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
Tag: gun
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
February 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Super Bowl halftime performer detained after unfurling Sudanese-Palestinian flag
https://abc7chicago.com/post/super-bowl-halftime-performer-detained-unfurling-sudanese-palestinian-flag/15888216/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-2/10/2025
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Proposal would strip Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/daywatch-proposal-would-strip-henry-hydes-name-from-courthouse/
— Landmarks: Potential church closure could put Park Forest history at risk (COMMENT: What are your connections with Park Forest? I delivered mail there 1966-1969. I attended 8th grade at Hope Lutheran Garde School there 1961-1962. I was confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran at Hope Lutheran Church there in 1962. My father delivered eggs there in the 1960s. I bought lots of items from stores in the Park Forest Plaza in the early 1970s.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/09/landmarks-park-forest-church-closure/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The collection was split between storage pods controlled by the library and the society, the museum and even Hope Lutheran Church, where Nicoll would have to “make an appointment to go to the attic to get newspaper articles people wanted.”)
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans. Who takes the lead in promoting hatred against Republicans in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/opinion-holocaust-christian-nationalism-donald-trump/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: What percent or restaurant workers are illegals?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/chicago-restaurant-workers-prepare-as-ice-arrests-cast-fear-uncertainty-over-industry/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders promote Black History Month. My subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was Black and had always led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/02/09/donald-trump-black-history-month-ronald-reagan
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Democrats are hell-bent on making Trump fail
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/02/09/donald-trump-elon-musk-government-gop-congress
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/02/05/trump-attacks-federal-workers-democracy-omar-noureldin-mikael-rojas-center-effective-government
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DuPage County board resolution would remove Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250209/news/dupage-county-board-resolution-would-henry-hydes-name-from-courthouse/
(FROM THEW ARTICLE: A resolution before the DuPage County Board on Tuesday would remove the name of the late Congressman Henry J. Hyde from the county’s Wheaton courthouse and rescind previous approval for a monument there in his honor. The courthouse became the Henry J. Hyde Judicial Office Facility in 2010, three years after the Republican lawmaker from Wood Dale died at 83 years old. The new measure, if approved, would rename the building the DuPage County Judicial Office Facility. During an interview Sunday, County Board Chair Deb Conroy referenced the Hyde Amendment, legislation introduced by Hyde in 1976 that prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for abortions, with some exceptions. “While Henry Hyde was a very well respected Republican elected official, the Hyde Amendment is very offensive to women, particularly women in Illinois,” said Conroy, a Democrat from Elmhurst. “I think overwhelmingly women in Illinois believe that all women have the right to health care, regardless of their ability to have private insurance.” Conroy said she told a Daily Herald editorial board in 2022 that she would take this action if elected chair. “I consider myself a woman of my word,” she added. “I very much value my bipartisan board, and we work very well together, which is why I put it off for two years.” If the full board approved the resolution, the Hyde family would receive a plaque that would be removed from the building. James Zay, a Republican county board member from Carol Stream, called the effort to remove Hyde’s name “narrow-minded.” “Henry Hyde did so much for DuPage County,” said Zay, who supported the renaming in 2010. “He brought so much funding into DuPage County for stormwater, for roads.” While the conservative Hyde may be best known for the amendment that bears his name, as well as his leading role in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, Zay noted that he also supported gun control measures like the Brady bill and assault weapons ban. “You can’t rewrite history,” he added. “My question is, who is next? Is it going to be Linda Kurzawa’s name at the health department building? Or Jack Knuepfer? Or Pate Philip?”
But county board member Dawn DeSart, a Democrat from Aurora, said the proposed move reflects a shift away from partisanship. “The fair thing is to make the courthouse nonpartisan,” she said. The board is scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the county board room at 421 N. County Farm Road in Wheaton.)
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— “Repair the damage:” Illinois ADCR Reparations Commission held public hearing at NU (COMMENT: How much damage would your critics/opponents say that your ancestors did? My critics/opponents stress that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s when slavery was legal in America and that none of them were soldiers in the Union Army. In their defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois, that all of them were Republicans, that they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and that they never did discriminate against anyone.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/02/09/campus/events-campus/repair-the-damage-illinois-adcr-reparations-commission-held-public-hearing-at-nu/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Fired by Trump, EEOC official fears what the anti-discrimination agency will become (COMMENT: How has EEOC impacted you? I became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 years old in 1971 because my Firestone Store boss had rudely fired me. He did that because I had told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-09/fired-by-trump-eeoc-official-fears-what-the-anti-discrimination-agency-will-become
DEPAULIA
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly more illegal immigration.
https://depauliaonline.com/74854/ladepaulia/a-day-of-love-and-resistance-little-village-residents-protest-chicago-ice-raids/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— HENRY HYDE’S NAME: The DuPage County Board is considering a resolution at that would change the name of the Henry J. Hyde Judicial Office Facility to the Judicial Office Facility, stripping Hyde’s name from the title. Hyde is the late Illinois congressman and abortion-rights opponent who’s known for the Hyde Amendment, which bars the government from helping fund abortions. The reason: “While Congressman Hyde was a well respected Republican elected official, the Hyde Amendment is very offensive to women,” said Board Chair Deb Conway, who’s behind the resolution. “Women who cannot afford private insurance should not have less access to health care.” During her campaign for the board, Conway told the Daily Herald she would remove Hyde’s name from the court building. Conway is a Democrat who previously served in the Illinois House. Her resolution has drawn scrutiny from Jeanne Ives, a Republican who also served in the Illinois House. In her Breakthrough Ideas email, Ives called the resolution “mean-spirited,” noting it follows President Donald Trump’s executive order Enforcing the Hyde Amendment. ( https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/enforcing-the-hyde-amendment/ ) The DuPage County Republican Party posted a message on its Facebook page urging residents to tell board members to reject the measure.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/10/new-campaign-targets-extremism-00203340
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-453/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Underreported Trump order has sweeping implications for DEI at universities and other federal grant recipients
https://wirepoints.org/underreported-trump-order-has-sweeping-implications-for-dei-at-universities-and-other-federal-grant-recipients-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If/when Trump decides to turn Illinois red again, who will he have lead that effort? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrats declared war against Republicans in 1861 to keep slavery. Republicans defeated Democrats in 1865. Today’s Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint today’s Democrats as having been Republicans during the Civil War and b) paint today’s Republicans as having been Democrats during the Civil War. Me, my parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, and all the rest of my ancestors were Republicans. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on buyouts and early retirement offers? In 1993, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” $25,000 buyouts and early retirement to get rid of their employees who were Republican, older, White, male, non-veteran, GS-13, and had 25 years or more of federal service. I was “eligible,” that is, I was “targeted” because I was all of the aforesaid. They succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old just before their “offer” expired. If I had not succumbed, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until 2003. Their forcing me to retire wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for 18 years and for IRS for 9 years, b) earning three job-related master’s degrees (finance-1997, accounting-1980, and business-1976), c) six job-related professional certifications (forensic accounting-1997, financial services auditing-1996, government financial management-1994, fraud examination-1990, internal auditing-1981, and accounting-1979) and d) earning a job-related professional license (CPA-1981). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are you or someone who you know interested in buying our Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville for $600,000. The 2023 listing is at: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/il/naperville/2112-ferry-rd-114/pid_53550715/ )? If so, please let me know. My wife and I are considering buying a more expensive unit in Iron Gate. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you sold your home on your own? I did. I sold 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton (https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1017-E-Harrison-Ave-Wheaton-IL-60187/4436186_zpid/ ) for $104,000 in 1984. Zillow has an article on selling your home on your own at https://www.zillow.com/learn/costs-to-sell-a-house/ . – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Finally happening’: House Republicans rally behind Elon Musk’s efficiency rampage
https://www.washingtontimes.com/
— Trump ends the transgender lunacy
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/9/trump-ends-transgender-lunacy/
NEW YORK POST
— Elon Musk says FEMA sent $59M last week to luxury NYC hotels to house illegal migrants: ‘Violated the law’
https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/us-news/fema-sent-59m-last-week-to-luxury-nyc-hotels-to-house-illegal-migrants-elon-musk-says/
— Bernie Sanders unleashes blistering takedown of Dem party after Harris’ loss: ‘Abandoned working-class people’ (COMMENT: I was a member of the working class 1962-1997. I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents despise hate the working class. I should write about my critics/opponents whose parents had the most money.)
https://www.aol.com/news/bernie-sanders-unleashes-blistering-takedown-004448284.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— How Trump Is Uprooting Radical ’60s Foundations of Poisonous DEI and CRT Programs
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/09/how-trump-is-uprooting-radical-60s-foundations-poisonous-dei-crt-programs-civil-rights-movement/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Says He’ll Impose 25 Percent Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum on Monday
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-announces-he-will-impose-25-percent-tariffs-on-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs-soon-5807010
FOX NEWS
— Homan delivers bold message to sanctuary cities ‘slowing down’ ICE, warns they’re ‘going to keep coming’ Homan doubled down on his pledge to eradicate Tren de Aragua gang members from the US.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/tom-homan-delivers-bold-message-sanctuary-cities-slowing-down-ice-warns-theyre-going-keep-coming
REAL CLEAR PPLITICS
— Democrat Madness Triggered by Sunlight of Common Sense
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2025/02/09/democrat_madness_triggered_by_sunlight_of_common_sense_640757.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— House Democrat: ‘I don’t contest’ DOGE will likely find ‘awful examples of wasteful spending’ (COMMENT: GAO fights government waste. But the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 used Affirmative Action, DEI, up-or-out, and Republican-led budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. They wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5/12 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) earning a job-relate professional license (CPA), d) earning six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and e) earning three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance).)
https://www.aol.com/house-democrat-don-t-contest-191756661.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are overwhelmingly a) pro-business and b) anti-consumer.)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-consumer-protection-cease-1b93c60a773b6b5ee629e769ae6850e9
CNN
— Democrats plot strategy in shutdown fight against Trump: ‘Not a lot of good options’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/09/politics/democrats-spending-trump/index.html
REUTERS
— Consumer protection agency neutralized by Trump’s new chief (COMMENT: Newt Gingrich did more than neutralize GAO in the 1990s, he constructively destroyed it.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-acting-cfpb-chief-halts-all-supervision-companies-2025-02-09/
CBS NEW YORK
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ memo on possible ICE raids prompts schools chancellor to reach out to immigrant families
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/ice-raids-new-york-city-public-schools-eric-adams/
ABC LOS ANGELES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://abc7.com/post/dozens-rally-downtown-la-protest-trumps-immigration-policies/15885588/
NBC DFW
— What is the Black national anthem and why is it sung before the Super Bowl? (COMMENT: What other groups in America want national anthems for their groups?)
https://www.nbcdfw.com/super-bowl/black-national-anthem-super-bowl-2/3765765/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Orders Treasury Secretary to Stop Minting Pennies (COMMENT: Between 1964 and 1966, I worked for 125 pennies per hour.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/politics/trump-stop-minting-pennies.html
— What is Canada’s attitude toward America? How has Canada treated America?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/world/canada/us-canada-relations-trump-tariffs.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: For Stunned Federal Workers, Sleeplessness, Anger and Tears. One thing lost in the Trump administration’s war on the federal bureaucracy is the collective voice of the employees. But some have begun to speak out. (COMMENT: If I was still working for the federal government, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/politics/federal-workers-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— As the Trump upheaval continues, are there restraints that could slow him down? Questions remain on what constitutional or other checks can be put on the president and his wide-ranging actions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/09/trump-constitution-checks-balances/
— They trained on diversity under Trump. Now he’s punishing them for it. During President Donald Trump’s first term, the Education Department held diversity trainings. Many who participated were put on administrative leave under new rules. (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. The Democrats who run the federal government require their employees to take lots of DEI training. I should write about the DEI training I had to take.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/02/10/education-department-dei-devos/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Trump trashes equity and diversity as he issues proclamation honoring Black History Month (COMMENT: Democrat leaders promote Black History Month. My subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was Black and had always led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/09/leonard-greene-trump-trashes-equity-and-diversity-as-he-issues-proclamation-honoring-black-history-month/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting New Yorkers to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/nyregion/nyc-trans-health-care-youth-protest.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— What country’s flag should protesters wave at immigration rallies? (OMMENT: Under Biden, America’s enemies were emboldened to invade, to infiltrate, to infest, and to conquer America. Americans elected Trump to stop that.)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2025-02-10/what-countrys-flag-should-protesters-wave-at-immigration-rallies
— The Democrat Party is ever-increasingly anti-Israel
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-02-10/antisemitism-executive-order-donald-trump
BALTIMORE SUN
— Federal workers, Maryland leaders plan Capitol Hill rally to protest Trump’s efforts to slash workforce (COMMENT: When Gingrich slashed GAO’s workforce during the 1990s, virtually no one protested.)
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/02/10/federal-workers-elected-officials-plan-capitol-hill-rally-to-protest-trumps-efforts-to-slash-workforce/
USA TODAY
— How advocates are stepping up for Black History month as federal agencies scale back (COMMENT: Democrat leaders promote Black History Month. My subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with was Black and had always led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/09/black-history-month-celebration-federal-pushback/78210271007/
— Despite tariff disputes, Mexico, Canada have been key to US auto industry for decades (COMMENT: I have ordered a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T which will be built in Canada.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2025/02/04/canada-mexico-car-manufacturing-tariffs/78209847007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Minority Voters Who Love Trump’s Dismantling of DEI. The president has found support from nonwhite voters who feel the nation has become too woke.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-voters-nonwhite-dei-951008e7
— Why Trump Is Right About Birthright Citizenship. Tourists and illegal aliens aren’t subject to the ‘full and complete jurisdiction’ of the United States.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-trump-is-right-about-birthright-citizenship-14th-amendment-citizenship-clause-f63df08a
— Democrat and RINO employers falsely argue that “DEI Didn’t Change the Workforce All That Much.” When I started working for the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were White, male, and/or older. By the time that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me into early retirement in 1997, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/dei-impact-us-company-workforce-charts-2e6a6bb7
FORBES
— Trump’s Approval Rating At 53% In New Poll—But Americans Are Less Sure About Elon Musk
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/02/09/trumps-approval-rating-at-53-in-new-poll-but-americans-are-less-sure-about-elon-musk/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/02/09/everything-to-know-about-trumps-mass-deportation-plans-dhs-head-noem-suggest-non-violent-immigrants-could-be-sent-to-guantanamo/
KWQC
— Concerns about federal employee buyout program (COMMENT: What is your position on buyouts and early retirement offers? In 1993, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” $25,000 buyouts and early retirement to get rid of their employees who were Republican, older, White, male, non-veteran, GS-13, and had 25 years or more of federal service. I was “eligible,” that is, I was “targeted” because I was all of the aforesaid. They succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old just before their “offer” expired. If I had not succumbed, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until 2003. Their forcing me to retire wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for 18 years and for IRS for 9 years, b) earning three job-related master’s degrees (finance-1997, accounting-1980, and business-1976), c) six job-related professional certifications (forensic accounting-1997, financial services auditing-1996, government financial management-1994, fraud examination-1990, internal auditing-1981, and accounting-1979) and d) earning a job-related professional license (CPA-1981).)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHFuie2wgH8
WASHINGTON STAND
— Americans Rush to Enlist in Trump’s Military Recruitment Boom
https://washingtonstand.com/commentary/americans-rush-to-enlist-in-trumps-military-recruitment-boom-
POLITICO
— White South Africans reject idea they need to flee country for US (COMMENT: In America, to get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) give Blacks more preference and b) discriminate more against Whites.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/09/white-south-africans-us-00203271
NATION
— The Democrat Party is ever-increasingly anti-Israel
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/uchicago-palestine-protests-free-speech-trump/
FED SMITH
— Evaluating Employee Performance and HR Merit System: First Step in the Trump Changes. Previous efforts to improve performance of the federal merit system have not lasted. The Trump administration is more aggressive. Unions may face a backlash from some. (COMMENT: Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government use the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/02/07/evaluating-employee-performance-and-hr-merit-system-first-step-in-the-trump-changes/
ENTERTAINMENT
— Taylor Swift booed at Super Bowl 2025
https://ew.com/taylor-swift-booed-super-bowl-2025-8788703
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Those who hate America use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy America.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trumps-attack-on-military-diversity-is-doomed-to-fail.html
GUARDIAN
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/feb/10/how-trump-made-diversity-a-dirty-word-podcast
— Democrats declared war against Republicans in 1861 to keep slavery. Republicans defeated Democrats in 1865. Today’s Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint today’s Democrats as having been Republicans during the Civil War and b) paint today’s Republicans as having been Democrats during the Civil War. Me, my parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, and all the rest of my ancestors were Republicans.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/we-are-witnessing-the-rise-of-a-new-republican-southern-strategy
January 31, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Federal appeals court strikes down ban on handgun sales to teens. The repealed regulation keeping teens from buying guns originated in 1968.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gun-laws-fifth-circuit-court-appeals-rules-allow-18-year-olds-buy-handguns-strikes-down-landmark-control-regulation/15850192/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Durbin
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-senator-dick-durbin-weighs-president-trumps-2nd-week-office-executive-orders-dc-plane-crash-ice-raids-more/15852460/
NBC5
— Real ID appointments filling up ‘fast.’ Tip to know if you want to secure your spot. Appointments to get a Real ID are filling up fast, the Illinois Secretary of State’s office says.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/real-id-appointments-filling-up-fast-tip-to-know-if-you-want-to-secure-your-spot/3661786/
CBS2
— Pritzker bans convicted Jan. 6 participants from consideration for state jobs (COMMENT: After my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, they did everything that they could to ban me from getting employment appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-bans-convicted-jan-6-participants-state-jobs/
— Veteran whose 30-year-old car couldn’t pass emissions test gets part he needed from Good Samaritan (COMMENT: A big reason why I traded in my 2003 Chevy Caviler LS in 2021 was that car mechanics could not get its check engine light to go off.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/carol-stream-veteran-car-emissions-test-repair-good-samaritan/
— Surveillance video shows Secret Service agents being turned away from Chicago school (COMMENT: One of my best friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent. Democrats ever-increasing put their hatred against Trump above everything else.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/hamline-elementary-surveillance-video-secret-service-agents/
FOX32
— Illinois AG joins coalition condemning Trump’s anti-DEI actions. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined 11 other AGs condemning President Trump. (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1586168
— Dolton, Thornton Township leaders call on Pritzker and others to remove Tiffany Henyard
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dolton-thornton-township-leaders-pritzker-remove-tiffany-henyard
— Bipartisan lawmakers call for more air traffic controllers in wake of D.C. tragedy (COMMENT: Air traffic control staffing was involved in an audit of FAA that I worked on for GAO in the early 1980s.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/bipartisan-lawmakers-air-traffic-controllers-dc-tragedy
— Duckworth criticizes Sen. Tommy Tuberville over military promotion holds (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 30 years, the agency was almost always under Republican-led hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1586063
WGN9
— Air traffic controllers union responds to Trump’s DEI attacks (COMMENT: Air traffic control staffing was involved in an audit of FAA that I worked on for GAO in the early 1980s.)
https://wgntv.com/news/national/air-traffic-controllers-union-responds-to-trumps-dei-attacks/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/31/chicago-immigrant-advocates-push-increased-protections-trump-administration-targets-city
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/31/week-review-trump-funding-freeze-sows-confusion-ice-raids-begin
WGN RADIO
— Illinois State Representative Nicole La Ha (82nd District) joins Lisa Dent to discuss the property tax relief bill she has introduced which aims to cap property tax bills for any property receiving the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption. (COMMENT: In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and it is less than what my salary was in 1972.)
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/state-representative-nicole-la-ha-introducing-property-tax-relief-bill-for-seniors/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Aurora police not enforcing federal immigration laws, mayor says
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/31/afternoon-briefing-aurora-police-not-enforcing-federal-immigration-laws-mayor-says/
— Pritzker wants those involved in Jan. 6 Capitol riot blocked from state employment (COMMENT: After my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, they did everything that they could to block me from getting employment appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/31/gov-jb-pritzker-wants-those-involved-in-jan-6-capitol-riot-blocked-from-state-employment/
— Naperville City Council candidate questionnaire responses for the April 1, 2025, election
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/31/naperville-council-candidate-questionnaire-april-2025-election/
— Pentagon prepares to deploy 1,000 more troops to bolster Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/31/pentagon-deploy-troops-trump-immigration-crackdown/
— Trump White House marks Black History Month while Defense Department declares ‘identity months dead’ (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office for almost 18 years, they ever-increasingly required the office to celebrate groups each month, but they never celebrated Whites, males, or older people.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/31/trump-white-house-black-history-month/
— Health data, entire pages wiped from federal websites as Donald Trump officials target ‘gender ideology’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/31/federal-agencies-remove-gender-ideology/
— Teacher’s comment about deportations at Dixmoor school sparks fear as threat of ICE raids loom
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/30/teachers-comment-deportations-dixmoor/
— A Will County judge Thursday reversed his December ruling that would have appointed a special prosecutor to represent 10 Will County Board Republicans in a road widening dispute with County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/30/will-county-special-prosecutor-veto-lawsuit/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media exists to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/31/gene-lyons-president-donald-trump-will-ruin-american-experiment-last-column
— America’s enemies use birthright citizenship to destroy America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/01/31/wannabe-king-donald-trump-birthright-citizenship-14th-amendment-constitution-mona-charen
— I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981. Back then, very few women were licensed CPAs and extremely few minorities were licensed CPAs. Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly lower CPA licensing requirements so that more women and more minorities can become licensed CPAs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/01/31/illinois-licensing-reforms-address-racial-inequality-illinois-policy-institute-joshua-bandoch
DAILY HERALD
— Internship program helps students make post-high school plans (COMMENT: One of my roommates at NIU 1969-1970 was a summer intern at a big CPA firm. That helped him a) to be immediately hired by that firm when he graduated in June of 1970, b) to soon pass the CPA examination on his first attempt, and c) to soon become a partner at that firm. By way of contrast, a) I delivered mail during the summer of 1969, b) I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until 6 years after I graduated from NIU in August of 1970, c) I did not take and pass the CPA examination until 9 years after I graduated from NIU, d) I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until 10 years after I graduated from NIU, and e) I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until 11 years after I graduated from NIU. By then, the accounting profession viewed me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250131/news/we-really-are-changing-lives-internship-program-helps-students-make-post-high-school-plans/
— Applications open for 26th Senate District seat
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250131/illinois-state-politics/applications-open-for-26th-senate-district-seat/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump tariffs on Canada and Mexico could hit Illinois hard
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-will-hit-illinois-economy
— McDonald’s settles Hispanic student scholarship lawsuit filed by anti-DEI activist (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/mcdonalds-settles-hispanic-student-scholarship-lawsuit
SOUTHERN
— Federal employees told to remove pronouns from email signatures by end of day
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/01/31/federal-employees-told-to-remove-pronouns-from-email-signatures-by-end-of-day/
— Some government employees dismayed after Musk jokes about buyout offer
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/01/30/some-government-employees-dismayed-after-musk-jokes-about-buyout-offer/
STATELINE
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders promise to give them reparations.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-residents-could-get-reparations-if-a-new-bill-is-passed/
FOX ILLINOIS
— ICE rounds up alleged kidnapper, rapist, robber and more in immigration crackdown
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/ice-rounds-up-alleged-kidnapper-rapist-robber-and-more-in-immigration-crackdown-ice-agents-continue-stepped-up-immigration-enforcement-efforts-focused-on-illegal-immigrants-accused-of-crimes
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Pentagon strips travel reimbursement for troops seeking abortions, fertility treatment
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-pentagon-strips-travel-reimbursement-for-troops-seeking-abortions-fertility-treatment/
BLACK ENTERPRISE
— The Chicago Treasurer’s Office gives preference to Blacks
https://www.blackenterprise.com/chicago-treasurers-office-black-financial-resources/
ELMHURST PATCH
— Democrats want to push pot in Elmhurst.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/marijuana-sales-elmhurst-hopefuls-weigh
BLOCK CLUB CHIAGO
— Black West Side Leaders Blast Trump’s Move To Restrict Diversity, Inclusion Policies: ‘We Are Not Going Back’ U.S. Rep. Danny Davis and other officials spoke out against President Donald Trump’s crackdown on DEI policies and his bid to freeze federal funding, saying they’re prepared to “fight tooth and nail.” (COMMENT: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/31/black-west-side-leaders-blast-trumps-move-to-restrict-diversity-inclusion-policies-we-are-not-going-back/
CAPITOL FAX
— HGOPs demand Dems hold Statehouse hearings if Mayor Johnson won’t testify to Congress
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/31/hgops-demand-dems-hold-statehouse-hearings-if-mayor-johnson-wont-testify-to-congress/
— Illinois-related executive directives, orders and lawsuits
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/31/more-illinois-related-executive-directives-orders-and-lawsuits/
— Pritzker blocks pardoned Jan 6 rioters from state jobs
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/31/pritzker-blocks-pardoned-jan-6-rioters-from-state-jobs/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/31/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-240/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois GOP conservatives call for new party leadership
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_034f21e0-e020-11ef-8f17-93ad5efc4141.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A conservative branch of Illinois Republicans is calling out the party’s House leader. The Illinois Freedom Caucus, made up of six state representatives and one senator, is accusing House Minority Leader Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, of playing “silly games” after she denied several services at the Capitol for not voting for her as leader. Some of the services the group said they are being denied include access to their state websites, emails, and email newsletter services, access to communications staffers including access to social media sites, audio and visual services and press release services, and all outreach assistance services. “At the end of the day, what she’s doing here is she is punishing tax paying voters,” said Vice Chairman Blaine Wilhour, R-Beecher City. This comes after Aaron Del Mar, the co-chair of the Illinois Republican Party, abruptly resigned, saying Republican principles of transparency and integrity are being compromised. Del Mar did not offer specifics. Wilhour said it is time for new party leadership. “I think the only way to unify the caucus at this point is for her to step aside,” said Wilhour. A request for comment from McCombie’s office was not returned. The Illinois Freedom Caucus issued a statement after they learned the Statehouse services were being denied. “Minority Leader Tony McCombie has officially declared war on conservatives. She seems to be more interested in going after conservative members of her own caucus than she is in taking on the Democrats who control every level of government in our state and who have run our state into the ground,” the statement read.)
SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— Jim Marter Issues Statement on Lauren Underwood’s Failing Record on Women’s Safety
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/jim-marter-issues-statement-on-lauren-underwoods-failing-record-on-womens-safety/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Study Finds Political Corruption in Illinois Results in Average of More than One Conviction Every Week between 1983 and 2023
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/31/study-finds-political-corruption-in-illinois-results-in-average-of-more-than-one-conviction-every-week-between-1983-and-2023/
— On Providing Rail Service to Rockford
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/31/on-providing-rail-service-to-rockford/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats declare political open season on Trump, MAGA
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/30/democrats-declare-political-open-season-donald-tru/
— Federal websites shut down temporarily as Trump administration scrubs DEI content
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/31/federal-websites-shut-temporarily-trump-administra/
— FBI purge: 20+ top officials ousted in sweeping shake-up
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/31/top-fbi-officials-terminated-forced-quit/
— While rescuers searched for air crash victims in the Potomac, partisans rushed to blame Trump. Media and Democrats couldn’t wait to score political points with lies.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/30/rescuers-searched-air-crash-victims-potomac-partis/
— Trump’s firing of inspectors general sets up battle over government control
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/30/editorial-trump-firing-inspectors-general-sets-bat/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Choosing new leaders, Democrats are still in denial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3307091/choosing-new-dnc-leaders-democrats-in-denial/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— De-Wokeifying Government Is Easier Said Than Done
https://freebeacon.com/columns/de-wokeifying-government-is-easier-said-than-done/
NEW YORK POST
— If you really support immigration, stop excusing border chaos
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3305430/if-you-really-support-immigration-stop-excusing-border-chaos/
— FAA embroiled in lawsuit alleging it turned away 1,000 applicants based on race — that contributed to staffing woes
https://nypost.com/2025/01/31/us-news/faa-embroiled-in-lawsuit-alleging-it-turned-away-1000-applicants-based-on-race/
BREITBART
— Guantanamo Bay Will Be Opened to “Full Capacity” to Detain “High-Priority Criminal Illegals”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq94ZipfrRY
— FBI’s 55 Field Offices ‘Working Really Hard’ to Help Target Criminal Illegals Across U.S.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/01/31/report-fbis-55-field-offices-working-really-hard-to-help-target-criminal-illegals/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Bowing To Wokeness Since 2010’: Fmr Air Traffic Controller Says Short Staffing Is ‘Attributable To Obama Admin’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/30/michael-pearson-obama-admin-short-staffing/
EPOPCH TIMES
— US to Impose Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, on China on Feb. 1. The US will impose 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada, and 10 percent on China, the White House said.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/us-to-impose-25-percent-tariffs-on-canada-mexico-10-percent-on-china-on-feb-1-post-5802206
FOX NEWS
— ICE getting ‘no cooperation’ from sanctuary cities on criminal migrants
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6368045648112
— Democrats rally around lightning rod issue during unruly DNC debate despite voter backlash in 2024. A wave of left-wing protesters repeatedly interrupted the final DNC chair debate ahead of Saturday’s election.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-rally-around-lightning-rod-issue-during-unruly-dnc-debate-despite-voter-backlash-2024
— Why do Democrats defend violent, criminal illegal immigrants against Trump raids? Democrats would rather score political points than keep Americans safe.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/why-do-democrats-defend-violent-criminal-illegal-immigrants-against-trump-raids
— Trump’s migrant DHS FBI crackdown leaves killers, rapists nowhere to run. FBI’s 55 field offices around country supporting DHS operations.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trumps-migrant-dhs-fbi-crackdown-leaves-killers-rapists-nowhere-run
JONATHAN TURLEY
— “Center of the Action”: Bally’s Chicago Casino Sued for Discrimination Against White Investors
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/01/31/center-of-the-action-ballys-chicago-casino-sued-for-discrimination-against-white-investors/
NEWSMAX
— Colombia Pres. Asks Illegals to Return
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/colombia-immigration-deportation/2025/01/31/id/1197293/
OSV NEWS
— Illinois state lawmakers file bills to legalize physician assisted-suicide
https://www.osvnews.com/illinois-state-lawmakers-file-bills-to-legalize-physician-assisted-suicide/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/
ABC7
— WH sidesteps question on hiring disabled federal workers (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all their disabled employees.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-2nd-term-live-updates-executive-action-plans/?id=117934786
NBC NEWS
— Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blocks Jan. 6 rioters from state jobs after Trump pardons
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-blocks-jan-6-rioters-state-jobs-trump-pardons-rcna190101
CBS NEWS
— CDC purges STD and vaccine recommendations after Trump gender order (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-std-vaccine-gender-trump/
— Agencies asked to scrub federal government websites to remove diversity-related content
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-officials-pausing-most-federal-government-websites-friday/
— Trump officials make plans to revoke legal status of migrants welcomed under Biden
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-officials-make-plans-to-revoke-legal-status-of-migrants-welcomed-under-biden/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Shocks Senior F.B.I. Ranks by Moving to Replace Them (COMMENT: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, the more of the following that their employees were, the more that they did to replace them: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. They focused on replacing the aforesaid who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $117,807/year) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200) by age 40.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/politics/trump-fbi-firing.html
— Trump Raises New Threat to Sanctuary Cities: Blocking Transportation Dollars. A new order revives an old battle about how much an administration is allowed to coerce cities and states by withholding money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/upshot/sanctuary-cities-trump-transportation-funds.html
NEW YORKER
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.newyorker.com/newsletter/the-daily/the-real-reason-behind-trumps-war-on-dei
CATO
— Democrats and RINOs use wokeness/wokeism to get rid of Republicans
https://www.cato.org/blog/here-comes-legal-campaign-against-woke-employers
JD SUPRA
— Will Trump Administration End Women and Minority-Owned Business Set Asides? (COMMENT: The Democrats who run the federal government set aside promotions for their Democrat employees who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/will-trump-administration-end-women-and-9111036/
— States Continue to Enforce Their Affirmative Action Requirements
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/states-continue-to-enforce-their-3899035/
SPLC
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/stories/why-wrong-teach-students-about-dei/
January 31, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Federal appeals court strikes down ban on handgun sales to teens. The repealed regulation keeping teens from buying guns originated in 1968.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gun-laws-fifth-circuit-court-appeals-rules-allow-18-year-olds-buy-handguns-strikes-down-landmark-control-regulation/15850192/
WGN9
— Irish immigrant living in Illinois faces growing fear amid nationwide federal immigration raids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqDYUMHF-os
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Conflict between Donald Trump and Illinois will test state’s rights vs. federalism
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/31/column-donald-trump-illinois-conflict-states-rights-greising/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Wanted: A team to return the bloom to Pullman’s historic Hotel Florence. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources wants a group to put the hotel back in business. “It’s about safeguarding a cornerstone of American history,” the head of the Historic Pullman Foundation said. (COMMENT: When I was a 24-year-old IRS Revenue Officer, IRS sent me to that hotel to collect delinquent taxes from one of its residents.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/01/31/wanted-a-team-to-return-the-bloom-to-pullmans-historic-hotel-florence
DAILY HERALD
— Illinois GOP lawsuit over House map the latest salvo in long-running battle against gerrymandering
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250131/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-fight-continues-illinois-gop-lawsuit-over-house-map-the-latest-salvo-in-l/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD EDITORIAL WITH BIG PICTURE: Under the Democrats, soon, if not already, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare. What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, and school district are receiving welfare?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250130/nation-and-world-politics/losing-this-funding-will-cause-deaths-suburban-officials-blast-trumps-federal-funding-freeze/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Here are the 50 highest-priced home sales of 2024
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/chicago-areas-50-highest-priced-home-sales-2024
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois House Republicans can only fight with each other
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-illinois-house-republicans-can-only-fight-with-each-other/article_3fb3cb1e-de62-11ef-a7d6-7b45faecc0c2.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: They represent a family of sorts, but not a happy one. The ongoing feud among Illinois House Republicans in Springfield is of no real consequence, but it is entertaining to watch. It doesn’t matter because legislative Republicans are a superminority who have virtually nothing to say about policy in Democrat-dominated Illinois. That’s why the battle is akin to fighting over who gets to re-arrange the deck chairs on the Titanic. Nonetheless, it does reveal the depth of the problem Republicans face as they try to restore their party to the status of a credible challenger to ruling Democrats. It’s bad enough for the GOP that Illinois has evolved — for a variety of reasons — into a solidly Democratic state. It’s even worse that Democrats have so thoroughly gerrymandered state House and Senate districts that it is virtually impossible for Republicans to compete. Throw the infra-party feuding into the mess, and success looks well-nigh impossible. The fight features traditional conservative Republicans against the handful of uber-conservatives in the Freedom Caucus. The uber-conservatives distinguish themselves by boldly flying their political colors, then going down in flames on Election Day. Credit them for having principles, but losing is not an effective strategy. They seem to have no concept of the art of compromise, building winning coalitions or even getting along with those who don’t share their views. They want it all their way, all the time, no matter that they don’t have the votes. House Republican Leader Tony McCombie, apparently tired of trying to appease them, recently drew the Freedom Caucus’ ire by diminishing five members’ committee assignments and eliminating “access to their communications staffers.” “This decision is not only a blatant attack on conservatives, but a complete affront to the hundreds of thousands of residents we represent,” the caucus members said. Capitol Fax’s Rich Miller reports that “McCombie reached out to state Rep. Chris Miller after the inauguration to try to mend fences,” but the effort was an abject failure. Hence, McCombie’s retaliation that further enraged the perpetually enraged. “During a recent exchange, the minority leader declared her unwillingness to accommodate or collaborate with this influential conservative wing and has even refused to give the Illinois Freedom Caucus a voice in the decision-making process,” the group said in a statement. McCombie’s retaliation may strike some as excessive. But politics can be — and often is — a contact sport. So the fight continues, not that it matters much.)
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— How strongly does your school district promote illegal immigration?
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/education/article299459059.html
SOUTHERN
— According to Democrat leaders, the promotion of DEI at FAA and the resultant abandonment of meritocracy at FAA did not cause the crash.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/01/30/trumps-missing-the-point-on-dei-and-meritocracy-experts-say/
WSPY
— Bungled Oswego Republican Caucus Upheld
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/bungled-oswego-republican-caucus-upheld/article_97880d7c-dfda-11ef-80e2-a7f59fd509a0.html
25 NEWS NOW
— Democrat leaders promote DEI, that is, they promote more discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/01/30/central-illinois-lawmakers-leaders-react-president-trumps-rollback-dei-initiatives/
WSIL TV
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/consumer/trump-is-attacking-dei-big-businesses-believe-it-s-valuable/article_c82f0f3c-97d6-5cce-8179-6a4998b807f7.html
WPSD
— Democrats push pot in Carbondale
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/carbondale-city-council-votes-to-allow-recreational-marijuana-sales/article_f70d7f0e-ea38-11e9-8084-1b8d33c2464b.html
HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders promote DEI, that is, they promote more discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.hfchronicle.com/2025/01/30/park-district-wins-champions-of-change-award-for-diversity-inclusion-efforts/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker: Trump ‘unfit to lead’ in a crisis (COMMENT: Pritzker ever-increasingly leads Illinois into disaster by his ever-increasing promotion the Democrat Party platform, that is, by his ever-increasing promotion of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, further diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/01/31/pritzker-trump-unfit-to-lead-in-a-crisis-00201740
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: GAME OF THRONES: State Sen. Dan McConchie’s exit from the Illinois General Assembly has kicked off a fierce political battle to take his place, with concerns about nepotism and party unity. The application process starts today, and interviews will be conducted next week behind closed doors. The vote will be public. The process: The five Republican district committee members who will select the next 26th District senator each have a “weighted” vote based on the number of ballots cast in their county during the last election. The 26th includes a large part of Lake County and some smaller areas of Cook, McHenry and Kane counties. That means Keith Brin, the Lake County Republican chair, has more than 55 percent of the vote, so he’ll make the call on the next senator.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/31/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-447/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Lawsuit filed by Mark Glennon against City of Chicago, Mayor Johnson and Bally’s alleges blatant discrimination
https://wirepoints.org/lawsuit-filed-by-mark-glennon-against-city-of-chicago-mayor-johnson-and-ballys-alleges-blatant-discrimination-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled and lost that I would become a Democrat. I was qualified for the GAO job because I had a) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, b) almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, c) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and d) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I was qualified for the IRS job because I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I was qualified for the Post Office job because I had passed the postal employment examination and earned a diploma from Crete-Monee High School in 1966. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years (GAO-18, IRS-9, and Post Office-3), they ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. They ever-increasingly lowered requirements so that they could hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. Because I am Republican, White, male, and older, that ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, and/or younger. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How do you deal with those who promote envy against you? Democrats promote envy against Republicans. My Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted envy against me big time. They stressed my having relative good health, my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, my buying new cars and collector cars, my earning a bachelor’s degree, my going on vacations, my buying real estate, my earning three master’s degrees, my getting married, my earning six professional certifications, my earning a professional license, my etc. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates painted themselves as being financially distressed. The blamed their financial problems on their military service, on their spouse’s limitations, on their child raising responsibilities, on etc. They blamed their problems on discrimination against those who shared their demographics: liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or having ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, I stressed that I had to work my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— House Conservatives Being Deprived on Services/Perks Other Republican Representatives Receive (COMMENT: I should write about the most anti-conservative, that is, the most anti-Republican leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000.)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/30/house-conservatives-being-deprived-on-services-perks-other-republican-representatives-receive/
— If You Want to Run a Write-In Campaign, Today Is the Deadline to File That Intention with the County Clerk, OPEN SEATS LISTED
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/30/if-you-want-to-run-a-write-in-campaign-today-is-the-deadline-to-file-that-intention-with-the-county-clerk/
— Rockford Register-Star Brain Freeze
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/30/rockford-register-star-brain-freeze/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Deadliest aviation accident since 2001 grips Washington as Trump blames Democrats, DEI for disaster
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/30/deadliest-aviation-accident-since-2001-grips-washi/
— Top FBI officials terminated or forced to quit
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/31/top-fbi-officials-terminated-forced-quit/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s jaw-dropping response about his ‘job’ says everything (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with illegals against Republicans. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/30/unbelievable-chicago-mayors-jaw-dropping-response-about-his-job-says-everything-1519692/
BREITBART
— Half of Labor Force for Rebuilding L.A. Could be Deported by Trump
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/31/steve-soboroff-half-of-labor-force-for-rebuilding-l-a-could-be-deported-by-trump/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Will Others in Government Follow Trump’s Decisive Lead on Illegal Immigration?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/31/will-others-government-follow-trumps-lead-illegal-immigration/
DAILY WIRE
— Donald Trump Emphasizes Need For ‘Fast Confirmations’ In Wake Of Tragic Plane Crash. ‘The Democrats are doing everything they can to delay them. They’ve taken too long.’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/donald-trump-emphasizes-need-for-fast-confirmations-in-wake-of-tragic-plane-crash
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Gives Update on Potomac Plane–Helicopter Crash: 5 Takeaways. The president touched on a range of issues, including the FAA, DEI, and flight safety.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-gives-update-on-potomac-plane-helicopter-crash-5-takeaways-5801571
FOX NEWS
— Chicago mayor lambasts Trump, claims US being run like ‘had the Confederacy won’ Brandon Johnson continued to take digs at President Donald Trump and his administration for how it is handling illegal immigration.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-mayor-lambasts-trump-claims-us-being-run-like-confederacy-won
INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— ‘Bowing To Wokeness Since 2010’: Fmr Air Traffic Controller Says Short Staffing Is ‘Attributable To Obama Admin’
https://ijr.com/bowing-to-wokeness-since-2010-fmr-air-traffic-controller-says-short-staffing-is-attributable-to-obama-admin/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Anti-Israel Campus Protesters Demand Special Privileges Then Play Victim
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/anti-israel-campus-protesters-demand-special-privileges-then-play-victim/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— If You Subvert The Will Of A President, Then You’re Playing With Legal Fire
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/01/31/charlie_kirk_if_you_subvert_the_will_of_a_president_then_youre_playing_with_legal_fire.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years (GAO-18, IRS-9, and Post Office-3), they ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. They ever-increasingly lowered requirements so that they could hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. Because I am Republican, White, male, and older, that ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, and/or younger. I should write about that.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/what-is-dei-practice-trump-is-trying-dismantle-2025-01-30/
ROLL CALL
— Trump turns briefing on DCA disaster into attack on DEI, Democrats
https://rollcall.com/2025/01/30/trump-democrats-dei-plane-crash/
THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/opinion-trump-s-crony-meritocracy-could-shatter-us-civil-service/ar-AA1xWg9R
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.newsweek.com/meritocracy-rights-smokescreen-white-mediocracy-opinion-opinion-2023777
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Republicans include conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Democrats include liberal, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/opinion/trump-migration-world.html
— U.S. Says Sheriff Could Face Prosecution for Releasing Immigrant
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/nyregion/ny-sheriff-ithaca-immigration.html
— Trump Blames D.E.I. and Biden for Crash
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/politics/trump-plane-crash-dei-faa-diversity.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Day before D.C. plane crash, another jet had to abort first landing at Reagan National (COMMENT: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, I often flew to/from D.C. for job meetings, training, etc.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/30/dc-plane-crash-updates-helicopter-potomac-reagan-airport/
— Trump blames diversity program for fatal air collision. The president told the nation that his predecessors, Democrats and diversity were to blame for the collision involving an Army helicopter and American Airlines passenger jet near Reagan National Airport.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/30/trump-dei-plane-crash/
USA TODAY
— ‘Politics over professionalism’: Federal employees’ union sues Trump over executive order
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/29/trump-lawsuit-federal-worker-protections/78026800007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Federal Workers Ponder an Existential Question: Do I Pack Up and Quit? Two million employees are trying to make sense of a Trump administration plan offering eight months’ pay to staffers who resign. (COMMENT: One of my biggest decisions that I made in my life was to succumb to my Democrat GAO superiors’ threats and take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, it was a big mistake. I should write about that. Retiring early has cut and will forever cut my Civil Service Retirement System pension tremendously. Further, if I had stayed until I was eligible for regular retirement in 2003, I would not have become a) a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, b) the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, c) the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2000, or d) an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) officer in 2003. The aforesaid led to my becoming a) a candidate for MTRO Treasurer in 2004, b) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 20005. and c) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2005. Since 2000, MTRO, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, ICRC, and TAPROOT leaders have blamed me for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/federal-workers-ponder-an-existential-question-do-i-pack-up-and-quit-a215691d
FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders promote DEI, that is, they promote more discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://fortune.com/2025/01/31/dei-blame-donald-trumps-latest-accusation-weaponized-dei-faa-american-airlines-flight/
BLOOMBERG
— To promote DEI is to dump meritocracy.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-31/trump-wants-meritocracy-without-dei-here-s-how
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Envy at Work (COMMENT: Democrats promote envy against Republicans. My Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted envy against me big time. They stressed my having relative good health, my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, my buying new cars and collector cars, my earning a bachelor’s degree, my going on vacations, my buying real estate, my earning three master’s degrees, my getting married, my earning six professional certifications, my earning a professional license, my etc. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates painted themselves as being financially distressed. The blamed their financial problems on their military service, on their spouse’s limitations, on their child raising responsibilities, on etc. They blamed their problems on discrimination against those who shared their demographics: liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or having ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, I stressed that I had to work my way through college.)
https://hbr.org/2010/04/envy-at-work
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years (GAO-18, IRS-9, and Post Office-3), they ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. They ever-increasingly lowered requirements so that they could hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. Because I am Republican, White, male, and older, that ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, and/or younger. I should write about that.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trumps-dei-witch-hunt-reaches-new-low-after-plane-crash.html
NPR
— Trump wants to cut the federal workforce. Who they are and what that means
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/31/nx-s1-5280417/federal-workers-workforce-facts-cuts
AUTO EVOLUTION
— 5 of the Most Famous Classic Dodge Chargers Ever Featured in Movies and TV Shows (COMMENT: I have ordered a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T EV. I have owned my 2013 Charger R/T Max since 2012. I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971. I owned a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/5-of-the-most-famous-classic-dodge-chargers-ever-featured-in-movies-and-tv-shows-246329.html
TORQUE NEWS
— Dodge is Looking for Influencers to Boost Brand and New 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona EV. Content creators who love fast and powerful cars would get special access to Dodge events and vehicles. (COMMENT: I have ordered a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T EV. I have owned my 2013 Charger R/T Max since 2012. I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971. I owned a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://www.torquenews.com/3768/dodge-looking-influencers-boost-brand-and-new-2025-dodge-charger-daytona-ev
GOOGLE AI
— A “big event” that you “look forward to” (COMMENT: What big events do you look forward to? Mine include taking delivery of the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T that I have ordered. It will help me take my mind off politics and government.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22big+event%22+%22look+forward+to%22+future
January 23, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DOJ vows to push immigration enforcement in Chicago, other sanctuary cities
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-deportations-fears-raids-loom-public-schools-returns-classes-trump-authorizes-ice-target/15825308/
— Trump wipes out federal DEI programs (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always promoted DEI.)
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/donald-trump-2nd-term-live-updates-more-executive-action-planned-amid-day-1-fallout/15820865/
— Pritzker criticizes President Trump’s courting of tech CEOs, lack of communication
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jb-pritzker-news-illinois-governor-criticizes-president-donald-trumps-courting-tech-ceos-lack-communication/15825993/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/glaad-award-nominations-agatha-abbott-shadows-celebrate-lgbtq-visibility/15826462/
NBC5
— DEI is race and gender based preference giving, that is, DEI is patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. DEI is what Democrats and RINOs use to get in power and to stay in power.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/what-is-a-dei-program-and-what-did-trump-change-heres-an-explainer/3653396/
CBS2
— U.S. border agents told to deport migrants without granting asylum hearings
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/u-s-border-agents-told-to-deport-migrants-without-granting-asylum-hearings/
WGN9
— Democrats reject Trump’s election. Democrats reject the rule of law.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-immigrant-protection/
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/dei-policies-rollback-threatens-future-of-minority-women-contractors-in-illinois/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrPEuwfQkpo
FOX32
— Trump shuts down US-Mexico border as House poised to pass ‘Laken Riley Act’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1581201
— More than 1,000 active-duty troops will head to southern border
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/active-duty-troops-heading-to-southern-border
— Illinois among states impacted in ICE’s first large-scale arrest operation under Trump administration
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-ice-arrest-operation-trump
WTTW
— White House Orders Federal Government DEI Employees to be Placed on Leave Effective Immediately (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, under the Democrats, the federal government has existed to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially 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.)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/01/22/white-house-orders-government-dei-employees-be-placed-leave-effective-immediately
WBEZ
— What President Trump’s ‘national energy emergency” means for Illinois
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/01/22/what-president-trumps-national-energy-emergency-means-for-illinois
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago illegals stay home from work to avoid potential ICE arrests
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/22/daywatch-immigrants-stay-home-from-work-to-avoid-potential-ice-arrests/
— Chicago schools, churches and hospitals vow to protect migrants in US illegally after Trump lifts ban that limited immigration arrests in safe spaces (COMMENT: Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/22/chicago-trump-immigration-fears-deportation/
— Chicago Public Media offering buyouts to Sun-Times editorial staffers, WBEZ business employees (COMMENT: In 1993, when I was 45 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” $25,000 buyouts and early retirement to get rid of its older White male non-veteran employees who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $163,749-$180,974/year in today’s dollars. I was eligible because I had 25 years of federal service – 13 with GAO, 9 with IRS, and 3 with the Post Office. They succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 just before their “offer” expired. If I had not succumbed, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until 2003. Things that I did that helped me survive 1993-1997 include my a) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, b) my becoming a Certified Forensic Accountant in 1997, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Internal Auditor and licensed CPA in 1981, and CPA in 1979, and c) my earning master’s degrees in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and in business from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/22/chicago-public-media-buyouts-sun-times-wbez/
— TikTok lives on. So does its harmful effect on kids.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/23/editorial-tiktok-lives-on-so-does-its-harmful-effect-on-kids/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against those who voted for Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/01/22/bullying-hate-speech-schools-already-bad-will-worsen-second-donald-trump-era-gina-caneva
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly manipulate/dominate religious leaders.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250122/nation-and-world-politics/trump-demands-an-apology-from-bishop-who-asked-him-to-have-mercy-on-lgbtq-people-and-migrants/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A new Illinois pension reform bill would increase contributions to the state’s three largest retirement systems by a total of nearly $30 billion through fiscal year 2045, according to an actuarial impact study by Segal Group.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-tier-2-pension-reform-could-cost-30-billion-cogfa
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Labor’s dream: More money for higher pension benefits
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-labors-dream-more-money-for-higher-pension-benefits/article_f6aa7418-d83f-11ef-9621-7bd973968aa2.html
WCIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wcia.com/news/state-news/illinois-lgbtq-organization-responds-to-trump-executive-order-slashing-gender-identity-protections/
WREX
— To what extent do those who enforce laws in your county, township, municipality, and school district reject Trump’s election, and therefore, reject the rule of law? While I was an IRS Revenue Officer ( SEE: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/tax-collection-enforcement ) 1971-1980, I enforced federal tax laws. During my last 5 1/2 years, I worked at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.wrex.com/news/rockford-police-chief-releases-statement-explaining-stance-on-enforcing-immigration-laws/article_004bbdd8-d809-11ef-bdb4-7fe77ee28417.html
(FROM IRS: As a Revenue Officer, you will conduct tax related civil enforcement investigations, and will be trained in tax law, collection, and civil investigative techniques, to collect delinquent taxes and tax returns. Most of your work is in the field, where you will interact with taxpayers, taxpayer representatives, and third parties at their residences and/or places of business. You will protect taxpayers’ rights, counsel taxpayers on their obligations, and determine how to resolve tax delinquencies.)
WSIL TV
— DEI is race and gender based preference giving, that is, DEI is patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/what-is-dei-and-why-is-it-dividing-america/article_48a7c66a-9773-50de-bc00-4184de4955e9.html
FOX2 WCIA
— Illinois Democrat lawmakers introduce bill to decriminalize prostitution
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/illinois-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-decriminalize-prostitution/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/illinois-democratic-lawmakers-propose-bill-of-rights-for-sex-workers/ar-AA1xgj1Y
WPSD
— Illinois, State Rep. Patrick Windhorst, R-Metropolis, launches petition against decriminalizing prostitution
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/illinois-rep-launches-petition-against-decriminalizing-sex-work-citing-safety-concerns/article_ec9ef8a2-d454-11ef-8452-6779cb9ef2f9.html
POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Panel Discussion is planned Jan. 31. Moderated by former Illinois Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti, the panel will include Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart; DuPage County States Attorney Bob Berlin, and Executive Director at Noomi’s House, Blythe Struck. The DuPage County Historical Museum is located at 102 E. Wesley Street in Wheaton. The Public is invited. (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote prostitution.)
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2025/01/22/january-is-human-trafficking-prevention-month-panel-discussion-is-planned-jan-31/147476
ELMHURST PATCH
— Dennis Reboletti, supervisor of Addison Township, has seen a big increase in his pay since being elected to the position in 2016. . .His supervisor’s salary started at $54,000. Before his re-election, the board voted unanimously to increase the position’s pay to $79,990, a 48 percent increase. Earlier this month, Patch reported that the supervisor’s pay was going up to $124,900 with the new term starting after the April 1 election. . .According to the township’s latest salary resolution, the position in question is now listed as “Supervisor/Highway Commissioner.”
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-politician-sees-pay-rise-lot
BLACK PRESS
— In a historic step toward economic justice and accountability, Illinois State Representative Sonya Harper has introduced HB1227 to create the Enslavement Era Disclosure and Redress Act, marking a major milestone in the fight for reparative justice. This legislation means that any corporation or institution with ties to enslavement or the transatlantic slave trade discloses its historical involvement and provides redress if it wishes to do business with the State of Illinois. (COMMENT: Soon, if not already, Illinois Democrats will force everyone in Illinois to disclose their ties to enslavement or the transatlantic slave trade. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois. On my mother’s side, they sharecropped and then bought and operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses just north of downtown Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store.)
https://blackpressusa.com/press-room-illinois-introduces-landmark-slavery-disclosure-and-redress-bill-hb1227-press-conference-set-for-january-28/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Icing out ICE at the DMV. Nearly 180,000 people have taken advantage of a new law allowing them to apply for a driver’s license or state ID that does not identify their immigration status. The secretary of state by law isn’t sharing the paperwork.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/01/23/illinois-drivers-licenses-dont-identify-undocumented-people-00200187
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-441/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-233/
— Illinois-related Trump coverage roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/22/illinois-related-trump-coverage-roundup/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Do you live in Illinois? Did you vote for Trump? If you live in Illinois and you voted for Trump, what are you doing to protect yourself from Pritzker? Pritzker ever-increasingly makes it clear that he is going to get rid of the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump. What makes you more vulnerable? The less money that you have, the more vulnerable that you are. The fewer who voted for Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct, the more vulnerable that you are. In my precinct, only 373 voted for Trump, but 478 voted for Harris. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Everyone knows that virtually all asylum and refugee claims are false. Everyone knows that citizens of foreign countries come to America illegally and/or stay in America illegally because Democrat and RINO leaders want them to and because they know that Democrat and RINO leaders will give free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free transportation, free etc., Everyone knows a) that virtually all illegals want/need/demand tremendous government assistance, b) that virtually all illegals lack education and/or job skills, and c) that many if not most illegals have health and/or other problems. Democrat leaders want illegals because sooner or later, if not already, illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPONTS
— 45% of Illinoisans voted for Trump, those voters can be powerful base of advocates for change
https://wirepoints.org/theres-45-of-people-that-voted-for-trump-those-voters-can-be-powerful-base-of-advocates-for-change-in-illinois-wirepoints-on-newstalkstl/
— Trump’s deportations won’t create ‘chaos,’ Illinois’ sanctuary policies already create chaos
https://wirepoints.org/trumps-deportations-wont-create-chaos-illinois-sanctuary-policies-already-create-chaos-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
— Trump brings Stellantis jobs to Illinois. Pritzker takes credit.
https://wirepoints.org/trump-brings-stellantis-jobs-to-illinois-pritzker-takes-credit-wirepoints-quickpoint/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Richard Tado Sends Postcard Advancing His Candidacy for Algonquin Township Supervisor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/22/richard-tado-sends-postcard-advancing-his-candidacy-for-algonquin-township-supervisor/
— Political Money Poured into Democrat Kelli Wegener’s Campaign to Head McHenry County Board
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/22/political-money-poured-into-democrat-kelli-wegeners-campaign-to-head-mchenry-county-board/
— Wilcox Questions Need for New State Flag
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/22/wilcox-questions-need-for-new-state-flag/
— 300 Republicans Celebrate Inauguration in Marengo
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/21/republicans-celebrate-inauguration-in-marengo/
— Feds Accuse Pot Exec, Golf Buddies of Insider Trading
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/21/feds-accuse-pot-exec-golf-buddies-of-insider-trading/
— Projected 2025 McHenry County Employee Compensation: Re-Sa
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/21/projected-2025-mchenry-county-employee-compensation-re-sa/
— Concealed Carry for Visitors May Be Mandated by Republican Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/21/concealed-carry-for-visitors-may-be-mandated-by-republican-congress/
— Tribune Continues to Protect Biden
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/21/tribune-continues-to-protect-biden/
— Trump Presidential Source Documents
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/21/trump-presidential-source-documents/
— How Did Democrat Kelli Wegener Spend $71,000 on Her Campaign to Head County Board after September?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/21/how-did-democrat-kelli-wegener-spend-71000-on-her-campaign-to-head-county-board-after-september/
— Resentment of “Black Boys” Expressed by Southern Illinois State Rep. Who Voted for MLK Holiday Bill for Lack of Reciprocity on Mineral Extraction Tax Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/21/black-boy-resentment-expressed-by-southern-illinois-state-rep-who-voted-for-mlk-holiday-bill-for-lack-of-reciprocity-on-mineral-extraction-tax-bill/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WHITE HOUSE
— GUARANTEEING THE STATES PROTECTION AGAINST INVASION: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order that suspends the physical entry of aliens engaged in an invasion of the United States through the southern border.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-protects-the-states-and-the-american-people-by-closing-the-border-to-illegals-via-proclamation/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump agency says employees are free to say ‘illegal’ and ‘alien’ again
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/22/dhs-agency-cancels-mayorkas-ban-using-words-like-i/
— Future of DEI up in the air after Trump strips it out of the federal government (COMMENT: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/22/future-dei-air-donald-trump-strips-federal-governm/
— Trump orders 1,500 troops to border
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/22/trump-orders-1-500-troops-border/
— Russia is turning Latin America against the U.S. with veiled propaganda. Little attention has been paid to the damage Moscow is causing in America’s hemisphere. (COMMENT: In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China against America? Those countries are ever-increasingly using their citizens to invade, infiltrate, infest, and destroy America.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/22/russia-turning-latin-america-u-veiled-propaganda/
— Cracking down on illegal immigration will raise wages for lower-income Americans (COMMENT: Illegals drive wages down. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/22/cracking-illegal-immigration-would-raise-wages-low/
— Blitz on illegal immigration underway with troops to border, DOJ investigating sanctuary cities
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/22/blitz-illegal-immigration-underway-troops-border-d/
— Trump saves the whales in ‘green energy’ showdown. President bans leases for offshore wind farms blamed for deaths of endangered species.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/22/trump-saves-whales-green-energy-showdown/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s new policy bans BLM and LGBT pride flags at US embassies and outposts
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3297968/new-policy-bans-blm-lgbt-pride-flags-us-embassies/
— Trump deals a heavy blow to DEI — hopefully it’s lethal (COMMENT: If my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not had Affirmative Action and DEI to use against me, I would have made Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. Extremely few of my Democrat coworkers earned job-related master’s degrees, professional certifications, or professional licenses. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3297779/trump-deals-heavy-blow-dei-hopefully-lethal/
— Top anti-abortion lawyer talks strategy for new Trump administration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/3297679/top-anti-abortion-lawyer-strategy-new-trump-administration/
NEW YORK POST
— Foot traffic drops 50% in busy Chicago shopping district known as ‘Mexico of the Midwest’ as Trump immigration raids loom
https://nypost.com/2025/01/22/us-news/foot-traffic-drops-50-in-bustling-chicago-shopping-district-as-trump-immigration-raids-loom/
— ICE arrested 308 illegal migrants — including attempted murderer and a child molester —on Trump’s first full day in office
https://nypost.com/2025/01/22/us-news/ice-arrested-308-illegal-migrants-on-trumps-first-day-in-office-border-czar-tom-homan-says/
— Trump rips ‘idiot’ Gov. Gavin Newsom over sanctuary cities, management of Calif. before devastating LA wildfires
https://nypost.com/2025/01/22/us-news/trump-rips-gov-gavin-newsom-for-not-managing-california-forests-before-devastating-la-wildfires-like-a-nuclear-weapon-went-off/
— Egomaniacal Bishop Budde’s woke rant just makes her another liberal pawn aiming to cut down Trump
https://nypost.com/2025/01/22/opinion/miranda-devine-egomaniacal-bishop-buddes-woke-rant-just-makes-her-another-liberal-pawn-aiming-to-cut-down-trump/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Donald Trump’s inauguration has revealed the existence of two realities inhabiting the same plane of existence. Normal Americans—largely but not exclusively Republicans—inhabit actual, objective, scientifically examined reality. Democrat/socialist/communist (D/s/c) reality is a Bizzarro World/backward existence where Normal American victims are aggressors and D/s/c aggressors are victims. It’s a world of self-delusion, raging, drooling, and terminal Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferers.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/donald_trump_and_alternate_reality.html
AMMOLAND
— Trump Shuts Down Biden’s White House Office of Gun Control
https://www.ammoland.com/2025/01/president-trump-shuts-down-bidens-white-house-office-of-gun-control/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump gives DEI staffers orders to exit by EOD Wednesday, merit-based hiring resumes immediately (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs have long since dumped meritocracy to advance Democrats and RINOs 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.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/01/22/trump-gives-dei-staffers-orders-to-exit-by-eod-wednesday-merit-based-hiring-resumes-immediately-1517729/
BLAZE
— 2,000 immigrants from Southern Mexico join caravan in hope of entering US despite Trump’s orders
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-caravan-mexico-new
BREITBART
— Durbin: We Should ‘Encourage’ Government Agencies to Defy Trump DEI Order (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/01/23/durbin-we-should-encourage-government-agencies-to-defy-trump-dei-order/
CENTER SQUARE
— Trump’s ‘invasion’ order includes provisions to implement mass deportation plan. Order puts in place processes for mass deportation, prosecutions, targets sanctuary cities.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_3574f1c8-d8ef-11ef-ba1d-a797bb57ca54.html
DAILY CALLER
— Democrat Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez Says ‘Left’ Is Out For Blood After He Criticized Chicago’s Shielding Of Illegal Migrants From ICE
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/20/chicago-dem-says-left-coming-after-him/
DAILY WIRE
— America’s Golden Age Starts, And The Left Still Goes Woke. Wokeness is now the core philosophy of the Democratic Party.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/americas-golden-age-starts-and-the-left-still-goes-woke
— Woke Bishop’s Anti-Trump Sermon Is The End Result Of A Marxist Plot. Budde used a nonpartisan prayer service to lecture Trump about illegal immigrants, transgenderism.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/woke-bishops-anti-trump-sermon-is-the-end-result-of-a-marxist-plot
— Fake Feminist ‘Bishop’ Turns Inaugural Prayer Service Into Woke Anti-Trump Lecture
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mws-ep-1520
— Crazed Priestess Berates Trump On Wokeness
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mks-ep-1657
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Orders 1,500 More US Troops to Southern Border
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-orders-1500-more-us-troops-to-southern-border-5797029
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump is waging a campaign for meritocracy (COMMENT: My critics/opponents oppose meritocracy.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5pPtskcZkg
— Federal workers should be hired based on meritocracy (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. If they had promoted employees based on meritocracy, they would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. Extremely few of my Democrat coworkers earned job-related master’s degrees, professional certifications, or professional licenses. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6367529292112
FOX NEWS
— Trump’s ICE racks up hundreds of arrests, including illegal immigrants arrested for horror crimes. Over 460 arrests were made in the first 33 hours of the administration.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-ice-racks-up-hundreds-arrests-including-illegal-immigrants-arrested-horror-crimes
— Judge Jeanine reacts to woke bishop: Where’s the separation of church and state?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJfke_54KeM
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump’s Mass Deportation Operation Begins with Over 300 Criminal Aliens Rounded Up on Day One
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trumps-mass-deportation-operation-begins-with-over-300-criminal-aliens-rounded-up-on-day-one/
— Trump Speaks with Hannity About Resounding Electoral Victory, Start to Second Term
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-speaks-with-hannity-about-resounding-electoral-victory-start-to-second-term/
NEW AMERICAN
— ICE Collars Hundreds of Illegal-alien Criminals; Summary Deportations at Border Begin
https://thenewamerican.com/us/ice-collars-hundreds-of-illegal-alien-criminals-summary-deportations-at-border-begin/
TOWNHALL
— Trump Is Sure to Infuriate the Left With His Latest Offensive Against ‘Wokeness’ in Government (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors ever-increasingly became woke influencers.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/01/22/state-department-bans-pride-and-black-lives-matter-flags-from-embassies-with-one-flag-policy-n2650957
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump administration fired another shot at “woke” influences in the federal government by targeting the display of Black Lives Matter and Pride flags. Newly-appointed State Department Secretary Marco Rubio issued an order establishing a “One Flag Policy” which prohibits the display of any flag other than the American flag on U.S. outposts on American soil and abroad.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Pentagon is sending 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the US-Mexico border
https://apnews.com/article/troops-border-deploy-active-duty-09324578d2b89db5c44e0ba08f42df47
CNN
— US military ordering thousands more troops to southern border
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/politics/us-military-troops-southern-border/index.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/us/dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-explained/index.html
NEWSWEEK
— White House Gun Violence Prevention Website Goes Offline
https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-gun-violence-prevention-website-offline-2018801
NBC NEWS
— Trump moves to fire or force out thousands of federal employees (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors ever-increasingly focused on firing their Republican employees.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd5FrLtdd5g
CBS NEWS
— Trump calls bishop a “hater” after sermon directed at president about LGBTQ rights, immigration (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to promote more hatred against Trump and against those who voted for Trump. 77 million voted for Trump last year.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-calls-bishop-a-hater-after-sermon-directed-at-president-about-lgbtq-rights-immigration/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Those who voted for Harris/Walz eject Trump’s election and reject the rule of law. 3 million voted for Harris/Walz in Illinois.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/sanctuary-cities-trump-immigration.html
— To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. To give preference to those who are Democrat, liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time is to discriminate against those who are Republican, conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/politics/trump-order-discrimination-federal-hiring.html
— Border, Asylum, Citizenship: Trump Kicks Off Vast Immigration Changes
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/politics/trump-birthright-citizenship-border-asylum-immigration.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/business/trump-dei-corporate-reaction.html
— CNN Plots Major Overhaul as It Enters a New Trump Era (COMMENT: 77 million Americans voted for Trump last year.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/business/media/cnn-layoffs-mark-thompson.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump to fight invasion by sending 10,000 troops to the southern border. Illegals are invading, not seeking asylum.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/01/22/trump-asylum-border-troops-immigration/
— Trump targeted federal workers in his opening act, starting with DEI employees. President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders aimed at overhauling the federal workforce, but the details will determine who is affected and how. (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted DEI big time, that is, they promoted hatred against their Republican employees big time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/22/federal-workers-trump-remote-work/
How Trump’s executive orders could affect federal workers
— Trump has issued orders that terminate DEI positions. Here’s what we know so far. (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted DEI big time, that is, they promoted hatred against their Republican employees big time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/22/federal-workers-trump-orders-dei-return-office/
— Layoffs loom as Trump administration orders leave for federal DEI workers. Employees of diversity, equity and inclusion programs are to be placed on administrative leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday. Agencies were told to make plans for layoffs. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they all ever-increasingly became DEI workers.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/22/dei-federal-employees-trump/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/22/anti-lgbtq-politics-youth-mental-health-laws/77858409007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Threatens Sanctions, Tariffs on Russia if Putin Won’t End War in Ukraine. The president urged the Russian leader to make a deal.
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/trump-putin-russia-ukraine-war-truth-social-316f0fe5
— Trump Gives Gun, Drug Agents Deportation Power
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-gives-gun-drug-agents-deportation-power-a62903b4
NPR
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly outrageously, disgustingly, and falsely hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans want to deport all immigrants, both legal and illegal.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/21/nx-s1-5268920/chicago-braces-for-ice-crackdown
— Trump calls DEI programs ‘illegal’ and ‘immoral’. Here’s how he’s ending them. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote DEI.)
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/23/nx-s1-5271588/trump-dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-federal-workers-government
— How To Survive College When You’re Paying Your Own Way (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always known that I had to work my way through college. But they have nevertheless always outrageously, disgustingly, and falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were filthy rich.)
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/05/729906856/survive-college-when-youre-paying-your-own-way
TASK & PURPOSE
— Two officers were fired for bucking their chain of command. Now they’re going to work at the Pentagon. Along with Trump’s nominee for defense secretary Pete Hegseth, both men have criticized military diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, or DEI. (COMMENT: Since at least the 1960s, the federal government has been a Democrat Party patronage machine. Because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, their reverse discrimination, and their age discrimination, and because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997. Previously, they had delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me in 1986, kept me off audits of IRS for all by 3 years (1986-1988) of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $23,472 pay cut (21%) in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Previously, because of my aforesaid opposition, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. Previously, because of my aforesaid opposition, my Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969.)
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/trump-pentagon-scheller-lohmeier/
REASON
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump and everyone who voted for him are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly get rid of the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump last year.
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/01/22/calling-someone-white-supremacist-in-online-debate-is-opinion/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Calling Someone “White Supremacist” in Online Debate Is Opinion and thus not actionable defamation, unless defendant “implies undisclosed facts by insinuating that the plaintiff” engaged in specific racist acts or made (undisclosed) racist statements. This is the standard view under American defamation law; it had in the past been applied to allegations of Communism, Socialism, etc., but more recently has often been applied to allegations of racism, sexism, white supremacy, etc.)
PBS
— Trump administration moves to begin cutting all federal DEI staff (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, under the Democrats, the federal government has existed to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially 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.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-administration-moves-to-begin-cutting-all-federal-dei-staff
POLITICO
— Federal DEI websites go dark after Trump order and threat of ‘consequences’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/22/dei-web-pages-cms-nih-go-dark-00200123
SALON
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/23/donald-on-dei-is-not-about-merit/
GUARDIAN
— DOJ says it will prosecute officials who resist Trump’s immigration crackdown (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump is cracking down on all those in America who do not share Trump’s demographics, and especially those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/22/justice-department-trump-immigration
DAILY MAIL
— Steve Bannon demands reparations for U.S. tech workers in MAGA row (COMMENT: What about reparations for the non-veteran older Republican White male employees a) who GAO wasted the careers of and got rid of 1980-1997, b) who IRS wasted the careers of and got rid of 1971-1980, and c) who the Post Office wasted the careers of and got rid of 1966-1969?)
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/steve-bannon-demands-reparations-for-us-tech-workers-in-maga-row/ar-AA1wJm7s
INDIAN EXPRESS
— Trump says there are only 2 sexes: The transgender debate in sports (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete against other transgender athletes.)
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-sports/trump-2-sexes-the-transgender-debate-in-sports-9794638/
January 21, 2025
WHITE HOUSE
— President Trump Signs Additional Executive Actions
https://www.whitehouse.gov/news/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump pardons 1,500 defendants in Jan. 6 rioting, including dozens from Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/20/trump-pardons-illinois-jan-6/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unify those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Demographics that vote for Democrats include liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non- Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Republicans include conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/01/20/trumps-inaugural-speech-only-pays-lip-service-to-unity
ABC7
— Trump signs executive order ending birthright citizenship, other immigration actions
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-signs-executive-order-ending-birthright-citizenship/15820949/
— Trump moves swiftly to implement his new agenda after inauguration
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/trump-presidential-inauguration-2025-live-updates-president-elect-donald-set-take-office/15807227/entry/15819663/
— What Trump has signed orders on
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/trump-presidential-inauguration-2025-live-updates-president-elect-donald-set-take-office/15807227/entry/15820473/
— What is an executive order? A look at Trump’s tool for quickly reshaping government.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-is-executive-order-look-trumps-tool-quickly-reshaping-government/15820791/
NBC5
— How Trump’s immigration policy will impact Illinois
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtrwUxD9coY
CBS2
— Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-area-safe-haven-communities-mass-deportations/
WGN9
— Chicago police reminded they can’t cooperate with deportations (COMMENT: Chicago Democrats continue to reject Trump’s election and the rule of law.)
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/chicago-police-reminded-they-cant-cooperate-with-deportations/
— Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-immigration-raid-fear/
FOX32
— Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trumps-immigration-policies-spark-concern-over-potential-ice-raids-chicago
WBEZ
— Trump’s pardons for Jan. 6 riot help more than 50 defendants from Illinois
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/01/20/trumps-pardons-for-jan-6-riot-helps-more-than-50-defendants-from-illinois
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Central Illinois lawmaker Dennis Tipsword travels to inauguration, Trump rally
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/government-politics/central-illinois-lawmaker-travels-to-inauguration-trump-rally/article_e3afca9c-d791-11ef-a04a-5f8c059ab1ac.html
— In freezing Bloomington-Normal, subdued reaction to Trump’s inauguration
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/government-politics/in-central-illinois-subdued-reaction-to-trump-inauguration/article_4e24c244-d786-11ef-926b-9f515457e025.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump ends Biden program that brings to America citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-01-20/trump-orders-end-of-humanitarian-parole-for-migrants-of-four-countries
FOX ILLINOIS
— ‘Gulf of America’ appears in Florida Winter Weather Emergency Declaration
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/gulf-of-america-florida-winter-weather-emergency-declaration-donald-trump-ron-desantis-american-politics-cincinnati-snow-sleet-extreme-conditions-prompted-inaugural-address-title-accumulation-artic-air-heavy-snowfall-rates-coastal-region-elon-musk
WMCI
— Illinois Freedom Caucus Urges Gov. Pritzker to Respect the Presidency
https://www.myradiolink.com/2025/01/20/patriotism-or-pettiness-illinois-freedom-caucus-urges-gov-pritzker-to-respect-the-presidency/
WCBU
— The Democrat Party platform harms ordinary Americans. That is why Trump got elected.
https://www.wcbu.org/state-news/2025-01-21/illinois-officials-lament-another-trump-administration-he-does-not-care-about-ordinary-americans
WGLT
— Trump rescinds Biden’s census order, clearing a path for reshaping election maps
https://www.wglt.org/2025-01-20/trump-rescinds-bidens-census-order-clearing-a-path-for-reshaping-election-maps
WSIL TV
— Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/how-cities-across-the-us-are-preparing-for-trump-s-immigration-crackdown/article_118fecf0-500d-5bda-ab9e-f1fb9a37b547.html
WAND TV
— Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration
https://www.wandtv.com/news/inauguration-day-pritzker-prepares-to-protect-immigrant-families-from-trump-deportations/article_2cf70140-d777-11ef-949f-7315d20e2d88.html
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
— Schools need to boost entry-level salaries to better compete for novice teachers (COMMEMT: In today’s dollars, when I was 22 in 1971, my IRS GS-7 Step 1 starting salary was $55,850/year.)
https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/977539304
25 NEWS NOW
— Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/01/21/central-illinois-friends-celebrates-opening-first-lgbtq-community-center/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/01/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-439/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— National carry reciprocity would force Illinois to recognize other states’ permits
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_3c880afe-d511-11ef-8f70-67f6e34b7183.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly destroy the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will focus on those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— It is great that Trump is ending DEI, that is, that Trump is ending race and gender based preference giving, that is, that Trump is ending patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. But it is all too late for me. My critics/opponents have always used DEI against me. If my Democrat superiors in the federal government did not have DEI to use against me, I would have been promoted into the federal government’s Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How will the following respond to Trump’s DEI order: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, and c) conservative and religious leaders and activists? Ever-increasingly they have been giving more and more and more preference to those who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker stuck Illinois with the ‘most progressive state’ label, now he has to deal with the consequences
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-stuck-illinois-with-the-most-progressive-state-label-now-he-has-to-deal-with-the-consequences-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump reverses Biden’s woke policies, bolsters energy production, pardons Jan. 6 defendants
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/20/donald-trump-undoes-joe-biden-woke-policies-bolste/
— Trump faces first lawsuit over move to limit birthright citizenship
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/20/trump-birthright-citizenship-limit-hit-lawsuit-imm/
— Trump’s new era of immigration enforcement begins
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/20/donald-trump-new-era-immigration-enforcement-begin/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Protesters Limp Through Washington as Only a Few Hundred Show Up To Resist Trump. Attendees unveil replica guillotine, don fake MAGA hats reading ‘Made You Look Allahu Akbar’
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/protesters-limp-through-washington-as-only-a-few-hundred-show-up-to-resist-trump/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump announces end of birthright citizenship for children of illegal migrants
https://nypost.com/2025/01/20/us-news/trump-will-announce-end-of-birthright-citizenship-for-children-of-illegal-immigrants/
CENTER SQUARE
— Trump issues series of border security orders ‘to protect America from invasion’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_d99444b4-d79d-11ef-9e48-abdf53c3768f.html
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump’s Day 1 Executive Orders
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trumps-day-1-executive-orders-5795954
FOX NEWS
— Chicago PD says it ‘will not assist’ with upcoming ICE deportations. Trump said Monday he plans to stop illegal entry into the US and begin the process of returning ‘millions and millions’ of criminal aliens to their home countries.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-pd-says-will-not-assist-upcoming-ice-deportations
— Trump goes toe-to-toe with sanctuary cities over deportation as illegal immigration crackdown set to begin. Chicago and San Diego have said that they will not cooperate with federal immigration authorities as Trump begins his presidency.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-goes-toe-to-toe-sanctuary-cities-over-deportation-illegal-immigration-crackdown-set-begin
— Coast Guard Commandant terminated over border lapses, recruitment, DEI focus. Senior DHS official confirms to Fox News Digital Coast Guard Adm. Linda Fagan has been relieved of her post.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/coast-guard-commandant-terminated-over-border-lapses-recruitment-dei-focus-official
— Trump signs order ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-end-birthright-citizenship-children-illegal-immigrants-via-executive-order
— Medical schools ‘skirting’ SCOTUS ruling rejecting race in admissions
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/medical-schools-skirting-scotus-ruling-rejecting-race-admissions-report
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Signs Executive Orders Rescinding Biden’s “Racial Equity” Agenda and Eliminating DEI Throughout Federal Government. DEI in the federal government is dead. Or so we think.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/01/trump-signs-executive-order-rescinding-bidens-racial-equity-agenda-throughout-federal-goverment/
NEWSMAX
— Trump Order Blocks Trans Military Service
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-executive-order-biden/2025/01/20/id/1195841/
— After 4 Dismal Years, America Renewed
https://www.newsmax.com/mikeclancy/donald-trump-joe-biden-america/2025/01/20/id/1195761/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump issues executive orders defining sexes, ending DEI practices in government (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used DEI to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5095167-trump-executive-orders-sexes-dei/
— Trump revokes Biden-era order allowing transgender members to serve in military
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5096977-trump-biden-transgender-members-military/
CNN
— Trump two-gender edict will upend ‘X’ identity on passports
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/two-genders-us-passports-federal-government-trump/index.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump orders reflect his promises to roll back LGBTQ and DEI promotion (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used DEI to get rid of me.)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-sex-gender-transgender-dei-order-245350b97e0c4dcc221fefc49ef44699
REUTERS
— Can unions stop Trump from firing thousands of federal employees? (COMMENT: In 1997, when GAO was not unionized, the Democrats who ran GAO forced me to retire. GAO unionized in 2007.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/can-unions-stop-trump-firing-thousands-federal-employees-2025-01-21/
— Trump curtails protections around diversity, LGBTQ rights (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used diversity to get rid of me.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-sign-orders-ending-diversity-programs-proclaiming-there-are-only-two-sexes-2025-01-20/
NBC NEWS
— Trump issues a slew of immigration-related executive orders on first day of new term. The orders include declaring a national emergency to deploy military personnel to the border, suspending refugee resettlement and ending birthright citizenship.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-issue-10-executive-orders-immigration-taking-office-rcna188385
CBS NEWS
— Trump to sign orders ending diversity programs (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used diversity to get rid of me.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-orders-end-diversity-programs-dei/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/transgender-advocates-brace-trump-administration-policy-gender/
— Government website offering reproductive health information goes offline
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-website-offering-reproductive-health-information-goes-offline/
NPR
— Chicago Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/21/nx-s1-5268707/chicago-mayor-johnson-discusses-how-his-city-is-preparing-for-mass-deportation-plan
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Moves to End Entry Program for Migrants From 4 Nations. The president sought to end a program that allowed migrants fleeing Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti to fly into the United States and remain in the country for up to two years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/migrant-flights-us-trump-program.html
— Trump signs orders to end DEI, that is, to end race and gender based preference giving, that is, to end patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. But it is all too late for me. My critics/opponents have always used AA and DEI against me. If my Democrat superiors in the federal government did not have DEI to use against me, I would have been promoted into the federal government’s Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-transgender-race-education.html
— Trump Starts Immigration Crackdown, Enlisting the Military
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-starts-immigration-crackdown-enlisting-the-military-and-testing-the-law.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Here are the executive actions and orders Trump signed on Day 1. We’re tracking the executive orders Trump signed on his first day in office, just hours after being inaugurated as president.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/20/trump-executive-orders-list/
— Trump seeks to designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/21/trump-us-drug-cartels-terrorist-organizations/d97deaf8-d7b5-11ef-85a9-331436ec61e9_story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-01-20/disappointment-at-border-as-trump-cancels-immigration-program
USA TODAY
— Trump rolls back DEI across the federal government. Is your workplace next? (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used DEI to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/01/20/trump-dei-rollback-executive-order/77749870007/
— Trump declares border emergency to use US military to ‘repel forms of invasion’ President-elect Donald Trump signed nearly a dozen executive orders on border security Monday.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/20/trump-executive-order-national-emergency-mexico-border-military/77557680007/
— The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/20/homeless-population-increasing-housing-trump-presidency/77691529007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DOGE’s Challenge Is Gargantuan (COMMENT: A big reason for that is Gingrich’s destroying GAO instead of reforming it.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/doges-challenge-is-gargantuan-bureaucrats-list-watermelons-whales-wampum-9b849754
— You Blamed DEI for Hurting Your Career. Now What? (COMMENT: It is great that Trump is ending DEI, that is, that Trump is ending race and gender based preference giving, that is, that Trump is ending patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. But it is all too late for me. My critics/opponents have always used DEI against me. If my Democrat superiors in the federal government did not have DEI to use against me, I would have been promoted into the federal government’s Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/you-blamed-dei-for-hurting-your-career-now-what-6150c575
FORBES
— Trump Cuts Federal DEI Programs With Executive Order: Here Are The Organizations Ending Diversity Programs (Full List)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/21/trump-cuts-federal-dei-programs-with-executive-order-here-are-the-organizations-ending-diversity-programs-full-list/
BLOOMBERG
— Trump Signs Executive Order to Cancel Federal DEI Requirements (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used DEI to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-21/trump-signs-executive-order-to-cancel-federal-dei-requirements?embedded-checkout=true
BUSINESS INSIDER
— President Trump targets DEI mandates for federal employees (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used DEI to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-targets-dei-mandates-federal-employees-day-one-2025-1
INSIDE EVs
— Trump Targets EV ‘Mandate,’ EV Charger Funding In Sweeping Executive Orders. Trump has already moved against the Biden administration’s pro-EV policies. But signing a paper only goes so far. (COMMENT: Do you share my interest in American nameplate muscle cars? If so, please let me know. Yesterday, I ordered a red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T with Plus Group package, Sun & Sound package, and full glass roof. SEE: https://www.dodge.com/charger.html I own a 2013 Charger R/T Max and I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://insideevs.com/news/747950/trump-executive-orders-evs-2025/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— What is your opinion of federal employees and retirees? From what I see, most people have a low opinion of federal employees and retirees.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2024/07/gen-z-underrepresented-federal-workforce-heres-how-some-experts-would-fix/398305/
— Public Servants Are Older Than Almost Everyone In the American Workforce (COMMENT: The Democrats who run the federal government use “up-or-out” to get rid of federal employees who are Republican and White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.govexec.com/federal-news/2018/07/data-public-servants-are-older-almost-everyone-american-workforce/149285/
POLITICO
— Trump repeals rule allowing transgender troops to serve in military
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/20/donald-trump-inauguration-day-news-updates-analysis/trump-repeals-transgender-troops-rule-00199577
EDUCATION WEEK
— Democrats ever-increasingly encourage students to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/president-trumps-early-actions-undo-biden-efforts-to-protect-lgbtq-students/2025/01
AXIOS
— Trump rolls back DEI programs for federal workers (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used DEI to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/21/trump-dei-rollback
TIMES NOW
— Abortion Website Launched Under Biden Deactivated Hours After Trump Took Office
https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/abortion-website-launched-under-biden-deactivated-hours-after-trump-took-office-article-117420573
GUARDIAN
— Trump is back. And the resistance has been humbled into near-impotence
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/21/trump-is-back-and-the-resistance-has-been-humbled-into-near-impotence
TOP SPEED
— The Long-Term Value Of American Muscle Cars In Today’s Used Car Market (COMMENT: Do you share my interest in American nameplate muscle cars? If so, please let me know. Yesterday, I ordered a red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T with Plus Group package, Sun & Sound package, and full glass roof. SEE: https://www.dodge.com/charger.html I own a 2013 Charger R/T Max and I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971 and a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/the-long-term-value-of-american-muscle-cars-in-today-s-used-car-market/ar-AA1xskIi