FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Trump Tower plaza barricades pulled back after months of complaints. The fencing violated the planned development ordinance requiring open access to the 1.2-acre public plaza, according to the city’s Department of Planning and Development.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/05/06/trump-tower-plaza-barricades-pulled-back-after-months-of-complaints
— Proposed bill would limit where customers could buy EVs. The stated goal of anti-consumer legislation like Senate Bill 1939 is to protect the viability of franchise dealerships.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/05/07/electric-vehicles-limit-options-illinoisans-anti-consumer-car-dealerships-liam-condon
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/05/07/new-study-suggests-insuring-immigrants-in-illinois-gives-hospitals-a-financial-lift
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/column-donald-trump-free-trade-tariffs-due-process-chapman/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders promote Raja Krishnamoorthi big time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250506/us-congress-politics/u-s-rep-krishnamoorthi-running-for-durbins-senate-seat/
— The Democratic Party of DuPage County announced a unique protest, Hands Across Chicagoland, from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 18. Area Democrats plan to form a human chain along Ogden Avenue stretching from Chicago to Aurora. They promised “we will not block streets or businesses along the route.” How successful have Democrat leaders been driving Republicans out of your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250506/nation-and-world-politics/political-roundabout-duckworths-senate-pick-gop-on-jbs-future-dems-plan-a-human-chain/
NBC5
— Illinois political scene sees seismic shift with high-profile retirements
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-political-scene-sees-seismic-shift-with-high-profile-retirements/3739479/
— Democrat leaders promote Raja Krishnamoorthi
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/democrat-raja-krishnamoorthi-launches-illinois-senate-campaign-rcna204834
CBS2
— Snarky back-and-forth ahead of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s visit to Springfield
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/snarky-back-and-forth-ahead-of-dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-visit-to-springfield/
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/05/07/city/executive-order-against-sanctuary-cities-is-likely-unconstitutional-experts-say/
DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Democrat leaders push DEI initiatives amid Trump cuts. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all of their problems: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German America, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, lack education and/or job skills, have financial, health, and/or other problems, boozers, gamblers, stoners, prostitutes, criminals, are in America illegally, etc.
https://dailyegyptian.com/121383/news/siu-students-push-for-dei-initiatives-amid-trump-cuts/
KSDK
— Bill invites Illinois counties to join Indiana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBUeoLhFOW8
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-507/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— The poorest homeowners are being crushed by Illinois’ property taxes
https://wirepoints.org/the-poorest-homeowners-are-being-crushed-by-illinois-property-taxes-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
JOHN KASS
— Where’s Columbus? Chicago’s Italians Mocked as Clowns & Chumbolones
https://johnkassnews.com/wheres-columbus-chicagos-italians-mocked-as-clowns-chumbolones/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Trump’s DEI crackdown increasingly makes Democrat and RINO employers worried about lawsuits. Because Democrats have always controlled the courts, my Democrat superiors in the federal government were never concerned about lawsuits against them from their Republican employees. Actually, they welcomed such lawsuits against them, if not encouraged such lawsuits against them. You would see that if you would read the documents in Diersen v. GAO https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf According to them, in that lawsuit, the courts ruled that federal employers can use the following to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American: budget cuts, up-or-out, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. My Democrat superiors crow that they succeeded in destroying a Republican federal employee who had a) three job-related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Tesla to destroy Musk to destroy Trump. What will Democrat leaders destroy next to destroy Trump? Anticipate/expect that the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Democrat leaders will do to destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. I share all of the aforesaid demographics with Trump. I should write about my critics/opponents and the many big adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 2015. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Because my Missouri Synod Lutheran grade school teachers promoted reading, writing, and arithmetic instead of the Democrat Party platform, I was able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, and get accepted by UIC even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What Caste were you born into? My critics/opponents have always painted me as being lower Caste. They stress a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) that my mother never attended high school, e) that I had to work my way through college, f) that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities, g) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, h) that I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years, i) that I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, and j) that I am Protestant and German American. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do the schools that you graduated from think of you? I graduated from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. From what I see, the aforesaid schools have a very low opinion of me because I am conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What did your coworkers do to advance? Extremely few if not virtually none of my Democrat coworkers in the federal government did what I did. I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office when I was 18-20, IRS 22-31, and GAO 31-49. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. To advance, my coworkers glorified and praised their superiors and supervisors, pandered to their superiors and supervisors, and served as operatives or dupes for their superiors and supervisors. They helped their superiors get rid of their Republican coworkers like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders push DEI initiatives amid Trump cuts. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all of their problems: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German America, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, lack education and/or job skills, have financial, health, and/or other problems, boozers, gamblers, stoners, prostitutes, criminals, are in America illegally, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) calls on Illinois sheriffs to defy Pritzker’s sanctuary law. What is your county sheriff’s position on this?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3403533/mary-miller-illinois-sheriffs-defy-sanctuary-law/
NEW YORK POST
— How black Americans were on the rise before affirmative action, author Jason Riley explains in fascinating new book
https://nypost.com/2025/05/06/opinion/black-americans-on-the-rise-before-affirmative-action-jason-riley-writes-in-new-book/
BREITBART
— Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett Fumes Over $1,000 for Illegals to Self-Deport: ‘It’s a Damn Scam’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/06/democrat-rep-jasmine-crockett-fumes-over-1000-illegals-self-deport-its-damn-scam/
— Pro-Immigration Lawyers Whine that Trump Deportations Apply to All Illegals, Including Irish
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/06/trumps-deputies-deporting-irish-migrants/
COLLEGE FIX
— How black Americans were on the rise before affirmative action: new book
https://www.thecollegefix.com/bulletin-board/how-black-americans-were-on-the-rise-before-affirmative-action-new-book/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Cuts Funds For ‘Divisive,’ ‘Woke’ Children’s Programing At PBS. Because my Missouri Synod Lutheran grade school teachers promoted reading, writing, and arithmetic instead of the Democrat Party platform, I was able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, and get accepted by UIC even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-cuts-funds-for-divisive-woke-childrens-programing-at-pbs
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chief Diversity Officers Struggling Under New Rules and DEI Bans
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/chief-diversity-officers-struggling-under-new-rules-and-dei-bans/
MEGYN KELLY
— How the Trump Admin Is Finally Fighting Back Against Elite Universities and Illegal Discrimination
https://www.megynkelly.com/watch/how-the-trump-admin-is-finally-fighting-back-against-elite-universities-and-illegal-discrimination/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Richard Porter: Hyperbole, Lies, and Delusions
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/06/hyperbole_lies_and_delusions_152752.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Obama’s presidential library
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5286297-obama-foundation-trump-mockery-response/
— Democrat leaders say “The real ‘DEI hire’ was Clarence Thomas.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/5284388-clarence-thomas-dei-hire/
REUTERS
— Biden accuses Trump of appeasement of Russia
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-president-biden-accuses-trump-appeasement-russia-2025-05-07/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-05-06/800m-in-lgbtq-health-research-funding-nixed-by-trump-administration
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Tesla to destroy Musk to destroy Trump. What will Democrat leaders destroy next to destroy Trump? Anticipate/expect that the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Democrat leaders will do to destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. I share all of the aforesaid demographics with Trump. I should write about my critics/opponents and the many big adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 2015. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tesla-s-europe-customers-continue-abandoning-brand-in-the-wake-of-musk-s-trump-ties/ar-AA1EhFvO
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Buttigieg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwB6aL_Ubc
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Canada against America
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-canada-s-pm-humiliated-trump-today-but-not-as-much-as-trump-humiliated-himself-239052357934
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Europe against America
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/business/tariffs-europe-boycott-american-goods.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America
https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china.html
— Democrat leaders promote Alcatraz tourists
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/alcatraz-trump-tourists.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly drive Trump’s approval rating down
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Trump Denies Posting Image of Himself as Pope
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/politics/trump-pope-photo-ai.html
— Environmentalists “Stunned” After 35 House Dems Vote Against California EV Mandate. How will my critics/opponents use against me my buying a new 2005 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV? Will they stress that it is not eligible for a federal rebate because it costs too much, that it weighs 6,000 pounds, and/or that it can do the quarter mile in 12.6 seconds at 135 MPH?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/climate/democrats-california-ban-electric-vehicles.html
— What do the schools that you graduated from think of you? I graduated from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. From what I see, the aforesaid schools have a very low opinion of me because I am conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/opinion/trump-universities-woke.html
— Democrat leaders want Democrat Presidents to have power but not Republican Presidents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/opinion/trump-obama-biden-presidency.html?searchResultPosition=1
WASHINGTON POST
— Canada’s new leader tries charm after tough talk on Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/06/trump-canada-carney/
— Supreme Court lets Trump ban transgender troops while case continues
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/06/transgender-troops-ban-supreme-court-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Canada against America
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/06/trump-presidency-news/
TWO PARAGRAPHS
— What did your coworkers do to advance? Extremely few if not virtually none of my Democrat coworkers in the federal government did what I did. I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office when I was 18-20, IRS 22-31, and GAO 31-49. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. To advance, my coworkers glorified and praised their superiors and supervisors, pandered to their superiors and supervisors, and served as operatives or dupes for their superiors and supervisors. They helped their superiors get rid of their Republican coworkers like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://2paragraphs.com/2025/05/trump-offers-obama-help-on-construction-site-i-could-recommend-professionals/
FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with the rest of the world against America
https://fortune.com/2025/05/06/trump-tariffs-exports-plummet-ports/
BUSINESS JOURNAL
— Trump’s DEI crackdown increasingly makes Democrat and RINO employers worried about lawsuits. Because Democrats have always controlled the courts, my Democrat superiors in the federal government were never concerned about lawsuits against them from their Republican employees. Actually, they welcomed such lawsuits against them, if not encouraged such lawsuits against them. You would see that if you would read the documents in Diersen v. GAO https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf According to them, in that lawsuit, the courts ruled that federal employers can use the following to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American: budget cuts, up-or-out, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. My Democrat superiors crow that they succeeded in destroying a Republican federal employee who had a) three job-related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license.
https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2025/05/07/trump-dei-littler-company-2025-lawsuits-ice.html
INDIAN EXPRESS
— What Caste were you born into? My critics/opponents have always painted me as being lower Caste. They stress a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) that my mother never attended high school, e) that I had to work my way through college, f) that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities, g) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, h) that I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years, i) that I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, and j) that I am Protestant and German American.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/caste-census-counting-caste-census-savarna-caste-census-2026-9987844/
Tag: illegals
May 6, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— President Donald Trump criticizes construction progress at Obama Presidential Center in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/barack-obama-library-update-donald-trump-criticizes-presidential-construction-progress-jackson-park-chicago/16343255/
— Pritzker to testify to Congress on sanctuary policies, House Oversight Committee says. Pres. Donald Trump is threatening to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities, which could have a huge impact on Chicago.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/govs-jb-pritzker-tim-walz-kathy-hochul-testify-sanctuary-city-immigration-policies-house-oversight-committee-hearing/16341230/
— Chicago’s Michelada Fest 2025 canceled due to uncertainty surrounding artists’ visas
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2025-michelada-fest-chicago-canceled-due-uncertainty-surrounding-artists-visas-organizers-say/16343015/
NBC5
— Trump calls Obama Presidential Center ‘disaster,’ criticizes ‘DEI’ hires
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-calls-obama-presidential-center-disaster-criticizes-dei-hires/3739540/
— Pritzker, other governors to testify before Congress on ‘sanctuary’ policies. Pritzker will be joined by two other governors at the June hearing.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/jb-pritzker-testify-congress-sanctuary-city-policies/3739337/
— Noem visit to Springfield draws sarcastic response from Pritzker’s office
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/noem-visit-to-springfield-draws-sarcastic-response-from-pritzkers-office/3739586/
— Chicago Urban League report reveals stark data on wealth of Black residents
https://www.nbcchicago.com/local-2/chicago-urban-league-report-reveals-stark-data-on-wealth-of-black-residents/3739448/
CBS2
— Trump calls Chicago’s Obama Presidential Center “a disaster,” blames “woke” construction
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/president-trump-obama-presidential-center-disaster-blames-woke-construction/
— Pritzker’s office slams, mocks Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ahead of visit
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-office-slams-mocks-homeland-security-kristi-noem/
WGN9
— White House requests $46.5 billion for border wall construction
https://wgntv.com/news/national/white-house-requests-46-5-billion-for-border-wall-construction/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump budget cuts.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/06/advocates-say-cuts-head-start-could-be-devastating-illinois-families
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker to testify before Congress on Illinois’ ‘sanctuary’ immigration policies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/06/gov-jb-pritzker-to-testify-before-congress-on-illinois-sanctuary-immigration-policies/
— Pritzker should stop trying to make Juliana Stratton the inevitable successor to Dick Durbin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/06/editorial-jb-pritzker-juliana-stratton-senate-democrats/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson defends deal on Columbus statues
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/06/mayor-brandon-johnson-deal-columbus-statues/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘State of Black Chicago’ report lays out path to building wealth amid stark racial gaps. The Chicago Urban League report highlights one key statistic: The median net worth for a Black family is $0, compared with $210,000 for a white family.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/work/2025/05/06/state-of-black-chicago-report-lays-out-path-to-wealth-building-amid-stark-racial-gaps
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump goes off on ‘woke’ Obama Center construction
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-rants-about-woke-obama-center-construction
RIVER BENDER
— Under Pritzker, Illinois is ever-increasingly hostile to those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/gov-pritzker-invites-canadian-travelers-to-enjoy-illinois-600000-visit-state-each-year-82172.cfm?
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-299/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Calling All Masochists – Tax Bills Are Up
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/06/calling-all-masochists-tax-bills-are-up/
— Opposition to Slaughter House Next to Greenwood Cemetery Surfaces
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/06/opposition-to-slaughter-house-next-to-greenwood-cemetery-surfaces/
— State by State Summary of Trump Approval Ratings
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/state-by-state-summary-of-trump-approval-ratings/
— Politico Reads McHenry County Blog
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/politico-reads-mchenry-county-blog/
— Brush Fire on 100-Acre McHenry County Conservation District Property Near Island Lake
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/brush-fire-on-100-acre-mchenry-county-conservation-district-property-near-island-lake/
— Tom DeVore to Aim Negative Mailing against House Republican Leader Tony McCombie
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/tom-devore-to-aim-negative-mailing-against-house-republican-leader-tony-mccombie/
— Grafton Township GOP Schedules Fifth Golf Outing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/grafton-township-gop-schedules-fifth-golf-outing/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Tariff troubles highlight Chicago’s precarious pension situation
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/tariff-troubles-highlight-chicagos-precarious-pension-situation/
— Illinois fixing shortage by changing foreign-trained doctor licensing
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-fixing-shortage-by-changing-foreign-trained-doctor-licensing/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— During President Biden’s tenure, the federal workforce grew by nearly 6%, with nearly every major agency adding hires and new departments. In Mr. Biden’s final two years, only 74% of jobs came from the private sector. One out of every four were created by the federal government.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/6/crying-tears-joy-massive-federal-layoffs/
NEW YORK POST
— Left’s ‘Big Bird defense’ won’t work this time as Trump axes funds for biased PBS, NPR
https://nypost.com/2025/05/06/opinion/big-bird-defense-wont-work-this-time-as-trump-axes-pbs-npr-funding/
EPOCH TIMES
— Supreme Court Lets Military Ban Troops Who Identify as Transgender. The ruling is in place as the case against the ban continues.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-lets-trump-admin-ban-troops-who-identify-as-transgender-5853172
FOX NEWS
— Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., is calling on sheriffs in her state to defy Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the state’s sanctuary laws and instead uphold federal immigration law.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-state-republican-calls-county-sheriffs-defy-sanctuary-law-dem-governor-rumored-2028-run
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Deportee Nightmare – A Very Questionable Rwanda Is Eyeing America’s Illegals
https://www.westernjournal.com/deportee-nightmare-questionable-rwanda-eyeing-americas-illegals/
May 6, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/trump-restrict-abortion-medication/
— Trump has threatened a 100% tariff on movies made outside the US.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/trump-tariffs-foreign-made-films/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joins 19 counterparts in trying to stop Trump election order. A Trump administration executive order issued in March demands states not count mail-in ballots received after Election Day and requires proof of citizenship to register to vote. The attorneys general argue that the power to regulate elections rests with Congress, the states.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2025/05/05/illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-opposes-trump-election-order
— Illinois, other states sue Trump administration for blocking wind energy development. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly sue Trump because of his spending cuts. To what extent are the following dependent on federal spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? To what extent are you, your neighbors, your friends, and your relatives dependent on federal spending?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/05/05/illinois-states-wind-energy-sue-trump-administration-executive-order
DAILY HERALD
— The mainstream news media is an arm of the Democrat Party. It glorified and praised Biden’s executive orders as much as it demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump’s executive orders.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250506/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-imbalance-of-power-policy-is-worthy-of-debate-and-subject-to-change-but-we-c/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Tariff impact on Chicago companies: $1B and counting
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/tariff-impact-chicago-companies-1-billion-and-counting
ABC7
— Pritzker wooing Canadian tourists to visit Illinois. Under Pritzker, Illinois is ever-increasingly more unfriendly to those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/governor-jb-pritzker-wooing-canadian-tourists-visit-illinois/16338163/
NBC5
— Trump’s Hollywood tariffs announcement is met with confusion and fear. Democrats control entertainment in America.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-hollywood-tariffs-confusion-fear/3738587/
— Why 21 empty school buildings are costing Chicagoans millions
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/nbc-5-investigates-why-21-empty-school-buildings-are-costing-chicagoans-millions/3738226/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlKnlXoMRys
STATELINE
— GOP lawmakers seek to ban Pride flags, stirring tensions with liberal cities. Bills in more than a dozen states would prohibit the flags at city halls, schools and state buildings.
https://stateline.org/2025/05/05/gop-lawmakers-seek-to-ban-pride-flags-stirring-tensions-with-liberal-cities/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-05/democrat-led-states-sue-trump-administration-over-dei
WIFR
— The more demographics that people have that vote for Republicans, the more that Pritzker discourages them a) from coming to Illinois and b) from staying in Illinois.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/05/05/illinois-tourism-officials-say-industry-is-trending-down-this-year/
WQAD
— State program helping Illinois students save thousands on grad school. Age discrimination is real, and especially for those who are White, male, and/or non-veteran. It is called up-or-out. I did not earn an MBA until I was 27. By then, it was too late. Why didn’t I earn an MBA sooner? My father died suddenly when I was a senior at NIU in 1969. My mother had never worked outside of the home. My brother was having troubles. I applied for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support them. I needed a job. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was a job that did not really require a college degree. I started taking graduate evening business courses, but only one at a time. Because of that, I did not earn an MBA from Loyola until I was 27. By then, it was too late. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31. By then, again, it was too late. It took me 4 years because again, I took only one graduate evening accounting course at a time. I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, again, it was too late. I did not earn a master’s degree in finance from IIT until I was 48. By then, again, it was too late. It took me 5 years because again, I took only one graduate evening finance course at a time. Why did I take only one graduate evening course at a time? Because that was all that I could afford in terms of time, attention, and money. Age discrimination is real, and especially for those who are White, male, and/or non-veteran. It is called up-or-out. I should write about that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zimLqEXF_XE
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-506/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois is an island on both gas taxes and school choice
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-is-an-island-on-both-gas-taxes-and-school-choice-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Illinois’ Great Exodus
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-great-exodus
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ‘Homeschool Act’ is about limiting school choice
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/homeschool-act-is-about-limiting-school-choice/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMAC
— Trump “Skinny Budget” Boosts Border Security, Armed Forces
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/trump-skinny-budget-boosts-border-security-armed-forces/
BREITBART
— Trump’s DOJ Pressuring Sanctuary Cities and States to Stop Blocking Immigration Enforcement
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/05/05/trumps-doj-appears-to-launch-anti-sanctuary-city-campaign/
— Trump on Self-Deportations: ‘Maybe Someday, with Little Work, They Can Come Back In
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/05/trump-on-self-deportations-maybe-someday-with-little-work-they-can-come-back-in/
— Trump Promises Illegals ‘Beautiful Flight’ Out of U.S. If They Self-Deport
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/05/trump-promises-illegals-beautiful-flight-out-u-s-if-they-self-deport/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Harvard rebrands DEI office as Office of Community and Campus Life
https://www.campusreform.org/article/harvard-rebrands-dei-office-office-community-campus-life/27898
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Makes Move To Super-Charge Deportations Using Local Cops. The agreements could prove to be a valuable force multiplier for the DHS, potentially enabling the agency to boost deportation numbers.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-trump-dhs-partners-with-100s-of-police-departments-to-supercharge-deportation-campaign
MRC TV
— ‘12 Reasons Why NPR And PBS Deserved To Be Defunded’
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/12-reasons-why-npr-and-pbs-deserved-be-defunded
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCITED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-hud-fair-housing-trump-lgbtq-turner-915634741f56f3d5ea265e316cd396bb
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation and for everything else that is bad. What do your critics/opponents blame you for? My critics/opponents blame me for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://apnews.com/article/cost-coalition-group-bipartisan-trump-harris-inflation-e9c8b000ff751458d49b3089672cb570
— Child care in the Capitol: As more women run for office, some are bringing their kids
https://www.shorelinemedia.net/ludington_daily_news/videos/child-care-in-the-capitol-as-more-women-run-for-office-some-are-bringing-their/video_d45f0797-5a3a-5920-8e21-34133f3759a6.html
MSNBC
— Massive ‘No Kings’ protest expected to rain on Donald Trump’s (military) parade. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Obama and against Biden?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vwhKYDuOsw
MSN
— Pence criticizes Trump’s tariffs, stance on Russia in CNN interview
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pence-criticizes-trump-s-tariffs-stance-on-russia-in-cnn-interview/ar-AA1Eey0m
— “Americans are going to see consequences”: Pence breaks with Trump on tariffs, deportations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/americans-are-going-to-see-consequences-pence-breaks-with-trump-on-tariffs-deportations/ar-AA1EdGea
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly sue Trump because of his spending cuts. To what extent are the following dependent on federal spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? To what extent are you, your neighbors, your friends, and your relatives dependent on federal spending?
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/us/unions-cities-nonprofits-sue-to-block-trump-workforce-cuts/ar-AA1DQyVF
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Battles Academia, but Especially the Ivy League. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless..
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/us/politics/trump-ivy-league.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in making foreign countries hate America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/business/tariffs-europe-boycott-american-goods.html?searchResultPosition=1
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/world/canada/global-elections-trump.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/05/05/connie-britton-the-motherhood-single-moms-hallmark/83324634007/
— Seriously delinquent student loan borrowers hit record high and climbing
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/05/05/delinquent-student-loans-credit-scores-collections-resume/83412433007/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Jockeying for a new pope already has started. Democrat leaders want a Pope who will promote the anti-Catholic Democrat Party platform.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/02/cardinals-jockey-for-pope-before-conclave/83355920007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Trump Administration Threatens Schools With Student-Loan Restrictions. Nearly 10 million borrowers could soon be in default, and the Education Department wants to hold schools responsible.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-administration-threatens-schools-with-student-loan-restrictions-864f244f
FED SMITH
— Total Federal Compensation 5% Higher Than Private Sector at All Education Levels But Lags at Higher Levels. Federal employees with a professional degree or doctorate earned 24 percent less, on average, than their private-sector counterparts. To demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as having been grossly overpaid, my critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/04/29/cbo-report-total-federal-employee-compensation-higher-than-private-sector/
https://www.fedsmith.com/2022/10/28/average-federal-employee-salaries-with-benefits/
THE NATION
— The Case for Meritocracy. How have your critics/opponents used meritocracy against you? My critics/opponents stress a) that my ACT score was only 24, b) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, c) that I got no scholarships, d) that it took me 4 years to earn an MBA and my GPA was not that great, e) that while I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, my scores on its four parts were not that great, f) that it took me 4 years to earn a master’s degree in accounting and my GPA was not that great, g) that while I became a licensed CPA, it was not until I was 32, h) that it took me 5 years to earn a master’s degree in finance and my GPA was not that great, i) that none of degrees were from Ivy League universities, j) that notwithstanding my degrees, certifications, and license, my superiors in the federal government took many big adverse actions against me, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, and k) my superiors in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, etc. took many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.nation.com.pk/06-May-2025/the-case-for-meritocracy
May 5, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump rules out another presidential run, floats Rubio and Vance as potential successors
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-third-term-president-rules-another-presidential-run-floats-rubio-vance-potential-successors/16329961/
— New DePaul policy would require those wearing face coverings to remove them upon request
https://abc7chicago.com/post/depaul-university-policy-would-require-wearing-masks-face-coverings-remove-request-jewish-student-attack/16331702/
CBS2
— Cinco de Mayo Parade is canceled, but there are other celebrations and deals in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cinco-de-mayo-parade-little-village-canceled/
FOX32
— 16-year-old becomes youngest to receive Ph.D. in the US. I did not earn an MBA until I was 27, a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, and a master’s degree in finance until I was 48. By then, it was too late. I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30 and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. By then, it was too late. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, it was too late. I did not earn additional job-related professional certifications until I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. By then, it was too late.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/16-year-old-becomes-youngest-receive-ph-d-us-university-claims
WBEZ
— Trump Administration takes renewed aim at Illinois, other sanctuary states and cities
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/05/05/trump-administration-takes-renewed-aim-at-illinois-other-sanctuary-states-and-cities
WGN RADIO
— Should immigrants who self-deport be paid $1000? Any money paid to illegals to deport should come from those who invited them.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-should-immigrants-who-self-deport-be-paid-1000/#/questions
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the United States illegally $1,000 to go home. Any money paid to illegals to deport should come from those who invited them.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/trump-immigrants-pay-home/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Deportation fears mute Cinco de Mayo in Little Village: ‘It’s so sad and a little scary’ Little Village, which markets itself as the “Mexican Capital of the Midwest” was to have held its annual Cinco de Mayo parade Monday, but it was canceled over fears of deportations.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/05/05/cinco-de-mayo-little-village-chicago-immigration-deportation
DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Conservative watchdog group recruits SIU students to investigate ‘liberal bias’ on campus
https://dailyegyptian.com/121370/news/conservative-watchdog-group-recruits-siu-students-to-investigate-liberal-bias-on-campus/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Cinco de Mayo parades canceled in some cities amid fears of immigration crackdown
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/cinco-de-mayo-parades-canceled-in-some-cities-amid-fears-of-immigration-crackdown/
KSDK
— Water in over 20 Illinois communities is contaminated, state EPA warns
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/health/illinois-water-contamination-pfas-forever-chemicals-epa-metro-east/63-7056b8a1-33b1-43fc-a2cb-1a7e64b20fa7
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-298/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Conservative U.S. Catholics hope next pope won’t echo Francis
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/5/conservative-us-catholics-hope-next-pope-wont-echo-francis-observers/
— Trump has booted 11,000 IRS employees so far, and counting. If I was still working for the Democrats who run IRS, they would have killed me by now figuratively, if not literally.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/5/donald-trump-booted-11000-irs-employees-far-counting/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Assimilation isn’t a dirty word
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3399769/legal-immigration-assimilation-not-a-dirty-word/
— America has more foreign residents than ever
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3399780/america-foreign-born-residents-immigrant-population/
NEW YORK POST
— Migrant Tren de Aragua punks brawl with NYPD cops in wild Times Square melee
https://nypost.com/2025/05/05/us-news/migrant-tren-de-aragua-punks-brawl-with-nypd-cops-in-wild-times-square-melee/
BREITBART
— Trump Administration to Pay for Migrant Flights of Illegals Who Self-Deport. Any money paid to illegals to deport should come from those who invited them.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/05/trump-administration-to-pay-for-migrant-flights-of-illegals-who-self-deport/
CENTER SQUARE
— Republicans mull federal cuts to FBI, IRS, abortion services and more
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_544fb228-cde5-4b8e-a4b9-3bcfc25a343c.html
FOX NEWS
— The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched an investigation into an Illinois school district based on a teacher’s allegations of racial segregation practices. The complaint, filed by the Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) on behalf of teacher Dr. Stacy Deemar, alleges Evanston-Skokie School District 65 is acting in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by using “privilege walks” and other racial practices at school. “The policies and practices to which the District allegedly subjects students and teachers shocks the conscience. Amid a dismal academic achievement record, the District appears to focus on unlawfully segregating students by race, instructing students to step forward and others to step back on the basis of race, and associating ‘Whiteness’ with the devil. If true, how is this conceivable in America today?” Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor said in a press release on May 1 by the Trump Education Department.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-administration-investigates-school-district-near-chicago-amid-reports-antiracist-training
NEWSMAX
— Rwanda Talking With US to Take Deported Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/rwanda-trump-administration-deportations/2025/05/05/id/1209643/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Cinco De Mayo Celebrations Canceled Across America: “People Are Very Scared,” “Thinking About Going Back To Mexico”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/05/cnn_cinco_de_mayo_celebrations_canceled_over_fear_of_deportation.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Rwanda in Early Talks With U.S. to Take Expelled Migrants
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/world/africa/rwanda-trump-deportees.html
WEVV
— Marijuana is extremely dangerous to the fetus in the womb
https://www.wevv.com/news/health/forget-common-folklore-about-the-safety-of-weed-marijuana-harms-babies-research-shows/article_79c5e7de-625f-5a22-9086-ee3f0c67f86f.html
May 5, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— When does Illinois’ gas tax increase, and what decides how much it goes up?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/when-does-illinois-gas-tax-increase-and-what-decides-how-much-it-goes-up/3737450/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-takes-credit-for-good-parts-of-economy-blames-bad-parts-on-biden/3737382/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/protesters-hold-may-the-4th-resistance-event-in-daley-plaza/
— Trump says he’ll reopen Alcatraz, order 100% tariff on foreign movies
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trump-says-hell-reopen-alcatraz-order-100-tariff-on-foreign-movies/
— 3 dead, 6 hurt in Chicago weekend shootings
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-shootings-may-2-to-5/
CBS2 & CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders want due process, but only for past, present, and future Democrat voters. My Democrat GAO superiors denied me due process when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Democrat judges and justices denied me due process in Diersen v. GAO by granting GAO summary judgement, that is, by denying me my 7th Amendment rights.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trump-says-hes-unsure-whether-citizens-non-citizens-in-u-s-deserve-due-process/
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-in-a-new-interview-says-he-doesnt-know-if-he-backs-due-process-rights/article_d49d3224-ce57-59ad-9811-4c578803127c.html
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-04/during-tv-interview-president-trump-questions-due-process-rights-of-u-s-residents
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/walk-from-aurora-to-elgin-puts-focus-on-experience-of-immigrants/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “arts” to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/editorial-national-endowment-arts-grants-trump/
— Illinois is Uncle Sam’s piggy bank again. But Pritzker must follow the law.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/editorial-illinois-is-uncle-sams-piggy-bank-again-but-gov-jb-pritzker-must-follow-the-law/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their foreign students and b) promote more hatred against Jews.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/05/05/trump-pro-palestinian-activists-jailing-deporting-immigrants-chinese-asian-american-rick-baldoz
WAND TV
— Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz prison
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-says-he-will-reopen-alcatraz-prison/article_21657477-4cc7-588f-9e25-d9a7d9e2b4a0.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their judicial branch against Trump.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/america-s-long-history-of-checks-and-balances-is-being-tested-by-trump-like-rarely/article_2b84824d-f4b4-5579-b0a9-611436295987.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats run education in America. Under them, college students ever-increasingly take college courses a) that are not job-related and/or b) that depend on government spending. What were your majors? Mine were business (1966-1976), accounting (1976-1980), and finance (1992-1997). If I could do it over again, I would have majored in accounting first because I was able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-04/how-the-trump-administration-has-impacted-these-college-seniors-career-plans
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give more and more and more preference to their foreign students.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-04/trump-administration-confirms-targeting-international-students-with-minor-offenses
WIFR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/05/04/rockford-protesters-search-unified-message-against-trump-administration/
LOCAL 4 NEWS
— Pritzker ever-increasingly discourages those who are the following from visiting Illinois: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94rgnLz9B84
EFFINGHAM RADIO
— To what extent are your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct dependent on foreign countries and on their citizens?
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2025/05/05/illinois-celebrates-world-trade-month/
CHICAGO MAROON
— College Republicans Reflect on Trump’s First 100 Days in Office. If I had been active in Republican politics, a) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, b) IRS would not have hired me in 1971, and c) GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://chicagomaroon.com/47308/news/ucdems-and-college-republicans-reflect-on-trumps-first-100-days-in-office/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning edition
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-505/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— The Real Scandal in Bally’s Chicago Deal: Exploiting Minorities While Pretending to Help
https://wirepoints.org/the-real-scandal-in-ballys-chicago-deal-exploiting-minorities-while-pretending-to-help-wirepoints/
— Illinois increasingly surrounded by school choice states. Gov. Abbott signs universal school choice into Texas law.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-increasingly-surrounded-by-school-choice-states-gov-abbott-signs-universal-school-choice-into-texas-law-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Libs of TikTok Pick Up Craig Wilcox Brandon Johnson Critique
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/04/libs-of-tiktok-pick-up-craig-wilcox-brandon-johnson-critique/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— The NYT bemoans that Trump has cut over $800 million in spending on LGBTQ+ health issues
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/05/the_nyt_bemoans_that_trump_has_cut_over_800_million_in_spending_on_lgbtq_health_issues.html
BLAZE
— Trump and Musk tag-team to deflate the woke power structure
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/trump-and-musk-tag-team-to-deflate-the-woke-power-structure
CAMPUS REFORM
— These colleges received $300M+ in donations for DEI
https://www.campusreform.org/article/colleges-received-300m-donations-dei-/27888
COLLEGE FIX
— Trump DOE investigates Chicago-area district over ‘privilege walks,’ racist lessons
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-doe-investigates-chicago-area-district-over-privilege-walks-racist-lessons/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Asylum Seekers Primarily Responsible for Large Spike in Homelessness
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/05/study-asylum-seekers-primarily-responsible-for-large-spike-in-homelessness/
FOX NEWS
— ICE leader scolds sanctuary cities resisting Trump’s deportation laws
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DUvGOyZNNRrA
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Americans are looking at these campuses, like Harvard, and saying, why are we paying for this?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/americans-are-looking-at-these-campuses-like-harvard-and-saying-why-are-we-paying-for-this/amp/
PJ MEDIA
— Dear Democrats, We the People Have Had Enough of Your Illegal Immigrants’ Violence
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2025/05/05/the-morning-briefing-dear-democrats-we-the-people-have-had-enough-of-your-illegal-immigrants-violence-n4939467
POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump admin slashes NIH research funding for LGBTQ health issues
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-admin-slashes-nih-research-funding-for-lgbtq-health-issues
TOWNHALL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get Whites to hate their own ancestors and to revile their accomplishments as being ill-gotten. This self-hatred has been the root of the modern decline of the West, and could very well ultimately lead to the end of Western civilization as we know it.
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2025/05/05/race-and-the-biggest-mass-psyop-in-human-history-n2656525
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump confirms he offered to send troops into Mexico, but says Sheinbaum ‘so scared of the cartels she can’t walk’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5282312-trump-tariffs-us-troops-mexico-sheinbaum-cartels/
ABC NEWS
— Trump threatens tariff on all movies produced abroad
https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates-trump-threatens-100-tariff/?id=121461146
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) fight deportation of their illegals and b) do not want sheriffs to work with ICE.
https://www.newsweek.com/sheriff-trump-admin-intimidating-police-ice-collaboration-2067799
— Which US Cities Canceled Cinco de Mayo Parades Amid Immigration Crackdown
https://www.newsweek.com/cinco-de-mayo-parades-canceled-immigration-chicago-2067809
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— A former bartender emerges as a Trump resistance leader. Are you in politics? If so, what did you do before that? I audited federal agencies for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I collected delinquent taxes for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step-1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I earned a CPA license. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://apnews.com/article/pritzker-trump-ocasio-cortez-democrats-resistance-message-9d4f7868892629e34df7ea1e29dc0b34
MSN
— Lara Trump confronts Elon Musk over allegiance to her father-in-law, Donald. My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lara-trump-confronts-elon-musk-over-allegiance-to-her-father-in-law-donald/ar-AA1E7wHI
REUTERS
— Those who have benefitted the most from Biden’s giving them the most preference are consider moving to Europe.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fearful-trump-some-americans-look-make-life-europe-2025-05-04/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/health/trump-administration-slashes-research-into-lgbtq-health.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000010122048/how-trumps-cuts-are-stifling-lgbtq-health-research.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use “democracy” to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/05/trump-pro-democracy-global-cuts/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/05/transgender-hud-fair-housing-trump-lgbtq-turner/48a02a2e-2971-11f0-a724-3bc879c9f843_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trumps-wants-judges-who-will-skip-trials-before-deportation/2025/05/05/6143206b-cff5-4a71-b9b2-19b443d87464_video.html
— The U.S. welcomed Indian students. Under Trump, they fear for their future. U.S. colleges host more than 300,000 students from India. As the Trump administrations targets foreign students for deportation, many are rethinking their plans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/05/india-student-visas-revoked-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/05/pritzker-president-trump-resistance/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/05/american-democracy-under-trump/
USA TODAY
— Trump’s national parks proposal: Cut $1 billion, transfer many sites to states
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/04/trump-budget-proposal-cuts-to-parks/83428514007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discredit Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/04/trump-interview-abc-time-mental-decline/83391080007/
— Average Americans struggle with savings. Many continue to live paycheck to paycheck. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been grossly overpaid. In my defense, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) I earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/01/americans-one-crisis-away-from-homelessness/83388068007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders want the next Pope to be anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/05/03/conclave-smoke-signals-chimney-stoves/83429402007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/05/05/the-next-pope-odds-rise-parolin-tangle/83415163007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Is Harvard Complying With the Tax Code? Section 501(c)(3) bars campaigning and makes clear propaganda isn’t the same as education.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-harvard-complying-with-the-tax-code-exemption-political-educational-speech-b4a24ed4
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will cause a recession, and even worse things, to destroy Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/video/trump-says-hes-not-worried-about-a-recession/DB83B00E-5E69-42DE-A0DE-82A2D6898BB5
— The Politics of EVs Have Changed. Thirty-five Democrats joined the GOP to repeal California’s EV mandate. I recently bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV. What is your attitude toward EVs and toward those who buy them?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-politics-of-evs-has-changed-house-vote-california-waiver-1f951a68
— Democrat leaders want the next Pope to be anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-world-needs-a-second-john-paul-ii-venezuela-cuba-nicaragua-human-rights-9f3c08a4
— Government Should Fund Religious Schools. The Establishment Clause was a barrier, but recent decisions have changed that. My parents had a lot less money because they a) sent a me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod and b) sent my brother to Trinity 1958-1961 and then to Hope 1962-1968. Because of that, I had to work my way through college 1966-1970.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/government-should-fund-religious-schools-f50922dc
— New AI tools give users insight on how skills in one field can transfer to a different one. When I was 31 years old in 1980, I transferred from IRS to GAO. My Democrat and IRS and GAO superiors outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically ignored, dismissed, and belittled the many skills that I had gained working for IRS for almost 9 years that would transfer directly to what I would do for GAO. In addition, they ignored, dismissed, and belittled a) my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) my passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and d) the fact that GAO audits IRS. They outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically used the aforesaid to force me to take $23,472/year pay cut to transfer. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/your-money-matters/not-sure-whats-next-for-your-career-ask-ai/2e83d12c-6538-4272-81c2-ec2362e39d16
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to get more votes from their five million student loan deadbeats.
https://www.businessinsider.com/five-years-student-debt-relief-suddenly-over-trump-default-collections-2025-5
BUZZFEED
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Constitution to destroy Republicans.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelabramwell/donald-trumps-comment-about-upholding-the-constitution
THE AGE
— ‘The reckoning is here’: Have the Democrats found a billionaire of their own (Pritzker) to take down Trump?
https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/when-you-see-a-danger-you-yell-top-democrat-unleashes-call-to-arms-against-trump-20250429-p5luxp.html
GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s attacks on the Democrat news media. I should write about those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have attacked me and attacked my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most. 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 dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/05/patsy-widakuswara-voice-of-america-lawsuit-trump-administration-press-freedom
May 3, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Illinois officials react to death of embattled former Gov. George Ryan
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-officials-gov-jb-pritzker-democrats-republicans-react-death-embattled-former-governor-george-ryan/16305092/
— Kankakee pays tribute to native George Ryan after death of former Illinois governor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4foWxiVu7oE
NBC5
— Here’s what your monthly student loan bill could be under a new Republican plan
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/heres-what-your-monthly-student-loan-bill-could-be-under-a-new-republican-plan/3735367/
WGN9
— Family, friends remember Former Illinois Governor George Ryan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uydDXos3x1s
FOX32
— Trump admin ramping up investigations into Chicago-area public schools
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1634987
— Democrat leaders say “Trump pushes deep spending cuts as tariffs poised to hit everyday purchases.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkcopjljTuU
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sB_GJlLI78
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump’s Justice Department sues Illinois over E-Verify worker privacy provisions feds say interfere with immigration enforcement
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/trumps-justice-department-sues-illinois-over-worker-privacy-provisions-feds-say-interfere-with-immigration-enforcement/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The United States has preeminent authority to regulate the administrative processes governing Form I-9 (federal employment eligibility verification forms) documentation and inspection, and E-Verify,” the Justice Department wrote. “Illinois therefore has no authority to enforce laws that obstruct or otherwise conflict with federal immigration enforcement efforts by imposing additional regulations, requirements, and possible sanctions on employers that seek to participate in the federal ‘E-Verify’ program.”)
— Pritzker mocks his weight, tells TV host Jimmy Kimmel he’s undecided on third term.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/gov-jb-pritzker-mocks-his-weight-tells-tv-host-jimmy-kimmel-hes-undecided-on-third-term/
— Former Chicago Blackhawks player Patrick Kane sells Trump Tower condo for $2.11M. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Trump. In 1978, I made a $10,000 profit when I sold my Outer Drive East condo. That is about $50,000 in today’s dollars.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/blackhawks-patrick-kane-trump-tower-condo/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kane has taken a nearly $1 million loss on the 69th-floor condo. He first listed it for $3 million in May 2024, and he cut his asking price to $2.7 million in November and then to $2.5 million in February. He struck a deal to sell the unit on March 12.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Here’s how Trump’s order to cut federal funding to NPR and PBS could impact Illinois. His order seeking to cut off funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting affects about 1,500 stations, including Chicago’s WBEZ and WTTW. But it’s likely headed for the courts or for drama in Congress.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/05/02/trump-executive-order-cut-federal-funding-npr-pbs-illinois
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/art/2025/05/02/the-first-homosexuals-exhibit-wrightwood-695-chicago-museum
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Stratton
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250503/news/strattons-top-priority-in-senate-campaign-fighting-back-against-trump/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Leaders recall Ryan’s successes, flaws
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250502/illinois-state-politics/im-sure-he-felt-that-all-his-life-leaders-recall-ryans-successes-flaws/
— Krishnamoorthi leads panel at Harper College on value of public service careers under attack from DOGE. Democrats run the federal government. My critics/opponents disapprove of, if not despise, if not hate my getting the federal jobs and promotions that I did. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969. They were furious when IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and when GAO promoted me in 1986. According to my critics/opponents, Democrats should have gotten those jobs and promotions, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250502/news/krishnamoorthi-leads-panel-at-harper-college-on-value-of-public-service-careers-under-attack-from-do/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/uchicago-faculty-push-proactive-defense-amid-trump-blitz
— George Ryan governed — and lived — with empathy. What do George Ryan and Jim Ryan supporters think of you? They despise, if not hate me. They blame their problems on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. I should write about them. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/george-ryan-remembered-hedy-ratner
— Patrick Kane loses nearly $1 million in Trump Tower condo sale. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Trump. In 1978, I made a $10,000 profit when I sold my Outer Drive East condo. That is about $50,000 in today’s dollars.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/patrick-kane-loses-nearly-1m-trump-tower-condo-sale
— Democrat leaders say “Amid Trump attacks on higher ed, UChicago faculty want to see more from leadership.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/uchicago-faculty-push-proactive-defense-amid-trump-blitz
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight all Trump’s cuts.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-02/trump-cuts-demolish-agency-focused-on-toxic-chemicals-and-workplace-hazards
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois lawmakers mark 50th anniversary of Vietnam War’s end
https://www.cities929.com/2025/05/02/illinois-lawmakers-mark-50th-anniversary-of-vietnam-wars-end/
WREX
— Vietnam Veterans to be honored in event marking 50th anniversary of the end of war
https://www.wrex.com/news/vietnam-veterans-to-be-honored-in-event-marking-50th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-war/article_7009c2b0-c01e-4e1f-b7b3-03525f5e33ca.html
WJBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden.
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/05/02/on-may-day-thousands-march-for-immigrant-labor-women-and-lgbtq-rights/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Tim Cook says Trump tariffs could cost Apple more than $900M in June quarter
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/tim-cook-says-trump-tariffs-could-cost-apple-more-than-900m-in-june-quarter/
— Trump says he’ll strip Harvard of tax-exempt status. Most, if not virtually all, tax-exempt organizations exist to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-says-hell-strip-harvard-of-tax-exempt-status/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use May Day to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/on-may-day-thousands-march-for-immigrant-labor-women-and-lgbtq-rights/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-297/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do George Ryan and Jim Ryan supporters think of you? They despise, if not hate me. They blame their problems on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. I should write about them. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Sadly, there are far too many reasons to not help elect candidates. Far too often, the more that you do to help elect a candidate, if that candidate is defeated, you will be blamed for their defeat. I have done much to help elect Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I should write about those that have suffered defeats and that I have been blamed the most for their defeats. They blame what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. They following lead the blaming, that is, the following lead the scapegoating: major donors, fundraisers, political consultants, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Illinoisans avoid nation’s 7th-highest gas prices whenever they can. My brother used to drive from Crete to Indiana to fill up.
https://wirepoints.org/illinoisans-avoid-the-states-7th-highest-gas-prices-whenever-they-can-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Feds seek to strike down IL law that threatens employers for using E-Verify
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/671128992-feds-seek-to-strike-down-il-law-that-threatens-employers-for-using-e-verify
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump proposes cuts of $163 billion in new budget, seeks sharp increase in defense
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/2/donald-trump-proposes-cuts-163-billion-new-budget-seeks-sharp/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Wait until you see what’s coming’: Homan delivers ominous message for those harboring illegals.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/02/wait-until-you-see-whats-coming-homan-delivers-ominous-message-for-those-harboring-illegals-1540674/
BLAZE
— Trump’s DOJ files lawsuit against Illinois for restricting E-Verify, a program meant to bar illegal alien workers
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-lawsuit-illinois-everify-law
CHRISTIAN POST
— Over a dozen Christian leaders urge Trump to protect Afghan Christians from deportation
https://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-leaders-tell-trump-not-to-deport-afghan-christians.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Rightly Defunded PBS and NPR’s Long History of Anti-Conservative, Pro-Leftist Content
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/02/trump-rightly-defunded-pbs-nprs-long-history-anti-conservative-leftist-content/
DAILY WIRE
— Here’s What Trump’s Team Wants To Accomplish In the Next 100 Days
https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-trumps-team-wants-to-accomplish-in-the-next-100-days
FEDERALIST
— Here Are 12 Reasons Why NPR And PBS Deserved To Be Defunded
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/02/here-are-12-reasons-why-npr-and-pbs-deserved-to-be-defunded/
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump is defunding Biden’s ‘woke and weaponized’ bureaucracy
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6372231045112
FOX NEWS
— Musk: It was essential for Trump to win to ensure the US remained great
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6372228946112
MRC TV
— Trump’s Deporting Illegals, and Pro-Crime Leftists Can’t Stand It
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/trumps-deporting-illegals-and-pro-crime-leftists-cant-stand-it
— The First 100 Days Of Media Rage!
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/eric-scheiner/first-100-days-media-rage-wacky-mole
NEWSMAX
— Somber White House Video Highlights Angel Parents
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigration-angel-parents-white-house/2025/05/02/id/1209338/
TOWNHALL
— Trump Eliminates Another Vestige of Racial Discrimination— the Fraud of Disparate Impact. Of all the many tests that I have taken, fewer Blacks, Hispanics, and/or females a) took those tests than I did and b) fewer passed those tests than I did. According to my critics/opponents, that was because I benefitted from discrimination against Blacks, Hispanics, and/or females. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I had to work my way through college. The many tests that I took and pasted enabled me a) to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, c) to get hired by the Post Office when I was 18, by IRS when I was 22, and by GAO when I was 31, and d) to get promoted by IRS when I was 23, 24, and 25 and by GAO when I was 38..
https://townhall.com/columnists/print/2656399
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump proposes steep cuts in first budget request of second term
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5279446-trump-proposes-steep-cuts-in-first-budget-request-of-second-term/
NEWSWEEK
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls-2067414
MSN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasing promote more hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cannot-unify-with-evil-here-s-what-really-drives-evangelicals-support-for-trump/ar-AA1DMnIt
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-waited-for-trump-to-crumble-now-they-re-starting-to-fight-back/ar-AA1E5zVp
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/new-poll-shocker-majority-of-americans-now-view-donald-trump-as-a-dangerous-dictator-amid-mounting-public-concern/ar-AA1E3Pje
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/trump-s-100-day-approval-rating-hits-historic-low-new-poll-reveals/ar-AA1DSXat
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/no-floor-for-trump-s-approval-rating-cnn-analysts-detail-data-that-s-scaring-the-white-house/ar-AA1E3ZLP
REUTERS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-deflects-blame-economy-contraction-says-be-patient-2025-04-30/
ABC NEWS
— Steelmaker Cleveland Cliffs to idle 3 steel plants in Pennsylvania and Illinois
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/steelmaker-cleveland-cliffs-idle-3-steel-plants-pennsylvania-121415395
NBC NEWS
— White House brings conspiracy theorists, former Trump officials and a family friend to its ‘influencer briefings’ A review of attendees to the first three influencer briefings shows an overwhelming right-leaning guest list.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/white-house-influencer-briefings-conspiracy-theorists-rcna204437
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Could Apple Exist Without Its Ties to China? Probably Not. The world’s most valuable company has become so reliant on Chinese suppliers and sales that it would be worth half as much or less without them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/technology/apple-china-tariffs.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to keep Republicans out of parades. I should write about those Democrat and RINO leaders in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have had the most success in keeping Republicans out of Wheaton Independence Day parades. I would focus on those who succeed in ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades in 2021, a role that I had since 2005.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/01/birthday-bash-president-donald-trump-and-army-plan-june-14-parade/83401058007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/03/trump-lowest-approval-rating-president-unpopular/83345826007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/01/is-trump-winning-dei-fight/83368731007/
COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Duckworth and Durbin ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.commercial-news.com/news/state_news/duckworth-durbin-reintroduction-equality-act-to-ban-discrimination-against-lgbtq-americans/article_ba7e2a82-6eca-4738-9588-fc87e3aaf857.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Tragedy of Affirmative Action. Blacks were making rapid progress before the 1960s. Racial preferences didn’t help, and if anything they slowed the improvement.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-tragedy-of-affirmative-action-black-mobility-racial-preferences-merit-b1ca70e3
— The End of the Free College Lunch. The GOP begins to rein in student loans and forgiveness plans.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/house-republicans-higher-education-reform-reconciliation-bill-student-loans-colleges-7bfcd3c8
— Most, if not virtually all, tax-exempt organizations promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-officials-explore-ways-of-challenging-tax-exempt-status-of-nonprofits-94ff0c6e
POLITICO
— Trump’s budget asks Congress for unprecedented federal funding cuts. The request for obliterating many domestic programs sets up a clash with Congress ahead of the Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/02/trumps-budget-asks-congress-00323256
— More than 15,000 USDA employees take Trump’s offer to resign. Their departures will affect how the department administers food safety and nutrition programs, conducts research and offers services to farmers.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/03/more-than-15000-employees-resign-agriculture-department-trump-00324834
May 2, 2025
WHITE HOUSE
— ENDING TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZATION OF BIASED MEDIA
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/05/president-trump-finally-ends-the-madness-of-npr-pbs/
— TRUMP EFFECT: Mercedes to Shift More Vehicle Production to U.S.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/05/trump-effect-mercedes-to-shift-more-vehicle-production-to-u-s/
— JOBS BOOM: More Americans Working for Higher Pay
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/05/jobs-boom-more-americans-working-for-higher-pay/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/chicago-shelter-systems/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/cps-deportation-fears-impact/
— Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/01/may-day-rally-underway-in-union-park-with-march-planned-to-grant-park-later-in-the-day/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/01/photos-thousands-march-through-downtown-chicago-for-may-day/
— Advocates press for continued funding to college test prep support program. Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Nevertheless, I took college preparatory courses and got an ACT score of 24.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/01/advocates-press-for-continued-funding-to-college-test-prep-support-program/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/opinion-donald-trump-garden-of-american-heroes/
— McDonald’s store traffic falls unexpectedly. Have Democrat leaders unofficially/officially called for McDonald’s to be boycotted because of Trump?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/01/mcdonalds-store-traffic-falls/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Columbus statue removed from Arrigo Park going to Italian American group. The statue will be indefinitely “loaned” to the Joint Civic Committee for Italian Americans for display at a building on Taylor Street.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/05/01/columbus-statue-removal-arrigo-park-potential-agreement
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote the hate-filled Trump-hating Pritzker.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/05/02/gov-jb-pritzker-creates-nicknames-for-trump-to-call-him-including-jbeefy-in-jimmy-kimmel-appearance
— Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/05/01/meet-the-chicagoans-who-came-out-to-protest-trump-on-may-day
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/02/trump-immigration-policy-undocumented-villified-crime-misinformation-tom-homan-mona-charen
— Hate-fille Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/01/world-press-day-elon-musk-donald-trump-media
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250501/news/we-need-to-voice-our-concerns-suburbs-join-in-on-global-may-day-rallies/
— The mainstream news media in America is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250502/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-world-press-freedom-day-a-threat-to-press-freedom-is-a-threat-to-democracy/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/may-day-2025-thousands-expected-protest-march-rally-downtown-chicago-union-park-grant/16292225/
— Dept. of Education investigating Evanston-Skokie school district for alleged racial discrimination
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-department-education-investigating-evanston-skokie-school-district-65-allegations-racial-discrimination/16298331/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/may-day-rallies-marches-trump-polices-chicago-evanston/
— Pritzker team calls congresswoman ‘damaged goods’ to stop Senate run. Multiple sources confirmed the governor’s team is trying to dissuade U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood from running for U.S. Senate, with Pritzker denying any interference.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/sources-pritzker-calls-congresswoman-damaged-goods-senate/3735712/
CBS2
— Chicago Park District to loan Columbus statue to Italian American group for museum, end lawsuit
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-park-district-columbus-statue-italian-american-group/
FOX32
— Christopher Columbus statue finds new home as Chicago Park District plans fresh start for Arrigo Park
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/christopher-columbus-statue-chicago-arrigo-park
— Democrat leaders crow about their success promoting May Day anti-Trump protests.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1634485
WTTW
— Columbus Statue Will Not Return to Grant Park
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/01/columbus-statue-will-not-return-grant-park-officials-announce
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/arts/2025/05/01/the-first-homosexuals-exhibit-wrightwood-695-chicago-museum
CHAMPAIHN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & WGLT & FOX2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/may-day-demonstrations-in-us-and-around-the-globe-protest-trump-agenda/article_394c8641-a109-5c43-a76a-5437b80fc227.html
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-05-01/hundreds-in-bloomington-join-another-nationwide-anti-trump-protest
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/illinois-protesters-call-for-government-accountability/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois GOP lawmakers want to ban transgender athletes from women sports through legislation
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-05-01/republican-lawmakers-in-illinois-seek-to-ban-transgender-athletes-from-women-sports-through-legislation-and-the-trump-administration
WAND TV
— Illinois House GOP strongly oppose potential tax hikes in FY26 budget
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-house-gop-strongly-oppose-potential-tax-hikes-in-fy26-budget/article_f2a04c50-4d77-47e8-8660-36312d4a00b1.html
LEGACY
— Carol Smith Donovan, a former vice chair of the Republican State Central Committee in the 7th District, has died.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/carol-donovan-obituary?id=58278688
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting hatred against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I should write about their success in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct.
https://chicagocrusader.com/not-in-our-state-illinois-urgently-calls-on-residents-to-help-stop-hate/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/01/may-day-protesters-in-chicago-rebuke-trumps-agenda-we-will-never-bow/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Chicago’s WGN Radio adds Ted Cruz to lineup
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/04/30/chicago-wgn-radio-ted-cruz-lineup-verdict
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-504/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-296/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— If you try to make the rich pay for tax hikes, it hurts jobs and job creation. It chases wealthy people away from the state… meaning less investment in Illinois.
https://wirepoints.org/if-you-try-to-make-the-rich-pay-for-tax-hikes-it-hurts-jobs-and-job-creation-it-chases-wealthy-people-away-from-the-state-meaning-less-investment-in-illinois-wirepoints-on-wttw/
— $27,000 per student, yet not one is proficient in math?
https://wirepoints.org/27000-per-student-yet-not-one-is-proficient-in-math-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Justice Department files second anti-sanctuary lawsuit against Illinois
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/1/justice-department-files-second-anti-sanctuary-lawsuit-illinois/
— The best DEI policy is no DEI policy. Hire the best people, and don’t worry about a person’s skin color or gender.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/1/best-dei-policy-no-dei-policy/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Liberal city councils continue transgender activism amid Trump executive orders
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3397795/liberal-city-councils-transgender-sanctuary-cities/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Why Trump Wants Truckers to Speak English
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-trump-wants-truckers-to-speak-english/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— We Need a Government That Obeys the Law. If it takes an executive order to enforce laws that already bar illegal immigrants from Social Security, the problem isn’t policy—it’s a government that’s given up on enforcement.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/05/02/we-dont-need-an-executive-order-to-bar-illegals-from-social-security-we-need-a-government-that-obeys-the-law/
AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— Blue City prints red cards for illegals, informing them of their ‘rights’
https://americanwirenews.com/blue-city-prints-red-cards-for-illegals-informing-them-of-their-rights/
— DeSantis asks DHS for permission to fly 10,000 illegals to El Salvador
https://americanwirenews.com/desantis-asks-dhs-for-permission-to-fly-10000-illegals-to-el-salvador-i-can-set-up-at-a-moments-notice/
— Homan delivers ominous message for those harboring illegals. How many illegals are Democrat and RINO leaders harboring in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://americanwirenews.com/wait-until-you-see-whats-coming-homan-delivers-ominous-message-for-those-harboring-illegals/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Cost A Lot Of People Their Jobs’: JD Vance Slams Biden Admin For Deciding Products Would No Longer Be Made In America. My brother lost manufacturing jobs in Chicago Heights because his employers moved to Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulations.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/01/jd-vance-biden-american-manufacturing-nucor-steel/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump administration is all over Chicago schools Black-only ‘Success Plan’ Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. There was no success plan for me. But nevertheless, I took college preparatory classes, earned an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and got accepted by UIC.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/01/trump-administration-is-all-over-chicago-schools-black-only-success-plan-1540519/
— FBI reportedly reassigns agents who took a knee for George Floyd. My Democrat superiors in the federal government took the knee for Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they took the knee for race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/01/fbi-reportedly-reassigns-agents-who-took-a-knee-for-george-floyd-1540420/
BREITBART
— Trump Justice Department Budget Request Depoliticizes FBI and ATF, Supports Law Enforcement, and Focuses on Fighting Crime
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/01/exclusive-trump-justice-department-budget-request-depoliticizes-fbi-and-atf-supports-law-enforcement-and-focuses-on-fighting-crime/
— First Look Inside Trump’s Historic Deportation Operation Targeting Gang Members, Criminals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/01/exclusive-footage-first-look-inside-trumps-historic-deportation-operation-targeting-gang-members-criminals/
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
— The Department of Justice Files Complaint Against Illinois for Encroaching on Federal Immigration Authority
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-complaint-against-illinois-encroaching-federal-immigration
EPOCH TIMES
— Tesla Says Report Its Board Is Looking to Replace CEO Elon Musk Is False
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/tesla-says-report-its-board-is-looking-to-replace-ceo-elon-musk-is-false-5850622
— US Ends Trade Exemption That Enabled Flood of Cheap Chinese Goods. What percent of everything that you own was made in China?
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/us-ends-trade-exemption-that-enabled-flood-of-cheap-chinese-goods-5845670
FOX NEWS
— Acting ICE director says agency will ‘ramp up’ raids if sanctuary jurisdictions don’t cooperate. ‘How can anyone argue with you when you’re deporting violent gang members, sex offenders and fentanyl traffickers?’ Lyons said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/acting-ice-director-says-agency-ramp-up-raids-sanctuary-jurisdictions-dont-cooperate
— DOJ sues four blue states over ‘unconstitutional’ climate laws threatening US energy security. In a push to defend US energy production, the DOJ challenges aggressive state climate laws.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-sues-four-blue-states-over-unconstitutional-climate-laws-threatening-us-energy-security
— Trump declares May 8 as ‘Victory Day’ for World War II: ‘Going to start celebrating our victories again!’ President Donald Trump also declared Nov. 11 as World War I Victory Day. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-declares-may-8-victory-day-world-war-ii-going-start-celebrating-our-victories-again
— Trump tells University of Alabama graduates not to be a victim. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that they are victims of Republicans: non-Republican, citizen of America, liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestor who have not been in America for a long time, citizen of a foreign country, boozer, gambler, stoner, prostitute, criminal, etc.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-tells-university-alabama-graduates-not-victim-urges-them-beat-odds
— Trump claps back at courts for ‘interfering’ with job, asks ‘how you can give due process’ to illegal migrants. ‘How can you give due process to people who came into our country illegally?’ Trump asked.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-claps-back-courts-interfering-job-asks-how-you-can-give-due-process-illegal-aliens
— Southern Illinois University administrators caught on tape pledging to ignore Trump’s executive orders on DEI and other areas
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/unearthed-footage-exposes-medical-school-administrators-pledging-resist-trump-executive-orders
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/blue-state-university-administrators-caught-on-tape-pledging-to-ignore-trump-s-executive-orders-on-dei-and-other-areas/vi-AA1E0Jsx
— Trump DHS slams more ‘sob story’ reporting after Tren de Aragua gang members send SOS signal. Tren de Aragua – also known as ‘TdA’ – is a brutal international criminal group linked to Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-dhs-slams-more-sob-story-reporting-after-tren-de-aragua-gang-members-send-sos-signal
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Illinois Targeting Glock Handguns in Its Latest Gun Grab. Illinois Democrats will stop at nothing until the state government bans all guns.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/illinois-targeting-glock-handguns-in-its-latest-gun-grab/
LIBERTY JUSTICE CENTER
— Major Win for Equal Opportunity: Bally’s Overhauls Casino IPO, Drops Race and Sex Requirements
https://libertyjusticecenter.org/pressrelease/major-win-for-equal-opportunity-ballys-overhauls-casino-ipo-drops-race-and-sex-requirements/
NEWSMAX
— Homan Hints at More Arrests for Harboring Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/homan-sanctuary-states-illegals/2025/05/01/id/1209194/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— White House: “Children Will Be Taught To Love America,” Not “Cancerous, Communist Woke Culture”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/01/white_house_children_will_be_taught_to_love_america_not_cancerous_communist_woke_culture.html
— Trump’s Push for Equal Rights and Against Quotas. Virtually all employers are Democrats or RINOs. They do not want to hire, retain, or promote Republicans. They especially do not want to hire, retain, or promote Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/02/trumps_push_for_equal_rights_and_against_quotas_152739.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders say that Trump is weakened, but they are still divided over how to battle him.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5275979-democrats-divided-trump-resistance/
— Trump threatens sanctions on countries that buy oil from Iran
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5278691-trump-threatens-sanctions-on-countries-that-buy-oil-from-iran/
— I should write about my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican, who are White, male, and/or older, who reject the equal opportunity plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, who promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, who promote discrimination against Republicans who are White, male, and/or older. They are really Democrats who want to curry favor with minorities, females, and those who are younger by getting rid of Republicans who are White, male, and/or older. They have had great success in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. According to them, Republicans who are White, male, and/or older cause all the problems that minorities, females, and younger people have.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5277823-bill-oreilly-diversity-inclusion-newsnation-town-hall/
— Pritzker campaign launches video series on Illinois residents impacted by Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5273424-pritzker-campaign-trump-impact/
UPI
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/9f33a0ce410e2adf6d97dbb4355ed594/May-Day-protests-in-Chicago-Illinois/
CNN
— Trump repeats that the government will revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status. Far too many tax-exempt organizations are fronts for the Democrat Party.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/us/white-house-harvard-tax-status
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters have joined with foreign countries to destroy America. They want America to be totally dependent on foreign countries for everything.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/economy/europe-lower-inflation-us-tariffs-analysis-intl
— What the House GOP is proposing in its first draft of Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/politics/what-is-in-trump-tax-spending-cuts-package
— What percent of everything that you own made in China? China wants to conquer America and has made great progress doing that.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/economy/de-minimis-packages-tariff
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Army plans for a potential parade on Trump’s birthday call for 6,600 soldiers
https://apnews.com/article/army-parade-trump-birthday-96bb9c8e9af1ef285c56fdc3d1ba4b35
— Trump tells University of Alabama graduates that “You’re the first graduating class of the golden age of America.” I graduated from NIU in 1970. Because of Affirmative Action and because of DEI, that is, because of Democrat and RINO political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, opportunities for who were the following ever-increasingly diminished: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-alabama-commencement-address-protests-6bcea5b4058c819c26a8135b41d73dd1
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/may-day-protesters-across-us-rally-against-trump-policies-urge-rule-law-2025-05-01/
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders say “Donny 2 Dolls Trump’s cruelty ignores little girl who asked him to make Barbies cheaper.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP_BJisSuBc
MSN
— US manufacturing activity shrinks by most since November. What percent of everything that you own was manufactured in foreign countries?
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/us-manufacturing-activity-shrinks-by-most-since-november/ar-AA1E1Qwz
CBS NEWS
— Migrant crossings at U.S.-Mexico border stay at historically low levels 3 months into Trump crackdown
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-crossings-u-s-mexico-border-historically-low-levels/
— McDonald’s says tariffs are hurting sales after reporting largest decline since pandemic
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcdonalds-tariffs-hurting-sales/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/may-day-protests-trump-photos/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/millions-of-asylum-seekers-left-waiting-in-immigration-court-backlog/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/may-day-trump-protests.html
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/01/us/trump-news#may-day-protests-trump
— Appeals Court Allows Trump to Block Money for Federally Funded Newsrooms, for Now. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. No one calls my tunes because I have enough motivation, time, money, ability, experience, and good health to put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Everyone in the news media should fully disclose where their money comes from. The money I need to put the newsletter together and to send them out comes from my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and Social Security (SS). Previously, my money came from what I earned working for GAO (1980-1997), IRS (1971-1980), Firestone Stores (1970-1972), Chrysler (1970), Post Office (1966-1969), John’s Sinclair, Thrall Car, and Flossmoor Country Club (1966), and S.S. Kresge (1964-1966). Of course, my critics/opponents want Trump to cut CSRS and SS.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/trump-blocks-federal-news-funding.html
— Democrat and RINO justices and judges ever-increasingly destroy Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/supreme-court-justice-jackson.html
— House Votes to Block California’s Plan to Ban New Gasoline-Powered Cars. I have owned gasoline-powered cars since I was 16 in 1964.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/climate/california-gas-cars-waiver-house-vote.html
WASHINGTON POST
— JD Vance: What President Trump achieved in his first 100 days. The president and I campaigned on reversing Joe Biden’s failures. And we’re delivering.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/02/jd-vance-trump-hundred-days/
— Stephen Miller touts Trump’s war against ‘cancerous, woke culture’ in fiery remarks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/01/trump-stephen-miller-immigration-transgender-diversity/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Israel.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/02/gaza-israel-trump-crisis-100-days/
— As Trump attacks higher education, some students avoid U.S. colleges. Virtually all employers are Democrats or RINOs. They do not want to hire, retain, or promote Republicans. They especially do not want to hire, retain, or promote Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/05/02/colleges-international-students-trump-visas-deportations/
USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/01/trump-us-economy-republicans-congress/83290133007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/01/trump-approval-rating-polls-down-economy/83349237007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters have joined with foreign countries to destroy America. They want America to be totally dependent on foreign countries for everything.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/04/30/will-tariffs-cause-shortages-high-prices/83371447007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/02/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-economy/83364760007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “They love a parade: President Trump and US Army to celebrate their June 14 birthdays.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/01/birthday-bash-president-donald-trump-and-army-plan-june-14-parade/83401058007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/04/30/trump-shut-down-suicide-hotline-lgbtq-kids/83334766007/
— ‘Victory of faith’, Vietnamese celebrate 50 years since end of Vietnam War. I should write about those who have used my avoiding the Vietnam War draft against me the most.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/04/30/vietnamese-celebrate-50-years-since-end-of-vietnam-war/83362123007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Despite lashing, DEI still has grip. Groups ‘fly below the radar’ to stay focused. For college graduates, the more of the following that you are, the harder it still is to get a good job: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. It is called race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/01/is-trump-winning-dei-fight/83368731007/
IAFF
— Financial tips to help you plan post-WEP/GPO repeal. Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents will be beyond furious if my application for spousal benefits is approved. Prior to the WEP/GPO repeal, my Social Security (SS) was only $3,000/year. My post-WEP/GPO SS might increase from $6,000/year to $20,000/year. Since 1978, my critics/opponents have been beyond envious of my wife’s salaries. In my defense, I paid into SS 1964-1973 while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, and pumped more gasoline.
https://www.iaff.org/news/financial-planning-tips-after-the-wep-gpo-repeal/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Married People May Be Eligible for Spousal Benefits. If your Social Security benefit is small, you may also be entitled to spousal benefits. However, you must be at least 62 years old, and your spouse must be drawing benefits before you can apply. Calculate your spousal benefits here.)
DURBIN & DUCKWORTH
— Durbin, Duckworth Colleagues Reintroduce Assault Weapons Ban
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem/releases/durbin-duckworth-colleagues-reintroduce-assault-weapons-ban
POLITICO
— Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act for swift deportations is illegal, Trump-appointed judge rules. The Alien Enemies Act applies only when the country is facing an armed, organized attack, the judge ruled.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/01/trump-deportations-court-ruling-00321455
NPR
— Trump orders end to federal funding for NPR and PBS. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. No one calls my tunes because I have enough motivation, time, money, ability, experience, and good health to put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Everyone in the news media should fully disclose where their money comes from. The money I need to put the newsletters together and to send them out comes from my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and Social Security (SS). Previously, my money came from what I earned working for GAO (1980-1997), IRS (1971-1980), Firestone Stores (1970-1972), Chrysler (1970), Post Office (1966-1969), John’s Sinclair, Thrall Car, and Flossmoor Country Club (1966), and S.S. Kresge (1964-1966). Of course, my critics/opponents want Trump to cut CSRS and SS.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5384790/trump-orders-end-to-federal-funding-for-npr-and-pbs
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/pritzkers-total-war-message-is-a-hit-among-angry-democrats.html
ADVOCATE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.advocate.com/voices/trump-voters-blood-on-hands
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— GOP Is The Man’s Party
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/gop_is_the_man_s_party
INKL
— Trump administration investigating Illinois school district for discrimination over ‘privilege walks’ and diversity training
https://www.inkl.com/news/trump-administration-investigating-illinois-school-district-for-discrimination-over-privilege-walks-and-diversity-training
COUNTER CURRENTS
— What is the Purpose and Potential Impact of Caste Census in India? What Caste were you born into? My critics/opponents have always painted me as being lower Caste. They stress a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) that my mother never attended high school, e) that I had to work my way through college, f) that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities, g) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, h) that I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years, i) that I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, and j) that I am Protestant and German American.
https://countercurrents.org/2025/05/what-is-the-purpose-and-potential-impact-of-caste-census-in-india/
April 30, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— US Dept. of Education investigating allegations of racial discrimination at Chicago Public Schools. CPS Black Student Success Plan committee head defends plan to close equity gap.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-department-education-investigating-chicago-public-schools-allegations-racial-discrimination-black-students-success-plan/16288280/
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly drive everything down to destroy Trump and to destroy those who voted for Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-economy-expected-have-slowed-sharply-start-trumps-2nd-term/16284211/
NBC5
— 2 measles cases confirmed in Chicago area, one involving O’Hare Airport
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/2-measles-cases-confirmed-in-chicago-area-one-involving-ohare-airport/3734673/
CBS2
— U.S. Department Education investigates Chicago Public Schools over Black Student Success Plan
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/department-education-chicago-public-schools-black-student-success-plan/
— University of Chicago students’ visas reactivated as Trump administration redefines policy
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/university-of-chicago-foreign-students-visas-reactivated-trump/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker urges Democrats to protest at GOP congressional offices in response to President Donald Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/30/pritzker-trump-fight-congressional-offices/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. They voted for Democrat candidates on April 1, 2025.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/30/trump-republicans-doge-tariffs-100-days-democrats-schumer-jeffries-s-e-cupp
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s top cannabis companies lost millions amid industry slide. Instead of smoking pot, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) I earned six professional certifications, and c) I earned a professional license.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/chicago-cannabis-companies-lost-millions-2024
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/04/30/chicago-and-illinois-have-had-a-rough-first-100-days-of-trump
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Harris and more hatred against Trump.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2025/04/30/strattons-top-priority-in-senate-campaign-fighting-back-against-trump/83377503007/
SOUTHERN
— https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2025/04/30/strattons-top-priority-in-senate-campaign-fighting-back-against-trump/83377503007/Kamala Harris steps back into limelight as Trump celebrates his first 100 days
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/30/kamala-harris-steps-back-into-limelight-as-trump-celebrates-his-first-100-days/
RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth Slams VA Official for Refusing to Commit to Rehiring Veterans Crisis Line Workers Fired by Elon Musk’s DOGE. What if my Republican U.S. Senator, my Republican U.S. Congressman, and/or the Speaker of the House had demanded that GAO rehire me?
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-slams-va-official-for-refusing-to-commit-to-rehiring-veterans-crisis-line-workers-fired-by-elon-musks-doge-81978.cfm?
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/trumps-100-days-pritzker-calls-for-mass-mobilization-as-he-grows-his-national-profile/
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/strattons-top-priority-in-senate-campaign-fighting-back-against-trump/
ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— The Illinois CPA Society is conducting a survey to help early-career professionals be successful. The accounting profession was not interested in me a) because I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27 years old in 1976, b) because I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, d) because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32, and e) because I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. Further my GPA was not that great, and while I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, my scores on the four parts of the examination were not that great. Further, the accounting profession has always been under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/icpastalentsurvey
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-briefing-6/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly exists to ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago, Cook County continue resistance of DOJ’s sanctuary lawsuit
https://www.starvedrock.media/news/state/watch-chicago-cook-county-continue-resistance-of-dojs-sanctuary-lawsuit/article_7033f265-5a47-50f4-935c-f1489c6f363c.html
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Judge: Chicago cops don’t have constitutional right to fair, unbiased investigations when accused of misconduct
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/671084688-judge-chicago-cops-don-t-have-constitutional-right-to-fair-unbiased-investigations-when-accused-of-misconduct
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Public Schools teachers hired before 2017 only pay 2% of the required employee contribution for their pensions. The other 7% is picked up by the district, costing $135 million in 2025. I paid 7% of all my federal salary into the Civil Service Retirement System.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-public-schools-hits-taxpayers-twice-with-pension-pickups/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s tariffs are saving our factory from moving overseas. His new trade policies are long overdue.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/30/trumps-tariffs-saving-factory-moving-overseas/
BREITBART
— Transportation Secretary: ‘We Are Not Going to Fund Your Projects’ If You Give Licenses to Illegals, Have DEI Policies.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/30/transportation-secretary-we-are-not-going-to-fund-your-projects-if-you-give-licenses-to-illegals-have-dei-policies/
CENTER SQUARE
— New York GOP headquarters defaced with Nazi imagery
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-center-square-509740/3986032548938-new-york-gop-headquarters-defaced-with-nazi-imagery
FEDERALIST
— Trump Admin Investigates Chicago Public Schools For Racial Discrimination
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/30/trump-admin-investigates-chicago-public-schools-for-racial-discrimination/
NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Ties Trump’s Push for More Kids to ‘White Supremacy’ The only kinds of marriage that Democrat leaders promote are interracial and LGBTQ.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/04/30/msnbc-ties-trumps-push-more-kids-white-supremacy
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pritzker’s ‘mad as hell’ moment marks a turning point for Dems
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5273067-jb-pritzkers-mad-as-hell-moment-marks-a-turning-point-for-dems/
NEWSWEEK
— Anti-Trump ‘May Day’ Protesters Issue Urgent Alert on Executive Orders
https://www.newsweek.com/anti-trump-protesters-urgent-alert-executive-orders-2065994
KWQC
— Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBcmydXy2PI
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Would Democrats Do Without Trump? Campaign ‘buzz‘ attends undistinguished pols who excoriate the president. This column continues to search in vain for a success story in progressive governance. Meanwhile yet another failing governor of a struggling state is creating media excitement with promises of partisan belligerence.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-would-democrats-do-without-trump-b7aef659
ADVOCATE
— Pritzker ever-increasingly encourages children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/jb-pritzker-defends-trans-kids
NEW AGE
— India to ask Caste status in next census for first time in decades. What Caste were you born into? My critics/opponents have always painted me as being lower Caste. They stress a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) that my mother never attended high school, e) that I had to work my way through college, f) that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities, g) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, h) that I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years, i) that I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, and j) that I am Protestant and German American.
https://www.newagebd.net/post/south-asia/263751/india-to-ask-caste-status-in-next-census-for-first-time-in-decades
April 30, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump targets sanctuary cities like Chicago with new orders
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/04/29/trump-executive-orders-sanctuary-cities-law-enforcement
— Andrew Boutros is the new U.S. Attorney. My critics/opponents have always stressed that the U.S. Attorney who represented GAO in Diersen v. GAO sided with the Democrats who ran GAO, that is, he sided with Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, he sided with race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/29/andrew-boutros-us-attorney-chicago-trump
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that Jews have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/04/29/antisemitism-dei-university-jewish-robert-crimo-iii-neil-steinberg-kristi-noem-purse-littering
— Native American mascots should be phased out of K-12 schools in Illinois. What about the Crete-Monee Warriors?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/04/30/native-americans-mascots-logo-illinois-elementary-high-schools-sports-matthew-beaudet
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson sues Trump over cuts to federal workforce. Democrat leaders defend Democrat federal employees. Republican leaders do not defend Republican federal employees. I should write about that. I would use myself as an example.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/29/mayor-brandon-johnson-lawsuit-trump-federal-worker-firings/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLDF WITH PICTURE: Andrew Boutros is the new U.S. Attorney. My critics/opponents have always stressed that the U.S. Attorney who represented GAO in Diersen v. GAO sided with the Democrats who ran GAO, that is, he sided with Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, he sided with race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/29/chicagos-new-u-s-attorney-balances-offices-tradition-with-new-directives/
— Democrat educators ever-increasingly give more preference to Black students, that is, they ever-increasingly discriminate more against non-Black students.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/29/feds-probe-chicago-public-schools-over-alleged-racial-discrimination-in-black-student-success-plan/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s spending cuts against him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/29/head-start-groups-sue-trump-administration-over-efforts-to-dismantle-early-childhood-development-program/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/30/column-donald-trump-100-days-approval-rating-washington/
— Where did the money come from to pay for your bachelor’s degree? Mine came from what I earned doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, and working on an automotive assembly line. That enabled me graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. But that was the good old days when tuition was much lower.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/30/college-loans-frerichs-debt/
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving the economy down to punish Trump and to punish those who voted for him.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250430/economy/u-s-economy-shrinks-0-3-in-first-quarter-as-trump-trade-wars-disrupt-business/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly sue Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-news-today-chicago-il-involved-100-lawsuits-filed-administration-1st-days/16280838/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-immigration-news-ice-detains-lyons-illinois-father-abel-orozco-wife-battles-breast-cancer-family-says/16280691/
— Democrat educators ever-increasingly give more preference to Black students, that is, they ever-increasingly discriminate more against non-Black students.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-department-education-investigating-chicago-public-schools-black-students-success-plan-defending-complaint/16281583/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-economy-news-donald-trump-tariffs-hurting-small-businesses-black-owned-chicago/16281385/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-news-today-how-presidents-tariffs-1st-100-days-could-contribute-ongoing-price-increases-housing-groceries/16280607/
NBC5
— Trump aide: Pritzker’s call for protests could be seen as ‘inciting violence’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-aide-pritzkers-call-for-protests-could-be-seen-as-inciting-violence/3733550/
— Chicago joins suit against Trump administration over firing of federal employees. Democrat leaders defend Democrat federal employees. Republican leaders do not defend Republican federal employees. I should write about that. I would use myself as an example.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-joins-suit-against-trump-administration-over-firing-of-federal-employees/3733402/
FOX32
— Chicago sues Trump admin over cuts to federal workforce. My critics/opponents have always stressed that the U.S. Attorney who represented GAO in Diersen v. GAO sided with the Democrats who ran GAO, that is, he sided with Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, he sided with race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1632939
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/29/chicago-may-day-rally-planned-trump-ramps-attacks-immigrants-sanctuary-cities
WBEZ
— Democrat educators ever-increasingly give more preference to Black students, that is, they ever-increasingly discriminate more against non-Black students.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/04/29/trump-education-department-cps-investigation-black-student-success-plan
NPR ILLINOIS
— Who has targeted you? I should write about those who have targeted me. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-29/trump-has-used-government-powers-to-target-more-than-100-perceived-enemies
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-29/100-days-into-office-views-about-trumps-job-performance-are-on-the-decline
NORTHERN STAR
— NIU’s removal of DEI language is a strategic shield against federal retaliation. NIU accepted me when I was 20 years old in1969. But because of my terrible demographics, NIU would not accept me today if I was 20 years old today.
https://northernstar.info/125858/opinion/editorial-nius-removal-of-dei-language-is-a-strategic-shield-against-federal-retaliation/
CAPITOL NEW ILLINOIS
— After-school programs continue push for state aid. What did you do while you were in grade school and high school? I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. That enabled me to buy a 1958 Chevy Bel Air in 1964 and a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/after-school-programs-continue-push-for-state-aid/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-502/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Democrat Judges Spit on Rule of Law
https://johnkassnews.com/democrat-judges-spit-on-rule-of-law/
WIREPOINTS
— We’re talking 18,000 kids unable to read or do math, with a hard future, just in these 80 zero-schools alone
https://wirepoints.org/were-talking-18000-kids-unable-to-read-or-do-math-with-a-hard-future-just-in-these-80-zero-schools-alone-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
— West Coast gas prices for Rust Belt Illinoisans.
https://wirepoints.org/west-coast-gas-prices-for-rust-belt-illinoisans-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How has Affirmative Action and DEI been used against you? All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. I should write about my coworkers who were promoted over me. I would focus on those who were virtually all of the aforesaid, if not all of the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘We’ve just gotten started:’ Trump takes Michigan victory lap at 100-day mark
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/29/trump-takes-michigan-victory-lap-100-day-mark/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Don’t fall for the DEI sleight of hand
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3395570/dei-critical-social-justice-civil-rights-act/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— The process due illegals is deportation
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/29/victor-joecks-the-process-due-illegals-is-deportation-1539719/
BREITBART
— Venezuela Prepares Marxist May Day Rallies Demanding Release of U.S.-Deported Tren de Aragua Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2025/04/29/venezuela-prepares-marxist-may-day-rallies-demanding-release-of-u-s-deported-tren-de-aragua-illegals/
DAILY WIRE
— Here’s How Trump Crippled Radical Gender Ideology In His First 100 Days
https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-everything-trump-did-on-gender-ideology-in-his-first-100-days
— ‘Just Getting Started’: Trump Vows More Action In ‘100 Days Of Greatness’ Rally
https://www.dailywire.com/news/just-getting-started-trump-vows-more-action-in-100-days-of-greatness-rally
FOX NEWS
— Democrats are no longer defined by principles, but by hatred of Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6372091573112
NEW AMERICAN
— ICE in First 100 Days: Almost 70K Illegals Arrested, Nearly 66K Removed; 75 Percent Dangerous Criminals
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/ice-in-first-100-days-almost-70k-illegals-arrested-nearly-66k-removed-75-percent-dangerous-criminals/
NEWSMAX
— Education Dept. Investigating Chicago Public Schools. Democrat educators ever-increasingly give more preference to Black students, that is, they ever-increasingly discriminate more against non-Black students.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/education-chicago-schools/2025/04/29/id/1208846/
— Postal Service Assisting With Deportations
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/usps-inspection-service-deportations/2025/04/29/id/1208879/
— ICE: 66,463 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Trump’s First 100 Days
https://www.newsmax.com/us/ice-criminal-aliens-arrests/2025/04/29/id/1208808/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5273836-trump-second-term-abortion-access/
— UPS to cut 20K jobs amid Trump tariff uncertainty
https://thehill.com/business/5273014-ups-job-cuts-donald-trump-tariff-agenda/
ABC NEWS
— Federal cuts gut food banks as they face record demand. How dependent on food banks are those in the following: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/federal-cuts-gut-food-banks-face-record-demand/story?id=121234012
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/politics/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-trump-democrats/index.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Saigon fell 50 years ago. Back then, I was a 26-year-old IRS employee. Virtually all of my superiors and supervisors were Democrat veterans. They blamed non-veteran Republicans for the fall of Saigon. I was one of an extremely few non-veteran Republicans in the office. My Democrat IRS superiors and supervisors who were veterans held my avoiding the Vietnam War draft against me big time. They had disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They had made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. They disallowed my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://apnews.com/article/saigon-vietnam-war-americans-50-years-f6b8b5823b99038fcdb87bdbcd4c0125
REUTERS
— Trump touts economy at Michigan 100-day rally
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-touts-100-day-achievements-michigan-amid-concerns-about-economy-2025-04-29/
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbSMcIDwdmg
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly sue Trump. What Republican leaders had sued Biden?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npUCmpAFEKs
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down and his disapproval rating up.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Housing on Federal Lands Aims to Ease Affordability Crisis. During the 1960s and 1970s, Democrat leaders spent many millions of dollars making housing in University Park affordable. My critics/opponents have always been furious that I took advantage of that and bought a new town home in University Park when I was 24 years old in 1972. According to them, Blacks should have bought the town home that I did.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/housing-federal-land-trump.html
— Democrat educators ever-increasingly give more preference to Black students, that is, they ever-increasingly discriminate more against non-Black students.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/trump-chicago-schools-black-students.html
— GAO Reveals Dozens of Inquiries Into Trump’s Withholding of Funds. Democrats run GAO. When I was 31 years old in 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/trump-funds-gao.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: According to those who have taken many big adverse actions against Trump, Trump is driven by vengeance.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/04/30/nytfrontpage/scan.pdf
— Democrat leaders to ever-increasingly capitalize on Trump federal spending cuts. How strongly are the following dependent on federal spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://politicalwire.com/2025/04/28/democrats-to-capitalize-as-gop-outlines-spending-cuts/
WASHINGTON POST
— USPS law enforcement assists Trump ‘mass deportation’ effort
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/29/usps-immigration-trump-deportations/
— Hegseth ‘proudly’ terminates Women, Peace, and Security program supported by Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/29/hegseth-wps-rubio-noem/
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2025/dei-companies-sec-filings/
USA TODAY
— Donald Trump signs two new executive orders on immigration enforcement
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/04/29/trump-signs-new-executive-orders-aiming-at-sanctuary-cities/83339906007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Canada against America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/30/canada-election-liberals-win-trump-referendum/83329799007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/28/trump-anti-trans-lgbtq-executive-orders/83248377007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/04/30/trump-shut-down-suicide-hotline-lgbtq-kids/83334766007/
— Already more than 1,000 workers down, EPA tries to convince others to depart. EPA will try again in another round of offers to convince its employees to take deferred resignations or early retirements. My Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly use Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write about that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/28/epa-staff-cuts-voluntary-retirement-resignation/83329753007/
KWQC
— Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.kwqc.com/2025/04/30/duckworth-trump-making-americans-weaker-sicker-less-secure/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pence: What the 47th President Can Learn From the 45th. Time-honored conservative principles guided the first Trump administration. America needs them now.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-the-47th-president-can-learn-from-the-45th-trump-second-term-policy-ea1bf83e
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-hemorrhages-support-100-days-in-policy-second-term-presidency-014d6dd3
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/amazon-tariff-prices-karoline-leavitt-jeff-bezos-donald-trump-d085537c
BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s New Orders Targeting Sanctuary Cities
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-29/trump-s-new-orders-targeting-sanctuary-cities-police-reform-citylab-daily
NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://newrepublic.com/article/193040/trans-federal-employee-discrimination-trump
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-immigration-enforcement-100-days-due-process_n_6810f2bae4b0241e22ed2cae
CONVERSATION
— All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. I should write about my coworkers who were promoted over me. I would focus on those who were virtually all of the aforesaid, if not all of the aforesaid.
https://theconversation.com/trump-says-diversity-initiatives-undermine-merit-decades-of-research-show-this-is-flawed-255100
GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn White Afrikaners.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/30/a-godsend-the-white-afrikaners-lining-up-to-accept-trumps-offer-of-asylum
April 29, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump marks his first 100 days in office with a rally in Michigan
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-ease-auto-tariffs-faced-us-automakers/16277133/
— Trump pushes back against economic anxieties in ABC interview
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-abc-interview-president-pushes-back-economic-anxieties-says-china-will-eat-tariffs/16279517/
— Wisconsin high court suspends Milwaukee judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities
https://abc7chicago.com/post/wisconsin-supreme-court-suspends-hannah-dugan-judge-arrested-accused-helping-eduardo-flores-ruiz-evade-ice/16280292/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use wokeness/wokeism to get rid of Republicans. Further, those who are anti-conservative, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time use wokeness/wokeism to get rid of those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time.
https://abc7.com/post/trump-100-days-america-faces-woke-divide-president-donald-says-history/16276880/
— Federal workers on DOGE impact during Trump’s first 100 days: ‘We want to come back to work’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-100-days-look-elon-musks-doge-plan-cut-down-government-waste-lay-off-federal-workers/16278493/
— Montgomery Trump loyalists believe tariffs will improve economy, support mass government layoffs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/voters-red-montgomery-illinois-express-support-donald-trump-tariffs-government-cuts-dept-veterans-affairs-more/16280034/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago joins lawsuit to block Trump’s dismantling of federal bureaucracy. The lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of exceeding presidential authority and violating the constitutional separation of powers that gives Congress control of the federal purse strings.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/04/29/chicago-lawsuit-trump-musk-downsize-federal-bureaucracy
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration joins lawsuit against Trump to block federal worker firings
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/29/mayor-brandon-johnson-lawsuit-trump-federal-worker-firings/
— Trump cuts federal programs that promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, programs that promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, that is, he cuts programs that discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/29/hegseth-ending-woke-program/
WGN RADIO
— John Kass: Sounds like Pritzker is ready for a donnybrook
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-sounds-like-jb-pritzker-is-ready-for-a-donnybrook/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Johnson joins lawsuit seeking to prevent Trump’s federal government overhaul
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-mayor-joins-lawsuit-against-trump-government-cuts
CHALK BEAT
— Trump administration launches investigation into Chicago Public Schools’ Black Student Success Plan. Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother attended high school. nevertheless, I got an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class, and got accepted by UIC.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/04/29/trump-administration-investigates-cps-black-student-success-plan/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-295/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS GOP
— 100 Days of WINS
https://illinois.gop/newsroom/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois appellate court justice James Knecht says the arrest of Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan was “reminiscent of King George, Hitler and Mussolini.”
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_aa9631af-36a1-417b-abba-623d07b32a51.html
https://www.ktbs.com/news/national/illinois-judge-slams-arrest-of-wisconsin-judge-as-reminiscent-of-hitler/article_9cbd0816-9042-52d5-b83e-7ff3bdc66b4e.html
https://www.aol.com/news/illinois-judge-slams-arrest-wisconsin-193700543.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— House Republicans propose fees for electric, hybrid cars
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/29/house-republicans-propose-fees-electric-hybrid-cars/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker: The angriest Democrat in the room
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3395273/angriest-democrat-jb-pritzker-in-the-room/
BREITBART
— Trump’s Labor Department to Revoke Federal Funds from States Giving Unemployment Benefits to Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/28/trumps-labor-department-to-revoke-federal-funds-states-giving-unemployment-benefits-illegals/
— Venezuela Prepares Marxist May Day Rallies Demanding Release of U.S.-Deported Tren de Aragua Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2025/04/29/venezuela-prepares-marxist-may-day-rallies-demanding-release-of-u-s-deported-tren-de-aragua-illegals/
CAMPUS REFORM
— UW-Madison lecture to explore how ‘White Innocence’ leads to death of black infants.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/uw-madison-lecture-explore-white-innocence-leads-death-black-infants/27887
DAILY SIGNAL
— Pritzker Calls for ‘Disruption’ to ‘Punish’ Republicans. Hate-filled Democrat and RINO Trump-hating leaders have their operatives and their dupes punish Republicans. They have had their operatives and dupes take many adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/29/jb-pritzker-calls-disruption-punish-republicans/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Delivers 100th Day Achievement Speech in Michigan
https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/live-6pm-april-29-trump-delivers-100th-day-achievement-speech-in-michigan-5848903
— White House Responds to Mexican President After She Calls US Ads ‘Discriminatory’
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/white-house-responds-to-mexican-president-after-she-calls-us-ads-discriminatory-5846987
NEWSMAX
— 66,463 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Trump’s First 100 Days
https://www.newsmax.com/us/ice-criminal-aliens-arrests/2025/04/29/id/1208808/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
–The Democrat Party is the party of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. It is the party of hatred against conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, married people, non-poor people, Protestants, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5272478-jb-pritzker-democratic-party-agenda/
NEW YORK TIMES
— White House Attacks Amazon Over Idea of Showing Tariffs’ Cost
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/trump-amazon-tariffs-prices.html