FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump is ‘fully fit’ to serve as commander in chief, his doctor says after recent physical
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/trump-physical-exam/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Casten
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/casten-town-halls-in-gop-districts/
— Pritzker rips Trump tariffs on first Fox News appearance, calls them ‘taxes on working families.’ What percent of those who voted for Democrats in the April 1 election did so to punish Trump for his tariffs?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/gov-jb-pritzker-rips-trump-tariffs-on-fox/
— State Department wants staff to report instances of alleged anti-Christian bias during Biden’s term
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/state-department-anti-christian-bias-bidens-term/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s budget cuts against him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/a-really-frightening-concept-nwi-activists-react-to-potential-air-pollution-exemptions/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/some-top-tech-leaders-have-embraced-trump-thats-created-a-political-divide-in-silicon-valley/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker. To promote Pritzker is to promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, and even worse things.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/04/14/jb-pritzker-governor-white-house-presidency-illinois-democrats-republicans-andy-shaw
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— United Airlines doesn’t want to lose CEO Scott Kirby, so it nearly doubled his compensation last year to $33.9 million from $18.6 million.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airlines-airports/united-airlines-ceo-scott-kirby-gets-big-pay-raise
ABC7
— At least 13 shot, 2 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-13-shot-2-killed-gun-violence-city-police-department-says-live-news-updates/16164681/
NBC5
— Trump is in ‘excellent health,’ White House physician says
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-excellent-health-white-house-physician-says/3721208/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/commerce-chief-electronics-tariff-exemptions/3721177/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Pritzker to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-criticizes-president-trump-over-tariff-policy/
FOX32
— Doctor releases Trump’s physical exam results: ‘Fully fit’ to serve
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-physical-exam-results-april-2025
— Protesters pack Times Square after judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1624175
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO sellers will ever-increasingly put “tariff surcharges” on their receipts.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tariff-surcharges-receipts-trump-trade-war
WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is a liberal Democrat, that is, that Jesus is anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://wgnradio.com/news/snl-roasts-trump-tariffs-in-easter-cold-open-stock-market-did-a-jesus/amp/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/republicans-fear-trumps-trade-war-could-lead-to-political-wipeout/amp/
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane GOP files complaint over St. Charles Education Association campaign signs. Campaign signs did not state who paid for them.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/04/14/kane-gop-files-complaint-over-st-charles-education-association-campaign-signs/
INDY STAR
— Do Illinois breakaway counties want to become Hoosiers? Annexation bill nears finish line.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/14/illinois-secession-bill-indiana-general-assembly/82418672007/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give more preference to foreign students.
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/article_55f0d587-c1af-495a-936a-9726aeb603b2.html
WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America. What percent of those who voted for Democrats in the April 1 election did so to punish Trump for his tariffs?
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/as-tariffs-put-trade-between-china-and-the-us-in-peril-chinese-businesses-ponder-the/article_2bfb2595-ec1e-5149-8c20-3cc4e5ccba12.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in using Trump’s tariffs against all Republicans. What percent of those who voted for Democrats in the April 1 election did so to punish Trump for his tariffs?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/republicans-fear-trumps-trade-war-could-lead-to-political-wipeout/
DEPAULIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to stop illegals from voting.
https://depauliaonline.com/76404/news/how-trumps-executive-order-could-stop-you-from-voting/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Casten
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/14/casten-takes-town-halls-to-gop-land-00288596
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. What do Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders have to do to turn Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton red? They have to defend and advance conservative principles, that is, they have to defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They have to show how following conservative principles helped them succeed. They have to stop being Democrat Lite. They have to stop being anti-conservative. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How have following conservative principles helped you succeed? My following conservative principles helped me a) earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) earn professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) earn a professional license when I was 32. My following conservative principles helped me buy news cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, get married when I was 29, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
DUPAGE GOP
— CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT ON ELECTION Our Chairman, Kevin Coyne, speaks about the election, vote by mail, branding, coming membership program & more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCP6JsJl4ZY
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— DOGE IL Will DOGE IL ask for my advice on anything? GAO fights fraud, waste, and abuse in the federal government. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I have master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I have professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I have a CPA license. Further, I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/doge-il
— Is Wheaton College a Lost Cause?
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/04/10/is-wheaton-college-a-lost-cause
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker and Johnson’s obsession with a racialized, sexualized, politicized school curriculum
https://wirepoints.org/pritzker-and-johnsons-obsession-with-a-racialized-sexualized-politicized-school-curriculum-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Ballots Still To Be Counted, Does Lou Ness Have a Chance of Winning Woodstock Council Seat?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/12/ballots-still-to-be-counted/
— Bill Mahar Eats at White House
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/12/bill-mahar-eats-at-white-house/
— LaHood Introduces Affordable Housing Credit Legislation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/12/lahood-introduces-affordable-housing-credit-legislation/
— The Personal Feelings of the Tribune’s Editorial Cartoonist
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/12/the-personal-feelings-of-the-tribunes-editorial-cartoonist/
— “Far-Right” Descriptor Used by Chicago Tribune
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/13/far-right-descriptor-used-by-chicago-tribune/
— Edgar’s Income Tax Hike-Recommending U of I President Dies
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/13/edgars-income-tax-hike-recommending-u-of-i-president-dies/
— General Assembly Looks at Usurping Local Zoning Authority
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/13/general-assembly-looks-at-usurping-local-zoning-authority/
— Schakowsky Still Pushing for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/13/schakowsky-still-pushing-for-ratification-of-the-equal-rights-amendment/
— Sunday Funnies
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/13/sunday-funnies-11/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The left wants to remake America in its own image
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/13/left-wants-remake-america-image/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker claims Trump has ‘absolutely no respect’ for Social Security
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3378940/jb-pritzker-claims-trump-has-absolutely-no-respect-for-social-security/
BREITBART
— Trump’s Deputies Aim for 1 Million Deportations in 2025
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/04/13/washpost-trumps-deputies-seek-million-deportations-in-2025/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Companies Will Bring Work Back’: UAW President Defends Trump Tariffs In Verbal Slugfest With Befuddled MSNBC Hosts
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/13/companies-will-bring-work-back-uaw-president-defends-trump-tariffs-in-verbal-slugfest-with-befuddled-msnbc-hosts/
EPOCH TIMES
— FAA: Helicopter Tour Company Involved in NYC Fatal Crash to Cease Operations Immediately. The Federal Aviation Administration said it will launch an immediate review of the New York Helicopter Tours’ license and safety record.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/nyc-helicopter-tour-company-to-stop-operations-after-fatal-crash-faa-says-5841417
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker says Trump tariffs are ‘taxes on working families.’ What percent of those who voted for Democrats in the April 1 election did so to punish Trump for his tariffs?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6371439927112
— Warren demands SEC investigate Trump for insider trading, accuses him of unleashing ‘chaos’ with tariffs. Sen. Warren says an SEC investigation into President Trump over alleged market manipulation is ‘entirely appropriate.’ What percent of those who voted for Democrats in the April 1 election did so to punish Trump for his tariffs?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/warren-demands-sec-investigate-trump-insider-trading-accuses-him-unleashing-chaos-tariffs
TOWNHALL
— Trump Needs Local Backup to Stop Sabotage of Border Security Agenda
https://townhall.com/columnists/claytonfuller/2025/04/14/trump-needs-local-backup-to-stop-sabotage-of-border-security-agenda-n2655386
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— White House releases results from President Trump’s physical
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-physical-results-white-house-release/
— Trump’s annual physical finds him in excellent health
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trumps-annual-physical-finds-him-in-excellent-health/
— Trump tariff plans bring concern about prices, financial impact, but GOP base sees jobs long-term
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-trump-tariffs-13-04-2025/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China.
https://apnews.com/article/china-trade-economy-tariffs-exports-86ecd3f1594b69e537085ae94e8f0e8f
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-trump-team-tries-to-project-confidence-and-calm-after-his-tariff-moves-rattled-markets/
NEWSWEEK
— Tariffs Were Unpopular Before Trump’s Win. Now They’re Even Less Popular. What percent of those who voted for Democrats in the April 1 election did so to punish Trump for his tariffs?
https://www.newsweek.com/tariffs-trump-becoming-less-popular-approval-poll-2057122
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/business/trumps-tariffs-us-imports.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010102777/how-trumps-shifting-tariffs-could-accelerate-a-recession.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/opinion/trump-tariffs-economy-carville.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/opinion/trump-higher-education.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/12/tariffs-trump-threaten-silicon-valley-ai/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrats run American Colleges. American colleges are hotbeds of antisemitism.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/14/are-american-colleges-hotbeds-of-antisemitism/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/04/14/economy-weak-growth-recession-2025/83048077007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: What percent of those in the following are dependent on government spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/10/meals-on-wheels-doge-budget-cuts/82975787007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pritzker Says Trump Tariffs Will Bring a Recession. What percent of those who voted for Democrats in the April 1 election did so to punish Trump for his tariffs?
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-trump-tariffs-trade-war-04-14-25/card/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-says-trump-tariffs-will-bring-a-recession-8IwG7CceV6c9LYrMSMzD
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving the economic outlook down.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/us-economic-outlook-trump-b4e3469a
— U.S. Lost Its Place as the World’s Manufacturing Powerhouse
https://www.wsj.com/economy/us-manufacturing-decline-service-economy-ee97a1e2
BLOOMBERG LAW
— A Risk Barometer for Employers in Today’s DEI Climate. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, all their promotions were reserved for Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, and/or disabled.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberg-law-analysis/analysis-a-risk-barometer-for-employers-in-todays-dei-climate
(FROM THE ARTICLE: High Risk: Exclusive Career Opportunities The category posing the highest level of risk is any kind of job opportunity or career development program reserved exclusively for a particular race, sex, or other characteristic protected by federal anti-discrimination law. This also includes set-asides where a specific percentage or number of slots are reserved for members of such groups. This category does not, however, include affirmative action programs required by federal law for veterans or individuals with disabilities.
LINKEDIN
— Strategies for responding to questions that undermine your credibility. My critics/opponents have always challenged my credibility. In my defense, I stress that I worked for GAO for almost 18 years (1980-1997), the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. That I have master’s degrees in business (1976), accounting (1980), and finance (1997). That I have professional certifications in accounting (1979), internal auditing (1981), fraud examination (1990), government financial management (1994), financial services auditing (1996), and forensic accounting (1997). I have a CPA license (1981). Further, I worked for IRS for almost 9 years (1971-1980), the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.linkedin.com/advice/1/what-some-strategies-responding-questions-undermine-pbqjc
AXIOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/14/chinas-xi-trump-tariffs-trade-war-no-winner
— America’s off-the-books under-the-table economy shrinks due to deportation fears
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/14/immigrants-workers-fear-ice-economy
Tag: gun
April 13, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use international students to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-immigration-news-more-500-international-student-visas-revoked-donald-trump-admin-expands-reasons-deportation/16160825/
FOX32
— 3 Chicago universities suspend DEI scholarship after DOJ deems it unconstitutional. My critics/opponents have always used my not getting scholarships to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me a) as being stupid and b) as having had filthy rich parents.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/3-chicago-universities-suspend-dei-scholarship-after-doj-deems-unconstitutional
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago voters’ Trump aversion doesn’t mean they’ll warm to Brandon Johnson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/editorial-donald-trump-brandon-johnson-popularity/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/12/apple-iphones-trumps-trade-war-china/
— The Smithsonian exists to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/smithsonian-race-trump-executive-order/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/trump-coal-power-plants-climate-change/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for gun violence.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/opinion-gun-violence-orgins-chicago/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders crow about their success in defeating Republican township candidates. I should compare and contrast the eight Democrat Milton Township candidates who won with their eight Republican opponents who lost. For the April 1 election, what if Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders had promoted Trump’s policies as strongly as Democrat candidates, elected officials, and party leaders demonized, denigrated, and condemned Trump’s policies?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250412/news/suburban-blue-wave-hits-township-races/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Suburban Democratic leaders say anger over the policies of President Donald Trump’s administration helped spur voters to action. “The best way to go against Trump and Musk is to put Democrats in office,” said Mark Guethle, chairman of the Democratic Party of Kane County. He said the township wins will help Democrats build a bench of candidates for future races for higher office. “Eventually, those people move up,” Guethle said. . .DuPage GOP leader Kevin Coyne said Republican candidates “ran good campaigns” but faced a “perfect storm of issues,” including an infusion of cash from the Democratic Party of Illinois to help bolster their candidates, the Trump factor, a demographic shift in the state as Republicans leave Illinois and being outpaced by Democrats in vote-by-mail ballots. . .McCollum, however, pointed to Election Day tallies and noted the majority of Democrats in contested races fared better when just looking at in-person Election Day vote tallies. He argued the bigger issue in the local races was Trump. . .Newly elected township officials plan to use these wins to focus on issues such as mental health care or other social assistance programs — services Democratic leaders fear may suffer under Trump’s administration.)
— Tariffs could cost them. They’re still standing by Trump. My standing by the Republican Party platform has cost me dearly. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250412/economy/tariffs-could-cost-them-theyre-still-standing-by-trump/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders say “Trump goes with his gut and the world goes along for the ride. President Donald Trump likes keeping people on edge waiting for his next move, and that’s been clear when it comes to his tariffs.”
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-goes-with-his-gut-and-the-world-goes-along-for-the-ride/article_8158766a-b4aa-58ac-980b-a513cc030345.html
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://chicagocrusader.com/president-preckwinkle-unveils-next-phase-of-guaranteed-income/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO law firms ever-increasingly work against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-13/trump-attacks-on-law-firms-begin-to-chill-pro-bono-work-on-causes-he-doesnt-like
WHEATON RECORD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in infiltrating, infesting, and conquering religious organizations.
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/04/12/wheaton-federal-immigration-policy-changes/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JEFF BERKOWITZ
— Pritzker, he can Run, but he can’t Hide: 7 years of failure to address IL’s massive unfunded pension. Yet, he is running for re-election & Pres? So many questions, so few answers.
https://jeffberkowitz208.substack.com/p/gov-pritzker-he-can-run-but-he-cant
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Heavily opposed Homeschool Act stalls in Illinois House before deadline
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_bff34020-59f7-499c-a438-f1a34385a9dd.html
— Pritzker indicates he’s in favor of expanding nuclear power in Illinois
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6909b767-c7a3-452b-be77-32b1508d93a4.html
— Measure seeks to expose family ties in IL government to prevent conflicts
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_671890c1-4b96-4e82-8fba-c14fbb220408.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democrats Should Congratulate Themselves for Making It Impossible for Relatives of Detained Illegal Immigrants To Visit Them Locally
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/11/democrats-should-congratulate-themselves-for-making-it-impossible-for-relatives-of-detained-illegal-immigrants-to-visit-them-locally/
— Schakowsky Attends Last Saturday’s Protest, But Not in Algonquin, Criticizes GOP -Controlled Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/12/schakowsky-attends-last-saturdays-protest-but-not-in-algonquin-criticizes/
— Homeschool Government Regulation Bill Did Not Pass the House This Week
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/12/home-school-government-regulation-bill-did-not-pass-the-house-this-week/
— Redlight Camera Bribery Trial Reveals Numbers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/12/redlight-camera-bribery-trials-continue/
— Chevron Fights California’s High Gas Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/12/chevron-fights-californias-high-gas-tax/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WHITE HOUSE
— Memorandum from the White House Physician
https://www.whitehouse.gov/news/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DEI policies threaten medical excellence. To promote more Democrats, Democrat leaders have always lowered standards.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/3377826/ben-carson-dei-policies-threaten-medical-excellence/
— Republicans should address welfare’s work disincentives in budget reconciliation
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3378333/gop-should-address-welfare-work-disincentives-budget-reconciliation/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump attends UFC fights in Florida with star-studded cast — and receives insane applause while entering arena
https://nypost.com/2025/04/12/us-news/trump-set-to-attend-ufc-314-in-miami-with-fbi-director-others/
— Sen. Bernie Sanders delivers ranting speech at Coachella festival as Trump thrills UFC crowd in Florida
https://nypost.com/2025/04/13/us-news/coachella-2025-bernie-sanders-delivers-ranting-speech-at-festival-as-trump-thrills-ufc-crowd-in-florida/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Oakland decides to clean up graffiti — by fining the victims
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/oakland_decides_to_clean_up_graffiti_by_fining_the_victims.html
— Real ID wouldn’t be needed if state systems weren’t so corrupted with illegals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/real_id_wouldn_t_be_needed_if_state_systems_weren_t_so_corrupted_with_illegals.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden admin ‘devised a scheme’ to fly in illegals, give them access to vote
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/12/stephen-miller-biden-admin-devised-a-scheme-to-fly-in-illegals-give-them-access-to-vote-1535993/
— Dem campaign to blame Trump for plane crashes runs into a brick wall. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/12/dem-campaign-to-blame-trump-for-plane-crashes-runs-into-a-brick-wall-1536063/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— New Data Reveal the Scale of Biden’s Immigration Surge
https://cis.org/Oped/New-Data-Reveal-Scale-Bidens-Immigration-Surge
DAILY CALLER
— Conservatives Shut Out By ‘Big Law’ Have Little Sympathy As Firms Face Major Upset Under Trump
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/12/conservatives-big-law-firms-upset-trump/
— Hegseth Is Restoring Meritocracy At The Defense Department. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/12/opinion-hegseth-is-restoring-meritocracy-at-the-defense-department-vanessa-battaglia/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump State Department Axes $25M Pro-LGBTQ ‘Global Equality Fund’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/12/trump-state-department-axes-25m-pro-lgbtq-global-equality-fund/
FOX NEWS
— Duckworth says that Trump purges high-performing military officers. My Democrat GAO superiors purged me. My Black subordinate who they 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 the one I had.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-tammy-duckworth-why-trumps-pattern-purging-our-highest-performing-military-officers-dangerous
— Trump orders military to take control of federal land at southern border. A narrow, 60-foot-deep strip at the border within the Roosevelt Reservation would became a ‘military installation.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-orders-military-control-federal-lands-southern-border
— SNL compares Trump to Jesus in Easter sketch mocking economy and faith: ‘Donald Jesus Trump’ SNL’s cold open called the president ‘Donald Jesus Trump,’ taking aim at religion and tariffs.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/snl-compares-trump-jesus-easter-sketch-mocking-economy-faith
— Trump, Tariffs and the New World Order. Under the Democrats and RINOs, America was becoming ever-increasingly dependent on China and on other foreign countries.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6371406985112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— U.S. Military Opposition to the Trump Administration A Matter of Concern
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/04/starrs-town-hall-u-s-military-opposition-to-the-trump-administration-a-matter-of-concern/amp/
NEWS BUSTERS
— PBS and NPR Delight LGBTQ Propagandists
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2025/04/12/public-broadcasting-watch-pbs-and-npr-delight-lgbtq-propagandists
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump tariff plans bring concern about prices, financial impact, but GOP base sees jobs long-term
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-trump-tariffs-13-04-2025/
NBC NEWS
— ‘SNL’ compares Trump to Jesus punishing money collectors after stocks’ historic week
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/-snl-compares-trump-to-jesus-punishing-money-collectors-after-stocks-historic-week-237253189955
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/12/politics/video/roy-wood-jr-amber-ruffin-trump-china-tariffs-hignfy-digvid
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders are not only anti-America, they are anti-Britain
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/world/europe/how-brexit-a-startling-act-of-economic-self-harm-foreshadowed-trumps-tariffs.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/us/politics/trump-tariffs-trade-war-china.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010102777/how-trumps-shifting-tariffs-could-accelerate-a-recession.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/04/12/one-million-deportations-goal/
FOX ORLANDO
— Former VP Kamala Harris could make political comeback. 478 in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton voted for Harris.
https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/1624131
FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://fortune.com/asia/2025/04/12/can-us-china-trade-survive-trump-tariffs/
FORBES
— Democrat leaders promote Casten to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzsY_Rg9_p4
FAST COMPANY
— Democrat leaders say “Changing jobs no longer pays—and might not for a while thanks to tariffs. Typically job hopping is the quickest way to keep your salary growing. But for the first time in more than a decade, that’s no longer the case.”
https://www.fastcompany.com/91312559/changing-jobs-no-longer-pays-and-might-not-for-a-while-thanks-to-tariffs
— Democrat leaders say “Trump’s tariffs will have near-immediate effects on hiring and jobs. President Trump’s tariffs could upend the labor market—negatively impacting businesses and workers alike, say experts.”
https://www.fastcompany.com/91311660/trumps-tariffs-will-have-near-immediate-effects-on-hiring-and-jobs
CONSULTING
— McKinsey pressures staff to get promoted or get lost. Democrat and RINO employers and organizations use up-or-out to get rid of their Republican employees and members, and especially those who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. In Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, virtually all employers and organizations are Democrat or RINO.
https://www.consulting.us/news/10481/mckinsey-pressures-staff-to-get-promoted-or-get-lost
GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/13/what-does-china-really-think-about-trump-they-know-about-humiliation-and-wont-take-it-from-him
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/12/make-america-make-again-trumps-tariffs-will-only-be-manufacturing-pipe-dreams
ECONOMIC TIMES
— US eyes 1 million deportations as Trump ramps up immigration agenda
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/latest-updates/us-eyes-1-million-deportations-as-trump-ramps-up-immigration-agenda/articleshow/120248623.cms
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/china-urges-usa-to-take-big-step-as-beijing-sends-direct-tariffs-message-to-washington-will-president-donald-trump-comply/articleshow/120256012.cms
April 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CuTu90tqbo
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-tourism-industry-worried-possible-impact-president-donald-trumps-tariffs-foreigners-avoid-traveling-us/16154110/
— Democrat leaders cancel Chicago’s Cinco de Mayo parade to punish Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-cinco-de-mayo-parade-2025-canceled-due-fears-president-donald-trumps-immigration-policies-organizers-say/16153830/
— Chicago police send letter to CPS parents on stopping teen takeovers. Letter comes after teen takeover events downtown have resulted in the shootings of a 15-year-old boy and a tourist.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-police-department-sends-letter-public-schools-parents-stopping-teen-takeovers/16156282/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-4/11/2025
NBC5
— Pritzker called to testify before Congress on ‘sanctuary city’ laws
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/gov-j-b-pritzker-called-to-testify-before-congress-on-sanctuary-city-laws/3719547/
— Democrat leaders cancel Chicago’s Cinco de Mayo parade to punish Trump
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/nothing-to-celebrate-cinco-de-mayo-event-canceled-citing-trump-administration/3719621/
CBS2
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tariff-uncertainty-raises-concerns-at-chicago-toy-store/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders cancel Chicago’s Cinco de Mayo parade to punish Trump
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-cinco-de-mayo-parade-canceled-trump-immigration-policies
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1623249
— House passes Trump-backed budget bill
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1623130
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1623065
WTTW
— Pritzker ‘Evaluating’ Request to Testify Before Congress About Illinois Protections for Undocumented Immigrants
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/10/pritzker-evaluating-request-testify-congress-about-illinois-protections-undocumented
— Chicago Public Schools give preference to Blacks, that is, they reject federal law.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/09/chicago-public-schools-moves-forward-black-student-success-plan-amid-national-dei
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Supreme Court’s refusal to hear gerrymandering case is a blow to democracy. I should write about those who gerrymandered my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton (now Precinct 59) in 2015.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/11/gerrymandering-supreme-court-illinois-fair-maps/
— Trump threatens to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/10/donald-trump-federal-funding-sanctuary-cities/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson responds to Trump threat to revoke federal aid for sanctuary cities
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/10/mayor-brandon-johnson-trump-threat-sanctuary-cities/
— Judge allows requirement that everyone in the US illegally must register to move forward
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/10/judge-us-illegal-immigrant-registration/
— If your school is not in the Ivy League, it’s as if you don’t matter at all. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless.
https://www.aol.com/commentary-school-not-ivy-league-090000001.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago braces for President Trump’s latest threat to cut ‘all federal funding’ to sanctuary cities
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/04/10/trump-chicago-federal-funding-threat-sanctuary-cities
— Democrat leaders oppose expansion of detention centers for illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/04/10/donald-trump-immigration-detention-illinois-deport-immigrants-deportation-jb-pritzker
— Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s budget plan.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/10/trump-budget-plan-tax-cut-americans-working-class-marc-morial
— They aren’t going quietly. Illinois library, museum supporters fight Trump funding cuts. I did not go quietly. In 1998, my attorney Walter T. Charlton filed Diersen v GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf In 2000, the lawsuit was transferred to Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/04/09/institute-museum-library-services-funding-kwame-raoul-trump-illinois-library-association-illinois-association-museums-park
— ‘Take care of my intern’: Emil Jones III trial turns to hiring request — and bribes of other pols. I took a $23,472/year pay cut (21%) in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates wanted me to transfer in as an intern, that is, to take a $71,982/year (64%) pay cut in today/s dollars to transfer. They wanted that even though GHAO audits IRS and I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-corruption-trials/2025/04/10/take-care-of-my-intern-emil-jones-iii-trial-hiring-request-bribes-other-pols
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/04/10/deerfield-school-board-meeting-draws-hundreds-voicing-support-for-trans-student
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Elgin to continue housing Tent City residents at Lexington Inn until fall. In which buildings are the Democrats and RINOs who run your municipality housing their homeless?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250410/news/elgin-to-continue-housing-tent-city-residents-at-lexington-inn-until-fall/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump threatens to cut all federal funding to sanctuary cities like Chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-threatens-cut-federal-funding-sanctuary-cities
— Waves of Illinois’ international university students lose their visas
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/waves-illinois-international-university-students-lose-their-visas
STATELINE
— Justice Department suggests federal agencies are free to blacklist law firm despite judge’s order. Who blacklists you? I should write about those who blacklist me.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/politics/ap-justice-department-suggests-federal-agencies-are-free-to-blacklist-law-firm-despite-judges-order/
— Illinois Senate bill removes education requirement for state government jobs. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly lower requirements so that they can hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. The aforesaid ever-increasing rendered worthless my job-related a) bachelor’s degree, b) three master’s degrees, c) six professional certifications, and d) professional license.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-senate-bill-removes-education-requirement-for-state-government-jobs/
— Illinois may ban police from using raw cannabis odor as cause for car searches. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-may-ban-police-from-using-raw-cannabis-odor-as-cause-for-car-searches/
WAND TV
— Illinois House Democrats pass bill banning Native American school mascots, logos. What about the Crete-Monee Warriors?
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-house-democrats-pass-bill-banning-native-american-school-mascots-logos/article_75d54143-663f-4fdb-ad9c-76ab5e61a68c.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-10/why-some-are-accusing-trump-of-manipulating-stock-markets
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote foreign students who protest
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-11/the-controversial-and-obscure-law-being-used-against-immigrant-student-protestors
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Israel on college campuses.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-11/under-trump-freedom-of-speech-in-universities-takes-on-a-new-meaning
ELMHURST PATCH
— Federal law trumps state and local laws. But Illinois Democrat leaders reject federal law.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-d205-need-not-answer-trump-state
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have.
https://chicagocrusader.com/moseley-braun-calls-trump-insane-after-assault-on-national-black-museum/
IPM NEWS
— Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk receives a warm welcome to the University of Illinois
https://ipmnewsroom.org/turning-point-usa-founder-charlie-kirk-receives-a-warm-welcome-to-the-university-of-illinois/
ILLINOIS TIMES
— Illinois Republicans explain support for Trump. Conservative values becoming more socially acceptable. Republicans vote for Trump because he promises to defend and advance the Republican Party platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/illinois-republicans-explain-support-for-trump-20009179
CITY OF WHEATON
— There are many historic homes in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7529c1ea765a44968630abd1612a0042
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration, that is, Pritzker ever-increasingly rejects federal law.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/11/partisan-dog-and-pony-show-00286150
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-494/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-287/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— All Illinois Democrats in U.S. House vote against bill requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. All Republicans vote for it.
https://wirepoints.org/all-illinois-democrats-in-u-s-house-vote-against-bill-requiring-proof-of-citizenship-to-register-to-vote-all-republicans-vote-for-it-wirepoints-quickpoint/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago teachers vote on deal to bring average salary to over $114,000 per year. I did not start earning that in today’s dollars until I was 38 years old and I had a) worked for GAO for 6 years and for IRS for 9 years before that, b) earned master’s degrees in business and accounting, c) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, and d) became a licensed CPA. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a3b00e3e-3823-458d-945f-d52021a95431.html
— IL gun storage bill approved as Homeschool Act could still pass before deadline
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2a2c1ea3-fc5e-4a1c-86ba-9c66846ba872.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Home Educators Face “Guilty Until Proven Innocent” Label
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/illinois-home-educators-face-guilty-until-proven-innocent-label/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Legislators Start Talking about Electricity Sucking Threat of Data Centers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/10/legislators-start-talking-about-electricity-threat-of-data-centers/
— Partisan Majority on Illinois Supreme Court Explains Remap Decision
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/10/partisan-majority-on-illinois-supreme-court-explains-remap-decision/
— Home School Registration Bill Advances
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/09/home-school-registration-bill-advances/
— Funk Finks Out for Second Algonquin Township Board Meeting Since GOP Primary Trouncing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/09/funk-finks-out-for-second-algonquin-township-board-meeting-since-gop-primary-trouncing/
— When Even Patch Is Covering Tariffs, Here’s a Comparison of Where Car Parts Originate That Might Be of Interest
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/09/when-even-patch-is-covering-tariffs-heres-a-comparison-of-where-car-parts-originate-that-might-be-of-interest/
— Foster’s Town Hall “Sold Out”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/09/fosters-town-hall-sold-out/
— McLaughlin Continues to Urge Emphasis on Mail-In Votes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/08/mclaughlin-continues-to-urge-emphasis-on-mail-in-votes/
— Illinois House Passes Bill to Encourage Competition and Entrepreneurship
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/08/illinois-house-passes-bill-to-encourage-competition-and-entrepreneurship/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden admitted 6,300 illegal immigrants with criminal records
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/10/biden-admitted-6300-illegal-immigrants-criminal-records-national/
— Democrats continue to run 2024 playbook, apparently unaware they have already lost
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/10/democrats-continue-run-2024-playbook-apparently-unaware-already-lost/
— Judge won’t block Trump’s registration requirement for immigrants
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/10/judge-allows-trumps-immigrant-registration-requirement/
— China announces countermeasures by raising tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% starting Saturday
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/11/china-declares-countermeasures-raising-tariffs-us-goods-84-125/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GAO auditing Musk-led DOGE. Virtually all if not all GAO employees are Democrats. Enough said. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3377103/government-accountability-office-audit-elon-musk-doge/
— Trump finalizing plan to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities. Trump threatens to cut all federal funding to sanctuary cities like Chicago
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3376497/trump-finalizing-plan-withhold-federal-funding-sanctuary-cities/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Trump Plans to Withhold All Federal Funding From Sanctuary City ‘Death Traps’
https://amgreatness.com/2025/04/10/trump-plans-to-withhold-all-federal-funding-from-sanctuary-city-death-traps/
BREITBART
— Nearly 400 Local Police Depts Sign Up to Help DHS Arrest Criminal Illegals Since Trump Inauguration. What about your local police department?
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/10/nearly-400-local-police-depts-sign-up-to-help-dhs-arrest-criminal-illegals-since-trump-inauguration/
— Democrat leaders question Trump’s mental acuity
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/04/10/jasmine-crockett-beyond-wild-no-one-questioning-trump-mental-acuity/
— Democrats Want Chinese to Work in Sweatshops, Eat Bat and Pangolin
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/04/10/marlow-democrats-want-chinese-to-work-in-sweatshops-eat-bat-and-pangolin/
— Democrats want Trump’s tariffs to fail
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/04/10/doge-reveals-the-unborn-getting-government-handouts/
— Trump Sketches Plan to Deport Many and Recall Some Migrants for Farm, Hotel Jobs. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the bad jobs that I got.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/04/10/donald-trump-sketches-plan-deport-many-recall-some-migrants-farm-hotel-jobs/
DAILY CALLER
— Conservative Think Tank Database Equips Parents Seeking ‘Alternatives’ To Deteriorating School Systems. How bad are the test scores in your school district and why?
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/10/exclusive-conservative-think-tank-database-equips-parents-seeking-alternatives-to-deteriorating-school-systems/
FOX NEWS
— Judge sides with Trump: anyone in US illegally must register with fed government. The deadline to register for anyone who has been in the US illegally for 30 days or more is April 11.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-sides-trump-anyone-us-illegally-must-register-fed-government
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Six Discriminatory Scholarships at DePaul University Challenged By Equal Protection Project. My critics/opponents have always used my not getting scholarships to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me a) as being stupid and b) as having filthy rich parents.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/04/six-discriminatory-scholarships-at-depaul-university-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/
TOWNHALL
— Judge Gives the ‘OKAY’ to Enforce This Existing Law Regarding Illegal Aliens. Libs Will Seethe.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/04/10/judge-gives-trump-administration-the-green-light-to-move-forward-with-illegal-alien-registry-n2655347
— Public Trust in Media Dies in ‘Groupthink’
https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2025/04/11/public-trust-in-media-dies-in-groupthink-n2655365
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump invalidates Social Security numbers of immigrants, pushing them to “self deport”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-dead-immigrants-temporary-legal-status/
— SAVE Act passes House, with 4 Democrats backing bill to require proof of citizenship for voter registration
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-passes-save-act-proof-of-citizenship-voter-registration-federal-elections/
— Trump “working on papers” to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities, including Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-sanctuary-cities-chicago-federal-funding/
— House GOP adopts Trump budget plan after conservatives fold
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/johnson-votes-pass-budget-resolution/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-vows-trade-talks-after-pausing-most-new-tariffs/
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-tariffs-live-updates-china-raises-retaliatory-levies-125-dollar-rcna200775
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mexico
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-threatens-sanctions-tariffs-mexico-over-water-treaty-dispute-2025-04-10/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-tariffs-live-markets-whipsaw-trade-war-fuels-global-recession-fears-2025-04-11/
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/politics/trump-china-trade-war-tariffs-strategy/index.html
— Trump targets two first-term critics. Who has targeted you? I should write about those who have targeted me. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/politics/trump-critics-executive-orders-taylor-krebs/index.html
CNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/apple-left-without-life-raft-amid-trumps-china-trade-war-analysts-.html
MSN
— GAO auditing Musk-led DOGE. Virtually all if not all GAO employees are Democrats. Enough said. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/elon-musk-s-doge-audited-by-gao/ss-AA1vGNOn
MSNBC
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/truth-or-trump-administration-lawyers-face-impossible-task-trying-to-defend-trump-without-lying-237115461668
NEW YORK TIMES
— Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers. By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/politics/migrants-deport-social-security-doge.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/janet-mills-donald-trump-maine.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/business/economy/trump-tariffs-china-farmers.html
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/11/business/trump-tariffs-stocks-china
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mexico
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/politics/trump-mexico-water-dispute.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote foreign countries
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/business/nissan-kanda-japan-factory.html
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, U.S. Students Are Losing Ground
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/low-performing-students-reasons.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Harris Weighs Return to Politics. 478 voted for Harris in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. Since then, how much more success have Democrat leaders had promoting more hatred against Trump?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/politics/kamala-harris-president-california-governor.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/10/trump-tariffs-china-economy-impacts/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/10/trump-china-tariffs-trade-war/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/10/trump-tariffs-plan-white-house-strategy/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/11/trump-sanctuary-cities-crime-false/
USA TODAY
— Trump tariffs caused a market meltdown. Could they sink the GOP’s political fortunes, too?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/09/trump-tariffs-republican-politics-midterms/82992587007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Stocks Tumble as Trade War Jitters Return. Dow industrials, S&P 500 give back some gains from Wednesday’s historic rally.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/u-s-stocks-tumble-as-trade-war-jitters-return-cfbf9fdd
— Trump Team Races to Cut Piecemeal Tariff Deals With More Than 70 Countries
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-tariff-deals-countries-trade-deals-1e3629f6
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/china-tariffs-donald-trump-trade-markets-scott-bessent-tiktok-b30bce47
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/china-us-student-visas-travel-advisories-6f194b3e
— Democrats Bet Casting Trump as Agent of Chaos Will Boost Their Fortunes. Following a week of wild, tariff-induced market swings, some Democrats say just let Trump be Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/democrats-bet-casting-trump-as-agent-of-chaos-will-boost-their-fortunes-655ef699
FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving the stock market down to punish Trump.
https://fortune.com/2025/04/11/state-treasurers-are-seething-after-the-market-rout-wiped-billions-529-college-savings-retirement-plans-trump/
FAST COMPANY
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91314776/the-false-equivalency-of-equity-and-inclusion
FORBES
— Trump’s Tariffs: A Return To ‘American Dominance’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVGcvHJn9IE
LEGAL READER
— Federal Judge Rules “Central Park Five” Can Continue Defamation Claims Against Trump. Who defames you? I should sue those who defame me.
https://www.legalreader.com/federal-judge-rules-central-park-five-can-continue-defamation-claims-against-trump/
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
— What we know about veterans who work for the federal government. My Democrat superiors in the federal government a) gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were veterans and b) used them to get rid of their Republican employees. I should write a book about that. I would focus on my many Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors and supervisors who were veterans and who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/04/10/what-we-know-about-veterans-who-work-for-the-federal-government/
GMA
— Pentagon fires female admiral who was on list of ‘woke individuals’ Democrats run GAO. They gave all the managers who they assigned to run their Chicago Office lists of employees to get rid of. Of course, I was at the top of all those lists. I would not have survived for almost 18 years if I had not a) earned three job-related master’s degrees, earned six job-related professional certifications, and earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates-securing-trump-3rd-term-120551202/pentagon-fires-female-admiral-who-was-on-list-of-woke-individuals-120577590
April 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Supreme Court allows Trump to terminate 16,000 probationary federal workers. Democrats run IRS and GAO. When I transferred from IRS to GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious that they could not immediately terminate me because I had already served my probationary period at IRS.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-allows-trump-terminate-16000-probationary-federal-workers/16144669/
— AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists. I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write about Republican leaders who have barred me from their events since then. I would focus on those who had me thrown out of their events.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ap-lawsuit-white-house-ban-judge-trevor-mcfadden-rules-donald-trumps-government-cant-bar-associated-press-journalists/16146124/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/fact-check-trump-misleads-on-transgender-issues/3717199/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s tariffs.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/local-leaders-react-to-trump-administrations-tariffs-impact-on-chicago/3717296/
CBS2
— White House says Trump open to negotiating tariffs as 104% tariff on China set to begin
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/white-house-says-trump-open-to-negotiating-tariffs-as-104-tariff-on-china-set-to-begin/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s tariffs.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/white-house-keeps-world-guessing-as-clock-ticks-down-to-trumps-new-tariffs/
FOX32
— Trump: Tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals coming ‘shortly’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-tariffs-imported-pharmaceuticals-coming-shortly
— Some DePaul University scholarships are discriminatory. Did you get a scholarship? I did not. Since 1966, my critics/opponents have used that to demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as a) being stupid and b) having filthy rich parents.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/depaul-scholarship-discrimination-complaint
— Trump tariffs: Some big-name automakers no longer shipping to US
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1621775
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Northwestern University says Trump administration to freeze $790 million in funding
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/northwestern-university-trump-admininistration-federal-funding-freeze/
— Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/supreme-court-federal-workers/
— Brian Burch, Chicago-area man up for Vatican ambassador, defends recent cuts to US foreign aid
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/vatican-ambassador-nominee/
— US stocks dive after another stunning reversal as uncertainty reigns about Trump’s tariffs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/us-stocks-trump-tariffs/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/supreme-court-deportation-ruling/
— The Democrat Party exists to promote more hatred not only against Trump, but against all those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/column-democrats-cory-booker-speech-protests-washington/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/cpd-striving-for-diversity-on-the-force-but-results-depend-on-how-new-officers-are-counted/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Police make 3 more firearm-related arrests at Naperville Topgolf lot, up to 7 for the year
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/naperville-topgolf-firearm-gun-police-parking-cannabis-arrests/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. How much success have Democrat leaders had so far turning those around you into stoners?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250408/news/elgin-could-get-its-second-recreational-cannabis-dispensary/
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250409/syndicated-columnists/holocaust-denial-trumps-assault-on-dei-is-an-affront-to-american-history/
— Wheaton OKs municipal grocery tax, as Lombard, other towns look to follow suit
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250408/news/wheaton-oks-municipal-grocery-tax-as-lombard-other-towns-look-to-follow-suit/
— Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers. After my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, a low level Democrat GAO Personnel Office employee hinted that he might be able to get me reinstated. But my Democrat GAO superiors had made it clear that if did not retire, they would make the next 6 years until I would be eligible for regular retirement a living hell for me. They promised to demote me and to give me adverse transfers, bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations and evaluations, and even worse things. They could easily do that because GAO was not unionized.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250408/nation-and-world-politics/supreme-court-blocks-order-requiring-trump-administration-to-reinstate-thousands-of-federal-workers/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How unions can navigate the Trump years. I should write about my critics/opponents who are the most anti-union. They stress that while I was a union member, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU and an MBA from Loyola and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/trump-administration-calls-union-strategies-opinion
BLOOMINGTOM PATAGRAPH
— Charlie Kirk draws mixed crowd of more than 700 at Illinois State University. If Kirk spoke in your county, in your township, or in your municipality, how many would attend? How many in support of Kirk. How many in opposition of Kirk?
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/article_c3340704-50a5-4fd9-88d9-7800d7cb221b.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/china-says-it-will-fight-to-the-end-after-trump-threatens-to-impose-still-more/article_aeaa3d24-02d0-563f-af11-41f3e43116fb.html
CHAMPAIHN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & WQAD & WAND TV
–Illinois Democrat legislators ever-increasingly pass bills that promote abortion and dependency on government.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/politics/illinois-house-approves-new-abortion-protection-plan-to-ease-college-admissions-student-teacher-stipends/article_dfa475dd-3864-44be-8080-2900c3f807ae.html
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/il-house-approves-new-abortion-protection-plan-ease-college-admissions-capitol-news/526-09b3ffc5-c9ef-4a40-9896-0e3ded71757b
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-house-democrats-pass-bill-requiring-contraception-medication-abortion-at-public-college-health-centers/article_ec5ba4f0-4649-4a07-9933-31e1770fc06a.html
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.bnd.com/opinion/article303681606.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump’s election order could jeopardize ‘hundreds of thousands’ of future mail ballots
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-08/trumps-election-order-could-jeopardize-hundreds-of-thousands-of-future-mail-ballots
— Democrat and RINO leaders stress Trump’s age and attack his health.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-09/trump-is-getting-a-physical-what-will-be-included-in-the-report
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Pot destroys you
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/business/press-releases/cision/20250408LA59568/most-cannabis-users-want-healthier-munchies-cbd-oracle-survey-finds/
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF DUPAGE COUNTY
— Township Annual Meetings I should write a book about what I have done since 1999 to help elect and to reelect Republican Milton Township officials. I would focus on those officials who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DIMPzHIOK9z/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-492/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-285/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCNENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Thomas More Society Comments on Rockford Court Victory in Which McHenry County’s 1st Way Pregnancy Center Was a Plaintiff
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/08/thomas-more-society-comments-on-rockford-court-victory-in-which-mchenry-countys-1sr-way-pregnancy-center-was-a-plaintiff/
— McLaughlin Holding Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/08/mclaughlin-holding-fundraiser/
— CORRECTION: Algonquin Township Clerk Maureen Huff Passed Over for Lake in the Hills Sanitary District Trustee Appointment BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT LIVE IN THE DISTRICT
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/07/algonquin-township-clerk-maureen-huff-passed-over-for-lake-in-the-hills-sanitary-district-trustee-appointment/
— Local GOP Feature Darin Bailey as Main Lincoln Day Speaker
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/07/local-gop-feature-darin-bailey-as-main-lincoln-day-speaker/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— More than 900K migrants who entered US with Biden-era CBP One app told to ‘self-deport’
https://nypost.com/2025/04/08/us-news/more-than-900k-migrants-who-entered-us-with-biden-era-cbp-one-app-told-to-self-deport/
— Head of IRS to resign in protest as agency inks deal to share tax data on illegal immigrants with DHS
https://nypost.com/2025/04/09/us-news/irs-commissioner-melanie-krause-quits-post-after-dhs-deal-to-share-tax-data-on-illegal-immigrants/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Rep. Jasmine Crockett calls on illegals to pick her cotton because ‘we done picking cotton’ I never picked cotton, but I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped more gasoline, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/rep_jasmine_crockett_calls_on_illegals_to_pick_her_cotton_because_we_done_picking_cotton.html
BREITBART
— Trump’s DHS Signs Deal with IRS to More Easily Locate Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/08/report-trump-s-dhs-signs-deal-irs-more-easily-locate-illegal-aliens/
— Why Trump Haters Keep Getting Caught Red Handed as They Vandalize Tesla EVs
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/04/08/why-trump-haters-keep-getting-caught-red-handed-as-they-vandalize-tesla-evs/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Justices Hand Trump National Security Win That Protects Public From Illegal Alien Criminals
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/08/justices-hand-trump-national-security-win-that-protects-public-illegal-alien-criminals/
DAILY WIRE
— See The Staggering Number Of Illegals Who Got Social Security Numbers Under Joe Biden. “No interview. No proof of identity, just put it in the mail.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/see-the-staggering-number-of-illegals-who-got-social-security-numbers-under-joe-biden
FOX NEWS
— Up to 1M migrants who used Biden’s CBP One app ordered to deport by Trump admin
https://www.foxnews.com/us/up-1m-migrants-who-used-bidens-cbp-one-app-ordered-deport-trump-admin
NEWSMAX
— Trump Plans to Fine Migrants $998 a Day for Failing to Leave
https://www.newsmax.com/us/illegals-migrants-deportation/2025/04/08/id/1206056/
ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Trump Admin To Fine Undocumented Migrants $1K Daily For Ignoring Deportation Orders
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/trump-admin-to-fine-undocumented-migrants-1k-daily-for-ignoring-deportation-orders/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Trump admin revokes legal status for migrants who entered the U.S. on Biden-era CBP One app
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-admin-revokes-legal-status-migrants-entered-us-biden-era-cbp-one-rcna200177
NEW YORK TIMES
— I.R.S. Agrees to Share Migrants’ Tax Information With ICE. The agreement is a major departure from the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to gain the trust of migrants and encourage them to file their taxes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/politics/irs-ice-tax-data-deal.html
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving the stock market down to destroy Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/business/economy/stock-market-economy-trump-tariffs.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The Democrat Party exists to promote more hatred not only against Trump, but against all those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/08/donald-trump-elon-musk-nationwide-protest-responses/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/herald-tribune/20250408/281715505440830?srsltid=AfmBOooRWgH1Bk-5JzQrIbYM4rs2MGU7Rbxf4ydv1b3egBpLqO5U02ta
NPR
— Migrants who entered the U.S. via CBP One app should leave ‘immediately,’ DHS says
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/g-s1-58984/cbp-one-app-migrants-dhs-border
April 2, 2025
All eight Republican township candidates on my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 ballot lost because the Democrats in the township, including my precinct, voted for the Democrat candidates to punish Trump. How successful were your Republican township candidates? Ever since my wife and I moved to Milton Township in 1978, all of the Milton Township elected officials have been Republican. Since 2000, as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, I have done much to help elect and reelect Republican Milton Township candidates, including hand-delivering their campaign literature to the residences in my precinct (currently 400) that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Richard Irvin concedes defeat to John Laesch in Aurora mayoral race
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/01/richard-irvin-concedes-defeat/
— Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau concedes defeat in bid for third term
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/01/orland-park-mayoral-race-results/
— Evanston voters re-elect Daniel Biss as mayor, per unofficial results
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/01/evanston-mayor-election-results/
— Illinois AG Kwame Raoul warns legal community against ‘being complicit’ with Trump. Federal law trumps state and local law.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/01/illinois-ag-kwame-raoul-warns-legal-community-against-being-complicit-with-trump/
— Lawsuit claims Chicago approval for cannabis store in Streeterville was illegal
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/01/streeterville-cannabis-store/
— Wisconsin votes to enshrine voter ID requirement in state constitution
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/01/wisconsin-election-education-official-voter-id-amendment/
— Democratic-backed Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, cementing liberal majority
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/01/wisconsin-supreme-court-race-control/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use tariffs to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/01/trump-liberation-day/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/01/trump-tariffs-steel-aluminum/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use pollution to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/02/trump-epa-pollution-climate-change/
— Democrats on Illinois’ high court must recuse themselves on gerrymandering. I should write about the gerrymandering my precinct in 2015.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/02/opinion-illinois-gerrymandering-state-supreme-court/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use tariffs to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/01/trumps-tariff-smarter-trade-strategy-american-workers-environment-manufacturing-ben-jealous
DAILY HERALD
— School board incumbents fare well in DuPage County
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250401/local-politics/school-board-incumbents-fare-well-in-dupage-county/
— Burket edges past Fasules in Glen Ellyn village president’s race; mayors losing in other DuPage towns
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250401/local-politics/burket-edges-past-fasules-in-glen-ellyn-village-presidents-race-mayors-losing-in-other-dupage-town/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Republicans eye $25,000 SALT cap as Trump’s tax cuts take shape. I started itemizing in 1972 and my wife and I in 1978. We paid less federal income tax because we itemized. But SALT ended our itemizing.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-tax-cuts-gop-eyes-raising-salt-cap
— Democrat leaders promote the lawyer leading Jenner’s battle with Trump.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/law/jenner-blocks-rep-trump-case-michael-attanasios-backstory
ABC7
— Aurora mayoral election: Two-term incumbent Richard Irvin concedes race to challenger John Laesch. Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss is projected to win a second term in office.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/aurora-mayor-election-2025-voters-head-polls-mayoral-race-incumbent-richard-irvin-facing-challenger-john-laesch/16114822/
— Jason House projected to win Dolton mayoral election, replacing Tiffany Henyard: ‘It’s a new day’ State Sen. Napoleon Harris projected to win the Thornton Township supervisor election.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dolton-illinois-election-results-today-voters-seek-replace-tiffany-henyard-mayor-thornton-township-supervisor/16116392/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use tariffs to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC8_DMNhvFo
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “financial experts” to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-news-today-financial-experts-raising-concerns-consumer-protections-costs-current-administration/16116870/
NBC5
— Suburban Chicago race results
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/2025-illinois-election-results-wisconsin-supreme-court/3711433/
— Chicago suburb hires private security to help patrol amid police shortage
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-suburb-winnetka-private-security-police-help/3711369/
— Liberal wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, GOP keeps House specials
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-tariffs-wisconsin-florida-elections-april-01-2025-live-updates/3710727/
CBS2
— Dodge wins in Orland Park, Biss wins another term in Evanston
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/2025-municipal-elections-chicago-suburbs/
— Chicago area school district prepares for potential drop in federal funding
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-area-school-district-prepares-for-potential-drop-in-federal-funding/
WGN9
— Illinois court rules lawsuit against maker of gun used in Highland Park mass shooting can proceed. What if he had used an SUV to kill people?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-court-rules-lawsuit-against-222626925.html
FOX32
— Illinois election results
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-election-results-live-updates
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Duckworth to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1617771
— Trump administration begins mass layoffs of federal workers. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. They used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. The agency shrank from more than 6,000 to less than 3,000. It was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1617888
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use farmers to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1617885
WBEZ
— Because Democrats run Illinois, 25% of Illinois residents are on Medicaid.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/04/01/potential-medicaid-cuts-leave-25-of-illinois-at-risk
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/04/01/venezuelans-in-chicago-relieved-their-deportation-protection-is-safe-for-now
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use tariffs to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2025/04/01/the-rundown-what-tariffs-could-mean-for-your-budget
EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Effingham GOP celebrates second Trump presidency. How strongly have the leaders of your county and township Republican organizations celebrated Trump’s second presidency?
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/effingham-gop-celebrates-second-trump-presidency/article_4146c186-2160-42a8-9b6a-04b4e65258fb.html
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use foreign college students to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/01/some-foreign-college-students-are-being-targeted-for-deportation-what-rights-do-they-have/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Dan Brady wins Bloomington mayor race
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/your-local-election-hq/dan-brady-wins-bloomington-mayoral/
— Democrats ever-increasingly call you a racist if you do not promote illegal immigration.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/no-tip-for-illegal-customers-leave-racist-note-for-lax-server/
— — Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use tariffs to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-trump-is-set-to-announce-reciprocal-tariffs-in-a-risky-move-that-could-reshape-the-economy/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Trump and Musk support not enough to overturn the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2025-04-02/trump-and-musk-support-not-enough-to-overturn-the-wisconsin-supreme-courts-liberal-majority
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use bad weather to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-04-01/weather-experts-say-federal-cuts-could-impact-forecasting
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s executive orders to promote more hatred against him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-01/administration-lawyers-make-missteps-in-defending-trumps-orders
IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/transgender-day-of-visibility-means-resistance-and-solidarity-for-c-us-lgbtq-community/
CWB CHICAGO
— New law would ban fines, criminal penalties for homeless people occupying public land
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/04/new-law-would-ban-fines-criminal-penalties-for-homeless-people-occupying-public-land.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Election Night winners and losers
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/02/election-night-winners-and-losers-00265592
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In DuPage County, Democratic Party Chair Reid McCollum said “we’re leading in 48 of 49 partisan races and only down in the one by 35 votes. Several of our townships have never had an elected Dem, and it’s sweep after sweep tonight,” via BlueSky. . .Greg Hart elected Hinsdale president)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-487/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-280/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How successful were your Republican township candidates? All eight of my Republican Milton Township candidates lost both townshipwide and in my precinct. Ever since my wife and I moved to Milton Township in 1978, all of the Milton Township elected officials have been Republican. The eight lost in this election because the Democrats in the township voted for the Democrat candidates to punish Trump. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— The numbers don’t lie. Illinoisans aren’t prospering, our neighbors are.
https://wirepoints.org/the-numbers-dont-lie-illinoisans-arent-prospering-our-neighbors-are-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
JOHN KASS
— NPR & Public Television: Leftists Using Government to Take Your Money Without Asking
https://johnkassnews.com/npr-public-television-using-government-to-take-your-money/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— IL Attorney General vows to use resources to sue Trump administration
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4cfeb377-1e98-4d45-98fa-0f44547b8106.html
ILLINOIS RECORD
— Inside DuPage County Sheriff Mendrick’s Social Media Meltdown
https://www.illinoisrecord.com/p/inside-dupage-county-sheriff-mendricks
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: Brandon Johnson’s war against Chicago’s Black community
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-brandon-johnsons-war-against-chicagos-black-community/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREITBART
— DOGE Reportedly Finds Millions of Illegals on Social Security Rolls
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/01/irs-ice-partnershiptrump-administration-nears-historic-deal-as-doge-reportedly-finds-millions-of-illegals-on-social-security-rolls/
— Democrats Appointed 92% of Judges Blocking Trump Agenda: ‘Judicial Coup D’Etat’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/01/democrats-appointed-92-of-judges-blocking-trump-agenda-judicial-coup-detat/
DAILY CALLER
— Anti-Musk Group Behind ‘Day Of Action’ Against Tesla Offers Tips On ‘Jail Support,’ Finding ‘Target’s’ Home Address
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/01/anti-musk-group-behind-day-of-action-against-tesla-offers-tips-on-jail-support-finding-targets-home-address/
— How Small Town America Stopped A Chinese Communist Party Takeover
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/01/small-town-michigan-stopped-chinese-communist-party-takeover-gotion/#google_vignette
DAILY SIGNAL
— Hegseth Bids Adieu to Military Wokeness
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/01/hegseth-bids-adieu-to-military-wokeness/
FOX NEWS
— ‘A bubble of unreality’: Illinois GOP chair blasts governor for Mexico trade agreement. Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi joins ‘Fox & Friends First’ to discuss Gov. JB Pritzker signing a trade agreement with Mexico despite business fleeing the state.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6370868324112
POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump demands Republicans defund, ‘totally disassociate’ from NPR, PBS
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-trump-demands-republicans-defund-totally-disassociate-from-npr-pbs
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use tariffs to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/trumps-tariffs-cause-recession-experts/story?id=120329597
— Democratic base’s anger puts some party leaders on shaky ground
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/democratic-bases-anger-puts-party-leaders-shaky-ground-120326767
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-deported-238-venezuelans-el-salvador-dozens-have-active-asylum-cases-2025-04-01/
MSN
— Pritzker Bans Capitol Rioters Pardoned by Trump From Being Hired for Government Jobs. Constructively, after my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49years old in 1997, they banned me from being hired for any job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/illinois-governor-bans-capitol-rioters-pardoned-by-trump-from-being-hired-for-government-jobs/ar-AA1yclU8
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Musk to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/01/elon-musk-social-security-immigrants/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— In Chicago, the Union Wins Again. Teachers get hefty raises, while test scores and enrollment fall.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/chicago-teachers-union-contract-public-schools-students-brandon-johnson-e9f4b64e?mod=opinion_lead_pos4
— U.S. Looks for More Countries to Take Migrants. Officials say they have asked several countries in Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Migrants prefer America because Democrat and RINO leaders give citizens of foreign countries tremendous preference over citizens of America.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/u-s-looks-for-more-countries-to-take-migrants-3db9af5a
— The Campus DEI Retreat Is a Tactical Withdrawal. Colleges are learning to rebrand and lie low during the Trump years. Enjoy the sanity while it lasts.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-campus-dei-retreat-is-a-tactical-withdrawal-enjoy-it-while-it-lasts-636f88d0
— Mike Johnson Loses Battle to Limit GOP Rebels’ Power. House speaker fails to kill proposal allowing proxy voting by House lawmakers who are new parents. All my Democrat GAO superiors were parents who hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that parents should get more preference and b) that I was unfairly advantaged because I was not a parent.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/mike-johnson-republican-proxy-voting-parents-3a48ccf4
FORBES
— Duckworth ever-increasingly takes the lead in promoting more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZYiV7gWpnc
NPR
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/1242229709/trump-dei-ban-whats-lost
INDEPENDENT
— Democrats want to punish Trump in the 2026 midterms. All eight Republican township candidates on the ballot in my precinct lost because the Democrats in the township voted for the Democrat candidates to punish Trump.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-want-punish-trump-2026-184520308.html
March 5, 2025
WHITE HOUSE
— Democrats Showed Whose Side They’re On — And it’s Not the American People
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/03/democrats-showed-whose-side-theyre-on-and-its-not-the-american-people/
ILLINOIS GOP
— ILGOP Responds to President Trump’s Address To Joint Session Of Congress: Following President Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress in his second term as president, ILGOP Chair Kathy Salvi released the following statement: “Tonight, President Trump addressed millions of Americans around the country and outlined his administration’s first 43 days in office – common sense solutions, securing our border, stopping government waste and abuse, and putting America First. The next four years will be full of prosperity as we get our country back on track and the Illinois Republican Party will continue to work with President Trump to help Illinois families and Make America Great Again.”
https://illinois.gop/ilgop-responds-to-president-trumps-address-to-joint-session-of-congress/
EPOCH TIMES
— 12 Takeaways From Trump’s First Major Policy Speech to Congress. Trump touted his administration’s achievements in its first 42 days, and promised greater prosperity and security for the nation.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/12-takeaways-from-trumps-first-major-policy-speech-to-congress-5820120
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Tax Cuts Promised for All Americans. . .2. Border Closed, Deportations Underway. . .3. Trump Touts ‘Common Sense Revolution’. . .including rooting out “woke” ideas from the government and federally-funded programs. He referenced an executive order signed early in his second term declaring that the federal government recognizes only two sexes, based on biological sex at conception and not “gender ideology.” Trump highlighted his executive order stripping federal funding for schools that allow males to compete in female sports. One order declared that it is the official policy of the United States that Title IX applies to women and not men who identify as transgender females. The first gallery guest introduced by Trump was Payton McNabb, a female athlete who suffered injuries while playing volleyball against a male player. Trump also referenced merit-based hiring—rather than hiring to meet diversity quotas—as part of his “common sense revolution” agenda. . .4. Tariffs Explained, ‘A Little Disturbance’. . .5. DOGE Findings Highlighted. . .6. Promises Balanced Budget. . .7. Victims Spotlighted. . .8. Direct Appeal to Greenlanders. . .9. Letter From Zelenskyy. . .10. New Shipbuilding Office. . .11. Arrest of Top Terrorist Responsible for Abbey Gate. . .12. Democrats Respond)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders spin Trump’s speech against him
https://abc7chicago.com/post/key-takeaways-pres-trumps-speech-congress/15979123/
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/trump-joint-session-of-congress-live-updates/15977198/entry/15978756/
— Democrat leaders fact check Trump’s speech. During the last 11 years that I worked for GAO at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, I often worked as a fact-checker.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/fact-checking-trumps-speech-congress/15978671/
— A disjointed response from the Democrats
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/trump-joint-session-of-congress-live-updates/15977198/entry/15978647/
— Chicago-area protests held as Trump delivers address to Congress; local politicians weigh in
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-speech-today-federal-plaza-chicago-protest-among-several-held-area-response-address-congress/15978909/
— Trump administration ends reimbursements for Illinois food programs. USDA funds are part of nearly $2 billion being withheld from Illinois, Pritzker says. (COMMENT: To what extent are those in your country, township, municipality, school district, and precinct dependent on federal food programs?)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-administration-ends-reimbursements-program-designed-help-farmers-supply-fresh-food-illinois-banks/15978548/
— Stocks tumble after Trump tariffs take effect
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/trump-joint-session-of-congress-live-updates/15977198/entry/15978114/
CBS2
— CTU holding rallies, walk-ins in Chicago for “Protect our Kids” day of action
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-teachers-rally-protect-our-kids/
FOX32
— Illinois politicos react to Trump’s first speech to Congress in 2nd term
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-speech-reax-illinois
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEBpaq1CGhg
— Chicago activists push for immigrant rights amid scrutiny of sanctuary cities. As Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson prepares to face questioning from members of Congress over the city’s sanctuary laws, local activists argued for the importance of the city upholding immigrants’ rights.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1602832
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use tariffs against Trump
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1603216
— Krishnamoorthi expects ‘attack on Chicago’ at Johnson hearing
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-congressman-expects-attack-chicago-johnson-hearing
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/04/illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-trump-administration-birthright-citizenship-and
WBEZ
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/03/05/dei-isnt-just-lawful-its-mission-critical
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: After nearly four-month break, gun arrests outside Naperville Topgolf resume with three busts in four weeks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/04/naperville-police-topgolf-gun-firearm-arrest/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump’s Justice Department files to join legal challenge to Illinois nonprofit diversity law
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-justice-department-join-challenge-illinois-dei-law
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Trump says he’ll cut funds to colleges for ‘illegal’ protests, arrest and deport agitators
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2025/03/05/rockford-activists-say-trump-lacks-authority-over-on-campus-protests/81380530007/
SOUTHERN
— Who do you blame for high grocery prices and why?
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/05/in-democratic-response-slotkin-says-trump-has-no-credible-plan-to-lower-grocery-prices/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump touts success of immigration crackdown, pushes Congress to pass funding
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/president-donald-trump-touts-success-of-immigration-crackdown-pushes-congress-to-pass-funding-migrants-asylum-border-wall-deportations-ice-dhs-title-42
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump says he is ‘just getting started,’ as he faces vocal protests from Democrats
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-04/trump-says-he-is-just-getting-started-as-he-faces-vocal-protests-from-democrats
WIFR
— Illinois representatives react to Trump’s joint address to congress
https://www.wifr.com/2025/03/05/illinois-representatives-react-trumps-joint-address-congress/
WCIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot in Danville
https://www.wcia.com/news/vermilion-county/seven-point-dispensary-to-expand-in-danville-after-approval-of-consumption-lounge/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— You want privacy with that? (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, including almost 9 years for IRS and 3 years for GAO on audits of IRS. Federal employees who are Republican should anticipate/expect that their Democrat superiors will get your tax information and use it against you. My Democrat IRS superiors used my tax information to disallow my education deductions. My Democrat GAO superiors used my and my wife’s tax information to paint me as being undeservedly filthy rich.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2025-03-05/perspective-you-want-privacy-with-that
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We’re well into a particularly dreaded time of year. Ah, yes. It’s time to pay 2024 taxes. According to a 2023 report from an ad hoc Congressional committee, “Big Tax Prep has recklessly shared tens of millions of taxpayers’ sensitive personal and financial data…for years in what appears to represent a violation of taxpayer privacy laws.” That’s pretty scathing. Think about this: the instant you open that commercial tax package and start uploading your data, you may be risking the loss of your financial privacy. It has me thinking about going back to the twentieth century and filing on paper! Fortunately, Congress and the Internal Revenue Service are rolling out a remedy. This year, it’s now possible for taxpayers in twenty-five states (including Illinois and Wisconsin) to file directly with the IRS – for free. The process will forever be (dare I say) taxing. But at least we’re getting some privacy protections with the new IRS Direct File program. I suppose we can call that……progress.)
AXIOS CHICAGO
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent om Medicaid?
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/03/05/house-budget-medicaid-cuts-illinois
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— ICE Says It Will Reveal Who Was Arrested In Chicago ‘As Soon As Possible’ — Which Might Be Never
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/04/ice-says-it-will-reveal-who-was-arrested-in-chicago-as-soon-as-possible-which-might-be-never/
STATE OF ILLINOIS
— Pritzker Acts to Support Federal Workers. State of Illinois will host two career fairs in March for former federal employees in Edwardsville and Chicago. (COMMENT: I have been a former federal employee for more than 27 years. Illinois has never indicated that it might want to hire me. It has never helped me find a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. For that matter, neither has DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, or Wheaton Warrenville School District 200.)
https://www.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/illinois/iisnewsattachments/30997-030525-cms-march-job-fairs-press-release.pdf.pdf
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Trump: ‘Wokeness is trouble’
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/05/trump-wokeness-is-trouble-00213050
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-467/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— We shouldn’t be proud to have 3.6 million Illinoisans on Medicaid, it means we’re an economic failure
https://wirepoints.org/we-shouldnt-be-proud-to-have-3-6-million-illinoisans-on-medicaid-it-means-economic-failure-wirepoints-on-chicago-tonight/
— So-called voter education group — League of Women Voters — says don’t attend, engage or watch State of Union speech
https://wirepoints.org/so-called-voter-education-group-league-of-women-voters-says-dont-attend-engage-or-watch-state-of-union-speech-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— Be ready for Mayor Johnson to wiggle out of every question he’s asked
https://wirepoints.org/be-ready-for-mayor-johnson-to-weasel-out-of-every-question-hes-asked-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Early childhood agency proposes budget, questioned about ‘White Fragility’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_9012a9d8-f94a-11ef-af4e-2b0663225ced.html
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— IL high court questions if GOP gerrymandering suit is ‘timely;’ GOP: ‘Unquestionably’ so
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/670216205-il-high-court-questions-if-gop-gerrymandering-suit-is-timely-gop-unquestionably-so
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What discourages you from helping elect Republican candidates? For me, it includes my seeing far too many of them who I have helped elect since 2000 a) dump planks in the Republican Party platform if not work against those planks and/or b) blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrats and RINOs are woke. To be woke is to work against Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Wokeness/wokeism is Affirmative Action, DEI, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Since the 1960s, Democrats and RINOs have ever-increasingly used the aforesaid to get rid of me. If my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not used the aforesaid against me, I would have made Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, long before I was 40 years old. I say that because a) I earned job-related master’s degree when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. None of my coworkers had accomplishments anywhere near the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If my parents had not sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran Grade Schools, I would not have been able to a) get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, or c) get accepted by UIC. To teach wokeness/wokeism is to demonize, denigrate, and condemn students who are White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— League of Women Voters Advised “DO NOT ATTEND, ENGAGE, OR WATCH THE STATE OF THE UNION”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/05/league-of-women-voters-advises-do-not-attend-engage-or-watch-the-state-of-the-union/
— CBS Turns Burton’s Bridge Brushfire into a Climate Change Story, Three Stations Use Alex Vucha’s Stunning Photos
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/05/cbs-turns-burtons-bridge-brushfire-into-a-climate-change-story-three-stations-use-alex-vuchas-stunning-photos/
— LaHood Comments on President’s Speech
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/05/lahood-comments-on-presidents-speech/
— Two Subjects Trump Did Not Talk About
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/05/two-subjects-trump-did-not-talk-about/
— The Wrath of God’
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox?compose=DmwnWrRsqXnvpzZnJQcwnDnbnqTbbgzdsqPDLMrJsHxshZzzctVLVhdPLBfmpLqXfKkqpTvmnlwB
— Legislative Reaction to Data Centers’ Electricity Sucking
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/04/legislative-reaction-to-data-centers-electricity-sucking/
— Dems’ Illegal Alien Health Care Lives Down to Republican Expectations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/03/dems-illegal-alien-health-care-lives-down-to-republican-expectations/
— No Car? How To Get Around in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/03/no-car/
— Illinois Still Has Second Highest Property Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/03/illinois-still-has-second-highest-property-taxes/
— Pritzker Urged to Ban Chinese Communist Party DeepSeek Software on State Devices
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/03/pritzker-urged-to-ban-chinese-communist-party-deepseek-software-on-state-devices/
— Lakewood’s Golfing Elected Officials In for a Surprise When They Read This
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/03/lakewoods-golfing-elected-officials-in-for-a-surprise-when-they-read-this/
— Barack’s Crumbling Tower of Babble
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/02/baracks-crumbling-tower-of-babble/
— Darin LaHood Interviewed on WGN Radio, Blames Putin for Starting the War
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/darin-lahood-interviewed-on-wgn-radio-blames-putin-for-starting-the-way/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Teachers unions don’t want teachers evaluated on how well students are learning
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/teachers-unions-dont-want-teachers-evaluated-on-how-well-students-are-learning/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump promises that U.S. ‘will be woke no longer’ (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs are woke. To be woke is to work against Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Since the 1960s, Democrats and RINOs have ever-increasingly used wokeness/wokeism to get rid of me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/4/donald-trump-promises-us-woke-longer/
— Speaker Johnson says Democratic Rep. Al Green faces censure for disrupting Trump speech
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/5/speaker-mike-johnson-says-democratic-rep-al-green-faces-censure/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump brings back sanity, rebukes the LGBT lobby
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3336980/trump-brings-back-sanity-rebukes-lgbt-lobby/#google_vignette
NEW YORK POST
— Trump hails his whirlwind, six-week ‘common sense revolution’ — as downbeat Dems protest address to Congress
https://nypost.com/2025/03/04/us-news/trump-hails-whirlwind-six-weeks-as-common-sense-revolution-as-dems-heckle-and-protest-address-to-congress/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump Is On The Verge Of Ending The EPA’s Tyranny
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/03/trump_is_on_the_verge_of_ending_the_epa_s_tyranny.html
BREITBART
— Trump Touts Getting Wokeness Out of the Military, Recruiting Numbers Up
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/03/04/trump-touts-getting-wokeness-out-of-the-military-recruiting-numbers-up/
— Trump: Deporting Biden’s Migrants Is ‘Great Liberation of America’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/05/trump-deporting-bidens-migrants-is-great-liberation-of-america/
— Trump: We Needed a ‘New President,’ Not ‘New Legislation’ to Secure Border
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/04/trump-needed-new-president-not-new-legislation-secure-border/
— Trump Shutting Down Biden’s Texas-Based Soft Sided Migrant Detention Centers
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/03/04/exclusive-trump-shutting-down-bidens-texas-based-soft-sided-migrant-detention-centers-says-source/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Overpowers Democrat Protests With Verbal Highlight Reel Of First Six Weeks In Office
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/04/donald-trump-address-joint-session-congress-al-green-protest/
DAILY SIGNAL
— 13 Winners and Losers From Trump’s Address to Congress
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/03/04/winners-losers-trumps-address-to-congress/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump: It Is Time For America To ‘Wage War On The Cartels’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-it-is-time-for-america-to-wage-war-on-the-cartels
— Trump Will Use ‘Full Might’ Of Government To Crush Cartels
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-tells-daily-wire-trump-will-use-full-might-of-government-to-crush-cartels
FOX NEWS
— Chicago alderman says Mayor Brandon Johnson can’t defend sanctuary city policies: ‘Lamb to the slaughter’ The Chicago mayor has promised to defend the sanctuary city’s policies on illegal immigrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-alderman-says-mayor-brandon-johnson-cant-defend-sanctuary-city-policies-lamb-slaughter
— Trump takes on ‘toxic ideologies’ in schools and gender surgeries in children: ‘Wokeness is trouble’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369618651112
— Trump proclaims that ‘wokeness is dead,’ calls to permanently ban sex changes for minors. Trump said that wokeness is ‘out of our society.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-proclaims-wokeness-dead-calls-permanently-ban-sex-changes-minors
— Trump promises ‘this will be our greatest era’ in joint address to Congress
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-promises-this-our-greatest-era-joint-address-congress
NEWSMAX
— Democrats Backing Largest Tax Hike in History
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/kevin-hern-democrats-joe-biden/2025/03/04/id/1201402/
— Dem Mayors in Congress Talking Sanctuary Cities Protecting Criminal Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/democrat-sanctuary-city/2025/03/05/id/1201461/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Honors Girls Murdered by Illegals, Dems Refuse to Applaud
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/03/05/trump-tells-story-of-angel-laken-murdered-by-illegal-n4937580
TOWNHALL
— Under President Trump, America’s Borders Are Secure Again
https://townhall.com/columnists/congressmanandybiggs/2025/03/05/under-president-trump-americas-borders-are-secure-again-n2653226
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump vows to press ahead on reshaping America in speech to Congress as Democrats register dissent
https://apnews.com/article/trump-speech-congress-immigration-tariffs-guests-93f6107ede260854f90c65c4bde60de8
REUTERS
— Trump touts relentless start to term in speech to Congress, drawing catcalls from Democrats
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-address-congress-after-upending-us-foreign-domestic-policies-2025-03-04/
NBC NEWS
— Key takeaways from Trump’s speech to Congress: A focus on culture wars and GOP unity, as Democrats protest. Trump defended his tariffs, bashed “wokeness” and outlined his tax agenda as Democrats heckled him, while some in the party chose between audible and silent protests.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-speech-highlights-takeaways-congress-address-rcna193844
NEW YORK TIMES
— Full Transcript of President Trump’s Speech to Congress. In a speech to Congress in his first weeks in office, the president laid out his vision to remake U.S. policy on the military, trade, immigration and foreign aid.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/us/politics/transcript-trump-speech-congress.html
— Congressional Speech Highlights: Trump Asserts Term Is Off to a ‘Swift and Unrelenting’ Start. President Trump highlighted the many actions his administration has taken in the past six weeks, including drastic cuts to the federal work force and the eradication of diversity initiatives.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/04/us/trump-speech-congress
— What Republican Men Think About Trump and Masculinity
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/upshot/trump-men-masculinity-gender.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Defiant Trump signals full speed ahead on divisive policies. Trump addressed a divided nation in a speech marked by acrimony, as a Texas Democrat was escorted from the chamber within the first few moments and as Trump taunted Democrats in the room.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/04/trump-speech-to-congress/
— Republicans applaud Trump address to Congress; Democrats blast it as divisive
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/05/trump-presidency-news-speech/
USA TODAY
— Elon Musk gets high praise and a shoutout in Trump’s joint address: ‘He didn’t need this’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/04/elon-musk-gets-shoutout-by-trump-in-joint-address/81155034007/
— Trump puts tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, China. Where does the tariff money go? (COMMENT: I am importing a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T from Canada. How will tariffs impact that?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/05/where-does-tariff-money-go/81375235007/
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/04/trump-dei-backlash-explained/81170427007/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Trust in Trump’: President’s supporters dismiss alarm bells from critics (COMMENT: What discourages you from helping elect Republican candidates? For me, it includes my seeing far too many who I have helped elect since 2000 a) dump planks in the Republican Party platform if not work against those planks and/or b) blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/04/trump-trust-joint-address-congress/78245523007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Touts Rapid Action on Border, Budget and Economy
The State-of-the-Union-style address gave the president a chance to sell his agenda to the American public six weeks into his second term
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/donald-trump-speech-congress-32b8bda1
— Trump’s Tariffs Whack Trump Voters. Whatever happened to GOP concern for the working class?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-working-class-voters-dc140dbc
BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders say “Trump “delivered the biggest speech of his presidency yet, hitting on partisan talking points favored by his conservative base, while largely sidestepping the effects of his sweeping tariff proposals on consumers.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-05/tariff-defense-democrats-protest-takeaways-from-trump-s-speech
— Democrat leaders say “How Trump Is Fueling the Backlash Against DEI.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-04/dei-trump-s-executive-orders-targeting-diversity-policies-are-fueling-backlash
POLITICO
— Trump celebrates disruption and defies backlash. “The people elected me to do the job, and I’m doing it.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/04/trump-joint-address-speech-what-happened-00212916
PBS
— Trump says his administration is getting ‘wokeness out of our schools’ (COMMENT: If my parents had not sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran Grade Schools, I would not have been able to a) get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, or c) get accepted by UIC. To teach wokeness/wokeism is to demonize, denigrate, and condemn students who are White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGVXBniEsz8
NDTV
— “Permanently Ban Sex Change, End This Lie”: Trump Rages Against ‘Wokeness’ Trump also said he had “removed the poison of critical race theory” from public schools, referring to a framework identifying racial bias as inherent in parts of Western society.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/donald-trump-us-congress-speech-us-2-gender-policy-ban-sex-change-permanently-ban-sex-change-end-this-lie-trump-rages-against-wokeness-7851999
February 27, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DuPage Co. Sheriff James Mendrick to run for governor of Illinois
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-elections-2026-dupage-county-sheriff-james-mendrick-announces-candidacy-governor/15959495/
— Audit finds Illinois’ noncitizen health care programs far outstripped original cost estimates
https://abc7chicago.com/post/audit-finds-illinois-migrant-health-care-programs-far-outstripped-original-cost-estimates-pritzker-has-proposed-cutting-1/15959981/
NBC5
— DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick announces run for Illinois governor. Mendrick is the first candidate to officially declare his candidacy in the 2026 race.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/dupage-county-sheriff-james-mendrick-announces-run-for-illinois-governor/3685170/
— Chicago mayor among those quoted in video ahead of hearing on sanctuary city status. Johnson preparing to testify about sanctuary city status.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-mayor-among-those-quoted-in-video-ahead-of-hearing-on-sanctuary-city-status/3685037/
FOX32
— DuPage County sheriff announces run for Illinois Governor
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dupage-county-sheriff-james-mendrick-illinois-governor
— Duckworth lays into Trump over veteran layoffs: ‘middle finger to our heroes’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/duckworth-trump-veteran-layoffs
WGN9
— Musk dominates, disparages federal workers at first Trump Cabinet meeting (COMMENT: What is your attitude toward federal employees and retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years.)
https://wgntv.com/news/musk-dominates-disparages-federal-workers-at-first-trump-cabinet-meeting/
— This salary is needed to be ‘upper-middle class’ in Illinois, study says
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/this-salary-is-needed-to-be-upper-middle-class-in-illinois-study-says/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to GoBankingRates, an individual living in Illinois needs to make a salary of at least “$127,092” to be considered upper middle class. The study determined the state’s middle-class income range to be $54,468 to $163,404. Anything lower is presumably considered working-class, while anything higher is presumably considered upper-class.
WTTW
— Audit Finds Illinois’ Noncitizen Health Care Programs Far Outstripped Original Cost Estimates
https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/27/audit-finds-illinois-noncitizen-health-care-programs-far-outstripped-original-cost
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick seeking GOP bid for Illinois governor in 2026
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/27/dupage-county-sheriff-james-mendrick-running-for-governor/
— As Trump’s deadline to eliminate DEI nears, few schools openly rush to make changes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/27/trump-dei-schools/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mendrick made the announcement early Thursday morning via social media. He added he will not run for his third term as DuPage County sheriff next year. “We need a secure future for our state and we will make Chicago and Illinois safe again,” he said on social media. The next Illinois gubernatorial election will be held in November 2026.)
— Chicago faith and civic leaders encourage people to participate in nationwide ‘Blackout Friday’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/27/chicago-faith-leaders-blackout-friday/
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage sheriff James Mendrick announces he will run for governor in 2026
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250227/illinois-state-politics/dupage-sheriff-announces-he-will-run-for-governor-in-2026/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Prompted by what he calls “radical” changes in Illinois’ criminal justice system, DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick is skipping a potential third term as the county’s top cop and setting his sights instead on the governor’s mansion. Mendrick, a Republican from Woodridge, announced Thursday he will run for Illinois governor in the 2026 election. He’s the first candidate to formally declare for the race. In a phone interview Thursday, Mendrick said he’s been thinking about running for about two years, as he’s watched legislation like the state’s SAFE-T Act — which eliminated the cash bail system in Illinois — have what he sees as negative impacts on law and order. “It’s been very frustrating to me to see how many people (charged with a crime) are being let go, and the judges are saying they can’t do anything about it because of the law,” he said. “I’ve been in law enforcement 29 years — it will be 30 when I end my term as sheriff — and I’ve seen a lot of changes, but nothing as radical as the last four years.” Besides putting potentially dangerous people back on the streets, Mendrick said the law deprives defendants of opportunities to take part in his jail’s rehabilitation efforts, such as a gang tattoo removal program that’s received national acclaim. Mendrick first announced his intentions Thursday in an interview on WLS-AM’s Ray Stevens show and a Facebook post. He took aim at Gov. JB Pritzker in the latter, accusing the two-term Democrat of imposing policies that conflict with federal law and make communities less safe. “My family and I have decided that we want our State back,” he wrote. “We don’t like being fearful of crime that is randomly occurring now in our streets, homes and our retail stores due to soft on crime legislation. We don’t want to move out of Illinois like so much of our population. “Our culture is being eliminated by senseless laws created by our current government that persecutes cops and empowers criminals,” he added. “I’m here to stop the bleed.” Pritzker has not said whether he will run again in 2026. With a growing national profile as an outspoken opponent of President Donald Trump, his name also has been floated as a possible Democratic nominee for president in 2028. Press secretary Alex Gough said via email Thursday that nothing has changed regarding Pritzker’s reelection plans, and declined to comment on Mendrick’s announcement. Mendrick acknowledges that running for governor is a costly proposition, especially if he ultimately faces off with a self-funded billionaire like Pritzker. Even so, he said he didn’t make much effort to contact Republican leadership to line up support and fundraising before Thursday. “I think my message is strong enough that it will draw support,” he said, adding that he’s already been inundated with calls and messages from people offering support. “It’s overwhelming, but overwhelming in a good way.” DuPage GOP leaders said they’re excited about Mendick’s campaign and optimistic about its prospects. “It will be exciting to have one of our own from DuPage County on the top of the ticket,” said Kevin Coyne, chair of the DuPage County Republicans. “Crime is a top concern for Illinois voters, and no one can speak to that better than Sheriff Mendrick,” he added. “I think he has the ability to make it a competitive race.” Jim Zay, a longtime DuPage County Board member and former chairman of the DuPage GOP, said the decision to run for governor is something that Mendrick is “not taking lightly.” “I know Jim and many of us have been frustrated with the direction of Illinois for a while,” said Zay, a Carol Stream Republican. “He felt strongly enough with his views that he can make a difference and change the direction in which the state’s going. With his plans to leave the sheriff’s office next year, Mendrick said he will support Undersheriff Eddie Moore as his successor. “He has no equal in a race for DuPage County Sheriff,” he wrote on Facebook.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250227/illinois-state-politics/dupage-sheriff-announces-he-will-run-for-governor-in-2026/
SOUTHERN
— DHS registry for migrants in US illegally raises alarm from immigration advocates (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs are illegal immigration advocates.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/02/27/dhs-registry-for-migrants-in-us-illegally-raises-alarm-from-immigration-advocates/
— Economists say Trump tariff threats, DOGE job cuts are ‘chilling’ the economy
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/02/27/economists-say-trump-tariff-threats-doge-job-cuts-are-chilling-the-economy/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Lawsuit threatens Illinois minority teachers scholarship (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me.)
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/pritzker-minority-teacher-scholarship-lawsuit-20189556.php
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois lawmakers debate gun insurance requirement
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-lawmakers-debate-gun-insurance-requirement
CAPITOL FAX
— DuPage County sheriff says he’s running for governor
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/27/dupage-county-sheriff-says-hes-running-for-governor/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-257/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOIHN BIVER
— Searching for Willie Brown
https://johnbiver.com/searching-for-willie-brown/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that would decriminalize prostitution
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/02/illinois-lawmakers-consider-bill-to-legalize-adult-services-industry.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump endorses DOGE, email as Musk dominates Cabinet meeting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/26/donald-trump-defends-elon-musk-email-doge-cabinet-meeting/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Americans Overwhelmingly Support Israel’s Right to Defend Itself, Poll Finds. Eighty-two percent of U.S. adults also believe that Hamas should be removed from power.
https://freebeacon.com/israel/americans-overwhelmingly-support-israels-right-to-defend-itself-poll-finds/
DAILY SIGNAL
— 71% of Americans Favor Removing Illegals From Medicaid, Adding Work Requirements
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/27/71-americans-favor-removing-illegals-medicaid-adding-work-requirements/
HOT AIR
— Trump Ending Benefits to Illegals Is a Game Changer
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/02/27/trump-ending-benefits-to-illegals-is-a-game-changer-n3800234
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
YAHOO NEWS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Duckworth.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sen-tammy-duckworths-lived-experience-142350169.html
FLORIDA POLITICS
— Who will run for Byron Donalds’ seat in Congress?
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/723169-who-will-run-for-byron-donalds-seat-in-congress/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Illinois state Sen. Jim Oberweis could also jump in. The investment manager and frequent CNBC guest now lives in Southwest Florida and could bring an opportunity to self-fund. Catalina Lauf, another former Illinois congressional candidate who worked in the Commerce Department under Trump, has also moved to Florida and been suggested as a possible candidate.)
February 25, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— Sick Politicians Want Killers, Rapists Roaming Our Streets
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/sick-politicians-want-killers-rapists-roaming-our-streets/
— Statement on Trump White House Victory Against the Associated Press
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/02/statement-on-trump-white-house-victory-against-the-associated-press/
— New Poll Shows Massive Support for President Trump and His Agenda
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/new-poll-shows-massive-support-for-president-trump-and-his-agenda/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Federal employees may get more demands to justify their work at Elon Musk’s direction
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-backs-musk-he-roils-federal-workforce-demands-threats/15953583/
— Is Mayor Brandon Johnson is ready to defend Chicago’s sanctuary city law to Congress?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ex-congressman-luis-guttierez-questions-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-is-ready-defend-sanctuary-city-law-congress/15954965/
— Rudy Giuliani satisfies Fulton County election workers’ $148 million defamation case
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rudy-giuliani-satisfies-fulton-county-election-workers-148-million-defamation-case/15952884/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Search for next US attorney in Chicago underway, again, in dramatically changed landscape (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always stressed that my Republican U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald appointed U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald who sided with my Democrat GAO superiors in Diersen v. GAO. Previously, Peter Fitzgerald also appointed Amy St. Eve to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois who also sided with my Democrat GAO superiors. To side with my Democrat GAO superiors is to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/search-for-next-us-attorney-in-chicago-underway-again-in-dramatically-changed-landscape/
— Democrat leaders always hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are responsible for racist graffiti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/officials-promise-immediate-consequences-after-racist-graffiti-found-at-oak-park-and-river-forest-high-school/
— Social Security says higher payments are on the way for millions of former public workers
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/social-security-payments/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 3.2 million Social Security recipients who received pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public service jobs will soon see a boost in their benefits. Most people will receive their one-time retroactive payment by the end of March, and new monthly payments will begin in April, the agency says. The Social Security Administration announced it would immediately begin processing retroactive payments and will send increased monthly payments to people affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset, which were rescinded in the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act that former President Joe Biden signed into law last year. The Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset limited Social Security benefits for recipients if they got retirement payments from other sources, including public retirement programs from a state or local government. Advocates say the Social Security Fairness Act rights a decades-old disparity, though it also puts a strain on Social Security Trust Funds, which face a looming insolvency crisis.)
— Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company’s diversity programs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/apple-diversity-programs-2/
— Federal employees may get more demands to justify their work at Elon Musk’s direction
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/federal-employees-elon-musk/
— Elon Musk renews threat to fire federal workers despite pushback from various agencies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/elon-musk-federal-workers/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rep. LaHood calls Trump policies a ‘priority’ as he opens search for new top federal prosecutor. The Peoria Republican also noted that the Northern District of Illinois has gone more than 22 months without a confirmed U.S. attorney.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/02/25/lahood-opens-u-s-attorney-search-by-calling-trump-policies
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that rump is a Nazi. To hint/imply/argue/shout that someone is a Nazi in America today is like hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that someone is a Jew in Germany in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/02/25/pritzker-trump-comparison-nazi-hitler-academic-commentary
— With intensifying assaults on the press, is it time for a ‘NATO for news’? To protect the free press in America, we need to agree that “an attack on one is an attack on all.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/02/24/president-donald-trump-assault-press-news-media-associated-press-ap-nato-news-jim-friedlich
DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton College in political, religious crosshairs over congratulating Trump appointee
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250225/news/wheaton-college-in-political-religious-crosshairs-over-congratulating-trump-appointee/
— Some GOP lawmakers start to call out DOGE — carefully
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250225/nation-and-world-politics/some-gop-lawmakers-start-to-call-out-doge-carefully/
— College of DuPage to host College Poll Worker Recruitment Summit April 11
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250224/submitted-content/college-of-dupage-to-host-college-poll-worker-recruitment-summit-april-11/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Who will be Chicago’s next U.S. attorney? Rep. LaHood is taking applications.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/darin-lahood-kicks-search-chicagos-us-attorney
SHAW LOCAL
— White House says it ‘will decide’ which news outlets cover Trump, rotating some traditional ones
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/02/25/white-house-says-it-will-decide-which-news-outlets-cover-trump-rotating-some-traditional-ones/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company’s diversity programs
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/alert-apple-shareholders-reject-proposal-to-20186932.php
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DeSantis talks up his wife as next Florida governor. Here’s what to know about Casey.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-as-desantis-talks-up-his-wife-as-next-florida-governor-heres-what-to-know-about-casey/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Rollback of diversity efforts leaves teachers wondering about effects on Black History Month
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-02-25/rollback-of-diversity-efforts-leaves-teachers-wondering-about-effects-on-black-history-month
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Pritzker positions himself at forefront of Trump opposition by invoking Nazis’ rise to power
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzker-positions-himself-at-forefront-of-trump-opposition-by-invoking-nazis-rise-to-power/
— Lawsuit threatens Illinois minority teachers scholarship. Conservative group seeks to overturn race-based financial aid. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawsuit-threatens-illinois-minority-teachers-scholarship/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Edgar disses Trump
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/25/edgar-battles-cancer-disses-trump-00205911
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-255/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Milena McConchie, Wife of Recently Resigned State Senator Dan McConchie Succumbs to Cancer from Chernobyl Radiation, R.I.P.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/milena-mcconchie-wife-of-recently-resigned-state-senator-dan-mcconchie-succumbs-to-cancer-from-chernobyl-radiation-r-i-p/
— Carbondale Retreats To Keep Sidewalk Counseling Case Out of U.S. Supreme Court
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/carbondale-retreats-to-keep-sidewalk-counseling-case-out-of-u-s-supreme-court/
— Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy “My Way or the Highway” Funk Mails Out Newsletter Right Before Election Day
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/algonquin-township-supervisor-randy-my-way-or-the-highway-funk-mails-out-newsletter-right-before-election-day/
— Schakowsky Continues Picketing Agencies Musk Targets
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/schakowsky-continues-picketing-agencies-musk-targets/
— Federal Gun Dealer Takedown
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/federal-gun-dealer-takedown/
— State Reps Reick and Keicher Set Tele-Town Hall Meeting February 26th
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/state-reps-reick-and-keicher-set-tele-town-hall-meeting-february-26th/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS warns illegal immigrants to self-deport
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/25/dhs-warns-illegal-immigrants-self-deport/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago keeps electing Democrats to disastrous results
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3329826/chicago-keeps-electing-democrats-disastrous-results/
— Hospitals conducting transgender procedures on children supported by billions in taxpayer dollars
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3329731/hospitals-transgender-procedures-children-billions-taxpayer-dollars/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump administration ends use of controversial app to allow migrants to fly without ID
https://nypost.com/2025/02/25/us-news/trump-administration-ends-use-of-app-to-allow-migrants-to-board-flights-without-id/
CITY JOURNAL
— How Universities Get Away With Hiring Radicals. Fellow-to-faculty programs have seeded academia with activists.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/universities-fellow-to-faculty-programs-activists
DAILY WIRE
— Nearly 100 Illegals Captured In Colony Ridge Deportation Raids. Border Czar Tom Homan said “several child sexual predators” were arrested in the Texas development.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-100-illegals-captured-in-colony-ridge-deportation-raids
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Homan Wants to Double ICE Footprint in Sanctuary Cities. Musk Is Helping Him Get There.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tom-homan-wants-to-double-ice-footprint-in-sanctuary-cities-elon-musk-is-helping-him-get-there/
NEWS BUSTERS
— The View Celebrates Black History Month By Promoting Discredited 1619 Project
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/02/25/view-celebrates-black-history-month-promoting-discredited
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— DHS Secretary Noem Says She Discovered Some Officials ‘Tipping Off’ Illegals About Deportation Plans: ‘They Will Be Fired’
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/dhs-secretary-noem-says-she-discovered-some-officials-tipping-off-illegals-about-deportation-plans-they-will-be-fired/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Poetic Justice: Obama Library Delayed – Discrimination Lawsuits, Environmental Injunctions, Enrichment Allegations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/poetic-justice-obama-library-delayed-discrimination-lawsuits-environmental-injunctions-enrichment-allegations/ar-AA1zCG31
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Federal workers urge congressional lawmakers to reverse job cuts
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-workers-urge-congressional-lawmakers-to-reverse-job-cuts/
— Case surge from fired federal workers jams federal board
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/case-surge-from-fired-federal-workers-jams-merit-systems-protection-board/
NTD
— House Hearing on ‘The Government Accountability Office’s 2025 High-Risk List’
https://www.ntd.com/live-1-pm-et-house-hearing-on-the-government-accountability-offices-2025-high-risk-list_1049779.html
WASHINGTON POST
— What has Trump done today?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/trump-administration-actions/
USA TODAY
— Trump pitches $5 million gold card path to citizenship for foreign investors
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/02/25/trump-pitches-gold-card-path-to-citizenship-for-foreign-investors/80355877007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Proposes Fines, Prison Time for Migrants Who Don’t Join Registry. Administration plans to establish registration website as soon as this week.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-immigration-migrant-registry-jail-time-95c405a7
POLITICO
— White House says it will determine which reporters have access to the president
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/trump-white-house-press-pool-access-00206001
PBS
— Elon Musk may direct more demands on federal employees to justify their work
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/elon-musk-may-direct-more-demands-on-federal-employees-to-justify-their-work
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Is Trump Acting Like a Dictator? 74% of Democrats Say So
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/is_trump_acting_like_a_dictator_74_of_democrats_say_so
February 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DuPage County lawmakers to vote whether to remove Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dupage-county-lawmakers-vote-remove-late-congressman-henry-hydes-name-courthouse/15892352/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The DuPage County GOP Chair Kevin Coyne disagrees with removing Hyde’s name. “Henry Hyde was a titanic political figure in DuPage County for many, many years, He did a lot of wonderful things for our country and for our state over 30 plus years in Congress. He was a bipartisan gentleman, had a lot of support, a lot of friends on the other side of the aisle. He strikes me as the kind of official that we should be looking to model ourselves after.” The DuPage County Board will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. If the resolution passes, the Hyde family will be given a plaque.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Orland Park resolution states police will work with ICE on immigration matters, opposes state law on issue (COMMENT: What positions do the leaders of your county, township, and municipality have on enforcement of immigration laws?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/orland-park-police-immigration/
— US judge keeps Trump plan to push out federal employees on hold (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. When federal agencies have to push out their employees, they first push out those who are Republican and then those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. But I nevertheless survived for almost 18 years 1980-1997 as a GAO employee while Republicans ever-increasingly used budget cuts to push out the agency’s employees. The following helped me survive. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1997 (forensic accounting), 1996 (financial services auditing), 1994 (government financial management), 1990 (fraud examination), 1981 (internal auditing), and 1979 (accounting). I earned a job-related professional license in 1981 (CPA). I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997 (financial markets and trading), 1980 (accounting), and 1976 (business).)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/trump-plan-push-out-federal-workers/
— Illinois and 21 other states file lawsuit challenging ‘devastating’ cuts to federal health research funding
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/illinois-challengs-research-funding-cuts/
— Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending (COMMENT: How dependent on federal spending are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? The more financial, health, and other problems that you have, the more dependent that you are on federal spending. Pritzker ever-increasingly a) attracts voters to Illinois who have problems and b) drives voters out of Illinois who do not have problems.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/trump-federal-spending/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell became the first judge to find that the administration had not obeyed a court order. Federal money for things like early childhood education, pollution reduction and HIV prevention research has remained tied up even after his Jan. 31 order to blocking a planned halt on federal spending, he found.)
— Chicago has not been immune from air traffic controller shortages in recent years (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on an audit of FAA that involved air traffic controller staffing in the early 1980s.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/11/chicago-air-traffic-controller-shortages/
— Chicago says it hopes to open city-owned market instead of city-owned grocery store
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chicago-says-hopes-open-city-110000368.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s pardon of Blagojevich insults Illinoisans who are fed up with corruption. And can President Trump find no one with a clean record to represent Americans as ambassadors? Crime pays, it seems, in Trump’s orbit — including the Jan. 6 rioters he pardoned. (COMMENT: What is in your record that your critics/opponents use against you? My critics/opponents stress the adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/02/10/rod-blagojevich-donald-tump-presidential-pardon-corruption-joe-biden-hunter-chicago-illinois
— Trump says Palestinians won’t have right to return to Gaza under his US ‘ownership’ plan
https://chicago.suntimes.com/war-in-gaza/2025/02/10/trump-gaza-develop-plan-palestinians-no-right-to-return-united-states-us-ownership
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250210/news/illinois-had-record-2-billion-in-legal-marijuana-sales-in-2024/
— FRONT PAGE: Illinois politicians react to Blagojevich pardon
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250210/nation-and-world-politics/it-sets-a-real-bad-example-illinois-politicians-react-to-blagojevich-pardon/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republican Party state central committee member Aaron Del Mar of Palatine didn’t object to Trump ending Blagojevich’s prison sentence early with a commutation five years ago but drew the line at wiping the disgraced politician’s slate clean with a pardon. “I think it sets a real bad example, especially since the jury is still out on the former speaker of the House,” Del Mar said, referring to Michael Madigan’s federal corruption trial. “It says that only certain people are going to be held accountable.” . . . “The former governor has served his time, and it’s time to move on,” said Zay, a former chair of the DuPage County Republican Party. While Zay thinks Blagojevich has worn out his welcome with Illinois voters, he said an ambassadorship “would be interesting.”)
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://wgnradio.com/health/ap-what-to-know-about-proposals-to-ban-abortion-pills-and-punish-women-who-seek-abortion/
FOX32
— Illinois leaders slam Trump’s decision to pardon Blagojevich
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/blago-reaction-illinois-leaders
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Senate Republican Leader John Curran: “I strongly disagree with President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Illinois taxpayers have and continue to be burdened with the cost of public corruption, and this pardon sends the wrong message.”)
WTTW
— How Trump’s Plan to Shrink the Federal Workforce Could Impact Illinois (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans shrank GAO’s work force in Illinois dramatically. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that.)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/10/how-trump-s-plan-shrink-federal-workforce-could-impact-illinois
WGN RADIO
— Democrats say that “With firings and lax enforcement, Trump moving to dismantle government’s public integrity guardrails.”
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-with-firings-and-lax-enforcement-trump-moving-to-dismantle-governments-public-integrity-guardrails/
— Judge orders fired head of whistleblower agency reinstated while fight continues over Trump removal (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They ever-increasingly punished me for that. My critics/opponents side with the Democrats. They promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-head-of-agency-that-protects-whistleblowers-sues-trump-over-firing/
— Democrats say “News influencers favored Trump over Harris during campaign.” Since 2000, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned as being a failed and far too-conservative would-be news influencer. Since 2000, they have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the general election losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered. According to my critics/opponents, those candidates lost general elections because voters want Democrat-Lite candidates and I paint candidates as being far more conservative than they want to be painted.)
https://wgnradio.com/news/technology-news/ap-news-influencers-favored-trump-over-harris-during-campaign-study-finds/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-migrants-stranded-in-mexico-try-to-restart-life-after-trump-eliminates-legal-pathway-to-us/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-what-to-know-about-proposals-to-ban-abortion-pills-and-punish-women-who-seek-abortion/
WIFR
— Trump’s Blagojevich pardon earns bipartisan disappointment from Illinois lawmakers
https://www.wifr.com/2025/02/11/trumps-blagojevich-pardon-earns-bipartisan-disappointment-illinois-lawmakers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “This is a decision I would not have come to, so it is something I would disagree with President Trump on,” argues Syverson. The Republican hopes Trump sees an improved Blagojevich; he worries the official forgiveness sends the wrong message. “Maybe he’s learned his ways, but he was guilty of what he did and there should be consequences for that,” comments Syverson. . .Syverson says he trusts Trump’s judgment with any further decision. “Hopefully, he [Blagojevich] will use this, and his history has been a learning lesson and that he’ll be able to make good,” exclaims the state senator. Before signing the official forgiveness, Trump characterized Blagojevich’s treatment as a “terrible injustice.” The President declared it time the former governor had a “normal life.”)
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders use against Trump those who Trump pardoned
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-10/presidents-pardons-of-insurrectionists-stoke-worries-in-springfields-jewish-community
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-454/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— One big example of why Illinois badly needs a DOGE of its own
https://wirepoints.org/one-big-example-of-why-illinois-badly-needs-a-doge-of-its-own-wirepoints/
JEFF BERKOWITZ
— IL GOP House Leader Tony McCombie joins Trump’s fight w/criminal aliens
https://jeffberkowitz208.substack.com/p/il-gop-house-leader-tony-mccombie
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois lawmakers plan to short pensions by $5.1B in July
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-plan-to-short-pensions-by-5-1b-in-july/
— Unfunded mandates keep property taxes high
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/unfunded-mandates-keep-property-taxes-high/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Google axes DEI, progressive-backed markers from its calendar
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/10/google-calendar-axes-dei-labels-black-history-mont/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump adopts Biden’s legal playbook to challenge sanctuary cities
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3315568/trump-adopts-biden-legal-playbook-challenge-sanctuary-cities/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s all-out assault on woke is tearing down the left’s cultural sway
https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/opinion/trumps-war-on-woke-is-tearing-down-the-lefts-cultural-sway/
— Anti-woke activist targets Jamie Dimon’s JPMorgan for DEI battle
https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/us-news/anti-woke-activist-targets-jamie-dimons-jpmorgan-for-dei-battle/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump is just the tip of the iceberg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/02/trump_is_just_the_tip_of_the_iceberg.html
BREITBART
— Democrats Help Illegal Migrants Avoid Legal Repatriation
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/02/10/democrats-help-illegal-migrants-avoid-legal-repatriation/
— On Monday, White County Resident Circuit Judge T. Scott Webb ruled against a requirement that Illinois residents must obtain a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card in order to possess a gun in the home for self-defense.
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/02/10/circuit-court-judge-strikes-down-illinois-foid-card-requirement-guns-home/
COLLEGE FIX
— Trump fires ‘woke’ advisory board leaders at military academies
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-fires-woke-advisory-board-leaders-at-military-academies/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Wasn’t Joking: Some IRS Workers To Help With Deportation. Trump said last month that he might send IRS workers “to the border.” (COMMENT: While I worked for IRS in 1971, I was assigned for 2 weeks to Nixon project to fight inflation.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-wasnt-joking-some-irs-workers-to-help-with-deportation-report-says
FEDERALIST
— Naval Academy Launches Review Of School Clubs To Ensure Compliance With Trump’s DEI Prohibition
https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/10/naval-academy-launches-review-of-school-clubs-to-ensure-compliance-with-trumps-dei-prohibition/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker has a long history of not following the law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8cksnIscE0
— Trump’s Department of Homeland Security looking to deputize IRS agents for immigration enforcement. DHS Secretary Noem requests IRS agents be provided to help ICE. (COMMENT: Fox 3 years, I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $117,807-$125,661/year.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trumps-dhs-deputize-irs-agents-immigration-enforcement
— Trump pardons former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich: ‘He was set up’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6368623514112
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— NYC teachers’ union defies Trump, coaches teachers to advise illegals how to handle ICE
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/nyc-teachers-union-defies-trump-administration-coaches-teachers-to-advise-illegals-how-to-handle-ice
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— CBS News Poll Shows Overwhelming Positive Approval of Trump
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/02/cbs-news-poll-shows-overwhelming-positive-approval-of-trump/
POINTS & FIGURES
— Secession Is a Good Idea
https://jeffreycarter.substack.com/p/secession-is-a-good-idea
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— FEMA halts migrant housing funds in NY after Musk’s criticism
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fema-halting-payments-migrant-housing-new-york-after-118670265
CBS NEWS
— Blagojevich expresses gratitude for pardon by President Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/former-gov-rod-blagojevich-expresses-gratitude-for-pardon-by-president-trump/
MSNBC
— The closer one looks at Trump’s Blagojevich pardon, the worse it appears. The message to politicians convicted or accused of corruption couldn’t be clearer: You have a friend in the Oval Office.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/closer-one-looks-trumps-blagojevich-pardon-worse-appears-rcna191638
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Blueprint for Bending the Media Has Nixon Written All Over It (COMMENT: My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/business/media/trump-nixon-media-press.html
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/business/trump-dei-employers.html
— White House Undermines Watchdog for Consumers (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are a) pro-seller and b) anti-buyer.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/business/vought-cfpb-musk-trump.html
— DOGE Is Corrosive to Our Democracy (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/opinion/treasure-secretaries-doge-musk.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump pardons Rod Blagojevich, who tried to sell Obama’s vacated Senate seat. The former Illinois governor was convicted on multiple charges of corruption in 2011. He served eight years in prison before Trump commuted his sentence in 2020.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/10/trump-pardon-rod-blagojevich-illinois-governor/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats and RINOs stand up for Democrats and for RINOs.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-stand-up-for-the-bureaucrats-protest-dodge-government-policy-d9b18071
MARKETPLACE
— Trump’s purge of federal workers and its historical parallels (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 gave purge lists to all of their new managers of their Chicago office. Of course, I was at the top of all of those lists because I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America since 1844.)
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/make-me-smart/trumps-purge-of-federal-workers-and-its-historical-parallels/
POLITICO
— Trump is slashing agencies long hated by the GOP. The next cuts might be harder. “You gotta light things on fire that burn the brightest and have the most distinctive smell of waste fraud and abuse,” said one White House ally. (COMMENT: One reason why I took a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO was to escape hatred against IRS employees.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/11/trump-musk-vought-future-cut-targets-00203444
— ‘JD gets the game’: Vance embraces role as social media provocateur. Vance’s approach to social media isn’t new. But his perch in the presidential line of succession is.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/10/jd-vance-donald-trump-online-trolling-00203429
February 10, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Why Henry Hyde’s name should stay on the DuPage County courthouse. The GOP powerhouse stood for far more than his famous eponymous abortion amendment.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/editorial-henry-hyde-dupage-county-courthouse/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: History often is complex and resistant to simple narratives. So are people. So it is a needlessly divisive mistake for DuPage County Board Chair Deborah Conroy to push for her fellow board members to remove the name of the late Henry J. Hyde, longtime Republican congressman, from the county courthouse. The board is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the issue. Hyde represented DuPage, which until recent years was a Republican power center, in Washington for more than three decades, retiring in 2007. During that time, Hyde wasn’t some low-profile lifer in Congress. He was one of the House’s most prominent members, even when he was serving in the minority, which is to say most of his career there. Conroy’s rationale for removing Hyde’s name from the court building is that the staunchly anti-abortion politician was responsible for the Hyde Amendment, the provision in federal law that for decades barred spending federal taxpayer money on abortions with exceptions for rape, incest or endangerment to the life of the mother. “It’s strictly because of the Hyde Amendment, and it’s very difficult for so many women to walk into the courthouse and see (his name),” she told the Tribune. Abortion rights is an issue that only has grown more intense since Hyde died 10 months after his retirement. We understand the symbolic argument. But to strip his name from the building would be akin to removing Richard J. Daley’s name from the courthouse in the heart of the Loop over a single issue — say, the police beating of protesters at the 1968 Democratic convention on his orders, the culture of corruption that the Daley machine fostered or his brutal segregationist policies. Even many ardent Daley critics wouldn’t suggest doing so. Why is that? Because Daley is a singularly important figure in the history of Chicago and to rename the Daley Center or Daley Plaza would be to try to negate that history. Like Daley, Hyde was a complicated figure and far more than the name adorning a famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) piece of legislation. Memories are short, of course, but for most of his career Hyde was an intellectual heavyweight on the Republican side of the aisle. Agree or disagree, but when Hyde took the floor to speak, people listened. And for good reason. He was a thoughtful conservative. Consider this: Hyde stepped down in 1981 from the advisory board of the National Pro-Life Political Action Committee after Executive Director Peter Gemma Jr. identified incumbent lawmakers the group planned to work to defeat. Hyde objected to targeting officeholders over a single issue. Much the way the DuPage board is considering doing Tuesday. Would the Democratic majority on the DuPage board consider themselves in favor of reasonable gun regulation? If so, against the consensus of his party, Hyde in 1994 voted for President Bill Clinton’s ban on assault weapons, demonstrating that he could be persuaded to change his mind on a monumental issue of the day. Just three years earlier, he had voted against the same ban. Hyde reversed himself after reading detailed accounts of gun victims in Chicago, provided by Democratic Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois. “At the end of reading this list of bloody crimes, I had to conclude these guns have no purpose but to kill a lot of people very rapidly,” Hyde said. “It wasn’t like falling off a horse on the road to Damascus. But like many things complicated and emotional, you don’t dwell on them unless forced to.” Hyde’s change of heart induced Illinois Rep. Bob Michel, then GOP minority leader, and dozens more Republicans to vote for the ban. Such political courage is almost impossible to imagine on today’s Capitol Hill. Of course, four years later Hyde led Clinton’s impeachment proceedings on behalf of the House before the Senate, leading critics to disclose Hyde’s yearslong extramarital affair decades earlier and accusing him of hypocrisy. Hyde admitted to cheating on his wife but claimed Clinton’s alleged wrongdoing was about Clinton’s cover-up attempts rather than his actual affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The public didn’t buy it, and Hyde paid a reputational price in the process. All of this is to say that Henry Hyde was complicated. Just like most people. But what is indisputable is that he was one of the most important political figures to emerge from DuPage County. Ever. His name should stay on that courthouse.)
ABC7
— DuPage County Democrats push to rename courthouse over late Congressman’s abortion views
https://abc7chicago.com/post/local-democrats-push-rename-dupage-county-courthouse-late-congressman-henry-hydes-abortion-views/15890259/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “He had a lot of support, a lot of friends on the other side of the aisle. He strikes me as a kind of official that we should be looking to model ourselves after, not disrespect,” said DuPage County GOP Chair Kevin Coyne. While he was bipartisan on certain issues such as gun control and the Family and Medical Leave Act, Hyde was one of Congress’ biggest opponents of abortion. He authored the Hyde Amendment, which denied abortion access to poor women on Medicaid. . .The board will vote on the resolution to remove Hyde’s name on Tuesday. With a Democratic majority, Conroy says, the proposal will pass. “To cherry-pick this one issue and hold it against a man that was such a big part of our history, to me, is just wrong. It’s short sighted,” Coyne said. Coyne says the decision to remove Hyde’s name may ruin the bipartisanship Conroy says she has proudly created while serving as chair.)
— President Trump pardons ex-Illinois Gov. Blagojevich 5 years after commuting his sentence
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-expected-pardon-ex-illinois-gov-rod-blagojevich-5-years-commuting-sentence-reports/15889540/
FOX32
— ICE operations intensify across U.S. sanctuary cities
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1591008
DAILY HERALD
— Residents protest proposed cuts to Medicaid at DuPage County rally
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250210/news/residents-protest-proposed-cuts-to-medicaid-at-dupage-county-rally/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Blagojevich pardoned on corruption conviction by Trump
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-pardons-rod-blagojevich-corruption-conviction
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Del Mar teases run for ‘higher office,’ sparking 2026 Illinois governor speculation
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_69d594d6-e7c2-11ef-b535-b39343671dce.html
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois circuit judge finds FOID for firearms in home unconstitutional (COMMENT: I have had a FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.)
https://www.cities929.com/2025/02/10/illinois-circuit-judge-finds-foid-for-firearms-in-home-unconstitutional/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-246/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION
— FOID Card Found to be Unconstitutional Yet Again
https://isra.org/foid-card-found-to-be-unconstitutional-yet-again/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Migrants turning around and heading back home in ‘new trend’ under Trump border crackdown
https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/us-news/new-trend-of-migrants-turning-around-and-heading-back-toward-home-under-trump-border-crackdown/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘BETRAYAL’: Lawmaker Responds to FEMA Diverting $59M to House Illegal Aliens
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/10/fema-using-59-million-house-illegal-aliens-is-betrayal-highest-order-congressman-says/
DAILY WIRE
— Musk Says FEMA Spent $60M Housing Illegal Immigrants In ‘Luxury Hotels’ Last Week. The payments were suspended by acting FEMA Director Cameron Hamilton after Musk’s announcement.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/musks-says-fema-spent-60m-housing-illegal-immigrants-in-luxury-hotels-last-week
— 27% Of National Science Foundation Grants Went To DEI Projects, Study Finds. ‘Congress must end the politicization of NSF funding and restore integrity to scientific research,’ Sen. Ted Cruz says.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27-of-national-science-foundation-grants-went-to-dei-projects-study-finds
EPOCH TIMES
— Musk Says FEMA Spent $59 Million on Housing Illegal Immigrants in NYC Hotels. ‘This stops now,’ said acting FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton, announcing that all such payments from FEMA were suspended on Feb. 9.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/musk-says-fema-spent-59-million-on-housing-illegal-immigrants-in-nyc-hotels-5807322
FOX NEWS
— Trump expected to pardon former Illinois Gov Rod Blagojevich. Trump previously commuted Blagojevich’s sentence in 2020.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-expected-pardon-former-illinois-gov-rod-blagojevich
MRC TV
— Illegal Alien Crossings Have Plummeted 90% Under Trump
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/border-agent-illegal-alien-crossings-have-plummeted-90-under-trump
TOWNHALL
— Trump Ramps Up Purge of ‘Woke’ Ideology in the Military
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/02/10/trump-liquidates-woke-board-of-visitors-for-military-branches-n2651967
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump says ‘too early’ to name Vance as successor
https://www.aol.com/trump-says-too-early-name-215711428.html
CNN
— Trump imposes 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/10/politics/tariffs-steel-aluminum-trump/index.html
CBS NEWS
— Increasing numbers of Democrats want their party to oppose Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-want-party-oppose-trump-poll-analysis/
— Trump ousts director of Office of Government Ethics
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-office-of-government-ethics-director/
WEEK
— DeSantis signs agreement with ICE to have Florida state troopers detain illegal immigrants
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/02/10/desantis-signs-agreement-with-ice-have-florida-state-troopers-detain-illegal-immigrants/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DHS Seeks to Deputize IRS Officers to Help With Deportation Effort. Tax-collecting agency has thousands of special agents in its criminal-investigation division. (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $117,807-$125,661/year, for 3 years.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-irs-officers-ice-deportations-ed87c4b5
AUTO GUIDE
— Why Is General Motors Getting Rid Of Key Corvette Personnel?
https://www.autoguide.com/auto/manufacturers/chevrolet/why-is-general-motors-getting-rid-of-key-corvette-personnel-44616109