FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— ‘ICE Academy’ training materials for warrantless arrests challenged in Chicago court. I should write about the 6 months of training that IRS gave me in 1971 to be a GS-7 (currently $55,850/year) Revenue Officer. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=IRS+%22revenue+officer%22+training Democrats run IRS and Democrats run GAO. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO In 1980 after working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/immigration-customs-enforcements-ice-academy-training-materials-warrantless-arrests-challenged-chicago-court/17476470/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While in the Chicago area Friday, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem touted her department is in the midst of a hiring surge, with more than 80,000 applications received in the past week. To meet the demand, Noem said training at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Academy that once took up to a year to complete could be hastened to a matter of weeks, if the applicant has the relevant training and experience. The ABC7 I-Team had a rare look at some of the ICE Academy training materials for new agents that immigrant rights advocates say is concerning and their lawyers argue is illegal.)
— Trump offers $50M for Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro arrest. The Trump administration accused Maduro of being one of the world’s largest narco-traffickers.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-offers-50m-venezuela-president-nicols-maduro-arrest-accuses-being-worlds-largest-narco-traffickers/17474129/
RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Because Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot, it is fair to ask them if they use pot and if they say yes, how much, and if they say no, why not.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/loan-applications-for-all-cannabis-social-equity-licensees-set-to-open-august-11th-85158.cfm
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who wants to be the next chairman of the Illinois Republican Party? Leading a political organization is a thankless job. I served as an officer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) 2003-2007 and as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly blamed ICRC and TAPROOT for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct suffered. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes not only end my aforesaid roles, they destroyed the aforesaid organizations. I should write about my critics/opponents. They demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being too conservative. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois. They have always been Democrat plants who have always done everything they could to destroy Republicans, and sooner or later, they will proudly proclaim that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASINGTON TIMES
— Trump hunts for colleges still using race in student selection. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But because of my bad demographics, I doubt that they would admit me today.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/8/trump-orders-colleges-prove-ended-race-based-admissions/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Indiana goes all-in to help ICE arrest, detain, and deport illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3495104/indiana-helps-ice-deport-illegal-immigrants-speedway-slammer/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Great Gerrymandering War Of 2025
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/the_great_gerrymandering_war_of_2025.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Adam Schiff says quiet part out loud about Dems needing illegals to win. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/08/adam-schiff-says-quiet-part-out-loud-about-dems-needing-illegals-to-win-1574766/
BREITBART
— Catholic Bishops Compare ICE Deportations to Nazis and Slave Catchers. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success invading, infiltrating, infesting, and conquering religion.
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2025/08/08/catholic-bishops-compare-ice-deportations-to-nazis-and-slave-catchers/
— Andrew Cuomo Calls on Socialist Zohran Mamdani to ‘Move Out’ of His Rent Stabilized Apartment. The only rent that I have ever paid was while I was a student at NIU 1969-1970.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/08/andrew-cuomo-calls-on-socialist-zohran-mamdani-to-move-out-of-his-rent-stabilized-apartment/
COLLEGE FIX
— Trump orders more oversight of federal grants after funds went to drag shows, DEI
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-orders-more-oversight-of-federal-grants-after-funds-went-to-drag-shows-dei/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— There Are 50 Million Illegal Aliens in the USA. We Can and Must Deport Them All. Here Are the Top 10 Ways for President Trump To Make It Happen Efficiently and Quickly.
https://www.creators.com/read/wayne-allyn-root/08/25/there-are-50-million-illegal-aliens-in-the-usa-we-can-and-must-deport-them-all-here-are-the-top-10-ways-for-president-trump-to-make-it-happen-efficiently-and-quickly
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Moves To Keep Leftists From Pilfering Tax Dollars For Radical Agendas
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/08/trump-move-liberals-left-pilfering-tax-dollars-radical-agendas/
DAILY SIGNAL
— DEI Will Implode. Here’s Why. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used DEI the most to destroy me. I would focus on a) my Democrat superiors in the federal government and b) past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party; Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, pollsters, fundraisers, major donors, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers; conservative leaders; and religious leaders. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/08/how-trump-broke-the-dei-machine/
— The DEI Scam is Falling Apart, and Trump Broke It.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lh2dQrU1kA
FEDERALIST
— Education Dept. Demands Receipts From Universities That Do Affirmative Action Under The Table. Democrats and RINOs have always crowed about their giving preference to those who are Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/08/education-dept-demands-receipts-from-universities-that-do-affirmative-action-under-the-table/
— Trump Order Targets Self-Appointed ‘Experts’ Funneling Tax Dollars To Leftist Pet Projects
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/08/trump-order-targets-self-appointed-experts-funneling-tax-dollars-to-leftist-pet-projects/
ICE
— ICE Houston arrests more than 350 gang members in past 6 months who illegally entered US over 1,400 times, been convicted of nearly 1,700 criminal offenses. Among those arrested were convicted murderers, child predators, thieves, and arsonists and an alien who illegally entered the US 40 times.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-houston-arrests-more-350-gang-members-past-6-months-who-illegally-entered-us-over
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— To promote wokeness is to promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/can-wokeness-be-defeated/amp/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Gerrymandering Wars Have Begun. Threats have been exchanged, and now we wait until someone pulls the trigger.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/08/begun-the-gerrymandering-wars-have/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Pot pushers ever-increasingly push Trump to push pot. The more pot that you use, the less that you accomplish in life. If I had used pot, I would not have been able a) to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) to earn six professional certifications, or c) to earn a professional license. If I had used pot, a) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, b) Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970, c) IRS would not have hired me in 1971 or promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, and d) GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986. If I had used pot, would not have been able to get married in 1978.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/trump-marijuana-reclassify-dea
NEWSWEEK
— Redistricting Wars: Map Shows How Many Seats Could Change Before Midterms
https://www.newsweek.com/redistricting-map-midterm-election-2026-gerrymandering-republicans-democrats-states-2110170
MSN
— ‘Worrying time for Irish in US’ as Trump makes good on illegals promise
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/worrying-time-for-irish-in-us-as-trump-makes-good-on-illegals-promise/ar-AA1Jq43p
MSNBC
— Why the Air Force is denying early retirement for longtime transgender service members. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to not come to work.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/air-force-denying-early-retirement-longtime-transgender-service-member-rcna223839
NBC NEWS
— Air Force revokes approved retirement for trans service members. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to not come to work.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/air-force-revokes-approved-retirement-trans-service-members-complete-u-rcna223876
NEW YORK TIMES
— Air Force Denies Early Retirement for Transgender Men and Women. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to not come to work.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/politics/air-force-transgender-service-members-early-retirement.html
— More Turmoil at I.R.S. as Trump Ends Chief’s Short Tenure. Democrats run IRS. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, they were ever-increasingly angry against Nixon and Ford. They took their ever-increasing anger against Nixon and Ford out against me, one of their very few Republican employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/politics/trump-billy-long-irs-commissioner.html
— Mexico ever-increasingly makes it clear that it is anti-American. Will Mexico side with America’s enemies in WWIII?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/world/americas/mexico-trump-military-cartels.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration weighs military actions against drug cartels
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/08/trump-mexico-pentagon-drug-cartels/
NEW YORK SUN
— Trump’s New Census Could Spell Trouble for Democrats, Like Ocasio-Cortez and Jeffries, in Districts With Many Non-Citizens. The number of blue state members of Congress is swelled by the constitutional requirement that the decennial census include an ‘actual enumeration’ of the population. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army. During their First Civil War, Democrats failed to get foreign countries to join them. But Democrats are succeeding during their Second Civil War.
https://www.nysun.com/article/trumps-new-census-could-spell-trouble-for-democrats-like-ocasio-cortez-and-jeffries-in-districts-with-many-non-citizens
— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Collapses Under Weight of Its Own Paradoxes, Even Before President Trump’s Order Banning It. Half of all Americans no longer approve of racial and gender preferences. My critics/opponents have always promoted race and gender based preference giving. I should write about my critics/opponents and the reasons why they promote race and gender based preference giving.
https://www.nysun.com/article/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-collapses-under-weight-of-its-own-paradoxes-even-before-president-trumps-order-banning-it
USA TODAY
— From Bibles to prayer groups: What Trump’s new religion memo for federal workers means. The memo provides guidance on religious expression for federal workers. Backers say it mirrors Clinton-era policies. But to others, the overtly Christian language raises First Amendment concerns. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually none of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Protestant and none that knew of were Missouri Synod Lutheran like me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/07/trump-religion-federal-employees/85516547007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Is Right on ‘Debanking’ Regulators have abused their power to cut off political opponents. What does your bank think of those who share your demographics?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-debanking-executive-order-bank-examiners-biden-obama-operation-choke-point-8396e49d
— How the West Was Really Won. If I had ever ran for a government office, my opponent would have used against me that all my ancestors immigrated from what is now German during the 1840s and 1850s, that on my father’s side they homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete township, and that on my mother’s side, they sharecropped 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-undiscovered-country-review-into-the-west-13866720
— Trump Takes a Destructive Turn Against India. He has a point about New Delhi’s relationship with Russia, but 50% tariffs are a counterproductive policy. https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-takes-a-destructive-turn-against-india-tariffs-d77a2a79
— Living in Zohran Mamdani’s America. How did socialism rise from the dead, and what can freedom-loving Americans do about it? Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. According to Democrat leaders, you cannot survive in America, let alone succeed in America, without massive government assistance, and especially if you are a minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if your ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/living-in-zohran-mamdanis-america-44ea8b90
— Gerrymandering Is Deepening America’s Political Divide. Less than 20% of Americans live in a state where the minority party has a meaningful voice in governance. In Illinois, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less voice that you have in governance: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly I have no voice in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/us-gerrymandering-political-divide-a2a83a28
ATLANTIC
— Democrats cannot win without massive gerrymandering.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/lawlessness-fbi-against-texas-democrats/683804/
BRITANNICA
— American Civil War – Emancipation, Slavery, Union. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army. During their First Civil War, Democrats failed to get foreign countries to join them. But Democrats are succeeding during their Second Civil War.
https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War/The-Emancipation-Proclamation
GOOGLE AI
— Peers play a significant role in an individual’s life, influencing success, happiness, and overall well-being. I should write about the impact that my childhood peers had on me. I would focus on my childhood friends and classmates. Further, because one could argue that the most relevant criteria to use to measure one’s success in life is the success of one’s peers, I would focus on the successes that my childhood peers have had.
https://www.google.com/search?q=peers+success+life
— Living on one paycheck. Since I got married when I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have always been furious that my wife and I have always lived on just one of our paychecks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who are not married, b) whose spouse has little or no income, and/or c) who decry the tremendous amount of time and money needed to raise children. Initially, my wife and I lived on just one of our paychecks because we intended to have children. But because we gave up trying to have children because of our fertility problems, we then lived on just one of our paychecks to save more for our retirement.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22living+on+one+paycheck%22
Tag: inclusion
August 5, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/texas-redistrict-democrats-fight-back/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, eventually everyone will be on SNAP.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/knowles-food-insecurity-increasing/
— DNA project hopes to reunite African Americans in Illinois with ancestral relatives in Africa. Will this lead to identifying those who were directly responsible for slavery?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/dna-project-black-americans-africa/
— As last baby boomers reach retirement, they tackle a quest for fulfillment. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Since then, putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters has increasingly been my focus. Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes a) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, c) end my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2010 and 2004, and d) end my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/retirement-bike-riding-baby-boomers/
— John Curran: Illinois Democrats’ delivery tax is a short-term cash grab paid by those who can least afford it
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/opinion-illinois-delivery-tax-general-assembly-cta/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/illinois-queer-farmers-lgbtq/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/04/texas-democrats-quorum-illinois-redistrict-map
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— In downtown Chicago’s condo market, the hits keep coming. In 1978, when I got married, I sold my one bedroom Outer Drive East condo that I had owned for 2 years for a $10,000 gain and bought a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale and a 1978 Chevrolet Chevette.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/downtown-chicago-condos-reflect-markets-price-decline-woes
ABC7
— Texas Democrats remain in Illinois as Gov. Abbott orders their arrest
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-remain-illinois-halt-gop-redistricting-governor-greg-abbott-orders-arrest/17438511/
— State Department may require visa applicants to post bond of up to $15,000 to enter the US
https://abc7chicago.com/post/state-department-may-require-visa-applicants-post-bond-15000-enter-us/17433002/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU43-62wCRk
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-court-judges-terminated-donald-trump-administration-works-cut-down-massive-case-backlog/17434235/
NBC5
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-officials-face-pushback-over-texas-gerrymandering-criticisms/3804336/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders, that is, the mainstream news media, ever-increasingly treat Pat Brady as being the spokesperson for the Illinois Republican Party.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-gerrymandering-texas-redistricting-battle/
— Chicago designated ‘EV Ready.’ What does it mean?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K9-wnnDmjw
WTTW
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/04/texas-governor-threatens-remove-democrats-who-left-illinois-other-states-over-trump
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/pritzker-texas-democrats-redistricting-20801137.php
SHAW LOCAL
— Girls flag football surges in Illinois as hundreds more take the field in year two. More than 200 high schools expected to have teams this fall. My parents had absolutely no interest in football, and neither do I. Does that explain my lack of aggressiveness?
https://www.shawlocal.com/friday-night-drive/2025/08/05/girls-flag-football-surges-in-illinois-as-hundreds-more-take-the-field-in-year-two/
ELMHURST PATCH
— Confusion Over Addison Township Group’s Status
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/confusion-over-addison-township-groups-status
COD COURIER
— Campus Voices Weigh In on Siddiqi’s Plans for College of DuPage
https://codcourier.org/campus-voices-weigh-in-on-siddiqis-plans-for-college-of-dupage/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: She stressed the importance of taking a stand on the college’s long-held values of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). “Last year, when there was pressure to remove DEI language and committees, COD and its Board of Trustees refused to bow to those demands,” Purcell said. “Our values have been here for decades, and it’s critical that the new administration uphold them to protect the college’s reputation.”)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-561/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— BS from Pritzker on Mid-Decade Reapportionment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/08/05/bs-from-pritzker-on-mid-decade-reapportionment/
WIREPOINTS
— What happened to private sector job growth, Gov. Pritzker?
https://wirepoints.org/what-happened-to-private-sector-job-growth-gov-pritzker-wirepoints/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Darin LaHood appears to pass on Illinois Senate run in blow to state GOP hopes
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3490826/darin-lahood-pass-illinois-senate-run-state-gop/
— Abbott says blue-state gerrymandering ‘distorted’ US politics after Democrats flee Texas. How badly have Illinois Democrat leaders gerrymandered the political jurisdictions where you live? I should write about how Democrat and RINO leaders gerrymandered my precinct in 2015.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3490941/greg-abbott-blue-state-gerrymandering-democrats-flee-texas/
BREITBART
— Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump from Quickly Deporting Biden’s Parole Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/04/biden-appointed-judge-blocks-trump-from-quickly-deporting-bidens-parole-migrants/
CENTER SQUARE
— DOJ scraps decree used by Democrats to keep Republicans out of the federal workforce
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_1de8bdce-8e86-4d1e-8297-bb3849644d07.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Federal appeals court upholds Arkansas ban on Critical Race Theory in the classroom. To teach CRT is promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/federal-appeals-court-upholds-arkansas-ban-on-critical-race-theory-in-the-classroom/
DAILY CALLER
— Pulling Kids Out Of DEI Lessons Just Got Easier. To teach DEI is promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/04/exclusive-pulling-kids-out-of-dei-lessons-just-got-easier/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats are protesting what they have been doing forever. Fox News host Sean Hannity calls out Democrats’ ‘big, meaningless political stunt’ in protesting gerrymandering on ‘Hannity.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376556781112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Flight of the Legislators
https://www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-fools/the-flight-of-the-legislators/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democratic Texas Rep. Harold V. Dutton Jr. speaks alongside other Texas democrats during a press conference at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union hall in Warrenville, Ill., August 4, 2025.)
NEWSMAX
— Pritzker Vows to Protect Texas Dems From Arrest
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/jb-pritzker-protect-texas-democrats/2025/08/04/id/1221258/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Economists sound alarm over Trump firing. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, the following did not come to my defense: a) the Association of Government Accountants; I had served on the Executive Committee of its Chicago Chapter for 13 years and b) the Illinois CPA Society; I had served on its membership committee for 8 years.
https://thehill.com/business/5435904-economists-sound-alarm-over-trump-firing/
NBC NEWS
— White House searches for a new BLS chief with ‘credibility’ and ‘experience.’ All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/white-house-search-new-bls-chief-credibility-experience-rcna222910
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/swing-district-republicans-object-texas-redistricting-plan-democrats-t-rcna222972
CBS NEWS
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrat-who-fled-texas-over-redistricting-says-were-willing-to-face-whatever-consequences/
CNN
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/04/politics/gerrymandering-supreme-court-texas
— Are/were you “little-known.” According to my critics/opponents, I have always been “little-known” notwithstanding my having been the subject of a 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/ That article made me very well-known to the Democrats who ran IRS and GAO. They used everything in that article against me that they could. They used the article mainly to paint me as being a grossly overpaid draft avoider. That helped them 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.cnn.com/2025/08/04/politics/bls-commissioner-trump-firing-decision
REUTERS
— Tesla’s brand loyalty collapsed after Musk backed Trump
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/teslas-brand-loyalty-collapsed-after-musk-backed-trump-data-shows-2025-08-04/
MSN
— Top Trump Official Says Americans on Medicaid Should Replace Deported Farm Workers. I was never a farm worker, but I did do yard work, deliver newspapers, wash dishes, clean golf shoes, chip slag, pump gasoline, and deliver mail.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/top-trump-official-says-americans-on-medicaid-should-replace-deported-farm-workers/ar-AA1IczMz
CNBC
— President Donald Trump said Tuesday that JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, the two largest U.S. banks, previously rejected him as a customer, reviving claims that conservative clients were being unfairly denied accounts.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/05/trump-jpmorgan-chase-bank-of-america-rejected-bank-customer.html
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-files-victim-pam-bondi-2108809
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/us/hochul-new-york-texas-redistricting.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/us/politics/texas-redistricting.html
— Democrat leaders side with Erika McEntarfer against Trump. Republican leaders did not side with me against the Democrats who ran GAO.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/business/trump-bls-firing-economic-reports.html
— Are Democrat leaders moving their eggs from their Epstein basket to their McEntarfer basket?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/opinion/columnists/friedman-trump-labor-firing.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Inside Texas Democrats’ plan to seek refuge with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The potential 2028 presidential candidate has quietly talked with Lone Star State lawmakers for weeks, as he and other ambitious governors seek to ways to join their fight.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/05/illinois-pritzker-texas-democrats-redistricting/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders flood Republican town halls with booing Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/04/mike-flood-donald-trump-town-hall-nebraska/85518190007/
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/04/texas-redistricting-map-congress-trump-takeaways/85508969007/
— Trump praises Sydney Sweeney ad, but does he know American Eagle is super WOKE? Sydney Sweeney may be a registered Republican, but I have discovered that American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. is – and it pains me to write this – incredibly, unconscionably woke.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/05/trump-sydney-sweeney-tweet-american-eagle-ad/85512067007/
— Because GAO audits IRS, my having 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, should have been enough for GAO to offer me a transfer at GS-13, currently $117,807/year in 1980. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, GAO offered me a transfer only at GS-9 Step 10 Level, currently $88,808/year, a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars To add insult to injury, GAO ignored/dismissed/belittled that most of what I did for IRS was similar to what I would do for GAO, that I had earned an MBA in 1976, that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2025/07/29/apply-for-job-experience-but-no-degree/85362393007/
WBUR
— According to Democrat leaders, it is not possible to rig jobs numbers. My Democrat superiors in the federal government falsely argued that they did not rigg their employment decisions against me. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have a) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors would not have a) never promoted me beyond GS-12 and disallowed my education deductions in 1978 and my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors would not have a) forced me to resign in 1969 and b) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/08/04/bureau-of-labor-statistics
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/texas-gerrymandering-house-seats-democrats-republicans-congress-f1514f89
BLOOMBERG
— American Eagle Jumps Most Since 2000 After Trump Praises Sydney Sweeney Ad
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/american-eagle-gains-meme-status-with-biggest-jump-since-2000?embedded-checkout=true
POLITICO
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/california-fires-back-at-texas-redistricting-00493314
PBS
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/is-political-gerrymandering-illegal-6-things-to-know-as-texas-dispute-carries-on
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly deny that Trump was elected.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-trying-to-insulate-himself-from-the-will-of-the-public-texas-democrat-says
— My Democrat GAO superiors wasting my career, taking many big adverse actions against me, and forcing me to retire sent a very strong message to those who have the following demographics to not apply to work for GAO: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/firing-of-labor-statistics-head-undermines-trust-in-key-data-ex-trump-official-warns
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/tamara-keith-and-jasmine-wright-on-trumps-bls-firing-and-trust-in-institutions
PEOPLE
— Trump Pits ‘Woke’ Taylor Swift Against Sydney Sweeney
https://people.com/trump-pits-taylor-swift-against-sydney-sweeney-11784508
August 1, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville Halal Fest expects to bring about 20,000 attendees to Frontier Park this weekend
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/chicagoland-halal-fest-naperville-diversity/
— Democrat leaders promote Biden.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/31/joe-biden-national-bar-association/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders promote Biden.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/07/31/biden-trump-president-chicago-speech-national-bar-association-gala-immigrants
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to create good little Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/07/31/trump-deal-northwestern-univeristy-dei-antisemitism-funding-frozen
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics. How successful have Democrat leaders been doing that in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/31/zohran-mamdani-young-democrats-progressives-s-e-cupp
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Mexican Independence Day Festival to return to West Chicago after hiatus
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250731/festivals-and-fairs/mexican-independence-day-festival-to-return-to-west-chicago-after-hiatus/
— ‘Building bridges’: Naperville Halal Fest connects businesses with burgeoning market
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250731/business/building-bridges-halal-fest-connects-businesses-with-burgeoning-market/
ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Johnson implementing hiring freeze for city through end of 2025 amid budget crisis. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, the agency was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes because of Gingrich budget cuts. GAO is just a shell of what it once was.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-implementing-hiring-freeze-city-end-2025-amid-budget-crisis/17379048/
NBC5
— Giannoulias pushes for changes in how Illinois auto insurance rates are calculated. Of course, according to Democrat leaders, those who have demographics that vote for Democrats are paying too much for auto insurance. Those demographics are liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-married, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7f-CXhraao
— Illinois becomes first state to require mental health screenings for students. Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-becomes-first-state-to-require-mental-health-screenings-for-students/3802933/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/31/fiesta-del-sol-kicks-pilsen-organizers-say-they-plan-protect-attendees-ice-activity
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/31/living-and-working-in-america-the-new-reality-for-refugees-and-asylum-seekers
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote foreign students.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/30/student-visa-changes-creating-fear-chaos-among-people-hoping-to-study-in-america
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/government/2025/07/31/illinois-senators-call-for-release-of-the-epstein-files/85458840007/
NPR ILLINOIS
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to create good little Democrats.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2025-07-31/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-heightens-uncertainty-for-colleges-and-universities
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/protestors-rally-against-lahood/
— Democrat leaders shout at Democrats that Republicans discriminate against Democrats.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-how-americans-views-of-racial-discrimination-have-shifted-since-2021-according-to-ap-norc-polling/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Biden.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/08/01/biden-sounds-the-alarm-in-chicago-00488175
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois ranks in the top 5 worst or bottom 5 best in every metric. It’s time to change that.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-ranks-in-the-top-5-worst-or-bottom-5-best-in-every-metric-its-time-to-change-that-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
JOHN KASS
— The Faustian Bargain of Rock and Roll. Do drugs make musicians more creative?
https://johnkassnews.com/the-faustian-bargain-of-rock-and-roll/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— No more diversity statements: DOJ guidance draws line on ‘unlawful DEI’. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/31/justice-department-releases-guidance-explaining-unlawful-dei/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The many problems with driver’s licenses for illegal aliens
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/the_many_problems_with_driver_s_licenses_for_illegal_aliens.html
BLAZE
— MAGA’s biggest threat isn’t Democrats — it’s internal sabotage
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/blaze-news-tonight/magas-biggest-threat-isnt-democrats-its-internal-sabotage
BREITBART
— Windmill Delusions and Nuclear Solutions: Trump’s Energy Agenda and How to Learn from Europe’s Mistakes
https://web.breitbart.com/videos/windmill-delusions-and-nuclear-solutions-trump-s-energy-agenda-and-how-to-learn-from-europe-s-mistakes
CAMPUS REFORM
— ICE offers $110k incentives to college recruits under Trump expansion
https://www.campusreform.org/article/ice-offers-110k-incentives-college-recruits-trump-expansion/28368
CENTER SQUARE
— Bill would require transparency of foreign influence in K-12 schools. There were no foreign influences on me while I attended grade school and high school.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f979ebde-3fc9-49b5-a30e-5efbd665c692.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left’s Hitler Derangement Syndrome
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/30/stop-dishonoring-my-murdered-relatives-by-comparing-trump-to-hitler/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— DHS Launches $600 Million Grant Program for State Detention Centers
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/07/31/dhs-600-million-dollar-grant-state-detention-centers
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani reveals in resurfaced video how one of his ‘greatest victories’ benefitted illegal immigrants. Zohran Mamdani has pledged to fight for illegal immigrants if he is elected mayor.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-reveals-resurfaced-video-how-greatest-victories-benefitted-illegal-immigrants
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is ‘in over his head’ running the city, Blagojevich lodges
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376416811112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Is Right to Point the Finger at Hamas for Gaza Woes
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/07/trump-is-right-to-point-finger-at-hamas-for-gaza-woes/
PJ MEDIA
— Leftist Squeamishness on Admitting the Crimes of Illegals and Jihadis
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/31/leftist-squeamishness-on-admitting-illegals-jihadis-crimes-n4942278
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Trump Gets Backlash Over RNC Chair Endorsement: An LGBT ‘Ally’ Who ‘Just Tried to Pass Amnesty’
https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-gets-backlash-rnc-chair-endorsement-lgbt-ally-just-tried-pass-amnesty/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— ICE says it has made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 as hiring ramps up
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/politics/article/ice-says-it-has-made-tentative-job-offers-to-more-20796627.php
MSN
— DEI rollbacks are having an impact on hiring practices. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/dei-rollbacks-are-having-an-impact-on-hiring-practices/ar-AA1JFRks
https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2025/07/31/dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-trump-hiring-jobs.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC ended my career in the automotive industry. Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted when I was 22 years old in 1971 because Oldsmobile agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Stores boss fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/andrea-lucas-equal-employment-opportunity-commission.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump brings back presidential physical fitness test canceled by Obama. By the time I got to eight grade, I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green colorblindness.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/31/trump-physical-fitness-test-returns/
USA TODAY
— To get more votes, Democrat and RINO candidates promise more government handouts.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/31/hawley-rebate-checks-trump-tariffs/85430292007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charities.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/07/30/trump-cuts-legal-services-rural-america/85340070007/
HEARTFORD COURANT
— Trump plans to revive the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren. By the time I got to eight grade, I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green colorblindness.
https://www.courant.com/2025/07/31/trump-presidential-fitness-test/
FAST COMPANY
— Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party exists to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91377373/trumps-ftc-spreading-lies-about-trans-people-kosa
HIGHER ED DRIVE
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to create good little Democrats.
https://www.highereddive.com/news/justice-department-threatens-federal-funding-colleges-dei-policies/756510/
BROOKINGS
— Democrat and RINO leaders use AI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/trumps-executive-orders-politicize-ai/
July 31, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Johnson offers multiple ideas to scare businesses out of Chicago
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-mayor-johnson-offers-multiple-100000664.html
— Former Northwestern University staffer sues alleging he was fired for protesting cuts to LGBTQ resources. My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire, because I protested their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/northwestern-university-employee-sues-lgbtq-cuts/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, everyone will be on Medicaid. Knowing that if I could survive until I retired, the federal government would pay 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums for life helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to get rid of me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/medicaid-trump-2/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout a minorities and at females that Republicans cause all the problems that minorities and females have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/31/opinion-donald-trump-black-women-jobs-at-risk/
CHICAGO SUN_TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/29/maga-trump-epstein-kash-patel-bondi-mona-charen
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders want them to pay lower insurance premiums: liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250730/insurance/giannoulias-launches-campaign-to-ensure-fairness-in-auto-insurance-rates/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Johnson imposes hiring curbs on city departments to cut spending. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, the agency was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes because of Gingrich budget cuts. GAO is just a shell of what it once was.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-imposes-hiring-curbs-city-hall
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Hamas.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-groups-call-elected-officials-send-more-aid-gaza-end-hunger-crisis-israeli-strikes-continue/17367629
CBS2
— Congressman Darin LaHood on how Trump’s big, beautiful bill will affect Illinoisans. The Illinois representative talks about Medicaid, SNAP, and touches on the petition to release the Epstein files.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/congressman-darin-lahood-on-how-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-will-affect-illinoisans/
WGN9
— Trump, in another break from the norm, interviews 4-star general candidates. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, ever-increasingly, to get promoted, you had to promote Affirmative Action and DEI.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/ap-trump-meets-with-candidates-for-four-star-general-in-break-with-tradition-white-house-acknowledges/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for all the problems that Blacks have.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/30/national-urban-league-ceo-declaring-state-emergency-over-trump-administration/
WGN RADIO
— Ray LaHood: Illinois legislative map is ‘an embarrassment’
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/ray-lahood-illinois-legislative-map-is-an-embarrassment/
— The mainstream news media did not blame Biden for inflation, but now, the mainstream news media blames Trump for inflation.
https://wgnradio.com/news/how-trumps-tariffs-could-affect-your-grocery-bill/amp/
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane County Auditor Penny Wegman announces bid for treasurer. Incumbent GOP Treasurer Lauzen hasn’t said if he’ll run again.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/07/31/kane-county-auditor-penny-wegman-announces-bid-for-treasurer/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kane County Auditor Penny Wegman on Wednesday officially announced her candidacy for county treasurer. Wegman, a Democrat, was elected to her second term as auditor last year. She will seek her party’s nomination in the March 17 primary election. If she wins the primary, she will be on the Nov. 5, 2026 general election ballot. In a news release Wednesday, Wegman pledged “to bring her proven record of fiscal responsibility, transparency and innovation to the treasurer’s office.” “As your county auditor, I’ve worked every day to make government more transparent, efficient, and accountable to taxpayers,” Wegman stated in the release. “Now, I’m ready to bring that same commitment to the treasurer’s office – to continue protecting taxpayer dollars and strengthening public trust in our financial institutions.” The current treasurer is Chris Lauzen, a Republican and former state senator and former county board chairman. He has not announced whether he would seek another term. Since taking office as auditor, Wegman said she led on several key initiatives that improved the county’s financial operations and public accountability. These include: Increasing transparency through a more accessible, online county checkbook, giving taxpayers real-time insight into county spending; Creating a successful internship program, providing hands-on government experience to local students and cultivating the next generation of public servants; Identifying and helping close policy gaps, collaborating with the county board to strengthen financial procedures and internal controls; Increasing county revenue by competitively bidding the purchase card vendor, securing better returns for Kane County taxpayers. “These are not just ideas – they are results, ” Wegman said in the release. “As treasurer, I will carry forward this momentum to modernize operations, safeguard county funds, and ensure Kane County residents get the transparency and service they deserve,” Wegman stated in the release. With her background in auditing, financial oversight and public service, Wegman stated in the release that she is “uniquely prepared to transition seamlessly into the treasurer’s role and immediately build upon the office’s core responsibilities: receiving, investing, and safeguarding the county’s funds.” Last year, Wegman received the Innovator Award from the International Association of Government Officials at its annual conference in New Orleans. The award was in recognition of Wegman’s work with the county’s procurement card program, which are known as p-cards and are county credit cards issued to department heads. Her campaign for treasurer will formally launch with a fundraiser on Aug. 28, at The Office, 201 E Main St., St. Charles. The public is invited to attend and learn more about Wegman’s vision for the treasurer’s office. In May, Candida “Connie” Cain announced she left the Kane County GOP to run for treasurer as a Democrat.)
COURIER & PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.courierpress.com/story/opinion/2025/07/31/opinion-shabazz-abortion-restrictions-have-led-to-more-access/85422719007/
NPR ILLINOIS
— The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-30/trump-wants-to-make-it-easier-to-institutionalize-some-homeless-people-how-will-that-play-out-in-la
CITIES 92.9
— To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders want them to pay lower insurance premiums: liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/07/30/illinois-secretary-of-state-pushes-to-restrict-auto-premium-calculations/
WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/ohio-city-whose-haitian-migrants-were-disparaged-by-trump-braces-to-defend-them-against-deportation/article_5e9c485c-d55f-5bc2-8aa4-eb936ef9864c.html
WIFR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/families-first-rally-in-rockford-calls-for-support-for-working-families/ar-AA1Jmn4e
MEDILL REPORTS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and on charity.
https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/listen-rooted-in-community-evanston-grows-works-toward-food-justice/
HOODLINE ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://hoodline.com/2025/07/illinois-commission-on-equity-and-inclusion-to-promote-diversity-at-2025-state-fair-in-springfield/
IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/chicago-hospitals-are-scaling-back-trans-care-for-youth-a-rapid-response-team-is-stepping-in/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Growth killer: Chicago’s potential corporate head tax.
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-corporate-head-tax-growth-killer-wirepoints/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— With sanctuary lawsuit dismissed, Illinois Democrats vow to resist ICE. Anticipate/expect that Illinois Democrats will ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8ef66d3c-2623-48b6-9390-e0a99d483d3c.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s economy is already proving the doomsayers completely wrong
https://nypost.com/2025/07/30/opinion/trumps-economy-is-already-proving-the-doomsayers-completely-wrong/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Perils of Linguistic Debasement
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/the_perils_of_linguistic_debasement.html
BREITBART
— U.S. Economy Rockets up to Three Percent Growth in Second Quarter Under Trump
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/30/u-s-economy-rockets-up-to-three-percent-growth-in-second-quarter-under-trump/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Trump administration has terminated over 4,000 grants. To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give them more government grants: liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/trump-administration-terminated-4000-grants-report/28363
DAILY CALLER
— Latinos Living Along Southern Border Rave Over Trump’s Crackdown
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/30/border-latinos-happy-with-donald-trump/
— Trump’s Education Dept Ends Free Tuition For Illegals. Where did the money come from to pay for your bachelor’s degree? For me, the money came from what I earned doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, and working on an automotive assembly line.
https://www.aol.com/exclusive-trump-education-dept-ends-123926748.html
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Crushes Woke Colleges, Ignites Meritocracy’s Epic Comeback. Campus antisemitism and university DEI programs took a gut punch from our president, and the transgender nonsense is in retreat. If Trump had been elected sooner, my Democrat superiors in the federal government would not have been able to waste my career, take adverse actions against me, and force me to retire when I was 49 years old. If Trump had been elected earlier, I might still be a General Motors employee because Oldsmobile would not have withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because EEOC had forced it to stop hiring Whites to settle a complaint.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-crushes-woke-colleges-ignites-meritocracys-epic-comeback
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Five Universities Under Investigation for Excluding U.S.-Born Citizens from Certain Scholarships. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/universities-investigated-excluding-us-born-citizens-scholarships
FOX NEWS
— Trump rips ‘luxury hotels’ for migrants while American citizens are ‘living from hand to mouth.’ President says homeless veterans ‘can’t get a room’ while migrants stay in expensive accommodations.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-rips-luxury-hotels-migrants-american-citizens-living-hand-mouth
NUMBERS USA
— 70% say Biden deliberately opened the border. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/70-say-biden-deliberately-opened-the-border/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/30/politics/video/maga-media-reverses-course-epstein-files-osullivan-ebof-digvid
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use wokeness/wokeism to destroy Republicans.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/30/politics/dei-anti-woke-trump-administration-analysis
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— All the Democrats and all the RINOs above me have always promoted wokeness/wokeism, that is, they have always discriminated against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-administration-fires-senior-navy-female-officer-at-nato-she-appeared-on-a-woke-list/ar-AA1Cu548
MSN
— Democrat educators ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/project-2025-creators-target-university-over-lgbtq-inclusive-course-materials/ar-AA1Jx6Mw
— ‘Worrying time for Irish in US’ as Trump makes good on illegals promise
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/worrying-time-for-irish-in-us-as-trump-makes-good-on-illegals-promise/ar-AA1JpLKn
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IikY_83QZ38
ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-comments-epstein-raise-new-questions-fell/story?id=124211483
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/politics/democrats-trump-epstein-files.html
— Trump Administration Authorizes Deployment of National Guard at ICE Facilities
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/politics/trump-national-guard-ice.html
— Trump Threatens Canada for Backing Palestinian State
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/trump-canada-trade-palestine.html
— Judge Bars Trump From Punishing Two Law Professors for International Criminal Court Work. The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO allowed my Democrat GAO superiors to force 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.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/politics/trump-icc-lawyers.html
— Illinois Democrats lead the nation in gerrymandering.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/politics/texas-republican-redistricting.html
KNEWZ
— What ICE agents earn and what their benefits look like. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn ICE.
https://knewz.com/ice-agents-earn-their-benefits/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump and Dimon Are Talking Again After Yearslong Rift. What does Dimon and his JPMorgan Chase think of you?
https://www.wsj.com/finance/jpmorgan-chase-jamie-dimon-trump-visits-01a36928
GOVENMENT EXECUTIVE
— APRIL 27, 2007 FLASHBACK: GAO settles pay dispute with 12 of 308 (Band II) senior analysts. Counsel finds data and calculations used to conduct the employees’ performance evaluations were flawed. My Democrat GAO superiors used their flawed performance evaluations to a) delay my promotions, b) never promote me beyond GS-13 (Band II), c) keep me off audits of IRS, d) always rank in bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2007/04/gao-settles-pay-dispute-with-12-of-308-senior-analysts/24307/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Government Accountability Office has reached settlements with 12 of 308 employees denied pay increases last year. The 12 employees were offered promotions, back pay and associated benefits as if they had been promoted as of Jan. 8, 2006, several sources confirmed Thursday. The case goes back to June 2005, when GAO issued a plan for splitting one of its pay bands — Band II — into Band IIA and Band IIB. Employees placed in Band IIA were not granted pay increases, while employees placed in Band IIB got raises. Employees were required to earn a “meets expectations” on their performance appraisal to be eligible for Band IIB placement. GAO issued its final placement decisions in December 2005, and gave employees with Band IIA placement 30 days to appeal to the agency’s Office of Opportunities and Inclusiveness or its Personnel Appeals Board, one source said. “Each one of the 12 marched over to the appeals board as an act of personal courage and chose to run the risk of retaliation,” the source said. Several sources said there was little or no justification for the employees’ placement in the lower pay band. The appeals board’s general counsel, which represented the 12 employees, found that the data and calculations used to conduct the employees’ performance evaluations were unreliable and included significant flaws and inconsistencies. Several GAO employees and other sources, who spoke under condition of anonymity, questioned why the watchdog agency – which has insisted the pay determinations were justified – decided to settle with the 12 employees. The 12 employees are prohibited to speak to anyone about the details of the settlement unless asked as part of a congressional inquiry, one source said, adding that Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., has already asked the employees about the settlements.)
NPR
— How firing hundreds of employees this year has transformed the Justice Department. I should write about how GAO has become more and more and more partisan since 1980. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who GAO hired.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/30/1256429518/how-firing-hundreds-of-employees-this-year-has-transformed-the-justice-departmen
POLITICO
— Trump drove firing of a FDA official. I should write about the following who drove the adverse actions that have been taken against me: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) those who I have sued and their attorneys.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/30/white-house-drove-prasad-firing-despite-rfk-jr-makary-concerns-00485972
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2025/trump-social-media-epstein-tracker/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Justice Department Declares DEI Unlawful. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/2025/07/30/doj-declares-slew-dei-practices-unlawful-memo
AXIOS
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that their illegal traffic through the Darién Gap has fallen to near zero.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/30/migrant-traffic-darien-gap-panama-trump
— To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give them more government grants: liberal, Democrat, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/30/trumps-doj-dei-inclusion-rules-grant-programs
GOOGLE AI
— Danny Davis and GAO. I am sure that Davis approved of, if not orchestrated, if not demanded that GAO force me to retire and replace me with my Black CPA subordinate when I was 49 years old in 1997. 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 was not a licensed CPA like I was.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Danny+Davis%
(FROIM THE ARTICLE: He has a history of working with the GAO, particularly on issues related to federal workforce management and oversight. . .One specific area of interest for Davis and the GAO has been the federal workforce, including pay systems and diversity within senior executive ranks. Specific Examples: A 2003 GAO report was developed at his request to explore safeguards for Congress to consider related to pay. In 2008, there were discussions about a measure he planned to introduce to grant retroactive pay to certain GAO employees. He has also been involved in addressing pay disputes within the GAO.)
July 30, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump administration requests voter data from Illinois elections board
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-administration-requests-voter-data-illinois-elections-board/17356550/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ghislaine-maxwell-offers-testify-before-congress-epstein-she-is-pardoned/17352347/
— Northwestern University announced hundreds of layoffs, citing ‘mounting financial pressure’ on Tuesday. Because of Gingrich-led budget cuts, GAO shrank from more than 6,000 employees down to less than 3,000. The agency was almost always under hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes. The Democrats who ran GAO were beyond furious about that. They took their anger against Gingrich out against me, one of the few remaining Republican employees in the agency. They wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/northwestern-funding-freeze-university-faculty-members-urge-no-deal-donald-trump-administration/17354796/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/some-democrats-warn-epstein-is-a-distraction-from-trumps-unpopular-big-bill/3800360/
— Ever-increasingly, the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the more hatred that Democrat and RINO leaders promote against you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, and/or German American
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/i-m-a-product-of-immigrants-hundreds-of-ice-protesters-march-through-chicago/ar-AA1GvcWD
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-expert-alarm-u-s-epa-greenhouse-gas-regulations/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for problems that older people have.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1682159
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/epa-endangerment-finding-trump-climate-change-illinois/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, everyone will be on Medicaid.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/health-care-providers-warn-of-dire-impact-of-medicaid-cuts/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander to destroy Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/independent-maps-effort-for-2026-election/
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/fire-west-garfield-park-building/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/alleged-ice-rules-vandal-released/
— First the festival, now the India Day Parade canceled for this year
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/napervilles-india-day-parade-festival-canceled/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Attorney General Raoul promotes more and more and more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/07/29/kwame-raoul-town-hall-trump-policies
— Northwestern University cuts 425 positions amid Trump funding freeze.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/07/29/northwestern-university-lays-off-425-amid-trump-funding-freeze
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/07/29/trump-environmental-protection-agency-moves-to-repeal-finding-that-allows-climate-regulation
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Northwestern announces layoffs amid Trump’s federal funding freeze.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/northwestern-laying-staff-amid-trump-funding-freeze
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for problems that older people have.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/29/chicago-program-providing-senior-citizens-with-job-training-paused-because-of-federal-cuts
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2025/07/29/the-rundown-who-steps-in-as-trans-youth-care-scales-back
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— President of Wirepoints Dabrowski strongly considering gubernatorial challenge to Pritzker
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/dabrowski-illinois-gubernatorial-challenge/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/business/press-releases/globenewswire/9502921/747-media-house-helps-cannabis-brands-like-budwell-drive-revenue-with-seo-excellence/
WCIA
— Decatur school district introduces ‘marijuana smell’ policy. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. How successful have they been pushing pot in your school district?
https://www.wcia.com/news/macon-county/decatur-school-district-introduces-marijuana-smell-policy/
KWQC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.kwqc.com/2025/07/28/epstein-files-where-do-quad-cities-lawmakers-stand/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/07/29/the-need-is-going-to-increase/
IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/217-today-after-husband-was-deported-a-mother-alone-with-three-children-turns-to-trumps-voluntary-self-deportation-program/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Southland Chicago used to be booming… now it’s a parking lot in many places
https://wirepoints.org/southland-chicago-used-to-be-booming-now-its-a-parking-lot-in-many-places-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Economist explains flight of people, dollars from Illinois. The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats and RINOs do to drive you out of Illinois: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German America, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_db1f0852-6e9c-4944-8c52-c31c7e4a8e10.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Almost 2M illegal migrants with deportation orders or criminal records are roaming US
https://nypost.com/2025/07/29/us-news/almost-2m-illegal-migrants-with-deportation-orders-or-criminal-records-are-roaming-us/
— Since 1965, Democrat and RINO leaders have used President Lyndon Johnson’s Executive Order 11246 to get rid of Republicans. I should write about how my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors used that Executive Order to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-s-bold-strike-against-dei-ends-60-years-of-discrimination-and-makes-history/ar-AA1xOYYb
BREITBART
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/29/wa-a-g-trump-admin-is-going-after-illegals-getting-benefits-not-criminals/
DAILY CALLER
— Young Men Fail To Name Any Masculine Democrat Leaders Not Named Obama. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn masculinity. Democrats hate muscle cars. To promote more hatred against me, my Democrat superiors in the federal government stressed that I bought muscle cars.
https://www.aol.com/young-men-fail-name-masculine-174046779.html
FOX NEWS
— Trump’s border enforcement unleashes new weapon against illegal immigration. AI systems now flag human traffickers in real time while ensuring no illegal crossers released into interior.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/one-president-trumps-strongest-weapons-border-security
— Trump pick Emil Bove confirmed as federal judge after furious Democrat walkout, whistleblower complaint. GAO would not have promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38 years old in 1986 if the GAO manager (Dave) who led the effort to get rid of me had not gone on extended sick leave. That finally allowed the GAO manager (Bill) who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 to assign me to audits of IRS in 1986 and to promote me in 1986. But Dave a) came back in 1987, b) forced Bill to resign in 1987, c) threw me off audits of IRS in late 1988, d) gave me a bad job assignment in 1989, e) gave me unfair performance expectations in 1989, f) gave me an unfair performance appraisal in 1989, g) ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance (PFP) in 1989, h) assured that I would always be ranked in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP for the rest of my GAO career, i) assured that I would never again be assigned to audits of IRS, and j) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-pick-emil-bove-confirmed-federal-judge-after-furious-democrat-walkout-whistleblower-complaints
— Race-based hiring allegations lead RFK to pull millions from Duke under Trump DEI order. Secretaries Robert F Kennedy Jr and Linda McMahon call affirmative action in medical context a danger to patient care and scientific discovery.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hhs-pulls-millions-from-duke-under-trump-dei-order-alleging-race-based-hiring-health-arm
PJ MEDIA
— The Heinous Hypocrisy of Demanding IDs From ICE Agents But Not Illegals
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/29/the-heinous-hypocrisy-of-demanding-ids-from-ice-agents-but-not-illegals-n4942219
— Universities Double Down on Wokeness
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/29/sexual-minorities-and-lavender-orientation-universities-double-down-on-wokeness-n4942207
TOWNHALL
— Pritzker Signs Two Gun Control Measures Into Law
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/tomknighton/2025/07/29/pritzker-signs-two-gun-control-measures-into-law-n2661109
— Senator Padilla Pushes Amnesty While Legal Immigrants Wait in Line for Decades
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/07/29/senator-padilla-introduces-bill-that-carves-a-path-for-illegals-to-become-citizens-n2661120
— Jeanine Pirro, former host of Judge Jeanine at Fox News and current interim United States attorney for the District of Columbia, has announced that to combat DC’s sanctuary city policies, the immigration status of all defendants entering the DC justice system will be verified.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/07/29/jeanine-pirro-fights-against-dc-sanctuary-city-policies-n2661108
U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
— Merit Hiring Plan. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They wasted my career and they got rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat.
https://www.dcpas.osd.mil/sites/default/files/2025-05/Merit%20Hiring%20Plan%205-29-2025.pdf
(FROM THE MEMORANDUM: The American people deserve a Federal workforce dedicated to American values and efficient service. Yet, Federal hiring criteria long ago abandoned any serious need for technical skills and adherence to the Constitution. Instead, the overly complex Federal hiring system overemphasized discriminatory “equity” quotas and too often resulted in the hiring of unfit, unskilled bureaucrats. The American people, who deserve a government that works for them, have suffered. In his January 20, 2025 Executive Order 14170, Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service (“Restoring Merit”) President Trump directed that “recruitment and hiring processes” become “more efficient and focused on serving the Nation” and that hiring be based on “merit, practical skill, and dedication to our Constitution.” These changes will “ensure that the Federal workforce is prepared to help achieve American greatness, and attract the talent necessary to serve our citizens effectively.” President Trump directed the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy to “develop and send to agency heads a Federal Hiring Plan that brings to the Federal workforce only highly capable Americans dedicated to the furtherance of American ideals, values, and interests.” President Trump stated that this Merit Hiring Plan must achieve seven goals: 1. Prioritize recruitment of individuals committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution; 2. Prevent the hiring of individuals based on their race, sex, or religion, and prevent the hiring of individuals who are unwilling to defend the Constitution or to faithfully serve the Executive Branch; . . . Finally, the Merit Hiring Plan must provide specific best practices for the human resources (HR) function in each agency, which each agency head shall implement. These HR best practices are included as Appendix 1.2 The key elements of the following Merit Hiring Plan are: 1. Reforming the Federal recruitment process to ensure that only the most talented, capable and patriotic Americans are hired to the Federal service; 2. Implementing skills-based hiring, eliminating unnecessary degree requirements, and requiring the use of rigorous, job-related assessments to ensure candidates are selected based on their merit and competence, not their skin color or academic pedigree;)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trumps-poll-numbers-immigration-shifted-enacted-agenda-rcna220826
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-jail-video-investigation/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/epa-revoke-endangerment-finding-regulating-greenhouse-gases/
— Democrat crow about their success in turning young people against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/young-people-trumps-job-handling-cbs-news-analysis/
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for gun violence.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-administration-slashed-federal-funding-gun-violence-prevention-2025-07-29/
MSNBC
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint themselves as being protectors, that is, they ever-increasingly paint Republicans as being destroyers.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/-protecting-americans-from-their-president-washington-ag-brown-on-suing-trump-244041285906
NEWSWEEK
— According to Democrats, the more money that you have, the more that you have benefitted from discrimination against Democrats.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-baby-accounts-generation-millionaire-retirees-2102733
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-redistricting-push-backfire-2105986
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government. My parents, my Missouri Synod Lutheran grade school teachers, and my Crete-Monee high school teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/07/30/trump-cuts-legal-services-rural-america/85340070007/
— Trump isn’t gutting Medicaid and food stamps. He’s fixing our broken welfare system.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/07/28/trump-medicaid-food-stamps-benefit-cuts-work-requirement/85355304007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/25/republicans-house-epstein-files-tax-bill-explained-voters/85345489007/
SPECTRUM NEWS
— Pritzker calls President Trump “a disease” during panel on SNAP cuts. The hate-filled Trump-hating Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/news/2025/07/29/st-louis-pritzker-trump-snap
COLUMBUS DISPATCH
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against German Americans.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/letters/2025/07/30/donald-trump-hitler-german-mom/85410112007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Ever-increasingly, nonprofits exist to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-tax-spending-bill-charitable-donation-rules-bbc2f0e2
FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly se DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2025/07/30/how-dei-optimizes-not-compromises-merit/
BLACK PRESS USA
— The Washington Post Sees Major Exodus of Black Journalists. There are very few Black CPAs. My Democrat GAO superiors can stress that they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Democrat Black CPA subordinate. 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 was not a licensed CPA like I was.
https://blackpressusa.com/the-washington-post-sees-major-exodus-of-black-journalists/
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use foreign countries to destroy America.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/07/30/has-donald-trump-ended-free-trade/
NPR
— How many illegals have used their false identifications to vote in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/30/nx-s1-5462836/noncitizen-voting-trump-ceir-review
MS. MAGAZINE
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://msmagazine.com/2025/07/29/investing-in-inclusion-how-dei-initiatives-uplift-both-companies-and-consumers/
GOOGLE AI
— Reforming Federal Agencies. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, 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, b) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, c) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-performance, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO.
https://www.google.com/search?q=reforming+federal+agencies
July 20, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/19/immigrant-medicaid-access/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/19/trump-wall-street-journal-epstein-lawsuit/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, we will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/20/in-the-wake-of-snap-cuts-feeding-hungry-illinoisans-falls-more-than-ever-on-food-pantries/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders eve-increasingly use Pope Leo to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/20/lgbtq-inclusion-chicago-catholics/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Vandals target immigration organizations in Little Village
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/07/19/vandals-target-immigration-organizations-in-little-village
DAILY HERALD
— Republican state Sen. Don DeWitte of St. Charles will not seek reelection to the 33rd District seat in 2026.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250719/news/state-sen-dewitte-wont-seek-reelection/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Companies warn Illinois will be ‘toxic tort’ capital if bill is signed, but lawyers call it ‘fundamental fairness’ All my critics/opponents side with all the defendants in all the lawsuits I filed. I should write about that.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250719/illinois-state-politics/companies-warn-illinois-will-be-toxic-tort-capital-if-bill-is-signed-but-lawyers-call-it-fundame/
— 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://www.dailyherald.com/20250719/news/economic-mobility-top-priority-of-krishnamoorthis-senate-campaign/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250718/news/rep-underwood-demands-answers-over-reckless-ice-activity-in-joliet/
NBC5
— Several Chicago suburbs ranked among safest places to live in the US. Naperville is ranked 19th.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/several-chicago-suburbs-ranked-among-safest-places-to-live-in-the-us/3793464/
FOX32
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1677376
— Democrat leaders decry EPA employees losing jobs because of Republican budget cuts. Virtually no one decried 3,000+ GAO employees losing their jobs because of Republican budget cuts 1980-1997 while I worked for the agency.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/epa-research-development-office-layoffs-scientists-fired
SOUTHERN
— MAGA supporters rally around Trump following WSJ article. According to my critics/opponents, I am a MAGA supporter. But I am a conservative. I am a platform Republican. Many MAGA supporters would disagree that I am a MAGA supporter.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/19/we-are-so-back-maga-supporters-rally-around-trump-following-wsj-article/
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— I did not even try to get a student loan. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. I washed dishes during my junior and senior years and the summer in between. 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. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. But because I worked my way through college, I was able to buy a new townhome in University Park when I was 24 in 1972.
https://chicagocrusader.com/unsettling-accounts-illinois-confronting-growing-student-loan/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With $49,000 in student loan debt, Josue Villalpando figured becoming a homeowner was a long way off. “The thought of purchasing a home was definitely floating around, however I never actually looked into it knowing that I had such a big burden with my student loans,” he said. A recent graduate of the University of Illinois Chicago, Villalpando, 29, took out private loans to pay for college. Unlike federal student loans, private loans typically have higher interest rates and fewer forgiveness programs, making them harder for borrowers to pay off. Then, his fiancé came across the SmartBuy program – an initiative set up by the state to help incentivize residents to purchase a home while paying off their student loan debt, one of the leading factors delaying homeownership among young adults. SmartBuy pays up to $40,000 in student loans and contributes up to $5,000 towards a down payment or closing costs at the time of purchase.)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Wise Up New York: Don’t Be a Chumbolone Town Like Chicago
https://johnkassnews.com/wise-up-chicago-dont-be-a-chumbolone/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who do Democrat plants ( https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Democrat+plant%22 ) work against the hardest? The more planks in the Republican Party platform that Republicans promote, the harder that Democrat plants work against those Republicans. They work extremely hard against me because I promote all the planks in the Republican Party platform, and especially its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about those Democrat plants who have worked the hardest against me since 2000. I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes a) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee in 2024 and b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you say to Democrat plant candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who fail/refuse to promote planks in the Republican Party platform? They most commonly fail/refuse to promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Because I promote those planks, Democrat plants work against me. I should write about Democrat plants. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Do you fill a void? I do. With my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, I fill a tremendous Republican communication void in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. Far too many Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders fail/refuse to defend/promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I defend/promote those planks. – Dave Diersen
http://wwwigopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden DOJ sought ‘federal hook’ to treat protesting parents as ‘domestic terrorists.’ For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. Because of that, my great great grandfather, my great grandfather, my grandfather, and my father all were Republicans who sent all their children to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3476377/biden-doj-protesting-parents-as-domestic-terrorists/
— Conservative legal gains against LGBT agenda spur pride activism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/3475547/conservative-legal-gains-against-lgbt-agenda-spur-pride-activism/
— Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against journalist Bob Woodward over ‘Trump tapes’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3476531/judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-against-journalist-bob-woodward/
BREITBART
— Biden AG and White House Conspired to Chill Local Parents’ School Board Protests
https://www.breitbart.com/law-and-order/2025/07/19/documents-biden-ag-white-house-conspired-chill-local-parents-school-board-protests/
DAILY CALLER
— Huckabee Reportedly Threatens Israel Over Treatment Of Christians
https://www.aol.com/huckabee-reportedly-penned-letter-lambasting-162816314.html
FOX NEWS
— Trump is the one world leader trying to pull the West away from the abyss
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375861200112
— ICE arrests illegal immigrant accused of decapitating Illinois woman after judge set him free. ICE agents tracked down and arrested Mexican national after Illinois court released him despite gruesome crime accusations.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-arrests-illegal-immigrant-accused-decapitating-illinois-woman-after-judge-set-him-free
PJ MEDIA
— Woke Educators Protect Illegals Instead of Improving Curricula for Americans. If my teachers had promoted wokeism instead of reading, writing, and arithmetic, I would not have been able to get an ACT score of 24 or graduate in the upper 20% of my class.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/19/woke-educators-protect-illegals-instead-of-improving-curricula-for-americans-n4941899
POST MILLENNIAL
— 150,000 criminal illegal immigrants arrested so far during Trump’s second term
https://thepostmillennial.com/150000-criminal-illegal-immigrants-arrested-so-far-during-trumps-second-term-wh
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— She left her federal job because of Trump. Now she’s running for office to fight his policies. Needless-to-say, the many adverse actions that my Democrat supervisors in the federal government took against me because I fought their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination motivates me to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/19/politics/democrats-federal-employees-midterms
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/19/politics/epstein-trump-ties-analysis
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more government spending to protect everyone from Republicans.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-funding-cut-stalls-water-projects-increasing-risks-millions-2025-07-19/
UPI
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2025/07/19/lgbtq-suicide-lifeline-service/3471752970492/
MSN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/donald-told-me-trump-s-biographer-spills-new-details-on-deeper-epstein-relationship/ar-AA1IUIjh
— Top Trump Official Says Americans on Medicaid Should Replace Deported Farm Workers
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/top-trump-official-says-americans-on-medicaid-should-replace-deported-farm-workers/ar-AA1IczWA
ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/makeup-artist-us-deportees-el-salvador-venezuela-congressman-123884627
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-calls-epstein-files-released-troublemakers/story?id=123890604
CBS NEWS
— I oppose illegal immigration. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. If not that, my wages would have been lower. My critics/opponents cannot say that. Their parents had lots of money.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-immigration-crackdown-labor-shortages-california-construction-industry-builder-says/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-lawsuit-wall-street-journal-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-letter/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Inspectors General Are Worried Doing Job Could Get Them Fired. I often worked with Inspector General employees while I worked for GAO for almost 18 years and while I served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter for 13 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/us/politics/inspectors-general-trump.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the Trump Administration, Watchdogs Are Watching Their Backs. The president has fired or demoted over 20 inspectors general since he took office. Employees say they are demoralized and reluctant to pursue investigations that could prompt political blowback.)
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/us/politics/inside-trump-epstein-friendship.html (FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/us/politics/timeline-trump-epstein.html
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/17/us/trump-news-updates
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/16/us/trump-news
— The more planks in the Republican Party platform that my Democrat plant critics/opponents reject, the harder that they work against me. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my Democrat plant critics/opponents who have worked the hardest against me since 2000. I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes a) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee in 2024 and b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/us/politics/trump-gop-platform-convention.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/opinion/america-safety-net.html
— Democrat leaders use public media to destroy Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/opinion/pbs-npr-cuts-funding.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/opinion/immigrants-ice-deportation.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/us/politics/immigration-senior-caregivers.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/20/trump-epstein-economy-immigration-approval/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/18/trump-lawsuit-wall-street-journal-murdoch-epstein/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/20/trump-epstein-files-political-fallout-risks/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-07-20/trump-jeffrey-epstein-sex-power-government-conspiracy
USA TODAY
— Democrat plants promote division within the Republican Party. They stress that Trump rejects some conservative principles. But Democrat plants promote those principles.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/07/18/trump-epstein-iran-republican-party-conservatives/84538150007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/20/trump-epstein-files-evidence-election/85275266007/
BABYLON BEE
— Newsom Founds Underground Railroad To Help Mexican Kids Travel To Work The Marijuana Farms. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint their illegals as being runaway slaves.
https://babylonbee.com/news/newsom-founds-underground-railroad-to-help-mexican-kids-travel-to-work-the-marijuana-farms
LA PROGESSIVE & CHATTANOUGA TIMES FREE PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans. How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting hatred against Republicans in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/exclusionism
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/jul/19/opinion-the-rights-war-against-the-truth-of-our/
PBS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/transgender-military-members-fight-to-continue-serving-despite-trumps-ban
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-is-publicly-known-about-trumps-yearslong-relationship-with-jeffrey-epstein
NPR
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/19/nx-s1-5473430/trump-calls-release-jeffrey-epstein-grand-jury-testimony
POLITICO
— Republicans’ food aid cuts will hit grocers in many towns that backed Trump. According to my critics/opponents, because I have always voted for Republican candidates, Democrats and RINOs have every right to screw me.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/19/trump-snap-food-cuts-rural-grocers-megabill-00463048
TRUTHOUT
— Trump Administration Will Shut Down 7 Major HUD Discrimination Cases. My critics/opponents have always used my buying a new townhome in University Park in 1972 against me. They a) stress that University Park was created by HUD and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that because I bought, a minority and/or female could not.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-administration-will-shut-down-7-major-housing-discrimination-cases/
LIBERTY NATION
— DEI Goes Incognito in Academia
https://www.libertynation.com/dei-goes-incognito-in-academia/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— The Importance of Early Career Planning. 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. 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.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/carpe-careers/2025/07/14/importance-early-career-planning-opinion
GOOGLE AI & PEW RESEARCH
— The influence of parents on children’s political party affiliation & Most U.S. parents pass along their religion and politics to their children. For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. Because of that, my great great grandfather, my great grandfather, my grandfather, and my father all were Republicans who sent all their children to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete.
https://www.google.com/search?q=parents+children+political+party
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/05/10/most-us-parents-pass-along-their-religion-and-politics-to-their-children/
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
June 28, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL9r-n8QehQ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-plaza-chicago-protest-today-demonstrators-ice-raids-demand-charges-alejandro-orellana-dropped/16861806/
— Trump is looking to speed up his ability to fine those in the United States illegally — up to $1,000 per day.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-eliminating-warning-period-fining-us-illegally-exclusive/16860955/
NBC5
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that “Supreme Court ruling limits judges’ power to challenge presidential executive orders.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/supreme-court-ruling-limits-judges-power-to-challenge-presidential-executive-orders/3778128/
— Democrat ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/how-to-watch-the-2025-chicago-pride-parade-live-as-it-happens/3777710/
— What does the Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship actually mean? Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-does-the-supreme-court-ruling-on-birthright-citizenship-actually-mean/3777935/
— Pritzker issues statement after Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/gov-pritzker-issues-statement-after-supreme-courts-birthright-citizenship-ruling/3777973/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/the-home-depot-parking-lot-labor-economy-at-heart-of-trumps-ice-immigration-battle/3777749/
FOX32
— Illinois leaders slam Supreme Court ruling backing Trump immigration move. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-leaders-slam-supreme-court-ruling-backing-trump-immigration-move
— Krishnamoorthi touts bill to curb Trump’s presidential power over military deployment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDDYrwSlW3E
WTTW
— What’s Next for Birthright Citizenship After the Supreme Court’s Ruling. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/27/what-s-next-birthright-citizenship-after-supreme-court-s-ruling
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ and abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/evanston-to-protect-privacy-of-abortion-gender-care-patients-by-limiting-license-plate-reader-tech/
— Centrism in the Democrat Party is dead.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/editorial-is-centrism-in-the-democratic-party-dead-lets-hope-not/
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that “High court ruling on injunctions could imperil many court orders blocking the Trump administration.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/high-court-ruling-injunctions-trump/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump doesn’t want to be another George W. Bush. Trump wants to be the president who uses the military sparingly.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/06/27/donald-trump-president-military-bush
— Advocates in Chicago say the Supreme Court’s decision to limit birthright citizenship injunctions is ‘cruel’ Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/27/supreme-court-limits-nationwide-injunctions-but-fate-of-trump-birthright-citizenship-order-unclear
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/06/27/responding-to-the-moment-pilsen-mural-depicts-superman-fighting-an-ice-agent
— Trump administration unfreezes $1.2M in anti-terrorism funding to Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/06/27/counter-terrorism-funding-chicago-donald-trump-homeland-security
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ and illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/26/trans-migrant-chicago-deportation-trump
WAND TV
— Safe gun storage bill arrives on governor’s desk despite Republican concerns.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/safe-gun-storage-bill-arrives-on-governors-desk-despite-republican-concerns/article_88e0af0a-dcf3-43de-a11b-5d3af17515db.html
WGLT
— Have you ever been encouraged to run for office? The leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have not. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They stress that Bush, Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde did not come to my defense. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They stress that my Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They stress that my Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. They ignore/dismiss/belittle that I a) earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) became a licensed CPA, and d) earned four more job related professional certifications.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2024-08-12/david-gill-makes-another-quixotic-run-for-office
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— USNS Harvey Milk is renamed after a WWII sailor in the latest Pentagon diversity purge.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-usns-harvey-milk-is-renamed-after-a-wwii-sailor-in-the-latest-pentagon-diversity-purge/
— Trump administration ends legal protections for half-million Haitians who now face deportations
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-administration-ends-legal-protections-for-half-million-haitians-who-now-face-deportations/
CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicagoreader.com/news/lgbtq-health-care-trump-hiv/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-335/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP challenger James Mendrick: ‘Definition of insanity electing’ Pritzker again
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f2f7b691-6b08-48ae-8767-48964487488d.html
— IL officials have opposing views on ruling affirming parents’ rights in schools
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a1f2599f-bfe5-4783-bab5-ae4ec9590d96.html
WIREPOINTS
— Why Gov. Pritzker Should Veto Chicago Tier 2 Pension Sweeteners
https://wirepoints.org/why-governor-pritzker-should-veto-chicago-tier-2-pension-sweeteners-wirepoints/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: J.B. Pritzker’s $55.2B budget fuels Illinois’ financial death spiral
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-j-b-pritzkers-55-2b-budget-fuels-illinois-financial-death-spiral/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois’ Dangerous Dance with WHO’s Global Abortion Agenda
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/illinois-dangerous-dance-with-whos-global-abortion-agenda/
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Support Stephanie Trussell’s Run for State Rep.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/06/support-stephanie-trussells-run-for-state-rep/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to those who use Affirmative Action and DEI to discriminate against others to avoid being discriminated against themselves? I should write about that. I would focus on those who are the following and/or who claim to be the following and who discriminate against those who are the following to avoid being discriminated against themselves: religious, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you ever been encouraged to run for office? The leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have not. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They stress that Bush, Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde did not come to my defense. They stress that my Democrat GAO superiors a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They stress that my Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They stress that my Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. They ignore/dismiss/belittle that I a) earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) became a licensed CPA, and d) earned four more job related professional certifications. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Constructively, if not literally, the mandatory retirement age is 55 and 30 years of service for federal employees in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) who are Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I had 25 years of CSRS service when I was 45 in 1993. That made me eligible for early retirement then. My Democrat GAO superiors wanted me to retire big time, but I survived for 4 years. I became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. But, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997, the last day that it was available. If I had not taken it, I would not have been eligible to retire until I was 55 in 2003. They had made it extremely clear that that those 6 years would have been a living hell for me. They would demote me, give me adverse transfers, unfair performance expectations, unfair performance appraisals. etc. GAO was not unionized. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://gopillinois.com
— I have been a conservative Republican journalist since 2000. I should write about the following who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most because of that: 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. 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 would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker dismisses Census data showing youth flight from Illinois
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3456499/pritzker-dismiss-census-youth-flight-from-illinois/
AMAC
— At least seven U.S. professions have mandatory retirement ages, some as young as 57. To that end, should members of Congress have a mandatory retirement age? Constructively, if not literally, the mandatory retirement age is 55 and 30 years of service for federal employees in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) who are Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I had 25 years of CSRS service when I was 45 in 1993. That made me eligible for early retirement then. My Democrat GAO superiors wanted me to retire big time, but I survived for 4 years. I became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. But, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997, the last day that it was available. If I had not taken it, I would not have been eligible to retire until I was 55 in 2003. They had made it extremely clear that that those 6 years would have been a living hell for me. They would demote me, give me adverse transfers, unfair performance expectations, unfair performance appraisals. etc. GAO was not unionized. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://amac.us/poll/congressional-retirement-age/
BREITBART
— Foreign Countries Asked by U.S. to Take Illegal Alien Deportees. What percent come to America a) to get the free stuff that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to take advantage of Democrat and RINO race and gender based preference giving, c) to turn America into their motherland, and/or d) to destroy those who do not share their religion and/or national origin?
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/06/27/rreport-foreign-countries-asked-by-u-s-to-take-illegal-alien-deportees/
CENTER SQUARE
— U.S. Supreme Court rules for parents on LGBTQ storybooks
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_a6cbdd1a-d213-40aa-9c79-d920016daa9c.html
DAILY CALLER
— Alan Dershowitz Explains Why Trump Can Now Ignore Rogue Injunctions From Liberal Judges
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/27/alan-dershowitz-rogue-judges-trump/
DAILY WIRE
— Birthright Citizenship, LGBT Books, Porn Law: Ben Shapiro Reacts To Trump’s Trifecta Of Wins At SCOTUS. “The three biggest decisions all came down in favor of President Trump.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/birthright-citizenship-lgbt-books-porn-law-ben-shapiro-reacts-to-trumps-trifecta-of-wins-at-scotus
EPOCH TIMES
— 5 Takeaways From Major Supreme Court Ruling on Nationwide Injunctions. By limiting the ability of judges to issue universal blocks, the court’s ruling is expected to affect other cases contesting Trump administration policies.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/5-takeaways-from-major-supreme-court-ruling-on-nationwide-injunctions-5879484
FOX NEWS
— ACLU sues Trump over birthright order as Supreme Court clears path for it to take effect. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aclu-sues-trump-over-birthright-order-supreme-court-clears-path-take-effect
NEWSMAX
— Supreme Court: Maryland Parents Can Pull Their Kids From Public School Lessons Using LGBTQ Books. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/supreme-court-lgbtq-books/2025/06/27/id/1216727/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Congress set to hand Trump billions to recruit more ICE agents. The House-passed version of the Trump budget bill includes $8 billion to hire an additional 10,000 ICE employees over five years, with millions more for signing and retention bonuses.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-set-hand-trump-billions-recruit-ice-agents-rcna214990
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-birthright-citizenship-immigration-9da9e11d83f2fd3cbf95e6a733651daf
— DOJ abruptly fires 3 prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 criminal cases. My Democrat GAO superiors abruptly fired me, that is, they abruptly forced me to retire, when I was 49 years old in 1997. The Republican DOJ defended my Democrat GAO superiors in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-prosecutions-capitol-riot-trump-bondi-1107441a68cef171dfff4e680e438452
MSN
— Trump administration wants to fine those illegally in the US $1,000 per day until they leave. What percent come to America a) to get the free stuff that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to take advantage of Democrat and RINO race and gender based preference giving, c) to turn America into their motherland, and/or d) to destroy those who do not share their religion and/or national origin?
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/travel/news/trump-administration-wants-to-fine-those-illegally-in-the-us-1-000-per-day-until-they-leave/ar-AA1HyZJJ
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly threaten riots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzcBnWLzYyQ
YAHOO NEWS
— Fox News’ Bret Baier Says He’s Asked Trump Personally to Stop Calling Journalists ‘Enemy of the People’ I have been a conservative Republican journalist since 2000. I should write about the following who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most because of that: 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. 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 would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-news-bret-baier-says-225032300.html
NEW YORK TIMES & REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/27/us/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/immigrants-scramble-clarity-after-supreme-court-birthright-ruling-2025-06-28/
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump officials plan to resettle 1,000 Afrikaners while blocking other refugees
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/27/trump-afrikaners-refugees-travel-ban/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How I Lost My Career and Started Delivering Mail. No one expects to have to start over from the bottom rung at age 50. But when the pandemic struck, marketing professional Stephen Starring Grant rose to the challenge. (COMMENT: I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, part-time while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU in 1969 and full-time during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969. My Democrat superiors forced me to resign in September of 1969 falsely arguing that I would not be available to work enough part-time hours. I was available every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, holiday, and every day that NIU was not in session. They would not have forced me to resign if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/how-i-lost-my-career-and-started-delivering-mail-c238d934
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I was being laid off. My skill set was not particularly practical; I wasn’t a cardiologist or a plumber. My work in the two decades before the pandemic had a bunch of names—Brand Strategist, Marketing Consultant, Consumer Psychologist—but getting a new marketing job was going to be a near impossibility for the foreseeable future. It was certainly never going to happen before my health insurance ran out in a couple of weeks. Which was a problem, because a couple of months earlier I had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. My cancer was as benign as cancer gets, but what had seemed manageable, treatable, now loomed as an existential issue. Not to mention that I was a husband and a father of two teenage girls, who counted on me to keep them in the upper middle class. To get unemployment, I had to be actively searching for a new job. I would go on the Virginia Employment Commission website, find anything I was even remotely qualified for and apply. I lived in Blacksburg, the small town in far western Virginia where I’d grown up, but the jobs I’d find myself applying to were almost all in Northern Virginia. Locally, there was nothing. Except for a job as a part-time letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service. It paid $18.50 an hour, and it came with healthcare on day one. The pay cut was eye-watering: I hadn’t worked a job at that wage level since my early 20s. But I would definitely enjoy working outdoors for a change—and independently. Some people give up after things happen to them. Others get back up, over and over again. We think of this as a strength, as grit, determination, willpower. This kind of toughness has always struck me as essential to the Appalachian character. If you get laid off or shot, or people yell at you and call you an idiot or tell you that you’ll never amount to a goddamned thing, don’t think about it. Just get back up and try again. After two weeks of training, I was assigned to fill in for the regular mailman on Rural Route 3, a monster 60 miles in length, with 724 deliveries. The whole middle section of the route, a long slide downhill to the river, was so remote that it received no cellphone service. I might as well have been delivering the mail in 1920 and not 2020. . .Did I believe I was a mailman? I was lousy at my job, still very stuck on how slow I was. I saw myself as a faker being chased by the clock. But I got better over the months to come. There were days when the mail was light and the weather good and delivering the mail was the best of all possible jobs, the work a joy, the solitude a gift. I knew I was never going to be great at it, in the way that I will never be an NFL quarterback or play electric guitar like Eddie Van Halen. I delivered the mail for a year before I found a new job in marketing, and the best grade I ever deserved was a solid B-/C+. Even with that I think my greatest accomplishment was not quitting. And yet, somewhere in those early months, change did come. Letter by letter I was learning. I got tougher. I became capable of delivering everything that I loaded into my truck in the morning. The economics of delivering the mail were unsentimental—paying for my mortgage and groceries cost more than I was bringing in. But out there on Route 3 the job became more than just a financial delaying tactic. I was inhabiting something real, feeling what it was like to be there for people. I had become a mailman.)
BLOOMBERG
— Trump Tax Bill: GOP Reaches Tentative SALT Deal at $40,000 Cap, Five-Year Limit. Taxpayers who take the standard deduction, that is, who do not itemize, want SALT. My critics opponents were furious a) that I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 because I itemized and b) that my wife and I paid less federal income tax 1978-2017 because we itemized. I should write about that.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/gop-reaches-tentative-salt-deal-at-40-000-cap-five-year-limit
— As Nations Curb Immigration, the Golden Age for Employers Is Ending. All my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have. Employers want cheap labor. They want employees who they can exploit.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-27/as-nations-curb-immigration-the-golden-age-for-employers-is-ending?embedded-checkout=true
BLOOMBERG LAW & NATIONAL LAW REVIEW & NEW YORK TIMES
— Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action and DEI against me. I should write about that. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government and the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/dol-wants-to-hear-how-federal-contractors-cut-affirmative-action
https://natlawreview.com/article/ofccp-invites-voluntary-disclosures-federal-contractors-regarding-executive-order
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/politics/justice-dept-opens-inquiry-into-university-of-california-hiring-practices.html
INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS
— Active CPA or CA holders can earn the CIA through the CIA Challenge Exam. This expedited process allows you to obtain the CIA designation after successfully passing a one-part examination. The accounting CIA Challenge Exam only includes content not covered on your CPA or CA exam, saving you time and money. I passed the CIA examination on my first attempt when I was 32 in 1981. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.theiia.org/en/certifications/cia/challenge-exam/accounting/
HOODLINE
— Subcommittee Debates Potential Erosion of Meritocracy by DEI Initiatives. My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://hoodline.com/2025/06/subcommittee-debates-potential-erosion-of-meritocracy-by-dei-initiatives/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Recent discussions at a Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services hearing have sparked controversy over the impact and intention of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The critical focus of the hearing, titled “Sacrificing Excellence for Ideology: The Real Cost of DEI,” examined the assertion that these progressive policies potentially erode the foundation of meritocracy and individualism within several sectors, including education, government, and the workforce. According to a release by the subcommittee, members discussed possibilities of following former President Trump’s lead to foster what they view as genuine equality, based on individual effort and merit.)
U.S. CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS
— Political leaders must fix wealth gap. According to Democrat and RINO leaders, people have less money than others because Republicans discriminate against them, marginalize them, oppress them, victimize them, and even worse things. Why do you have less money than others?
https://www.usccb.org/news/2025/political-leaders-must-fix-wealth-gap-promote-religious-freedom-pope-says
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Trump’s probationary period reforms cemented in OPM final rule. With OPM’s final rule, agencies can decide fire feds in their probationary period based broadly on agency needs, interests and “organizational goals.” After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious that could not use probationary rules to get rid of me. I should write about that.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/06/trumps-probationary-period-reforms-cemented-in-opm-final-rule/
PBS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/venezuelan-immigrants-in-chicago-live-in-fear-after-loss-of-temporary-legal-status
GUARDIAN
— Liberal Afrikaners are privileged. Liberals and moderates ever-increasingly destroy conservatives.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/28/south-africa-liberal-afrikaners-reject-trump-white-genocide-claims
June 27, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Huntley Trump store owner agrees to move to new location after legal battle with village. Village says store owner cannot keep items in right-of-way.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-truth-store-owner-agrees-move-new-location-legal-battle-village-huntley-illinois-eviction-notice/16855914/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-police-mayor-brandon-johnson-talk-2025-pride-parade-safety-thursday-1m-expected-gather-city/16854453/
— Largest Midwest ICE detention center opens in Michigan, could soon house people detained in Chicago. Advocates say private prison company that owns North Lake facility, GEO Group, has troubled past.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/largest-midwest-ice-detention-center-opens-geo-north-lake-baldwin-michigan-could-soon-house-people-detained-chicago/16857442/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/when-and-where-is-chicago-pride-parade-street-closures-route-and-what-else-to-know/3777219/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/how-the-republican-megabill-targets-immigrant-finances/3777043/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/aids-garden-chicago-honors-greg-harris/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-pride-parade-2025
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/26/illinois-congress-members-push-back-after-being-denied-access-ice-facilities
WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-should-anyone-born-in-the-us-automatically-be-a-citizen-of-the-us/#/questions
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/fashion-style/2025/06/26/chicago-drag-designers-wearable-art-rupauls-drag-race
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/06/26/trans-migrant-chicago-deportation-trump
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker makes third-term bid official, castigates President Donald Trump and Democrats who shy away from progressive causes.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/26/gov-jb-pritzker-running-third-term/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/jb-pritzker-timeline-illinois-governor/
— Why have Illinois and Chicago not yet clamped down on unregulated intoxicating hemp?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/26/editorial-hemp-texas-greg-abbott-chicago-pritzker-welch/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/opinion-bruce-scott-lavender-scare-chicago-gay-lgbtq-history/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/immigrant-student-trio-graduate/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker announces run for 3rd term to protect Illinois from ‘chaos and craziness’ of Trump. The Democratic incumbent returned to the Grand Crossing Park Field House where he launched his first run for governor in 2017, making his case for another term.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/06/26/jb-pritzker-campaign-reelection-trump?tpcc=cst_cm
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/06/26/chicago-pride-parade-2025-route-map-street-closures-get-there-items-tickets
DAILY HERALD
— Under the Democrats, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/politics/gay-marriage-obergefell-hodges-anniversary.html
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzkers-re-election-bid-looks-ahead-2028-greg-hinz
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/06/27/pritzker-said-hes-running-for-re-election-to-protect-our-story/84372667007/
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Geneva Republican Dan Ugaste eyes run for governor. No decision yet as GOP state rep considers support, financial backing.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/06/26/geneva-republican-dan-ugaste-eyes-run-for-governor/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/06/26/kane-health-dept-hosts-free-training-on-affirming-lgbtq-terms/
RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Duckworth.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-hosts-telephone-town-hall-highlighting-negative-impacts-of-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-on-illinois-83801.cfm
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ask how does Trump make his money and say real estate, hospitality, and his name.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-26/how-does-president-trump-make-his-money-real-estate-hospitality-and-his-name
WVIK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wvik.org/podcast/whats-happenin-qc/2025-06-26/pride-celebrating-inclusion-in-the-quad-cities
CHICAGOLAND JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://thechicagolandjournal.com/personal-pac-statement-on-shameful-supreme-court-rulings-in-medina-v-planned-parenthood/
WHEATON PATCH
— Gary Sinise And The Lt. Dan Band To Perform At Cantigny Park. Proceeds from the concert will benefit West Suburban Foundation for Disabled Veterans.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/gary-sinise-lt-dan-band-perform-cantigny-park
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/06/27/pritzkers-new-moves-00429182
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-334/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS GOP
— ILGOP Statement on JB Pritzker’s Re-Election Announcement
https://illinois.gop/ilgop-statement-on-jb-pritzkers-re-election-announcement/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— IL state Sen. Andrew Chesney slams Evanston reparations; city will defend policy ‘vehemently’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_118ff0e2-9e96-48bc-97cc-f745e1f0909e.html
— Pritzker dismisses Census data showing youth flight from Illinois. Ever-increasingly, the more the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is in Illinois: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d5216b3e-b569-4f59-9dfb-22196bc11c04.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump’s Jobs Boom Skips Illinois—Thanks to Pritzker’s Tax Hikes
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/06/trumps-jobs-boom-skips-illinois-thanks-to-pritzkers-tax-hikes.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— July 1 starts Illinois laws on gender-inclusiveness, climate education, prostitution privacy
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/july-1-starts-illinois-laws-on-gender-inclusiveness-climate-education-prostitution-privacy/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— After Trump reclassifies cartels, terrorist watchlist encounters soar at southern border
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/26/terrorist-watchlist-encounters-soar-southern-border-trump/
— Tennessee Congressman calls for DOJ probe into Mamdani’s naturalization. What percent come to America a) to get the free stuff that Democrats give them, b) to take advantage of Democrat race and gender based preference giving, c) to turn America into their motherland, and/or d) to destroy those who do not share their religion and/or national origin?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/26/zohran-mamdani-needs-deported-says-andy-ogles/
— A federal employee pleaded guilty Thursday to fraud, admitting she used teleworking so she could claim to be working full-time for three different government agencies at the same time. While I worked for IRS 1971-1972, with IRS’s approval, I worked part-time pumping gasoline for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. That helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for graduate business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/26/triple-dipping-teleworker-fed-employee-claimed-working-three-jobs-one/
— Liberals want Americans to depend on government. My parents and my teachers at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete, Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest, and Crete-Monee High School promoted personal responsibility. That motived me to take college preparatory courses, to buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air at the start of my junior year in 1964, to use that car to get to/from my dish washing job in Chicago Heights, to get an ACT score of 24, to earn/save enough to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966, to graduate in the upper 20% of my class, and to get accepted by UIC.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/26/liberals-want-americans-depend-government/
— The socialist takeover of the Democratic Party. Mamdani’s win highlights ideological shifts.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/26/socialist-takeover-democratic-party/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats continue leftward lurch with socialist candidate for New York City mayor
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/3455678/democrats-continue-leftward-lurch-socialist-candidate-new-york-city-mayor-zohran-mamdani/
— After Iran strikes, Trump goes nuclear on the media
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3455733/after-iran-strikes-trump-goes-nuclear-on-the-media/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more LGBTQ and b) destroy those like me who do not promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3453922/thu-trumps-view-on-same-sex-marriage-is-a-political-winner/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegal immigration, Chicago style
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/illegal_immigration_chicago_style.html
BREITBART
— Pritzker’s Run for Third Term Slammed as Legacy ‘Merits Firing Not Rehiring’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/26/watch-illinois-democrat-gov-jb-pritzkers-run-for-third-term-slammed-as-legacy-merits-firing-not-rehiring/
— Authoritarian Trump’s Attacks on the Press Are Very Dangerous. I should write about my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse action against me to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. 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.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/06/26/van-hollen-authoritarian-trumps-attacks-on-the-press-are-very-dangerous/
— Trump’s DOJ Sues Orange County, California for Hiding Illegal Voter Registrations of Noncitizens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/26/trumps-doj-sues-orange-county-california-for-allegedly-hiding-illegal-voter-registrations-of-noncitizens/
— Trump Forcing States to End Tuition Giveaways to Illegal Migrants. To pay for my UIC and NIU expenses 1966-1970, I worked far too many hours. That dragged down my GPA.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/06/26/trump-forcing-states-to-end-tuition-giveaways-to-illegal-migrants/
DAILY SIGNAL
— NYC Mayoral Candidate Vows $65 Million in Funds for ‘Transgender’ Care; Penalties for Noncompliant Hospitals.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/06/26/nyc-mayoral-candidate-vows-65-million-funds-transgender-care-penalties-noncompliant-hospitals/
— Tuberville Demands Parliamentarian’s Firing Over Ruling on Medicaid for Illegals
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/06/26/tuberville-demands-parliamentarians-firing-ruling-medicaid-illegals/
FOX NEWS
— Trump admin takes action after massive fraud uncovered at agency (SBA) Dems tried to protect from DOGE. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. GAO audits IRS. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors did not want me, a Republican, to audit IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. 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. They succeeded in keeping off audits of IRS until 1986,that but then succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS after 1988 for the rest of my GAO employment. 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 became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. To keep me off audits of IRS, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I could not be objective auditing IRS because of the many big adverse actions that they had taken against me.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-trump-admin-takes-action-after-massive-fraud-uncovered-agency-dems-tried-protect-from-doge
NEWSMAX
— Supreme Court Narrows Window for Illegal Migrants to Appeal Deportation
https://www.newsmax.com/us/supreme-court-migrant-riley/2025/06/26/id/1216583/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting illegal immigration.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/quinnipiac-poll-immigration-legal-status/2025/06/26/id/1216624/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— NYC Mayor Kicks Off Reelection Bid As Independent, Casts Mamdani As Too Young, Liberal, Privileged
https://apnews.com/article/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-independent-campaign-mamdani-781d1a47b6281aeb139ce175c2fa6aec
NBC NEWS
— How JB Pritzker’s decision to run for re-election could impact his 2028 aspirations
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/jb-pritzker-reelection-impact-2028-aspirations-politics-desk-rcna215418
— The Social Security Administration said Thursday that it had hired Edward Coristine, the 19-year-old nicknamed “Big Balls” who the White House said earlier in the week had left the Trump administration. Coristine joined the Social Security Administration this week as a special government employee, a type of temporary position with relatively few disclosure obligations, the benefits agency said. What did you do when you were 19? I turned 19 in September of 1967. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete. I was a full-time UIC student. I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office. I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in December of 1967.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/teen-doge-staffer-big-balls-left-trump-administration-rcna214900
CNBC
— UK auto production for May slumps to lowest level since 1949 as Trump tariffs hit hard. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents glorify/praise foreign-nameplate cars and despise/hate American nameplate cars. I have owned American nameplate cars since I was 16 years old in 1964 and I have only owned American nameplate cars. I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 which I continue to own. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates used that against be viciously. Most commonly, my critics/opponents despise/hate unions and union members. I was union member 1966-1969 and 1971-1980.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/27/trump-tariffs-uk-car-and-vehicle-output-falls-to-76-year-low-in-may.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasing use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/magazine/trump-civil-rights-law-discrimination.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/politics/trump-immigrants-deportations.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/politics/gay-marriage-obergefell-hodges-anniversary.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/health/hiv-lenacapavir-vaccine-trump-cuts-africa.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, is the face of the Democratic Party
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/26/republicans-zohran-mamdani-democrats-socialist/
— Another mysterious anti-Trump sculpture appears on the National Mall. This time, featuring clips of President Trump dancing. The White House was not amused. If you ran for an office, what would your critics/opponents stress? If I ran for an office, my critics/opponents would stress the many big adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/06/26/mystery-trump-tv-sculpture-national-mall/
— Zohran Mamdani’s victory is bad for New York and the Democratic Party
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/26/mamdani-new-york-mayor-socialism/
USA TODAY
— My Democrat coworkers and subordinates in the federal government took far more sick days than I did.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/06/24/liberal-conservative-mental-health-gap/84285127007/
WABASH VALLEY
— Duckworth introduces bill to promote Democrat riots.
https://www.mywabashvalley.com/news/local-news/illinois-senator-introduces-bill-to-limit-trump-from-using-armed-forces-on-civilians/
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— Where Do Refugees Settle in the United States? FOIA Documents Reveal Where Refugees Arrive and Their Demographic Data. Democrats have settled many refugees in Wheaton.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/where-do-refugees-go-after-they-get-here-foia/
LAW 360
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/2355255
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/10-years-after-obergefell-lgbtq-couples-wrestle-with-new-fears_n_685cb75fe4b02f1b49a85c36/amp
ACLU
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/the-supreme-court-dealt-a-blow-to-trans-rights-heres-how-to-take-action
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/trumps-remarks-on-birthright-citizenship-explained
AXIOS
— Trump won a higher percentage of the Latino vote in 2024 than previously believed and came within striking distance of capturing a historic majority of those voters, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of the election results.
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/26/trump-harris-latino-voters-2024-election-pew
GOOGLE AI
— Gut federal agencies. Democrat U.S. Senators and Congressmen let Gingrich gut GAO during the 1980s and 1990s because the Democrats who ran GAO could and did use Gingrich’s budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s remaining Republican employees, including me.
https://www.google.com/search?q=gut+federal+agencies
ECONOMIC TIMES
— ‘You misquote Trump the most’: Pentagon’s Pete Hegseth slams Fox News reporter in explosive briefing.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/you-misquote-trump-the-most-pentagons-pete-hegseth-slams-fox-news-reporter-in-explosive-briefing-over-iran-strike-question/articleshow/122106117.cms