FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/04/elected-officials-tried-to-stop-ice-from-making-arrests-in-the-south-loop
— Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media in America is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders. Democrat leaders tell the mainstream news media a) to ever-increasingly blame everything that is bad on Trump and on those who voted for Trump, b) to ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn them, and c) to ever-increasingly promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, to promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who have demographics that vote for Republicans, that is, those who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/06/04/public-media-trump-cuts-public-boadcasting
https://chicago.suntimes.com/press-room/2025/06/04/chicago-public-media-ceo-trumps-rescissions-package-take-back-federal-funding-from-npr
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Cook County erases nearly $665 million in medical debt for more than a half million residents. The three-year-old program has relieved the most debt for people on Chicago’s South and West sides and in the south and west suburbs. What did you do to avoid medical debt? I sought, got, and kept jobs that provided health insurance.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/06/05/cook-county-erases-nearly-665-million-in-medical-debt-for-more-than-a-half-million-residents
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/04/ice-protesters-clash-immigration/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/05/venezuelan-poet-immigration-fight/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/05/emergency-abortion-right/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give more preference to international students, that is, they ever-increasingly discriminate against American students.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/05/opinion-international-students-target-donald-trump/
— A new chance for school choice in Illinois. Because my parents paid to send my brother and I to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools, they had less money to pay for our college expenses. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/05/school-choice-ecca-senate/
— Brandon Johnson turns to taxing groceries
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/05/johnson-grocery-tax-budget-chicago/
ABC7
— Chicago job corps center closing at end of month as feds phase out operations, leaving some homeless. What did you do to get jobs and to keep jobs? I took and passed tests including the postal employment test in 1966 and the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970. I earned a high school diploma in 1966, a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. But I did much more than that to get and keep jobs. I took jobs that my peers considered to be bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble 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://abc7chicago.com/post/paul-simon-chicago-job-corps-center-closing-end-month-us-department-labor-phasing-operations-leaving-homeless/16656546/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout a) that Republicans cause hate crimes, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long and b) that the next Democrat president will get rid of them once and for all. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/message-of-hate-mowed-into-lot-in-southern-illinois-village/
FOX32
— Trump’s tax bill will add $2.3 trillion to the deficit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12qf4v9LLUU
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ice-detains-immigrants-chicago-dhs-office
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/06/04/elected-officials-tried-to-stop-ice-from-making-arrests-in-the-south-loop
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more homelessness
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/springfield-homeless-organizations-set-to-receive-11-million-aldermen-vote-against-it#
WSIU
— Rep. Mary Miller Introduces Resolution to Recognize June as Family Month. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2025-06-04/rep-mary-miller-introduces-resolution-to-recognize-june-as-family-month
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/04/ice-mass-arrest-sparks-chaos-in-south-loop-as-activists-fight-to-disrupt-operation/
CWB CHICAGO
— Sunshine brings crowds, guns to Chicago’s lakefront
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/06/sunshine-brings-crowds-guns-to-chicagos-lakefront.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders promote Joe Walsh
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/06/05/joe-walsh-might-run-again-as-a-dem-00388949
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-528/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Politicians treat Illinoisans like we’re ATMs, forgetting that we can move elsewhere
https://wirepoints.org/politicians-treat-illinoisans-like-were-atms-forgetting-that-we-can-move-elsewhere-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/
— Common sense prevails for once in the Illinois statehouse. According to my critics/opponents, Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pensions are too generous. Because of that, since I was 18 years old in 1966 and started earning credits toward one, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me. I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS.
https://wirepoints.org/common-sense-prevails-for-once-in-the-illinois-statehouse-wirepoints/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Consumers mobilize against corporate DEI programs
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/3429759/consumers-mobilize-against-corporate-dei-programs/
BLAZE
— Leader of Hispanic Caucus angrily suggests Trump is extorting DC mayor into repealing sanctuary city policies
https://www.theblaze.com/news/hispanic-caucus-extortion-sanctuary-city
BREITBART
— Complaint Filed Against Amazon Alleges Civil Rights Violations over Race-Based Sellers Program
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/04/exclusive-complaint-filed-against-amazon-alleges-civil-rights-violations-race-based-sellers-program/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Purdue ‘sunsetting’ DEI, will revise programs focused on ‘underrepresented’ groups. Conservatives, that is, platform Republicans, are grossly unrepresented in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. I should write about that.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/purdue-sunsetting-dei-will-revise-programs-focused-underrepresented-groups/28015
DAILY CALLER
— Illinois Dems Lay Budget Woes At Trump’s Feet After Taxing Their Citizens Into Ground
https://www.aol.com/illinois-dems-lay-budget-woes-170713111.html
FEDERALIST
— Biden Made Communities Less Safe By Forcing DEI On Police And Fire Departments
https://thefederalist.com/2025/06/04/biden-made-communities-less-safe-by-forcing-dei-on-police-and-fire-departments/
NEWSMAX
— Consumers Urged to Stand Firm Against ‘Woke’ Companies. My critics/opponents are woke. They promote wokeness and wokeism, that is, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/consumers-research-dei-costco/2025/06/04/id/1213689/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Gingrich: Democrats Are The Party Of Illegal Immigrants, Crooks, And People Who Refuse To Work
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/06/04/gingrich_democrats_are_the_party_of_illegal_immigrants_crooks_and_people_who_refuse_to_work.html
— Laura Ingraham: Democrats Are On A Crusade To Keep Illegal Immigrants Safe From ICE
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/06/04/laura_ingraham_democrats_are_on_a_crusade_to_keep_illegal_immigrants_safe_from_ice.html
TOWNHALL
— Trump Dumps Federalist Society, Turns to MAGA Allies. I should write about how the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have ever-increasingly dumped conservatives, that is, how they have ever-increasingly dumped platform Republicans. I would focus on how they have ever-increasingly dumped me since 1999.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/06/04/federalist-society-and-president-trump-n2658161
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— Robert F. Smith, The Second-Richest Black American, Says Companies Will Continue Hiring Top Talent, And As Result, Diversity Will Follow. My Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had one professional certification while I had six, and d) had no professional license like I had.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/executive-leadership-and-management/robert-f-smith-the-second-richest-black-american-says-companies-will-continue-hiring-top-talent-and-as-result-diversity-will-follow/ar-AA1AfGDr
NEW YORK TIMES
— Russia Targets Child-Free Lifestyles. I should write what my Democrat GAO superiors did to punish me because my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF. According to them, if my wife and I 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 in 1980, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, become a licensed CPA in 1981, etc. and b) my wife would not have been able to keep her good job and earn a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1986. All my GAO superiors had children and spouses who had little or no income. They always decried the time and money needed to raise children. None of them had as many master’s degrees or professional certifications as I did. None of them were a licensed CPA like I was.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/world/europe/russia-child-free-lifestyles.html
— The Democrats who run Google ever-increasingly a) steer everyone to websites that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) steer everyone away from websites that promote the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/technology/google-antitrust-breakup.html
— FRONT PAGE: Were you active in politics while you were in high school and/or college? I was not. If I had been active in Republican politics, a) the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/us/politics/brown-university-newspaper-musk-doge.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly want America to be ever-increasingly dependent on foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/business/trump-us-manufacturing.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use foreign countries against America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/05/trump-travel-ban-afghanistan-venezuela-reaction/
— Trump proposes policies that would increase the soaring national debt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/06/04/trump-debt-big-beautiful-bill/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/06/05/chicago-ice-immigrant-detention/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly force LGBTQ on everyone. How successful have Democrat leaders been in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I should write about their success in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. They destroy those like me who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/05/worldpride-comes-to-dc-lgbtq-rights/83856523007/
— Long-term unemployment can be a sign of distress. I have been unemployed since I was 49 years old in 1997 because of my Democrat GAO superiors. I should write about that. They did everything that they could to stop me from getting a job appropriate for someone with my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/31/long-term-unemployment-2-year-high/83909279007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/02/tulsa-black-wall-street-reparations-plan/83998281007/
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for antisemitism
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/04/antisemitic-attacks-jewish-community-safety-security/83989144007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/06/03/trump-deportations-construction-spending-down-economy/83995322007/
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— Bill would allow slavery legacy to be factor in college admissions. According to Democrat leaders, if you are White Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefitted from slavery, and therefore, the more reparations that you should pay. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In my defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois and they were always Republicans. They never were in a position to discriminate against anyone and they never did. Those whose ancestors were Democrats have benefitted most from slavery, and therefore, they should pay the most reparations.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/bill-allow-slavery-history-factor-college-20361536.php
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Old High School Is in Trouble (Again). Can a Chinese Businessman Fix It? New York Military Academy, where the president was a cadet, grapples with high debt and decaying buildings. I should write about how Crete-Monee High School ( https://www.cm201u.org/ ) has changed since I graduated from it in 1966.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trumps-old-high-school-is-in-trouble-again-can-a-chinese-businessman-fix-it-68f45c7f?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1
FORTUNE
— Trump said while campaigning he’d give green cards to all foreign college students who graduated in the U.S. If there had been as many citizens of foreign countries in America when I was young as there are now, a) they would gotten the jobs that I got and b) they would have gotten the college admissions that I got. My critics/opponents cannot say that about themselves. They had parents who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, and who got them jobs.
https://fortune.com/2025/06/05/trump-give-green-cards-foreign-college-students-graduated-in-us/
NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/05/g-s1-69896/worldpride-dc-gay-pride-trump-lgbt
PROPUBLICA
— According to my critics/opponents, the jobs and promotions that I got should have been given to those who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. At the same time, according to them, all the jobs that I got were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dei-black-women-minorities-careers-jobs-dismissed
AXIOS
— Musk, Trump fallout is bad news for Tesla and EVs
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/04/elon-musk-trump-tesla-ev
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/04/trump-pride-month-lgbtq-rights
BBC
— How Trump is militarizing the US-Mexico border
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgd3rz47j4o
MAKTOOB MEDIA
— India to conduct census in 2027 in two phases, will include caste enumeration for first time since 1931. What Caste were you born into? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am low Caste. They have aways stressed a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) that my mother never attended high school, e) that my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, f) that I got no academic scholarships, g) that had jobs that my peers would never stoop to take, h) that I had to work my way through college, i) that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities, j) that I am Protestant, k) that I am German American, and l) that I was a lowly government employee for almost 30 years.
https://maktoobmedia.com/india/india-to-conduct-census-in-2027-in-two-phases-will-include-caste-enumeration-for-first-time-since-1931/
Tag: gay
June 4, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Musk attacks Trump’s funding bill: ‘Disgusting abomination’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/elon-musk-attacks-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-act-disgusting-abomination/16646179/
— Hegseth orders Navy to rename ship honoring gay rights activist Harvey Milk
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pete-hegseth-orders-renaming-navy-ship-honoring-gay-rights-activist-harvey-milk/16646273/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cta-unveils-annual-pride-train-as-colorful-train-returns-to-red-line-for-june/3759363/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/hegseth-orders-usns-harvey-milk-renamed/3759552/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-revokes-guidance-requiring-hospitals-provide-emergency-abortions/3759624/
— Republican leaders double down on spending bill despite party infighting
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/video-republican-leaders-double-down-on-spending-bill-infighting/3759577/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/the-first-homosexuals-art-exhibit-wrightwood-659-chicago/
WGN9
— Former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh says he’s becoming a Democrat
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/former-illinois-rep-joe-walsh-democrat/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote China. What percent of what you buy was made in China? How dependent on China is your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? In WWIII, which countries will join with China against America?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/retailers-shift-supply-chains-trump-tariffs-china
— The rest of the world either a) sides with Putin OR b) demands that America alone defeats Putin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mdN_153Hxs
— Naperville school board meeting madness continues as tensions escalate over trans athletes in girls’ sports
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/naperville-school-board-meeting-trans-athletes
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois lawmakers again fail to act on hemp, while a new study highlights growing health concerns
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/03/illinois-lawmakers-hemp-study/
— Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/03/trump-emergency-abortions/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/04/column-civil-rights-movement-jim-crow-donald-trump-chapman/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville D203 board meeting packed with supporters/opponents of transgender student athletes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/03/transgender-student-athlete-naperville-district-203/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. I escaped the worst of that because my parents sent me Lutheran grade schools and because I majored in business, accounting, and finance.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/06/03/trump-unversity-harvard-kidney-donors-conservative-emanuel-kinzinger-cheney-joni-ernst-medicaid
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly flood America with Chines students.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/06/04/university-illinois-chinese-student-visa-foreign-international
— Johnson urges state lawmakers to tax the ‘ultra rich’ to avert mass transit cuts. “You all know my position. The ultra-rich continue to get away with not having to put more skin in the game,” Mayor Brandon Johnson told reporters during Tuesday’s weekly news conference at City Hall.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/06/03/brandon-johnson-illinois-general-assembly-mass-transit-funding-chicago-fiscal-cliff
HIGHER ED DRIVE
— Illinois lawmakers pass bill to establish direct admissions program. Participating public universities will set GPA standards each year for first-time and transfer students to gain automatic entry. UIC accepted me in 1966. But I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class and my ACT score was only 24. My critics/opponents have always stressed that.
https://www.highereddive.com/news/illinois-bill-direct-admissions-universities-community-colleges/749597/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote assisted suicide
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/03/aid-in-dying-legislation-illinois-general-assembly-cardinal-blase-cupich
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250603/news/queer-people-are-not-a-danger-elgins-third-pride-parade-to-celebrate-community-saturday/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to stop voter fraud
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250603/nation-and-world-politics/republican-push-for-proof-of-citizenship-to-vote-proves-a-tough-sell-in-the-states/
SOUTHERN
— Colorado attack comes amid record incidents of antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes. Haters should be denied entry to America. Haters should be deported.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/03/colorado-attack-comes-amid-record-incidents-of-antisemitic-and-islamophobic-hate-crimes/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Trump’s critics
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-02/critics-say-trumps-planned-military-parade-will-send-the-wrong-message
WEDNESDAY JOURNAL
— Oak Park is proud to be a sanctuary city, that is, a city that puts citizens of foreign countries ahead of citizens of America.
https://www.oakpark.com/2025/06/03/oak-park-included-on-trump-administrations-now-removed-sanctuary-city-list/
OAK LAWN PATCH
— Applications Open To March Oak Lawn Independence Day Parade, Date Set For Parade, Concert
https://patch.com/illinois/oaklawn/oak-lawn-independence-day-parade-ready-roll-applications-open
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-319/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Democrats See No Evil as Jews Burn in America
https://johnkassnews.com/democrats-close-their-mouths-and-eyes-as-jews-burn-in-america/
WIREPOINTS
— For decades, Mike Madigan and his fellow politicians made Illinois a worse place to live
https://wirepoints.org/for-decades-mike-madigan-and-his-fellow-politicians-made-illinois-a-worse-place-to-live-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
CHICAGOLAND JOURNAL
— Jim Marter Demands Rep. Lauren Underwood Condemn Colorado Terror Attack and Address Homeland Security Failure
https://thechicagolandjournal.com/jim-marter-demands-rep-lauren-underwood-condemn-colorado-terror-attack-and-address-homeland-security-failure/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP Seeks Volunteers at Headquarters First Saturdays
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/03/gop-seeks-volunteers-at-headquarters-first-saturdays/
— Call to Action Thursday Night from Crystal Lake Park District DEI Supporter
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/03/call-to-action-from-crystal-lake-park-district-dei-supporter/
— DeWitte Reports on Transportation, Colleague Notes [Amazon, DoorDash, etc.] Delivery Tax a “Direct [Statewide] Pipeline from Your Doorstep to the City of Chicago”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/03/dewitte-reports-on-transportation-colleague-notes-amazon-doordash-etc-delivery-tax-a-direct-statewide-pipeline-from-your-doorstep-to-the-city-of-chicago/
— Democrats Change FOID Rules
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/03/democrats-change-foid-rules/
— Suppliers Not Bidding on State Request for Next Winter’s Salt for McHenry & Lake Counties
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/03/suppliers-not-bidding-on-state-request-for-next-winters-salt-for-mchenry-lake-counties/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— When you were in high school, were you viewed as being college material? I was not. But nevertheless, I took college preparatory courses, got an ACT score of 24, and made it into the upper 20% of my class. My father frequently decried his not having a college degree. What if you had not earned a college degree? If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, a) Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970, b) Oldsmobile would not have offered me a job in 1971, and c) IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not earned a master’s degree in business in 1976 and in accounting in 1980, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. Further, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses. Further, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and c) became a licensed CPA in 1981. Further, the Post Office would not have hired me if I had not passed the postal employment test in 1966 and IRS would not have hired me if I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/reports/beyond-degrees-empowering-illinoisans-through-career-first-education/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Career counseling is very important. My not majoring in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970 was a very big career mistake. I erroneously thought that I could not pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. The accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS plans to use expedited deportation on Biden’s ‘paroled’ migrants
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/3/dhs-plans-use-expedited-deportation-bidens-paroled-migrants/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Sooner or later AR-15 bans will be found unconstitutional
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3430059/ar-15-bans-supreme-court-maryland-rhode-island/
— Boulder terrorist attack should be another blow to the gun control movement
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3429875/boulder-terrorist-attack-gun-control-movement/
NEW YORK POST
— Common sense but true: Don’t let people who hate America move here
https://nypost.com/2025/06/02/opinion/common-sense-but-true-dont-let-people-who-hate-america-move-here/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Europe’s Woke Trade Policies Threaten Transatlantic Ties
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/europes-woke-trade-policies-threaten-transatlantic-ties/
BREITBART
— Musk criticized Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” and declared the bill a “pork-filled Congressional spending bill” and “a disgusting abomination.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/03/elon-musk-turns-on-trump-calls-presidents-big-beautiful-bill-disgusting-abomination/
— ‘Woke’ Biden Appointee in Charge of America’s 250th Birthday Celebration. I remember America’s 200th celebration.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/03/woke-biden-appointee-charge-americas-250th-birthday-celebration/
DAILY CALLER
— Corporate Media Finds New Way To Gaslight Readers About Illegal Immigration
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/03/corporate-media-finds-new-way-to-gaslight-readers-about-illegal-immigration/
DAILY WIRE
— GOP Resolution Declares June ‘Family Month’ Instead Of ‘Pride Month’ ‘We reject the lie of ‘Pride’ and instead honor God’s timeless and perfect design.’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-gop-resolution-declares-june-family-month-instead-of-pride-month
FEDERALIST
— Don’t Fall For The Media Psyop That Only Violent Illegals Should Be Deported
https://thefederalist.com/2025/06/03/dont-fall-for-the-media-psyop-that-only-violent-illegals-should-be-deported/
FOX NEWS
— Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ faces resistance from Republican senators over debt fears. Sen. Rand Paul and other Republicans express doubts about $5 trillion debt limit increase in Trump-backed legislation.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-faces-resistance-republican-senators-debt-fears
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Homan: “We’re Making This Country Safe Again, One Illegal Alien At A Time, And You Can Hate It All You Want”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/06/03/homan_were_making_this_country_safe_again_one_illegal_alien_at_a_time_and_you_can_hate_it_all_you_want.html
— My critics/opponents side with my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 so that they could give my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. 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. I should write about that.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/06/03/jason_riley_the_truth_about_the_affirmative_action_myth_blacks_dont_need_racial_preferences_to_succeed.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use the Constitution to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5329308-the-constitution-strikes-back-against-trump/
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, meritocracy a) is racist and sexist when Whites and men do better than minorities and women and b) is valid when minorities and women do better than Whites and men. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations are racist and sexist because I passed them on my first attempt.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5329518-in-attacking-disparate-impact-trump-turns-civil-rights-upside-down/
CBS NEWS & NEWSWEEK & THE HILL & MSNBC & MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/navy-to-rename-usns-harvey-milk-latest-trump-white-house-move-against-lgbtq-history/
https://www.newsweek.com/corporate-pride-lgbtq-trump-backlash-2080429
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5330761-judge-federal-prisons-gender-affirming-care-transgender-inmates-trump-order/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeHSyDtnCug
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/donald-trump-s-attack-on-harvard-is-a-sign-of-what-could-be-coming-for-lgbtq-organizations/ar-AA1FWxyo
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against America.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/americans-defend-democracy-trump-rcna210425
MSN
— Trump blocks Tesla’s manufacturing plant in India, citing unfairness to US
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/asia/pakistan/trump-blocks-tesla-s-manufacturing-plant-in-india-citing-unfairness-to-us/ar-AA1FZsi4
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. Democrat and RINO organizations use DEI a) to not recruit Republican members and b) to get rid of their Republican members.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-majority-of-employers-think-trump-s-dei-and-immigration-policies-are-creating-significant-challenges-for-their-business/ar-AA1EGiDM?ocid=socialshare&apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1
— Trump issues ‘loyalty test’ to prioritize ‘patriotic Americans’ for federal positions. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Democrats run the federal government. For them the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. They demand that federal employees put advancing the Democrat Party platform above all else, that is, that they focus on promoting patronage, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Because I refused to do the aforesaid, they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired. In 1971, I was one of the last Republicans IRS hired. In 1966, I was one of the last Republicans the Post Office hired. I should write a book about the aforesaid.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-issues-loyalty-test-to-prioritize-patriotic-americans-for-federal-positions/ar-AA1FWpbs
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly putting “America First” even within his own administration. As the president continues to slash the federal workforce, he and his team have reportedly unveiled a new plan to ensure that any new hires are “patriotic Americans” who vow to advance the president’s policy priorities. The White House, in coordination with the Office of Personnel Management, released the directives for the departments to use when recruiting employees in a memo on Thursday. The directives represent a dramatic shift in hiring procedures at the federal level. POLITICO reported that prospective federal employees will now be required to write a short essay about how they plan to advance Trump’s priorities when applying for a job. The new procedure comes after Trump and many of his allies have railed against civil servants and accused them of trying to undermine Trump’s plans. It was also reported that those federal job vacancy announcements starting at a GS-5 pay grade or above will now have to complete the short essay responses to questions about their commitment to the Constitution, how they plan to improve government efficiency, how they plan to advance Trump’s executive orders and policy priorities, and about their work ethic. . .According to the Trump plan, federal employee hiring has focused too much on “elite universities and credentials.” The memo dictates that the government will target recruits from “state and land-grant universities, religious colleges and universities, community colleges, high schools, trade and technical schools, homeschooling groups, faith-based groups, American Legion, 4-H youth programs, and the military, veterans, and law enforcement communities.” The memo also states that agency heads are to “cease using statistics on race, sex, ethnicity or national origin, or the broader concept of ‘underrepresentation’ of certain groups” when deciding hiring or promotions. It also orders agencies to stop disseminating information about the composition of agencies’ workers based on their race, sex, color, religion, or national origin. Trump’s hiring plan also allegedly aims to expedite the hiring process in response to the order directing government-wide hiring to be completed within 80 days. Additionally, on Thursday, the administration issued a memo outlining new guidelines for hiring and talent development plans for leaders within the federal government’s career employee ranks, known as the Senior Executive Service (SES). During his first days back in the Oval Office, Trump issued a memo saying that because those officials “wield significant governmental authority, they must serve at the pleasure of the President.” The most recent memo now criticizes SES hiring as a “broken, insular” process that has “resulted in the hiring of executives who engage in unauthorized disclosure of Executive Branch deliberations, violate the constitutional rights of Americans, refuse to implement policy priorities, or perform their duties inefficiently or negligently.” Prior to the memo, it was claimed the qualifications for SES hiring “included unlawful ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ (DEI) criteria for hiring Federal executives.” Trump’s memo stated that they were eliminating DEI factors in the hiring process and would instead focus on candidates’ efficiency, merit, competence, ability to lead, and ability to achieve results. To sustain the quick 80-day turnaround, the memo claims that OPM will provide an 80-hour intensive “fee-based aspiring executive development program” that’s “grounded in the Constitution, laws, and Founding ideals of our government, and will provide training on President Trump’s Executive Orders.” The program is “designed to equip aspiring leaders with the skills, knowledge, technical expertise, and strategic mindset necessary to excel in senior leadership roles.”)
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Rescinds Biden Mandate That Hospitals Offer Emergency Abortions
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/03/us/trump-news
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with China and with other foreign countries against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/world/asia/trump-science-visa-china.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/business/trump-us-manufacturing.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the problems that Jews have. My Democrat superiors in the federal government did that big time. They succeeded in getting my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/us/politics/trump-antisemitism.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/opinion/antisemitism-jewish-attacks-colorado.html
WASHINGTON POST
— What we know about the visa obtained by Egyptian man who injured a dozen people in Colorado. The Egyptian man charged with injuring a dozen people in Boulder, Colorado, in an attack on demonstrators seeking the release of Israeli hostages is among hundreds of thousands known to overstay their visas each year in the United States.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/06/04/immigration-visas-soliman-colorado-attack/475a08ca-40f9-11f0-b78e-5ddff7eb1e49_story.html
— White House brushes off Elon Musk’s harsh criticism of Trump’s sweeping legislation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/03/trump-presidency-news/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with China and other foreign countries against America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/03/oecd-trump-tariffs-global-growth-gdp/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/02/trump-science-cuts/
USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Illinois.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/03/illinois-ranks-among-safest-states-for-lgbtq-people-new-report-finds-anti-lgbtq-laws-what-to-know/84007361007/
— Critics/opponents of the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T claim victory. I just bought a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T. Its base price is $59,595. The base price for the Scat Pack model is $73,985. The Scat Pack does the quarter mile one second faster, but both models are doing 135 MPH at the end. I also own a 2013 Charger R/T Max. I owned a 1968 Charger R/T show car 1994-2005 and a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971. I worked on the Chrysler assembly line in Belvidere in 1970.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2025/05/18/dodge-cuts-electric-charger-daytona/83710636007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Dodge is pulling the plug, so to speak, on its base model electric Charger Daytona, the R/T, as it deals with slow sales, but don’t expect what appears to be a limited-edition run of vehicles to turn into collector’s items, according to a key industry watcher. “Rarity does not make a collectible. You need to have demand for it,” said Sam Fiorani, vice president of global vehicle forecasting for AutoForecast Solutions. “You can’t presume that this will be a Charger Daytona of 1970. They couldn’t sell those originally and years later, they were collectible.” Fiorani said it’s risky to bet on a car of today becoming something that brings big dollars in the years to come, even when the numbers of those made and sold are relatively small. Still, Dodge will continue to offer the more powerful and expensive electric Charger Daytona Scat Pack for the upcoming model year, even as it prepares to launch several gas-powered versions. While it’s not clear how many Dodge Charger Daytonas will be produced this year, so far, the sales picture is showing a fairly light impact. Electric Charger sales – the company did not distinguish between versions – for the first three months of this year were at 1,947. Granted, they were just beginning to arrive in showrooms in January after months of delays. However, the automaker likely had higher hopes. Fiorani noted that he’d recently driven by a Dodge dealership and saw a row of Chargers waiting to be sold. In a statement, Dodge CEO Matt McAlear said, “Production of the Dodge Charger Daytona R/T is postponed for the 2026 model year as we continue to assess the effects of U.S. tariff policies. The Charger’s flexible, multi-energy STLA Large platform allows us to focus on the Charger Daytona Scat Pack’s performance as the world’s quickest and most powerful muscle car, add the new four-door model to the Charger mix for the 2026 model year and lean into the new Charger SIXPACK models that will launch in the second half of the year.” Sixpack refers to the engine, the inline-six Hurricane, which will come in 550-horsepower or 420-horsepower variants. The electric Scat Pack promises a peak power base of 630 horsepower with a limited push-button burst to 670 horsepower called the Power Shot. The Dodge website lists the Scat Pack all-wheel drive with a starting price of $73,985, excluding destination charge. Adding gas-powered versions to the lineup is not a surprise, as Dodge had previously said that was the plan. However, the decision, reported earlier by MoparInsiders.com, to end the electric R/T’s run so soon does highlight how the market has changed, both in terms of the slower adoption of electric vehicles and President Donald Trump’s embrace of tariffs. The Charger Daytona is assembled at the Windsor Assembly Plant in Ontario, but the batteries initially were to come from South Korea. Fiorani offered some perspective on the potential tariff impact, however. “Everybody is leaning on tariffs for every change in production or sales, whether real or not,” he said. Market realities are, however, what they are. “The idea that an internal combustion engine version would hit the market better at the moment is a strong one,” according to Fiorani. “Buyers haven’t warmed up to EVs as a performance vehicle yet, especially since every EV is a performance model now.” Fiorani also noted that the company’s planned shift in production volume toward the gas-powered Charger would also take the focus off the less expensive EV version – the R/T was listed with a starting price of $59,595, not counting destination. “(They) kind of want to focus on the vehicle that will make money versus the entry-level models that will sell on price,” Fiorani said.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— To get more votes from minorities, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promise to give them more preference over Whites.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-democrats-are-losing-minority-voters-blacks-latinos-priorities-policy-e459c5bb
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace American college students with foreign students.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/maga-policies-would-make-america-mediocre-961a86d3
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/targeting-chinese-students-threatens-the-bottom-line-at-american-universities-c64a89b5
FORTUNE
— I should write about my critics/opponents who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and a) who have given the most preference to those who share their demographics, that is, b) who have discriminated the most against those who do not share their demographics. It is called race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://fortune.com/2025/06/03/tulsa-mayor-race-massacre-reparations-trust-black-wall-street/
NEW REPUBLIC
— Vietnam’s Poignant Celebration of Victory Over America 50 Years Ago. Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have used against me big time my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. I should write about my critics/opponents. They blame Republicans for America losing the war. They stress that I was 1-A for the draft, that I was conservative, and that I was Republican. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government who were veterans and who had my Democrat superiors and supervisors who were veterans take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://newrepublic.com/article/195302/vietnam-war-50-years-poignant-celebration-victory
GUARDIAN
— Family of suspect in Colorado fire attack taken into custody of US immigration. Authorities announced that the wife and five children of Mohamed Sabry Soliman were in federal custody.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/03/boulder-colorado-attack-suspect-family-detention
MOPAR INSIDERS
— Stellantis HQ Gets Patriotic Makeover for America’s 250th Birthday. New Wrap at Chrysler Technical Center Honors Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep®, and Ram Roots. I own a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus and a 2013 Charger R/T Max. I owned a 1968 Charger R/T show car 1994-2005 and a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971. I worked on the Chrysler assembly line in Belvidere in 1970.
https://moparinsiders.com/stellantis-hq-gets-patriotic-makeover-for-americas-250th-birthday/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you’ve driven past the Chrysler Technical Center (CTC) in Auburn Hills, Michigan lately, you probably noticed something big—literally. Stellantis just unveiled a huge new building wrap on its North American headquarters, and it’s all about celebrating America’s 250th birthday. The 15-story tower now proudly wears a red, white, and blue America 250-themed wrap, complete with the newest Dodge and Chrysler logos, along with bold nods to Jeep® and Ram. It’s part of a new yearlong partnership between Stellantis and America 250, the official group in charge of organizing the country’s semi-quincentennial celebration. This isn’t just some casual ad either. The new wrap covers the entire face of the tower and can be seen from a long stretch of I-75, where over 200,000 vehicles pass by each day. It’s designed to grab attention—and it does. The message is clear: Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep®, and Ram are proud to be American-born brands and even prouder to help lead the charge into the country’s 250th year of independence. It’s also a return to tradition. Before the merger that created Stellantis, the Chrysler Group was known for frequently updating the tower with new wraps that showcased their latest vehicles or milestones. Over the past couple of years, though, those updates slowed down. In fact, the last wrap—a Jeep® Wagoneer S promotion—was installed back in June 2024. Before that, the building went nearly a year without one. But now, the tower is back to doing what it does best—making a bold statement. The wrap doesn’t just show off new logos; it tells a story. A story about American innovation, independence, and the four powerhouse brands that have become part of the country’s automotive legacy. For car lovers, history buffs, and everyone in between, this wrap is a reminder that Stellantis’ U.S. brands still take pride in their heritage—and they’re more than ready to celebrate the red, white, and blue.)
May 22, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump confronts South Africa’s president in Oval Office, shows evidence of genocide
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-host-south-africa-president-cyril-ramaphosa-amid-tensions-resettlement-afrikaners/16492596/
WGN9
— Federal budget cuts threaten academic support for at-risk Chicago youth. What did you do while you were in high school? I did yard work, delivered newspapers, and washed dishes.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/federal-budget-cuts-threaten-academic-support-for-at-risk-chicago-youth/
FOX32
— Johnson calls Trump ‘a monster’ while defending diverse hiring amid DOJ probe
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-mayor-calls-trump-monster-defends-diverse-hiring-doj-probe
— LaHood urges party to put aside differences on Trump’s tax bill. LaHood is vowing that President Trump’s tax bill will not kick any Illinoisans off Medicaid or food stamp programs, and that it’ll just root out waste, fraud and abuse.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1645209
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/21/trump-south-africa/
— Firearm arrest No. 10 made at Naperville Topgolf parking lot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/20/naperville-police-topgolf-gun-arrest-2/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/21/first-homosexuals-exhibit-returns-chicago/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with South Africa against America
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/21/trump-south-africa/
— Speak incautiously about race, Mr. Mayor, and you invite federal scrutiny. Brandon Johnson still has to learn there are some things a mayor should not say.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/21/editorial-mayor-brandon-johnson-racial-contracting-trump/
— Waukegan parade organizer accuses alderman of intimidation. I should write about my critics’/opponents’ success in ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades in 2021, a role that I had since 2005.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/21/waukegan-council-victor-felix/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/21/trumps-anti-immigrant-ice-raids-deportation-chicago-rainbow-push-ben-jealous
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Naperville police chief says the city will have ‘zero tolerance’ to unlawful conduct at gatherings
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250521/news/naperville-police-chief-says-the-city-will-have-zero-tolerance-to-unlawful-conduct-at-gatherings/
— Defense Department accepts Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump’s use
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250521/nation-and-world-politics/defense-department-accepts-boeing-747-from-qatar-for-trumps-use/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/05/22/mayor-calls-trump-a-monster-00364698
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-518/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-310/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Broken cities, bad governance: Blue state city residents voting with their feet
https://wirepoints.org/broken-cities-bad-governance-blue-state-city-residents-voting-with-their-feet-fox-news/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— LaHood Votes for, Explains Federal Budget Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/22/lahood-votes-for-explains-federal-budget-bill/
— Keicher School Safety Bill Passes Both Houses
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/21/keicher-school-safety-bill-passes-both-houses/
— Could Republicans Be Taking U.S. Senate Race Seriously?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/21/could-republicans-be-taking-u-s-senate-race-seriously/
— Florida and Illinois Black Leaders Trade Places at Republican Events
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/21/florida-and-illinois-black-leaders-trade-places/
— McHenry Organization Gains Housing Subsidy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/21/mchenry-organization-gains-housing-subsidy/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump puts evidence of ‘White genocide’ in front of South African leader
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/21/trump-plays-video-south-african-leader-showing-purported-evidence/
— House passes Trump agenda bill, sending massive tax and spending cut package to the Senate. Blue-state moderates get more on SALT exemption; conservatives win on green energy, immigration, firearms.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/21/house-republicans-tweak-big-beautiful-bill-ahead-floor-vote/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Hillary Clinton wants immigrant women to do the job American women aren’t doing. I was the only White male who washed dishes in the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights. I did that 1964-1966.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3417646/hillary-clinton-immigration-foreign-women-do-job-americans-arent/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Supreme Court: Children of Illegal Aliens or Tourists are not U.S.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/05/supreme_court_children_of_illegal_aliens_or_tourists_are_not_u_s_citizens.html
— Can You Be a Trump-Supporter and a Good Christian? The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/05/can_you_be_a_trump_supporter_and_a_good_christian.html
BREITBART
— Illinois GOP Calls for Federal Intervention as Tensions Mount Over the State’s Trans Athlete Rules
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2025/05/21/illinois-gop-calls-for-federal-intervention-as-tensions-mount-over-states-trans-athlete-rules/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Forces South African President To Watch Video Of Country’s Leaders Calling For Genocide
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/21/trump-forces-south-african-president-to-watch-video-of-countrys-leaders-calling-for-genocide/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Confronts Ramaphosa Over ‘Afrikaner Genocide’ in Oval Office Meeting
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-ramaphosa-clash-over-afrikaner-genocide-in-white-house-meeting-5861261
— 2 Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed in DC Shooting Near Jewish Museum. The FBI says the attack is being investigated as a potential federal hate crime.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/two-israeli-embassy-staffers-shot-in-dc-near-jewish-museum-noem-5861621
— House Passes Trump Agenda Bill in Early Morning Vote. After weeks of negotiations, in a tight vote just before 7:00 a.m., the House approved the ‘big beautiful bill’ central to the president’s agenda.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/house-passes-trump-agenda-bill-in-early-morning-vote-5861273
FOX NEWS
— Naperville trans athlete conflict grows after tense track meet as state Republicans call for Trump’s help. State representative calls situation ‘disgusting’ as calls grow for the Trump administration to pull federal funding.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/illinois-trans-athlete-conflict-grows-after-tense-track-meet-state-republicans-call-trumps-help
FOX SPORTS
— Illinois state lawmakers get hostile during debates on trans athletes in girls’ sports. Democrat accused Republicans of being ‘obsessed with children’s genitalia’ as tensions mount following Naperville track controversy.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/illinois-state-lawmakers-get-hostile-during-debates-trans-athletes-girls-sports
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chicago Resident Confronts Mayor Johnson: ‘Why are You a Racist?’ Mayor Johnson is a despicable human being.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/chicago-resident-confronts-mayor-johnson-why-are-you-a-racist/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— No, Ending DEI Programs Would Not Be a Loss to Education
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/no-ending-dei-programs-would-not-be-a-loss-to-education/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Trump’s cultural overhaul throttles local arts, humanities programs nationwide
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/politics/trump-culture-arts-humanities-grants-funding
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/frank-kameny-lgbtq-gay-rights-100th-birthday-rcna207654
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with South Africa against America
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africans-praise-ramaphosa-keeping-cool-amid-trump-attack-2025-05-22/
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/under-attack-by-trump-south-africas-ramaphosa-responds-with-trade-deal-offer-2025-05-21/
NEWSWEEK
— Trump Responds to Israeli Embassy Staff Killings in DC: ‘Must End’
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-responds-isreali-embassy-shooting-washington-dc-2075553
NEW YORK TIMES
— U.S. Formally Accepts Luxury Jet From Qatar for Trump. The Air Force has been asked to figure out a way to upgrade it so it can be put into use as a new Air Force One for the president.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/qatar-plane-trump-air-force-one.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump confronts South African president over violence against White farmers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/21/trump-south-africa-white-afrikaners-violence/
WALL STREET JOIRNAL
— The GOP’s SALT Deal Folly. Republicans make it easier for Democrats to raise state taxes. Before SALT, my wife and I paid less federal income tax by itemizing, both of us staring in 1978 and I starting in 1972. My critics/opponents were always furious about that. I deducted my graduate business and accounting course expenses 1972-1980 and my graduate finance course expenses 1992-1997.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/salt-cap-house-republicans-mike-johnson-mike-lawler-nick-lalota-tax-bill-7a6ef2ca?mod=opinion_lead_pos2
— You Can Still Negotiate a ‘Best and Final’ Job Offer. Job hunters can talk their way into a better deal, even if the salary is set. Ever since I was 31 years old in 1980, my critics/opponents have used against me big time my taking a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that pay cut proved a) that IRS had grossly overpaid me, that is, that IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1983, and 1974 and b) that was an extremely bad person because I had 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/year, because much of what I would do for GAO was similar to what I did for IRS, because GAO audits IRS, because I has almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, because I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and because I had earned an MBA in 1976. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-offer-negotiations-82550489
BLOOMBERG
— Trump Ramps Up Criminal Charges Against Migrants in California
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-21/trump-ramping-up-criminal-charges-against-migrants-in-sanctuary-cities
POLITICO
— Trump administration accepts Qatari jet for Air Force One
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/21/trump-administration-accepts-qatari-jet-for-air-force-one-00362805
— Trump puts South Africa’s president on the defensive over ‘genocide’ claims
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/21/trump-south-africa-defensive-genocide-00362831
— Trump admin deportation flight to South Sudan violated court order, judge rules
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/21/trump-deportations-south-sudan-00362919
MEDIAITE
— Reporter William Kelly Slams Chicago Mayor for ‘Black Power Rhetoric’ and Asks Him: ‘Why Are You a Racist?’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/far-right-reporter-slams-chicago-mayor-for-black-power-rhetoric-and-asks-him-why-are-you-a-racist/
DAILY KOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/21/2323597/-Surprise-Trump-s-base-is-motivated-by-racist-hate-and-deep-bigotry-not-economics
May 14, 2025
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I should write a book about Wheaton Independence Day parades since 1978. I would focus on Republican participation in those parades. I would focus on those who are working the hardest to diminish/end Republican participation in this year’s Wheaton and Glen Ellyn parades. They argue that the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) cannot afford the $1,500 cost of entry fees and candy for the parades. In 2007, I succeeded in raising $2,000 on short notice so that an elephant could walk behind U.S. Congressman Peter Roskam in Wheaton’s 2007 parade. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/uncategorized/july-4-evening-edition-2/ I served as the Republican fundraiser for the Wheaton Independence Day parades 2005-2021. In my book, I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes end what I did. I have urged MTRO to encourage Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congressional District 3, Illinois statewide offices, Illinois senate, Illinois house, DuPage countywide offices, DuPage County District 4, etc. to participate in this year’s parades. Please join me in urging MTRO to participate in the parades. Please join me in urging Republican candidates to participate in the parades. I certainly hope that LaHood walks in both parades. His father walked in Wheaton’s 2005 parade. I spoke with him before the parade kicked off. Bob Dole walked in Wheaton’s 1996 parade, Jim Ryan in its 2002 parade, and Obama and his wife in its 2004 parade. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Will the Illinois GOP show up for the 2026 state elections?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/14/opinion-illinois-republican-party-candidates-2026-funding/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We are in the important pre-primary phase of the 2026 elections in Illinois (circulation of petitions opens in September), when prospective candidates strut their endorsements — and money raised — in efforts to scare off possible opponents. In our basically one-party state, Democratic wannabes are coming off a long bench to make their cases. In contrast, Republicans have no bench of experienced, well-known prospects to speak of. Because of extreme gerrymandering, the GOP has few state legislators and no statewide officials whatsoever. Attractive but no-name candidates are being counseled by Republican insiders that this is a no-win year for the GOP and it’s better to stay out. Will the GOP even show up with a slate of credible candidates for the U.S. Senate, the governorship and all other statewide offices? After all, the party in the White House generally does poorly in the midterm election. And Gov JB Pritzker has more money than Croesus ($3.7 billion, according to Forbes) and seemingly giddy enthusiasm for spending it. Recent history shows he stands ready to bankroll all the Democratic statewide candidates with more than enough money to blow away the opposition. After all, he wants to show national Democrats that he leads his party to victory up and down the line. GOP woes don’t end there. Illinois Republicans are divided into a downstate (outside the seven metro Chicago counties) that is enthusiastically pro-Donald Trump, versus the suburbs, where moderates and Democrats reign. For example, DuPage County and its 920,000 residents used to be largely white and GOP. But the times, they are a’changin’. According to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), a language other than English is now spoken at home in nearly one-third of the households in the six counties surrounding Cook. Republican George Ryan won the governorship in 1998 with 70% of the DuPage County vote, whereas Trump garnered 42% of that county’s vote in 2024. GOP nominees for the U.S. Senate and governorship will have to declare their position on Trump, a no-win situation: Come out strongly for Trump and lose the suburbs or come out against Trump and watch voters downstate sit on their hands in November. Be wishy-washy on Trump, and lose votes across the board. And who will bankroll GOP candidates in the face of such dour prospects? Billionaire Ken Griffin has departed Illinois for Florida, with his millions for GOP causes. Make no mistake: Big money has replaced party organization as the engine of candidate success. Lightning does strike, however. In 2004, little-known state Sen. Barack Obama entered a crowded field that sought an open seat in the U.S. Senate. Trailing in the polls throughout in the Democratic primary, Obama surged to victory when, near the end of the primary, the front-runner’s candidacy imploded almost overnight as a result of juicy revelations of messy marital discord. In the general election campaign that followed, the attractive GOP nominee dropped out of the race because of sexual peccadilloes revealed in unsealed divorce records, and Obama skated into the U.S. Senate. The rest, as they say … I expect there will be no-name and, maybe otherwise, very attractive candidates on the ballot next year for the GOP but with little money. I have mentioned money several times in this essay. In the past decade, Pritzker has spent $400 million on his own and associates’ campaigns. A Democrat, he even sabotaged the Republican primary campaign for governor in 2022. In that year, according to this newspaper, Pritzker spent $24 million to boost the nomination of possibly the weakest of his possible opponents for the general election. Pritzker’s money advertised that Darren Bailey was “too extreme” for Illinois — which was, irony definitely intended, an attractive message for a big swath of conservative GOP primary voters. Shameful politics. Big money, corrosive of democracy, could be the overarching issue for Republican candidates in 2026: “You can’t buy my vote! Don’t let JB Pritzker continue to buy elections in Illinois!” Lightning does strike. But you have to show up.)
— 2002 FLASHBACK: Politicians parade for voters at 4th fests. Jim Ryan, the Republican candidate for governor, began his parade marching in Wheaton in DuPage County, the heart of GOP territory in the Chicago area. Ryan looked fresh and cool after stepping out of an air-conditioned van into the boiling morning heat. He and his wife, Marie, joined the procession just as his sweaty supporters, who had been standing in the sun waiting for him, began their way down North Main Street. “All politics is local–never forget your base,” Ryan said. Indeed, blue-and-white Ryan balloons were fastened to lawn chairs, strollers and benches along the parade route. Only an occasional sign for his Democratic rival, Rod Blagojevich, could be spotted. . .. .But political jockeying surely was in play Thursday. An old political tradition holds that the more influence a politician wields, the closer he will be to the front of the parade line. For example, in GOP-laden Wheaton, U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) launched the parade, with Ryan right behind him. In third place was Republican Joe Birkett, the DuPage County state’s attorney who is running for Illinois attorney general. His Democratic rival, Lisa Madigan, was placed far back.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/07/05/politicians-parade-for-voters-at-4th-fests/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Trump-themed shop in Huntley could be closed over code issues, but owner says it’s political
— Federal judge OKs use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans who are labeled gang members
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/13/alien-enemies-act-deport-venezuelans/
— Federal grand jury indicts Wisconsin judge in immigration case
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/13/wisconsin-judge-immigration-case/
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly serves as a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/14/column-journalism-decline-chicago-local-news-washington/
— From what I see, in the Chicagoland area, jurors are overwhelmingly Democrats
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/14/opinion-juror-act-trial-reform-paul-st-louis/
— Why is CPS treating charter and private schools like liquor stores?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/14/chicago-charter-schools-vacant/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— City Council committee OKs removal of college degree requirement for city jobs. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered their hiring, retention, and promotion requirements to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license. I should write about that.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/05/13/city-council-committee-paper-ceiling-college-degree-city-jobs
— Democrat leaders continue to use George Floyd to promote hated against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/14/five-years-george-floyds-murder-national-urban-league-racial-justice-dei-police-reform-marc-morial
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker budget team slashes state’s revenue forecast by $536 million
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-budget-office-cuts-revenue-forecast-536m
— State Farm cleared to hike California homeowner premiums 17%
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/insurance/state-farm-cleared-hike-california-homeowner-rates-17
ABC7
— Federal judge in Pennsylvania rules that Trump’s invocation of Alien Enemies Act is lawful
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-judge-pennsylvania-rules-trumps-invocation-aea-is-lawful/16406471/
— Inflation eased after Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-inflation-data-reveal-impacts-trumps-liberation-day-tariffs/16400850/
NBC5
— Senate Republicans react to Qatar gifting Trump a $400 million jet
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/watch-senate-republicans-react-to-qatar-gifting-trump-a-400-million-jet/3744811/
— Democrat leaders promote a Trump critic
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/commentator-hasan-piker-detained-ohare-airport/3744867/
— Chuck Schumer to block Trump DOJ nominees over Qatari jet
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/chuck-schumer-pauses-trump-justice-department-nominees-over-qatari-jet/3744418/
FOX32
— 22 Chicago students ingest weed edibles at South Side elementary school. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/22-chicago-students-ingest-weed-edibles-south-side-school
— A new SmartAsset study ranked the 10 wealthiest counties in Illinois based on income, home values, and investment income. Lake, DuPage, and Kendall counties took the top three spots. Cook County, which includes Chicago, ranked ninth overall.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-wealthiest-counties-study
— Under the Democrats, sooner or later, everyone in America will be on Medicaid. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer in America are on track to become productive members of society.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1640556
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Emma Shafter to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/05/13/family-of-emma-shafer-felt-exploited-by-recent-kristi-noem-visit/83568796007/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump’s plan to accept free Air Force One replacement from Qatar raises ethical and security worries
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trumps-plan-to-accept-free-air-force-one-replacement-from-qatar-raises-ethical-and-security/article_909d5190-12f5-59fe-b541-d2d9b9ed1829.html
SOUTHERN
— Republicans dodge, laugh off questions about Trump’s gift plane from Qatar
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/05/13/republicans-dodge-laugh-off-questions-about-trumps-gift-plane-from-qatar/
RIVER BENDER
— Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition Suing Trump Administration Over Illegal Immigration Conditions Placed On Billions In Federal Funding. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-leads-coalition-suing-trump-administration-over-illegal-immigration-conditions-placed-on-billions-in-federal-funding-82440.cfm?
NPR ILLINOIS
— Jewish people in Israel are overwhelmingly conservative. Jewish people in America are overwhelming liberal. Enough said.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-14/multiple-trump-white-house-officials-have-ties-to-antisemitic-extremists
WGLT
— Before Trump weaponized the IRS to advance his political agenda, there was Nixon. How did Nixon impact you? Nixon was president while I worked for the Democrats a) who ran the Post Office in 1969 and b) who ran IRS 1971-1974. They despised/hated Nixon. They blamed Nixon, and therefore Republicans, for America losing the Vietnam War. They punished me, a draft avoider, to punish Nixon. My Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave request and forced me to resign in 1969. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, they disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and they made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. They did the aforesaid even though a) I earned an MBA in 1976, b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and c) I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980.
https://www.wglt.org/2025-05-13/before-trump-weaponized-the-irs-to-advance-his-political-agenda-there-was-nixon
WMBD RADIO
— Illinois seeks to prevent feds from tying funding for states to immigration enforcement. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/05/13/illinois-seeks-to-prevent-feds-from-tying-funding-for-states-to-immigration-enforcement/
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrat leaders cite Democrat think tanks
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/05/12/campus/northwestern-study-finds-democrats-left-leaning-think-tanks-cite-scientific-studies-more-than-republicans/
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://newschannel20.com/question/vote-do-you-support-the-irs-sharing-data-with-ice-to-help-track-down-illegal-migrants-question-of-the-day-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-border-patrol-deportation-trump-administration
NPR ILLINOIS
— Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition. According to Democrat leaders, only Whites discriminate. White Afrikaners should anticipate/expect that the next Democrat or RINO U.S. President will deport them.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-12/episcopal-church-refuses-to-resettle-white-afrikaners-citing-moral-opposition
— According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League colleges are worthless, that is, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.nprillinois.org/education-desk/2025-05-13/new-study-suggests-changes-to-illinois-community-college-university-pipeline
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn Native Americans against Republicans.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/our-identity-has-been-frozen-in-time-how-native-american-advocates-are-influencing-springfield/
WHEATON PARK DISTRICT
— 2016 FLASHBACK: WHEATON PARK DISTRICT HOSTS INDEPENDENCE DAY “CELEBRATION!” At press time, sponsors for the Independence Day Celebration included Jerry Haggerty Chevrolet, DuPage County Republicans, and the City of Wheaton.
https://wheatonparkdistrict.com/wheaton-park-district-hosts-independence-day-celebration-july-3-and-4/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-512/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-304/
— Democrat leaders blame Trump and Musk for revenue dip. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump and Musk for everything that is bad.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/13/manar-trump-musk-are-to-blame-for-revenue-dip/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Illinois DOGE Profile: Centro De Trabajadores Unidos gets $4 million to help illegal aliens evade ICE
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/671354954-illinois-doge-profile-centro-de-trabajadores-unidos-gets-4-million-to-help-illegal-aliens-evade-ice
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— IL House Republicans call out $1B for NGOs, plan their own budget proposal
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_105bd8f5-b568-41b5-b567-bf49c03bfc51.html
— Legislation would limit how consumers can buy an electric vehicle in Illinois. I should write my experience buying a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV. Please let me know if you share my interest in that American nameplate muscle car. I also own a 2023 Ford Mustang GT Premium, 2013 Charger R/T Max, 2005 Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, and 1972 Corvette. Phone: 630-653-0462 (home) and 630-414-6079 (cell). Email: diersen@aol.com
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1352ecca-a4b6-41f6-b0ae-b18e6dc01128.html
WIREPOINTS
— These NGO funds don’t help ordinary Chicagoans, they sustain networks that keep failed politicians in power.
https://wirepoints.org/these-ngo-funds-dont-help-ordinary-chicagoans-they-go-to-sustain-networks-that-keep-failed-politicians-in-power-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly lower standards. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered their hiring, retention, and promotion requirements to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I value my independence. I do not seek money, nor do I accept money to cover the substantial costs that I pay to put together and to send out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I am fortunate that I have the necessary money, time, ability, experience, and motivation to put my newsletters together and to send them out. My critics/opponents should understand that the more that they have had their disgusting operatives and their disgusting dupes do to discourage/stop me, the more motivated that I am. Last year, they rudely removed me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. In 2021, they rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, a role that I had since 2005. Their previous adverse actions against me include their rudely ending my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, their rudely ending my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, and their rudely almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders use your ancestors against you. What did your ancestors do? On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses in Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border and then bought that farm. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to a recent study, White women benefit more from DEI than Black people. All the White women who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. I should write about my Democrat superiors and supervisors who were White women and who took the biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who during my last 9 years at GAO a) kept me off audits of IRS, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and c) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Is David Axelrod Pimping for Rahm?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/13/is-david-axelrod-pimping-for-rahm/
— Americans for Prosperity Send Second Postcard Seeking to Put Pressure on Sue Ness to Vote against Hiking Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/13/americans-for-prosperity-send-second-postcard-seeking-to-put-pressure-on-sue-ness-to-vote-against-hiking-taxes/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Protesters swarm House committee as Republicans take up cuts to Medicaid, taxes
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/13/protesters-swarm-house-committee-republicans-take-cuts-medicaid-taxes/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— There’s no such thing as a free jet. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I value my independence. I do not seek money, nor do I accept money to cover the substantial costs that I pay to put together and to send out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I am fortunate that I have the necessary money, time, ability, experience, and motivation to put my newsletters together and to send them out. My critics/opponents should understand that the more that they have had their disgusting operatives and their disgusting dupes do to discourage/stop me, the more motivated that I am. Last year, they rudely removed me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. In 2021, they rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, a role that I had since 2005. Their previous adverse actions against me include their rudely ending my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, their rudely ending my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, and their rudely almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3409713/trump-qatar-jet-gift-air-force-one/
— Trump’s deal for illegal immigrants will increase deportations and decrease spending
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/3410142/trump-deal-illegal-immigrants-increase-deportations-decrease-spending/
NEW YORK POST
— Officials describe persecution of South African refugees who are arrived in the US
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te_Syuqog8A
— Trump recklessly accepting a plane from Qatar is the type of unnecessary risk that could ruin his presidency
https://nypost.com/2025/05/13/opinion/michael-goodwin-trump-accepting-financial-gifts-from-qatar-is-one-of-the-many-ways-he-can-ruin-his-legacy/
BREITBART
— Saudi Arabia Sets Up Mobile McDonald’s for Trump’s Visit to the Middle East
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/13/saudi-arabia-sets-up-mobile-mcdonalds-for-trumps-visit-to-the-middle-east/
— Pope Leo’s Brother: The Pope Is Not Woke — He Will ‘Be Down the Middle’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/13/pope-leos-brother-the-pope-is-not-woke-he-will-be-down-the-middle/
FOX NEWS
— Gianno Caldwell seeks justice for brother killed in blue city ‘enamored with criminals’ rights’: alderman Gianno Caldwell’s 18-year-old brother was fatally shot, along with a female victim, in Chicago in June 2022
https://www.foxnews.com/us/gianno-caldwell-seeks-justice-brother-killed-blue-city-enamored-criminals-rights-alderman
MEGYN KELLY
— Racist and Hypocritical Left and Media Attack White Afrikaners Arriving in United States as Refugees
https://www.megynkelly.com/watch/racist-and-hypocritical-left-and-media-attack-white-afrikaners-arriving-in-united-states-as-refugees/
NRCC
— Hardworking Californians Get the Bill, Illegals Get the Benefits
https://www.nrcc.org/2025/05/13/hardworking-californians-get-the-bill-illegals-get-the-benefits-2/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Medical Schools Are Still Discriminating by Race
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/05/medical-schools-are-still-discriminating-by-race/
NEWSMAX
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. I do not promote LGBTQ. I should write about Democrat and RINO leaders who destroy me.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/lgbtq-rfk-hhs/2025/05/13/id/1210803/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrat and RINO leaders use your ancestors against you. What did your ancestors do? On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses in Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border and then bought that farm.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/13/msnbc_panel_trumps_refugees_descendents_of_the_people_who_created_the_most_diabolical_system_of_white_supremacy_in_human_history.html
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Just Can’t Stop Pushing Nonsensical Assault Weapon Bans
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnrlottjr/2025/05/13/the-democrats-just-cant-stop-pushing-nonsensical-assault-weapon-bans-n2656972
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. I do not promote LGBTQ. I should write about Democrat and RINO leaders who destroy me.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5298112-house-democrats-lgbtq-suicide-hotline-funding-cuts/
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5296524-x-tiktok-meta-youtube-instagram-lgbtq-users-glaad/
ASSOCIATE PRESS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly blame Trump’s tariffs for all price increases.
https://apnews.com/article/inflation-economy-tariffs-trump-5436b90e8e5a003f228c1bd08186589c
NEW YORK TIMES
— Wisconsin Judge Indicted on Charges That She Helped Immigrant Evade Agents. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan-immigration.html
— Trump Leadership: If You Want Welfare and Can Work, You Must
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/opinion/trump-welfare-medicaid-requirements.html
— Democrat leaders pay “researchers” to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/business/economy/trump-research-brain-drain.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasing promote more hatred against those who voted for Trump. Who are the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? How successful have they been?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/opinion/trump-due-process-habeas-corpus.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/05/13/trump-democrats-sanctuary-lawsuit-immigration/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more race based preference giving, that is, they ever-increasingly discriminate more against Whites.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/13/black-doctors-scholarship-ohio/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for bad weather.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-05-14/trump-guts-fema-as-climate-disasters-worsen
— Democrat leaders used Voice of America to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-05-14/voice-of-america-pbs-npr-trump
MIAMI TIMES
— White women benefit more from DEI than Black people. All the White women who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. I should write about my Democrat superiors and supervisors who were White women and who took the biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who during my last 9 years at GAO a) kept me off audits of IRS, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and c) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/business/studies-show-white-women-benefit-more-from-dei-than-black-people/article_f0bb761e-334c-4151-832d-f3fa0026531a.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/12/slowing-inflation-trump-tariffs/83524058007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. I do not promote LGBTQ. I should write about Democrat and RINO leaders who destroy me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/14/gay-pride-month-lgbtq-forum/83583013007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/13/democratic-lawmakers-urge-kennedy-to-save-lgbtq-lifeline/83600490007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How the Ivy League Earned Donald Trump’s Ire. Too many instructors at Harvard, Columbia and elsewhere are less interested in teaching and more interested in student indoctrination.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-the-ivy-league-earned-donald-trumps-ire-higher-education-colleges-universities-96631031
— The U.S. Once Built Airplanes Quickly. At its peak, a Ford factory produced one B-24 bomber an hour during World War II.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-u-s-once-built-airplanes-quickly-7e526511
— FRONT PAGE: The next Democrat or RINO U.S. President will send White Afrikaners back
https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/trump-afrikaner-south-africa-refugee-d5ad7b94
— How Young People Are Coping With Economic Anxiety. I should write about how my avoiding the Vietnam War draft negatively impacted my career big time.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/your-money-matters/how-young-people-are-coping-with-economic-anxiety/3ea69cb0-9736-49c5-8f94-f5c1f9be316a
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— How successful have Democrat leaders been taking over Catholic organizations in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.ncronline.org/news/catholic-college-presidents-decry-trump-administrations-interference-higher-ed
GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/13/us-mexico-border-surveillance
May 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Facts to know about Chicago native, newly elected Pope Leo XIV
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/facts-to-know-about-chicago-native-newly-elected-pope-leo-xiv/3741733/
WGN9
— Prevost’s boyhood neighbors predicted he would become Pope
https://wgntv.com/news/robert-prevost-neighbors-predict-pope-leo-xiv/
WTTW
— Democrat and RINO leaders forever promote George Ryan.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/08/former-death-row-inmates-complicated-legacy-late-illinois-gov-george-ryan
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders promote Pope Leo XIV criticism of Trump and Vance
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/pope-leo-social-media-criticisms/
— Welcome, Pope Leo XIV, Chicago’s Holy Father
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/pope-leo-chicago-vatican-francis/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The rush in Illinois to become a U.S. citizen amid immigration crackdown. As the Trump administration begins “social media vetting for anti-Americanism” among immigrants and other efforts, growing numbers are choosing to become citizens.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/05/09/the-rush-in-illinois-to-become-a-u-s-citizen-amid-immigration-crackdown
— Who will the Democrats nominate for U.S. President in 2028? All the current contenders are anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/07/democrats-2028-president-elections-trump-biden-mistakes-harris-candidates-pritzker-s-e-cupp
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Pope Leo XIV is a Democrat. To be a Democrat is to be anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-whats-in-a-name-pope-leo-xivs-choice-signals-a-commitment-to-social-justice/
NPR ILLINOIS
— First Afrikaners granted refugee status due to arrive in U.S. They should fear that the next Democrat or RINO U.S. President will send them back. Needless-to-say, they should avoid Illinois.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5391815/first-afrikaners-granted-refugee-status-due-to-arrive-in-u-s
25 NEWS NOW
— Senate bill to allow death penalty for illegal immigrants who kill Americans
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/05/08/senate-bill-allow-death-penalty-illegal-immigrants-who-kill-americans/
WINDY CITY TIMES
— Democrat teachers ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://windycitytimes.com/2025/05/06/chicago-teachers-union-codifies-lgbtq-protections-in-new-contract/
CAPITOL FREE BEACON
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-509/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP senators slam the latest push for higher taxes by Illinois Democrats
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_cbe4c9d3-c86d-4d6f-8371-c2ea0bfc0b4b.html
— Lion Electric bankruptcy raises concerns over state’s EV incentives
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_309a4583-df72-4cfe-80fb-db65d07d774c.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that Pope Leo XIV was selected because he hates Trump. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do George Ryan and Jim Ryan supporters think of you? They despise, if not hate me. They blame their problems on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. I should write about them. 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponent credit meritocracy for their successes, but discredit meritocracy for everyone else’s successes. Democrat and RINO leaders, that is, liberal and moderate leaders, have always used “disparate impact” to get rid of Republicans, that is, to get rid of conservatives. Conservatives do better on tests than liberals and moderates. My critics/opponents continue to be furious that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination on my first attempt in 1981. They stress others who passed the examinations on their first attempt and got better scores than I did. Extremely few of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal promoted over me took the CPA examination, let alone passed it, let alone passed it on their first attempt. None passed the CIA examination. I should write about my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me. They all were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. According to my critics/opponents, I passed the aforesaid examinations because the tests favored those who share my White male demographics. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother attended high school. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office hired me because they could not find a Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled and lost that I would cave in and become a Democrat. The RINOs who ran the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) in 2000 let me publish the organization’s first website and serve as its webmaster. They gambled and lost that I would cave in and become a RINO. They rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster in 2004. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— George Ryan, 1934-2025. What do George Ryan and Jim Ryan supporters think of you? They despise, if not hate me. They blame their problems on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. I should write about them. 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.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-obituary/3405131/george-ryan-life-obit-illinois-death-penalty/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— University of Chicago Stats Professor Cancels Midterm, Pushes Students To Join Anti-Trump Protest Instead. ‘Marching against this dangerous authoritarian administration is of utmost importance!’ Yali Amit says.
https://freebeacon.com/issues/university-of-chicago-stats-professor-cancels-midterm-pushes-students-to-join-anti-trump-protest-instead/
NEW YORK POST
— Pope Leo XIV was an active Republican primary voter and voted in 2024 presidential election
https://nypost.com/2025/05/08/us-news/pope-leo-xiv-was-an-active-republican-primary-voter-and-voted-in-2024-presidential-election/
— Pope Leo XIV in his own words: The pontiff on abortion, climate change, homosexuality, and capital punishment
https://nypost.com/2025/05/08/us-news/pope-leo-xiv-in-his-own-words-the-pontiff-on-abortion-climate-change-homosexuality-and-capital-punishment/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Makes Judge Jeanine Interim US Attorney For DC
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/08/trump-makes-judge-jeanine-interim-us-attorney-for-dc/
EPOCH TIMES
— What to Know About Robert Francis Prevost: The First American Pope. The Augustinian from Chicago has spent much of his time in Latin America.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/what-to-know-about-robert-francis-prevost-the-first-american-pope-5854705
FEDERALIST
— Read The New Pope’s Far-Left Takes On Immigration, Climate, Covid, And Race Relations
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/08/read-the-new-popes-far-left-takes-on-immigration-climate-covid-and-race-relations/
— There’s No ‘Sanctuary’ For Family Of Chicago Woman Killed By Illegal Alien
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/09/theres-no-sanctuary-for-family-of-woman-allegedly-killed-by-illegal-alien/
https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/06/try-telling-this-dad-whose-daughter-was-killed-by-an-illegal-that-open-borders-are-compassionate/
FREE PRESS
— How Can You Be a Cop in a City (Chicago) That Hates You?
https://www.thefp.com/p/chicago-police-suicides
NEW AMERICAN
— New Pope’s X Feed Reveals Far-left Sympathies, but Traditional Catholics Still Hope for the Best
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/new-popes-x-feed-reveals-far-left-sympathies-but-traditional-catholics-still-hope-for-the-best/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Pope Leo XIV Previously Criticized Trump’s Deportation Policies
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/pope-leo-xiv-previously-criticized-trumps-deportation-policies-while-damning-allegations-of-abuse-resurface/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Newly-Elected American Pope Has Taken Multiple Shots at the Trump Administration in Recent Months
https://www.westernjournal.com/newly-elected-american-pope-taken-multiple-shots-trump-administration-recent-months/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Pope Leo XIV voted in 2024 U.S. general election — here’s which primaries he’s voted in
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-leo-robert-prevost-voting-records-republican-democratic-primaries/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pope-robert-prevost-pope-leo-xiv/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Chicago-born pope — formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost — is registered to vote in the Chicago suburb of New Lenox, Ill., and has a mixed voting history of participating in primaries for both parties, according to voting records shared with CBS News and data from the Illinois State Board of Elections. There is no party registration in Illinois, but to vote in a primary you have to choose a party’s ballot to vote on. Prevost has voted in more Republican primaries than Democratic, and the last primary election he voted in was the 2016 Republican presidential primary. . .He voted in the Republican primaries in 2012, 2014 & 2016, including the presidential primaries in 2012 and 2016. L2 Data records show he last voted in a Democratic primary in 2010. He had also voted in the party’s presidential primary in 2008. He has voted in at least nine general elections, including in five presidential election cycles: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2024. There’s no record of him voting in the 2016 or 2020 general election. Records show he also voted in a “consolidated general election” in April 2001, when local Illinois offices were on the ballot.)
— Here’s what Pope Leo XIV has posted about politics — and the Trump administration — on social media
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-leo-xiv-social-media-account-trump-vance-criticism/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a
MSN
— Pope Leo XIV’s attacks on ‘homosexual lifestyle’ spark fears in Catholic LGBTQ+ community
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pope-leo-xiv-s-attacks-on-homosexual-lifestyle-spark-fears-in-catholic-lgbtq-community/ar-AA1Eqh25
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Catholic Chicagoans Celebrate as Native Son Pope Leo XIV Becomes First American Pope. Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision was announced that a native son, Cardinal Robert Prevost, had been elected pope.
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-05-08/catholic-chicagoans-celebrate-as-native-son-pope-leo-xiv-becomes-first-american-pope
NEW YORK TIMES & WASHINGTON POST & NEWSWEEK & CNN & REUTERS & MSN & POLITICO & DAILY BEAST & PEOPLE & ADVOCATE & MEDIA MATTERS & RAW STORY & UNHERD & IRISH STAR & REASON & DAILY VOICE & NEW REPUBLIC & POLITICO
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will do everything that they can to paint Pope Leo XIV as being a Democrat, that is, as being anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/nyregion/pope-leo-xiv-lgbtq-gay.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/europe/pope-leo-xiv-robert-francis-prevost.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-views-political-robert-prevost/
https://www.newsweek.com/what-pope-leo-said-lgbtq-issues-2069889
https://www.newsweek.com/pope-leo-sparks-maga-criticism-2069864
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/politics/video/biden-pope-leo-xiv-election-reaction-bash-vrtc
https://www.reuters.com/world/before-becoming-pontiff-pope-leo-levied-criticism-trump-vance-2025-05-08/
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/new-pope-robert-prevost-s-voting-history-as-his-stance-on-abortion-and-party-registration-revealed/ar-AA1EqsIj
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/trump-welcomes-new-american-born-pope-and-says-he-can-t-wait-to-meet-him-despite-leo-xiv-once-blasting-vance/ar-AA1Eq5aK
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-goes-into-meltdown-branding-pope-leo-xiv-woke-marxist-and-never-trump-er/ar-AA1Er6jj
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/marxist-pope-maga-rages-against-new-pope-for-being-critical-of-trump-s-policies/ar-AA1Eqgqv
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/08/leo-american-pope-worldview-00337247
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-popes-voting-record-reveals-real-thoughts-on-trump-analyst/
https://people.com/where-does-pope-leo-xiv-stand-lgbtq-issues-what-we-know-11731335
https://www.advocate.com/voices/vatican-message-trump-opinion
https://www.mediamatters.org/jack-posobiec/jack-posobiec-criticizes-pope-leo-xiv-promoting-anti-trump-and-anti-bukele-articles-0
https://www.rawstory.com/jack-posobiec-pope-leo/
https://unherd.com/newsroom/pope-leo-xiv-heralds-a-renewal-of-catholic-social-justice/
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/irish-catholics-respond-first-american-35196239
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/presidential-elections-pope-leo-voted-35196053
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-and-immigration/
https://dailyvoice.com/virginia/arlington/robert-prevost-pope-leo-xiv-blasted-trump-on-x/
https://newrepublic.com/post/195017/new-pope-robert-prevost-lgbtq-immigration
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/08/pope-leo-tweets-social-media-00337322
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/08/leo-american-pope-worldview-00337247
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/health/migrants-health-care-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Leo XIV’s New Lenox brother recalls feeling of ‘disbelief’ over his sibling becoming pope
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/05/09/pope-leo-xiv-brother-john-prevost/0772f2be-2c93-11f0-a724-3bc879c9f843_story.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/07/pride-flag-ban-utah-idaho/83493956007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight to keep their control of their colleges
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/08/trump-research-funding-cuts-china/83417543007/
NEW YORK TIMES & BLOOMBERG LAW & ECONOMIST
— My critics/opponent credit meritocracy for their successes, but discredit meritocracy for everyone else’s successes. Democrat and RINO leaders, that is, liberal and moderate leaders, have always used “disparate impact” to get rid of Republicans, that is, to get rid of conservatives. Conservatives do better on tests than liberals and moderates. My critics/opponents continue to be furious that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination on my first attempt in 1981. They stress others who passed the examinations on their first attempt and got better scores than I did. Extremely few of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal promoted over me took the CPA examination, let alone passed it, let alone passed it on their first attempt. None passed the CIA examination. I should write about my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me. They all were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. According to my critics/opponents, I passed the aforesaid examinations because the tests favored those who share my White male demographics. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother attended high school.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/politics/trump-civil-rights.html
https://news.bgov.com/litigation/doj-ends-longstanding-disparate-impact-suit-over-nyc-fire-hiring
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/05/08/trump-knocks-down-a-controversial-pillar-of-civil-rights-law
STATE JOURNAL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.state-journal.com/opinion/guest-columnist-the-new-barbarians-at-the-gates/article_9382434e-bd53-40da-a0a1-e11d989f392f.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Does Your Car Model Say About You? My critics/opponents despise/hate cars, and especially American nameplate cars, and even more especially American nameplate muscle cars.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-does-your-car-model-say-about-you-55f7faa1
FORTUNE
— Pension fund has voted to block new investments in Tesla: ‘Musk has destroyed the brand’ Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy Tesla to destroy Musk to destroy Trump.
https://fortune.com/2025/05/09/pension-fund-tesla-lehigh-elon-musk/
FAST COMPANY
— You can buy the new pope’s childhood Dolton home for $199,000. Robert Prevost’s former house is about to become a landmark.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91326862/you-can-buy-the-new-popes-childhood-home-for-199000
BUSINESS INSIDER
— The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office hired me because they could not find a Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled and lost that I would cave in and become a Democrat. The RINOs who ran the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) in 2000 let me publish the organization’s first website and serve as its webmaster. They gambled and lost that I would cave in and become a RINO. They rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster in 2004.
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-i-left-republican-party-register-democrat-2016-10
DAILY MAIL
— How a humble Chicago schoolboy Robert Prevost with a veteran father rose to become America’s first Pope
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14693031/robert-prevost-american-pope-leo-childhood-beginnings.html
INDEPENDENT
— According to Democrat leaders, Pope Leo XIV is anti-Trump.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-leo-xiv-new-robert-prevost-conclave-vatican-live-updates-b2747726.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/maga-woke-american-pope-leo-xiv-b2747600.html
GUARDIAN
— Unearthed comments from new pope alarm LGBTQ+ Catholics. Previous negative remarks by Pope Leo XIV about ‘homosexual lifestyle’ at odds with papacy of Pope Francis.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/09/pope-leo-xiv-lgbtq
April 22, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Powell against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2025/04/21/wall-street-dollar-tumble-trump-repeat-attacks-federal-reserve-chair-powell
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/22/rep-jesus-garcia-advocates-slam-purge-of-immigrants-from-social-security
— Democrats always want more government money for education because Democrats use education to crank out good little Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/22/illinois-funding-higher-education-politics
FOX32
— Illinois Dems slam Trump admin over Social Security staff cuts. Democrat and RINO leaders did not slam Gingrich over his GAO staff cuts during the 1980s and 1990s. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. Reforms could have included a) requiring that at least one-third of GAO employees at each grade level be Republican and b) requiring that all requests for GAO to do work be bipartisan.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1628597
STATELINE
— Pritzker poised to run for president in 2028. How does that impact Republican decisions to run for governor in 2026?
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-gov-pritzker-2028-presidential/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— A growing number of Republican-led states are taking aim at driver’s licenses issued by other states to illegals. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/some-gop-states-are-targeting-drivers-licenses-issued-to-immigrants-illegally-in-the-us/article_76f63623-d923-5777-b0c4-f2915029fa43.html
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot and promote reparations.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/04/22/city/poetic-justice-how-cannabis-fuels-evanstons-reparations/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— School districts must follow stringent background checks when considering potential employees. 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.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/04/18/roll-call-school-districts-must-follow-stringent-background-checks-when-considering-potential-employees/
WSPY
— Conservative Group looks to form Kane DOGE. Should I form a DuPage DOGE? I would draw on what I learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) becoming a licensed CPA, d) becoming a Certified Forensic Accountant, Financial Services Auditor, Government Financial Manager, Fraud Examiner, Internal Auditor, and Public Accountant, and e) earning master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business.
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/conservative-group-looks-to-form-kane-doge/article_89dc72fb-597d-497a-9b84-585366768479.html
WCPT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://heartlandsignal.com/2025/04/21/illinois-lt-gov-juliana-stratton-talks-administrations-successes-standing-up-to-trump-with-wcpts-richard-chew/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders use Durbin to promote more hatred against Hegseth and against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/22/durbin-derides-hegseth-as-petty-00302356
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-496/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— ‘Record’ number of Illinois jobs: Don’t be a chump.
https://wirepoints.org/record-number-of-illinois-jobs-dont-be-a-chump-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— Illinois metro areas take the top four spots for nation’s highest property taxes. Rockford takes the crown.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-metro-areas-take-the-top-four-spots-for-nations-highest-property-taxes-rockford-takes-the-crown-wirepoints/
ILLINOIS RECORD
— Cook County GOP Chair Candidates
https://www.illinoisrecord.com/p/cook-county-gop-chair-candidates
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly slam Trump budget cuts. Democrat and RINO leaders did not slam Gingrich’s GAO budget cuts during the 1980s and 1990s. The agency shrank from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. Reforms could have included a) requiring that at least one-third of GAO employees at each grade level be Republican and b) requiring that all requests for GAO to do work be bipartisan. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Trump administration is resuming collections from student loan borrowers in default. If you had to work your way through college, how would your life have been different if you had not had to do that? My high school, undergraduate, and graduate GPAs would have been higher. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes while I was a Crete-Monee student 1964-1966. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours a) delivering mail while I was a UIC and NIU student 1966-1969, b) selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances while I was a UIC student in 1971, c) pumping gasoline while I was a Loyola student in 1972, d) collecting delinquent taxes while I was a Loyola and DePaul student 1972-1980, and e) auditing federal agencies while I was a DePaul student in 1980 and an IIT student 1992-1997. Further, my 1979 CPA examination scores would have been higher if I had studied instead of collected delinquent federal taxes. Further, my 1981 Certified Internal Auditor examination scores would have been higher if I had studied instead of audited federal agencies. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you could do it over again, would you have had the same college major? I would have majored in accounting instead of management. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30 years old in 1979. By then, the accounting profession considered me to be far too old to have a successful career in accounting. The profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran. It is called reverse discrimination and age discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Should I form a DuPage DOGE? I would draw on what I learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) becoming a licensed CPA, d) becoming a Certified Forensic Accountant, Financial Services Auditor, Government Financial Manager, Fraud Examiner, Internal Auditor, and Public Accountant, and e) earning master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Catholic Church faces ideological crossroad after Pope Francis’ death.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/21/catholic-church-faces-ideological-crossroad-pope-francis-death/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Powell against Trump.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/21/opinion/trump-needs-to-end-his-war-with-jerome-powell-now-one-way-or-another/
— Democrat leaders used the Pope to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-pope-francis-history-of-criticizing-trump-and-embracing-lgbtq-rights-rankled-conservative-catholics/ar-AA1DiUr6
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Harvard Law School Professors Politicize the Rule of Law
https://amgreatness.com/2025/04/22/harvard-law-school-professors-politicize-the-rule-of-law/
BLAZE
— Mayo Clinic rebrands woke DEI initiatives to dodge Trump’s ban
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mayo-clinic-rebrands-woke-dei-initiatives-to-dodge-trumps-ban
BREITBART
— Trump Successfully Gets Illegal Aliens to Self-Deport from U.S.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/21/reports-trump-successfully-gets-illegal-aliens-to-self-deport-from-u-s/
— Trump has successfully stopped the inflow of economic migrants via the southern border, so he should invite more economic migrants via the nation’s airports, says the Wall Street Journal.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/04/21/wall-street-journal-trumps-less-illegal-migration-allows-more-legalized-migration/
— Four More Democrats Travel to El Salvador to ‘Pressure Trump Administration’ to Return Illegal Migrant
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/21/four-more-democrats-travel-el-salvador-pressure-trump-administration-return-illegal-migrant/
FEDERALIST
— The Left’s Sudden Crusade For ‘Due Process’ Is A Political Smokescreen To Defend Mass Migration
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/21/the-left-sudden-crusade-for-due-process-is-a-political-smokescreen-to-defend-mass-migration/
— Republicans In Congress Look To Stop ‘Judicial Coup D’Etat’
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/21/republicans-in-congress-aim-to-stop-judicial-coup-detat/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Trump Administration Moves to Block Illegal Aliens From Collecting Social Security Benefits
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/trump-administration-block-illegal-aliens-social-security
FOX NEWS
— Trump will attend Pope Francis’ funeral in Rome despite contentious past: ‘Look forward to being there!’ Trump’s relationship with Pope Francis was one marked by ideological differences and sometimes tension.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-attend-pope-francis-funeral-rome-despite-contentious-past-look-forward-being-there
NEWSMAX
— World Now Needs a More Conservative Pope
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/pope-francis-fred-fleitz-conservative/2025/04/21/id/1207764/
— Trump: Radical Left ‘Always Threatening Our Judges’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-posts-immigration/2025/04/21/id/1207769/
— With Voter Support, Trump Moves Forward With His Agenda
https://www.newsmax.com/jeffcrouere/democrats-courts-trump-agenda/2025/04/21/id/1207695/
— Why Is U.S. Giving Billions to Private Universities Like Harvard?
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/harvard-public-funding-trump-administration/2025/04/21/id/1207706/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5259657-trump-courts-migrant-deportations/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Abrego Garcia to destroy Trump.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5259208-if-trump-flouts-the-abrego-garcia-rulings-the-constitution-is-done/
ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ask “Who are the top contenders to be the next pope?” and say “Experts weigh in.”
https://abcnews.go.com/International/top-contenders-pope-experts-weigh/story?id=121011243
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Hegseth against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFblPSNamas
— Democrat leaders ask “Who will be the next pope?” and say “Here’s a list of some of the possible top candidates.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-will-be-the-next-pope-list-of-possible-candidates/
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Harvard against Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/us/harvard-lawsuit-trump-administration-explainer/index.html
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval ratings down.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-approval-rating-dips-many-wary-his-wielding-power-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-04-21/
— Public education exists in America to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-academic-leaders-unite-against-trumps-higher-education-policies-2025-04-22/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-visa-cuts-tariff-hikes-turn-chinese-students-away-american-dream-2025-04-22/
— Democrat leaders used the Pope against conservatives.
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/world/pope-francis-shook-up-church-with-simplicity-raising-conservative-ire/ar-AA1DiHIq
NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/politics/trump-administration-missteps.html
— Democrat leaders used the Pope against conservatives.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/21/world/pope-francis-updates-vatican#francis-faced-defiant-conservative-us-catholic-leaders
— Democrat law firms ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/eeoc-trump-dei-law-firms.html
— Democrat leaders ask “Is the Era of Student Loan Forgiveness Officially Over?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/podcasts/the-daily/student-loan-forgiveness.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Hegseth.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/21/pete-hegseth-signal-chat-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s tariffs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/21/trump-tariff-recession/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Harvard against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/04/21/harvard-sues-trump-administration-funding-antisemitism/
— Democrat leaders say “What Pope Francis’s papacy meant for the U.S. church.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/04/21/pope-francis-us-catholic-church-vatican/
— Democrat leaders ask “Who will be next pope after Francis?” and say “Key contenders ahead of conclave.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2025/04/21/next-pope-after-francis-conclave-contenders/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/21/supreme-court-aclu-deportations-alien-enemies-act/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in moving the Pope to the left.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/pope-francis-legacy-us.html
— Millions of Student Loan Borrowers Are Behind on Payments
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/business/student-loan-borrowers-payments.html
— Gen Z Re-evaluates Its Budgets. What have you spent more money on than your peers? For me, it includes tuition and books, real estate, and new cars. What have you spent less money on than your peers? For me, it include immediate pleasures and dogs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/business/tariffs-gen-z-budgets.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/trump-powell-ocasio-cortez-birthright.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/politics/supreme-court-childrens-books-gay-trans.html
USA TODAY
— Harvard shunned conservatives. It deserves to be defunded by Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/21/trump-harvard-federal-funding-freeze-dei/83138590007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/04/22/supreme-court-lgbtq-books-case/83159626007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/20/supreme-court-lgbtq-storybooks-religion/83123106007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/22/supreme-court-childrens-books-lgbtq-issues-parents-rights/82977579007/
— Democrat leaders used the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/02/pope-francis-lgbtq-issues-legacy-catholic-church/80338152007/
EYEWITNESS NEWS
— Pritzker likely to run for 2028 presidential election
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZRQTlOnsRY
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Dow Heads for Worst April Since 1932. How far down will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters drive the stock market to destroy America to destroy Trump?
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-trump-tariffs-trade-war-04-22-25/card/dow-heads-for-worst-april-since-1932-aAYmUHTfFPxPtuWmxty4
— Accountability Returns to Student Loans
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/accountability-returns-to-student-loans-forgiveness-borrower-debt-payment-9508da8d
FORTUNE
— Not all degrees are a waste of time and money: These majors will lead to six figure salaries after college. If you could do it over again, would you have had the same major? I would have majored in accounting instead of management. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30 years old in 1979. By then, the accounting profession considered me to be far too old to have a successful career in accounting. The profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran. It is called reverse discrimination and age discrimination.
https://fortune.com/article/not-all-degrees-are-a-waste-of-time-and-money-these-majors-will-lead-to-six-figure-salaries-after-college/
PBS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjfXVUozQ2Q
NPR
— Trump administration is resuming collections from student loan borrowers in default. If you had to work your way through college, how would your life have been different if you had not had to do that? My high school, undergraduate, and graduate GPAs would have been higher. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes while I was a Crete-Monee student 1964-1966. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours a) delivering mail while I was a UIC and NIU student 1966-1969, b) selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances while I was a UIC student in 1971, c) pumping gasoline while I was a Loyola student in 1972, d) collecting delinquent taxes while I was a Loyola and DePaul student 1972-1980, and e) auditing federal agencies while I was a DePaul student in 1980 and an IIT student 1992-1997. Further, my 1979 CPA examination scores would have been higher if I had studied instead of collected delinquent federal taxes. Further, my 1981 Certified Internal Auditor examination scores would have been higher if I had studied instead of audited federal agencies.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371723/trump-administration-collections-on-defaulted-student-loans
POLITICO
— Anticipate/expect Democrat leaders to ever-increasingly compare the Trump administration to Nazi Germany. How soon will governments, employers, organizations, etc. officially ban German Americans?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/al-gore-compares-trump-administration-to-third-reich-hitler-00302348
NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://newrepublic.com/article/194029/fascist-trump-resembles-incompetent-mussolini
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders use the Pope to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jimmy-kimmel-trump-pope_n_680721ade4b052543c13cd8a
HR DRIVE
— 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.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/exclusive-job-offers-protected-groups-present-greatest-legal-risk/745875/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Harvard against Trump.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/politics-elections/2025/04/22/will-trump-follow-law-punishing-harvard
GUARDIAN
— Public education exists in America to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/us-university-presidents-trump-administration
April 21, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/el-salvador-government-rejects-lawmakers-request-visit-abrego-garcia/16218278/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint the Pope as having been a liberal Democrat.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-pope-francis-said-controversial-issues-gay-rights-immigration/16217684/
CBC2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint the Pope as having been a liberal Democrat.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/pope-francis-remembered-for-his-commitment-to-social-justice/
WGN9
— How low will Democrat leaders drag the stock market down to destroy America to destroy Trump?
https://wgntv.com/news/stocks-and-the-dollar-tumble-as-investors-retreat-from-the-us/
WBEZ
— The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more homelessness.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/04/21/the-trump-administration-could-change-housing-policies-what-does-this-mean-for-illinois
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/theater-stages/2025/04/21/wake-of-a-dead-drag-queen-play-raven-theatre-hiv-art-nea
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more welfare for those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/04/21/most-in-illinois-want-more-funding-for-higher-education
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DePaul president called to testify to Congress on antisemitism
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/21/depaul-president-called-to-testify-to-congress-on-antisemitism
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/consumer-affairs/2025/04/18/federal-program-liheap-utility-bills-cut-trump-budget-plan
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Congress calls on DePaul president to testify in antisemitism probe
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/depaul-president-called-testify-antisemitism-probe
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more gambling.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/responsible-gambling-legislation-needed-illinois-op-ed
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— People Paying More In State Income Taxes, But Getting Less
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/study-shows-people-paying-more-in-state-income-taxes-but-getting-less/
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2025/04/21/no-kings-550-protest-trump-in-downtown-freeport-rockford/83196052007/
CITIES 92.9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/04/21/illinois-officials-share-concerns-tariffs-will-impact-states-agricultural-sector/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters are doing everything that they can to destroy America to destroy Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-21/sell-usa-why-trumps-tariffs-may-be-sparking-a-historic-storm-on-wall-street
— Trump Administration to resume collections on student loan borrowers in default
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-21/trump-administration-to-resume-collections-on-student-loan-borrowers-in-default
WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly spend more tax dollars to defeat Trump.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-attorney-general-requesting-15-million-budget-increase-to-address-trump-actions/article_1f5d57a9-98a5-49b9-8206-1ebe0572caed.html
WGLT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.wglt.org/2025-04-21/u-s-farmers-trump-tariffs-trade-war
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, farmers are ever-increasingly dependent on government spending.
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2025-04-21/illinois-scrambles-to-boost-locally-produced-farm-products-after-trumps-funding-freeze
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-04-21/protesters-in-normal-urge-congressman-darin-lahood-to-protect-medicaid-funding
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Homeschool Act proposer accused of ghost-voting.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/homeschool-act-proposer-accused-of-ghost-voting/article_3cd5b537-a1b7-4f88-9c28-d59427b694a6.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, farmers are ever-increasingly dependent on government spending.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-scrambles-to-boost-locally-produced-farm-products-after-trumps-funding-freeze/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-289/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— New State Senator Casts Controversial Vote
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/21/new-state-senator-casts-controversial-vote/
— Trump-Endorsed Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Bryon Donalds Speaking to State GOP Fundraiser Friday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/21/trump-endorsed-florida-gubernatorial-candidate-bryon-donalds-speaking-to-state-gop-fundraiser-friday/
— REBUTTAL FROM JOHN COLLINS ON TIM BECK’S “Logic Behind NOW’s ‘We Resist Rally’ Analyzed”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/21/logic-behind-nows-we-resist-rally-analyzed/
— RTA Seems To Be Using Tax Dollars to Raise Tax Dollar
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/21/rta-seems-to-be-using-tax-dollars-to-raise-tax-dollars/
— Idea That Failed on State Street Advanced for Michigan Avenue
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/20/6537/
— Trump v. Pritzker Feud from the Start
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/20/trump-v-pritzker-feud-from-the-start/
— Report on Abortion Tourism
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/20/report-on-abortion-tourism/
— McHenry County Doesn’t Make Top of the List of Highest Taxes Illinois Counties, But Kendall, Lake, Macon, Rock Island, Will and Winnebago Do
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/20/mchenry-county-doesnt-make-top-of-the-list-of-highest-taxes-illinois-counties-but-kendall-lake-macon-rock-island-will-and-winnebago-do/
— Remembering the Start of the American Revolution
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/19/remembering-the-start-of-the-american-revolution/
— More Anti-Trump Protests in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/19/more-anti-trump-protests-in-mchenry-county/
— Advice to Newly-Elected Officials
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/19/advice-to-newly-elected-officials/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— China says it will punish countries that use U.S. trade talks to ostracize Beijing
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/21/china-says-punish-countries-use-us-trade-talks-ostracize-beijing/
EPOCH TIMES
— China Issues Retaliatory Sanctions on U.S. Congress Members Over Hong Kong
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/china-issues-retaliatory-sanctions-on-u-s-congress-members-over-hong-kong-5844967
FEDERALIST
— The More Christian That America Is, The Better Off American Jews Will Be
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/21/the-more-christian-that-america-is-the-better-off-american-jews-will-be/
FOX NEWS
— David Hogg and Reince Priebus clash over Trump deportation policies
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6371733004112
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Student loan borrowers in default face garnished wages
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/student-loan-debt-default-garnished-wages-payments-education-department/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2025-04-21/pope-francis-vance-gaza-refugees-migrants
CNN
— Harvard sues the Trump administration, taking the fight over federal funding and academic freedom to court
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/us/harvard-white-house-funding
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-congress-housing-voucher-assistance-funding-cuts-26f9a716af6731e3c6445015488bab3a
NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/trump-fertility-birthrate-sexism.html
— Democrat leaders say Hegseth shared sensitive military data
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/21/us/trump-administration-news
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Mexico’s president wants to ban U.S. ads warning against migration. How soon will Mexico officially declare war on America?
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-04-21/mexicos-president-says-u-s-ads-warning-against-migration-are-not-welcome
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— As Catholic Church Enters New Era, Conservative U.S. Members Push It Right. The conservative wing is reviving old practices and growing more assertive in the battle for the future of the Church—and the nation.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/conservative-catholic-maga-pope-vance-b2a4497b
— Harvard Is Suing the Trump Administration
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/harvard-sues-trump-administration-lawsuit-0f00e894
BLOOMBERG
— Behind Trump’s imperial presidency (and Elon), there’s Russell Vought
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-russell-vought-doge-musk-trump/
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were 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 and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/features/2024-07-29/white-men-the-most-likely-to-get-hired-even-with-dei-finds-research
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 66% Agree: Deport Illegals to ‘Liberate’ America
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/66_agree_deport_illegals_to_liberate_america
March 31, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/march-trans-equality-held-downtown-chicago-supports-members-lgbtq-community-ahead-transgender-day-visibility/16107997/
— Trump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term as president
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-politics-donald-trump-says-hes-considering-ways-serve-third-term-president-united-states/16107562/
— Trump’s promised ‘Liberation Day’ of tariffs is coming. Here’s what it could mean for you. ‘I couldn’t care less because if the prices on foreign cars go up, they’re going to buy American cars,’ Trump said of auto tariffs. https://abc7chicago.com/post/tariffs-trump-how-presidents-liberation-day-car-more-could-impact-us-economy/16107094/
NBC5
— Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ of tariffs to start this week
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-executive-orders-tariffs-march-31-2025-live-updates/3709767/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/rally-for-trans-visibility-scheduled-for-sunday-afternoon-in-downtown-chicago/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders, that is, LGBTQ leaders, ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/30/transgender-people-are-about-1-us-population-why-have-they-become-political-lightning
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/30/trans-rights-protest-downtown-chicago/
— Trump roars down multiple paths of retribution as he vowed. Some targets yield while others fight
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/30/trump-retribution-executive-orders/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders a) promote more and more and more government spending and b) shout that you will die without it.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/31/tornado-season-weather-service-cuts/
— To be anti-conservative is to be anti-Republican. Jim Edgar has always been anti-conservative. That is why Democrat and RIN leaders have always promoted him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/31/column-jim-edgar-governor-statesmanship-shaw/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term as president
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/03/30/trump-says-hes-considering-ways-to-serve-a-third-term-as-president
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/30/gay-chicago-firefighters-cfd-show-daniel-kyri
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: They were fired in the name of efficiency based on ‘a lie.’ Then the VA paid them not to work. Democrats run the federal government. GAO audits federal agencies including IRS. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. To get rid of me when I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire and b) forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $5,565/month, or $66,780/year for life, or $1.8 million so far in today’s dollars to not work, that is, to not audit federal agencies. Democrats run the federal government. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. I have always been a Republican. In 1997, I was a licensed CPA. In addition, I was a Certified Internal Auditor and I had four other job-related professional certifications. I had three job-related master’s degrees. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/03/30/elon-musk-doge-federal-probationary-workers-firings-north-chicago-va-hospital-donald-trump
— ALL OF THE FRON PAGE: To donate to the Chicago Sun-Times is to donate to the Democrat Party.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/become-a-member
WBEZ
— Chicago law firm Jenner & Block sues to block Trump executive order. A blistering order from President Donald Trump accused the powerhouse firm of “obvious partisan representations.” The firm calls it a presidential effort to silence opponents.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/03/30/jenner-block-trump-executive-order-chicago-law-firm
SHAW LOCAL
— Democrats run DuPage County. They want more housing for those who vote for Democrats. Those who vote for Democrats have financial, health, and/or other problems, lack education and/or job skills, and/or are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/2025/03/17/how-dupage-county-could-expand-affordable-housing/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Despite president’s order, Illinois won’t require voter proof of citizenship
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-voters-citizenship-proof-trump-order-20248654.php
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article303029984.html
FOX2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use veterans to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaK-r9Qg414
WIFR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/03/30/rockford-joins-transgender-day-visibility-with-rally-supporting-trans-rights/
WCIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly arrange more protests against Trump.
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/hundreds-in-urbana-come-out-to-protest-trump/
NPR ILLINOIS
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-29/scholars-say-trump-administration-is-trying-to-erase-americas-non-white-history
IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly arrange more protests against Trump.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/rally-for-democracy-attracts-over-200-protests-trump-administration-in-downtown-urbana/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Durbin pokes at Musk’s undue influence
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/31/durbin-pokes-at-musks-undue-influence-00260051
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/31/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-485/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Lawyers PAC funnels over $1 million to Illinois Democrats
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f8d6254d-1d4a-40ba-a307-d42747ce823a.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrats run the federal government. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. GAO audits federal agencies including IRS. To get rid of me when I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $5,565/month, or $66,780/year, or $1.8 million so far in today’s dollars to not work. I have always been a Republican. In 1997, I was a licensed CPA and a Certified Internal Auditor, Fraud Examiner, Government Financial Manager, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant. I had master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I had 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 had 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. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— UAW President Shawn Fain applauds Trump auto tariffs, says they will bring back jobs to U.S.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/30/shawn-fain-uaw-president-applauds-trump-auto-tariffs-says-bring-back/
— Musk invited to CIA to discuss government efficiency. GAO is supposed to focus on promoting government efficiency. If Gingrich had reformed GAO during the 1980s and 1990s instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/30/elon-musk-invited-cia-discuss-government-efficiency/
DAILY WIRE
— House To Again Vote On Bill Requiring Voters Prove Citizenship. The SAVE Act passed the lower chamber last year, but never got a vote in the Senate.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-to-again-vote-on-bill-requiring-voters-prove-citizenship
TOWNHALL
— Trump Admin Moves to Cut Federal Funds for ‘Sanctuary’ Cities
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/03/30/rump-admin-to-withhold-federal-funds-from-sanctuary-cities-n2654697
WORLD
— The canceled pro-lifer. An Illinois county decides to insult the memory of Rep. Henry Hyde.
https://wng.org/opinions/the-cancelled-pro-lifer-1743402071
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Americans want Trump’s focus more on prices, not tariffs; most approve of deportation efforts
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/opinion-poll-trump-economy-tariffs-deportation-immigration/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status. The United States has banned most refugees, including 20,000 people who were already ready to travel to the United States before Trump took office. But Trump is making one exception. White South Africans seeking asylum in America should be advised that when the next Democrat President is elected, they will be the first to be gotten rid of.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/politics/trump-south-africa-white-afrikaners-refugee.html
— The unemployment rate for college graduates has risen faster than for other workers over the past few years. How worried should they be? To hire, retain, and promote more young minorities and more young females, my superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly lowered standards. Because I am a White male, that ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/business/economy/white-collar-layoffs.html
— Trump’s Budget Chief Aims to Wield an Ax, Not a Scalpel, on Agencies and Programs. Democrats run the federal government. They use Republican budget cuts to get rid of their Republican employee.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/us/politics/trump-budget-cuts-russell-vought.html
WASHINGTON POST
— States rush to hire federal workers out of work after DOGE cuts. As the Trump administration’s cuts to federal agencies left tens of thousands of workers in limbo, state and local governments began to recruit them. Democrat and RINO employers do not want to hire Republicans. After the Democrats who ran GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, the following did want to hire me: other federal agencies, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/03/30/state-governments-hiring-doge-cuts/
USA TODAY
— Trans Day of Visibility is Monday. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/30/trans-visibility-day-2025-transgender-people/82703517007/
— My Democrat GAO superiors blamed their problems on their children. According to them, if my wife and I had children, I would never had been able to do the following: a) pass the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, b) become a licensed CPA, c) earn four more job-related professional certifications, or d) earn two job-related master’s degrees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/03/31/declining-birth-rate-parenting-kids-forum/82565786007/
— According to Democrat leaders, tattoos are an ineffective form of ID
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/28/dhs-fbi-documents-question-tattoos-identification-tren-de-aragua/82695605007/
POLITICO
— The more that Hispanics vote for Republicans, the faster that Democrat leaders will dump them.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/30/latino-voters-trump-ticket-splitting-028498
DAILY KOS
— Soon, if not already, everyone in healthcare in America will be a citizen of a foreign country, liberal/moderate, LGBTQ, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/30/2311665/-Amid-plummeting-diversity-at-medical-schools-a-warning-of-DEI-crackdown-s-chilling-effect
LATIN TIMES
— Musk Claims Democrats Are Using IRS Refund ‘Fraud Payments’ to ‘Attract and Retain Illegal Immigrants in the USA’ “That’s why they are so opposed to DOGE stopping this!” Musk added.
https://www.latintimes.com/elon-musk-claims-democrats-using-irs-refund-fraud-payments-attract-retain-illegal-immigrants-579544
LGBTQ NATION
— Pritzker ever-increasingly destroys those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/governor-stands-with-trans-kids-wont-take-soul-sucking-path-of-sacrificing-their-rights/
NDTV
— The Trump administration has paused Green Card processing for certain immigrants, including approved refugees. With Indian asylum seekers in the U.S. rising from 9,000 in 2018 to 51,000 in 2023—a 466% increase—this move could leave many in limbo. How will it impact Indians?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B36PhbHzAcU
March 27, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders reject Trump order that requires voters to show proof of US citizenship before registering to vote in federal elections.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-election-news-today-voting-rights-groups-urge-local-voters-follow-il-law-despite-presidents-executive-order/16087064/
— Democrat leaders arrange protest in downtown Chicago over possible Trump travel ban
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protest-immigration-advocates-rally-loop-possible-travel-ban-president-donald-trump-administration/16087244/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Hamas
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-initiative-could-use-terror-laws-college-students-protesting-war-gaza-sparks-free-speech-concerns/16087394/
NBC5
— How to get election results in Chicago-area elections Tuesday
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/how-to-get-election-results-in-chicago-area-elections-tuesday/3707107/
CBS2
— Democrats leaders arrange protest in downtown Chicago over possible Trump travel ban
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-immigrant-rights-groups-possible-new-travel-ban/
FOX32
— Trump imposes 25% tariff on imported cars: ‘This is permanent’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/money/trump-tariffs-auto-imports
— Democrats leaders arrange protest in downtown Chicago over possible Trump travel ban
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1614866
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Democrats vow to defend state elections law against Trump executive order
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/26/illinois-democrats-vow-to-defend-state-elections-law-against-trumps-executive-order/
— Democrats ever-increasingly call Republicans racists and sexists. Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone a) that Republicans cause all the problems that minorities and women have, and that because of that, b) minorities and women will forever need massive government assistance. I worked my way through college. I earned three master’s degrees. I earned six professional certifications. I earned a professional license. If a minority or a woman had done that, they would have been infinitely more successful career wise than I was. Ever since the 1960s, my employers have been under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to ever-increasingly give more preference to minorities and to women.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/27/opinion-black-americans-donald-trump-civil-rights/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump cuts $153 million in Illinois public health, substance abuse programs. The Illinois cuts are part of $12 billion in grants that the federal Department of Health and Human Services canceled this week.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/03/26/trump-administration-cuts-illinois-mental-health-and-substance-abuse-programs-28-million
— Race, wealth disparities underlie turnout for ballot questions hitting voters’ wallets. Anticipate/expect that voters want tax increasers that they will not have to pay.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2025/03/26/tax-referendum-race-wealth-disparity-cook-county
— Democrat leaders always want higher taxes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/03/26/illinois-education-funding-poll-public-schools
— Democrat leaders glorify and praise Lake View high school senior Bella Brown. What leadership skills did you show in high school? I showed none. Because I needed money for college, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School and the summer in between. I used the money that I earned and saved to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966 that I used to commute from my parents’ home in Crete to a) summer jobs in 1966, b) classes at UIC 1966-1967, and c) delivering mail in Park Forest 1966-1967.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/03/26/education-bella-brown-national-honor-society-scholarship
DAILY HERALD
— District 200 school board race pits incumbents against challengers questioning middle school projects
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250326/local-politics/district-200-school-board-race-pits-incumbents-against-challengers-questioning-middle-school-project/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— As Trump’s attack sets in, Chicago’s Jenner & Block faces a choice: Fight or fold? GAO is just a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it and/or if Bowsher had reformed GAO and/or successfully fought Gingrich, there would be no need for a DOGE today.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/law/trump-executive-order-forces-hard-choices-jenner-block
— Illinois EV sales surged, fueled by incentives
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-ev-sales-surge-early-2025-fueled-incentives
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders always want higher taxes.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/03/26/new-poll-shows-most-in-illinois-want-more-funding-for-public-schools
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/curious-city/2025/03/26/dnp
WGN RADIO
— The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/how-has-the-trump-administration-affected-illinois/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote the ever-increasingly profane Duckworth.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/03/26/us-senator-tammy-duckworth-calls-pete-hegseth-a-f-liar/82677446007/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Federal workers targeted for DEI-related activities file class action complaint. To promote DEI is to promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, 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.myjournalcourier.com/news/politics/article/federal-workers-targeted-for-dei-related-20242710.php
RIVER BENDER
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/on-equal-pay-day-duckworth-durbin-join-senate-democrats-in-reintroducing-paycheck-fairness-act-to-help-end-wage-discrimination-close-gender-pay-gap-80977.cfm?
WAND TV & PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, Republicans discriminate against non-Republicans, and because of that, non-Republicans cannot succeed without massive government assistance.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/founders-of-black-owned-brands-adapt-their-hopes-and-business-plans-for-a-post-dei/article_9b6c8758-1614-5a7c-baf5-132208171197.html
https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-03-26/senior-issues/facing-funding-hurdles-il-march-for-meals-event-moves-forward/a95992-1
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-276/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrat and RINO candidates in the April 1, 2025 election. How much success have they had doing that in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I should write about their success in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. What do you say to RINO leaders who display yard signs for Democrat and RINO candidates? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I oppose mass/illegal immigration. All of my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have and I had to work my way through college. None of my critics/opponents can say that because they had wealthy parents who bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To promote Affirmative Action, DEI, and/or wokeness/wokeism is to promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www/gopillinois.com
— Democrats ever-increasingly call Republicans racists and sexists. Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone a) that Republicans cause all the problems that minorities and women have, and that because of that, b) minorities and women will forever need massive government assistance. I worked my way through college. I earned three master’s degrees. I earned six professional certifications. I earned a professional license. If a minority or a woman had done that, they would have been infinitely more successful career wise than I was. Ever since the 1960s, my employers have been under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to ever-increasingly give more preference to minorities and to women.
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Another Democrat Uses the “F” Word
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/26/another-democrat-uses-the-f-word/
— Text Reveals Kat Abughazaleh’s Anti-Israel Views
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/26/text-reveals-out-kat-abughazalehs-anti-israeli-views/
— Kat Abughazaleh Upsets the Democratic Party Establishment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/26/kat-abughazaleh-upsets-the-democratic-party-establishment/
— The Key Difference in the Schakowsky v. Abughazaleh Primary Election
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/26/the-key-difference-in-the-schakowsky-v-abughazaleh-primary-election/
— Democrats Shut Off Rep. Jeff Keicher’s Microphone
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/26/democrats-shut-off-rep-jeff-keichers-microphone/
— Lesperance Mails in Support of His Campaign for Nunda Township Road Commissioner Re-Election
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/25/lesperance-mails-in-support-of-his-campaign-for-nunda-township-road-commissioner-re-election/
— 26-Year Old Chicago Resident, TicTok “Influencer” Challenging 80-Year Old Jan Schakowsky
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/25/26-year-old-chicago-resident-tictoc-influencer-challenging-80-year-old-jan-schakowsky/
— Former Nunda Township Clerk Endorses Parrish for Road Commissioner
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/25/former-nunda-township-clerk-endorses-parrish-for-road-commissioner/
— Bill Maher Sems to Say Blue State Dems Too Stupid to Save Themselves, Illinois Set To Lose One or Two Seats in Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/25/bill-maher-sems-to-say-blue-state-dems-too-stupid-to-save-themselves/
— Wilcox Opposes Shopping Bag Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/25/wilcox-opposes-shopping-bag-tax/
— Pharmacies Must Sell One Hundred Needles Upon Request to Anyone Over 18 under Bill That Had No Committee Opposition
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/25/pharmacies-must-sell-one-hundred-needles-upon-request-under-bill-that-had-no-committee-opposition/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The Democratic Party Exposes its True Allegiance. Democrat leaders want their illegals to vote.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/03/opinion-the-democratic-party-exposes-its-true-allegiance.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago aggravated batteries hit 5-year high; 3 in 5 victims are Black
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-aggravated-batteries-hit-5-year-high-3-in-5-victims-are-black/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pritzker puts himself forward as the Democrats’ anti-Trump champion
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/25/jb-pritzker-puts-forward-democrats-anti-trump-champion/
— Why women are struggling with marriage. Finding ‘Mr. Right’ What did you do to make yourself marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 years old in 1978, I had a) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree from NIU when I was 21, b) earned and a job-related master’s degree from Loyola when I was 27 , c) started earning more than $100,000/year in today’s dollars when I was 25, and c) bought a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building when I was 27.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/26/women-struggling-marriage/
— Military academy leaders find ‘woke’ classes after combing through curriculum for DEI violations
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/26/military-academy-leaders-find-handful-possibly-woke-courses-offered/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin bars illegal migrants and non-permanent residents from receiving taxpayer-backed mortgages. I got my first mortgage when I was 24 years old in 1972. I there had been as much pressure back then to give mortgages to illegals as there is now, I might not have gotten that mortgage.
https://nypost.com/2025/03/26/us-news/trump-admin-bars-illegal-migrants-and-non-permanent-residents-from-receiving-taxpayer-backed-mortgages/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— If Judges Can Stymie the Will of the People, We Don’t Have a Democracy Anymore. The Trump administration is right: Judge Boasberg has no authority to direct the national security operations of the United States.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/if-judges-can-stymie-the-will-of-the-people-we-dont-have-a-democracy-anymore/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Hegseth boards plane flanked by two ‘bada**’ women, and the politically correct capitulation tour continues
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/hegseth_boards_plane_flanked_by_two_bada_women_and_the_politically_correct_capitulation_tour_continues.html
BLAZE
— GOP torches NPR, PBS for political bias amid public funding scrutiny
https://www.theblaze.com/news/gop-torches-npr-pbs-for-political-bias-amid-public-funding-scrutiny
BREITBART
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote the ever-increasingly profane Duckworth.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/03/26/dem-sen-tammy-duckworth-calls-for-pete-hegseth-to-resign-fking-liar/
CHRISTIANITY TODAY
— Religious Employers in Illinois May Be Compelled to Hire Abortion-Related Employees
https://www.christianitydaily.com/news/employers-in-illinois-may-be-compelled-to-hire-abortion-employees.html
COLLEGE FIX
— No-whites-allowed Illinois scholarship program for future professors under fire. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a stupid son of rich parents because I never got any scholarships. In my defense, I have stressed a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) that my mother never attended high school, and e) that I had to work my way through college.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/no-whites-allowed-illinois-scholarship-program-for-future-professors-under-fire/
DAILY CALLER
— Companies Backing Out Of Supporting Several Major Gay Pride Events Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/26/companies-backing-out-of-supporting-several-major-gay-pride-events-amid-trumps-dei-crackdown/
FOX NEWS
— Migrants abusing the asylum system have slowed down dramatically
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6370602052112
LIFE NEWS
— Illinois Pro-Life March Calls Pritzker the Most Radically Pro-Abortion Governor in America
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/03/26/illinois-pro-life-march-calls-jb-pritzker-the-most-radically-pro-abortion-governor-in-america/
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— K-12 Is Getting More Woke, Not Less
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2025/03/26/k-12_is_getting_more_woke_not_less_1100069.html
TOWNHALL
— Trump Admin Needs to Reverse Biden Wokeness and Weaponization
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2025/03/27/government-needs-to-root-out-wokeness-all-the-way-down-to-the-root-n2654509
— Rogue Judges Are a Threat to Democracy
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeremyfrankel/2025/03/26/gill-comments-on-boasberg-n2654516
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Trump’s immigration policies find support as he expands crackdown
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-immigration-policies-find-support-he-expands-crackdown-2025-03-26/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-Filled Trump-Hating Trump-Haters Say That Trump Is Taking The Law Into His Own Hands.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/opinion/trump-judges-congress.html
FOX NASHVILLE
— PBS and NPR exist to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwYQHJEb5to
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Supreme Court, Race and Redistricting. The Justices have a chance to stop racial gerrymanders. Illinois Democrats horribly gerrymandered Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District to favor Hispanics.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/louisiana-v-callais-supreme-court-redistricting-racial-gerrymanders-brett-kavanaugh-23a099a3
BLOOMBERG
— Pritzker Is Ready to Brawl Through 2028
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-27/jb-pritzker-illinois-governor-is-ready-to-brawl-through-2028
BARRON’S
— Democrat And RINO Leaders Say That New Cars Could Become Luxury Purchase as Trump Tariffs Threaten Jump in Domestic Prices. I was able to buy a new car when I was 17 years old in 1966 with money that I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage for 18 months.
https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-032725/card/new-cars-could-become-luxury-purchase-as-trump-tariffs-threaten-jump-in-domestic-prices-cVEhyHjttRIWsf0LJ5IE
NPR
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, tariffs on auto makers will not bring manufacturing back. I worked on an automotive assembly line in Belvidere in early 1970.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5341796/will-trump-new-tariffs-on-auto-makers-bring-manufacturing-back
AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Democrats ever-increasingly call Republicans racists and sexists. Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone a) that Republicans cause all the problems that minorities and women have, and that because of that, b) minorities and women will forever need massive government assistance. I worked my way through college. I earned three master’s degrees. I earned six professional certifications. I earned a professional license. If a minority or a woman had done that, they would have been infinitely more successful career wise than I was. Ever since the 1960s, my employers have been under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to ever-increasingly give more preference to minorities and to women.
http://www.gopillinois.com
https://prospect.org/civil-rights/2025-03-27-trumps-simple-racism/
LGBTQ NATION
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasing destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/donald-trumps-anti-dei-crusade-takes-a-page-straight-from-the-authoritarian-playbook/
DAILY MAIL
— DeSantis reveals bombshell plan to replace undocumented migrant workers. All of my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have and I had to work my way through college. None of my critics/opponents can say that because they had wealthy parents who bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14541435/Ron-DeSantis-bombshell-plan-replace-undocumented-migrant-workers.html
GUARDIAN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) paint today’s Democrats as being Union soldiers in the Civil War and b) paint today’s Republicans as being Confederate soldiers in the Civil War. While all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois and they all were Republicans.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/27/confederacy-trump-republican
February 27, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Pritzker calls for release of $2B in federal funding halted by President Donald Trump administration
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-democratic-members-illinois-congressional-delegation-demanding-2b-federal-funding-halted-trump-admin/15957989/
— Federal workers rally at Chicago VA hospital in protest of mass layoffs by Trump administration
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-workers-rally-chicago-jesse-brown-va-west-side-protest-mass-layoffs-president-donald-trumps-administration/15957573/
— Immigration officials say everyone living in the US illegally must register.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/immigration-officials-say-everyone-living-us-illegally-register-what-does-mean/15957638/
— Apple to fix iPhone dictation glitch that suggests replacing the word ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/apple-fix-iphone-dictation-glitch-suggests-replacing-word-racist-trump/15956769/
— ‘Radical agreement’ in SCOTUS discrimination case. The Supreme Court seemed to find common ground in a high-profile case brought by a straight woman alleging “reverse” job discrimination in favor of gay people.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-finds-radical-agreement-employment-discrimination-case/15957259/
— Pritzker announces medical debt relief for 170,000 more Illinoisans under state program (COMMENT: What has helped you avoid medical debt? One thing that helped me endure my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to waste my career and to get rid of me was the federal government paying 72% of my health care insurance premiums since I was 18 years old in 1966 and my wife’s premiums since we got married in 1978.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-announces-medical-debt-relief-170000-more-illinois-state-program/15957129/
— Acero Schools officials say immigration agents detained adult outside schools in Gage Park. Vigil held ahead of Chicago Public Schools Board meeting on taking control of some Acero charter schools.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-acero-schools-officials-say-immigration-agents-detained-adult-outside-soto-high-school-idar-elementary-gage-park/15958346/
WGN9
— Illinois lawmakers’ bill would decriminalize prostitution, create sex workers’ bill of rights (COMMENT: Democrats promote vices. Anticipate/expect that Democrats would promote prostitution just as strongly as they promote pot.)
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-lawmakers-bill-would-decriminalize-prostitution-create-sex-workers-bill-of-rights/
FOX32
— Blagojevich compares his case to Trump’s in FOX 32 interview, says ‘corrupt’ prosecutors should be in jail
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/blagojevich-compares-case-trump-fox-32-interview-corrupt-prosecutors-jail
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1599885
— Trump holds first full cabinet meeting, what was discussed
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1599706
— Trump instructs federal agencies to plan for massive layoffs
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1599560
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. JB Pritzker accuses Donald Trump of being a king, but he has acted like one himself – David E Smith
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/26/letters-022625/
— Extreme gerrymandering is as bad – Ray LaHood and James Nowlan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/27/opinion-gerrymandering-us-house-fair-maps/
— Hundreds protest Musk at Libertyville Tesla dealership: ‘What Elon has done to the brand is just make it feel dirty’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/26/hundreds-protest-musk-at-libertyville-tesla-dealership-what-elon-has-done-to-the-brand-is-just-make-it-feel-dirty/
— Audit finds thousands were improperly enrolled in state health care program for noncitizens, while costs were vastly underestimated
https://www.yahoo.com/news/audit-finds-thousands-were-improperly-234600903.html
— Local HUD workers terminated in recent Trump administration cuts
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/26/local-hud-workers-terminated-in-recent-trump-administration-cuts/
— Pritzker and state’s Democratic delegation in Washington say White House withholding $1.9 billion in federal funding
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/26/pritzker-omb-freeze-letter/
— Trauma on trauma: Immigration agents detain Acero charter schools parent on eve of school board vote to shutter some locations
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/26/ice-detains-school-parent/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago immigrant advocates plan ‘full week of civil disobediences’ kicking off on May Day. The “week of action” will start with a mega march on May 1 from Union Park to Federal Plaza and end with a “day without margaritas and guacamole” on Cinco de Mayo, May 5. There will also be work stoppages on May 2 and 3.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/02/26/chicago-immigrant-advocates-week-civil-disobediences-may-day
— Trump’s control of press pool, ban of AP clearly aim to drown free speech. The White House’s ongoing beef with the Associated Press and its takeover to control reporters covering President Trump are a slap in the face to Americans who rely on a free press and the First Amendment.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/02/26/white-house-ban-associated-press-freedom-pool-donald-trump-gulf-of-mexico-america-first-amendment
— Elon Musk, a one-man show of conflict of interest. Musk’s role at DOGE has him in charge of what happens next at the very agencies that can make his businesses thrive or suffer. If that sounds like a bad idea, that’s because it definitely is.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/02/26/elon-musk-doge-conflicts-of-interest-federal-agencies-doge-s-e-cupp
— Trump, feds blame private jet pilot for near-collision with Southwest jet at Midway. A Southwest Airlines jet attempting to land at Midway on Tuesday morning nearly crashed with a Flexjet jet that had crossed into its landing path. Federal officials are investigating the incident. A preliminary report could take 30 days.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/02/26/trumo-ntsb-private-jet-pilot-near-collision-southwest-midway
— Pritzker warns of Medicaid cuts, pushes White House to release $1.88B in funds. Gov. JB Pritzker traveled to Washington Tuesday to push for the release of $1.8 billion in frozen federal funds to the state of Illinois — and to further sound the alarm on a pending GOP budget cut to Medicaid that will strip coverage for more than 700,000 Illinois residents.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/02/26/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-frozen-federal-funds-illinois-medicaid-cuts
DAILY HERALD
— Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memo
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250226/nation-and-world-politics/the-trump-administration-sets-the-stage-for-large-scale-federal-worker-layoffs-in-a-new-memo-2/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Tens of thousands gather for Hindu festival at Nepal temple, with many lighting up marijuana joints
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/tens-of-thousands-gather-for-hindu-festival-at-nepal-temple-with-many-lighting-up-marijuana/article_2d1037c0-2de7-5699-a3aa-f9c66d668d41.html
SOUTHERN
— Republicans pushing forward on Medicaid changes, despite potential political fallout
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/02/27/republicans-pushing-forward-on-medicaid-changes-despite-potential-political-fallout/
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
— Chicago organizations gather outside Trump Tower on Inauguration Day to protest new administration
https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/watch-chicago-organizations-gather-outside-trump-tower-on-inauguration-day-to-protest-new-administration/
EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Illinois schools continuing DEI initiatives despite federal funding threats
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/illinois-schools-continuing-dei-initiatives-despite-federal-funding-threats/article_a7b56614-f48d-11ef-9b9a-2786de45574a.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Registry revival: Trump targets undocumented immigrants in sweeping new enforcement push
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/migrants-could-soon-face-fines-and-prison-time-for-failing-to-register-with-government-illegal-immigration-us-mexico-border-asylum-executive-order-immigration-and-nationality-act
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Pentagon orders new purge of social media sites to dump diversity, inclusion mentions by March 5
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-pentagon-orders-new-purge-of-social-media-sites-to-dump-diversity-inclusion-mentions-by-march-5/
— Democrats push pot in Pekin
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/new-cannabis-dispensary-proposed-to-go-in-historic-downtown-pekin-building/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Christianity declines among U.S. adults while ‘religiously unaffiliated’ grows
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-26/christianity-declines-among-u-s-adults-while-religiously-unaffiliated-grows-study-says
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-27/how-trumps-crackdown-plays-into-misperceptions-about-immigrants-and-crime
ILLINOIS TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters glorify and praise those who say that they can “work with” the hate-filled Trump-hating Pritzker. Pritzker destroys those who do not share his hatred against Trump.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/gop-says-they-can-work-with-dems-19816396
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-463/
— Isabel’s afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-256/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— About that “balanced” budget in Illinois
https://wirepoints.org/and-about-that-balanced-budget-in-illinois-wirepoints-quickpoint/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Washington Post wants to hear from recently fired federal employees. Does the Washington Post what to hear my story? My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire when was 49 years old in 1997. To justify that, they used massive Republican-led budget cuts and up-or-out, that is, they’re not having promoted me beyond GS-13. But they wanted to retaliate against me because I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation since 1988. Previously, they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and d) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. By doing the aforesaid, my Democrat GAO superiors 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
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, to deal with Republican-led budget cuts, they first got rid of their employees who were Republican and then their employees who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. Because I was all of the aforesaid, I never would have survived for the 18 years if I had not a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) earned additional job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, c) became a licensed CPA in 1981, and d) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— With Bryon Daniels Announcing Candidacy for Florida Governor, Three Past Illinois Congressional Candidates Being Mentioned
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/26/with-bryon-daniels-announcing-candidacy-for-florida-governor-three-past-illinois-congressional-candidates-being-mentioned/
— FOID Retrieval Action in Cary
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/26/foid-retrieval-action-in-cary/
— Ness Reports on Springfield
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/26/ness-reports-on-springfield/
— Illinois Paying for Kaplan Test Preparation Courses for University Students and Those at Five Junior Colleges
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/26/illinois-paying-for-kaplan-test-preparation-courses/
— LaHood Playing Key Role in Selection of Next U.S. Attorney
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/26/lahood-playing-key-role-in-selection-of-next-u-s-attorney/
— Former Algonquin Township Trustee Ed Zimel Reflects on Randy Funk’s Defeat, Posts Victory Celebration Photos
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/26/ed-zimel-reflects-on-randy-funks-defeat-posts-victory-celebration-photos/
— Nail-Biter in Grafton Township Trustee Contest
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/26/nail-biter-in-grafton-township-trustee-contest/
– Pritzker Two-Step 3 AM Tax Hike Predicted
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox?compose=GTvVlcSBpRTKlGmDwHHjfpWkJTSNnwFZNWcqZdGStTcRNvBHZSlhfHFFDjMlLWXSDsbdLWldLzhQg
— Anonymous Letter in Support of Leda Bobera-Drain’s Re-Election Campaign Day Before Voting Did Not Lead to Victory
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/26/anonymous-letter-in-support-of-leda-bobera-drains-re-election-campaign-day-before-voting-did-not-lead-to-victory/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ICE tallies 20,000 arrests in one month
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/26/ice-tallies-20000-arrests-one-month/
— Trump memo orders ‘large-scale’ federal layoffs in sweeping agency cuts
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/26/memo-calls-large-scale-cuts-federal-agencies/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Will Trump’s Second Musk Bet Pay Off? DOGE could reform the government, or it could just aggravate voters.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/will-trumps-second-musk-bet-pay-off/
AMERICAN DECENCY
— Has the Glory of the Lord Departed from Wheaton?
https://americandecency.org/2025/has-the-glory-of-the-lord-departed-from-wheaton/
AMERICAN WIRE
— Michael Moore says deported illegals could cure cancer, stop killer asteroid, but Dem lawmaker reminds people that they are food picking slaves
https://americanwirenews.com/michael-moore-says-deported-illegals-could-cure-cancer-stop-killer-asteroid-but-dem-lawmaker-reminds-people-that-they-are-food-picking-slaves/
BLAZE
— Illegal aliens are criminals, not victims (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise illegals.)
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/illegal-aliens-are-criminals-not-victims
BREITBART
— Illegals Will Have Chance to Register Within 30 Days of Arrival and Be Removed, Will Have Chance to Come Back Later
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/02/26/noem-illegals-will-have-chance-to-register-within-30-days-of-arrival-and-be-removed-will-have-chance-to-come-back-later/
— Migration Arrests Rise Sevenfold Under Trump
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/02/26/migration-arrests-rise-sevenfold-under-trump/
— Michael Moore: Trump Might Be Deporting Illegals Who Could ‘Cure Cancer’ or Stop an Asteroid (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise illegals.)
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/02/26/michael-moore-trump-might-be-deporting-illegals-who-could-cure-cancer-or-stop-an-asteroid/
— Pentagon Orders the Removal of DEI from All Official Online Content
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/26/exclusive-pentagon-orders-removal-dei-all-official-online-content/
FOX NEWS
— The war on woke has ‘certainly’ not been won yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3FlFq4SoiU
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Wokeness in Medicine Lingers
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/wokeness-in-medicine-lingers/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Revokes Biden’s Concessions to Commie Venezuela
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/02/26/trump-revokes-bidens-concessions-to-commie-venezuela-n4937356
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— USAID Has Done America Extreme Harm Overseas
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/02/26/former_usaid_coo_the_agency_has_done_america_extreme_harm_overseas_its_a_multibillion-dollar_money_pot.html
— Pritzker’s Not a Nazi Either – Richard Porter (COMMENT: In my opinion, Pritzker is ever-increasingly treating Republicans like Hitler treated Jews. That explains why more and more and more Republicans are giving up on Illinois. That explains why more and more and more Republicans are fleeing Illinois.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/26/pritzkers_not_a_nazi_either_152419.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump suggests pilot’s license be suspended in close call at Chicago airport
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/trump-suggests-pilot-s-license-be-suspended-in-close-call-at-chicago-airport/ar-AA1zQfGk
— Trump hosts event honoring Black History Month (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote Black History Month. When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and replaced me with their Black History Month coordinator. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/watch-live-trump-hosts-event-honoring-black-history-month/ar-AA1zsYRv
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democratic governors pitch state jobs to federal workers cut by Trump
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democratic-governors-pitch-state-jobs-to-federal-workers-cut-by-trump/ar-AA1zR4Yr
— Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-2-27-2025
ABC NEWS
— As Trump’s deadline to eliminate DEI nears, few schools openly rush to make changes
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trumps-deadline-eliminate-dei-nears-schools-openly-rush-119240446
— A Project 2025 author Russell Vought carries out his vision for mass federal layoffs. The Trump administration’s demand that federal agencies plan to radically downsize is driven by a key figure in the conservative movement who has long planned this move. (COMMENT: Vought is a Wheaton College graduate.)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/project-2025-author-carries-vision-mass-federal-layoffs-119229770
NBC NEWS
— Trump administration creates registry for immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. Everyone who is in the U.S. illegally must register, give fingerprints and provide an address, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-administration-registry-immigrants-illegal-undocumented-rcna193818
CBS NEWS
— Federal agencies told to submit “reorganization plans,” prepare for mass firings
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-personnel-budget-memo-reorganization-plans/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration, Breaking With Musk’s Directive, Says Replying to His Email Is Voluntary. The response to Elon Musk’s “What did you do last week?” email to federal employees suggests that there may be limits to how far he can push the government’s work force.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/us/politics/elon-musk-email-federal-workers.html
— The Next Phase of Trump’s Large-Scale Work Force Cuts Is Underway. Workers at a handful of agencies have begun receiving notifications that they are part of the “reduction in force” directed by the president, after a wave of firings that targeted probationary workers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/trump-musk-doge-cuts-federal-workers.html
— Trump Administration Escalates Layoffs of Federal Workers. Federal officials circulated a memo asking agency leaders to plan even more job reductions after thousands of federal workers were fired in recent weeks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/trump-doge-federal-worker-layoffs-memo.html
— Trump Said E.P.A. Would Lose 65 Percent of Staff. Then, a Correction.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/climate/trump-epa-layoffs.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding. Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2025/elon-musk-business-government-contracts-funding/
— Musk attends Trump’s first Cabinet meeting of new term
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/26/trump-presidency-news/
— Are you a federal employee who was fired after a glowing review? Tell The Post. The Washington Post wants to hear from federal employees who were recently fired after receiving a glowing performance review. Tell us your story through this form.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/26/submissions-federal-dismissals/
USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/27/dei-backlash-erase-black-executives-gains/78475480007/
FORBES
— Here’s Where Trump’s Government Layoffs Reportedly Are—Social Security Administration, FEMA, IRS And More
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/02/26/heres-where-trumps-government-layoffs-reportedly-are-social-security-administration-fema-irs-and-more/
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://hbr.org/2025/02/how-to-assess-the-new-legal-risks-of-your-dei-policies
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Federal workers react to Trump administration’s new plan for restructuring, staff cuts: ‘They’ll have to fire me.’
https://www.businessinsider.com/doge-office-new-staff-cuts-federal-workers-responde-2025-2
FED SMITH
— RIFs Are Coming: What Federal Employees Need to Know About the Upcoming Workforce Optimization Initiative. The Trump administration is directing agencies to plan for large scale reorganizations and RIFs. Details of the plans have emerged. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, to deal with Republican-led budget cuts, they first got rid of their employees who were Republican and then their employees who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. Because I was all of the aforesaid, I never would have survived for the 18 years if I had not a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) earned additional job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, c) became a licensed CPA in 1981, and d) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/02/26/rifs-are-coming-what-federal-employees-need-to-know-about-upcoming-workforce-optimization/
POLITICO
— Elon Musk’s bad rep among Dems threatens EV sales push in statehouses. Tesla’s campaigns to sell its electric vehicles directly to consumers, bypassing traditional dealerships, face more challenges in Democratic statehouses as Musk’s national clout grows.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/27/elon-musk-tesla-ev-sales-00206194
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
— All those in the mainstream news media are LGBTQ and/or promote LGBTQ.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/26/most-lgbtq-adults-expect-trumps-policies-to-affect-gay-lesbian-bisexual-and-trans-people-negatively/
FINANCIAL TIMES
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.ft.com/content/87cdf51c-c8e6-439c-aef6-91cb8faed78a