCP6JsJl4ZY

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— DOGE IL  Will DOGE IL ask for my advice on anything? GAO fights fraud, waste, and abuse in the federal government. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I have master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I have professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I have a CPA license. Further, 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.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/doge-il
— Is Wheaton College a Lost Cause?
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/04/10/is-wheaton-college-a-lost-cause

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker and Johnson’s obsession with a racialized, sexualized, politicized school curriculum
https://wirepoints.org/pritzker-and-johnsons-obsession-with-a-racialized-sexualized-politicized-school-curriculum-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Ballots Still To Be Counted, Does Lou Ness Have a Chance of Winning Woodstock Council Seat?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/12/ballots-still-to-be-counted/
— Bill Mahar Eats at White House
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/12/bill-mahar-eats-at-white-house/
— LaHood Introduces Affordable Housing Credit Legislation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/12/lahood-introduces-affordable-housing-credit-legislation/
— The Personal Feelings of the Tribune’s Editorial Cartoonist
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/12/the-personal-feelings-of-the-tribunes-editorial-cartoonist/
— “Far-Right” Descriptor Used by Chicago Tribune
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/13/far-right-descriptor-used-by-chicago-tribune/
— Edgar’s Income Tax Hike-Recommending U of I President Dies
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/13/edgars-income-tax-hike-recommending-u-of-i-president-dies/
— General Assembly Looks at Usurping Local Zoning Authority
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/13/general-assembly-looks-at-usurping-local-zoning-authority/
— Schakowsky Still Pushing for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/13/schakowsky-still-pushing-for-ratification-of-the-equal-rights-amendment/
— Sunday Funnies
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/13/sunday-funnies-11/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The left wants to remake America in its own image
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/13/left-wants-remake-america-image/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker claims Trump has ‘absolutely no respect’ for Social Security
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3378940/jb-pritzker-claims-trump-has-absolutely-no-respect-for-social-security/

BREITBART
— Trump’s Deputies Aim for 1 Million Deportations in 2025
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/04/13/washpost-trumps-deputies-seek-million-deportations-in-2025/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Companies Will Bring Work Back’: UAW President Defends Trump Tariffs In Verbal Slugfest With Befuddled MSNBC Hosts
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/13/companies-will-bring-work-back-uaw-president-defends-trump-tariffs-in-verbal-slugfest-with-befuddled-msnbc-hosts/

EPOCH TIMES
— FAA: Helicopter Tour Company Involved in NYC Fatal Crash to Cease Operations Immediately. The Federal Aviation Administration said it will launch an immediate review of the New York Helicopter Tours’ license and safety record.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/nyc-helicopter-tour-company-to-stop-operations-after-fatal-crash-faa-says-5841417

FOX NEWS
— Pritzker says Trump tariffs are ‘taxes on working families.’ What percent of those who voted for Democrats in the April 1 election did so to punish Trump for his tariffs?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6371439927112
— Warren demands SEC investigate Trump for insider trading, accuses him of unleashing ‘chaos’ with tariffs. Sen. Warren says an SEC investigation into President Trump over alleged market manipulation is ‘entirely appropriate.’ What percent of those who voted for Democrats in the April 1 election did so to punish Trump for his tariffs?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/warren-demands-sec-investigate-trump-insider-trading-accuses-him-unleashing-chaos-tariffs

TOWNHALL
— Trump Needs Local Backup to Stop Sabotage of Border Security Agenda
https://townhall.com/columnists/claytonfuller/2025/04/14/trump-needs-local-backup-to-stop-sabotage-of-border-security-agenda-n2655386

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— White House releases results from President Trump’s physical
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-physical-results-white-house-release/
— Trump’s annual physical finds him in excellent health
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trumps-annual-physical-finds-him-in-excellent-health/
— Trump tariff plans bring concern about prices, financial impact, but GOP base sees jobs long-term
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-trump-tariffs-13-04-2025/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China.
https://apnews.com/article/china-trade-economy-tariffs-exports-86ecd3f1594b69e537085ae94e8f0e8f
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-trump-team-tries-to-project-confidence-and-calm-after-his-tariff-moves-rattled-markets/

NEWSWEEK
— Tariffs Were Unpopular Before Trump’s Win. Now They’re Even Less Popular. What percent of those who voted for Democrats in the April 1 election did so to punish Trump for his tariffs?
https://www.newsweek.com/tariffs-trump-becoming-less-popular-approval-poll-2057122

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/business/trumps-tariffs-us-imports.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010102777/how-trumps-shifting-tariffs-could-accelerate-a-recession.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/opinion/trump-tariffs-economy-carville.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/opinion/trump-higher-education.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/12/tariffs-trump-threaten-silicon-valley-ai/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrats run American Colleges. American colleges are hotbeds of antisemitism.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/14/are-american-colleges-hotbeds-of-antisemitism/

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/04/14/economy-weak-growth-recession-2025/83048077007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: What percent of those in the following are dependent on government spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/10/meals-on-wheels-doge-budget-cuts/82975787007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pritzker Says Trump Tariffs Will Bring a Recession. What percent of those who voted for Democrats in the April 1 election did so to punish Trump for his tariffs?
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-trump-tariffs-trade-war-04-14-25/card/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-says-trump-tariffs-will-bring-a-recession-8IwG7CceV6c9LYrMSMzD
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving the economic outlook down.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/us-economic-outlook-trump-b4e3469a
— U.S. Lost Its Place as the World’s Manufacturing Powerhouse
https://www.wsj.com/economy/us-manufacturing-decline-service-economy-ee97a1e2

BLOOMBERG LAW
— A Risk Barometer for Employers in Today’s DEI Climate. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, all their promotions were reserved for Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, and/or disabled.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberg-law-analysis/analysis-a-risk-barometer-for-employers-in-todays-dei-climate
(FROM THE ARTICLE: High Risk: Exclusive Career Opportunities  The category posing the highest level of risk is any kind of job opportunity or career development program reserved exclusively for a particular race, sex, or other characteristic protected by federal anti-discrimination law. This also includes set-asides where a specific percentage or number of slots are reserved for members of such groups. This category does not, however, include affirmative action programs required by federal law for veterans or individuals with disabilities.

LINKEDIN
— Strategies for responding to questions that undermine your credibility. My critics/opponents have always challenged my credibility. In my defense, I stress that I worked for GAO for almost 18 years (1980-1997), the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. That I have master’s degrees in business (1976), accounting (1980), and finance (1997). That I have professional certifications in accounting (1979), internal auditing (1981), fraud examination (1990), government financial management (1994), financial services auditing (1996), and forensic accounting (1997). I have a CPA license (1981). Further, I worked for IRS for almost 9 years (1971-1980), the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.linkedin.com/advice/1/what-some-strategies-responding-questions-undermine-pbqjc

AXIOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/14/chinas-xi-trump-tariffs-trade-war-no-winner
— America’s off-the-books under-the-table economy shrinks due to deportation fears
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/14/immigrants-workers-fear-ice-economy

April 12, 2025

The mainstream news media is ever-increasingly nothing more than a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of Mexico to hate Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/community-encouraged-shop-little-village-businesses-amid-deportation-fears-chicago-cinco-de-mayo-parade-canceled/16158504/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/china-announces-countermeasures-raising-tariffs-us-goods-84-125-saturday/16156197/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders decry that Trump will require all their illegals to register
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/trump-administration-to-require-all-undocumented-immigrants-to-register/3720658/
— Democrat leaders want Pritzker to run for President. Pritzker promotes the Democrat Party platform, that is, he promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, 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.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/could-illinois-gov-pritzker-be-considering-a-run-for-president-reading-the-signs/3720695/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against hum.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-administration-immigration-global-tariffs-april-11-2025-live-updates/3719964/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote electric school buses.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/environmental-protection-agency-public-school-buses/3720197/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against hum.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/small-businesses-in-chicago-feel-impact-of-trumps-tariffs/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/small-businesses-chicago-trump-tariffs-china-impact/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRMHoEKucKI

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat bill calls for banning Native American school team names, mascots passes Illinois House. What about the Crete-Monee Warriors?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/11/bill-that-calls-for-banning-native-american-school-team-names-mascots-passes-illinois-house/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for price increases.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/11/us-consumer-goods-price-tracker/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/11/chicago-bulls-apparel-trump-ice-detainments/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against hum.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2025/04/11/trump-tariff-policies-spark-recession-talks-illinois-survive

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker. To promote Pritzker is to promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, 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.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250411/illinois-state-politics/will-pritzker-go-to-d-c-to-testify-on-immigration-expect-fireworks-if-so/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A Texas real estate firm has picked up a vacant 31-acre former Aon office property in north suburban Lincolnshire for a staggering 96% less than it traded for in 2012.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/empty-former-aon-campus-sold-96-discount

WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders call on SEC to investigate whether Trump manipulated market
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/schumer-warren-call-on-sec-to-investigate-whether-trump-manipulated-market/amp/
— Democrat leaders decry that Trump threatens Mexico with additional tariffs in water dispute
https://wgnradio.com/news/trump-threatens-mexico-with-additional-tariffs-in-water-dispute/amp/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against hum.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/economy-withstanding-trump-tariffs-jpmorgan-chase-exec

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mahmoud Khalil.
https://www.news-gazette.com/pressed-for-evidence-against-mahmoud-khalil-government-cites-its-power-to-deport-people-for-beliefs/article_f34f5f0c-86b0-5440-8630-2a82a6c6a669.html

STATELINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight E-Verity, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-senate-bills-immigrant-workers/
https://www.illinoissenatedemocrats.com/caucus-news/86-senator-javier-loera-cervantes-news/6199-cervantes-e-verify-legislation-passes-the-senate

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Black religious leaders to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicagocrusader.com/black-pastors-slam-trumps-attacks-on-civil-rights-and-democracy/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use colleges and their foreign students to promote more hatred against Republicans. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1992. But if they could have admitted foreign students instead of me, they would have.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-11/under-trump-freedom-of-speech-in-universities-takes-on-a-new-meaning
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-11/for-some-students-who-protested-war-in-gaza-fear-and-silence-is-a-new-campus-reality

WGLT
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly a) stress Trump’s demographics and b) paint him as being Hitler.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-04-11/historian-major-reorientation-taking-place-in-power-of-the-presidency

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-migrant-welcome-center-funding-sparks-debate-amid-declining-border-crossings

WIFR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wifr.com/video/2025/04/11/zoning-challenge-against-rockford-abortion-clinic-upheld-by-illinois-appellate-court/
https://www.wifr.com/2025/04/12/cherry-valley-dekalb-police-chiefs-against-cannabis-odor-legislation/

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders want Pritzker to run for President. Pritzker promotes the Democrat Party platform, that is, he promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, 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.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/04/11/illinois-governor-pritzker-trump-walz-sanctuary-cities-congress

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-288/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Noem urges illegal immigrants to register with DHS.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3377087/kristi-noem-urges-illegal-immigrants-register-dhs/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump orders ICE agents to check migrants’ compliance with online registry — and refer case to DOJ if they don’t
https://nypost.com/2025/04/11/us-news/trump-admin-orders-ice-agents-to-check-migrants-compliance-with-online-registry-and-refer-to-doj-if-they-dont/
— White House needs to hit woke schools even HARDER on DEI
https://nypost.com/2025/04/11/opinion/why-the-white-house-needs-to-hit-woke-schools-even-harder-on-dei/

BLAZE
— Chicago community organizers cancel Mexican holiday parade, blame Trump as the reason
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-community-organizers-cancel-mexican-holiday-parade-blame-trump-as-the-reason

BREITBART
— Feds Charge 18 Illegal Aliens with Stealing Social Security Numbers from Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/11/feds-charge-18-illegal-aliens-with-stealing-social-security-numbers-from-americans/
— Trans ‘Blockers,’ ‘Hormones,’ ‘Surgeries’ ‘Are Destroying Children’s Lives’
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2025/04/11/whistleblower-doctor-says-trans-blockers-hormones-surgeries-are-destroying-childrens-lives/
— Tesla Suspends Orders for American-Made EVs in China as Trade War Escalates
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/04/11/elon-musks-tesla-suspends-orders-for-us-made-evs-in-china-as-trade-war-escalates/

EPOCH TIMES
— China Raises Tariffs on US Imports to 125 Percent
https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/china-raises-tariffs-on-us-imports-to-125-percent-5840271

FEDERALIST
— Democrat Bill Would Create ‘Prison Pipeline’ For Illinois’ Homeschooling Parents
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/11/democrat-bill-would-create-prison-pipeline-for-illinois-homeschooling-parents-critics-say/
— After 4 Years Of Claiming US Elections Are ‘Most Secure Ever,’ Leftists Again Accuse Trump Of Stealing Them
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/11/after-4-years-of-claiming-us-elections-are-most-secure-ever-leftists-again-accuse-trump-of-stealing-them/

FOX BUSINESS
— Trump renews call to end federal funding for Democrat cities.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-renews-call-end-federal-funding-dem-cities-death-traps

PATRIOT POST
— The Reason Globalists Undermine Trump’s Deportation of Illegals
https://patriotpost.us/videos/116279-the-reason-globalists-undermine-trumps-deportation-of-illegals-2025-04-11

MRC TV
— Organizers in Chicago Cancel Cinco de Mayo Parade Over Fear of ICE Raids
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/ay-dios-mio-organizers-chicago-cancel-cinco-de-mayo-parade-over-fear-ice-raids

PJ MEDIA
— Wokeism Insists on Ruining Every Possible Sport
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/04/11/wokism-insists-on-ruining-every-possible-sport-n4938790

TOWNHALL
— Illegal Aliens on the Terror Watch List Received Government Benefits
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/04/11/are-you-kidding-me-illegal-aliens-on-terror-watch-list-got-federal-benefits-n2655419

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Kennedy Center Obliterates All-Time Attendance Record After Trump Kicks Out Woke Elites, Opens Venue to Regular Americans
https://www.westernjournal.com/kennedy-center-obliterates-time-attendance-record-trump-kicks-woke-elites-opens-venue-regular-americans/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— RINO frustrations with conservatives rise. RINOs always blame conservatives for GOP problems.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5245416-house-republicans-frustrations-conservatives/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5245475-trump-tariff-battle-china/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval ranking down.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/evening-report/5245429-trump-approval-economy-tariffs-china-hegseth-sunday-shows-deloitte/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly question Trump’s health.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-physical-past-medial-records-oldest-president-fcac7240c4a2cf98c1c30709506ab4f1
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to deport their illegals.
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-trump-el-salvador-humanitarian-parole-registry-37ea881c165081c207be0c9d521d5108
— Illegals ever-increasingly hide out in churches. How many illegals are churches in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct hiding? Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their illegals with runaway slaves.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-churches-immigration-enforcement-82e5d40e8dad512a23732e9185879eeb
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving consumer confidence down.
https://apnews.com/article/consumer-confidence-inflation-fda8125b8b8f4929b1528046d842758f
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-china-36df035fc02b45e498cc50f213536e79

CNN
— Democrat leaders decry Trump’s gutting federal agencies. Democrat leaders let Gingrich gut GAO during the 1980s and 1990s. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/politics/trump-cfpb-appeals-court-order/index.html
— OUTSTANDING: Trump authorizes military to take control of federal land along US southern border
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/politics/us-mexico-border-federal-land-military-control/index.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/americas/trump-china-trade-war-allies-intl-latam/index.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/investing/stock-market-dow-tariffs/index.html

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kilmar Abrego Garcia against Trump.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/judge-orders-trump-administration-advise-its-steps-return-wrongly-deported-2025-04-11/
— Democrat leaders decry that a judge allows Trump plan requiring registration for immigrants in US illegally.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/judge-allows-trump-plan-requiring-registration-immigrants-us-illegally-2025-04-11/

MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2yIP_4N1oM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugOdMFxQgn4
— Democrat leaders say “Trump tips his hand on his plans to deploy conquered law firms.”
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-law-firms-tariffs-trade-war-rcna200929

NBC NEWS
— If my employers could have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me, they would have. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-farmworkers-hotel-workers-undocumented-legal-rcna200722

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/us/politics/trump-tps-afghanistan-cameroon.html
— The more that you fight Trump, the more that Democrat leaders promote you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/podcasts/the-daily/princeton-university-trump.html
— OUTSTANDING: Trump Directive Calls to Turn Border Land Into ‘Military Installation’
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/us/politics/trump-military-border.html
— Democrat leaders say “Trump Is Selling Jews a Dangerous Lie.” I should write about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who had the most success in getting my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/opinion/trump-jewish-antisemitism-wesleyan.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/opinion/trump-tariffs-free-trade-economy.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The mainstream news media is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/11/trump-china-tariffs-global-economy/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/11/democrats-tariffs-trump-trade-war-protectionism/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/11/trump-competence-questions-second-term/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/11/trump-retribution-military-parade-third-term/
— Democrat leaders decry Trump’s military border surge along U.S.-Mexico frontier
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/11/trump-military-mexico-border/
— Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s U.S. Attorney appointments. Democrats and RINOs glorified and praised Bush’s U.S. Attorney appointments. Bush’s U.S. Attorney appointment for the Northern District of Illinois in 2000 sided with GAO in Diersen v. GAO, that is, he sided with Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, he sided with race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/10/ed-martin-us-attorney-trump-doj/82993035007/
— Because virtually all federal employees are Democrats, Democrats run America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/04/11/authoritarian-countries-dictators-trump-administration/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/04/11/world-pride-international-visitors-concerns/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— California Democrat leaders defy Trump order to certify that all school districts have eliminated DEI.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-11/california-defies-trump-education-order-certify-school-districts-eliminate-dei

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders decry that Trump budget proposal would fully eliminate Head Start. My critics/opponents have demonized, denigrate, and condemned my parents and me as being filthy rich since 1953 when my parents sent me to kindergarten.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/04/11/trump-proposal-eliminating-head-start/83045346007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving down consumer confidence.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumer-confidence-sinks-further-umich-says-c3c09654

GOVENMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump likely to propose pay freeze for federal workers in 2026. All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my critics/opponents have viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) I earned three job-related master’s degrees, c) I earned six job-related professional certifications, and d) I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/04/trump-likely-propose-pay-freeze-federal-workers-2026/404502/

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Who wanted you to quit your job? From the beginning in 1964, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates wanted me to quit. According to them, all the jobs that I got and all the promotions that I got should have been given to Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/simpson-thacher-lawyer-quits-after-firm-capitulates-to-trump

PBS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Mahmoud Khalil to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/immigration-judge-rules-trump-administration-can-deport-columbia-protestor-mahmoud-khalil

AXIOS
— Democrat leaders decry their not getting more Blacks to protest Trump.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/12/missing-black-lives-matter-anti-trump-protests

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Democrats say “52% Disapprove of Trump’s Tariff Policy.”
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/52_disapprove_of_trump_s_tariff_policy

GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s age against him.
http://theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/white-house-promises-details-as-donald-trump-oldest-president-in-us-history-has-medical-check-up

April 4, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-food-banks-small-businesses-feel-impact-president-donald-trumps-sweeping-new-tariffs/16123883/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKVkjubiPl4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pZuNfAQjdk

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/fact-check-trumps-misleading-tariff-chart/3713631/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/a-look-at-the-financial-impact-of-president-trumps-tariffs/3713603/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/kelly-evans-the-trump-tariffs-heres-what-we-know/3712805/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-tariffs-reactions-april-03-2025-live-updates/3712750/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-area-retailers-consumers-concerned-effects-tariffs/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/rep-raja-krishnamoorthi-weighs-in-on-president-trumps-latest-tariffs/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-announcement-sends-stock-market-plunging/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-car-dealers-trump-tariffs-price-hikes
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1619476
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1619254
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1619138
— Democrat and RINO leaders vehemently oppose home schooling.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1619259

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that police are racists.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/03/chicago-police-continued-target-black-latino-drivers-traffic-stops-2024-advocacy-group

WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://wgnradio.com/news/trump-sued-over-china-tariffs/
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-these-are-the-places-affected-by-trumps-tariffs/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use low-income students to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/04/03/k-12-schools-must-say-no-to-dei-to-receive-federal-money-administration-says
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2025/04/04/families-turn-to-illinois-attorney-general-to-help-bring-back-surgeries-for-transgender-youth

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hundreds of Democrats protest at Northbrook Tesla dealership against Elon Musk and DOGE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/03/hundreds-protests-at-northbrook-tesla-dealership-against-musk-doge/
— Partisan politics in Naperville’s nonpartisan election raises questions over how future races will be run
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/03/naperville-election-council/
— Illinois Democrat leaders join Democrat leaders in 18 other states suing to block Trump’s election order
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/03/illinois-states-sue-trump-election-order/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/03/editorial-trumps-foolish-tariffs-take-the-us-economy-back-centuries/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/03/answering-your-questions-about-president-trumps-vast-new-tariffs/
— Sanctuary cities pose an unacceptable risk to public safety
https://www.thedailynewsonline.com/opinion/fabbricatore-sanctuary-cities-pose-an-unacceptable-risk-to-public-safety/article_aa45c31e-f001-11ef-b918-dbbf5c6fa882.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly spin everything that Trump says or does against him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/03/trumps-changes-federal-government/
— To vote for Democrat candidates is to promote more poverty and crime. To vote for Democrat candidates is to promote more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. To vote for Democrat candidates is to get of Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/04/ballot-initiative-illinois-voters/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use low-income students to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/03/k-12-schools-must-say-no-to-dei-to-receive-federal-money-administration-says
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more DEI, that is, more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/03/trump-dei-diversity-steinberg
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/03/donald-trump-tariffs-global-trade-congress-republicans-mona-charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/04/03/trump-tariffs-news-car-prices-chicago

DAILY HERALD
— My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250403/nation-and-world-politics/sources-trump-moves-to-fire-several-national-security-officials-over-concerns-theyre-not-loyal-sou/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/these-chicago-stocks-took-worst-beating-after-trump-tariffs
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/wall-street-reacts-global-tariff-upheaval
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/understanding-trumps-tariff-will-take-time-and-consultants
— Democrat and RINO law firms fight Trump.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/opinion-big-law-must-stop-caving-trumps-demands

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Reparations Committee discusses DNA ancestry testing
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/04/04/city/reparations-committee-discusses-dna-ancestry-testing-updates-from-reparations-business-climate-survey/

SOUTHERN
— Musk still plans a major role in midterm elections despite loss in Wisconsin
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/03/musk-still-plans-a-major-role-in-midterm-elections-despite-loss-in-wisconsin-sources/

RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/gov-pritzker-slams-trumps-tax-on-working-families-following-mexico-trade-mission-81217.cfm

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-says-things-are-going-very-well-after-worst-stock-market-drop-in-years-over-tariffs/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-what-to-know-about-the-trump-tariffs-upending-global-trade-and-markets/
— My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-moves-to-fire-several-national-security-officials-over-concerns-theyre-not-loyal-ap-sources/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders use troubled veterans to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-03/trumps-va-is-ending-a-rescue-program-thats-saved-17-000-military-veterans-homes
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-03/brutal-day-for-stocks-dow-plunges-almost-1-700-points-on-new-trump-tariffs

CHALKBEAT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/04/03/trump-policies-on-gender-mobilize-lgbtq-students-and-school-staff/

AXIOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/04/03/hands-off-anti-trump-protests-saturday-chicago-area

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Election turnout numbers: “Voter turnout for the April 1 election was 286,301 or 16.9 percent. That tops the previous Consolidated election turnout in 2023 which was 57,400 and 2021 which totaled 70,747. Early Voting also exceeded previous years with 97,697 suburban voters casting an early ballot compared with 57,400 in 2023 and 24,311 in 2021,” Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon said in a release.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/04/rep-danny-davis-weighing-2026-00271841

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-282/
— DuPage Democrats say they flipped 38 offices. If those in DuPage County who voted for Democrats were asked why they did that, what would they say?
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/03/roundup-dupage-dems-say-they-flipped-38-offices-rock-island-elects-black-mayor-after-police-shooting-meyerhoffman-over-gregorykern-in-belleville/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois townships vote to fix pensions, gerrymandering and unfunded mandates
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-townships-vote-to-fix-pensions-gerrymandering-and-unfunded-mandates/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump tariffs to hit autos, iPhones, food and more
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/3/trump-tariffs-hit-autos-iphones-food/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum says ‘good relationship’ with US spared country from reciprocal tariffs
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign-policy/3369760/mexico-claudia-sheinbaum-good-relationship-us-trump-spared-reciprocal-tariffs/
— Education Department threatens K-12 funding unless schools adhere to Trump’s anti-DEI orders
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3369969/education-department-threatens-k-12-funding-schools-adhere-trump-anti-dei-orders/

AMERICAN FAMILY RADIO
— Media Malfeasance
https://www.afa.net/the-stand/culture/2025/04/media-malfeasance/

AMERICAN THINKER
— With the border secure, Trump cleans up Biden’s excesses on parole, TPS
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/with_the_border_secure_trump_cleans_up_biden_s_excesses_on_parole_tps.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DNC, Schumer, Jeffries sue Trump over preventing illegals from voting
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/03/dnc-schumer-jeffries-sue-trump-over-preventing-illegals-from-voting-1533793/
— Mexico-born judge orders Trump admin. to restore legal aid to unaccompanied illegal alien children
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/03/mexico-born-judge-orders-trump-admin-to-restore-legal-aid-to-unaccompanied-illegal-alien-children-1533692/

DAILY SIGNAL
— We Were Paying for What? Trump HHS Slashes Hundreds of Millions in Woke LGBTQ Grants.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/03/we-were-paying-what-trump-hhs-cuts-woke-lgbtq-grants/

DAILY WIRE
— ‘We Do Not Ask Permission From Far-Left Democrats’: Vance Scorches Dems Over Deportations
https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-do-not-ask-permission-from-far-left-democrats-vance-scorches-dems-over-deportations

EPOCH TIMES
— US Markets Down Upon Global Tariff Announcement. Energy, technology, and consumer discretionary sectors took the hardest hits, with losses around 7 percent. Industrials and financials fell by about 5 percent.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/us-markets-down-upon-global-tariff-announcement-5836531

FOX NEWS
— Illinois homeschool bill would create a ‘pipeline to the criminal justice system for parents’: Dem lawmaker. IL’s Homeschool Act, slammed by critics as ‘government overreach’
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-homeschool-bill-would-create-pipeline-criminal-justice-system-parents-dem-lawmaker

JUDICIAL WATCH
— HUD, DHS Team up to End Subsidized Public Housing for Illegal Immigrants
https://www.judicialwatch.org/subsidized-housing-illegal-immigrants/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Lays Off 900, Kept Chief DEI Officer. Neela Rajendra has been rebranded as “Chief of the Office of Team Excellence and Employee Success.” The move is a clear attempt to bypass the restrictions against DEI now being implemented.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/04/nasas-jet-propulsion-laboratory-lays-off-900-kept-chief-dei-officer/

NEWSMAX
— House Democrats Demand Answers on IRS Staff Cuts. During the 1980s and 1990s, Democrat and Republican leaders let Gingrich gut GAO. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/house-dems-irs/2025/04/03/id/1205601/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— China imposes 34% reciprocal tariffs on imports of US goods in retaliation for Trump’s trade war
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/business/china-us-tariffs-retaliation-hnk-intl/index.html

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/countries-worldwide-weigh-in-on-trumps-tariffs-announcement/

NEW YORK TIMES
— More Americans Can’t Afford Medical Care. The Democrat Party platform promotes dependency on government and charity, poverty, and crime.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/health/health-care-costs-gallup.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/04/india-trump-tariffs-modi-trade/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/republicans-who-were-against-tariffs-now-downplay-trumps/2025/04/03/3f76184e-de3a-4b43-8988-72ed7ae6f365_video.html

USA TODAY
— Trump’s tariffs on cars will create good jobs and increase wages in America. No longer does America fully manufacture its own automobiles. We largely assemble high-value parts made overseas. I worked part-time on the Chrysler assembly line in Belvidere in early 1970.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/04/02/trump-tariffs-auto-imports-ford-toyota-honda/82754296007/

UNION LEADER
— ACLU fights for the rights of criminals and illegals
https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-aclu-fights-for-the-rights-of-criminals-and-illegals/article_79619792-cd55-4ef9-ad0d-67f1c7d15eff.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What the Illinois Home Schooling Bill Reveals About Democrats. The lack of school choice in the state is fueling the left’s broader assault on educational freedom.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-the-illinois-home-schooling-bill-reveals-about-democrats-c683be85
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-tariffs-trade-war-stock-market-04-03-2025
— The Census Defines the Poverty Rate Up. Its flawed income measure leads to the overpayment of welfare, including Medicaid, to recipients.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-census-defines-poverty-down-measure-poor-welfare-transfer-payments-f09be540

BLOOMBERG
— GOP Considering New Tax Bracket Of Up To 40% For Millionaires
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-03/republicans-debate-hiking-top-tax-rate-to-40-for-millionaires

April 3, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois GOP suffered major election losses in suburbs that are critical for its rebuilding effort
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/02/illinois-gop-suburban-election-struggles/
— Senate rebukes Trump’s tariffs as some Republicans vote to halt taxes on Canadian imports
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/02/senate-rebukes-trumps-tariffs/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2025/04/02/trump-liberation-day-tariffs-manufacturing-inflation-trade-wars
— Pritzker tries to bolster Illinois ties with Mexico, even as country prepares for Trump tariffs
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/02/jb-pritzker-mexico-trade-mission-trump-tariffs

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Judge extends pause on firing federal probationary employees in Illinois. If I had not already served my probationary period working for IRS, my Democrat GAO superiors would have fired me immediately after I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/judge-extends-pause-firing-federal-probationary-employees

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker and Mexico
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/02/jb-pritzker-mexico-trade-mission-trump-tariffs
— What’s in Trump’s sweeping new tariff plan?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/whats-trumps-sweeping-new-tariff-plan/16120384/
— Wisconsin and Florida elections provide early warning signs to Trump and Republicans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/wisconsin-florida-elections-provide-early-warning-signs-trump-republicans/16119269/

NBC5
— Democrats celebrate gains made in Chicago suburbs, Wisconsin. Gov. JB Pritzker says the results signal Democratic momentum and a rejection of the Trump administration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/democrats-celebrate-gains-made-in-chicago-suburbs-wisconsin/3712524/
— Trump announces sweeping 10% tariffs on all countries
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-tariffs-tiktok-musk-april-02-2025-live-updates/3711695/
— As Trump aims to promote US manufacturing with new tariffs, many brace for backlash
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-aims-promote-manufacturing-with-new-tariffs-many-brace-backlash/3712621/

CBS2
— Trump imposes sweeping new tariffs
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trump-imposes-sweeping-new-tariffs/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trump-unwraps-his-plan-for-new-tariffs/

FOX32
— Pritzker says suburban Chicago election results were rejection of Trump
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1618566
— Rally against Trump, Musk to be held in Chicago area on Saturday
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/anti-trump-musk-rally-chicago
— Illinois lawmakers criticize Trump’s tariffs, say he’s ‘enamored’ with them despite economic risks
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1618626

SOUTHERN
— Democrats vow to fight Trump’s tariffs ‘tooth and nail’
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/02/democrats-vow-to-fight-trumps-tariffs-tooth-and-nail-as-they-slam-chaotic-trade-war/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Senate Republicans move forward with their budget plan to promote Trump’s agenda
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-02/senate-republicans-move-forward-with-their-budget-plan-to-promote-trumps-agenda

DARIEN PATCH
— Downers Grove Township GOP Swept Away. Democrats win in landslides in supervisor and trustee races, according to unofficial returns.
https://patch.com/illinois/darien-il/downers-grove-township-gop-swept-away

ELMHURST PATCH
— York Township Republicans Defeated: Unofficial Returns. The Democratic supervisor hopeful, who the GOP clerk tried to keep off the ballot, wins in landslide.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/york-township-republicans-defeated-unofficial-returns

EVANSTON PATCH
— Hands Off 2025 Protest Planned For Saturday In Evanston
https://patch.com/illinois/evanston/hands-2025-protest-planned-saturday-evanston

POLITICO
— ELECTION RESULTS: Illinois GOP suffered major election losses in suburbs that are critical for its rebuilding effort: In DuPage, where Democrats came out big winners, GOP Chair Kevin Coyne said “it was obviously a very disappointing night” and that “Republicans faced ‘a perfect storm’ — trying to navigate campaigns in the era of Trump, Pritzker’s spending on Democratic infrastructure and the Democrats’ longtime advantage in delivering mail-in voting, which Trump has criticized and Republicans have been slow to adopt,” by the Tribune’s Rick Pearson.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/03/pritzker-sees-tariff-troubles-00268081

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-488/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-281/
— Ives tries to explain ‘complete wipeout,’ says GOP needs ‘Trumpian type of voice’ in 2026
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/02/ives-tries-to-explain-complete-wipeout-says-gop-needs-trumpian-type-of-voice-in-2026/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you asked the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct who lost why they lost, what would they say?  If you asked the leaders of your Republican township and county party organizations and the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party why Republican candidates lost, what would they say? What impact will April 1, 2025 Republican losses have on the November 3, 2026 election? How strongly will qualified Republicans be discouraged to run? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents attribute their successes to? My critics/opponents attribute their successes to meritocracy. But they attribute my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics. My critics/opponents are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, my parents never attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were wealthy, who bought them cars, who paid for their college education, who got them jobs, etc.  I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How will Illinois Democrat and RINO leaders use April 1, 2025 Republican losses? They will ever-increasingly do more to drive Republicans out of Illinois. They will especially drive out those Republicans who share Trump’s demographics. Trump is conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How will the April 1, 2025 Democrat victories in your township, municipality, and school district impact you? Poverty and crime will ever-increasingly increase. There will be more and more and more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, and diminishment of Second Amendment rights. There will be more and more and more Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, there will be more and more and more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and notional origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— New teacher contract: CTU wins, CPS wins…Chicago taxpayers lose
https://wirepoints.org/new-teacher-contract-ctu-wins-cps-winschicago-taxpayers-lose-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Links to Contested Election Race Results in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/02/links-to-contested-election-race-results-in-mchenry-county/
— Voter Turnout Remains Dismal
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/02/voter-turnout-remains-dismal/
— Crystal Lake Grade School District 47 Election Results, Personal PAC Big Winner
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/01/crystal-lake-grade-school-district-47-election-results-personal-pac-big-winner/
— Grafton Township Democrats Win Control of Township Board
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/01/grafton-township-democrats-win-control-of-township-board/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— As Trump aims to curb mail-in voting, some Illinois lawmakers look to expand it
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b5149676-f1ea-4cb8-ac4e-0bf94061de7a.html

CHICAGO’S MORNING ANSWER
— Breakthrough Ideas’ Jeanne Ives goes over our local election results
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=1otnClLQWC0

JOHN BIVER
— Even Astronauts are Not Guaranteed the Right Stuff for Politics
https://johnbiver.com/even-astronauts-are-not-guaranteed-the-right-stuff-for-politics/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AMERICA GREATNESS
— Democrats File Lawsuit To Block Trump’s Executive Order Requiring U.S. Citizenship to Vote
https://amgreatness.com/2025/04/02/democrats-file-lawsuit-to-block-trumps-executive-order-requiring-u-s-citizenship-to-vote/

BLAZE
— Mass deportation or bust: Trump’s one shot to get it right
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/mass-deportation-or-bust-trumps-one-shot-to-get-it-right

BREITBART
— On Mexico-US border, Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ brings fears for future
https://www.breitbart.com/news/on-mexico-us-border-trumps-liberation-day-brings-fears-for-future/
— Is Musk’s political career descending to Earth?
https://www.breitbart.com/news/is-musks-political-career-descending-to-earth/
— US Democrats at last see reason for cheer
https://www.breitbart.com/news/shot-in-the-arm-us-democrats-at-last-see-reason-for-cheer/
— Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump from Defunding Free Lawyers for Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/02/biden-appointed-judge-stops-trump-free-lawyers-migrants/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Admin Claims Historic Low In Migrant Crossings
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/02/trump-hits-lowest-border-level-in-history/

FOX NEWS
— DOGE volunteer credits Trump for unprecedented effort to curb ‘jaw-dropping’ Social Security fraud
https://www.foxnews.com/media/doge-volunteer-credits-trump-unprecedented-effort-curb-jaw-dropping-social-security-fraud
— Restoring Meritocracy  My critics/opponents attribute their successes to meritocracy, but they attribute my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics. My critics/opponents are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, my parents never attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/restoring-meritocracy-trump-administration-cuts-dei-as-factor-in-state-department-promotions/

PJ MEDIA
— The Trump Effect: The Border Crossing Numbers That Democrats Don’t Want You to See
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/04/02/the-trump-effect-the-border-crossing-numbers-that-democrats-dont-want-you-to-see-n4938520

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Tren de Aragua Are Effectively Terrorists, They’re Here Illegally, I Don’t Want Them Here
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/02/scott_jennings_tren_de_aragua_are_effectively_terrorists_theyre_here_illegally_i_dont_want_them_here.html

TOWNHALL
— ‘Operation Take Back America’ Is in Full Force
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2025/04/02/operation-take-back-america-n2654886
— When Journos Report a Deportation ‘Sob Story,’ Be Sure to Check the Context and Fine Print
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/print/2654819

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Tesla sales plunge: Biggest decline in history
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/business/tesla-sales

WASHINGTON POST
— Pardoned by Trump, Rod Blagojevich has new job: Lobbying for Bosnian Serbs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/02/rod-blagojevich-bosnian-serb-lobbying/
— Over a dozen states weigh laws that ban Pride flags in government buildings
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/04/02/pride-flag-bans-state-government-buildings/

March 19, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENRT-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DuPage Democrats hold ‘Tesla takedown’ rally outside Lisle dealership, protesting Elon Musk’s DOGE. My critics/opponents despise/hate American nameplate cars. I currently own nine. They especially despise/hate Corvettes. I have owned a Corvette since 1971 and two since 2005.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/group-holds-lisle-protest-outside-tesla-car-dealership-opposition-donald-trump-elon-musks-doge-cuts/16046354/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYt3-L9Oszw
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I mean, here’s Elon Musk, working for literally nothing, giving up literally billions of dollars for his activism and his patriotism, and all he is doing is saving our country,” said Mark Rice, a Republican who ran in the 2024 election to represent Illinois’ 8th Congressional District. . .Calls for protests and boycotts of Tesla have revved up across the country with reports of vandalism against Tesla vehicles and dealerships. . .The DuPage County GOP chairman released a statement on the protest, saying, “It is ridiculous that the DuPage Democrats are harassing and intimidating a local business that has contributed significantly to the Village of Lisle’s economy. This is why the Democratic Party has the lowest approval ratings that it has had since there has been polling. We are not long removed from violent protests and looting that destroyed businesses across the suburbs. Of late, Tesla locations have been vandalized across America. This thinly veiled attempt by DuPage Democrats to cancel and scare a local business over political differences is repugnant. Americans are done with it and, increasingly, done with the Democratic Party.”)


CBS2
— Over 100 people protest at Tesla dealership in Lisle.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/over-100-people-protest-tesla-dealership-lisle-illinois/


FOX32
— Trump administration rehiring nearly 25K fired workers after court order. In Diersen v. GAO, a court ruled that federal agencies can force their employees to retire if they became active members in class action lawsuits that charge reverse discrimination and/or age discrimination.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-administration-rehiring-fired-workers-court-order


CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pentagon is cutting up to 60,000 civilian jobs. About a third of those took voluntary resignations. During the 1980s and 1990s, because of Republican budget cuts, the Democrats who ran GAO cut 3,000 jobs or half of GAO’s workforce. Even though they focused on cutting their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time, I nevertheless survived until 1997. I would not have survived that long if I had not a) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997 (finance), 1980 (accounting), and 1976 (business), b) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997 (forensic accounting), 1996 (financial services auditing), 1994 (government financial management), 1990 (fraud examination), 1981 (internal auditing), and 1979 (accounting), and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981 (CPA).
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/18/pentagon-job-cuts/
— Nominations are open for 2025 Chicago Top Workplaces (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that GAO will win this a) because Democrats run GAO and b) because they give their Democrat employees tremendous preference, and especially those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans that GAO hired.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/19/top-workplaces-nominations-2025/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/19/column-lgbtq-hotel-chicago-nothalsted-washington/


CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hundreds rally against Musk, Trump at Tesla dealership in Lisle. The company’s stock market value and reputation have taken hits since the billionaire joined the Trump administration to lead the Department of Government Efficiency.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/photography/2025/03/18/photos-hundreds-rally-against-musk-trump-at-tesla-dealership-in-lisle
— Chicago Sun-Times to lose 20% of staff after buyout offer. Columnists, editorial writers and many more head for the exits as the paper’s nonprofit owner, Chicago Public Media, deals with fiscal hardship.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2025/03/18/chicago-sun-times-lose-20-staff-buyout-offer


DAILY HERALD
— ‘Tesla Takedown’ protest drives crowd to Lisle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYt3-L9Oszw


CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker likens Trump’s tenure to the Great Chicago Fire. Pritzker ever-increasing promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/jb-pritzker-likens-trump-tenure-great-chicago-fire


WGN RADIO
— Parents urged to teach kids about drug dangers on social media. Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://wgnradio.com/news/fentanyl-crisis/parents-urged-to-teach-kids-about-drug-dangers-on-social-media/


SOUTHERN
— Concerns about the FAA’s air traffic control system date back decades. I worked for GAO on an audit of FAA’s traffic control system in the early 1980s.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/19/concerns-about-the-faas-air-traffic-control-system-date-back-decades/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 1990, Government Accountability Office Transportation Issues Director Kenneth Mead told a congressional subcommittee that although the FAA had made progress, the agency had “inexperience in developing large-scale, highly automated systems” and was “still experiencing problems in modernizing the ATC system.”)

WAND TV
— Violent attacks on Tesla dealerships spike as Musk takes prominent role in Trump White House. Attacks on property carrying the logo of Elon Musk’s electric-car company are cropping up from coast to coast and even overseas.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/violent-attacks-on-tesla-dealerships-spike-as-musk-takes-prominent-role-in-trump-white-house/article_dd6fcf1d-f611-5b89-9bed-239ba4fa82dd.html


CITIES 92.9
— Illinois Republicans urge Democrats to stop supporting illegal immigration. Outstanding.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/03/18/watch-illinois-republicans-urge-democrats-to-stop-supporting-illegal-immigration/


WIFR
— Illinois lawmakers propose bills on illegal immigration in the state. Outstanding.
https://www.wifr.com/video/2025/03/19/illinois-lawmakers-propose-bills-illegal-immigration-state/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Poll: AOC best reflects Democrats’ ‘core values’ over Pelosi, Obama. What does that say about Democrats? I should write about the positions that Democrats in my precinct have on the current issues of the day.  Democrats and ever-increasingly promote more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/aoc-best-reflects-democrats-core-values-over-pelosi-obama-poll


NPR ILLINOIS
— Federal judge blocks Trump effort to ban transgender troops from military service. Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGHTQ.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-18/federal-judge-blocks-trump-effort-to-ban-transgender-troops-from-military-service
— Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-18/researchers-fear-grants-for-studies-on-health-disparities-may-be-cut-in-anti-dei-push


ELMHURST PATCH
— National Politics At Elmhurst City Meetings? Anticipate/expect that the Democrat leaders of your municipality will ever-increasingly promote more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/national-politics-elmhurst-city-meetings


CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Democrat teachers to make students sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/03/18/illinois-conservative-group-files-federal-complaint-title-ix/


LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Loyola is ever-increasingly an arm of the Democrat Party.
https://loyolaphoenix.com/2025/03/chicagos-leaders-stand-up-for-the-city-and-gainst-ice/


POLITICO
— Casten and over 100 other House Democrats sent a letter demanding the Government Accountability Office create and maintain a database to track delays in the disbursement of funds to Americans. That move two months after the White House froze federal funds associated with the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and put major infrastructure projects on pause. Because of Gingrich, GAO is less than a shell of what it once was.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/19/pritzkers-quiet-dig-at-durbin-00236635


AXIOS CHICAGO
— Removing homeless encampments could be violation of human rights. How soon will Democrat and RINO leaders succeed in setting up a homeless encampment in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct?
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/03/19/illinois-encampments-unhoused-legal-rights


CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-477/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-270/


FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES


DUPAGE GOP
— Chairman’s Statement on Tesla Takedown. It is ridiculous that the DuPage Democrats are harassing and intimidating a local business that has contributed significantly to the Village of Lisle’s economy. This is why the Democratic Party has the lowest approval ratings that it has had since there has been polling. We are not long removed from violent protests and looting that destroyed businesses across the suburbs. Of late, Tesla locations have been vandalized across America. This thinly veiled attempt by DuPage Democrats to cancel and scare a local business over political differences is repugnant. Americans are done with it and, increasingly, done with the Democratic Party.
https://dupagegop.com/


DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Milton Township GOP Chair Castle: ‘We must reject candidates like Chris LeVan, John Monino, and Elizabeth Buffy Higgins Beard’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/670497432-milton-township-gop-chair-castle-we-must-reject-candidates-like-chris-levan-john-monino-and-elizabeth-buffy-higgins-beard


WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker’s real record on jobs
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzkers-real-record-on-jobs-wirepoints/
— There’s an open invitation to commit crimes in Chicago because the chance of getting caught is negligible
https://wirepoints.org/theres-an-open-invitation-to-commit-crimes-in-chicago-because-the-chance-of-getting-caught-is-negligible-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/


CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— 100 to 1 in opposition to Illinois Homeschool Act ahead of hearing
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_82b4c780-0363-11f0-a788-638324956a18.html


GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Today, again using 800 mailing labels and 400 envelopes, I will hand-deliver Republican campaign literature and sample ballots to the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one Republican or one Independent voter. I have divided my precinct into four zones. It takes me about three/four hours to walk a zone. While I walk my precinct, I will get a measure of the success that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters have had promoting more hatred against Trump. Republican Precinct Committeemen are lightning rods for that hatred. 478 in my precinct voted for Harris. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com


FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES


NEW YORK POST
— If AOC is its future, the Democratic Party is hopelessly lost.  Ever-increasingly Democrats promote more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://nypost.com/2025/03/18/opinion/if-aoc-is-their-future-the-democrats-are-hopelessly-lost/


AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals working for Congress — addendum.. If my employers had been able to hire illegals instead of me, they certainly would have.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/illegals_working_for_congress_addendum.html


BREITBART
— Trump Haters Hit Tesla Facilities in Las Vegas, Kansas City with Arson Attacks. My critics/opponents despise/hate American nameplate cars, and especially Corvettes. I have owned a Corvette since 1971 and two since 2005.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/03/18/trump-haters-hit-tesla-facilities-in-las-vegas-kansas-city-with-arson-attacks/
— 38K Chinese Illegal Aliens Living in U.S. Despite Being Ordered Deported
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/03/18/report-38k-chinese-illegal-aliens-living-in-u-s-despite-being-ordered-deported/
— Democrats use the Constitution to destroy Republicans.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/03/18/sanders-should-frighten-every-american-that-trump-doesnt-respect-our-constitution/


CAMPUS REFORM
— Chicago college interim president says ‘DEI is in our blood’ at ‘Diversity Campus Town Hall.’ Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/chicago-college-interim-president-says-dei-blood-diversity-campus-town-hall/27683


DAILY CALLER
— America Can’t Be Safer If Dems And Their ‘Rogue Judges’ Keep Inundating Country With Illegal Aliens
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/18/brandon-gill-tren-de-aragua-james-boasberg-impeachment/


FOX NEWS
— Illinois parents, lawmakers sound alarm over proposed homeschooling bill: ‘Direct assault on families’  Parents would be required to fill out a ‘homeschool declaration form’
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-parents-lawmakers-sound-alarm-proposed-homeschooling-bill-direct-assault-families
— Jewish Tesla owner ‘speechless’ after finding Nazi symbol on his Cybertruck. Avi Ben Hamo joins ‘Fox & Friends’ after his Cybertruck was vandalized with the image of a Swastika and the word ‘Elon,’ saying he no longer feels safe in New York. My critics/opponents despise/hate American nameplate cars, and especially Corvettes. I have owned a Corvette since 1971 and two since 2005.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6370187212112
— Trump says Elon Musk haters also hate America. My critics/opponents despise/hate American nameplate cars, and especially Corvettes. I have owned a Corvette since 1971 and two since 2005.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6370209436112


NEWSMAX
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/georgementz/dei-diversity-equity/2025/03/18/id/1203352/


FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES


NEWSWEEK
— Website Exposes Tesla Owners’ Personal Data. My critics/opponents despise/hate American nameplate cars, and especially Corvettes. I have owned a Corvette since 1971 and two since 2005.
https://www.newsweek.com/dogequest-tesla-elon-musk-doxxing-website-2046920


USA TODAY
— Trump wants benefits for those who purchase cars ‘made in America.’ None fully are. My critics/opponents despise/hate American nameplate cars, and especially Corvettes. I have owned a Corvette since 1971 and two since 2005.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/05/trump-wants-benefits-for-cars-made-in-usa/81614278007/


WYOMING PUBLIC RADIO
— Wyoming bans sanctuary cities and ranked choice voting. Outstanding.
https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/politics-government/2025-03-18/wyoming-bans-sanctuary-cities-and-ranked-choice-voting


NEWS 18
— Tesla Vehicles Torched In Las Vegas Arson Attack, Elon Musk Calls It ‘Insane’  My critics/opponents despise/hate American nameplate cars, and especially Corvettes. I have owned a Corvette since 1971 and two since 2005.
https://www.news18.com/viral/tesla-vehicles-torched-in-las-vegas-arson-attack-elon-musk-calls-it-insane-aa-9266948.html


WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DeSantis: Good Riddance to the U.S. Education Department. Florida shows how states can lead in ensuring that children learn.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ron-desantis-good-riddance-to-the-u-s-education-department-387e2ea3
— FRONT PAGE: Morgan Stanley Went Big on DEI, and No One Is Happy About It. Black and white employees say the efforts added to a divisive culture. Now, as political pressure rises, the bank is watering down initiatives. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Affirmative Action, DEI, up-or-out, and Republican budget cuts big time to get of their Republican employees.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/morgan-stanley-corporate-dei-what-happened-4a61427c
— FRONT PAGE: RS Retreats From Some Audits as Agency Slashes Workforce. Officials put faith in shift to technology, but others see dangers in cutting thousands of jobs
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/internal-revenue-service-doge-taxes-f00ac956


PLURBUS NEWS
— Fired federal workers set states scrambling. Processing a wave of claims from former federal workers will “absolutely” require more resources.
https://pluribusnews.com/news-and-events/fired-federal-workers-set-states-scrambling/


FED SMITH
— Trump Calls for Eliminating More Federal Agencies. President Trump has issued an Executive Order that requires making cuts to 7 federal entities that he has deemed unnecessary. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it in the 1980s and 1990s, DOGE would not be needed today and I might still be a GAO employee. If Gingrich had formed a team to reform GAO, I would have volunteered to be a member of that team. I would have stressed a) that I had worked for GAO since 1980 and the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in1981, d) that I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, and e) that I earned an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/03/15/trump-calls-for-eliminating-more-federal-agencies/


LIBERAL PATRIOT
— The Blue State Exodus Should Scare Democrats. The electoral consequences could be massive.  Democrats ever-increasingly promote more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-blue-state-exodus-should-scare


INDEPENDENT
— Violent attacks on Tesla spread from coast to coast – and overseas. In Donald Trump’s first term, his properties became a natural place for protest. In the early days of his second term, Tesla is filling that role. My critics/opponents despise/hate American nameplate cars, and especially Corvettes. I have owned a Corvette since 1971 and two since 2005.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tesla-elon-musk-trump-cybertruck-las-vegas-fire-b2717706.html

March 18, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/17/families-impacted-by-ice-raids-denounce-trump-administrations-arrests-file-emergency-motion/
— Decades before Irish were Chicago political royalty, they lived in a ramshackle slum called Kilgubbin. My ancestors on my father’s side immigrated from what is now Germany in 1844. They worked in a Chicago brick factory until 1854 when they had saved enough money to homestead a farm in southeast Crete Township.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/16/irish-chicago-kilgubbin/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with foreign countries against America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nation-world/2025/03/17/denmark-europe-boycott-us-goods-trump-tariffs-trade-greenland-eu-musk-tesla
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nation-world/2025/03/17/trump-administration-deports-hundreds-immigrants-court-order-el-salvador

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois could legalize internet gambling. Casinos say it will hurt them.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250317/business/illinois-could-legalize-internet-gambling-casinos-say-it-will-hurt-them/

ABC7
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote the hate-filled Trump-hating Kinzinger.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-biden-pardons-ex-rep-adam-kinzinger-jan-6-committee-member-fires-back-claim-are-invalid/16040145/

NBC5
— Trump says autopen voids Biden’s pardons for Jan. 6 committee. Trump has argued that the committee members are guilty of unspecified “major crimes.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-biden-autopen-voids-jan-6-pardons/3699413/?os=dio____ref%3Dapp&ref=app

FOX32
— A French Parliament member wants America to return the Statue of Liberty. Far too many foreign countries despise/hate America.  Far too many of them dump their problematic citizens on America.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/raphael-glucksmann-statue-liberty-back
— MN lawmakers want to define ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ as a mental illness. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOIs blame Trump for all their problems, for all your problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/mn-lawmakers-want-make-trump-derangement-syndrome-mental-illness
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad. I should write about my critics/opponents who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I would focus on a) those candidates, 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, and d) conservative and religious leaders and activists. It is called scapegoating.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1609814

WGN RADIO
— Democrat and RINO leaders want Democrats and RINOs to punish Tesla owners because of Musk, that is, because of Trump.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-is-it-okay-to-vent-doge-criticism-on-tesla-owners/#/questions

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-476/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-269/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Illinoisans haven’t yet connected the dots between bad policies, bad outcomes and the politicians they vote for.
https://wirepoints.org/illinoisans-havent-yet-connected-the-dots-between-bad-policies-bad-outcomes-and-the-politicians-they-vote-for-wirepoints-on-the-crisis-cast/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Today, again using 800 mailing labels and 400 envelopes, I will hand-deliver Republican campaign literature and sample ballots to the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one Republican or one Independent voter. I have divided my precinct into four zones. It takes me about three/four hours to walk a zone. While I walk my precinct, I will get a measure of the success that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters have had promoting more hatred against Trump. Republican Precinct Committeemen are lightning rods for that hatred. 478 in my precinct voted for Harris. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad. I should write about my critics/opponents who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I would focus on a) those candidates, 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, and d) conservative and religious leaders and activists. It is called scapegoating. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
—  If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it in the 1980s and 1990s, DOGE would not be needed today and I might still be a GAO employee. If Gingrich had formed a team to reform GAO, I would have volunteered to be a member of that team. I would have stressed a) that I had worked for GAO since 1980 and the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in1981, d) that I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, and e) that I earned an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How do you deal with your critics/opponents? I should write about my critics/opponents and how they use their adverse actions against me against me. I would start with my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes a) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee last year and b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— What Exactly is in the Homeschool Bill – HB 2827?
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/what-exactly-is-in-the-homeschool-bill-hb-2827/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Musk: Democrats used $200 billion to ‘buy’ votes of illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3349807/musk-democrats-200-billion-buy-votes-illegal-immigrants/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Trump Admin Launches Probe Into Big Law DEI Policies. The EEOC is asking white shoe firms to provide detailed information about their hiring practices.
https://freebeacon.com/trump-administration/trump-admin-launches-probe-into-big-law-dei-policies/

NEW YORK POST
— Federal judges’ Trump hate is only harming the courts themselves
https://nypost.com/2025/03/17/opinion/how-federal-judges-trump-hate-is-harming-the-courts/

AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
— Trump Administration Brings Changes to the Federal Hiring System. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I had qualified myself by a) passing the postal employment test and earning a high school diploma in 1966, b) passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, c) earning an MBA in 1976, and d) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://americansforprosperity.org/policy-corner/trump-administration-brings-changes-to-the-federal-hiring-system-a-brief-look-at-president-trumps-schedule-f-policy-career-policy-and-civil-service-reform/

BLAZE
— History affirms Trump’s right to use the Alien Enemies Act against gangs
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/history-affirms-trumps-right-to-use-the-alien-enemies-act-against-gangs

BREITBART
— Pritzker Dumping Healthcare Program for Older Illegal Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/17/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-dumping-healthcare-program-older-illegal-migrants/
— DOJ Argues ‘Court Lacks the Jurisdiction’ After Judge Blocks Trump Use of Alien Enemies Act
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/03/17/doj-argues-court-lacks-jurisdiction-judge-blocks-trump-use-alien-enemies-act/
— Left Portrays Pro-Hamas Activist Mahmoud Khalil as Victim of Trump’s Deportation Policy
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/17/left-portrays-mahmoud-khalil-as-victim-of-trumps-deportation-policy/
— Socialist Venezuela Compares Trump Deporting Tren de Aragua Thugs to the Holocaust
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2025/03/17/hold-for-ezra-socialist-venezuela-compares-trump-deporting-tren-de-aragua-thugs-to-the-holocaust/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Colleges and universities are not backing away from wokeness. They are putting it under the table, off the books.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/our-colleges-and-universities-arent-backing-away-from-wokeness/

NEWSBUSTERS
— The Media Protest Trump Deportations of Illegal Alien Gangbangers to El Salvador’s CECOT Prison
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2025/03/18/unhinged-media-now-protest-trump-deportations-illegal-alien

TOWNHALL
— 95 Percent of Federal Employees Express Liberal Views at Work. As I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates got ever-increasingly anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://townhall.com/columnists/jacob-sagert/2025/03/18/95-percent-of-federal-employees-express-liberal-views-at-work-n2653950
— Democrat Gov: I Won’t Allow Trump to Take Illegal Aliens ‘Off the Streets.’ Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2025/03/17/hochul-speaking-on-ice-and-illegal-aliens-in-nyc-n2653928
— DEI-Obsessed Democrats Are Doing This on Purpose
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/03/17/arlington-cemetery-removes-pages-on-black-veterans-and-women-n2653943

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Under Biden, constructively, Americans were barred from everything if they did not promote LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5199691-third-challenge-trump-order-transgender-troops/
— Harvard is expanding free tuition in diversity push  My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. Nevertheless, he believed that was too much to qualify for financial scholarships. And as my critics/opponents have always stressed, I did not qualify for scholastic scholarships because my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. Therefore, I worked my way through college.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5198613-harvard-free-tuition-diversity-ivy-league-supreme-court/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Harvard University announced Monday it will be expanding free tuition to more students, a move adopted by other schools since the Supreme Court ruled affirmative action could no longer be used in college admissions. Harvard said students from families making less than $200,000 a year will not be charged for tuition, expanding on a previous decision to make the school completely free, covering tuition, housing and other costs, for those coming from families making less than $100,000 a year.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Hard-Line Tactics Are Driving Down Illegal Migration
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/world/americas/mexico-trump-migration.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly oppose a) all Trump budget cuts and b) all Trump spending increases.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/nyregion/columbia-research-grants-trump.html
— Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, DOGE would not be needed today and I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/us/politics/trump-order-voice-of-america.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/world/americas/el-salvador-venezuela-deportations-families.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Communist China.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/opinion/trump-china-trade-war.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ask “Do Americans Approve of President Trump?”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump’s Grievance-Filled Speech Makes Clear His Quest for Vengeance Is Personal.” I should write about my critics/opponents and how they use their adverse actions against me against me. I would start with my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes a) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee last year and b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/us/politics/trump-speech-doj-retribution.html
— Trump Appoints Michael Flynn, Walt Nauta and Other Allies to Oversee Military Academies. Among other appointees were Charlie Kirk, Sean Spicer and the daughter of Steve Bannon. President Trump purged several of the military oversight boards last month.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-military-academies-flynn-nauta.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow about their success in promoting more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/opinion/trump-economy-polling.html
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/upshot/abortion-bans-births-study.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration moves to reinstate thousands of probationary employees. After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious when they learned that because I had served my probationary period when I was an IRS employee, they could not just fire me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/03/17/trump-administration-reinstates-fired-probationary-workers/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint their illegals as being GOD-LIKE.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/17/trump-presidency-news/

USA TODAY
— Trump has promised to rid the government of “waste, fraud and abuse.” But he’s fired many of the people who look for it in schools. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, DOGE would not be needed today and I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/03/16/education-department-waste-fraud-abuse-cuts/82370646007/

SACRAMENTO BEE
— Soon, if not already, everyone in healthcare will be most, if not virtually all of the following: non-Republican, liberal, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article302217539.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint their illegals as being GOD-LIKE.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-deportations-gang-members-james-boasberg-tom-homan-nayib-bukele-ms-13-tren-de-aragua-6e377106

BUSINESS STANDARD
— US to undocumented immigrants: Leave now or pay up to $700 per day
https://www.business-standard.com/finance/personal-finance/us-to-undocumented-immigrants-leave-now-or-pay-up-to-700-per-day-125031800940_1.html

POLITICO
— Trump stacks military academy boards with MAGA loyalists, including Michael Flynn, Charlie Kirk, and Steve Bannon’s daughter. Just kidding, but will Trump form a GAO oversight board and appoint me to it?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/17/michael-flynn-charlie-kirk-trump-appointments-00234637

PBS
— The history of civil service and the impact of Trump’s slashing of the workforce. For Democrats, government exists to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/daily-news-lessons/2025/03/the-history-of-civil-service-and-the-impact-of-trumps-slashing-of-the-workforce

PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY
— Trump is the right’s tool to dismantle a century of progress
https://www.peoplefor.org/trump-rights-tool-dismantle-century-progress

March 9, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada, including 250% tax on dairy (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use everything that Trump says and does against him.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-threatens-new-tariffs-canada-including-250-tax-dairy/15992544/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more gender based preference giving.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF5ujLyO_7E

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Something should be done’: Illinois Democratic lawmakers hear from public frustrated about President Donald Trump’s initiatives (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use everything that Trump says and does against him.)

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/09/something-should-be-done-illinois-democratic-lawmakers-hear-from-public-frustrated-about-president-donald-trumps-initiatives/
— Hundreds gather to criticize Trump, Musk’s spending cuts at ‘Takedown Tesla’ protest (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use everything that Trump says and does against him.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/08/hundreds-gather-to-criticize-trump-musks-spending-cuts-at-takedown-tesla-protest/
— FEMA cancels classes at national fire training academy amid federal funding cuts (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use everything that Trump says and does against him.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/08/fema-national-fire-training-academy/
— Five years ago, COVID gripped the world in fear. Now local scientists, doctors warn Trump’s policies are weakening public health. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use everything that Trump says and does against him.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/09/five-years-later-pandemic-response-fears-return/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Purdue star blows whistle on Illinois’ ‘Orange Krush’ fans, alleging racist comments directed at brother, 13. The teams played Friday night at State Farm Center.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/college-sports/2025/03/08/purdue-boilermakers-trey-kaufman-renn-illinois-fans-racist-state-farm-center

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more preference for women.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250308/nation-and-world-politics/we-wont-be-silent-hundreds-show-support-for-international-womens-day-in-geneva/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Democrats lost in the wilderness of their own making (COMMENT: From what I see, Democrat leaders plan on winning again by promoting even more a) dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination. From what I see, Democrat leaders plan on winning again by promoting even more hatred against Trump, against the 77 million who voted for Trump, and especially against those who share Trump’s demographics. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, German American, and his ancestor have been in America for a long time.)
https://johnkassnews.com/democrats-lost-in-the-wilderness-of-their-own-making/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Rep. Martin McLaughlin, R-Barrington, says Illinois’ liberal policies are to blame for the state’s poor demographic showing.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7a35b4be-fb9a-11ef-8f9c-e3450e6997a2.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to the following who state that they are Republican, but who ever-increasingly paint themselves as being moderate/centrist, RINO, Democrat Lite, anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican: candidates, elected officials, and party leaders?  Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— In your precinct, how many voted for Harris? 478 voted for Harris in my precinct. Who do the hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in your precinct take their hatred of Trump out against? Anticipate/expect it will be against their Republican Precinct Committeeman. I will get a measure of that hatred while I hand-deliver Republican campaign literature and marked sample ballots for the April 1, 2025 election to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent voter. – Dave Diersen
http://gopillinois.com
— How dependent on government spending are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? As Democrats move into DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, more and more and more are dependent of government spending. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Republicans and their Republican Party platform create prosperity and safety. Democrats and their Democrat Part platform create poverty and crime. Republicans created a prosperous DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. But as Democrats ever-increasingly move in and take over, poverty and crime increase. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The less money that your parents have/had, the less money that you have, the less protection that you have against political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I had to work my through college. My father never made more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. The more of the following that you are, the more that you will be forced to pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. If my parents had not sent me Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools, I never would have been able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, earn a bachelor’s degree, earn three master’s degrees, earn six professional certifications, and earn a professional license. – Dave Diersen
http:///www.gopillinois.com
— All during the almost 18 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they ever-increasingly fought Republican-led budget cuts. I was one of the last Republicans who GAO hired. My Democrat GAO superiors took their hatred against Republicans out on me. They took many adverse actions against me and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that. SEE: NBC NEWS: “You lose all hope: Federal workers gripped by mental health instability amid Trump cuts. In interviews with NBC News, many federal workers shared stories of overwhelming stress, personal crises, rapid weight loss, panic attacks and more” at https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/federal-workers-gripped-mental-health-instability-trump-cuts-rcna194485 – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Employers have an extremely low opinion of federal employees. Democrats run the federal government. Democrats despise/hate Republicans. I should write about that. The longer that you are a federal employee, the more impossible it is to get a job in the private sector. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been an unemployed federal retiree for more than 27 years. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school classmate had not asked me to join him taking the postal employment test. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 a) if I had not taken the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 as backstop if I could not get a job in the private sector and b) if my Firestone Store boss had not rudely fired me in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. SEE: MSN: Nearly 12,000 federal employees file unemployment claims in DC at https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/nearly-12-000-federal-employees-file-unemployment-claims-in-dc/ar-AA1AtTS5 – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What has harmed your Republican Precinct Committeeman’s credibility? My credibility has been harmed big time by the many big adverse action that the following have taken against me since 1999. past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) conservative and religious leaders and activists, d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, and e) Republican donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, campaign volunteers, etc. I should write about the aforesaid. I would focus on the aforesaid who continue to have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on the aforesaid who continue to have their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I took delivery of my red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV yesterday. If you share my interest in the car, please let me know. I owned a 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1971. Some at NIU called me “Daytona Dave” because I drove it to Daytona Beach for the 1969 and 1970 spring breaks. SEE: TOP SPEED: 10 Ways The Dodge Charger Daytona EV Will Change Muscle Cars Forever at https://www.topspeed.com/how-dodge-charger-daytona-ev-change-muscle-cars-forever/ FROM THE ARTICLE: “The Dodge Charger Daytona name carries a legacy of power, performance, and bold design. First introduced in 1969 as a revolutionary muscle car built for NASCAR dominance, the original Daytona became an icon, breaking records and turning heads with its striking aerodynamic design. Over the decades, the Daytona has symbolized Dodge’s relentless pursuit of speed and innovation.” – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic politicians continue race-baiting hysteria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3341274/democratic-politicians-continue-race-baiting-hysteria/
— Democrats kneel for criminals but won’t stand for a child cancer survivor
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3340576/democrats-kneel-criminals-wont-stand-child-cancer-survivor-dj-daniel/
— DOGE must audit and disarm the IRS (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. Democrats run GAO and IRS and do not want Republicans employees. Nevertheless, I worked for IRS for almost 9 years for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3340559/department-of-government-efficiency-must-audit-disarm-irs/
— The less money that your parents have/had, the less money that you have, the less protection that you have against political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I had to work my through college. My father never made more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. The more of the following that you are, the more that you will be forced to pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3311108/dei-and-deviancy-wealth-doesnt-always-buy-protection/

NEW YORK POST
— Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn alleges Illinois fans hurled racist taunts at family
https://nypost.com/2025/03/08/sports/purdues-trey-kaufman-renn-alleges-illinois-fans-hurled-racist-taunts/
— Some House members have mental faculties so diminished they can no longer do their jobs — and others voting drunk, high: lawmakers
https://nypost.com/2025/03/08/us-news/some-house-members-have-mental-faculties-so-diminished-they-can-no-longer-do-their-jobs-and-others-voting-drunk-high-lawmakers/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Does mourning brutally murdered children who are white mean you are a ‘white supremacist?’ Some leftists think so.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/does_mourning_brutally_murdered_children_who_are_white_mean_you_are_a_white_supremacist_some_leftists_think_so.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, everything that Trump says and does creates economic worries.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/us-economic-worries-mount-as-trump-implements-tariffs-cuts-workforce-and-freezes-spending/ar-AA1AuInz
— What do you say to the following who state that they are Republican, but who ever-increasingly paint themselves as being moderate/centrist, RINO, Democrat Lite, anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican: candidates, elected officials, and party leaders?  Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-opposition-principles-first-076bf16a73a9c66f10ad3a2fbc0df1c1

MSN
— ‘Cruel and Disrespectful’: Musk’s Ultimatum To Federal Workers Sparks Backlash (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.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cruel-and-disrespectful-musk-s-ultimatum-to-federal-workers-sparks-backlash/ss-AA1AfHY1
— Nearly 12,000 federal employees file unemployment claims in DC (COMMENT: Employers have an extremely low opinion of federal employees. Democrats run the federal government. Democrats despise/hate Republicans. I should write about that. The longer that you are a federal employee, the more impossible it is to get a job in the private sector. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been an unemployed federal retiree for more than 27 years. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school classmate had not asked me to join him taking the postal employment test. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 a) if I had not taken the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 as backstop if I could not get a job in the private sector and b) if my Firestone Store boss had not rudely fired me in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/nearly-12-000-federal-employees-file-unemployment-claims-in-dc/ar-AA1AtTS5

YAHOO
— Millions of Americans will get a Social Security boost thanks to new law — find out if (and when) you’ll get paid (COMMENT: Yesterday, Social Security deposited $3,237.90 into my checking account for 2024. Great, but I hoped that it would have been more.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/millions-americans-social-security-boost-103400386.html

ABC NEWS
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, everything that Trump says and does harms everyone.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/funding-cuts-could-harm-global-efforts-to-fight-tuberculosis-who-warns/ar-AA1AoKkh

NBC NEWS
— ‘You lose all hope’: Federal workers gripped by mental health instability amid Trump cuts. In interviews with NBC News, many federal workers shared stories of overwhelming stress, personal crises, rapid weight loss, panic attacks and more. (COMMENT: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they fought Republican-led budget cuts. I was one of the last Republicans who GAO hired. My Democrat GAO superiors took their hatred against Republicans out on me. They took many adverse actions against me and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/federal-workers-gripped-mental-health-instability-trump-cuts-rcna194485
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/activists-march-for-lgbtq-shows-at-kennedy-center/3862284/

CBS NEWS
— DHS administering lie detector tests to employees in effort to find leakers
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dhs-lie-detector-tests-employees-leakers-immigration-raids/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say that “Musk Is Making Republicans Sweat and Giving Democrats a New Target.” (COMMENT: How dependent on government spending are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-politics.html
— State Republicans Eager to Climb on Cost-Cutting Bandwagon
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/us/state-doge-oklahoma.html
— Democrats say “Chaos at the V.A.: Inside the DOGE Cuts Disrupting the Veterans Agency.” (COMMENT: How dependent on government spending are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/us/politics/veterans-affairs-doge-cuts.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Republican Medicaid cuts could shutter rural hospitals, maternity care.” (COMMENT: How dependent on government spending are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/03/08/medicaid-cuts-rural-hospitals/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/03/09/trump-mexico-asylum-migrants-refugees/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-03-09/donald-trump-race-gender-dei-pete-hegseth-cq-brown-college-military-amazon-target-boycott-robin-abcarian

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks, and at everyone else, that Trump is a racist.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/03/08/trump-dei-black-people-fight-racism-civil-rights/81609951007/

HUFFINGTON POST
— How many of those on Medicaid voted for Trump and why?
https://www.aol.com/gop-sen-josh-hawley-warns-110010376.html

NEW YORKER
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/03/09/trump-mexico-asylum-migrants-refugees/

DAILY KOS
— Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. GAO audits IRS. Democrats run GAO and IRS. Nevertheless, I worked for IRS for almost 9 years for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/3/8/2308932/-Trump-through-Musk-uses-government-waste-race-handout-code-words-to-destroy-it-for-tax-cut

GUARDIAN
— Democrats say that “Chaos on campuses as schools warn Trump cuts could harm US for decades.” (COMMENT: How dependent on government spending are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/08/trump-universities-higher-education-cuts

TIMES
— More Americans seeking asylum in Ireland since Trump’s comeback. Growing political unease in the United States has led many people to seek sanctuary in stable EU countries.
https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/more-americans-seeking-asylum-in-ireland-since-trumps-comeback-57kngc03j

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