FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/15/con-las-teoras-de-conspiracin-sobre-epstein-trump-se-enfrenta-a-una-crisis-que-l-mismo-cre/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use public broadcasting to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/16/illinois-public-broadcasting-cuts-vote-looms/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Inspector general’s quarterly report chock-full of wrongdoing by city employees
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/07/15/inspector-generals-wrongdoing-city-employees-again
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/07/15/good-trouble-protests-chicago-john-lewis-trump
DAILY HERALD
— As more and more and more Democrats invade DuPage County, stronger security is needed in public spaces
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250716/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-sunset-pool-incident-shows-urgent-need-for-stronger-security-in-public-spaces/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at women that Republicans cause all the problems that women have.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250716/syndicated-columnists/the-gender-gap-grows-wider-and-wider/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250715/news/what-you-need-to-know-about-good-trouble-lives-on-suburban-protests/
ABC7
— How Secret Service is working to combat rising threat of politically motivated violence. One of my best friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent during the 1970s.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/how-secret-service-combats-rising-threat-political-violence-minnesota-lawmakers-shot-donald-trump-assassination-attempt/17122494/
— Some Democrat leaders reluctantly slow down their promotion of LGBTQ
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rush-hospital-pausing-hormonal-health-care-new-patients-age-18/17139085/
CBS2
— ICE says many in immigration detention no longer qualify for bond hearings
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-immigration-detention-bond-hearings/
WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/how-do-you-feel-about-ice-covering-up-their-identities/#/questions
WBEZ
— After years of poor care, preventable deaths, Illinois is changing its prison health care provider. The state is backing out of its 10-year, $4 billion contract with Wexford Health Sources, but the new contractor has its own troubling track record in other states.
https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2025/07/16/after-years-of-poor-care-preventable-deaths-illinois-is-changing-its-prison-health-care-provider
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that police are racists
https://www.wbez.org/data/2025/07/16/report-shows-big-drop-in-chicago-police-traffic-stops-but-sharp-racial-disparities-persist
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/16/good-trouble-lives-on-rallies-target-trump-see-list-of-illinois-locations-times-springfield-peoria/85211067007/
SOUTHERN
— Democrats lean into MAGA infighting over Epstein files
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/16/democrats-lean-into-maga-infighting-over-epstein-files/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— For many countries, if they cannot exploit America, they hate America
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-07-15/trumps-tariffs-are-prompting-many-in-japan-to-rethink-relationship-with-the-u-s
WAND TV
— IDFPR launches 24 additional license types to new licensing system. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/idfpr-launches-24-additional-license-types-to-new-licensing-system/article_786fda3b-7aae-4fa9-b06c-be395dbe9344.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Intoxicating hemp remains unregulated in Illinois following legislative inaction. Regulatory attempts have failed despite Pritzker’s backing, although feds could intervene. Hemp sales cut into pot sales.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/intoxicating-hemp-remains-unregulated-in-illinois-following-legislative-inaction/
CHALKBEAT
— Illinois graduates who earn college degrees make more money, but racial disparities persist. To address “racial disparities,” my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me retire when I was 49 years old. They gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. The aforesaid is political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/07/16/illinois-high-school-graduates-with-college-degrees-earn-more/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The report found that students from low-income households were less likely to obtain bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, doctoral degrees, or professional licenses than their peers from higher-income households. The report also found that the state’s high school students whose parents were among the highest earners went on to earn about 48% more than those whose parents were in the lowest-earning group. Among those who came from the same socioeconomic background, Black and Latino students earned less than Asian American and white students, the report found. Students in the study’s sample from low-income families were underrepresented in high-paying careers such as computer information sciences and engineering. Most students took jobs in accommodations and food services. Regardless of whether students had the same levels of education, degrees from the same type of program, or worked in the same industry, students from high-income households earned more than their peers who came from low-income households. On average, the gap in earnings between students from high-income households and low-income households was $5,815 even if they had the same degree.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-552/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-345/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— The Blackmailer Jeffery Epstein, the Chicago Hitman, and the Tragedy of MAGA
https://johnkassnews.com/the-blackmailer-jeffery-epstein-the-chicago-hitman-and-the-tragedy-of-maga/
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker hides behind CNBC business ranking for Illinois
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-hides-behind-cnbc-business-ranking-for-illinois-wirepoints-quickpoint/
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Vallas: Chicago’s Poor Families Deserve Better School Choices. Because my parents had enough money to send me to Missouri Lutheran Synod grade schools, my critics/opponents have always demonized them and me as being filthy rich. But my father never made more than $50,000 a year in today’s dollars.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-poor-families-better-school-choices
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What could you have done, but did not do, to avoid the rath of those above you? I refused to a) let myself be manipulated or dominated by them, b) glorify or paise them, c) pander to them, d) serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) cover up their wrong doing, and f) give them money. Consequently, they had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The latest heroes of the left: War criminals, gang members and human rights abusers
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/15/latest-heroes-left-war-criminals-gang-members-human-rights-abusers/
— Where’s the U.S. border? Trump asks Supreme Court to decide
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/15/wheres-us-border-trump-asks-supreme-court-decide/
NEW YORK POST
— How ‘charities,’ funded by your tax dollars, helped break immigration law
https://nypost.com/2025/07/15/opinion/how-charities-funded-by-your-tax-dollars-helped-break-immigration-law/
AMERICAN THINKER
— How do we explain the left’s hatred of America and their undying affection for criminal illegals?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/how_do_we_explain_the_left_s_hatred_of_america_and_their_undying_affection_for_criminal_illegals.html
— Poor Black Children Face a Dismal Future. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. They were overjoyed when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate..
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/poor_black_children_face_a_dismal_future.html
— Crushing the leftists’ woke riot
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/crushing_the_leftists_woke_riot.html
BLAZE
— Nonprofits aided the invasion — now they obstruct deportation
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/nonprofits-aided-the-invasion-now-they-obstruct-deportation
BREITBART
— Tom Cotton Introduces Bill to End Birthright Citizenship for Children of Illegal Aliens, Terrorists
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/15/exclusive-tom-cotton-introduces-bill-to-end-birthright-citizenship-for-children-of-illegal-aliens-terrorists/
DAILY CALLER
— ICE Declares Illegal Migrants Ineligible For Bond Hearings
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/15/ice-declares-illegals-ineligible-for-bond/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Charges Business Owner For Hiring Illegal Alien Workers. The employer stands accused of paying to smuggle illegal aliens into the United States before hiring them for his restaurant. All my employers would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have. Illegals are much easier to exploit.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-charges-business-owner-for-hiring-illegal-alien-workers
FEDERALIST
— Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Says Somalia Is His ‘Home’ More and more and more come to America to turn America into their motherland. They promote “diversity.”
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/15/minneapolis-mayoral-candidate-says-somalia-is-his-home/
— Democrat States Want American Taxpayers To Fund English Classes For Illegals
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/15/dem-states-want-american-taxpayers-to-fund-english-classes-for-illegals/
FOX NEWS
— How has EEOC impacted you? When I was 22 years old in 1971, to settle an EEOC complaint, Oldsmobile agreed to stop hiring Whites. Because of that, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-refines-eeoc-approach-transgender-workplace-discrimination-claims
— AOC welcomes socialist Mamdani to nation’s capital as Dem leaders withhold endorsements. President Trump says former Gov. Andrew Cuomo ‘has a shot’ against Zohran Mamdani, while key Democratic leaders hesitate to choose socialist. What percent of the Democrats in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct would vote for Mamdani?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-welcomes-socialist-mamdani-nations-capital-dem-leaders-withhold-endorsements
HOT AIR
— ‘Queer’ Is Not About Gender; It Is an Assault on Reality Itself
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/07/15/trump-is-done-with-putin-n3804778
NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN Falsely Claims Illegals in Alligator Alcatraz Have ‘No Criminal Charges’
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/shannon-sauders/2025/07/15/cnn-falsely-claims-illegals-alligator-alcatraz-have-no-criminal
NEWSMAX
— US Military Bases Libraries Have Material That Promote Gender Ideology
https://www.newsmax.com/us/military-gender-ideology-dei/2025/07/15/id/1218885/
PJ MEDIA
— Woke California Bishop Tells Illegals Not to Come to Church in Case of ICE
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/15/woke-ca-bishop-tells-illegals-theyre-exempted-from-sunday-obligation-n4941755
TOWNHALL
— Here’s the House Republican Who Wants Amnesty for Illegals. My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/07/16/heres-the-house-republican-who-wants-amnesty-for-illegals-n2660448
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5403189-trumps-disapproval-rating-hits-record-for-second-term/
ABC NEWS
— Supreme Court allows Trump to continue effort to gut Education Department. GAO works for Congress. Gingrich should have reformed GAO instead of gutting it. If he had reformed GAO, I might still be working for GAO. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-allows-trump-continue-effort-gut-education/story?id=123747924
CBS NEWS
— Some American businesses look to expand production as Trump threatens more tariffs. What percent of what you by is made by cheap foreign labor?
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/some-american-businesses-expand-production-trump-tariff-war/
NEWSWEEK
— Trump Attacks His Own Supporters Over Jeffrey Epstein Interest
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-attacks-maga-supporters-jeffrey-epstein-interest-2099526
— My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.newsweek.com/migrants-immigration-maria-salazar-republicans-house-2099411
NEW YORK TIMES
— Will the Conspiracists Cultivated by Trump Turn on Him Over Epstein? The fallout of the Epstein case is testing the power the president holds over his most loyal followers, many of whom have broken into open revolt against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/politics/trump-epstein-conspiracy-theories.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/politics/jeffrey-epstein-files-trump.html
— Federal Workers’ ‘Emotional Roller Coaster’ My Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 continues to harm me tremendously.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/politics/fired-federal-workers-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans break with Trump on Epstein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/15/mike-johnson-epstein-files-democrats-house-vote/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/15/trump-third-countries-migrants-deportation/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2025/honduras-trans-woman-asylum-trump/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Will the ‘1619 Project’ Spoil America’s Party? As the anniversary of 1776 draws near, get ready for a resurgence of the New York Times’s false history. 1619 promoters hate America and hate Americans. The longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that they hate you.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/will-the-1619-project-spoil-americas-party-slavery-history-f1cfd9f2
CAPITOL CITY NEW
— Economic mobility top priority of Krishnamoorthi’s Senate campaign. Sadly, my father, my grandfather, and my great grandfather are examples of downward mobility. In 1902, my great grandfather had 1285 Main Street built in Crete (4,030 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1285-Main-St-60417/home/23199035 ). In 1926, my grandfather had 1286 Wood Street built in Crete (1793 sq. ft. https://www.redfin.com/IL/Crete/1286-Wood-St-60417/home/23199039 ). My father never had a home built. I had to work my way through college.)
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-economic-mobility-top-priority-of-krishnamoorthis-senate-campaign/
WBUR
— When does a conservative lawmaker become moderate? After they disagree with Trump.
https://www.wbur.org/npr/nx-s1-5461102/tillis-rino-trump-moderate-gop
FLORIDA POLITICS
— Jim Oberweis adds another $105K for his run in CD 19
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/747373-jim-oberweis-adds-another-105k-for-his-run-in-cd-19/
MY FEDERAL RETIREMENT
— 2026 Federal Retiree COLA Watch – FERS / CSRS / Social Security My critics/opponents have always been furious that I got COLAs a) while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997 and b) that I have gotten COLAs since I retired in 1997.
https://www.myfederalretirement.com/fers-csrs-cola-watch/
— 5 Benefits of Working Past Age 65 Federal Employees Should Consider. My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is dramatically less because my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and took many big adverse actions against me, including forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My Social Security was dramatically reduced because I get a CSRS pension.
https://www.myfederalretirement.com/social-security-65/
CATO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cato.org/testimony/case-case-returning-parole-its-proper-purpose-0
POLITICO
— How Elon Musk’s X is fueling the MAGA-Trump split. Musk invited the conspiracists back on purpose. Now they’re dividing the GOP.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/15/elon-musk-x-maga-00455128
IUNSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly prioritize citizens of foreign countries over Americans
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/retention/2025/07/16/funding-paused-migrant-education-trump-plans-cuts
DUCKWORTH
— Duckworth Secures Key Provisions to Protect Rock Island Arsenal. During the first 6 months of 1989, I worked for GAO at the Rock Island Arsenal on an audit of DOD’s 1990 ammunition budget request. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/150/148194.pdf
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-secures-key-provisions-to-protect-rock-island-arsenal-support-illinois-quantum-technology-research-and-safeguard-care-for-veterans
FED SMITH
— Secrets Behind the Growing Number of Thrift Savings Plan Millionaires. TSP millionaires grew 500% in 5+ years.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/07/11/secrets-behind-the-growing-number-of-tsp-millionaires/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) provides a path to a secure retirement for federal employees. While the defined annuity under FERS is a very valuable benefit often not available to most Americans, the Thrift Savings Plan may provide the difference between a minimal retirement or one that provides many more options to enjoy your later years in life. While the argument is often made that salaries in the private sector are higher, the federal workforce has at its fingertips a way to accumulate wealth that provides a substantial retirement income—at least for those with the knowledge and discipline to take maximum advantage of this program. Here are some TSP statistics that every federal employee should keep in mind—especially those who are still relatively new to the federal workforce. In March 2020, there were 27,212 TSP millionaires, which grew to 171,023 by June 2025. This is a growth of over 500% in the number of millionaires in just over five years. The largest quarterly increase in TSP millionaires occurred between March 2020 and June 2020, with the number rising from 27,212 to 45,219 — an increase of 66%. Another significant increase was between December 2020 and March 2021, where the number of millionaires grew from 75,420 to 84,808. The number of TSP millionaires is now at its highest point, with 171,023 participant millionaires as of the end of June 2025. The average years of contributions for TSP millionaires have remained stable over the last five years, hovering around 28 years. This indicates a strong correlation between long-term contributions and achieving millionaire status in the TSP.)
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— The Temptation of Blind Loyalty. 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 cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insight-therapy/202504/eyes-wide-shut-the-temptation-of-blind-loyalty
GOOGLE AI
— Personal spending priorities. What are your personal spending priorities? Mine include expenses needed to put together and to send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They include Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Naperville Sun, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Crain’s Chicago Business home delivery and website access.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22personal+spending+priorities
GOOGLE AI
— Career wasted. Did your superiors waste your career? My Democrat superiors did. But by critics/opponents disagree. They stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that I got no scholarships, and that I got no student loans. They stress that my college GPAs were not that great. They stress that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, my scores were not that great. In my defense, I had to work my way through college. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes, delivering mail, pumping gasoline, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22career+wasted
Tag: illegals
July 15, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 20 Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration on Monday for withholding more than $6 billion in federal funds for several education programs nationwide. Many low-income families will lose access to after-school programs if the money isn’t released soon. What did you do while you were in high school? During my freshman and sophomore years, I did yard work. During all 4 years, I delivered newspapers. During my junior and senior years, I washed dishes.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/boys-girls-club-programs-threatened-trump-grant-freeze-serve-thousands-families/17116784/
— Family raises questions about death of father found unresponsive at Naperville’s Centennial Beach. The family of 27-year-old Streamwood man Manuel Jose Rosales Yajure believes the lifeguards didn’t do enough.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/manuel-jose-rosales-yajure-identified-streamwood-man-died-found-centennial-beach-naperville-police-department/17117110/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW-mqsxAuUw
NBC5
— These Republicans could challenge Gov. JB Pritzker’s reelection bid. The first day petitions can be submitted for the March primary will arrive early next month.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/these-republicans-could-challenge-gov-jb-pritzkers-reelection-bid/3789070/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-republican-field-takes-shape-to-oppose-pritzker-reelection-bid/3789117/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: So far, DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick and businessman Joe Severino have announced they intend to run for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, but they could be joined by several others, including Rep. Darin LaHood, who is weighing options between a bid for the governor’s mansion or the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Dick Durbin. His team told NBC Chicago Political Reporter Mary Ann Ahern that he is still weighing his options ahead of the Aug. 5 start of the petition season. Aaron Del Mar, former lieutenant governor candidate and the chairman of the Cook County Republican Party, is also weighing a potential run, and he says he sees a path forward for any candidate seeking to deny Pritzker a third term in office. “There is a strong donor base, but you just need to talk to them and convince them that this state is worth investing in,” he said. “There are some concerns about running against the richest elected official in the United States. Illinois is worth saving, and worth investing in, and somebody needs to put Illinois first, and our campaign will display that same motto in action.” Ted Dabrowski, president of the media outlet Wirepoints, which focuses on economic and government issues in Illinois, is also considering a run, reaching out to donors as part of that effort, according to Ahern’s reporting.)
— Who has the advantage in the race for Dick Durbin’s Senate seat? Three Democrats are vying for the seat, while the Republican primary remains largely up in the air. One could compare and contrast the Illinois Republican U.S. Senate 2004 primary ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois ) with the 2026 primary. All five announced candidates (John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andrew McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) walked in Wheaton’s 2003 Independence Day parade and then attended a picnic in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct. My critics/opponents were not only furious that Ryan won the primary instead of their candidate McKenna, they blamed me for McKenna’s defeat. I was not only the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, I was also an officer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. Neither organization endorsed McKenna. Ryan withdrew after he won the primary and then the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee replaced him with Alan Keyes who lost to Obama.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/who-has-the-advantage-in-the-race-for-dick-durbins-senate-seat/3789209/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the other side of the aisle, several names have been floated on the Republican side to run for Durbin’s Senate seat. Insiders said Richard Porter is considering a bid. Porter’s largely been behind the scenes, working as a suburban attorney and former Republican national committeeman. He also worked for former President George W Bush’s administration as a domestic policy adviser to the president and counselor to former Vice President Dan Quayle. U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood is also eyeing the Senate race, but he would have to give up his congressional seat to do so. He has also been rumored to be eyeing a run for Illinois governor, but will make his decision in coming weeks. The last Illinois Republican to serve in the Senate was Mark Kirk. He lost re-election to Duckworth in 2016.)
— Democrats put aside previous misgivings to hit Trump over Jeffrey Epstein files
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/democrats-trump-administration-jeffrey-epstein-files/3788972/
— Democrat leaders promote Rosie O’Donnell
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/video-rosie-odonnell-reacts-donald-trump-threat-potentially-revoke-citizenship/3789125/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/14/chicago-officials-call-identification-requirements-ice-agents-we-are-asking
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State Farm defends hefty 27.2% hike in Illinois homeowners insurance rates
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/14/state-farm-defends-illinois-homeowners-rate-increase/
— Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees. GAO works for Congress. Gingrich should have reformed GAO instead of gutting it. If he had reformed GAO, I might still be working for GAO. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/14/trump-lay-off-education-employees/
— A city where every teen can find work — that should be the goal. I took the following jobs when I was a teen, but how many teens would take those jobs today? I did yard work. I delivered newspapers. I wash dishes. I cleaning golf shoes. I chipping slag. I pumping gasoline. I delivering mail. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/15/chicago-teen-summer-jobs/
— Wheaton 7-bedroom mansion with Tudor facade and 7 gables: $2M
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/15/wheaton-seven-gables-home/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This 1897 Wheaton property built by architect Jarvis Hunt is called the House of Seven Gables and was commissioned as a wedding gift by Chicago steel magnate Jay Morse. Later known as the Loretto Convent, the mansion has a Tudor facade, hand-carved woodwork and seven distinctive gables. In 2017, the entire 10,000-square-foot, 730-ton structure was relocated 500 feet and placed on a new foundation. The house now has modern infrastructure, all-new mechanicals, including zoned central heating and air conditioning, and public utilities. In the Loretto subdivision, the home has seven bedrooms, six full bathrooms, one half-bath and a newly built, attached three-car garage. There is also an unfinished lower level with 10-foot ceilings.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker orders state agencies to assess potential effects of more Trump tariffs. Officials told to figure out which industries are most vulnerable to trade disruptions.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/07/14/trump-tariffs-jb-pritzker-illinois-executive-order
DAILY HERALD
— Citing safety risks for election officials, McHenry County clerk seeking 35% pay hike
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250713/local-politics/citing-safety-risks-for-election-officials-mchenry-county-clerk-seeking-35-pay-hike/
— State Department firings say much about administration’s ‘reforms.’ If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. The Democrats who ran GAO used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s Republican employees like me.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250715/syndicated-columnists/state-department-firings-say-much-about-administrations-reforms/
— Why the races to succeed Krishnamoorthi, Schakowsky in Congress are packed
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250715/local-politics/why-the-races-to-succeed-krishnamoorthi-schakowsky-in-congress-are-packed/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for problems that disabled people have.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/chicago-disability-inclusion-accessibility
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/cook-county-forest-preserves-prioritize-accessible-amenities-opinion
— Pritzker signs executive order to analyze tariff impact on Illinois
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzker-orders-agencies-analyze-tariff-impact-illinois
WGN RADIO
— Is MAGA bigger than Trump?
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-is-maga-bigger-than-trump/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/06/26/jb-pritzker-governor-of-illinois-running-for-third-term-state-visits-tour-june-26-2025-stops/84367606007/
SHAW LOCAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/07/14/good-trouble-lives-on-protests-in-northern-illinois-locations-times-what-you-need-to-know/
RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth Advances IVF Coverage for Military Families. If I ran for an office, my opponents would have Duckworth stress that I avoided the Vietnam War draft and that my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-secures-several-key-priorities-in-committeepassed-ndaa-to-expand-ivf-coverage-strengthen-oversight-of-domestic-military-deployments-boost-84307.cfm
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker signs executive order responding to impact of tariffs on Illinois
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/07/14/pritzker-signs-executive-order-responding-to-impact-of-tariffs-on-illinois/85199351007/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees. The Democrats who ran GAO used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of more than 3,000 GAO employees including me, but they spread it out. Virtually all those who they got rid of were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.news-gazette.com/supreme-court-allows-trump-to-lay-off-nearly-1-400-education-department-employees/article_41642fbf-3c9e-5b23-b0a7-4e125be1d826.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Republicans renew a bid to remove noncitizens from the census tally. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-15/republicans-renew-a-bid-to-remove-noncitizens-from-the-census-tally-behind-voting-maps
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-551/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-344/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Ibendahl: Time to Think about Getting Involved in Politics Diersen: If you might be interested in becoming a Republican Precinct Committeeman in DuPage County, and especially in Milton Township and Wheaton, please contact me. I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton since 1999.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/07/15/time-to-think-about-getting-involved-in-politics/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DOJ urges federal agencies to operate ‘exclusively in English’ as much as possible. To be eligible to vote in America, you must be an American citizen. To become a naturalized American citizen, you must be proficient in English.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/14/doj-urges-federal-agencies-operate-exclusively-english-much-possible/
— Biden autopen scandal ignites firestorm over cover-up of president’s mental fitness
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/14/biden-aide-signed-autopen-pardons-thousands/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— IL construction workers highest paid in U.S. as new home building lags. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, the federal government paid me $19.37/hour when I was 18, $55,850/year when I was 22, $68,315/year when I was 23, $82,655/year when I was 24, $99,069/year when I was 25, $112,280/year when I was 29, $117,807/year when I was 38, and $153.151/year when I was 49. In my defense, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3470573/illinois-construction-workers-highest-paid-new-home-building-lags/
AMAC
— Trump Cracks Down on Colleges Giving Tuition Breaks to Illegal Aliens
https://amac.us/newsline/society/trump-cracks-down-on-colleges-giving-tuition-breaks-to-illegal-aliens/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Facts to ponder while most of the media peddles Democrat talking points
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/facts_to_ponder_while_most_of_the_media_pedals_democrat_talking_points_to_destroy_trump_and_republicans_and_to_elect_democrats.html
— Is it wrong to arrest ‘non-criminal’ illegals? According to Democrat and RINO leaders, no one is illegal.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/is_it_wrong_to_arrest_non_criminal_illegals.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— MSNBC talking head says illegals could have ‘lawful’ right to use violence against ICE
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/14/msnbc-talking-head-says-illegals-could-have-lawful-right-to-use-violence-against-ice-1567671/
BLAZE
— Sanctuary cities fail — but Karen Bass keeps pushing the lie
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/sanctuary-cities-fail-but-karen-bass-keeps-pushing-the-lie
BREITBART
— Omar Fateh: Rep. Boebert Opposing Free College for Illegal Aliens Is ‘White Supremacy’ — So Is Policing
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/14/omar-fateh-boebert-opposing-free-college-illegals-white-supremacy/
DAILY CALLER
— Detained Weed Farm Illegals Dems Rushed To Defend Actually Have Heinous Rap Sheets
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/14/detained-california-weed-farm-illegals-heinous-rap-sheets-democrats/
— Lefty Groups Biden Showered In Taxpayer Cash Coaching Illegals To Evade ICE
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/14/lefty-groups-biden-taxpayer-cash-coaching-illegals-ice/
DAILY WIRE
— Nearly 400 Illegals Arrested In Raid On California Pot Farm. Federal agents also “rescued at least 14 migrant children from what looks like exploitation, forced child labor, and potentially human trafficking…”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-400-illegals-arrested-in-raid-on-california-pot-farm-dhs-says
— Plane Hijacker, Child Predators, Murderers: ICE Nabs More Than 1,300 Illegals In Houston. Those arrested include a child sex predator who has been removed from the United States four different times.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/plane-hijacker-child-predators-murderers-ice-nabs-more-than-1300-illegals-in-houston
HOT AIR
— Left Wing Failures Breed More Violence Before MidTerms
https://hotair.com/headlines/2025/07/13/left-wing-failures-breed-more-violence-before-midterms-n3804749
MRC TV
— CNN Falsely Claims Illegals in Alligator Alcatraz Have ‘No Criminal Charges’
https://mrctv.org/videos/cnn-falsely-claims-illegals-alligator-alcatraz-have-no-criminal-charges
NEWSMAX
— Most Back Trump on Immigration
https://www.newsmax.com/us/poll-trump-immigration/2025/07/14/id/1218725/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Trump’s team launches group to unseat GOP Rep. Thomas Massie. Have you been unseated? My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes unseat me as a) a member of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer in 2007, e) a GAO employee in 1997, and f) a postal employee in 1969. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.aol.com/trumps-team-launches-group-unseat-235301803.html
NEWSWEEK
— Los Angeles To Give Cash Assistance To Immigrants Impacted By Trump Raids
https://www.newsweek.com/los-angeles-cash-assistance-immigation-ice-raids-2098642
— Democrat leaders promote protests against Trump on July 17
https://www.newsweek.com/map-list-cities-anti-trump-protests-july-17-2096597
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/health/south-africa-aids-hiv-trump-funding-cuts.html?searchResultPosition=1
WASHINGTON POST
— Supreme Court allows deep layoffs at Education Department. GAO works for Congress. Gingrich should have reformed GAO instead of gutting it. If he had reformed GAO, I might still be working for GAO. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/14/supreme-court-education-department-/
— Trump wants to dismantle the Education Department. What would that mean? Instead of reforming GAO, Gingrich gutted GAO. I should write about that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/07/15/education-department-dismantled-trump-explained/
USA TODAY
— Reasons why you’re not getting promoted. Democrats run the federal government. My Democrat superiors delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13 not only because I refused to become a Democrat, but because I ever-increasingly complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/30/5-mistakes-preventing-promotion/84376177007/
— Should I take a buyout. My Democrat GAO superiors always wanted to get rid of me and my coworkers who shared my demographics. In 1993, when I was 45 years old, they “offered” those like me who had 25 or more years of federal service a $25,000 buyout if we retired early. They succeeded in forcing me to retire 4 years later just before their “offer” expired. I would not have been eligible for regular retirement for another 6 years. Beyond the tremendous negative financial impact of being forced to retire early, it gives your critics/opponents something very big to use against you. They will hint/imply/argue/shout that the real reason why you were forced to retire early is that you are a bad person. Further, the more qualifications that you have, the more that they will hint/imply/argue/shout that the real reason why you were forced to retire early is that you are a bad person. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/28/jobs-buyout-layoffs-recession-economy-tips/84383588007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: You’ve been offered a buyout. Your employer wants to pay you to quit. It’s a big chunk of change. Should you accept? Companies offer buyouts to thin the ranks, spending money in the short term to save money in the long run. Employers often leverage buyouts to avoid layoffs. And that thought, alone, should give you pause. The Trump administration offered buyouts to the entire federal workforce this year, aiming to reduce it by as much as 10%. Roughly 75,000 workers accepted.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Now Trump Says Forget Jeffrey Epstein. He urges MAGA to give up a conspiracy tale that he and his allies promoted.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/now-trump-says-forget-jeffrey-epstein-9ca7d378
— Is Your Salary Too High for Today’s Job Market? My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, the federal government paid me $19.37/hour when I was 18, $55,850/year when I was 22, $68,315/year when I was 23, $82,655/year when I was 24, $99,069/year when I was 25, $112,280/year when I was 29, $117,807/year when I was 38, and $153.151/year when I was 49. In my defense, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/your-money-matters/is-your-salary-too-high-for-todays-job-market/84ae9a22-052e-43de-98ff-e859592134f8
— Democrat and RINO leaders illegally ever-increasingly illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to bring their children illegally into America illegally and to illegally keep them in America illegally.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-immigration-reform-gallup-polling-border-ice-deportations-c69218cf
— Family Reunions Become Harder to Keep. My family reunions were big during the 1950s and early 1960s on my father’s side in Crete and on my mother’s side in Grant Park.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/what-it-takes-to-keep-those-family-reunions-picnics-and-funfetti-cupcakes-going-f083fb7f
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/14/america-is-now-a-police-state/
NEWSBREAK
— Trump Store in Huntley Illinois Closes After Eviction Battle
https://www.newsbreak.com/century-homes-america-322339187/4107185611986-trump-store-in-huntley-illinois-closes-after-eviction-battle
NATION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint Democrats as having been the Union Army in the Civil War and b) paint Republicans as having been the Confederate Army in the Civil War. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-confederacy-slavery-racism/
TAMMY DUCKWORTH
— Duckworth is a Democrat minority female veteran U.S. Senator. She demands answers regarding State Department layoffs. GAO works for Congress. If Duckworth had been a U.S. Senator during the 1980s and 1990s, would she have demanded answers regarding Gingrich’s gutting of GAO? My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s Republican employees like me who were not minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-booker-sfrc-colleagues-demand-answers-regarding-state-department-layoffs
FED SMITH
— What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Federal Employees. Federal employees dodged a bullet on proposed benefits cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill, but there are other important tax changes to be aware of.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/07/10/what-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-means-for-federal-employees/
July 14, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 21 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-6-shot-1-fatally-gun-violence-city-police-say/17086053/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/record-festival-turnout-after-federal-agents-are-spotted-in-chicago/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/14/chicago-ice-lawsuit/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Democrat leaders blame Trump for vaccine-preventable-illnesses
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/07/14/illinois-official-calls-out-trump-administration-for-dangerous-misinformation/84540517007/
— Democrat leaders decry Trump’s firing the Librarian of Congress. No one decried my Democrat GAO superiors firing me, that is, forcing me to retire in 1997. No one decried my Democrat Post Office superiors firing me in 1969, that is, forcing me to resign. Of course, my critics/opponents stress that. GAO works for Congress. They especially stress that neither Hyde, Fitzgerald, Hastert, nor Bush decried my GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old. Constructively, since 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.86 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/07/14/former-librarian-of-congress-joins-mellon-foundation/84693514007/
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— How dependent on Medicaid funding are the nursing homes in your area? To avoid having to go on Medicaid, my outstanding aunt, who never attended college, worked as a key-punch operator, lived frugally, and saved more than $600,000 for her retirement.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/state/2025/07/14/study-579-us-nursing-homes-at-risk-of-closing-over-medicaid-cuts/84538477007/
QUAD CITY TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://qctimes.com/article_e3741520-d1a7-433d-81a6-36bca8cc0036.html
WHEATON PATCH
— What did you focus on when you were young? I focused on earning job-related college degrees, job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license to qualify myself for better paying jobs.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/calendar/event/20250715/cf201694-f4b4-4237-bdb3-c8e122796c4b/dupagepads-young-professionals-council-kick-off
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Republicans lining up against Pritzker
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/14/republicans-lining-up-against-pritzker-00450761
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A few Republicans are looking to get in the ring. Ted Dabrowski and Aaron Del Mar are testing the waters, speaking with GOP insiders and potential donors about mounting campaigns. They would face DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, who’s already jumped in, and Joseph Severino who’s posted in social media that he’s running, too. Darren Bailey, who challenged Pritzker in 2024, hasn’t made any decisions yet about 2026. Jeanne Ives, who ran in 2018, says she’s not running. And though state Rep. Dan Ugaste and Posen Park District Supervisor Phil Perez toyed with the idea, neither will run for governor in 2026. Mendrick, a law-and-order candidate, has raised just $127,000 since he announced in February, according to filings with the state. Dabrowski and Del Mar, who are better known around the state for their work in policy and politics, would likely have an easier time raising funds. Del Mar is recognized in party circles across the state as he’s a former co-chair of the Illinois GOP and current Cook County Republican chair who ran as lieutenant governor alongside Gary Rabine in 2022. Dabrowski is president of Wirepoints Corp., the conservative-leaning media company. While he lacks campaign experience, he’s a former banking executive and policy wonk whose fiscal message could resonate at a time of economic uncertainty. Severino has made two unsuccessful bids for Congress, first as a Republican and then as an Independent. Along with the money challenge, messaging will be an issue for GOP candidates as Pritzker and his Democratic Party will blame Republicans and President Donald Trump for the megabill that’s giving tax breaks to the wealthy and cutting Medicaid and food assistance programs. . .Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders held a fundraiser in Barrington the other day at the home of Rick and Alisa Heidner. Among the attendees were Illinois Congressman Darin LaHood, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, state Sen. Andrew Chesney, political strategist Brett Corrigan, businessman and 2022 GOP gubernatorial candidate Gary Rabine, possible 2026 gubernatorial candidate Aaron Del Mar, Illinois National Republican Committee member Dean White, former Chicago GOP Chair Eloise Gerson and McHenry County Clerk Joe Tirio.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Troubling Case of Jeffrey Epstein
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/the-troubling-case-of-jeffrey-epstein/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— State Farm faces backlash over $523 million insurance rate hike in Illinois
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3469774/state-farm-faces-backlash-over-insurance-rate-hike-in-illinois/
NEW YORK POST
— NY scraps race-based STEM program after Asians claim discrimination
https://nypost.com/2025/07/14/us-news/ny-scraps-race-based-stem-program-after-asians-claim-discrimination/
AMRICAN THINKER
— Pot farm raided for illegals has a big history of violating labor law, donating to Democrats
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/pot_farm_raided_for_illegals_has_a_big_history_of_violating_labor_law_donating_to_democrats.html
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump says Powell should resign immediately from Federal Reserve leadership position over economic missteps. My Democrat superiors in the federal government wanted me to resign because I refused to become a Democrat. Because I refused to become a Democrat, they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me. My RINO leaders in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party want me to become a RINO. Because I refuse to become a RINO, they ever-increasingly take more and bigger adverse actions against me.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-says-powell-should-resign-immediately-from-federal-reserve-leadership-position-over-economic-missteps
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— What websites serve those who share your demographics?
https://www.aol.com/websites-serving-harvard-undergrad-women-134724551.html
YAHOO
— To promote Affirmative Action and DEI is to promote discrimination
https://www.aol.com/finance/more-200-p-500-companies-143039217.html
CBS NEWS
— Scathing report on Trump assassination attempt released. One of my best friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent during the 1970s.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/scathing-report-on-trump-assassination-attempt-released-trump-says-hes-satisfied-with-it/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding the University of Illinois with foreign students. UIC accepted me when I was 17, NIU when I was 20, Loyola when I was 23, DePaul when I was 27, and IIT when I was 43. But they all would have accepted foreign students instead of me if they could have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/dining/chinese-food-urbana-champaign-student-visa.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/opinion/medicaid-pregnancy-danger.html
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/us/politics/democrats-transgender-rights.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Senate report details failures ahead of Trump assassination attempt. One of my best friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent during the 1970s.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/13/trump-assassination-attempt-senate-investigation/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/13/homan-border-czar-ice-raid-death-california/85081107007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight bringing manufacturing jobs back to America
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/29/tariffs-boost-us-manufacturing-revival/84284972007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Cleared to Lay Off Workers, Some Federal Agencies Find Many Already Left. Thousands of workers in government jobs have taken buyouts or retired early. Many say morale is low. Ever-increasingly, after I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 year old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors made I ever-increasingly clear that they wanted to get rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat. Nevertheless, to thwart their ever-increasing efforts to get rid of me, a) I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) I became a licensed CPA in 1981, d) I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. However, that was not enough. They succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/federal-layoff-plans-buyout-offers-9d115dcd
— The Federal Government Is Retreating From Student Lending. Did you get a student loan? I did not even try. Did you get any scholarships? I did not even apply. I was not viewed as being college material. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother had never attended high school. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes. My critics/opponents have always stressed the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/trump-student-loans-tax-spending-bill-9dfc96eb
MOTLEY FOOL
— The 4 Banks That Rule Illinois
https://www.aol.com/news/2013-10-11-the-4-banks-that-rule-illinois.html
AUTOGUIDE
— The 10 Most Iconic American Cars. I am big on American cars. I own a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV, 2023 Ford Mustang GT Premium, 2013 Charger R/T Max, 2005 and 1972 Corvette, and 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX. I used to own a 1958 and 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air, 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Charger R/T, 1969 Charger SE, 1990 Thunderbird LX, 1994 Thunderbird, and 2016 Mustang.
https://www.autoguide.com/auto/top-10/s-fourth-of-july-the-10-most-iconic-american-cars-44622346
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Ford Mustang . . . 2. Chevrolet Corvette . . . 4. Dodge Charger . . . 5. Chevrolet Bel Air. . . 8. Pontiac GTO)
WNEM
— Tough questions to ask your boss. My Democrat superiors in the federal government made it clear that to keep your job, you not only had to be a Democrat, you had to a) defend and advance the Democrat Party platform, most importantly, its race and gender based preference giving plank and b) help them get rid of their Republican employees. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I am amazed that I survived for almost 3 years at the Post Office, for almost 9 years at IRS, and for almost 18 years at GAO. I would not have survived if I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wnem.com/2025/07/11/ask-advance-tough-questions-ask-your-boss/
TIMES OF INDIA
— Amid US federal pressure, Harvard replaces DEI offices with ‘community and culture’
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/amid-us-federal-pressure-harvard-replaces-dei-offices-with-community-and-culture/articleshow/122418960.cms
— To promote Affirmative Action and DEI is to oppose meritocracy
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/harvard-quietly-dismantles-student-diversity-offices-without-notice-is-this-the-end-of-inclusion-on-campus/ar-AA1Il8kv
WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE
— How much money did your parents have? My critics/opponents have always painted my parents, and therefore me, as having been filthy rich a) because my father made enough money that my mother could stay home and raise me and my brother and b) because they sent me and my brother to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools K-8. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/07/13/lomy-j13.html
INDEPENDENT
— Voters label Democrats ‘out of touch’ and ‘weak’ in latest troubling poll ahead of 2026 midterms
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/voters-label-democrats-out-of-touch-and-weak-in-latest-troubling-poll-ahead-of-2026-midterms/ar-AA1IrkEa
July 13, 2013
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/barrio-arts-fest-colombian-independence-day-celebration-draw-crowds-despite-dhs-concerns-agents-seen-puerto-rican-museum/17092681/
NBC5
— Trump posts support for embattled Attorney General Pam Bondi. The attorney general was at the heart of a recent confrontation with the FBI’s second in command over the DOJ’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-support-attorney-general-pam-bondi/3788134/
— Rallygoers push for public transit funding as Illinois fiscal cliff looms. My critics/opponents oppose/despise public transportation. I used public transportation big time in 1971 and then 1973-1997.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/rallygoers-push-for-public-transit-funding-as-illinois-fiscal-cliff-looms/3788160/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/988-lgbtq-suicide-lifeline-trump-tower-protest/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Is the Jeffrey Epstein scandal finally behind us? Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/13/column-jeffrey-epstein-conspiracy-theories-page/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/11/illinois-snap-cuts-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-pritzker-house-congress-rich-miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/12/big-beautiful-bill-chicago-black-community-inequity-economic-struggles-alden-loury
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-culture/2025/07/12/25th-annual-barrio-arts-humboldt-park-chicago-calma-carmona-hermes-croatto-los-pleneros-del-callejon
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WCIA
— Justice Dept. fires more prosecutors, support staff involved in Trump prosecutions. My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire, because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-justice-dept-fires-more-prosecutors-support-staff-involved-in-trump-prosecutions-ap-sources-say/
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-justice-dept-fires-more-prosecutors-support-staff-involved-in-trump-prosecutions-ap-sources-say/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote dependency on government
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/trumps-big-bill-takes-center-stage-in-illinois-u-s-senate-race/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more a) dependency on government and charity, that is, socialism, if not communism, b) LGBTQ, the is, destruction of traditional marriage and family, c) abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, d) mass/illegal immigration, that is the destruction of America, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, that is, the destruction of America, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, that is, the end of personal safety, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Republican leaders should oppose the aforesaid. Far too few do. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
JOHN KASS
— Left Wing Failures Breed More Violence Before MidTerms
https://johnkassnews.com/left-wing-failures-breed-more-violence/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— As Pritzker claims hospitals will close, Republican points to $50B fund
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_58c262fb-2c84-4cf4-9d5f-6b8b1042cec6.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The IL GOP Belongs to the People — Not to Power-Hungry Insiders
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/07/opinion-the-il-gop-belongs-to-the-people-not-to-power-hungry-insiders.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— We signed the United Nations refugee protocol, but we never signed up for mass migration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/3469067/us-never-signed-up-mass-migration/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Mayor Karen Bass announces free cash for Los Angeles’s million illegals affected by ICE
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/mayor_karen_bass_announces_free_cash_for_los_angeles_s_million_illegals_affected_by_ice_comments.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Ingraham asks TPUSA crowd if they’re ‘satisfied’ with Epstein investigation outcome. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/12/ingraham-asks-tpusa-crowd-if-theyre-satisfied-with-epstein-investigation-outcome-1567442/
— Activist judge blocks sweeping ICE raids, declaring Home Depot a de facto sanctuary for illegals
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/12/activist-judge-blocks-sweeping-ice-raids-declaring-home-depot-a-de-facto-sanctuary-for-illegals-1567403/
BREITBART
— Biden Judge Halts ICE Arrests in Los Angeles Due to Alleged Racial Profiling. What percent of illegals are minorities?
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/07/12/biden-judge-halts-ice-arrests-in-los-angeles-due-to-alleged-racial-profiling/
DAILY CALLER
— Ocasio-Cortez Faces Backlash Over ‘Defamatory’ Trump-Epstein Post. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/12/ocasio-cortez-faces-backlash-over-defamatory-trump-epstein-post-sue-aoc-bankruptcy/
DAILY WIRE
— Ilhan Omar Claims ICE Sending Illegal Aliens To ‘Dungeons’ Around The World
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ilhan-omar-claims-ice-sending-illegal-aliens-to-dungeons-around-the-world
FOX NEWS
— Border czar Tom Homan’s message to anti-ICE protesters: ‘You want some? Come get some’ Homan vows to run ‘biggest deportation operation this country has ever seen’ during fiery speech at student summit. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-czar-tom-homans-message-anti-ice-protesters-you-want-some-come-get-some
— Anti-ICE protesters descend on Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375594265112
— Protesters clash with conservatives at Turning Point’s Student Action Summit in Tampa Bay. Protesters rejecting Trump’s agenda, chanted, ‘No fear, no hate, no ICE in our state,’ outside Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/protesters-clash-conservatives-turning-points-student-action-summit-tampa-bay
TPUSA
— Trump Admin Moves to Cut $40 Billion in Federal Benefits for Illegal Immigrants. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.tpusa.com/live/trump-admin-moves-to-cut-40-billion-in-federal-benefits-for-illegal-immigrants
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump won with major inroads among minority voters
https://www.aol.com/trump-won-major-inroads-among-211645265.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— What to Know About the Secret Service, a Year After It Failed to Protect Trump. One of my closest friends during the 1970s was a Secret Service Agent.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/us/politics/secret-service-trump-shooting.html
— Trump Pleads With Followers to Back Bondi in Dispute Over Epstein Inquiry. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/us/politics/trump-bondi-epstein-bongino.html
— I should write about my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/opinion/trolling-democracy.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote entitlements
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/13/entitlements-social-security-traffic-cameras/
— MAGA leaders sound alarm about discontented Trump base: ‘A huge risk’ At Turning Point’s gathering of young Trump supporters, movement leaders warned the White House to pay attention to anger about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and other issues. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/12/turning-point-usa-conference-concerns-trump/
— Bondi fires 20 Justice Dept. employees involved in Trump prosecutions. My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire, because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/12/bondi-trump-justice-fbi-firings/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Superman to destroy America
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/12/superman-woke-controversy-immigration-trump/
USA TODAY
— Trump at odds with MAGA movement on multiple fronts. I am a conservative Republican. I am a platform Republican.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/11/trump-maga-movement-feud/84516384007/
— MAGA is coming for Trump over lost Epstein files. Bondi may pay the price. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/13/trump-maga-republicans-epstein-bondi/84531802007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Ever-since I became a federal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid and a recipient of benefits that are far too generous. In my defense I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment examination with him earlier that year. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. In my defense, while I was a federal employee, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/your-money-matters/is-your-salary-too-high-for-todays-job-market/84ae9a22-052e-43de-98ff-e859592134f8
DESERT NEWS
— At TPUSA Summit, Gen Z rallies behind Trump’s deportation program. Trump’s young base has a red line — and it’s the border. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/07/12/charlie-kirk-at-turning-point-says-donald-trump-cant-do-amnesty-for-immigrants/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A rowdy crowd of 5,000 Gen Z Republican organizers rattled the Tampa Convention Center Saturday night with their support for President Donald Trump’s deportation policies. While the president’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation split the event’s lineup of MAGA media stars, the young adults gathered for Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit were united in their enthusiasm for their favorite Trump Cabinet celebrities. Border czar Tom Homan and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem received what can only be called a hero’s welcome, with fans from across the country pressing to take a selfie, straining to get a MAGA hat signed and screaming as the White House’s top deportation authorities took the stage amid pyrotechnics and pounding music. “We’re on a mission to make this country safe again,” Homan shouted over the applause. “President Trump was elected for this issue.” And this is the issue Trump must continue to deliver on for the political grassroots if he hopes to keep his team of advisers and his most fervent supporters on board, said Turning Point president Charlie Kirk in an interview with the Deseret News.)
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/sanctuary-city-immigration-ice-20764537.php
WFLA
— Student-led protest demonstrations unfold amid Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. I If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/student-led-protest-demonstrations-unfold-amid-turning-point-usa-student-action-summit/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Ever-since I became a federal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid and a recipient of benefits that are far too generous. In my defense I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment examination with him earlier that year. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. In my defense, while I was a federal employee, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/06/all-provisions-targeting-federal-worker-benefits-unions-stricken-senate-reconciliation-package/406395/
PBS
— Noem speaks about Trump’s immigration agenda at Turning Point USA event. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was young, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IycqatEFvlI
— Gabbard criticizes ‘deep state’ at TPUSA summit. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Gabbard criticizes ‘deep state’ at TPUSA summit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=140s_0tEcjA
SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA
— Majority of Americans back Donald Trump’s ‘enormously popular’ mass deportation agenda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy38JKDL0e8
INDEPENDENT
— Tucker Carlson claims Jeffrey Epstein worked for Israel to blackmail US officials. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/tucker-carlson-jeffrey-epstein-israel-b2787893.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Tucker Carlson drops Epstein-Israel intel bombshell, reveals shocking details: ‘Cover-up since 2007’. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5DxKn3MqdI
July 12, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump tours Texas flood sites and defends officials amid mounting questions about response. If there had been more warnings, how many of the victims would have ignored those warnings?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/trump-texas-floods/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/07/11/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-halt-indiscriminate-immigration-stops-arrests-in-california
NBC5
— Layoffs begin at State Department. I should write GAO losing half its employees between 1980 and 1997 because of Gingrich budget cuts. GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-administration-texas-floodstariffs-july-11-2025-live-updates/3787249/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration and dependency on government
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/07/11/head-start-will-be-cut-off-for-immigrants-without-legal-status-trump-administration-says
— Seniors’ growing demand for food deliveries
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2025/07/11/the-rundown-seniors-growing-demand-for-food-deliveries
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/protesters-clash-with-border-patrol-agents-in-southern-california-marijuana-farm-raid-smoke-canisters-immigrants-criminal-search-warrant-governor-gavin-newsom-department-of-homeland-security-customs-and-border-protection-ventura-county-trump-admin
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do your critics/opponents want you to do? My critics/opponents want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want me to stop me from promoting conservative principles, more specifically, they want to stop me from promoting the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at minorities, at females, and at younger people that Republicans discriminate against them, and that because of that, they need Affirmative Action and DEI to survive in America, let alone advance in America. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents demand? All my critics/opponents demand blind loyalty to them. 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 cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination? All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) 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 and/or b) 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on getting rid of federal employees? I should write GAO losing half its employees between 1980 and 1997 because of Gingrich budget cuts. GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ on everyone in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, in your precinct, in your church, and in your family. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your approval rating? Based on how the following treat me and how they treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, their approval rating of me and of GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters is very low if not extremely low: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. The aforesaid blame me and they blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Who/what do you blame for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To be woke is to be anti-American, anti-American military, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-married people, anti-non-poor-people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. My critic/opponents are woke. I should write about them. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump admin rescinds nomination of Navy admiral after learning of drag shows on USS Ronald Reagan. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ on everyone in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, in your precinct, in your church, and in your family.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/11/trump-admin-rescinds-nomination-of-navy-admiral-after-learning-of-drag-shows-on-uss-ronald-reagan-1567205/
— ‘Anti-DEI’ index fund launches to advance meritocracy in the workplace. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) 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 and/or b) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/11/first-of-its-kind-anti-dei-index-fund-launches-to-advance-meritocracy-in-the-workplace-1567209/
BLAZE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/sara-gonzales-unfiltered/democrats-find-loophole-that-could-continue-birthright-citizenship-for-illegal-aliens
BREITBART
— Chicago Man Rescues Baby Abandoned in Summer Heat After Carjacking
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/07/11/chicago-man-rescues-baby-abandoned-in-summer-heat-after-carjacking/
— ‘No Evidence’ Biden Was Aware of Who Was Using the Autopen
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/12/comer-no-evidence-biden-was-aware-of-who-was-using-the-autopen/
— American Economic Optimism Rises to Highest Levels in Years
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/07/11/breitbart-business-digest-american-economic-optimism-rises-to-highest-levels-in-years/
— L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Promises Cash for Illegals Amid ICE Enforcement
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/11/l-a-mayor-karen-bass-promises-cash-illegals-amid-ice-enforcement/
— Trump Tariffs Deliver Surprise Budget Surplus
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/07/11/june-budget-surplus/
FOX NEWS
— ‘That Ends Now,’ Vows Trump WH on Benefits for Illegals
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-politics-newsletter-that-ends-now-vows-trump-wh-benefits-illegals
— LA Mayor Bass provides cash payments to illegals, issues order to thwart immigration enforcement. White House slams move as ‘pathetic’ stunt while immigration operations continue targeting criminal illegal immigrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/la-mayor-bass-provides-cash-payments-illegals-issues-order-thwart-immigration-enforcement
JUDICIAL WATCH
— Epstein Scandal Update. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/epstein-scandal-update/
NEWSMAX
— Trump WH Seeking Countries to Take Deportees
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tom-homan-deportees-south-sudan/2025/07/11/id/1218497/
— LA Mayor Bass Now Offering Cash Cards to Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/us/los-angeles-karen-bass-immigration/2025/07/11/id/1218496/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Colleges continue battling Trump over DEI
https://www.oann.com/video/oan-contribution/colleges-continue-battling-trump-over-dei/
TOWNHALL
— Trump’s Tariffs Deliver: U.S. Posts $27 Billion Budget Surplus
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/11/budget-surplus-n2660257
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSNBC
— Epstein flap sets off MAGA earthquake in Trump’s DOJ. Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YZIIGxgrdY
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ on children. How successful have Democrat leaders been pushing LGBTQ on children in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-stands-up-to-trump-refuses-to-kick-trans-kids-out-of-school-sports/ar-AA1IcK4v
NEW YORK TIMES
–The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down. What is your approval rating? Based on how the following treat me and how they treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, their approval rating of me and of GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters is very low if not extremely low: a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. The aforesaid blame me and they blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Who/what do you blame for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Missouri Governor Signs Bill Rolling Back Voter-Approved $15/hour Minimum Wage. My critics/opponents were furious when I was 18 years old in 1966 and started earning $19.37/hour in today’s dollars working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office. In today’s dollars, my salary was $20.02/hour 1967/1968 and $20.67/hour 1968/1969. The money that I earned enabled me to a) pay my UIC and NIU expenses, b) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, c) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and d) graduate debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning that Charger.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/missouri-minimum-wage-leave.html
— How Health Care Remade the U.S. Economy. For years, the United States labor market has been undergoing a structural transformation. As jobs in manufacturing have receded, slowly but steadily, the health care industry has more than replaced them. The change has been particularly visible over the past year, during which health care has been responsible for about a third of all employment growth, while other categories, like retail and manufacturing, have stayed essentially flat.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/07/03/business/economy/healthcare-jobs.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise illegals and b) promote more hatred against Republicans. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/11/california-immigration-stops-arrests/af630ae4-5ec1-11f0-a293-d4cc0ca28e5a_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/11/immigration-poll-gallup-trump-deportations/
USA TODAY
— Mamdani’s rise in NYC could open the door for an AOC presidential run
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/12/new-york-mayor-race-mamdani-aoc-election/84538314007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad, including bad weather. What do your critics/opponents blame you for? My critics/opponents blame me for losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. I should write about that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/07/10/trump-heat-wave-temperatures-worker-protections/84450141007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn E-Verify, that is, they ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/e-verify-work-authorization-10582819
— Trump Isn’t Rebuilding the U.S. Military. His 2026 budget, like Biden’s, is an after-inflation cut in defense.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-isnt-rebuilding-the-u-s-military-national-security-defense-spending-266b41e6
REASON
— The Kash Patel Loyalty Test. All my critics/opponents demand blind loyalty to them. 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 cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://reason.com/2025/07/11/the-kash-patel-loyalty-test/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— What is your opinion of those on the Epstein list? Far too many who are involved in politics have huge uncontrollable sexual appetites.
https://www.creators.com/read/wayne-allyn-root/07/25/trump-gives-us-the-best-first-6-months-of-any-president-in-history-but-epstein-announcement-threatens-it-all-maga-is-hanging-in-the-balance-here-is-what-must-be-done
INDEPENDENT
— Trump branded a reporter “evil” after he was asked if warnings could have prevented a high death toll in the Texas floods. If there had been more warnings, how many of the victims would have ignored those warnings?
https://www.aol.com/trump-calls-reporter-evil-asking-081523772.html
— Amazon is purging its employees who are citizens of foreign countries who had their legal status revoked under Trump. Instead of me, if they could have, all my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me. Citizens of foreign countries work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/jeff-bezos-amazon-is-purging-workers-who-had-status-revoked-under-trump-report/ar-AA1Irrtq
— My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be anti-American, anti-American military, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-married people, anti-non-poor-people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operative and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/news/democrats-poll-trump-midterm-elections-b2787673.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in getting Blacks to hate not only Trump, but to hate all Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/more-70-black-voters-disapprove-205101322.html
July 11, 2025 Evening Edition
NRCC
— “Defund ICE, Fund Illegals” – The New Democrat Motto
https://www.nrcc.org/2025/07/11/defund-ice-fund-illegals-the-new-democrat-motto/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Additional security at Glen Ellyn pool following ‘unruly’ teen take over
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/glen-ellyn-teen-takeover-pool-police-chicago-naperville/
— State Farm lowers the homeowners insurance boom on Illinoisans. The good neighbor people are about to vacuum hundreds more out of your wallet if you own a home they insure.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/editorial-state-farm-homeowners-insurance-premiums/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/oak-park-gender-affirming-care/
— What vacations did you take when you were young? My critics/opponents have always used against me my having taken vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, etc. They stress that my peers were dying in Vietnam.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/gen-z-micro-vacation-pto-retirement/
— Will County Board member Julie Berkowicz, a Naperville Republican, has announced plans to run in the 2026 primary for the state senate seat representing District 21, which covers portions of Will and DuPage counties.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/berkowicz-will-board-naperville-senate-ellman/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration and dependency on government
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/07/11/head-start-will-be-cut-off-for-immigrants-without-legal-status-trump-administration-says
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/07/11/illinois-head-start-trump-immigrants-ban-aclu-child-care
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250711/local-politics/immigrants-can-learn-about-their-rights-at-wheeling-library/
— Inmate death prompts changes at DuPage County jail
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250711/news/inmate-death-prompts-changes-at-dupage-county-jail/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries, b) flood America with them, and c) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250711/nation-and-world-politics/how-us-views-of-immigration-have-changed-since-trump-took-office-according-to-gallup-polling/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ventura-county-california-immigration-raids-jaime-garcia-life-support-injury-during-camarillo-raid-family-says/17071639/
— What the next election cycle means for Illinois Democrats as several Congressional seats open up
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-midterm-elections-what-election-cycle-means-illinois-democratic-party-several-congressional-open/17073610/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-area-food-pantries-federal-snap-cuts/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/protesters-clash-with-agents-at-ice-raid-on-southern-california-cannabis-farm/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/11/how-trump-s-immigration-crackdown-could-impact-illinois-farming-industry
WGLT
— State Farm says Pritzker’s rate hike claims are ‘factually incorrect’ political rhetoric
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-07-11/state-farm-says-pritzkers-rate-hike-claims-are-factually-incorrect-political-rhetoric
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Undocumented minors found amid raid of California cannabis farm
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/undocumented-minors-found-amid-raid-of-california-cannabis-farm-dhs-says/amp/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/snap-cuts-illinois-vulnerable-residents/
SOUTHERN & WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://thesouthern.com/life-entertainment/health/illinois-hospitals-fear-massive-cuts-under-trump-domestic-policy-law/article_9bcfc289-d382-5624-8896-2216e6a5eed6.html
https://www.wandtv.com/news/federal-budget-cuts-will-hurt-local-hospitals/article_cd797a81-8df2-4481-9cc8-bcf594e4af22.html
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois State Police graduates largest cadet class in 25 years. The first 6 months that I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer in 1971 was classroom training in the Loop. According to Google AI: key areas of Revenue Officer training include: “Tax Law and Procedures: This is fundamental, encompassing various aspects of tax law, regulations, and IRS procedures applicable to individuals and businesses. Business Law: Revenue officers may need to understand business law principles to navigate legal and financial situations encountered during their work. Investigative Techniques: They are trained in investigative methods to uncover discrepancies, errors, or potential fraud in tax filings. Collections Procedures: A significant part of the role involves working with taxpayers to discuss payment options and resolve delinquent tax accounts, according to ZipRecruiter. Training covers various collection strategies and techniques. Negotiation and Communication: Since they interact with taxpayers to discuss sensitive financial matters, revenue officers must possess strong negotiation and communication skills, says ZipRecruiter. Training often focuses on developing these interpersonal abilities. Ongoing Development: Revenue officers are expected to engage in continuous learning to stay abreast of changes in tax laws and regulations, industry trends, and best practices. In essence, IRS revenue officer training prepares individuals to effectively apply tax law, investigate tax-related issues, negotiate with taxpayers, and collect delinquent taxes in a professional and ethical manner.” In today’s dollars, my salary was $55,850/year.
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-state-police-graduates-largest-cadet-class-in-25-years
IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://ipmnewsroom.org/champaign-urbana-residents-unite-for-be-the-light-protest/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-343/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Time to end federal union bosses’ monopoly over the government workforce. I was a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/10/time-end-federal-union-bosses-monopoly-government-workforce/
— Radical left campaigns and failed education system fuel generational divide over patriotism. Teaching American pride matters more than ever in divided times.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/10/radical-left-campaigns-failed-education-system-fuel-generational/
— Left-wing activists exploit Texas flood tragedy to push a political agenda
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/10/editorial-left-wing-activists-exploit-texas-flood-tragedy-push/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Left’s obsession with illegal immigration gets weirder
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3468882/left-obsession-illegal-immigration-raids-weird/
— Where did all the male role models go?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3465832/where-did-male-role-models-go/
NEW YORK POST
— James Carville blasts Democrats for continuing to alienate men with ‘future is female’ talk
https://nypost.com/2025/07/10/media/carville-pans-democrats-for-continuing-to-alienate-men-with-future-is-female-talk/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Zohran Mamdani Reveals the Absurdity of Affirmative Action
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/zohran-mamdani-reveals-the-absurdity-of-affirmative-action/
BREITBART
— ICE Arrests 30,000 Illegals in June — the Most in at Least Half a Decade
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/11/report-ice-arrests-over-30k-illegals-june-most-at-least-half-decade/
EPOCH TIMES
— Tariff Windfall Drives Surprise $27 Billion US Budget Surplus in June. A record-high tariff haul in June fueled a rare budget surplus—and set the stage for even bigger collections ahead.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/tariff-windfall-drives-surprise-27-billion-us-budget-surplus-in-june-588624
FOX NEWS
— LA Mayor Bass provides cash payments to illegals, issues order to thwart immigration enforcement. White House slams move as ‘pathetic’ stunt while immigration operations continue targeting criminal illegal immigrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/la-mayor-bass-provides-cash-payments-illegals-issues-order-thwart-immigration-enforcement
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
PEW RESEARCH
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/07/11/with-trump-back-in-office-people-in-mexico-view-the-us-much-more-negatively/
July 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Pritzker hammers State Farm, calls for legislative action after rate hike
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/pritzker-hammers-state-farm-seeks-legislative-action-after-rate-hike/3787077/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/10/vickroy-medicaid-column-cuts-poor-vulnerable/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders decry the problems that DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek is causing them. Who will the Republican candidate be to run for that office next year?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/illinois-attorney-general-investigation-of-dupage-county-clerk-a-concern-for-countys-democratic-growth/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The mainstream news media exists to promote more hatred against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/10/donald-trump-pirate-dictators-media-free-press-lawsuits-threats-s-e-cupp
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH TWO PICTURES: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250710/nation-and-world-politics/we-cant-fill-the-gap-food-banks-say-they-cant-overcome-federal-cuts/
— Conservatives are asking Trump for another big tax cut. My critics/opponents have always wanted me to pay more taxes. They stress that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. They stress that I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years including almost 9 years for IRS. They stress that my wife and I gave up trying to have children. They stress that my wife had good jobs. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250710/article/conservatives-are-asking-trump-for-another-big-tax-cut/
WBEZ & SHAW LOCAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2025/07/11/meals-on-wheels-senior-citizens-illinois-trump-tax-bill-medicaid-snap
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/07/10/illinois-hospitals-fear-massive-cuts-under-trump-domestic-policy-law/
RIVER BENDER
— Public broadcasting exists a) to promote the Democrat Party platform, b) to elect and reelect Democrats, and c) to defeat Republicans.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/durbin-speaks-against-president-trumps-efforts-to-strip-public-broadcasting-of-federal-funding-84221.cfm
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/trumps-spending-bill-makes-devastating-cuts-across-k12-higher-education-84219.cfm
WGLT
— Pritzker attacks State Farm over 27% homeowners insurance rate increase
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-07-10/pritzker-attacks-state-farm-over-27-homeowners-insurance-rate-increase
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250710/nation-and-world-politics/we-cant-fill-the-gap-food-banks-say-they-cant-overcome-federal-cuts/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Tax-by-mile bill stalls in Illinois.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/07/11/illinois-lawmakers-eye-tax-by-mile-measure-but-stalls-again/84437815007/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government. How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been promoting dependency on government 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://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/snap-cuts-illinois-vulnerable-residents/
WREX & EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— How dependent on Medicaid is your hospital?
https://www.wrex.com/news/illinois-news/illinois-hospitals-fear-massive-cuts-under-trump-domestic-policy-law/article_4380b0b4-678c-43c1-8741-bcb4f3a76730.html
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/illinois-hospitals-fear-massive-cuts-under-trump-domestic-policy-law/article_501e8d04-e4ca-4b9d-89ab-5716dade49d8.html
WAND TV
— Trump says Canada’s role in US fentanyl crisis justifies 35% tariffs on Canadian goods
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/the-latest-trump-says-canada-s-role-in-us-fentanyl-crisis-justifies-35-tariffs-on/article_0beabbee-52e9-563b-a1a8-3bf3ef87ac5b.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-549/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker’s ambition is to carry the far-left flag across the entire nation
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzkers-ambition-is-to-carry-the-far-left-flag-across-the-entire-nation-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
— Illinoisans pay top dollar again for just 50 new jobs promised by Pure Lithium
https://wirepoints.org/illinoisans-pay-top-dollar-again-for-just-50-new-jobs-promised-by-pure-lithium-wirepoints-quickpoint/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders want to limit the sale of hemp because it cuts into their sale of pot
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_96353aab-8aff-4524-b7f5-5d9978933896.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Noem deserves praise for ending left-wing indoctrination program at DHS
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3467693/noem-praise-ending-indoctrination-program-dhs/
BREITBART
— Netanyahu: TikTok Promotes ‘the Worst anti-American and anti-Israeli Propaganda’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/10/netanyahu-tiktok-promotes-the-worst-anti-american-and-anti-israeli-propaganda/amp/
— White House: $40 Billion in Benefit Programs Protected from Illegals Under Trump EO
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/07/10/white-house-40-billion-in-benefit-programs-protected-from-illegals-under-trump-eo/
— Trump’s Education Department Ends Free Tuition for Illegal Immigrants
https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2025/07/10/trumps-education-dept-ends-free-tuition-for-illegal-immigrants/
FEDERALIST
— Pentagon Pulls Promotion Of Admiral Who Allowed Drag Shows After Federalist Inquiry
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/10/pentagon-pulls-promotion-of-admiral-who-allowed-drag-shows-after-federalist-inquiry/
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— After Four Years of Open Borders, Top Security Officials Warn that Terrorist Sleeper Cells Could Be Awakening
https://www.fairus.org/after-four-years-open-borders-top-security-officials-warn-terrorist-sleeper-cells-could-be
NEWSMAX
— Trump’s Legislative Agenda Targets Socialist Machine
https://www.newsmax.com/revjimharden/medicine-trump-democrats/2025/07/10/id/1218315/
— Trump Praised by Native Group for Defending Redskins Name
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-naga-redskins/2025/07/10/id/1218347/
— USDA Drops Race, Sex Rules in Farm Programs
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/usda-farmer-race/2025/07/10/id/1218260/
PJ MEDIA
— Those ‘Hard-Working, Law-Abiding’ Illegals Who Steal Identities of Americans and Ruin Their Lives
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/07/10/those-hard-working-law-abiding-illegals-who-steal-the-identities-of-americans-and-ruin-their-lives-n4941615
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Black Lives Matter Organization Spends Juneteenth Demanding White People ‘Pay Reparations.’ According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: American, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/black-lives-matter-organization-spends-juneteenth-demanding-white-people-pay-reparations/ar-AA1H7Caa
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Trump has a very inconsistent view of job qualifications. What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. For the Post Office job, I had passed the postal employment examination and earned a high school diploma in 1966. For the IRS job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970. For the GAO job, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/politics/trumps-warped-view-of-job-qualifications-what-matters
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump administration opens investigation into Minnesota’s affirmative action policy. All my potential employers and all my employers were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to hire, to retain, and to promote young minorities and young females. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, c) my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and d) my 1981 job-related professional license. All my minority and/or female coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. All my White and/or male coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats were less qualified than I was and promoted Affirmative Action and DEI big time, that is, they promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination big time.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-opens-investigation-minnesota-222024940.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump administration said Thursday that it has opened an investigation into whether a Minnesota state agency’s newly updated affirmative action policy violates civil rights laws. The Minnesota Department of Human Services’ policy requires supervisors to provide a “hiring justification when seeking to hire a non-underrepresented candidate.” Supervisors who don’t comply can be disciplined, even fired. The Department of Justice said in a statement that the policy “seems to be part of a broader effort by the state to engage in race- and sex-based employment practices in its ‘affirmative action’ objectives.”
NEWSWEEK
— What Happened to Democrats’ Patriotism? Democrats are ever-increasingly anti-American, anti-American military, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-married people, anti-non-poor-people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsweek.com/what-happened-democrats-patriotism-opinion-2096032
NBC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry Trump’s success in deporting their illegals
https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/us-immigration-tracker-follow-arrests-detentions-border-crossings-rcna189148
CBS NEWS
— State Department to start layoffs in coming days, cutting U.S. staff by 15%. I should write about Gingrich’s success in gutting GAO. I like to think that I was collateral damage. But was I? If I was collateral damage, Gingrich would have come to my defense.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-department-trump-administration-start-layoffs-in-coming-days/
— For Democrats, education exists to create good little Democrats.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-administration-warns-harvard-may-risk-losing-accreditation/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: F.B.I. Is Using Polygraphs to Test Officials’ Loyalty. All my Democrat superiors in the federal government were extremely loyal to the Democrat Party platform, that is, they promoted the following big time: race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/politics/fbi-polygraph-kash-patel.html
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/trump-science-nih-grants-dei-cuts.html
USA TODAY
— Teens face hiring chill as they hunt for summer jobs. My critics/opponents have made it very clear that they would never have stooped to take the summer jobs that I did. I did yard work during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966.
I washed dishes during the summer of 1965. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966. I delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/07/01/teens-cooling-summer-job-market/84375300007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and illegal immigration
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/10/medicaid-cuts-trump-farms-migrant-deportation/84519946007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that Trump says that illegals can’t access Head Start and other programs. Ever since I was 5 years old in 1953, because my parents sent me to kindergarten at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete, my critics/opponents have used that to paint my parents as having been filthy rich and that I have always been tremendously advantaged. They have always ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact that I had to work my way through college. They stress that I did not get any scholarships like they did.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-administration-says-immigrants-in-country-illegally-cant-access-head-start-other-programs-653709cd
BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders say markets embolden Trump on tariffs, stoking fear he’ll go too far
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/markets-embolden-trump-on-tariffs-stoking-fear-he-ll-go-too-far
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL & WASHINGTON CENTER FOR EQUITABLE GROWTH & CONVERSATION
— As more and more and more Americans fail/refuse to take the bad jobs that I took, should more work permits be issued for those jobs? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. My critics/opponents have made it very clear that they would never have stooped to take the bad jobs that I took.
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/social-policy/are-bad-jobs-dead-ends-or-steppingstones-better-things
https://equitablegrowth.org/americas-job-quality-crisis-and-how-to-revive-workers-pay-dignity-job-advancement-and-economic-well-being/
https://theconversation.com/not-all-insecure-work-has-to-be-a-bad-job-research-shows-job-design-can-make-a-big-difference-257642
DEMOCRACY DOCKET
— DOJ Jumps Into Another Anti-Voting Lawsuit
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/doj-jumps-into-another-anti-voting-lawsuit/
AXIOS
— MAGA on “amnesty watch” as Trump weighs migrant worker protections. As more and more and more Americans fail/refuse to take the bad jobs that I took, should more work permits be issued for those jobs? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. My critics/opponents have made it very clear that they would never have stooped to take the bad jobs that I took.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/10/trump-amnesty-illegal-immigration-workers
INSIDE EDUCATION
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. Minorities and females are more likely to become Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2025/07/11/rates-admitted-students-who-are-black-hispanic-have
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Homan issues defiant warning to Anti-ICE protesters who show up at his home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MqaIlnDJ1k
GUARDIAN
— When a university degree won’t get you a decent job or home. What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job related professional license. My critics/opponents use the aforesaid against me. They stress that I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars and that I was forced to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/may/15/when-a-university-degree-wont-get-you-a-decent-job-or-home
July 10, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— Taxpayer-Funded Benefits Are for American Citizens — Not Illegals
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/taxpayer-funded-benefits-are-for-american-citizens-not-illegals/
— Democrats Inspire Vicious, Escalating Attacks on ICE
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/democrats-inspire-vicious-escalating-attacks-on-ice/
— ICE Remains Undeterred in Getting Dangerous Criminal Illegals Off Our Streets
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/ice-remains-undeterred-in-getting-dangerous-criminal-illegals-off-our-streets/
— President Donald J. Trump Ensures Accountability and Prioritizes Public Safety in Federal Hiring. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment examination with him earlier that year. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/07/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ensures-accountability-and-prioritizes-public-safety-in-federal-hiring/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-food-assistance-snap-changes-threaten-benefits-thousands-illinois-thanks-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-act/17056084/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/suburban-food-banks-bracing-for-impact-of-federal-snap-funding-cuts/3786886/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/10/wisconsin-illinois-abortions/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Office demand freefall resumes as downtown vacancy reaches a new record high
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/chicago-downtown-office-vacancy-reaches-new-record-high
RIVER BENDER
— If Duckworth wanted to, what would she use against you? Against me, she would use a) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, b) my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, c) my opposing race and gender based preference giving, d) my only making GS-13 (Major in the military), e) my being forced to retire early, f) my supporting Roskam, g) her success in throwing me out of her press conference in 2006, h) the many big adverse actions that Republican leaders have had their operatives and their dupes take against me, i) the lawsuits that I have filed, j) etc.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-grills-trumps-singapore-ambassador-nominee-this-is-not-a-glamour-postingyou-need-to-shape-up-and-do-your-homework-84217.cfm
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois public media could lose millions in federal tax funds
https://www.cities929.com/2025/07/10/watch-illinois-public-media-could-lose-millions-in-federal-tax-funds/
CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movie-feature/shea-coulee-drag-queen-ironheart-marvel/
CAPITOL HILL ILLINOIS
— How dependent on Medicaid is your hospital?
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-hospitals-fear-massive-cuts-under-trump-domestic-policy-law/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-342/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago pension debt climbs to $36B, up 13% in five years
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_21e2f65b-f2ee-4669-ba36-87d0582394ee.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order, certifies class action
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/10/judge-blocks-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-certifies-class/
BREITBART
— DNC Chair on Mamdani Not Condemning Intifada Slogan: We’re a Big Tent
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/09/dnc-chair-on-mamdani-not-condemning-intifada-slogan-were-a-big-tent/
DAILY CALLER
— Dems Unveil Anti-ICE Face Mask Bill Immediately After Coordinated Attack Against Agents
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/09/dems-push-mask-bills-amid-ice-attacks/
— Trump Admin’s Latest Move Expected To Save Americans Millions Doled Out To Illegals
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/10/hhs-boots-illegals-from-taxpayer-programs/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump’s Dept Of Education Shuts Door On Free Tuition For Illegals
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-dept-of-education-shuts-door-on-free-tuition-for-illegals
EPOCH TIMES
— Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order After Supreme Court Ruling
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/federal-judge-issues-new-nationwide-block-targeting-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-5885598
NEWSMAX
— Illegals Barred From Head Start, Other Programs
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigrants-federal-programs-hhs/2025/07/10/id/1218337/
TOWNHALL
— HHS Bans Illegals From Getting Benefits
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeremyfrankel/2025/07/10/hhs-bans-illegals-from-getting-benefits-n2660194
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— According to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the following only because I benefitted tremendously from tremendous discrimination against minorities and against females: a) earn three master’s degrees, b) earn six professional certifications, and c) earn a professional license. I should write about my Democrat IRS and GAO minority and female coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/what-is-dei-practice-trump-is-trying-dismantle-2025-01-30/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— B-Schools for High-Paying Finance, Accounting Jobs. Alumni of these schools working in the finance and accounting industry often earn six-figure salaries. I should have majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul until 1976. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until 1979. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until 1980. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until 1981. I did not become a licensed CAP until 1981. But by then, the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the accounting profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young women.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/slideshows/mba-programs-that-lead-to-high-paying-finance-and-accounting-jobs
BOSTON COLLEGE
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/10/opinion/trump-harvard-accreditation-risk/
WCBM
— HHS Bans Illegals From Getting Benefits
https://wcbm.com/national-headline/hhs-bans-illegals-from-getting-benefits/
WIBQ
— Duckworth helps introduce bill on ICE identification. Many, most, if not virtually everyone looks down on/despises/hates federal employees. I know that because I was one for almost 30 years and because I have been a retired federal employee for almost 28 years. I should write about that. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment examination with him earlier that year. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://wibqam.com/2025/07/10/illinois-senator-helps-introduce-bill-on-ice-identification/
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders oppose meritocracy because it hinders their giving preference to minorities and to females. My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I earned an MBA in 1976 and when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 because my Democrat minority and female coworkers who they wanted to promote over me had not done anything like what I did.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/katymcfee/2024/03/21/the-dangerous-myth-of-meritocracy-and-how-it-hurts-women/
MEDIAITE
— If Duckworth wanted to, what would she use against you? Against me, she would use a) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, b) my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, c) my opposing race and gender based preference giving, d) my only making GS-13 (Major in the military), e) my being forced to retire early, f) my supporting Roskam, g) her success in throwing me out of her press conference in 2006, h) the many big adverse actions that Republican leaders have had their operatives and their dupes take against me, i) the lawsuits that I have filed, j) etc.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/tammy-duckworth-torches-unqualified-singapore-ambassador-nominee-do-some-homework/
ECONOMIST
— Anti-Americans ever-increasingly fight harder to destroy America
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/07/10/the-global-asylum-system-is-falling-apart
July 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-puerto-rican-museum-staff-says-homeland-security-surveyed-area-ahead-barrio-arts-fest-humboldt-park/17036923/
NBC5
— Video captures scene that closed suburban pool over Fourth of July weekend. In the footage, a large crowd can be seen surrounding the Glen Ellyn Park District’s Sunset Pool Saturday, with officials estimating between 200 and 300 people entering the facility.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-captures-scene-that-closed-suburban-pool-over-fourth-of-july-weekend/3785826/
FOX32
— Chicago sues Trump admin over crackdown on sanctuary cities
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-sues-trump-admin-immigration
— Chicago Teachers Union demands action: ‘Trump-proof’ Illinois schools now!. At a press conference Wednesday, the Chicago Teachers Union urged Pritzker and state lawmakers to protect school funding from federal cuts and invest in equitable, fully staffed public education.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1671740
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/09/planned-parenthood-illinois-braces-medicaid-cuts-closures-are-not-table
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/09/federal-officers-puerto-rican-museum/
— Chicago’s City Council must protect the inspector general from political influence. GAO audits IRS. The Democrats who run GAO and IRS do not want Republicans to audit IRS. I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS for almost 9 years and then for Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. They succeed in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997. I had worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I had earned an MBA in 1976. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I had become a licensed CPA in 1981. I had earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. They forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/10/opinion-deborah-witzburg-chicago-protect-inspector-generals/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, etc.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/09/audit-finds-state-agency-fell-short-on-social-equity-initiatives-outlined-in-gov-jb-pritzkers-landmark-climate-bill/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/dhs-visit-humboldt-park-museum-sparks-fears-ice-raids
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more preference giving.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/07/09/chicagos-summer-jobs-program-sees-another-year-of-growth-following-pandemic-era-dip
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Who are the highest paid earners for Springfield School District 186? Here’s the list. Who are the highest paid in your school district?
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/education/2025/07/10/here-are-the-highest-salaries-at-springfield-public-schools/84496218007/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER & JOURNAL COURIER
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government handouts. What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precent are dependent on government handouts?
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/07/09/cuts-to-medicaid-could-lead-to-9-illinois-hospitals-closing/84497471007/
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-snap-benefit-cuts-20763139.php
STATELINE
— AS ILLINOIS EVER-INCREASINGLY CRASHES AND BURNS UNDER PRITZKER: Free summer meals available in 13 Illinois counties for kids in need. Anticipate/expect that under Pritzker, the number of kids in need in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/food-bank-offers-free-meals-summer/
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
— Democrats run Illinois. They ever-increasing blame Republicans for problems that minorities have and that everyone has.
https://dph.illinois.gov/resource-center/communications/this-is-public-health/s2/e4.html
BULWORK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-chicago-churches-on-the-frontline-trump-mass-deportation-immigration
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/10/its-a-sanctuary-showdown-00446223
— Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller posted her views about people who speak other languages: “In America, we speak ENGLISH — and that goes for truck drivers, construction workers, factory employees, store clerks, delivery drivers, warehouse crews, and everyone in between,” she posted on X.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/10/its-a-sanctuary-showdown-00446223
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-548/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-341/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Between 2022 and 2024, Rivian filed over 2,000 H-1B and 400 green card applications while receiving significant Illinois state incentives. A researcher says this raises concerns about replacing American workers and the use of taxpayer dollars.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_445481b5-6577-4ff8-890a-9a5e99b26c91.html
— IL may boost abortion funding if federal support is cut
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_0aeec326-ce8b-428d-9d85-9e1673dcb9a5.html
https://www.aol.com/news/il-may-boost-abortion-funding-214800814.html
— Homan says ‘good luck’ as Johnson vows Chicago won’t work with ICE
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_393f2eb4-93cc-43ed-bc37-2131766bb370.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— 99% of Biden’s illegal immigrant ‘parolees’ still in U.S.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/9/going-nowhere-case-study-finds-99-bidens-illegal-immigrant-parolees/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Minnesota says government agencies must ‘justify’ hiring white men. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 when I was 31, IRS in 1971 when I was 22, and the Post Office in 1966 when I was 18 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. Because they have dramatically lowered hiring standards to hire Democrats, minorities, females, and veterans, they not hire me today if I was 31, 22, or 18.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3466825/tim-walz-minnesota-hiring-justification-government-agencies/
AMAC
— Democrats Smear ICE Facility As “Concentration Camp” to Defend Open Borders
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/democrats-smear-ice-facility-as-concentration-camp-to-defend-open-borders/
BARRETT MEDIA
— AM 560 The Answer Host Dan Proft Addresses Exit of Amy Jacobson: ‘It’s a Business Decision and a Difficult One’
https://barrettmedia.com/2025/07/09/am-560-the-answer-host-dan-proft-addresses-exit-of-amy-jacobson-its-a-bussiness-decision-and-a-difficult-one/
BREITBART
— Sanctuary States Released More than 25K Criminal Illegals Without Alerting ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/07/09/study-sanctuary-states-released-more-than-25k-criminal-illegals-without-alerting-ice/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Department Of Homeland Security Slams Journos For Defending Illegal Immigrant Pedophiles
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-department-of-homeland-security-slams-journos-for-defending-illegal-immigrant-pedophiles
FOX BUSINESS
— Retirement gold rush: 32,000 Illinoisans rake in $100K+ in state pensions while state runs huge deficit. The revelation comes as Illinois’ government pension debt nears a record $145 billion. My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is only $66,780/year. But my critics/opponents continue to viciously condemn it as being far too generous. In my defense, I stress that I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS and while I worked for the federal government and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/retirement-gold-rush-32000-illinoisans-rake-100k-pensions-while-state-runs-huge-deficit
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani scores key union endorsement
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-politics-newsletter-mamdani-scores-key-union-endorsement
— Blue city resident vows to keep pro-Trump political displays on home despite second shooting attack. Second politically motivated attack in 2 years fails to intimidate homeowner.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/blue-city-resident-vows-keep-pro-trump-political-displays-home-despite-second-shooting-attack
— Trump’s immigration crackdown prompts California bishop to excuse Catholics from Sunday mass. San Bernardino diocese issues rare dispensation from Sunday mass obligation as administration steps up border security.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trumps-immigration-crackdown-prompts-california-bishop-excuse-catholics-sunday-mass
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Eight Discriminatory Scholarships. My critics/opponents have always looked down on me for my not having gotten any scholarships.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/eight-discriminatory-scholarships-including-daca-undocumented-only-at-western-michigan-u-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/
NEWSMAX
— Charlie Kirk breaks down Trump admin’s dispute with MAGA on Epstein files
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3aEG6be-xw
— High Court Likely Ends Bogus Asylum Claims
https://www.newsmax.com/stevelevy/supreme-court-immigration-asylum/2025/07/09/id/1218196/
PJ MEDIA
— Legal Immigrants Say No Amnesty for Illegals
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/09/legal-immigrants-say-no-amnesty-for-illegals-n4941573
— The Loony Left Would Be Protesting Something Even if Kamala Had Won
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2025/07/10/the-morning-briefing-the-loony-left-would-be-protesting-something-even-if-kamala-had-won-n4941600
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders exist to promote more hatred against trump.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/opinion-trump-s-treatment-of-immigrants-is-harmful-immoral-un-american/ar-AA1I3QDj
NEWSWEEK
— Trump Slams Democrat-Sponsored Bill To Make ICE Agents Show Faces, IDs. Many, most, if not virtually everyone looks down on/despises/hates federal employees. I know that because I was one for almost 30 years and because I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. I should write about that. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment examination with him earlier that year. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.newsweek.com/us-immigration-ice-green-card-visas-trump-live-updates-2096582
CBS NEWS
— Supreme Court clears way for Trump to move forward with mass layoffs of federal workers
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-mass-layoffs-federal-workers/
— Secret Service suspended 6 personnel without pay or benefits after Trump assassination attempt. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. But they stress that they have a) forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me a pension since then, currently $66,780/year and b) forced the federal government to pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance since then.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-assassination-attempt-butler-secret-service-suspension/
NBC NEWS
— Sen. Josh Hawley says he’ll make sure Medicaid cuts in Trump bill he voted for ‘never take effect’ What has kept you off Medicaid? For me, it has been my taking bad jobs, most importantly, my taking federal jobs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/sen-josh-hawley-says-he-ll-make-sure-medicaid-cuts-in-trump-bill-he-voted-for-never-take-effect-242959941575
NEW YORK TIMES
— Ever-increasingly, I have trouble understanding those who answer toll-free calls.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/trump-liberia-president-english.html
— The more that Trump promotes meritocracy, that is, the more that Trump kills Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI, the more prosperous and safe that America will be. My Democrat superiors in the federal government used AA and DEI to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/trump-tariffs-taxes-economy.html
WASHINGTON POST
— California awaits disaster relief as GOP offers full support of Texas. California has always viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/09/texas-flooding-trump-politics-disaster-relief/
— Trump ends interest subsidy for Biden’s student loan repayment plan. Nearly 7.7 million people enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education plan, which has been tied up in the courts, will see interest start to accrue on their loans Aug. 1. Did you get a student loan? I did not. If I had, my GPA would have been much higher because instead of studying, I spend far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail to pay for my college expenses. My critic/opponents would stress that I could have worked less hours and drove junkers to/from school and work instead of a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint 1966-1967, a 1968 Oldsmobile 442 1967-1968, and a 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1971.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/07/09/trump-ends-interest-subsidy-bidens-student-loan-repayment-plan/
— Federal workers fear Trump will fire them after court ruling: ‘We are toast.’ Next steps aren’t clear, but the White House says it plans to resume mass government layoffs. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, because of Gingrich budget cuts, I was ever-increasingly toast. The following helped me survive: a) I had earned an MBA in 1976, b) I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) I became a licensed CPA in 1981, f) I earned four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and g) I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/09/trump-mass-firings-federal-workers-supreme-court/
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down. Previously, it existed to drive Biden’s approval rating up.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/09/trump-approval-polls/84526896007/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: With new power, Trump will move immediately to lay off federal workers. Arguably, Gingrich’s greatest achievement was gutting GAO. If he had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be a GAO employee. For sure, my Democrat GAO superiors could/would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/09/trump-wins-broad-authority-to-lay-off-federal-workers-without-congress/84520149007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump has seized the authority to lay off federal workers and reorganize the federal government in a way that critics say no president has been able to do in more than 100 years. The power, which the Supreme Court gave temporarily in a July 8 order, puts at risk thousands of federal jobs across the country at agencies that collect taxes, provide health care to veterans, and help administer retirement benefits. Labor unions say the cuts fly in the face of established law and decades of tradition, but a senior White House official told USA the layoffs are legal, and the administration intends to immediately reduce the size of government. While the court did not rule on the underlying question of Trump’s ability to enact widespread job cuts, the justices said they were likely to affirm that power.)
PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— Number of national Black conventions not inviting Trump grows
https://www.phillytrib.com/news/across_america/number-of-national-black-conventions-not-inviting-trump-grows/article_150bbd12-7e84-46f0-a842-db635ad530ea.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-mass-deportations-workforce-immigrants-economic-growth-brooke-rollins-f1e1999d?mod=opinion_lead_pos1
— We’ll All Pay for New York’s Mamdani Folly. The state will lose wealthy taxpayers, and the federal government will have to cough up more aid.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/well-all-pay-for-new-yorks-mamdani-folly-16eeebde?mod=opinion_lead_pos5
POLITICO
— Supreme Court disabuses federal workers who thought their jobs were safe. Civil servants told POLITICO they’re anxious and exhausted, but holding out hope their lawyers can still save their jobs. When I was 49 years old In 1997, I thought that my GAO job was safe, but I WAS WRONG. I erroneously thought that my job was safe because of Civil Service protections and because I had earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But I caved in and took my Democrat GAO superiors’ forced early retirement “offer.” After I did that, I erroneously hoped that Bush, Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde would come to my defense, but they did not.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/09/federal-workers-supreme-court-doge-musk-layoffs-00445234
FEDERAL NEWS NEWORK
— Updated ‘PLUM’ book offers deeper look at Trump administration officials working governmentwide. The latest PLUM book contains 9,151 entries with space for each official’s name, agency, title and pay rate, although some data is still missing or outdated. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. Many, most, and at times, virtually all of them were minorities, females, and/or veterans.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2025/07/updated-plum-book-offers-deeper-look-at-trump-administration-officials-working-governmentwide/
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN
— All those who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, and/or younger than me and/or b) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://now.org/media-center/press-release/observing-black-womens-equal-pay-day/
ED SOURCE
— California Bill to provide descendants of slavery preference in college admissions moves forward. What about meritocracy? What about those whose are descendants of slavery but whose parents are wealthy? What about those whose ancestors died fighting slavery?
https://edsource.org/2025/bill-to-provide-descendants-of-slavery-preference-in-college-admissions-moves-forward/736146
MEDIUM
— People aren’t leaving bad jobs because the risk of no job is worse. Because of negative federal employee stereotypes, the longer that you are a federal employee, the more difficult/impossible that it is to get a job in the private sector. I became a federal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966. Private sector employers look down on federal employees. Private sectors employers were not interested in me a) when I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, b) when I earned an MBA in 1976, c) when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) when I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, e) when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, f) when I became a licensed CPA in 1981, g) when I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and h) when I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. Because of Affirmative Action and DEI, my not being a minority, female, younger, or veteran made things even worse. I should write about that.
https://medium.com/@404jmnf/is-the-job-market-really-this-bad-yes-d970904b5df5
GUARDIAN
— Trump to cut 2,145 NASA employees. Cuts further the push to slash federal government through early retirement, buyouts and deferred resignations. Gingrich cut 3,000 GAO jobs, half of the agency’s employees. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me viciously for that. They a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/nasa-workforce-cuts
INDEPENDENT
— Trump bill gives ICE $45 billion for detaining immigrants – more than it received in the last 15 years combined.
https://www.aol.com/trump-bill-gives-ice-45-172334060.html
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promise to use more Affirmative Action and DEI to give them more preference over Whites.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-black-voter-approval-rating-b2785963.html
July 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump suggests taking over New York City and Washington DC
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-suggests-taking-new-york-city-washington/17022336/
— Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-clears-trumps-plans-downsize-federal-workforce/17022051/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-officials-blast-medicaid-snap-cuts-in-trump-led-megabill/3785101/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/what-trumps-tax-law-could-mean-youngest-americans/3785278/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/student-loan-cancellation-program-trump-retribution-tool/3784547/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-illinois-democrats-express-concerns-about-cuts-to-snap-benefits/3785248/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1670996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoFEXTwAjZ0
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/08/july-8-2025-full-show
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/08/brandon-johnson-condemns-cuts-imposed-trump-s-tax-spending-bill-unholy
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH THREE PHOTOS: Special prosecutor appointed to investigate DuPage clerk’s bidding practices
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/news/special-prosecutor-appointed-to-investigate-dupage-clerks-bidding-practices/
— Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/nation-and-world-politics/supreme-court-clears-the-way-for-trumps-plans-to-downsize-the-federal-workforce/
— Large teen gathering at Glen Ellyn pool leads to misdemeanor arrest
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/news/large-teen-gathering-at-glen-ellyn-pool-leads-to-misdemeanor-arrest/
SOUTHERN
— Trump suggests taking over New York City and Washington DC
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/08/trump-suggests-taking-over-new-york-city-and-washington/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— How dependent on federal spending is your hospital?
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/07/09/cuts-to-medicaid-could-lead-to-9-illinois-hospitals-closing/84497471007/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Disruption at Sunset Pool in Glen Ellyn may lead to reevaluation of training, safety policies
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/07/08/disruption-at-sunset-pool-in-glen-ellyn-may-lead-to-reevaluation-of-training-policies/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-08/what-health-care-cuts-in-trumps-budget-law-will-mean-for-americans
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2025-07-09/federal-food-assistance-changes-threaten-benefits-for-thousands-of-illinoisans
PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-07-09/immigration/il-school-districts-serving-immigrants-work-to-stay-low-key/a97580-1
GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— ‘We Share Your Frustration:’ Park District Reacts To Teen Takeover In Glen Ellyn. The Glen Ellyn Park District shared a statement after an incident in which hundreds of teens stormed Sunset Pool. How prepared is your park district for Democrat teen takeovers?
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/we-share-your-frustration-park-district-reacts-teen-takeover-glen-ellyn
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— To boost their popularity, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/august-2025/can-tangling-with-trump-boost-the-mayors-popularity/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/08/360000-illinois-residents-to-lose-food-assistance-due-to-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-pritzker-says/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Richard Porter eyeing Durbin’s seat
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/09/richard-porter-eyeing-durbins-seat-00443440
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Richard Porter, a battle-hardened Republican Party loyalist, is considering a bid for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, who’s retiring. Porter sees an opening for himself and the Illinois Republican Party by blending establishment savvy with MAGA fealty. His background: Porter, 65, is a seasoned attorney from Chicago’s northern suburbs and a former Republican National Committeeman who has worn many hats over the years. He was a senior domestic policy adviser to President George W. Bush and counselor to Vice President Dan Quayle. More recently he’s been an unofficial adviser within the Illinois Republican Party. Porter’s resume screams old guard, but he now sings support for President Donald Trump and his policies — a pivot from the early years of Trump’s first administration. Walking a tightrope: “I represent the old and new party,” Porter told your Playbook host, adding he’s still in the “testing the waters phase” of running for Senate. It’s a narrow but not impossible lane, he says. With Durbin out and three prominent Democrats already elbowing one another in a looming primary brawl, Porter sees a crack in the Democratic firewall that has defined Illinois politics for so many years. “This is an open seat,” Porter said. “Democrats will have to compete in a primary so there’s a good chance for division coming out of that.” Porter expects economic renewal under Trump, and he brushed aside Democrats’ concerns that hundreds of thousands of people will lose health care under Trump’s just-signed megabill. “If you look at actual provisions, they aren’t unreasonable — there are work requirements,” Porter said. “Real world impact will be minimal.” Perhaps. But … that won’t stop Democrats from branding it as catastrophic to voters. Porter is confident that any “unintended bad consequence” from the budget reconciliation bill can be corrected before the 2026 midterms. Porter’s view: “There’s a risk if Democrats cry wolf, wolf, wolf for 12 months and there’s no wolf.” He’s also been poring over 2024 election results and sees Trump’s showing in Illinois as a positive sign that Republicans could find success in 2026 in the state where Democrats control all the statewide seats. Add a possible chaotic Democratic primary and a volatile national climate, and anything is possible. The challenge for any statewide Republican candidate, Porter says, is getting old guard and new right Republicans to march in lock step. The other challenge is getting the state’s most prominent Republican donor — businessman Richard Uihlein — on your side. SIDE NOTE: Porter would face a primary. Air Force veteran John Goodman, political commentator Pamela Denise Long and businessman Douglas Bennett and others have filed as Republican candidates, too.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-547/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-340/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republicans decry Democrats’ ‘fear mongering’ over ‘big bill.’ Chicago mayor: ‘Big bill’ is ‘unholy.’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_da1443d2-78b9-4190-9bc6-0143cc62de04.html
— Trump slams wind, solar; Pritzker predicts ‘big bill’ increases energy costs
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_56934533-ae58-4264-ae5b-1aa496c600d0.html
WIREPOINTS
— More dependency on Medicaid is not the answer. The answer is a booming economy where people can pay their own way.
https://wirepoints.org/more-dependency-on-medicaid-is-not-the-answer-the-answer-is-a-booming-economy-where-people-can-pay-their-own-way-wirepoints-on-wttws-chicago-tonight/
— Pritzker is Johnson is Mamdani
https://wirepoints.org/j-b-pritzker-is-brandon-johnson-is-zoran-mamdani-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that no one can survive in America, let alone succeed in America, without massive Democrat-provided government assistance. It is called socialism, if not communism. I had Republican teachers in grade school and in high school. Because of that, my not getting scholarships or student loans did not stop me from getting a college degree. I worked my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How have federal spending cuts impacted you? My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich-led budget cuts to waste my career and to get rid of me. They used those cuts a) to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) to delay my promotions and to never promote me beyond GS-13, c) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on bad jobs? From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Americans ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take bad jobs. I took bad jobs. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents paint themselves as being? My Republican critics/opponents ever-increasingly paint themselves as being moderates, centrists, RINOs, anti-conservatives, anti-Republicans, if not Democrat plants. I should write my Republican critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— ‘They threw Christine into the water;’ Chicago ‘flash mob’ takes over Glen Ellyn’s Sunset Pool, assaults manager. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/673828974-they-threw-christine-into-the-waterl-chicago-flash-mob-takes-over-glen-ellyn-s-sunset-pool-assaults-manager
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A “flash mob” of some 200 Chicago residents swarmed Glen Ellyn’s Sunset village pool on Saturday afternoon, forcing their way past the entrance and assaulting the pool manager. A video posted on Instagram shows a crowd pushing manager Christine Giunta-Mayer into the lap pool, which had been surrounded by the mob. Sources tell DuPage Policy Journal that the mob arrived around 4:30 p.m. Glen Ellyn Police arrived soon after and closed the pool. A Sat. afternoon Facebook post by Patrick Sandusky reported the pool as “now closed.” “The Sunset Pool has been overwhelmed by out of town kids,” he wrote. “Fireworks fired into pool. It’s a tik tok meet up / take over according to police I just spoke to.” “Kids pushed (past) the gates. Lot of drinking and weed in the parking lot. 100s and 100s of kids. No joke. Pushed manager into the pool,” Sandusky wrote. The Sunset Pool’s non-resident admission rate is $15 for individuals 18-59. On Sunday, Sunset Pool visitors were required to have a physical pool pass issued by the park district, sources tell DuPage Policy Journal. Weed, Miller Lite, and “on the rocks cosmos” Glen Ellyn teens present described a chaotic scene. The flash mob brought in coolers with alcohol and speakers to play music. “They were drinking and smoking weed and swearing a lot,” a Glen Ellyn teen present at the pool at the time told DuPage Policy Journal. “Someone threw a lit cigar into the pool.” “I saw Miller Lite bottles and girls drinking on-the-rocks cosmos,” the teen said. “They were taking people’s stuff and moving it from their pool chairs.” The flash mob was originally planned for Naperville. “We bringing (sic) 31st Beach to the burbs” read a Facebook advertisement promoting the event, scheduled for Naperville’s Centennial Beach, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. “31st Beach” is a reference to 31st Street Beach on Chicago’s South Side. Giunta-Mayer is also head coach of the Glenbard West Hilltoppers Boys’ Volleyball team.)
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Mayor Johnson: Chicago ‘Police Dept. Will Not Ever Cooperate with ICE’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/07/mayor-johnson-chicago-police-dept-will-not-ever-cooperate-with-ice.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says he’s ‘testing’ the idea of a federal takeover of D.C.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/8/trump-says-hes-testing-idea-federal-takeover-dc/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Brandon Johnson promises Chicago police ‘will not ever cooperate with ICE’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3465665/brandon-johnson-ice-promises-chicago-police-will-not-ever-cooperate/
— US veterans stand by Afghans in immigration court
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3465521/us-veterans-stand-by-afghan-refugees-immigration-court/
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago mayor vows city police ‘will not ever cooperate with ICE’
https://nypost.com/2025/07/09/us-news/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-vows-city-wont-cooperate-with-trump-ice/
— Mamdani’s college application debacle is just one more example of privileged kids acting oppressed
https://nypost.com/2025/07/08/us-news/zohran-mamdani-is-just-another-privileged-progressive-hypocrite/
WASHINGTON POST
— To study in the U.S. under Trump, international students scrub their accounts. What percent want to be in America for the wrong reasons?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/09/international-students-visas-trump-social-media-online-vetting/
BREITBART
— Newsom Claims Illegal Migrants Needed for Rebuilding
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/08/gavin-newsom-attacks-ric-grenell-for-audacity-to-criticize-fire-recovery-claims-illegal-migrants-needed-for-rebuilding/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Would Crater In Minutes’: Sean Spicer Warns Amnesty ‘Would Destroy MAGA’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/08/sean-spicer-warns-amnesty-would-destroy-maga/
— Boston Mayor Opens City Hall Doors To Chinese Communist Party Members
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/09/exclusive-michelle-wu-boston-city-hall-ccp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Supreme Court Allows Trump’s ‘Transformation of the Federal Bureaucracy’ to Proceed
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/08/breaking-supreme-court-allows-trumps-transformation-of-the-federal-bureaucracy-to-proceed/
EPOCH TIMES
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Federal Layoffs
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-clears-way-for-federal-layoffs-5883594
FEDERALIST
— Trump Promises ‘No Amnesty’ For Illegal Alien Agricultural Workers
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/08/trump-promises-no-amnesty-for-illegal-alien-agricultural-workers/
FOX NEWS
— Race-obsessed leadership in Chicago is destroying children’s futures
https://www.aol.com/race-obsessed-leadership-americas-third-140031620.html
— Trump praises Florida after county approves renaming roadway after him: ‘Wonderful honor.’ Will Democrat leaders rename the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway, that is, I-88 in DuPage County?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-praises-florida-county-approves-renaming-roadway-after-him-wonderful-honor
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-praises-florida-county-approves-051813581.html
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Continue Large-Scale Federal Layoffs
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-to-continue-large-scale-federal-layoffs/
NEWSMAX
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump’s Plans to Downsize Federal Workforce
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/supreme-court-trump-mass-firings/2025/07/08/id/1218061/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/07/08/trump_were_going_to_give_the_farmers_the_people_they_need_but_were_not_talking_amnesty.html
TOWNHALL
— Homan Offers Blistering Warning to Muslim Socialist NYC Mayoral Candidate: ‘Get Out of the Way’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/07/tom-homan-offers-blistering-warning-to-muslim-socialist-nyc-mayoral-candidate-n2660003
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-7-8-2025
UPI
— Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with federal job cuts
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/07/08/Supreme-Court-federal-job-cuts/8801752013130/
REUTERS
— Supreme Court clears way for Trump to pursue mass federal layoffs
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-supreme-court-lifts-order-that-blocked-trumps-mass-federal-layoffs-2025-07-08/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/supreme-court-federal-workers-layoffs.html
— Trump Got the Green Light to Fire Federal Workers. Now, They Wait. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich-led budget cuts to waste my career and to get rid of me. They used those cuts a) to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) to delay my promotions and to never promote me beyond GS-13, c) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-firings.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Supreme Court allows Trump to launch mass layoff and restructuring plans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/08/supreme-court-trump-mass-layoffs-federal-workers/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Supreme Court Says the President Can Fire People. If you read the filings in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), you will conclude that the courts ruled that employees can be fired for opposing Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, for opposing race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/supreme-court-trump-v-afge-executive-order-layoffs-ketanji-brown-jackson-bda51ed8
REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://reason.com/2025/07/08/trump-reiterates-his-promise-to-protect-farm-and-hospitality-workers-from-pretty-vicious-deportation/
FED SMITH
— Supreme Court Greenlights Trump Administration’s Federal Workforce Cuts
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/07/08/supreme-court-greenlights-trump-administrations-federal-workforce-cuts/
FED SCOOP
— Supreme Court allows federal workforce reductions to move forward
https://fedscoop.com/supreme-court-allows-federal-workforce-reductions-proceed/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Federal workforce likely to shrink further under extended hiring freeze
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2025/07/federal-workforce-likely-to-shrink-further-under-extended-hiring-freeze/