FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Ramirez.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/10/letters-081025/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Higher education pays off in Illinois. Without my 1970 bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS in 1971. Without my taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Without my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. Without my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. Without my earning four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and my earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors would have succeeded in forcing me to retire sooner than they did.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/11/higher-education-economic-mobility/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/08/06/immigrants-deportations-shrinking-health-care-workforce
NORTHWEST HERALD
— Which McHenry County offices are up next year and who’s running for reelection? Nominating petitions are circulating for the March 2026 primary election.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/08/10/which-mchenry-county-offices-are-up-next-year-and-whos-running-for-reelection/
HERALD REVIEW
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://herald-review.com/opinion/columnists/article_975e3036-fc97-549f-9b12-62ece3f00ee8.html
WQAD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/nation-world/trump-judicial-picks/507-c6195acd-84c9-4ff9-8d62-3482e2d0f813
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/08/10/gerrymandering-illinois-texas-politics/
OAK LAWN PATCH
— Robert Cruz: IL-GOP on life support. Can the il-GOP swing the pendulum and compete. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders must focus on defending and advancing the Republican Party platform.
https://patch.com/illinois/oaklawn/il-gop-life-support
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/08/11/texas-dems-preach-defiance-in-chicago-00502628
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who is your Republican Precinct Committeeman (PC)? Is he/she running again? I am running again to be the DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 Republican PC in Wheaton. Google AI’s overview of the Republican Precinct Committeeman position is at: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22precinct+committeeman%22+republican I was appointed as an Assistant PC in 1999 and then as a PC in 1999 to fill a vacancy. I was elected PC in 2000 and reelected every 2 years since. I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010 and I served on all the MTRO fundraising committees 2000-2010. But those who continue to dominate MTRO a) rudely terminated as me as MTRO webmaster in 2004 and 2010, b) rudely defeated me when I ran for the open MTRO Treasurer office in 2004, c) rudely gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, d) rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and e) rudely ended my Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee membership in 2024. They have never asked me to serve as an MTRO officer. They continue to demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being too conservative. They ever-increasingly blame me, blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, blame my serving as the Milton Township campaign coordinator for Pat O’Malley’s Republican gubernatorial campaign in 2002, blame my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership 2003-2007, blame my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship 2005-2012, and blame my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2012 for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They especially blame me for Jim Ryan losing to Blagojevich in 2002. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/10/sordid-history-gerrymandering/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Trump’s Full-Court Press on Immigration
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trumps-full-court-press-on-immigration/
COLLEGE FIX
— Trump cracks down on covert affirmative action with admissions transparency order
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-cracks-down-on-covert-affirmative-action-with-admissions-transparency-order/
DAILY WIRE
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-gov-says-his-states-gerrymandering-is-ok-because-democracy
FEDERALIST
— Is Equal Outcome the Same as Equal Opportunity. My critics/opponents want equal outcome, not equal opportunity. For example, they want just as many minorities and females to take and pass the CPA examination as Whites and males. Because that has not been the case, they accuse Whites and males with benefitting from discrimination against minorities and females if not discriminating against minorities and females themselves.
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/videos/disparate-impact-is-equal-outcome-the-same-as-equal-opportunity
FOX NEWS
— Vance calls on Republicans to take ‘decisive action’ to counter Democratic gerrymandering. Vance says Democrats benefit from illegal immigration through skewed census counts and gerrymandered maps.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jd-vance-calls-republicans-take-decisive-action-counter-democratic-gerrymandering
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376777340112
— Trump DOJ to fight ‘race-based gerrymandering.’ Illinois 3rd Congressional District is race-based gerrymandering.
https://www.aol.com/watch-trump-doj-fight-race-210941546.html
PJ MEDIA
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/08/10/the-left-is-trying-to-have-it-both-ways-on-gerrymandering-n4942582
PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION
— Illinois family battles state’s race-based scholarship. My critics/opponents have always used against me my not getting any scholarships.
https://pacificlegal.org/illinois-family-battles-states-race-based-scholarship/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Reince Priebus: The House Is Already Completely Gerrymandered — There Are What, 10 Competitive Seats Out Of 435?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/10/reince_priebus_the_house_is_already_completely_gerrymandered_–_there_are_what_10_competitive_seats_out_of_435.html
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/10/eric_holder_gop_gerrymandering_is_a_threat_to_our_democracy_dems_must_gerrymander_to_save_our_democracy.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The damaging effects of shifting from equal opportunity to ‘equal outcomes.’ My critics/opponents want equal outcome, not equal opportunity. For example, they want just as many minorities and females to take and pass the CPA examination as Whites and males. Because that has not been the case, they accuse Whites and males with benefitting from discrimination against minorities and females if not discriminating against minorities and females themselves.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/529262-the-damaging-effects-of-shifting-from-equal-opportunity-to-equal-outcomes/
MSN
— Since the 1960s, ever-increasingly, all those above me have been under ever-increasing pressure to give preference to those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. That is, they have been under ever-increasing pressure to discriminate against those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/how-many-women-on-the-board-fewer-companies-are-saying/ar-AA1JTlM7
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Attacked California’s Congressional Maps. Republicans Want to Save Them. The independent body that redraws the state’s political maps isn’t perfect, many Republicans say. But they prefer that to the gerrymander that Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks to offset one proposed in Texas.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/us/california-redistricting-independent-commission.html
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/us/supreme-court-voting-redistricting.html
— Minimum Wage in L.A. Could Rise to $30 an Hour. In today’s dollars, I started earning $32.84/hour when I was 23 years old in 1972. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I had worked for IRS for 15 months and for Firestone Stores for 7 months before that. I had completed 3 graduate evening business courses at Loyola.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/business/minimum-wage-olympics-losangeles.html
— Why Young Americans Dread Turning 26: Health Insurance Chaos. Young adults without jobs that provide insurance find that their options are limited and expensive. The problem is about to get worse. The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance helped withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/health/young-adults-health-insurance-26.html
— FRONT PAGE: The more that fight Trump, the more that Democrat leaders promote you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/us/politics/mayor-bass-los-angeles-raids.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Cannabis Poisonings Are Rising, Mostly Among Kids. As products like weed gummies proliferate, more children and teens are suffering symptoms including seizures and life-threatening breathing problems.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/health/cannabis-poisoning-children.html
— Unions Push Democrats to Win Back Members Who Went to Trump. My critics/opponents despise/hate unions. I was a union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/us/politics/democrats-labor-unions-nevada.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/10/gerrymandering-school-choice-elections/
NEW YORK SUN
— Vance Assails 2020 Census as Flawed, Demands Complete Do-Over as Redistricting War Rages. Argument over mid-decade redistricting takes a new turn as the vice president declares U.S. Census Bureau made ‘major statistical error’ in 2020.
https://www.nysun.com/article/vance-assails-2020-census-as-flawed-demands-complete-do-over-as-redistricting-war-rages
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-texas-reopens-the-gerrymander-wars/20F020D8-3963-4D25-9BAB-9B28FFB903B9
— Equity, Equality, Fairness and Good Sense. My critics/opponents want equal outcome, not equal opportunity. For example, they want just as many minorities and females to take and pass the CPA examination as Whites and males. Because that has not been the case, they accuse Whites and males with benefitting from discrimination against minorities and females if not discriminating against minorities and females themselves.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/equity-equality-fairness-and-good-sense-11612903580
— Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Solve U.S. Chip-Making Dilemma. Because Chevrolet suspended Malibu production in 2021 because of chip shortage, I bought one off the showroom floor instead of ordering one.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/trumps-tariffs-wont-solve-u-s-chip-making-dilemma-c5aec29b
— Make Cars Beautiful Again. Congress quietly axed the fuel-economy standards that help drive the ugliness.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/make-cars-beautiful-again-design-auto-requirements-policy-e08fcfac
— FRONT PAGE: More Job Hunters Seek Pricey Help To Land New Roles. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, they made it impossible for me to get a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-hunting-expenses-resume-linkedin-887b4bd2
FORBES
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2krf_LvgI1o
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/edi-meritocracy-why-hard-understand
AXIOS
— Which federal workers could lose protections under Trump order. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats and most are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. The 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 who was minority, female, younger, and/or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for my Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for my IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in management. I qualified myself for my GAO job by working for IRS for almost 9 years, earning an MBA, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/01/28/trump-executive-order-federal-workforce
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Ramirez.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/out-of-control-republicans-are-viciously-attacking-a-congresswoman-with-calls-to-deport-her/ar-AA1KcZAb
DAILY KOS
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/10/2337315/-Americans-hate-gerrymandering-Texas-Republicans-don-t-care
BUSINESS STANDARD
— How quota system looks across the globe. Around the world, quota systems in government jobs are employed as a tool to enhance the representation of historically marginalized or underrepresented groups. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats and most are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. The 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 who was minority, female, younger, and/or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for my Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for my IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in management. I qualified myself for my GAO job by working for IRS for almost 9 years, earning an MBA, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.tbsnews.net/analysis/how-does-quota-system-look-across-globe-894951
Tag: LGBTQ
August 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gerrymandering now truly is a dangerous threat to American democracy. The last few months have ramped up partisan warfare to levels that could cause lasting damage. Illinois 3rd Congressional District is a leading example. Democrats ever-increasingly a) get rid of Whites and b) gerrymander to create more minority-majority political jurisdictions.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/10/editorial-gerrymandering-democracy-threat-texas-republicans-california-democrats/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring warring factions into America. RINO leaders do nothing to counter that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/09/armenians-azerbaijanis-us-brokered-peace-deal/
— To get more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn men and b) paint themselves as being protectors of women.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/10/opinion-jeffrey-epstein-sexual-assault-is-common/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ+, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more destruction of traditional marriage and family.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/10/lgbtq-groceryland-heartland-alliance-chicago/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker, on ‘Meet the Press,’ says he won’t rule out ’28 presidential run. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/08/10/gov-jb-pritzker-meet-the-press-2028-election
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/08/08/chicago-premier-aids-unit-illinois-masonic-hospital-trump-cripples-research
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Democrats ever-increasingly a) get rid of Whites and b) gerrymander to create more minority-majority political jurisdictions.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250810/news/home-depot-doesnt-have-a-deal-with-ice-agents/
ABC7
— My critics/opponents are Democrat Lite if not RINO if not anti-conservative if not anti-Republican.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jim-durkin-illinois-house-republican-resigning/12678017/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) get rid of Whites and b) gerrymander to create more minority-majority political jurisdictions.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-how-long-can-those-tall-texans-hang-out-in-illinois/article_3aa4dd54-6cef-4675-9f63-1f7afd9b2d9c.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s intellectual allies look to cement his nationalism influence. Trump’s enemies ever-increasingly paint themselves as being anti-American.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3493465/influence-nationalism-trump-intellectual-allies/
NEW YORK POST
— What does your bank think of those who spare your demographics?
https://nypost.com/2025/08/09/business/gasparino-inside-the-enormous-biden-effort-to-debank-trump-after-jan-6/
BLAZE
— Leftist violence surges — and media still blames the right
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/leftist-violence-surges-and-media-still-blames-the-right
BREITBART
— IRS Commissioner Billy Long Ousted After Clash Over Using Illegal Aliens’ Data. All data can and should be used to deport illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/09/report-irs-commissioner-billy-long-ousted-after-clash-over-using-illegal-aliens-data/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Learning From America’s Immigrant Past. From what I see, ever-increasingly, those who come to America despise/hate Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. From what I see, they ever-increasingly want to turn America into their motherland.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/09/learning-from-americas-immigrant-past/
EPOCH TIMES
— The 16 Midterm Races That Could Determine Who Controls the Next Congress. Although candidate-filing deadlines in many states are months away, hundreds of House hopefuls have already launched 2026 campaigns.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/the-16-midterm-races-that-could-determine-who-controls-the-next-congress-5895775
FOX BUSINESS
— Pot pushers push Trump to push pot. To push pot is to destroy America. RINO leaders do nothing to counter that.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-considers-reclassifying-marijuana-less-dangerous-drug
FOX NEWS
— This is why Democrats ‘open our borders and obstruct deportation’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376749350112
— Mamdani preaches from pulpit of radical pastor pushing reparations, abolishing police
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mamdani-preaches-from-pulpit-of-radical-pastor-pushing-reparations-abolishing-police-brother-and-friend/ar-AA1JXatN
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— People in Higher Education Are Finding Secret Workarounds to Keep DEI Alive
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/people-in-higher-education-are-finding-secret-workarounds-to-keep-dei-alive/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump Is Showing Republicans What You Do With Power, Send The Democrats Into The Political Wilderness
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/09/ned_ryun_trump_is_showing_republicans_what_you_do_with_power_send_the_democrats_into_the_political_wilderness.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-blasts-texas-gov-greg-abbott-trump-gop-redist-rcna224081
CNN
— Running for Office Shouldn’t Require a Flak Jacket. If you run for an office, anticipate/expect that your opponent(s) will promote hatred against you. I should write about the hated that my opponent promoted against me when I ran for Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer in 2004.
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/smerconish-on-cnn/episodes/4471111a-2cca-11ef-88f0-cff1f28e446a
NEWSWEEK
— Trump’s Approval Rating Suddenly Slides With Conservatives. Who speaks for the conservatives in Illinois, your county, your township, and your municipality?
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-conservatives-poll-2109635
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. RINO leaders do nothing to counter that.
https://www.newsweek.com/man-applying-green-card-detained-ice-after-decades-us-2111317
MSN
— Ever since the 1960s, all those above me have been under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/americans-perception-of-discrimination-against-black-people-dropped-in-last-four-years/ar-AA1JOObt
NEW YORK TIMES
— America’s enemies use cartels to destroy America. RINO leaders do nothing to counter that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/us/trumps-cartel-order-revives-bitter-memories-in-latin-america.html
— The Democrat Party exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/opinion/electric-vehicles-china-clean-energy.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/opinion/stagflation-trump-economy.html
— Democrats leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. RINO leaders do nothing to counter that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/opinion/trans-health-care-detransitioning.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders deny that crime is out of control in DC.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/10/trump-crime-data-federal-takeover/
USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) get rid of Whites and b) gerrymander to create more minority-majority political jurisdictions.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/10/texas-redistricting-standoff-democrats-republicans-gerrymandering/85548057007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use IVF against Trump. My Democrat GAO superiors used IVF against me big time because my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF. I should write about that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/09/trump-ivf-policy-costs-insurance-healthcare/85563626007/
— The Democrats who ran GAO during the 1990s used early retirement to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $163,749-$195,200/year. I should write about that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/08/air-force-remove-retirement-trans-military/85573587007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Texas Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/09/texas-democrats-trump-redistricting-gerrymandering-exodus/85524601007/
ATLANTIC
— According to my critics/opponents, my successes in life were not because of meritocracy, but instead, because I benefited tremendously from discrimination against those who share their demographics. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for less time than mine have.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/08/dylan-rothko-meritocracy/683792/
DAILY BEAST
— Pot pushers push Trump to push pot. To push pot is to destroy America. RINO leaders do nothing to counter that.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-considers-giving-big-gift-to-marijuana-enthusiasts/
INDEPENDENT
— Trump ‘open to’ Zelensky attending Alaska summit with Putin. My critics/opponents blame Trump for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-live-trump-putin-zelensky-alaska-talks-latest-news-b2804967.html
August 8, 2025
Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing dependency on government and charity, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing LGBTQ, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing abortion, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing mass/illegal immigration, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing diminishment of Second Amendment rights, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing race and gender based preference giving, Democrats pull out all the stops.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump offers $50,000 bonuses to hire thousands for ICE push. $50,000 is a lot of money. When I was 22 years old in 1971, in today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $55,858/year. To get hired, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn ICE, and therefore, they ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn ICE employees. My father never made more than $50k/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. He fought brittle type 1 diabetes from childhood. He was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never attended college because his doctors told him that the stress would kill him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/07/afternoon-briefing-trump-offers-50000-bonuses-to-hire-thousands-for-ice-push/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/07/angry-with-ice-protesters-disrupt-job-fair-at-congress-plaza-hotel/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois, but Gov. JB Pritzker calls move ‘grandstanding.’ Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/07/fbi-to-help-find-texas-democrats-illinois/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ramirez’s comments on her Guatemalan heritage draws backlash from conservatives, White House. In comments in Spanish at the second annual Panamerican Congress in Mexico City, Rameriz said, “ … I could say a few words in Spanish because I’m Guatemalan and proud of it — first, before American.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/06/delia-ramirez-congress-representative-america-guatemala-immigration
— Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that the Ku Klux Klan was Republican.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/07/ku-klux-klan-march-washington-dc-1925-centennial
— Democrat leaders shout at immigrants that Republicans cause all the problems that immigrants have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/08/07/trump-immigrants-dick-durbin-naturalization-ceremony-wrigely-field
— All Chicago police misconduct cases could be heard in secret if court sides with union. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, c) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-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 in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/police-reform/2025/08/07/chicago-police-shooting-arbitration-misconduct-discipline-adam-toledo-cpd
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/08/08/cta-transgender-bus-driver-suicide-ava-hudson-blue-line
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/08/08/chicago-premier-aids-unit-illinois-masonic-hospital-trump-cripples-research
DAILY HERALD
— Rep. Amy Grant of Wheaton to step aside after current term
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250807/news/rep-amy-grant-of-wheaton-to-step-aside-after-current-term/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250807/news/underwood-ice-completely-unresponsive-after-enforcement-in-joliet/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250807/transportation/krishnamoorthi-at-forefront-of-investigation-into-flock-license-plate-readers/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois NPR and PBS stations see donations surge after federal funding blow. My direct competitors are beyond furious that I have the time, money, experience, ability, and motivation needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out every morning free of charge and without any advertising or donation requests. I should write about my direct competitors who have their operatives and their dupes do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending the newsletters out and b) to stop everyone from reading them.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marketing-media/npr-and-pbs-stations-illinois-see-donations-surge
ABC7
— Vance visits Indiana to talk about redrawing congressional maps as Trump’s redistricting fight grows
https://abc7chicago.com/post/vice-president-jd-vance-visits-indiana-talk-redrawing-congressional-maps-trumps-redistricting-fight-grows/17467234/
— Pfleger leads multi-faith protest outside Israeli Consulate of Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rev-michael-pfleger-st-sabina-church-leads-multi-faith-chicago-protest-outside-israeli-consulate-loop/17466050/
CBS2
— Pritzker defends signing bill upping pension payouts for Chicago police, firefighters. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically less because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jb-pritzker-defends-bill-pension-payouts-chicago-police-firefighters/
FOX32
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1687623
WBEZ
— Reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters is the fastest, most comprehensive, and free way to stay informed about political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/01/news-headlines-giving-you-whiplash-tips-on-staying-informed-without-doomscrolling
SOUTHERN
— Trump orders new census excluding undocumented immigrants amid redistricting battles.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/08/07/trump-orders-new-census-excluding-undocumented-immigrants-amid-redistricting-battles/
WQAD
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/pritzkers-redistricting-comments-joke-colbert-spark-criticism/526-e313c739-c110-42d9-8ed8-f75ded9460cf
SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://southsideweekly.com/we-need-help-local-organizations-step-up-as-undocumented-immigrants-lose-state-health-coverage/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Bob Fioretti is running for Illinois attorney general on the Republican ticket. He’ll be featured next week at Republican Day at the state fair.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/08/08/power-plays-by-mike-quigley-brendan-reilly-00499437
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-564/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-357/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIZE
— Del Mar Inches Toward Governor Run, Dabrowski “Moving in a Good Direction”
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/delmar-inches-toward-governor-run
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Kathy Salvi to Resign as State Party Chair — Proof IL GOP Isn’t Dying, It’s Dead. DIERSEN: 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.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/sources-kathy-salvi-to-resign-as-state-party-chair-proof-il-gop-isnt-dying-its-dead.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republican Party continues its spectacular freefall into irrelevance, struggling with internal divisions, dwindling support and an increasingly uncertain future. Now, multiple sources have confirmed to this publication that Illinois GOP Chairwoman Kathy Salvi – after just one year in the role – plans to step down this summer, following the State Fair. Salvi, who previously lost a congressional race in 2006 and a U.S. Senate bid in 2022, took over the embattled state party last July after then-chairman Don Tracy – known for his deep Democratic ties and opposition to Trump – resigned, citing the rise of a powerful grassroots movement in his resignation letter. Since taking over, the state party chairwoman has been largely ineffective, leading a GOP that remains dysfunctional and often undermines its own base by targeting conservative, Trump-supporting candidates with vicious mailers and negative ads during primary elections. In seven months, Salvi has overseen only one meeting of the state central committee, the GOP’s governing board. Top IL GOP donors have also chosen to sit out this upcoming primary election. Amid a vacuum of leadership, direction, infrastructure and fundraising capacity – major donors increasingly view Illinois Republican candidates as a risky – and ultimately unrewarding investment. Without the support of major donors, the Illinois GOP faces a daunting path forward. The party’s internal divisions and lack of clear leadership have eroded confidence among those who traditionally fuel campaigns, leaving Republicans severely outmatched in both resources and organization. In January, a retiring state senator endorsed Salvi’s son – a political unknown – to succeed him in the state legislature, sparking accusations of nepotism and favoritism. Sources confirmed to this publication that the state party chairwoman had been lobbying behind the scenes to secure the appointment for her son. The Salvi family has been involved in Illinois Republican politics for decades. Her husband, Al, an attorney, has run unsuccessfully for office three times – losing a congressional race in 1986, a U.S. Senate race in 1996, and a bid for Illinois Secretary of State in 1998. As the midterm elections draw near, Democrats are poised to maintain control of every statewide office and preserve their supermajority in the legislature. For Republicans, this election season underscores a hard truth: they’re not just losing elections – they’re losing structure. There’s no head coach, no assistant coaches – just a political free-for-all. Unless the state GOP unites behind the grassroots, rebuilds its infrastructure, and offers a compelling vision, it risks remaining sidelined in Illinois politics for decades. No names have emerged as Salvi’s successor – which comes as no surprise. Few want to take the helm of a struggling party lacking infrastructure, fundraising or a clear path forward.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— FBI will help find Texas Democrats in gerrymandering fight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/7/fbi-help-find-texas-democrats-gerrymandering-fight/
— Trump turns tables on banks that cancel customers for political reasons
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/7/trump-turns-tables-banks-cancel-customers-political-reasons/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Chicago Is So Gerrymandered Its Main Airport Is Parking Backlogged Planes in Two Different Congressional Districts. Texas Democrats fled to the city in a private jet to oppose Republican gerrymandering.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/chicago-is-so-gerrymandered-its-main-airport-is-parking-backlogged-planes-in-two-different-congressional-districts/
NEW YORK POST
— Gerrymandering is driving US politics mad — Congress, step in. Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/07/opinion/gerrymandering-drives-us-politics-mad-congress-step-in/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump is right to call for a new census minus the illegals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/trump_is_right_to_call_for_a_new_census_minus_the_illegals.html
BREITBART
— Consumers’ Research Calls for Investigation into DISH Network over Promotion of Woke Ideology
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/07/exclusive-consumers-research-calls-investigation-dish-network/
CENTER SQUARE
— While Democratic lawmakers from California to New York have threatened to redistrict in response to Texas’ redistricting efforts, state Rep. David Spiller, R-Jacksboro, says three states with Democratic majorities – California, New York and Illinois – already have unfair advantages.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-center-square-509740/4162642169932-texas-lawmaker-democratic-state-redistricting-efforts-created-unfair-advantages
COLLEGE FIX
— Because Democrats cannot win without the minority vote, Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/whitelash-professors-say-white-students-get-angry-frustrated-by-anti-racist-education/
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/stanford-shuts-down-dei-office-cornell-renames-dei-office/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Orders ‘New And Highly Accurate’ Census Not Counting Illegal Migrants
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/07/trump-orders-illegals-out-of-census-count/
DAILY SIGNAL
— After Trump Order, Conservative Group Issues ‘Woke Alert’ for JPMorganChase. What does JPMorganChase think of you?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/07/exclusive-after-trump-order-conservative-group-issues-woke-alert-jpmorgan-chase/
DAILY WIRE
— Join Now! $50k To Round Up Mexicans For ICE. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. He never made more than $50k/year in today’s dollars. He fought brittle type 1 diabetes from childhood. He was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never attended college because his doctors told him that the stress would kill him.
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mks-ep-1788
FEDERALIST
— Illegal Aliens Rig The Census For Blue States, And Trump Is Right To Correct It
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/07/illegal-aliens-rig-the-census-for-blue-states-and-trump-is-right-to-correct-it/
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani takes aim at Trump saying his administration will be president’s ‘worst nightmare’ NYC socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani took shots at Trump and former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a Thursday press conference.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376660175112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Requiring Colleges to Prove Non-Race Based Admissions. “Greater transparency is essential to exposing unlawful practices and ultimately ridding society of shameful, dangerous racial hierarchies.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/trump-requiring-colleges-to-prove-non-race-based-admissions/
NEWSBUSTERS
— Legacy News Skips Proposed 2030 Census Not Counting Illegals
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/latino/jorge-bonilla/2025/08/08/omission-legacy-news-skips-proposed-2030-census-not-counting
REAL CLESR POLICY
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/08/07/why_dei_was_already_dying_1127461.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump ups aggressive redistricting war with call for new census
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5441978-trump-census-redistricting-war/
ABC NEWS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gerrymandering-reshaped-political-map-red-blue-states/story?id=124383979
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/arnold-schwarzenegger-weighs-ramping-anti-gerrymandering-efforts/story?id=124444402
— FBI granted request to ‘locate’ fleeing Texas House Democrats, Sen. Cornyn says
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sen-cornyn-says-fbi-granted-141125108.html
— Texas Democrats plea for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump’s redistricting plan
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/texas-democrats-plea-donations-extend-walkout-block-trumps-124436171
NBC NEWS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/gerrymandering-is-the-rot-at-the-core-of-politics-texas-democrat-says-244540485554
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/news/national-international/what-is-gerrymandering/6362388/
CBS NEWS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-redistricting-plan-california-new-york-illinois-indiana/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Young adults are less likely to follow politics. If I had been involved in Republican politics a) the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me or promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me or promoted me in 1986.
https://apnews.com/article/voting-elections-economy-young-people-trump-politics-0cfb6066fad5798219f8a6fe6c25b694
NEWSWEEK
— Map Shows How Population Could Change in Each State Under New Census
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-how-population-could-change-each-state-under-new-census-2110255
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.newsweek.com/what-supreme-court-justices-said-about-gerrymandering-rucho-2109166
MSNBC
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-weeknight/watch/-abuse-of-power-ny-gov-kathy-hochul-slams-gop-gerrymander-244553285651
MSN
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/is-gerrymandering-legal-texas-dispute-highlights-nation-s-long-history-of-it/ar-AA1JWjRg
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dems-gerrymandered-the-vote-beyond-recognition-stephen-miller/vi-AA1K3ePZ
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/get-the-facts-redistricting-or-gerrymandering/ar-AA1K2Odw
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-is-gerrymandering-why-is-it-legal/ar-AA1JYjSI
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/trump-orders-colleges-to-release-data-proving-they-don-t-consider-race-in-admissions/ar-AA1K7HO0
REUTERS
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-signs-memo-requiring-universities-disclose-admissions-data-race-2025-08-07/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Trump to Sign Order Requiring Universities Disclose Admissions Data on Race. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, universities have always bragged about the number of minorities and females that they admitted instead of Whites and males.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-08-07/trump-to-sign-order-requiring-universities-disclose-admissions-data-on-race
NEW YORK TIMES
— Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Full Military Takeover of Gaza
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-military-offensive.html
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/us/politics/redistricting-states.html
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/opinion/happiness-community-wealth.html
— Trump Administration Begins to Strip Federal Workers of Union Protections. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, c) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-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 in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-unions.html
— Trump Escalates a Fight Over How to Measure Merit in American Education. President Trump’s most recent executive order wades into a debate over how elite colleges should weigh grades and test scores versus the obstacles students have overcome. What obstacles did you have to overcome? I was not viewed as being college material. 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. 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.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/trump-merit-affirmative-action-colleges.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/07/texas-gerrymandering-democrats-nuclear-cold-war/
— Trump orders colleges to prove they don’t consider race in admissions. Since the 1960s, everyone above me has been under ever-increasing pressure to give more preference to those who do not share my demographics.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025/08/07/trump-race-college-admissions-executive-order/4e8ca8a4-73ae-11f0-84e0-485bb531abeb_story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-07/california-redistricting-texas-redrawn-congressional-districts-bad-news-republicans
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders claim to speak for Gen Z men.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/08/06/trump-jeffrey-epstein-gen-z-republican-voters/85513159007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/08/trump-publishes-sanctuary-immigration-jurisdiction-list/85543980007/
— More than half of U.S. workers recently surveyed say they feel some anxiety about taking all the paid time off they’re entitled to – and a third of them say they’re pressured not to use all of their PTO. About 9% of workers said their employers actively discourage them from taking all the time off they’re owed. My Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasing pressured me to not take the PTO that I earned.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/07/17/why-employees-wont-take-time-off-pto/85237125007/
— Black unemployment. From the beginning, ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that all the jobs I had were bad jobs and b) they all those jobs should have been given to Blacks.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/08/05/black-unemployment-up-slower-labor-market-economy/85467628007/
PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/ceos-who-cut-dei-initiatives-miscalculated-market-impact/article_2755b8ee-d80f-4939-91d3-664c1fcbbaa9.html
UNION LEADER
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.unionleader.com/news/courts/teachers-union-advocacy-groups-sue-state-over-dei-ban/article_978cfc8c-2d40-4658-8aaf-043fbd069735.html
BOSTON GLOBE
— More White workers are suing over racial bias. To get more votes from minorities, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/08/business/kate-merrill-wbz-white-workers/
SACREMENTO BEE
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article311608507.html
FRESNO BEE
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education-lab/article311119480.html
DESERET NEWS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2025/08/07/not-the-first-gerrymandering-battle/
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/08/07/utah-lawmakers-on-federal-gerrymandering-ban/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/opinion-potomac-watch/who-going-to-win-the-gerrymander-wars/75556160-e007-43fb-b3cb-74e3ee02f986
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/gerrymandering-deepens-the-political-divide-903e24b2
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-gerrymander-flub-state-maps-redistricting-36b0b08f
BLOOMBERG
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-07/california-dives-into-texas-gerrymandering-game
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-07/newsom-and-democrats-fight-gerrymandering-do-they-mean-it
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/new-hampshire-anti-dei-law-hit-with-constitutional-challenge
FORBES
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/08/07/texas-battle-triggers-national-gerrymandering-war-these-states-could-redistrict-next/
POLITICO
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/07/daniels-interview-00497577
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/07/republicans-are-full-steam-ahead-on-redistricting-and-not-just-in-texas-00496450
AXIOS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/07/democrats-redistricting-new-york-california-trump
ATLANTIC
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/08/texas-districts-gerrymandering/683793/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/08/08/how-leaders-are-keeping-dei-work-alive-opinion
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2025/08/08/teaching-about-class-post-dei-era-opinion
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-universities-can-move-dei-backlash-breakthrough
https://www.highereddive.com/news/trump-orders-college-admissions-research-grants/757166/
HR BREW
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025/08/07/new-doj-guidance-on-dei-includes-a-subtle-warning-on-employee-resource-groups
BROOKINGS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-the-texas-gerrymandering-battle-could-impact-the-midterms/
BRENNAN CENTER
— To elect more Black and Hispanic candidates to Congress, Democrat leaders create Black Congressional Districts and Hispanic Congressional Districts. Their Illinois 3rd Congressional District is one of their Hispanic Congressional Districts.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/gerrymandering-explained
REMAX
— FOR SALE IN MY PRECINCT: 821 Plamondon Road in Wheaton – $949,900
https://ronlewis.remax.com/holp/listing/103/12426295
GUARDIAN
— By their forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, so far, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/07/air-force-transgender-retirement-military
August 6, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Words matter when you’re elected to represent America, Congresswoman Ramirez
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-words-matter-elected-represent-100000284.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL When a member of Congress publicly declares allegiance to another country over the United States, it’s bound to raise eyebrows — and for good reason. That’s what happened when U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez, speaking at an event in Mexico City, said: “I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.” Ramirez, whose district stretches from DuPage County to Chicago’s Northwest Side, has since attempted to clarify her intent, saying on X that “honoring my Guatemalan ancestry only strengthens my commitment to America.”)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/texas-california-trump/
— Dangerous car crashes are being perpetuated by cannabis.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/06/column-car-crash-weed-new-buffalo-michigan-washington/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Hamas.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/06/opinion-israel-gaza-palestinians-jewish-harm/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. JB Pritzker riffs on his wealth and staying out of prison in Stephen Colbert appearance. Stephen Colbert told Pritzker he’d be the first Democratic governor in Illinois to finish two terms by next January, because “a lot of them end up in the hoosegow.” Pritzker said, “It’s extraordinary to stay out of prison.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/08/06/gov-jb-pritzker-stephen-colbert-late-show
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2025/07/28/chicago-queen-utica-drag-race-alum-project-runway-ethan-mundt
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250806/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-political-power-plays-as-texas-redistricting-farce-unfolds-in-the-suburbs-we/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1686131
— Trump threatens to take federal control of DC
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-threatens-federal-control-dc-edward-coristine-attacked
— Trump targets visa overstays with $15,000 bond policy. The buyer of my Iron Gate Motor Condo forced me to put $10,000 in escrow to give me up to 5 days to get my vehicles out after closing.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1686211
— The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed the Clintons for testimony regarding Epstein
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/comer-subpoenas-clintons-trumps-doj-house-oversights-epstein-probe
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/05/texas-democrats-continue-hold-out-illinois-amid-redistricting-fight-we-are-standing
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/08/05/rapid-response-team-helps-families-find-trans-health-care-in-illinois
WMBQ
— Republican eyes run for state’s top office. Ted Dabrowski is strongly considering a run for governor.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-eyes-run-for-state-s-top-office/vi-AA1JTio3
IPM NWSROOM
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/gov-pritzker-says-illinois-remap-is-possible-as-dnc-chair-vows-to-fight-texas-gop-efforts-tooth-and-nail/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Pritzker says redistricting Illinois could happen if Texas continues push. How fast could Pritzker redistrict Illinois so that no Republican will ever be elected to Congress in Illinois ever again? Republican Trump got 44% of the vote in Illinois in 2024.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/05/texas-illinois-pritzker-redistricting-abbott-democrats-republicans-trump
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, who oversees the suburban areas where the Texans have been holing up, said he’s fielded calls nonstop from the public wanting to know why he hasn’t arrested the Texas visitors. “I tell them it’s because this is a civil case. They aren’t criminals,” Mendrick, a Republican running for governor of Illinois, told your Playbook host. “People hear the rhetoric and that’s when the calls come in.” We wonder if one of those calls came from the Illinois Freedom Caucus, which issued a statement Tuesday calling for Pritzker “to focus on Illinois instead of harboring Texas fugitives.” . . . With Richard Porter deciding not to run for U.S. Senate, watch for former GOP Chair Don Tracy to jump in. He’s also considered a run for governor. We’ll surely find out by next week when Republicans gather for the annual Republicans Day rally at the Fair on Aug. 14. Republican Ted Dabrowski continues to talk like a governor candidate.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-562/
— A Naperville woman has accused DuPage County GOP Chair Kevin Coyne of alleged bullying and sexual harassment
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/06/isabel%E2%80%99s-morning-briefing-562/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County GOP chairman Kevin Coyne: ‘No state has done more to make a mockery of the map drawing process’ than Illinois
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/674224333-dupage-county-gop-chairman-no-state-has-done-more-to-make-a-mockery-of-the-map-drawing-process-than-illinois
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ramirez is my U.S. Representative because Illinois Democrat leaders gerrymandered a congressional district to elect her. Ramirez represents only those who share her demographics: anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, minority, female, younger, non-Methodist, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois hosting Texas Dems worried about gerrymandering? What hypocrisy.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-hosting-texas-dems-worried-about-gerrymandering-what-hypocrisy-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
— There simply aren’t enough new, good jobs in Illinois
https://wirepoints.org/there-simply-arent-enough-new-good-jobs-in-illinois-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Texas Republicans give Democrats until Friday to return to the Legislature or lose their seats
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/5/texas-republicans-give-democrats-three-days-return-legislature-lose/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Beto O’Rourke’s PAC Funded Texas Dems’ Private Jet to Illinois. O’Rourke, who has lost campaigns for governor, president, and Senate, helped finance a similar walkout in 2021.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/now-we-know-beto-orourkes-pac-funded-texas-dems-private-jet-to-illinois/
NEW YORK POST
— Key Trump national security roles left vacant due to Dem obstruction — leaving US vulnerable to threats
https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/us-news/key-trump-national-security-roles-left-vacant-due-to-dem-obstruction-leaving-us-vulnerable-to-threats/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Ramirez declares her loyalty to Guatemala first at a Mexican leftist gathering
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/rep_delia_ramirez_calls_herself_a_proud_guatemalan_first_at_mexican_leftist_gathering.html
BREITBART
— Dem TX Rep Says Illinois’ Gerrymandering Is Different Because It’s Legal
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/04/dem-tx-rep-illinois-gerrymandering-is-different-because-its-legal/
— Trump says “We Want to Take Care of Our American Workers.” But what about Americans who ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take bad jobs like I did? I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped more gasoline, collected delinquent federal taxes, and audited federal agencies. My critics/opponent ever-increasingly make it clear that they would never have stooped to take the jobs that I took. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/05/trump-olympics-eo-signing-dropoff-foreign-born-workers/
— Trump Deputies Declare Crackdown on Migrant Marriage Fraud
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/05/trump-deputies-declare-crackdown-on-migrant-marriage-fraud/
DAILY CALLER
— Anchor Baby Congresswoman Ramirez Admits To Treason
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/05/rooke-anchor-baby-congresswoman-treason-daca-dreamer-delia-ramirez-illegal-immigration-mexico-city-summit/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Noem Announces ‘Speedway Slammer’ Illegal-Alien Detention Center in Indiana
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/05/noem-announces-speedway-slammer-illegal-alien-detention-center-indiana/
FEDERALIST
— 41 Planned Parenthood Facilities And Counting Set To Close As Trump Defunds Abortion Giant
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/05/41-planned-parenthood-facilities-and-counting-set-to-close-as-trump-defunds-abortion-giant/
FOX NEWS
— Social media erupts after Ramirez makes ‘shocking’ comment about America during overseas trip. Ramirez defended her comment in a statement.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/social-media-erupts-after-house-dem-makes-shocking-comment-about-america-overseas-trip
— Ramirez doubles down amid firestorm of criticism over Guatemalan loyalty: ‘I am both Chapina and American’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-doubles-down-amid-firestorm-criticism-guatemalan-loyalty-both-chapina-american
https://www.aol.com/dem-doubles-down-amid-firestorm-101618605.html
LEGAL INSURRECTON
— Ramirez Doubles Down on ‘Proud Guatemalan Before I’m an American’ Comments. Ramirez also described America as a country out of the freaking 1500s, accusing it of prioritizing ‘imperialism, militarization, conquest, control, competition in its attempt at domination.’
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/house-democrat-doubles-down-on-proud-guatemalan-before-im-an-american-comments/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Ramirez says she is proudly Guatemalan
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/congresswoman-delia-ramirez-forfeited-her-guatemalan-ness/
NEWSMAX
— Ramirez Draws Ire Over Guatemala Pride Comment
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/delia-ramirez-guatemala-immigration/2025/08/05/id/1221309/
PJ MEDIA
— Canadian Wokies Can Choose Only Male or Female on U.S. Travel Cards
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/08/05/canadian-wokies-can-choose-only-male-or-female-to-enter-us-n4942426
POST MILLENNIAL
— Columbia, Brown universities to disclose affirmative action admissions data in Trump deal. Data will be broken down by “race, color, grade point average and performance on standardized tests.” 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://thepostmillennial.com/columbia-brown-universities-to-disclose-affirmative-action-admissions-data-in-trump-deal
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Ramirez Tries to Play Victim After Admitting Her First Allegiance Lies with a Foreign Country
https://www.westernjournal.com/democratic-rep-tries-play-victim-admitting-first-allegiance-lies-foreign-country/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— MAGA Calls for Ramirez To Be Deported Over Guatemala Comments
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-deport-democratic-representative-delia-ramirez-guatemala-2108921
CNN
— Trump reignites threat to take over DC
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/politics/trump-federal-take-over-dc-doge-coristine-assault
— My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They had their operatives and their dupes a) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024 and b) end my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. They have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I should write about them.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/politics/video/laura-loomer-hunt-for-disloyalty-trump-vrtc
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump threatens federal takeover of DC
https://apnews.com/article/washington-dc-crime-assault-doge-05aaaeb09d106ca1af673b46e89d60e1
— Trump: FBI ‘may have to’ help bring Texas Democrats back to the state
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx_Bfsvs_Zg
REUTERS
— Trump suggests Vance is his likely heir apparent in 2028
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-suggests-vance-is-his-likely-heir-apparent-2028-2025-08-06/
— Trump urges Texas Republicans to redraw map for partisan gain. Democratic governors threaten retaliation in other states. Mid-decade redistricting could shift power balance in Congress.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-led-texas-redistricting-gambit-ignites-national-arms-race-control-congress-2025-08-05/
— White House to target banks as Trump claims discrimination
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-target-banks-trump-claims-discrimination-2025-08-05/
MSN
— Democrat leaders side with Ramirez against America
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/who-is-delia-ramirez-illinois-democrat-congresswoman-who-said-she-is-a-guatemalan-before-an-american/ar-AA1JUoe6
— Trump Gets Sharp Response After Saying He’ll Let Deported Farm Workers Back Into US, ‘They’re Very Very Special People.” I never did farm work. But I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped more gasoline, collected delinquent federal taxes, and audited federal agencies.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-gets-sharp-response-after-saying-hell-let-deported-farm-workers-back-into-us-theyre-very-very-special-people/ar-AA1JXxih?ocid=TobArticle
MSNBC
— Reporter explains: How the WH press corps has changed in Trump 2.0. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used Jeff Gannon (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Gannon ) against me the most.
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/reporter-explains-how-the-wh-press-corps-has-changed-in-trump-2-0-244401733992
AOL
— 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.aol.com/trump-dismantling-eeoc-civil-rights-224211238.html
NBC NEWS
— Trump threatens federal control of D.C.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-threatens-federal-control-dc-attack-doge-staffer-coristine-rcna223293
CBS NEWS
— Trump floats federal takeover of D.C.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-doge-staffer-edward-coristine-injured-in-attempted-carjacking-trump-federal-takeover-of-d-c/
WASHINGTON POST
— Abbott sues to remove Democratic leader amid election map fight. Abbott filed his lawsuit as other top Republicans raised the prospect of intensifying law enforcement actions against Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/05/texas-democrats-redistricting-maps-abbott-trump/
— Trump says Republicans are ‘entitled’ to 5 more seats in Texas redistricting
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/05/trump-presidency-news/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote foreign students over American students.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/06/international-students-visas-trump-uk-dubai/95f94f06-727a-11f0-84e0-485bb531abeb_story.html
— Trump threatens federal takeover of Washington D.C. Musk also says D.C. should be taken over.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/05/trump-doge-worker-washington-dc-crime/
USA TODAY
— Trump says FBI ‘may have to’ force Democratic lawmakers back to Texas
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/05/donald-trump-fbi-texas-democratic-lawmakers-arrest-redistricting/85531774007/
— Democrats have devolved into a clown show. No wonder polls show voters prefer GOP.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/04/trump-vance-republicans-democrats-harris-future/85462114007/
— MAGA’s next leader? Trump says Vance is ‘most likely’ to lead in 2028
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/05/donald-trump-jd-vance-2028-presidential-election-maga/85533490007/
— Trump says 2028 Olympic athletes will be tested to prevent transgender competitors
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/05/donald-trump-2028-olympics-los-angeles-transgender-testing/85531661007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/05/texas-gop-trump-pritzker-redistricting-cheating-democracy/85523447007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Democratic Protectorate of Illinois. Few do partisan gerrymanders better than Springfield liberals.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/illinois-democrats-gerrymandering-texas-lawmakers-j-b-pritzker-9720b2be?mod=opinion_lead_pos3
— Pritzker on Possible Illinois Remap: ‘Everything Is On the Table’ Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.wsj.com/video/gov-pritzker-on-possible-illinois-remap-everything-is-on-the-table/40EE39FA-CD6A-465E-87DA-5FE881E42316
— Kill Jews, Get Your Own State. A Hamas leader says new global recognition for Palestinian statehood is a reward for the Oct. 7 massacre.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ghazi-hamad-hamas-palestinian-state-israel-2290c711
— Racial Gerrymanders in the Dock. The Supreme Court will hear what could be a voting rights landmark.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/racial-gerrymanders-in-the-dock-31f93146
FORBES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ocgpu2b1xQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSCTzZy_HoM
BUSINESS INSIDER
— China’s ‘social credit’ system ranks citizens and punishes them with throttled internet speeds and flight bans if the Communist Party deems them untrustworthy. According to my critics/opponents, I am untrustworthy. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-social-credit-system-punishments-and-rewards-explained-2018-4
NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrat leaders side with Ramirez against America
https://newrepublic.com/post/198824/dhs-attacks-democratic-lawmaker-delia-ramirez-spanish
AXIOS
— Democrat leaders say that the debate over who can farm America’s land has been historically linked to racism, xenophobia and, oftentimes, exploitation of farmers of color. I was the dishwasher for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I was the only White male who washed dishes for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights. My critics/opponents have always used that against me big time. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my dishwashing proves that I am an unmitigated loser and/or that I took a job that should have been given to Black women.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/05/trump-farmland-workers-racial-stereotypes
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 2, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker signs police and fire pension bill expected to cost Chicago billions
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-signs-005100717.html
CHICAGO SUIN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/08/01/illinois-sues-the-trump-administration-to-protect-access-to-gender-affirming-care
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/29/maga-trump-epstein-kash-patel-bondi-mona-charen
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/08/02/hate-illinois-journalism-job-cuts-immigrants-christianity-maga-summer
DAILY HERALD
— Trump administration requests voter data from Illinois elections
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250802/news/trump-administration-requests-voter-data-from-illinois-elections/
— Kelly leans on experience in Illinois’ Democratic Senate primary. Politics is nasty/vicious. When I ran for the open Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer position in 2004, I stressed my experience. At that time, I was serving as the Illinois Center Right Coalition Treasurer. I had served as the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Treasurer for 3 years. I was a licensed CPA. I had passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I had a master’s degree in accounting. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years and for GAO for almost 18 years. But my opponent had his operatives and his dupes demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me. He got 69 votes and I got only 13. He blamed me big time for George Ryan’s problems and for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250802/news/kelly-leans-on-experience-in-illinois-democratic-senate-primary/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against corporations.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/opinion/columns/2025/08/02/new-legislation-would-provide-corporate-accountability-opinion/85442384007/
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders drive the stock market down.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/08/01/stocks-tumble-after-trump-unveils-sweeping-new-tariffs/
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— What if you had gotten a student loan? For me, my GPA would have been higher because I spend far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying.
https://chicagodefender.com/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-limits-student-loan-forgiveness-for-millions/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Trump causes all the problems that Blacks have. What are your demographics? Who causes your problems?
https://chicagodefender.com/black-workers-at-risk-as-trump-slows-equity-focused-job-investments/
SUBURBAN LFE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/07/22/engaged-and-connected-many-protesters-doing-more-than-attending-rallies-protests-to-advocate-for-change/
NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Naperville Hispanic Heritage Festival September 13
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/save-date-naperville-hispanic-heritage-festival
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Embattled Biden Warns of “Dark Days” Under Trump in Fiery Chicago Speech to National Bar Association
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/embattled-biden-warns-of-dark-days-under-trump-in-fiery-chicago-speech-to-national-bar-association.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Fire bad federal employees and reward good ones. According to my critics/opponents, all the many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me were justified because I was a bad employee. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job related professional license.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/2/trump-right-fire-bad-federal-employees-reward-good-ones/
NEW YORK POST
— Biden stumbles through speech at Chicago gala as he warns US in ‘dark days’
https://nypost.com/2025/08/01/us-news/biden-takes-aim-at-trump-as-existential-threat-to-black-americans-in-speech-to-lawyers-group/
BREITBART
— U.S.-Bound Illegal Immigration Through Panama’s Darien Gap Drops 99.98%
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/01/u-s-bound-illegal-immigration-through-panamas-darien-gap-drops-99-98/
DAILY CALLER
— Liberal Groups Aim To Make Immigration Courts Safe Haven For Illegals
https://www.aol.com/liberal-groups-aim-immigration-courts-152513289.html
FEDERALIST
— Immigration Crackdown Protects Americans From Murderers And Rapists Biden Released Into The Streets
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/01/immigration-crackdown-protects-americans-from-murderers-and-rapists-biden-released-into-the-streets/
FOX NEWS
— Illegals being deported have no one to blame but themselves. Illegals will argue that Democrat and RINO leaders invited them in.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376474118112
— Democratic states sue Trump admin over ending sex change surgeries for minors
https://www.foxnews.com/us/democratic-states-sue-trump-admin-ending-sex-change-surgeries-minors
NEWSMAX
— Illegals Reduce US Workers’ Wages. When I was young, if there had been as many illegals as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, but if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/illegal-immigrants-workers-tom-homan/2025/08/01/id/1221021/
— 2M Illegal Immigrants Ordered Deported Remain in US
https://www.newsmax.com/us/illegal-migrants-donald-trump-ice/2025/08/01/id/1220979/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump administration revokes Biden era abortion rule for veterans. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at women that getting fast free abortions should be their top priority.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5433244-trump-administration-revokes-biden-era-abortion-rule-for-veterans/
MSNBC
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give Blacks more preference. To give one group preference is to discriminate against other groups. My critics/opponents brag that they give preference not only to Blacks, but to all minorities, females, young people, LGBTQers, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, etc.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/discrimination-black-people-ap-poll-rcna222306
AOL
— Hunter Biden Says He Would Invade Sovereign Nations To Bring Illegals Back To US
https://www.aol.com/hunter-biden-says-f-ing-204936412.html
YAHOO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage federal employees to be LGBTQers.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-greenlighting-discrimination-against-220258175.html
CBS NEWS
— Everyone has always know that Biden’s parole program was illegal.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-expedited-deportations-of-those-who-entered-u-s-legally-possibly-curtailing-ice-courthouse-arrests/
ABC LOS ANGELES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7.com/post/socal-ice-raids-appeals-court-keeps-order-blocking-trump-administration-indiscriminate-immigration-sweeps/17400025/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for bad weather.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/climate/trump-climate-skeptics-science-report.html
— Democrat leaders defend a job data report showing surprisingly weak hiring in July and large downward revisions to job growth in the previous two months.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/business/economy/trump-bls-firing-jobs-report.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/opinion/zohran-mamdani-progressives-left-black-voters.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders come to Erika McEntarfer’s defense. I should write about those who could have and should have come to my defense, but did not. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/01/who-is-erika-mcentarfer-bls-fired-by-trump/1f94b186-6f2b-11f0-aab6-8141d7095676_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Everyone has always know that Biden’s parole program was illegal.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/08/01/trump-parole-expedited-removals-chnv-deportations/
WPRO
— Illegals Reduce US Workers’ Wages. When I was young, if there had been as many illegals as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, but if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.997wpro.com/2025/08/01/homan-to-newsmax-illegals-reduce-us-workers-wages/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/stop-the-ice-workplace-raids-immigration-trump-illegal-5e09b05f
— Democrat leaders drive the stock market down.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/jobs-report-today-stock-market-08-01-2025
— Trump Orders Firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Chief. GAO works for Congress. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors acted like the Democrat U.S. Senators and Congressmen who represented Illinois ordered them to fire me, that is, to force me to retire. The Senators were Carol Moseley Braun and Paul Simon. The ten Democrat Congressmen included Bobby Rush, Dick Durbin, and Jesse Jackson Jr. The ten Republican Congressmen included Henry Hyde, Dennis Hastert, Ray LaHood, Harris Fawell, and Phil Crane. At that time, I was one of the very few remaining Republican employees in GAO’s Chicago Office and I was the only one who was an active member of a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-orders-firing-of-bureau-of-labor-statistics-chief-d8eaa272
AXIOS
— Trump admin rescinds Carter‑era DEI mandates for federal hiring. 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.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/01/trump-doj-dei-federal-hiring-carter
INDEPENDENT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Trump causes all the problems that Blacks have. What are your demographics? Who causes your problems?
https://www.aol.com/more-70-black-voters-disapprove-205101322.html
August 1, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Chicago’s budget deficit threatened by pension bill that awaits Pritzker’s signature. My GAO superior who focused on getting rid of me was so furious that I got almost 3 years of full-time Civil Service Retirement System credit while I worked only part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969 that he got Congress to change the law so that now only prorated credit is given.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/chicagos-budget-deficit-threatened-by-pension-bill-that-awaits-pritzkers-signature/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill would boost pension benefits for officers and firefighters hired after 2010 by increasing the cap on pensionable salary and the annual cost-of-living adjustment for pensioners.)
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/01/illinois-joins-lawsuit-challenging-trump-administration-s-efforts-restrict-gender
— Duckworth, Durbin Urge Trump Administration to Reinstate EPA Workers Who Signed ‘Declaration of Dissent.’ I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, had never promoted me beyond GS-13, and had forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats run GAO and IRS. They do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/01/duckworth-durbin-urge-trump-administration-reinstate-epa-workers-who-signed-declaration
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/01/mayors-office-completes-internal-review-of-chicago-police-response-to-june-immigration-raid
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/08/01/illinois-sues-the-trump-administration-to-protect-access-to-gender-affirming-care
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ICE says it has made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 as hiring ramps up. Just kidding, but will Speaker Johnson force GAO to rehire me with backpay. Many of my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire have now retired themselves. My backpay would be $2.4 million ($4.3 salary minus $1.9 Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/ice-hiring-tentative-job-offers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Many of these offers were to ICE officers who retired under President Biden because they were frustrated that they were not allowed to do their jobs,” she said. “Now under President Trump and Secretary Noem, ICE is excited to get back to work to remove rapists, murderers, gang members and pedophiles from our communities.”)
— Casten shouted down at town hall in La Grange, pro-Palestinian protesters removed
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/u-s-rep-sean-casten-pro-palestinian-protesters/
— Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report. I should write about the following who have done the most to remove me as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 because my newsletters have reported Republican defeats: past and present 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 and their political consultants, pollsters, fundraisers, major donors, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. It is called shooting the messenger who brings the bad news.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/trump-removes-jobs-data/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/judge-pauses-fast-track-deportations/
— Lake County Sheriff Martinez starts to repay county for $157,785 of overpayment of benefits. According to my critics/opponents, my federal salary 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension in today’s dollars since 1997, and my and my wife’s 72% federal healthcare insurance subsidy is much too high. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/lake-co-sheriff-martinez-starts-to-repay-county-for-overpayment-of-benefits/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: All of the extra pay that Martinez received was from the collective bargaining agreement that covers the sheriff’s police officers. The State Board of Accounts contended under state code that Martinez is an officeholder who is not entitled to benefits for police officers negotiated under the collective bargaining agreement.
DAILY HERALD
— Duckworth ever-increasingly makes it clear that she is anti-those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250801/illinois-state-politics/diversity-in-crash-test-dummies-can-save-womens-lives-duckworth-gop-senators-say/
WGN RADIO
— College Visits: What to ask to get the whole picture. In 1966, UIC was the only college that I considered attending. I could afford UIC because my parents could and did provide me with room and board while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and the summers of 1967 and 1968 in between. In 1969, NIU was the only college that I considered transferring to because my parents could and did provide me with room and board weekends during my first semester there and the summer of 1969. I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.
https://wgnradio.com/jobs/career-vision/college-visits-what-to-ask-to-get-the-whole-picture/
WBEZ
— Chicago teens on the job this summer. What summer jobs did you have? I did yard work during the summers of 1962 and 1963. I delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962-1966. I washed dishes during the summer of 1965. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966. I delivered mail during the summers of 1967-1969. My critics/opponents never had to take such jobs because their parents had lots of money, bought them cars, and paid for their college expenses.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/08/01/teenagers-summer-jobs-lifeguard-chuck-e-cheese-international-museum-surgical-science
FOX NEWS
— Hamas should be blamed for the starvation in Gaza
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/hamas-should-blamed-starvation-gaza-says-deputy-state-dept-spokesperson-tommy-pigott-middle-east-special-envoy-steve-witkoff-mike-huckabee
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Plaintiff optimistic, DOJ interested in case against Illinois elections board
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_748c769f-a4b8-463a-b8a1-873b7c66c20a.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A legal case is moving forward against the Illinois State Board of Elections over allegations that the state failed to maintain voter registration lists. Former state Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, said the National Voter Registration Act requires the state to perform list maintenance and remove ineligible voters. U.S. District Court Judge Sara L. Ellis dismissed two plaintiffs from the case last week, but Ives’ group, Breakthrough Ideas, was not dismissed and retains standing as a plaintiff along with Illinois Family Action. The groups filed suit with Judicial Watch attorneys in March of 2024. Ives said it’s obvious that voter lists are not well-maintained in Illinois. “This creates extra costs people should not have to incur and it wastes time as well, not to mention it invites fraud when you do not have cleaned-up voter lists,” Ives told The Center Square. Ives said the dead have voted in Illinois. “I’ve pointed out a couple of dead people that I know casted votes, and there was no adequate explanation for why that occurred. Because they were not cleaned off the voter roll, it invited fraud one way or another. In the state of Illinois, this becomes even more problematic when you have permanent vote by mail,” Ives explained. “So you will have ballots being sent to people that are possibly moved or dead, which makes list maintenance even more important in the state of Illinois.” Ives said 23 Illinois counties with a combined registration list of 980,089 voters reported removing only 100 registrations over a two-year period. “That is an absurdly small number. There is no possible way those counties were conducting a general program that makes an effort to clean up the voter rolls, because only a hundred people died in 23 counties? Nobody believes that, so we know that they’re not doing what they should do,” Ives said. On July 8, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a 15-page statement of interest in the case. “When Illinois voters cast their ballots, they should be confident that their vote is given its due weight, undiluted by ineligible voters,” the statement began. “It is critical to remove ineligible voters from the registration rolls so that elections are conducted fairly, accurately, and without fraud,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in a press release regarding the statement of interest. “Under the NVRA, states have the responsibility to conduct a robust program of list maintenance. The Department of Justice will vigorously enforce those requirements to ensure compliance.” Ives said the case could have ramifications across the country. She said it is possible that the DOJ will file its own lawsuit. As for what’s next, Ives said parties were waiting for a written ruling and it’s possible there could be a hearing later this month. Ives said she suspects there could be a settlement in the case.)
— Youth mental health screenings may have long-term impact, IL legislator warns. Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_61d88fa0-db2a-49ed-8f3a-1ec239a0a422.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois economy declines 2.2% in early 2025, one of biggest drops in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-economy-declines-2-2-in-early-2025-one-of-biggest-drops-in-u-s/
— Illinois government pension crisis worst in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/report-shows-illinois-government-pension-crisis-worst-in-u-s/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ICE is deporting people at record pace: Nearly 1,300 per day
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/1/ice-deporting-people-record-pace-nearly-1300-per-day/
— Democrats’ civility goes out the window so progressives can pretend to be tough
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/1/editorial-democrats-civility-goes-window-progressives-pretend-tough/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats want to unmask the ICE agents they are putting in danger
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3488819/democrats-ice-agents-masks/
NEW YORK POST
— How can socialist Zohran Mamdani revel in his family’s colonial privilege?
https://nypost.com/2025/08/01/opinion/how-can-socialist-zohran-mamdani-revel-in-his-familys-colonial-privilege/
FEDERALIST
— Immigration Crackdown Protects Americans From Murderers And Rapists Biden Released Into The Streets
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/01/immigration-crackdown-protects-americans-from-murderers-and-rapists-biden-released-into-the-streets/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
KVOR
— Illegals Reduce US Workers’ Wages
https://www.kvor.com/2025/08/01/homan-to-newsmax-illegals-reduce-us-workers-wages/
REASON
— The IRS Is Now 25 Percent Smaller (and, Hopefully, Less Dangerous) I should write about those who have used against me the most my having been an IRS employee for almost 9 years 1971-1980.
https://www.aol.com/news/irs-now-25-percent-smaller-110004637.html
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