FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump suggests taking over New York City and Washington DC
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-suggests-taking-new-york-city-washington/17022336/
— Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-clears-trumps-plans-downsize-federal-workforce/17022051/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-officials-blast-medicaid-snap-cuts-in-trump-led-megabill/3785101/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/what-trumps-tax-law-could-mean-youngest-americans/3785278/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/student-loan-cancellation-program-trump-retribution-tool/3784547/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-illinois-democrats-express-concerns-about-cuts-to-snap-benefits/3785248/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1670996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoFEXTwAjZ0
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/08/july-8-2025-full-show
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/08/brandon-johnson-condemns-cuts-imposed-trump-s-tax-spending-bill-unholy
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH THREE PHOTOS: Special prosecutor appointed to investigate DuPage clerk’s bidding practices
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/news/special-prosecutor-appointed-to-investigate-dupage-clerks-bidding-practices/
— Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/nation-and-world-politics/supreme-court-clears-the-way-for-trumps-plans-to-downsize-the-federal-workforce/
— Large teen gathering at Glen Ellyn pool leads to misdemeanor arrest
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/news/large-teen-gathering-at-glen-ellyn-pool-leads-to-misdemeanor-arrest/
SOUTHERN
— Trump suggests taking over New York City and Washington DC
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/08/trump-suggests-taking-over-new-york-city-and-washington/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— How dependent on federal spending is your hospital?
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/07/09/cuts-to-medicaid-could-lead-to-9-illinois-hospitals-closing/84497471007/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Disruption at Sunset Pool in Glen Ellyn may lead to reevaluation of training, safety policies
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/07/08/disruption-at-sunset-pool-in-glen-ellyn-may-lead-to-reevaluation-of-training-policies/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-08/what-health-care-cuts-in-trumps-budget-law-will-mean-for-americans
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2025-07-09/federal-food-assistance-changes-threaten-benefits-for-thousands-of-illinoisans
PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-07-09/immigration/il-school-districts-serving-immigrants-work-to-stay-low-key/a97580-1
GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— ‘We Share Your Frustration:’ Park District Reacts To Teen Takeover In Glen Ellyn. The Glen Ellyn Park District shared a statement after an incident in which hundreds of teens stormed Sunset Pool. How prepared is your park district for Democrat teen takeovers?
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/we-share-your-frustration-park-district-reacts-teen-takeover-glen-ellyn
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— To boost their popularity, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/august-2025/can-tangling-with-trump-boost-the-mayors-popularity/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/08/360000-illinois-residents-to-lose-food-assistance-due-to-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-pritzker-says/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Richard Porter eyeing Durbin’s seat
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/09/richard-porter-eyeing-durbins-seat-00443440
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Richard Porter, a battle-hardened Republican Party loyalist, is considering a bid for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, who’s retiring. Porter sees an opening for himself and the Illinois Republican Party by blending establishment savvy with MAGA fealty. His background: Porter, 65, is a seasoned attorney from Chicago’s northern suburbs and a former Republican National Committeeman who has worn many hats over the years. He was a senior domestic policy adviser to President George W. Bush and counselor to Vice President Dan Quayle. More recently he’s been an unofficial adviser within the Illinois Republican Party. Porter’s resume screams old guard, but he now sings support for President Donald Trump and his policies — a pivot from the early years of Trump’s first administration. Walking a tightrope: “I represent the old and new party,” Porter told your Playbook host, adding he’s still in the “testing the waters phase” of running for Senate. It’s a narrow but not impossible lane, he says. With Durbin out and three prominent Democrats already elbowing one another in a looming primary brawl, Porter sees a crack in the Democratic firewall that has defined Illinois politics for so many years. “This is an open seat,” Porter said. “Democrats will have to compete in a primary so there’s a good chance for division coming out of that.” Porter expects economic renewal under Trump, and he brushed aside Democrats’ concerns that hundreds of thousands of people will lose health care under Trump’s just-signed megabill. “If you look at actual provisions, they aren’t unreasonable — there are work requirements,” Porter said. “Real world impact will be minimal.” Perhaps. But … that won’t stop Democrats from branding it as catastrophic to voters. Porter is confident that any “unintended bad consequence” from the budget reconciliation bill can be corrected before the 2026 midterms. Porter’s view: “There’s a risk if Democrats cry wolf, wolf, wolf for 12 months and there’s no wolf.” He’s also been poring over 2024 election results and sees Trump’s showing in Illinois as a positive sign that Republicans could find success in 2026 in the state where Democrats control all the statewide seats. Add a possible chaotic Democratic primary and a volatile national climate, and anything is possible. The challenge for any statewide Republican candidate, Porter says, is getting old guard and new right Republicans to march in lock step. The other challenge is getting the state’s most prominent Republican donor — businessman Richard Uihlein — on your side. SIDE NOTE: Porter would face a primary. Air Force veteran John Goodman, political commentator Pamela Denise Long and businessman Douglas Bennett and others have filed as Republican candidates, too.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-547/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-340/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republicans decry Democrats’ ‘fear mongering’ over ‘big bill.’ Chicago mayor: ‘Big bill’ is ‘unholy.’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_da1443d2-78b9-4190-9bc6-0143cc62de04.html
— Trump slams wind, solar; Pritzker predicts ‘big bill’ increases energy costs
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_56934533-ae58-4264-ae5b-1aa496c600d0.html
WIREPOINTS
— More dependency on Medicaid is not the answer. The answer is a booming economy where people can pay their own way.
https://wirepoints.org/more-dependency-on-medicaid-is-not-the-answer-the-answer-is-a-booming-economy-where-people-can-pay-their-own-way-wirepoints-on-wttws-chicago-tonight/
— Pritzker is Johnson is Mamdani
https://wirepoints.org/j-b-pritzker-is-brandon-johnson-is-zoran-mamdani-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that no one can survive in America, let alone succeed in America, without massive Democrat-provided government assistance. It is called socialism, if not communism. I had Republican teachers in grade school and in high school. Because of that, my not getting scholarships or student loans did not stop me from getting a college degree. I worked my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How have federal spending cuts impacted you? My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich-led budget cuts to waste my career and to get rid of me. They used those cuts a) to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) to delay my promotions and to never promote me beyond GS-13, c) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on bad jobs? From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Americans ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take bad jobs. I took bad jobs. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents paint themselves as being? My Republican critics/opponents ever-increasingly paint themselves as being moderates, centrists, RINOs, anti-conservatives, anti-Republicans, if not Democrat plants. I should write my Republican critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— ‘They threw Christine into the water;’ Chicago ‘flash mob’ takes over Glen Ellyn’s Sunset Pool, assaults manager. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/673828974-they-threw-christine-into-the-waterl-chicago-flash-mob-takes-over-glen-ellyn-s-sunset-pool-assaults-manager
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A “flash mob” of some 200 Chicago residents swarmed Glen Ellyn’s Sunset village pool on Saturday afternoon, forcing their way past the entrance and assaulting the pool manager. A video posted on Instagram shows a crowd pushing manager Christine Giunta-Mayer into the lap pool, which had been surrounded by the mob. Sources tell DuPage Policy Journal that the mob arrived around 4:30 p.m. Glen Ellyn Police arrived soon after and closed the pool. A Sat. afternoon Facebook post by Patrick Sandusky reported the pool as “now closed.” “The Sunset Pool has been overwhelmed by out of town kids,” he wrote. “Fireworks fired into pool. It’s a tik tok meet up / take over according to police I just spoke to.” “Kids pushed (past) the gates. Lot of drinking and weed in the parking lot. 100s and 100s of kids. No joke. Pushed manager into the pool,” Sandusky wrote. The Sunset Pool’s non-resident admission rate is $15 for individuals 18-59. On Sunday, Sunset Pool visitors were required to have a physical pool pass issued by the park district, sources tell DuPage Policy Journal. Weed, Miller Lite, and “on the rocks cosmos” Glen Ellyn teens present described a chaotic scene. The flash mob brought in coolers with alcohol and speakers to play music. “They were drinking and smoking weed and swearing a lot,” a Glen Ellyn teen present at the pool at the time told DuPage Policy Journal. “Someone threw a lit cigar into the pool.” “I saw Miller Lite bottles and girls drinking on-the-rocks cosmos,” the teen said. “They were taking people’s stuff and moving it from their pool chairs.” The flash mob was originally planned for Naperville. “We bringing (sic) 31st Beach to the burbs” read a Facebook advertisement promoting the event, scheduled for Naperville’s Centennial Beach, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. “31st Beach” is a reference to 31st Street Beach on Chicago’s South Side. Giunta-Mayer is also head coach of the Glenbard West Hilltoppers Boys’ Volleyball team.)
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Mayor Johnson: Chicago ‘Police Dept. Will Not Ever Cooperate with ICE’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/07/mayor-johnson-chicago-police-dept-will-not-ever-cooperate-with-ice.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says he’s ‘testing’ the idea of a federal takeover of D.C.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/8/trump-says-hes-testing-idea-federal-takeover-dc/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Brandon Johnson promises Chicago police ‘will not ever cooperate with ICE’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3465665/brandon-johnson-ice-promises-chicago-police-will-not-ever-cooperate/
— US veterans stand by Afghans in immigration court
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3465521/us-veterans-stand-by-afghan-refugees-immigration-court/
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago mayor vows city police ‘will not ever cooperate with ICE’
https://nypost.com/2025/07/09/us-news/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-vows-city-wont-cooperate-with-trump-ice/
— Mamdani’s college application debacle is just one more example of privileged kids acting oppressed
https://nypost.com/2025/07/08/us-news/zohran-mamdani-is-just-another-privileged-progressive-hypocrite/
WASHINGTON POST
— To study in the U.S. under Trump, international students scrub their accounts. What percent want to be in America for the wrong reasons?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/09/international-students-visas-trump-social-media-online-vetting/
BREITBART
— Newsom Claims Illegal Migrants Needed for Rebuilding
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/08/gavin-newsom-attacks-ric-grenell-for-audacity-to-criticize-fire-recovery-claims-illegal-migrants-needed-for-rebuilding/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Would Crater In Minutes’: Sean Spicer Warns Amnesty ‘Would Destroy MAGA’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/08/sean-spicer-warns-amnesty-would-destroy-maga/
— Boston Mayor Opens City Hall Doors To Chinese Communist Party Members
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/09/exclusive-michelle-wu-boston-city-hall-ccp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Supreme Court Allows Trump’s ‘Transformation of the Federal Bureaucracy’ to Proceed
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/08/breaking-supreme-court-allows-trumps-transformation-of-the-federal-bureaucracy-to-proceed/
EPOCH TIMES
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Federal Layoffs
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-clears-way-for-federal-layoffs-5883594
FEDERALIST
— Trump Promises ‘No Amnesty’ For Illegal Alien Agricultural Workers
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/08/trump-promises-no-amnesty-for-illegal-alien-agricultural-workers/
FOX NEWS
— Race-obsessed leadership in Chicago is destroying children’s futures
https://www.aol.com/race-obsessed-leadership-americas-third-140031620.html
— Trump praises Florida after county approves renaming roadway after him: ‘Wonderful honor.’ Will Democrat leaders rename the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway, that is, I-88 in DuPage County?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-praises-florida-county-approves-renaming-roadway-after-him-wonderful-honor
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-praises-florida-county-approves-051813581.html
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Continue Large-Scale Federal Layoffs
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-to-continue-large-scale-federal-layoffs/
NEWSMAX
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump’s Plans to Downsize Federal Workforce
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/supreme-court-trump-mass-firings/2025/07/08/id/1218061/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/07/08/trump_were_going_to_give_the_farmers_the_people_they_need_but_were_not_talking_amnesty.html
TOWNHALL
— Homan Offers Blistering Warning to Muslim Socialist NYC Mayoral Candidate: ‘Get Out of the Way’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/07/tom-homan-offers-blistering-warning-to-muslim-socialist-nyc-mayoral-candidate-n2660003
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-7-8-2025
UPI
— Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with federal job cuts
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/07/08/Supreme-Court-federal-job-cuts/8801752013130/
REUTERS
— Supreme Court clears way for Trump to pursue mass federal layoffs
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-supreme-court-lifts-order-that-blocked-trumps-mass-federal-layoffs-2025-07-08/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/supreme-court-federal-workers-layoffs.html
— Trump Got the Green Light to Fire Federal Workers. Now, They Wait. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich-led budget cuts to waste my career and to get rid of me. They used those cuts a) to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) to delay my promotions and to never promote me beyond GS-13, c) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-firings.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Supreme Court allows Trump to launch mass layoff and restructuring plans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/08/supreme-court-trump-mass-layoffs-federal-workers/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Supreme Court Says the President Can Fire People. If you read the filings in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), you will conclude that the courts ruled that employees can be fired for opposing Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, for opposing race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/supreme-court-trump-v-afge-executive-order-layoffs-ketanji-brown-jackson-bda51ed8
REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://reason.com/2025/07/08/trump-reiterates-his-promise-to-protect-farm-and-hospitality-workers-from-pretty-vicious-deportation/
FED SMITH
— Supreme Court Greenlights Trump Administration’s Federal Workforce Cuts
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/07/08/supreme-court-greenlights-trump-administrations-federal-workforce-cuts/
FED SCOOP
— Supreme Court allows federal workforce reductions to move forward
https://fedscoop.com/supreme-court-allows-federal-workforce-reductions-proceed/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Federal workforce likely to shrink further under extended hiring freeze
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2025/07/federal-workforce-likely-to-shrink-further-under-extended-hiring-freeze/
Tag: MAGA
July 8, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Police respond to rowdy ‘teen takeover’ at Glen Ellyn pool that prompted early closure. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://wgntv.com/news/dupage-county/police-respond-to-rowdy-teen-takeover-at-glen-ellyn-pool-that-prompted-early-closure/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Police are investigating a large disturbance in Glen Ellyn after hundreds of teens swarmed Sunset Pool on Saturday, prompting the park district to shut the facility down early. According to the Glen Ellyn Police Department, officers were called to the pool, located in the 400 block of Fairview Avenue, just before 5 p.m. after reports of a crowd of teens, estimated to be between 200 and 300, began to gather. Police say many teens entered without paying, while some were reportedly smoking cannabis, drinking alcohol, and setting off fireworks. Parents who were at the pool with children told WGN-TV some teens were playing inappropriate music over loud portable speakers. Witnesses told WGN-TV the lines of young people waiting to get in were massive. Some individuals jumped a fence and opened a gate for others. The overwhelming crowd and unruly behavior caused staff to close the pool early. It took several police departments to help evacuate the park, police say. Video provided by bystanders shows the moment a pool manager was pushed into the lap pool. A young man can be seen helping her out of the water while others are seen laughing. John Horist, who had visited the pool earlier in the day, said the situation was out of character for the quiet west suburban community. “Glen Ellyn’s a really quiet town. I’ve been talking to the parents today and some of the kids too and they’re definitely kind of freaked out,” Horist said. A social media post encouraged followers to “bring 31st Beach to the burbs,” telling teens to gather at Centennial Beach in Naperville. Naperville police say officers were at the beach just in case, but no disturbance occurred. It’s unclear whether the incident at Sunset Pool was related to the teen takeover planned in Naperville.)
NBC5
— Unruly behavior, large crowd force early closure of suburban pool over July 4th weekend. People in attendance were seen entering the pool area without paying, smoking cannabis and consuming alcohol in violation of park district ordinances, police said. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/unruly-behavior-large-crowd-force-early-closure-of-suburban-pool-over-july-4th-weekend/3783975/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A suburban community pool closed early over the Fourth of July weekend after unruly behavior erupted when a large crowd swarmed the area, police said. At approximately 5 p.m. on Saturday, Glen Ellyn police were informed of a growing crowd of teenagers and young people, estimated at between 200 and 300 people, at the Glen Ellyn Park District’s Sunset Pool along Fairview Avenue near Main Street. Some of those in attendance were seen entering without paying, smoking cannabis and consuming alcohol in violation of park district ordinances, police said. One person was charged for the illegal use of fireworks. The park district decided to close the pool early that day, because of the illegal behavior of several people in attendance, according to authorities. The incident remained under investigation as of Monday afternoon.)
— When will U.S. workers see ‘no tax on overtime policies in place? While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, my critics/opponents were furious that I could and did work many overtime hours. That money helped me buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/when-will-u-s-workers-see-no-tax-on-overtime-tips-policies-in-place/3783895/
DAILY HERALD
— Glen Ellyn police: Teen crowd forces Sunset Pool to close early. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250707/news/glen-ellyn-police-teen-crowd-forces-sunset-pool-to-close-early/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One person has been charged with the illegal use of fireworks stemming from a large group of young people converging on a Glen Ellyn pool the day after the Fourth of July, authorities said Monday. Police were alerted shortly before 5 p.m. to a growing crowd of teenagers and young adults meeting at the Sunset Pool on Fairview Avenue. Officers estimated there were 200 to 300 people at the property, police said in a news release. Some of the attendees were seen entering without paying, smoking marijuana, consuming alcoholic beverages in violation of the park district’s ordinances, and igniting illegal fireworks. Due to the disruptive and unsafe behavior of several individuals at Sunset Pool — including violations of park district ordinances — the agency made the decision to close the facility early, park district Executive Director Dave Thommes said in a statement. “We worked closely with the Glen Ellyn Police Department and surrounding agencies to ensure the facility was safely cleared. We are grateful to our quick-thinking and professional Sunset Pool staff for how they handled the situation,” Thommes said in the statement. “The safety of our patrons and staff remains our top priority. We’re currently reviewing the incident internally and assessing any operational adjustments as needed,” he added. Officers from several neighboring jurisdictions helped to evacuate the park. The incident remains under investigation, and no other information was immediately available.)
— Dems decry benching of EPA employees as political payback by GOP. 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, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250707/local-politics/deeply-offensive-dems-decry-benching-of-epa-employees-as-political-payback-by-gop/
— Glen Ellyn League of Women Voters march in the July 4 parade
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250707/submitted-content/glen-ellyn-league-of-women-voters-march-in-the-july-4-parade/
GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Fireworks, Alcohol, Cannabis: Up To 300 Teens Stormed Sunset Pool. One teen was arrested after police say they threw a firework out of a moving car that landed near pedestrians. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/fireworks-alcohol-cannabis-300-teens-storm-sunset-pool
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Somewhere between 200 and 300 teens stormed Sunset Pool Saturday evening as part of what residents are calling a “teen takeover.” The incident took place around 5 p.m. Deputy Chief Kurt Vavra told Patch many of the teens went through the admission gate without buying entry and were drinking alcohol, lighting off fireworks and consuming cannabis. One teen was arrested for throwing a firework out of a car “in close proximity to pedestrians” and charged with disorderly conduct. The park closed early as a result of the incidents, Vavra said.)
ELMHURST PATCH
— Elmhurst Politico Seeks DuPage County Treasurer Office. She aims to continue DuPage’s trend toward electing Democrats.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-politico-seeks-county-office
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A DuPage County Board member from Elmhurst announced Monday that she was running for county treasurer next year. In a news release, Yeena Yoo, a Democrat, said she held a recent campaign kickoff event co-hosted by Democrat Deb Conroy, chairwoman of the County Board, and DuPage County Building Trades. Since 2006, Republican Gwen Henry has held the treasurer’s position. She won with 51 percent in 2022 and ran unopposed in 2018. In recent years, the once reliably Republican county has seen more of its offices move to the Democratic column. This reflects a suburban trend across the country. Yoo was elected to the County Board in 2022. A year earlier, Yoo finished second of four candidates in the Elmhurst City Council’s Ward 6 race, with Emily Bastedo winning. Yoo, a legal aid attorney, said she has advocated for low-income clients, veterans, senior citizens and working families. “DuPage families deserve a Treasurer who will put people over politics,” Yoo said in the news release. “My vision for the office includes innovation and community-centered leadership.” The Democratic and Republican primaries are March 17.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/07/selle-marijuana-sales-wisconsin/
— Residents push back on truck routes between Interstate 57, Illinois 394 south of Crete. I remember when this route was proposed in the 1960s.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/07/residents-truck-routes-interstate-57-illinois-394/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/08/opinion-medicaid-donald-trump-bill-abortion-health-care/
— Illinois Senate President Don Harmon appeals potential $9.8 million fine for improperly accepting campaign cash
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-senate-president-don-harmon-235200527.html
ABC7
— EPA workers rally after put on leave after criticizing Trump in ‘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, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/07/what-s-next-birthright-citizenship-after-supreme-court-s-ruling
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-bill-illinois-impact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlwxLEJgd-w
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/07/planned-parenthood-sues-trump-administration-over-medicaid-funding-ban
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/07/what-s-next-birthright-citizenship-after-supreme-court-s-ruling
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, everyone will be on Medicaid and SNAP.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/07/illinois-democratic-congress-members-sound-alarm-medicaid-snap-cuts
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/07/how-cuts-to-food-assistance-could-increase-hunger-in-chicago
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Suburban NAACP chapter to host 67th annual gala, ‘The Fierce Urgency of Now’ Will my former Black subordinate speak at the event? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and gave him my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification (accounting)) while I had six (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting). He was not a licensed CPA like I was.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/07/08/suburban-naacp-chapter-to-host-67th-annual-gala-the-fierce-urgency-of-now/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, everyone will be on Medicaid.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-medicaid-cuts-congress-20421881.php
SOUTHERN
— White House pushes back on criticism of weather service around Texas flooding.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/07/white-house-pushes-back-on-criticism-of-weather-service-around-texas-flooding/
NPR ILLINOIS
— If you are a Republican, the more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders visit the sins of your forefathers on you: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-07/how-the-second-trump-administration-is-trying-to-revise-american-history
CITIES 92.9
— Democrat leaders want hemp regulations because hemp sales cut into pot sales.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/07/07/il-state-rep-pushes-for-rapid-changes-in-hemp-cannabis-regulations/
WQAD
— IRS states pastors who endorse political candidates shouldn’t lose tax-exempt status
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/national/pastors-who-endorse-political-candidates-shouldnt-lose-tax-exempt-status-irs-says/507-7f05e93c-8633-451c-9701-71e893fd899f
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Can Local Officials Stop ICE Agents From Hiding Behind Masks? They’re Trying. Seven Illinois representatives co-sponsored a bill that would ban immigration agents from wearing masks. In Chicago, police district council members want the city to enforce “identification standards” for law enforcement.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/07/no-secret-police-act-aims-to-stop-ice-agents-from-hiding-behind-masks-and-illinois-officials-are-on-board/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Paula Deacon Garcia, a DuPage County Board member, announced her campaign for DuPage County clerk Monday. Deacon Garcia will challenge incumbent Jean Kaczmarek in the Democratic primary for the office in March.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/08/crime-cools-politics-heats-up-00441980
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-339/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— EPA employees demand jobs back. 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, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.aol.com/illinois-quick-hits-epa-employees-145100906.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 30 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employees from Chicago are demanding they be reinstated to active duty. The 31 employees say they were put on administrative leave after signing a letter of dissent against what they said were the Trump administration’s efforts to politicize the agency.)
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Congress Just Told Planned Parenthood: “Go Fund Yourselves” — And It’s About Time
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/07/opinion-congress-just-told-planned-parenthood-go-fund-yourselves-and-its-about-time.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Musk’s exaggerated political aspirations
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/3464419/elon-musk-exaggerated-political-aspirations/AMAC
NEW YORK POST
— Texas officials scrapped ‘Flash Flood Alley’ warning system before 27 killed at Camp Mystic — because it was too expensive
https://nypost.com/2025/07/07/us-news/texas-officials-scrapped-flash-flood-alley-warning-system-before-27-kids-killed-at-camp-mystic-because-it-was-too-expensive/
AMAC
— Chicago Residents Fed Up With Mayor Brandon Johnson
https://amac.us/newsline/society/you-are-a-weak-man-chicago-residents-fed-up-with-mayor-brandon-johnson/
AMERICAN THINKER
— A strange peacefulness over Los Angeles in the wake of ICE raids on illegals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/a_strange_peacefulness_over_los_angeles_in_the_wake_of_ice_raids_on_illegals_comments.html
BREITBART
— ‘Worst of the Worst’ Criminal Illegal Immigrants Being Sent to Alligator Alcatraz in Florida
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/07/worst-of-the-worst-criminal-illegal-immigrants-being-sent-to-alligator-alcatraz-in-florida/
— DHS Showcases Violent Illegal Aliens Arrested in Florida ICE Raids: Homicides, Sexual Assault of a Child
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/07/dhs-showcases-violent-illegal-aliens-arrested-in-florida-ice-raids-homicides-sexual-assault-of-a-child/
DAILY CALLER
— Here’s How Schools Are Catering To Illegal Immigrants While Avoiding Federal Scrutiny
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/07/heres-how-schools-are-catering-to-illegal-immigrants-while-avoiding-federal-scrutiny/
DAILY WIRE
— Los Angeles Mayor, Protestors Swarm ICE Officers Raiding MS-13-Controlled Park. ‘We will go anywhere, anytime we want, in Los Angeles.’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-mayor-protestors-swarm-ice-officers-raiding-ms-13-controlled-park
— Libs Blame Trump For Texas Flood
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mks-ep-1765
PJ MEDIA
— Charlie Kirk Suggests Influence Campaign to Push Trump Toward Amnesty
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/07/kirk-exposes-influence-campaign-to-push-trump-to-amnesty-n4941508
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Deadly Texas floods leave officials pointing fingers after warnings missed
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/5388538-texas-floods-flash-flooding-camp-mystic-dhs-nws-warnings/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: An Apartheid-Era Torture Method Endures Among South African Police. A government led by freedom fighters who helped to liberate the country more than 30 years ago is now overseeing a police force accused of staggering abuses.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/world/africa/south-africa-torture-police-tubing.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Netanyahu says he nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/netanyahu-says-he-nominated-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize/2025/07/08/e6bdffc6-964f-439e-9d32-a6deef02f4d3_video.html
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Kerr County asked Texas to help pay for a flood warning system for 8 years. Can it happen now?
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/kerr-county-texas-warning-system-upgrade-costs-20603296.php
USA TODAY
— Texas county where campers died was denied money to boost warning systems
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/07/texas-flooding-kerr-county-flood-warning-money-denial/84499153007/
CNN
— Local officials facing questions over their actions in the years and hours before deadly Texas floods
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/07/us/texas-floods-warning-system-invs
NEWSWEEK
— Protesters Confront ICE, Military in Los Angeles Park Raid
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-raids-la-protests-military-immigration-deportations-2095641
— Trump Issues Warning to Mamdani If He Becomes Mayor
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-issues-warning-zohran-mamdani-if-he-becomes-mayor-2095813
— Social Security Hits Major Milestone for Millions. Of course, because I benefit from this, my critics/opponents are furious about it.
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-major-milestone-millions-2095851
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Social Security Administration (SSA) has confirmed it has completed sending payments to those who were impacted by the Social Security Fairness Act, five months ahead of schedule. Why It Matters Under the Biden administration, the federal agency, which pays benefits to tens of millions every month, said the process of issuing new and backdated payments could take considerably longer. At the time, the SSA told Newsweek it was “determining the timelines for implementing this new law.” What To Know In January, lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill that repealed two provisions—the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO)—that limited retirement benefits for certain workers, including teachers, firefighters, and police officers, some federal employees, and their spouses. The agency first started issuing these payments in February. The new payments included updated benefits amount and backdated payments to January 2024. Despite previous longer timelines being for implementation, the SSA has now confirmed it has sent out 3.1 million payments to those impacted by the repeal of the WEP and GPO. To date, over $17 billion in payments has been distributed. The WEP reduced Social Security benefits for individuals who received pensions from public-sector jobs—such as state or federal positions—that did not require paying Social Security payroll taxes. This reduction applied even if they also worked in jobs where they paid into Social Security and qualified for benefits. The GPO lowered spousal or survivor benefits for retired federal, state, or local government workers who had not contributed to Social Security through payroll taxes.)
ABC NEWS
— ‘We are very flood prone’: Local Texas officials spent years discussing potential warning system
https://abcnews.go.com/US/flood-prone-local-texas-officials-spent-years-discussing/story?id=123550294
NBC NEWS
— In deadly Texas floods, one town had what some didn’t: A wailing warning siren
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/deadly-texas-floods-one-town-warning-siren-rcna217202
CBS NEWS
— When nearby counties installed flood sirens, Kerr County did not
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/when-nearby-counties-installed-flood-sirens-kerr-county-did-not/
USA TODAY
— Trump extends federal hiring freeze. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, because of Republican-led budget cuts, the agency was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes. Of course, they were furious about that. They took their anger/hatred against Republicans out on me. They forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/07/trump-extends-federal-hiring-freeze/84498858007/#
WGOW
— Homan: Anyone in US Illegally Eligible for Arrest
https://www.wgowam.com/2025/07/07/tom-homan-anyone-in-us-illegally-eligible-for-arrest/
WALL STATE JOURNAL
— Young people usually become less radical with time. Are we seeing an exception? I have always been conservative. My critics/opponents have always used that against me.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-useful-idiot-generation-z-young-people-politics-cd42f1ee
— Best Private Student Loans 2025: Top Lender Picks. Did you work your way through college? I did. If you were in high school today in the same situation/circumstances that you were when you were in high school, a) would you want/need a student loan, and if so, b) could you get a student loan today? When I was in high school, I did not apply for a student loan. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. My working my way through college harmed my GPA. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail. But I earned 6 years of Social Security credits.
https://www.wsj.com/buyside/personal-finance/student-loans/best-student-loan-lenders
— Think Work-Life Balance Is Overrated? You’re Hired! Employers are getting brutally honest with applicants, warning them of long hours and few boundaries; ‘Companies are in control again.’ According to my critics/opponents a) my federal pay and benefits were far too generous and b) my federal retirement pension and health insurance subsidy are far too generous.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-listings-labor-market-373b4331
FORBES
— How The CPA License Stacks Up Globally. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981. I had a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) 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, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and e) worked for GAO for more than a year.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2025/07/07/how-the-cpa-license-stacks-up-globally-is-the-us-behind/
BLOOMBERG LAW
— HHS Seeks Whistleblowers for DEI Examples in Grants, Workforce. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/hhs-seeks-whistleblowers-for-dei-examples-in-grants-workforce
CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— FROM THE ARTICLE: 46% of students decided to major in accounting after taking an accounting-related course, while 39% chose it before entering college. I should have majored in accounting. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. Long before then, the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. That would not have been the case if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2025/07/07/aicpa-news-july-2025/164426/
WEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Christians.
https://theweek.com/politics/christian-extremism-holy-war-literally-democratic-officials-abortion
FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE
— Chicago Teachers Union President: “Ain’t No Damn America”
https://www.frontpagemag.com/chicago-teachers-union-president-aint-no-damn-america/
NEWSBREAK
— Citizens of foreign countries want/expect/demand America to take their unwanted citizens, that is, their citizens who need/want/demand massive government assistance.
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/4093943432739-don-t-feel-welcome-new-estimate-shows-drastic-tourism-effect-of-trump-2-0
LA LIST
— Federal workforce. Trump wants cuts, here’s six things about them. Who do you know who is/was a federal employee? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years in three federal agencies – Post Office 3 years, IRS 9 years, and GAO 18 years. I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. They despise/hate Republicans like me.
https://laist.com/brief/news/politics/trump-federal-workforce-cuts
TPM
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/congress-throws-more-money-at-removing-immigrants-than-most-countries-spend-on-their-armies
POLITICO
— Musk and Yang have connected on the billionaire’s third party threat. The former Trump advisor and former presidential candidate recently spoke about the two-party system.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/07/musk-and-yang-have-connected-on-the-billionaires-third-party-threat-00441702
MEDIAITE
— Charlie Kirk Angrily Claims ‘Ruling Class’ Pushing Trump to Grant Amnesty to Farm Workers: Will ‘Break’ MAGA. What does the ruling class think of you? The ruling class in Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois despises/hates me. I should write about that. I would focus on why they despise/hate me.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/charlie-kirk-angrily-claims-ruling-class-pushing-trump-to-grant-amnesty-to-farm-workers-will-break-maga/
DAILY KOS
— Trump administration slaps high cost on federal workers’ free speech. 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, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/7/2331549/-Trump-administration-slaps-high-cost-on-federal-workers-free-speech
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin might be very skilled at Making Coal Great Again, but he’s not so solid on the whole First Amendment thing. The EPA just put 144 people on administrative leave for signing a letter of dissent about the agency’s policies. It follows a March open letter where current and former EPA employees called both President Donald Trump and Zeldin out for their illegal dismantling of the core functions of the agency. However, the March letter was anonymous, and while some of the signatories of the more recent letter chose to remain anonymous, the 144 employees the EPA is now targeting signed the letter with their names and job titles. In placing the workers on leave, the EPA didn’t hide the ball as to why they were being suspended. An agency spokesperson plainly said they were suspended as retaliation for their speech. “The Environmental Protection Agency has a zero-tolerance policy for career bureaucrats unlawfully undermining, sabotaging, and undercutting the administration’s agenda as voted for by the great people of this country last November,” said a spokesperson for the agency. Here’s the thing. Government employees enjoy the protections of the First Amendment, even if the Trump administration doesn’t believe they should. Public employees are protected when speaking out about matters of public concern, which Zeldin’s hijacking of the EPA to, in his words, “drive a dagger through the heart of climate change religion” definitely is. There are a couple of caveats. If public employees are speaking in their official capacity about something that is normally part of their official job duties, then First Amendment protections don’t apply.)
PHYS
— For Democrats, governments exist to take money away from Republicans and to give that money to Democrats.
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-civil-servants-reactions-democratic-decline.html
June 30, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow that they can manipulate the stock markets.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/daily-open-the-sp-500s-high-is-a-gift-from-trump-that-can-be-taken-away/3778857/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/daily-open-the-sp-500-hits-a-high-but-as-trump-gives-so-can-he-take/3778759/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use ICE mistakes to fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/30/ice-false-arrest-asylum-chicago/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump celebrates Tillis’s decision to retire. My critics/opponents celebrated when their operatives and their dupes succeeded in taking adverse actions against me. Those adverse actions included a) ending my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee in 2024, b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, d) ending my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, e) ending my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee in 2007, and f) defeating my bid to serve as the Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer in 2004. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-celebrates-tilliss-decision-to-retire/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders decry that Trump is building a national citizenship system
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-06-30/the-trump-administration-is-building-a-national-citizenship-system
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-29/marchers-cap-pride-month-with-celebration-and-protest
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/29/chicago-pride-parade-kicks-off-in-lakeview-showing-citys-support-for-lgbtq-neighbors/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/29/us-cities-capping-lgbtq-pride-month-mix-party-protest/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Duke Law Journal Sent a Secret Memo to Minority Applicants Telling Them They’d Get Extra Points for Writing About Their Race. Memo offers a snapshot of how personal statements can be used to skirt affirmative action ban. Since the 1960s, Democrats and RINOs have used Affirmative Action and DEI to give preference to Democrats and to RINOs who are minority and/or female, that is, to discriminate against Republicans who are White and/or male.
https://freebeacon.com/campus/duke-law-journal-sent-a-secret-memo-to-minority-applicants-telling-them-theyd-get-extra-points-for-writing-about-their-race/
NEW YORK POST
— My critics/opponents either are woke or paint themselves as being woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America or a long time.
https://nypost.com/2024/11/30/business/jaguars-woke-ad-shows-just-how-out-of-touch-companies-are-with-consumers/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— DEI Is Unconstitutional
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/dei-is-unconstitutional/
FOX NEWS
— Trump’s new American doctrine means peace through strength has returned
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-new-american-doctrine-means-peace-through-strength-has-returned
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Is Dell Too Woke For Federal Government Work?
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2025/06/30/is_dell_too_woke_for_federal_government_work_1119624.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on Medicaid. Since I became a federal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance. Since I got married in 1978, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my wife’s health insurance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMtT66AEZd4
NEWSWEEK
— Growing concerns over immigration raids have led several cities and communities across Los Angeles County to cancel or postpone their Fourth of July celebrations this year.
https://www.newsweek.com/news-california-cancelled-immigration-ice-raids-2092384
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/nyregion/nyc-pride-parade-march.html
— Trump Wants America to Make iPhones. Here’s How India Is Doing It.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/business/apple-foxconn-india.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/us/latinos-los-angeles-immigration.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly focus on driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/06/29/trump-approval-rating-polls-big-beautiful-bill/84375953007/
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— Biden illegally ever-increasingly encouraged citizens of foreign countries to illegally seek asylum in America.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/fresno-county-immigrant-ice-20379955.php
SAN FRANCISCO STANDARD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/06/29/sf-pride-parade-2025/
ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
— Biden did the most to promote illegal immigration, but Bush and Obama did too.
https://www.ocregister.com/2025/06/29/the-key-difference-between-obama-and-trump-on-immigration/
WCCS RADIO
— How Socialist Muslims pulled off a 20-year takeover of the Democratic Party
https://www.wccsradio.com/rss/asra-nomani-how-socialist-muslims-pulled-off-a-20-year-takeover-of-the-democratic-party/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Criticism of Fed’s Rate Decisions Not Necessarily a Threat to Its Independence. GAO works for Congress. Gingrich has always been extremely critical of GAO. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, GAO would not have forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-criticism-of-feds-rate-decisions-not-necessarily-a-threat-to-its-independence-bis-says-e3784329
FORBES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Durbin to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV_qxypzdrE
— Adverse Employment Action. To get rid of me because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericbachman/2021/11/15/what-counts-as-an-adverse-employment-action-in-discrimination-and-retaliation-cases/
CONSULTING
— McKinsey pressures staff to get promoted or get lost. Has up-or-out been used against you? My Democrat superiors in federal government started using up-or-out against me when I was 25 years old in 1974 because they had not promoted me to GS-13, currently $117,807/year. I finally did make GS-13 in 1986, but not until after I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors 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, and/or veteran.
https://www.consulting.us/news/10481/mckinsey-pressures-staff-to-get-promoted-or-get-lost
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— It’s Becoming Rarer for Federal Agencies and Employees to Settle Over Adverse Actions. My critics/opponents stress that the following Republican leaders could have, but failed/refused to get GAO to settle in Diersen v. GAO: Gingrich, Bush, Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2020/01/its-becoming-rarer-federal-agencies-and-employees-settle-over-adverse-actions/162813/
POLITICO
— Pope Leo looks to MAGA megadonors to shore up Church finances
https://www.politico.eu/article/pope-leo-maga-megadonors-church-finance-united-states-conservative/
— Trump tried to fire them. But these Democratic appointees are still on the job. I should write about a) my Democrat GAO superiors who fired me when I was 49 years old in 1997, that is, who forced me to retire and b) the Republican leaders who could have, but failed/refused to get GAO to settle in Diersen v. GAO: Gingrich, Bush, Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/30/trump-firings-federal-agencies-00432223
NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/29/nx-s1-5450322/pride-march-new-york-budapest-san-francisco
— DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5445398/denaturalization-trump-immigration-enforcement
PBS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-06-30/reproductive-health/il-abortion-services-continue-to-skyrocket-straining-provider-resources/a97465-1
June 24, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders want everything that Trump does to be a failure.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/23/chicago-protest-israel-iran-war/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/23/us-iran-israel-nuclear-sites-strike/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/23/ctu-president-rebukes-president-trump/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/24/opinion-northwestern-university-michael-schill/
— Rahm versus JB in a presidential primary? Bring it on. Big reasons to not support candidates in primary elections include that if the candidates that you support lose primary elections and/or if the candidates who win primary elections lose general elections, far too often, the losing candidates and the following will blame you for their loses: their major donors, fundraisers, political consultants, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers. I should write about the aforesaid. I would cite Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/24/rahm-emanuel-jb-pritzker-presidential/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— My critics/opponents are ever-increasingly furious that I have the time, money, experience, ability, and motivation to put together and to send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters free of charge and without any advertising or donation requests. They ever-increasingly a) discourage me from sending out the newsletters and b) discourage everyone from reading them. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/support-cst?tpcc=FY25-FYE-Email-PrintSub-
NBC5
— Democrat and RINO leaders want everything that Trump does to be a failure.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-iran-israel-nato-june-23-2025-live-updates/3773825/
FOX32
— Democrat and RINO leaders want everything that Trump does to be a failure.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/supreme-court-trump-deportations-third-countries
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1663366
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljYUYQMEH_o
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/23/advocates-say-really-vulnerable-lives-stake-trump-administration-moves-shutter-lgbtq
WGLT
— McLean County Democrats fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-06-23/rally-crowd-opposes-federal-immigration-crackdown-after-ice-arrest-at-mclean-county-courthouse
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump and his political operation target their first GOP incumbent: Kentucky’s Thomas Massie. My critics/opponents succeeded in getting a Republican voter in my precinct to run against me for Precinct Committeeman in 2000. But they have failed to do that since then. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who I have done the most to help elect and to reelect.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-and-his-political-operation-target-their-first-gop-incumbent-kentuckys-thomas-massie/
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— DuPage Republicans looking to increase vote-by-mail participation
https://www.nctv17.org/news/dupage-republicans-looking-to-increase-vote-by-mail-participation/
WHEATON PATCH
— $1 Million In Grants Awarded By DuPage Foundation Includes New Seed Grants
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/1-million-grants-awarded-dupage-foundation-includes-new-seed-grants
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/1-million-in-grants-awarded-by-dupage-foundation-includes-new-seed-grants/ar-AA1HgH3A
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-538/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DOUG IBENDAHL
— The Illinois GOP’s last chance to head-off its next embarrassing election disaster
https://dougelstonibendahl.substack.com/p/the-illinois-gops-last-chance-to
JEFF BERKOWITZ
— Pritzker to announce his Gov re-election bid this Thursday. Can Wirepoints’ Pres Ted Dabrowski be far behind in his bid to beat the Pres wannabe in IL’s Gov race on Nov 3, 2026?
https://jeffberkowitz208.substack.com/p/jb-pritzker-to-announce-his-gov-re
WIREPOINTS
— What New York City’s near-bankruptcy can teach Chicagoans
https://wirepoints.org/what-nycs-near-bankruptcy-can-teach-chicagoans-attend-drop-dead-city-documentary-screening-on-july-1/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The Significance of Trump’s Actions in Iran
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/06/opinion-the-significance-of-trumps-actions-in-iran.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump expresses frustration toward Iran and Israel following post-ceasefire attacks
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/24/donald-trump-expresses-frustration-toward-iran-israel-following-post/
BREITBART
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/06/23/glaude-trumps-deportations-part-of-the-great-replacement-theory/
— Anti-Israel Activist Mahmoud Khalil Leads ‘Free Palestine!’ Chant in NYC After Release from ICE Custody. What percent of those who come to America do so to promote their motherland, their religion, their race, their gender, their sexual orientation, their etc.? What percent come to America to destroy America?
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/23/watch-anti-israel-activist-mahmoud-khalil-leads-free-palestine-chant-in-nyc-after-release-from-ice-custody/
— Democrats Rely on Paid Activists to Create Fear About Rural Hospitals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/23/democrats-rely-on-radical-groups-paid-activists-to-create-fear-about-rural-hospitals/amp/
— Democrat and RINO leaders want everything that Trump does to be a failure.
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2025/06/23/exclusive-rnc-chair-michael-whatley-on-u-s-strikes-on-iran-nuclear-sites-democrats-engaging-in-theater-trump-a-man-of-his-word-once-again/
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/23/poll-majority-say-democrats-should-take-wait-and-see-attitude-toward-trumps-actions/
DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Who Backed Obama’s Unilateral Bombings Now Have Problem With Trump’s Iran Strike
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/23/nancy-pelosi-ed-markey-democrats-donald-trump-iran-strikes-barack-obama/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— DHS Awards Second Border Wall Contract to Restart Construction in Arizona. The next Democrat or RINO President will again flood America with their illegals.
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/27-mile-border-wall-contract-restart-construction-tuscon-arizona
NEW AMERICAN
— Biden Released Almost 1,300 Iranians Into U.S.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/homan-biden-released-almost-1300-iranians-into-u-s-trump-lets-bomb-iran/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Black Lives Matter Organization Spends Juneteenth Demanding White People ‘Pay Reparations.’ Democrat and RINO leaders want Republicans who are the following to pay reparations: 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.msn.com/en-us/news/us/black-lives-matter-organization-spends-juneteenth-demanding-white-people-pay-reparations/ar-AA1H7Caa
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Trump rebukes Israel and Iran hours after ceasefire
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-iran-conflict-us-trump-06-24-25-intl-hnk
— Democrat and RINO leaders want everything that Trump does to be a failure.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/analysis-trump-iran-strikes-middle-east-ceasefire
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat and RINO leaders want everything that Trump does to be a failure.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-trump-ceasefire-attacks-continue-f1e60190722cc3410b69f21717872ffa
REUTERS
— Democrat and RINO leaders want everything that Trump does to be a failure.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/big-questions-loom-over-trumps-announcement-israel-iran-ceasefire-deal-2025-06-24/
MSNBC
— Democrat and RINO leaders want everything that Trump does to be a failure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDyat4dOUvc
MSN
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasing destroy Republicans, and especially Republicans who share Trump’s demographics. Republicans should ever-increasingly prepare for that. To help keep my Post Office job, I took business courses at UIC and NIU. To help keep my IRS job, a) I took business courses at Loyola and earned an MBA, b) I took accounting courses at DePaul, and c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. To help keep my GAO job, a) I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, b) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, c) I became a licensed CPA, d) I became a Certified Fraud Examiner, Government Financial Manager, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant, and e) I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/rock-singer-ripped-after-banning-trump-fans-from-his-shows-your-band-is-doomed-now/ar-AA1GWpps
AOL
— Democrat and RINO leaders want everything that Trump does to be a failure.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-says-farmers-being-hurt-194412793.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Israel and Iran Agree to Cease-Fire Announced By Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/24/world/ceasefire-iran-israel-trump
— Democrat and RINO leaders say that Trump got the fight that he wanted in LA and ask if It turned out the way he expected.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/magazine/trump-los-angeles-immigration.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders want everything that Trump does to be a failure.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/style/trump-lgbtq-gay-maga.html
— Trump Lashes Out at Israel and Iran as Fragile Truce Is Tested
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/24/world/ceasefire-iran-israel-trump
USA TODAY
— Those who have demographics that vote for Democrats ever-increasing blame their problems on those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/06/24/liberal-conservative-mental-health-gap/84285127007/
DAILY ORANGE
— To get more votes from minorities, females, and younger people, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites, men, and older people.
https://dailyorange.com/2025/06/opinion-u-s-interference-is-white-supremacy-disguised-as-favors/
WOAI
— Democrats Hope To Turn Every Illegal Trump Doesn’t Deport Into A Voter
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/san-antonios-first-news/content/2025-06-20-democrats-hope-to-turn-every-illegal-trump-doesnt-deport-into-a-voter/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: $30 Minimum Wage Has L.A. Hotel Owners in Revolt. In today’s dollars my IRS salary was $26.85/hour in 1971. To get that job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination earned a bachelor’s degree in manage from NIU in 1970. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $32.84/hour in 1972. By then, I had completed three graduate evening business courses at Loyola.
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/commercial/los-angeles-hotel-minimum-wage-a1fa6871
— FRONT PAGE: A New Meatpacking Plant’s Novel Pitch to Attract American Workers. To promote more mass/illegal immigration, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at Americans that with more foreigners in America, Americans should no longer have to take bad jobs. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take.
https://www.wsj.com/business/meatpacking-american-workers-immigration-d6bdd47a
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing students who are White and/or male with students who are minority and/or female.
https://www.epi.org/blog/public-colleges-are-more-diverse-than-ever-but-anti-dei-policies-threaten-that-progress/
HARVARD CRIMSON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give foreign students more preference over American students.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/6/24/preliminary-injunction-trump-proclamation/
DAILY BEAST
— Democrat and RINO leaders want everything that Trump does to be a failure.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-announces-complete-and-total-israel-iran-ceasefire/
HIFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.aol.com/trumps-total-disregard-juneteenth-underscores-213906390.html
MINDING THE CAMPUS
— To get more votes from minorities, females, and younger people, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites, men, and older people.
https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2025/06/23/all-men-are-created-equal-but-they-are-not-equal-in-any-other-way/
PBS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.pbs.org/video/trump-administration-to-shut-down-suicide-helpline-for-lgbtq-youth-fdgj0h/
SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA
— Democrats ‘furious’ Donald Trump took out Iran’s nuclear capabilities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFVAltNoOvA
June 23, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Israel and Iran agree to ceasefire to bring end to ’12 DAY WAR,’ Trump says. The agreement involves two 12-hour ceasefire periods, starting with Iran.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/israel-targets-irans-government-notorious-tehran-prison-iran-launches-more-attacks/16824794/
— Supreme Court allows Trump to resume 3rd-country removals without due process requirement. The order is a significant win for the president’s immigration policy.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-allows-trump-resume-3rd-country-removals-due-process-requirement/16829247/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-plaza-chicago-protest-today-demonstrators-concerned-donald-trumps-israel-iran-ceasefire-announcement/16830446/
FOX32
— LaHood: Trump’s strike on Iran was ‘right thing to do
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-rep-iran-trump-reax
— Chicago protest underway after Iran hits U.S. bases in Qatar
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-protest-planned-after-iran-hits-u-s-bases-qatar
— Illinois lawmakers demand access to Chicago ICE facility
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1663246
WBEZ
— Before Robert F. Prevost was the pope, he thanked Gov. Pat Quinn for ending the death penalty. Catholic organizations had lobbied Quinn to end the death penalty. The former governor was not previously aware of Prevost’s message to him.
https://www.wbez.org/religion/2025/06/23/pope-prevost-thanked-quinn-ending-death-penalty
— Loop demonstrators protest U.S. bombing Iran
https://www.wbez.org/nation-world/2025/06/23/loop-demonstrators-protest-u-s-bombing-iran
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/lgbtq/2025/06/23/pride-fest-lets-queer-chicagoans-be-themselves-i-love-the-freedom
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supreme Court allows Trump to restart swift deportation of migrants away from their home countries
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/23/supreme-court-deportations/
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250622/letters-to-the-editor/a-welcome-reminder-of-why-pride-is-important/
CRAIN”S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s budget cuts against him.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-turmoil-higher-education/federal-funding-cuts-threaten-illinois-research-innovation
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/retail/claires-considers-sale-tariffs-hit-jewelry-retailers
— McDonald’s is about to face yet another boycott, and the protest is picking up steam.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/former-black-mcdonalds-franchise-operators-call-boycott
STATELINE
— These are the 10 best-known Illinois public officials convicted of crimes
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-corruption-10-officials/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s discouragement of abortion against him.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-the-number-of-abortions-kept-rising-in-2024-because-of-telehealth-prescriptions-report-finds/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s Iran air strikes against him.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/has-trump-alienated-his-base-with-iran-attacks-not-likely-politics-maga-us-bombs-iranian-nuclear-sites-national-security-foreign-affairs-middle-east
CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leader ever-increasingly use Trump’s deportation efforts against him.
https://chicagoreader.com/news/make-it-make-sense/ice-chicago-immigration-court-alpr/
COD COURIER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://codcourier.org/staff-editorial-why-everyone-has-the-right-to-protest/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-331/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s Iran air strikes against him.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/23/big-city-leaders-ramp-security-religious-cultural-sites-following-us/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ted Cruz slams modern day Democratic Party because it ‘hates Israel’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/3450678/ted-cruz-iran-democratic-party-hates-israel/
BREITBART
— Los Angeles Rioters Helped Illegal Alien Escape from ICE Custody
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/23/report-los-angeles-rioters-helped-illegal-alien-escape-ice-custody/
— ICE Raid Uncovers ‘Massive Identity Theft’ Scheme by Illegal Aliens with over 100 American Victims
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/23/ice-raid-uncovers-massive-identity-theft-scheme-by-illegal-aliens-with-over-100-american-victims/
— Trump Announces Ceasefire in Iran-Israel ’12 Day War’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/23/trump-announces-ceasefire-in-iran-israel-12-day-war/
CATHOLIC VOTE
— New Chicago clinic advertises abortions through ‘all trimesters’ up to 34 weeks
https://catholicvote.org/new-chicago-clinic-advertises-abortions-all-trimesters-34-weeks/
DAILY CALLER
— Supreme Court Hands Trump Admin Victory On Efforts To Deport ‘Worst’ Illegal Migrants
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/23/supreme-court-hands-trump-admin-victory-on-efforts-to-deport-worst-illegal-migrants/
EPOCH TIMES
— Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Deportations to Third Countries. The new order stays a ruling issued by a federal district court.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-temporarily-allows-deportations-to-third-countries-5877182
— Putin Says Russia Ready to Help Iranian People Following US Airstrikes
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/putin-says-russia-ready-to-help-iranian-people-following-us-airstrikes-5876828
— Trump Announces ‘Complete and Total’ Cease-Fire Between Israel and Iran. The conflict will be declared over within 24 hours, the U.S. president says.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/trump-announces-complete-and-total-cease-fire-between-israel-and-iran-5877237
FOX NEWS RADIO
— Treasonous LA Dodgers Back Illegals!
https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/06/23/treasonous-la-dodgers-back-illegals/
LIVE ACTION
— Is new ‘all-trimester’ Illinois abortion business breaking state law?
https://www.liveaction.org/news/all-trimester-illinois-abortion-business-state-law/
LIFE NEWS
— New Illinois Abortion Clinic Will Kill Babies in Abortions Up to 34 Weeks
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/06/23/new-illinois-abortion-clinic-will-kill-babies-in-abortions-up-to-34-weeks/
NEWSMAX
— Please, No Tears for Companies Hiring Illegal Immigrants
https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/ice-spanish-unionized/2025/06/23/id/1216085/
TOWNHALL
— Pro-Illegal Alien Libs Are Going to Be Gutted by Today’s Supreme Court Decision
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/06/23/pack-your-bags-illegals-scotus-rules-trump-deportations-can-proceed-without-limited-notice-n2659328
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Some of Donald Trump’s Biggest Critics Defend His Iran Strikes
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-critics-defend-iran-strikes-2089403
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s discouragement of abortion against him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/06/23/abortion-pills-telehealth-increase/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump targets tuition benefits
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/los-angeles-times/20250623/281500757230669
NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/23/nx-s1-5438089/immigration-officials-are-going-after-people-seeking-asylum
June 23, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting Democrats to protest against Trump’s strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dozens-attend-downtown-chicago-protest-federal-plaza-us-strikes-iran-donald-trump-administration/16821316/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxv7lpK9-n0
CBS2
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting Democrats to protest against Trump’s strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protesters-downtown-chicago-opposition-u-s-strikes-iran/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Want to know how a socialist mayor would govern New York City? Ask Chicago.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/23/new-york-city-johnson-mamdani-cuomo-chicago/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/22/trumps-strategy-iran-split-congress/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Despite moves by Indiana lawmakers, Illinois’ borders unlikely to change.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/23/illinois-indiana-border-explainer/
— Illinois is wooing foreign tourists, despite a hostile White House and a blue-red divide
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/23/illinois-chicago-tourism-international/
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government illegally discriminated against their employees because they were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran because unconstitutional Democrat and RINO laws made them do that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/23/opinion-military-follow-donald-trump-protests/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders say that they stand with government employees. But Democrat leaders stand only with their government employees who are Democrat and minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. Because I was none of the aforesaid, no Democrat leader stood with me when Republican Gingrich gutted GAO during the 1980s and 1990s. Democrat leaders were overjoyed when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and replaced me in 1997 with my Democrat Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had. It is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/06/23/cook-county-public-servants-federal-government-purge
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The truth is, government doesn’t work without the professionals who show up every day to serve the public. Effectiveness depends on more than elected officials or public leaders. It requires the daily efforts of those working quietly behind the scenes. Their roles are rarely glamorous or celebrated, yet they perform them diligently because they believe in something bigger than themselves.
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting Democrats to protest against Trump’s strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
https://thesouthern.com/news/southern-illinoisans-speak-out-against-u-s-strike-on-iran/article_a6768763-da9c-54f6-a8fb-319824430d80.html
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-06-22/are-americans-at-risk-after-u-s-bombing-of-iran
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-go-it-alone-strategy-on-iran-risks-dividing-an-already-split-congress/
WSIL TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Hamas and Iran.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/peace-coalition-of-southern-illinois-rally-scheduled-in-carbondale-for-peace-in-gaza-and-iran/article_160af493-f2d3-4f37-b5d5-90ccb6e435b7.html
CHICAGOLAND JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give more preference to illegal students over American students.
https://thechicagolandjournal.com/advocates-await-action-on-bill-protecting-rights-of-immigrant-students-in-illinois/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-537/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— According to Bill O’Reilly, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten, who represented Algonquin Township in his first term, called for President Donald Trump’s impeachment ten minutes after the bombs were dropped on Iran’s underground nuclear facility.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/22/algonquin-townships-past-member-of-congress-calls-for-trumps-impeachment/
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Amy Grant joins lawsuit over alleged violation of legislative procedure
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/673270796-amy-grant-joins-lawsuit-over-alleged-violation-of-legislative-procedure
— Community Unit School District 200 administrators rank 173rd highest in state for average salary in 2024
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/671797139-analysis-community-unit-school-district-200-administrators-rank-173rd-highest-in-state-for-average-salary-in-2024
WIREPOINTS
— New Illinois law makes it tougher for voters to block school district borrowings/tax hikes.
https://wirepoints.org/new-illinois-law-makes-it-tougher-for-voters-to-block-school-district-borrowings-tax-hikes-effingham-is-a-good-illustration-wirepoints/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois lawmakers pass almost 100 bills on final day
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-pass-almost-100-bills-on-final-day/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Why do people work against you? People work against me a) because they reject planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote, most commonly, the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks, b) because they blame their problems on those who share my demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, c) because they despise/hate present/past union members and/or federal employees and retirees, and/or d) because they destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Anticipate/expect that when push comes to shove, many, most, virtually all, if not all of your supporters will dump you. I should write about my supporters who dumped me when my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes a) defeat my candidacy for Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer in 2004, b) end my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, c) end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, d) gerrymander my precinct 2015, e) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and f) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024. I would focus on those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for opposition research and who I have done the most to help elect and to reelect since 2000. I would focus on those who blame me the most for their defeats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Why do people fail/refuse to come to your defense? People who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican fail/refuse to come to my defense because my critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and are nasty/vicious. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents want me to stop sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. But failing that, they want me to not include links in the newsletters to articles that they do not like. I should write about my critics/opponents, the articles that they do not like, and why they do not like those articles. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS issues terrorism advisory alert amid U.S. attack on Iran
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/22/dhs-issues-terrorism-advisory-alert-amid-us-attack-iran/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Homan warns of possible Iranian sleeper cells who entered US under Biden
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3450326/homan-warns-of-possible-iranian-sleeper-cells-who-entered-us-under-biden/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s support keeps growing while Democrats howl at the moon
https://nypost.com/2025/06/22/opinion/trumps-support-keeps-growing-while-democrats-howl-at-the-moon/
CENTER SQUARE
— More than 700 Iranians released into the U.S. under Biden. More than 1,500 Iranians apprehended by Border Patrol agents alone.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_8a9f5ec5-e337-4d29-8650-ea01eec3ff6a.html
— Heightened alert: Iranians in U.S. previously charged with support for terrorism.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_1a142a36-bf3b-414e-8396-e0cd08a05ee0.html
FOX NEWS
— Trump’s taking necessary steps to keep nuclear weapons out of Iran’s hands
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6374725361112
— Trump battled Democrats and isolationists
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6374724600112
NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Compares LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health To That Of Combat Veterans
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/ashley-taylor/2025/06/22/msnbc-compares-lgbtq-youth-mental-health-combat-veterans
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The NextGen Bar Exam is DEI in action, dangerously lowering standards. Every time that Democrat and RINO leaders lower standards, my having done the following means more. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I became a licensed CPA. I earned four more job-related professional certifications. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5359119-the-nextgen-bar-exam-is-dei-in-action-dangerously-lowering-standards/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The American legal profession is in crisis, and the NextGen Bar Exam is the latest symptom of a disease that’s rapidly metastasizing: the abandonment of merit in favor of ideological box-checking. For decades, the bar exam was the last line of defense — a rigorous filter ensuring that only those with real legal chops could represent the public. Today, that filter is being shredded, sacrificed on the altar of equity and inclusion. The result? A collapse in standards, the death of meritocracy, and a profession on the brink of irrelevance. The NextGen Bar Exam, set to roll out in 2026, is not about modernizing legal education or making better lawyers. It is about making the exam easier to pass. Out go the demanding essays and complex legal analysis; in come more multiple-choice questions and “practical” scenarios that test little more than common sense and the ability to regurgitate buzzwords. The new mantra is “minimal competence,” a phrase so hollow as to be meaningless. The new system benefits neither clients, who deserve skilled and well-prepared advocates, nor the public, who depend on lawyers to guide them through a complex legal system. The only winners are bureaucrats and activists obsessed with “equity.” And even then, this is not to say that the new bar somehow guarantees equality of opportunity. Rather, it tries to force equality of outcome, no matter how much the universal bar must be lowered in the process. In truth, the NextGen Bar Exam is DEI ideology in action. By blaming the bar exam itself, rather than differences in preparation or effort, for unequal pass rates among various groups, the legal establishment has chosen to lower the standards until everyone passes. This is neither fairness nor justice, but the soft bigotry of low expectations, institutionalized. DEI has become a Trojan horse, smuggling mediocrity into the heart of the legal profession. Instead of demanding that all aspiring lawyers rise to meet high standards, the system now bends over backward to ensure that the standards themselves are erased. The message is clear: merit is out, identity is in. The legal profession was once a meritocracy. It didn’t matter where you came from or what you looked like — if you could master the law, you could make it. That’s what made American law great — it consisted of the best and brightest, tested and proven. Now, that ideal is being tossed aside. The NextGen Bar Exam is just the latest example, following major formatting changes to the LSAT to “reduce anxiety” and the proliferation of alternative “pathways” to licensure that bypass rigorous testing altogether. This isn’t just a legal education problem. It is a societal problem. When we stop rewarding excellence and start rewarding box-checking, we get a weaker, less competent, and less trustworthy profession. As a result, we end up with lawyers who lack essential skills in writing, reasoning, and effective advocacy, in turn, undermining the credibility of our justice system. If this trend continues, the outcome is inevitable: Clients will find themselves represented by lawyers who only managed to pass a watered-down exam. Our courts will be overwhelmed by incompetence, and the already fragile reputation of the legal profession will deteriorate further. Those who will suffer most are everyday Americans — people who need legal help, not just a participation trophy. The legal profession must wake up before it’s too late. Reform is acceptable and necessary when things are made better. But what’s happening now is not reform, it is surrender. Surrender to ideology and mediocrity. Surrender to the idea that the only way to achieve “equity” is to undermine true merit. The NextGen Bar Exam is a disaster in the making. It is time for lawyers, judges, educators, and the public to speak out and demand a return to merit, rigor, and excellence. The fate of the legal profession and the trust of those it serves now hang in the balance.)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— What do you say to countries that side with Iran?
https://apnews.com/article/us-attack-iran-israel-reaction-united-nations-c10cc46ec236816d958ced2497a11464
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-war-nuclear-trump-bomber-news-06-22-2025-c2baca52babe915e033ae175ce8b2687
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-under-missile-attack-iran-says-all-options-open-after-us-strikes-2025-06-22/
MSN
— MSNBC Examines Trump’s Appeal to Working-Class Voters. My critics/opponents despise/hate the working class, that is, they despise/hate wage earners. Are/were you a wage earner? I washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/msnbc-examines-trump-s-appeal-to-working-class-voters/ar-AA1H44jc
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Putin and Iran.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-new-warning-trump-iran-pandora-box-2089188
https://www.newsweek.com/iran-taunts-gambler-trump-new-threat-criminal-america-2089171
https://www.newsweek.com/no-more-war-protest-donald-trump-iran-us-strike-israel-2088964
https://www.newsweek.com/what-trumps-strikes-iran-mean-gas-prices-oil-costs-surge-2088900
NBC NEWS
— Trump’s team launches group to unseat GOP Rep. Thomas Massie. I should write about a) those Republican leaders who had their operatives and their dupes unseat me as an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer and as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and b) those who could have come to my defense but did not.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-thomas-massie-criticism-us-strikes-iran-kentucky-maga-rcna214387
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/world/middleeast/us-protests-iran-attack.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010243288/trumps-risky-gamble-on-attacking-iran.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us/politics/trump-strikes-war-iran.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/briefing/a-legal-gamble.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/22/israel-iran-live-updates-us-trump/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/06/22/trump-iran-kaine-youngkin-van-hollen/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/22/iran-trump-nuclear-sites-strikes/9a90bf76-4f67-11f0-baaa-ba1025f321a8_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/22/trump-iran-bombing-maga/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/22/iran-trump-war-iraq-history-ghosts/
— APRIL 3, 2015 FLASHBACK: Would the government have hired you in 1956? IRS offered me a job when I was 22 years old in 1971 because I had taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970. IRS would have offered me the job sooner if I had been a veteran.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/04/03/would-the-government-have-hired-you-in-1956/
(FROM TRHE ARTICLE: The old civil service exam was introduced in 1955, a proctored, pencil-and-paper test that thousands of Americans took each year to get federal jobs. It was called the Federal Service Entrance Examination. A brochure called “Futures in the Federal Government” opened with these words: “Wanted: People of Promise” and urged Americans to take the exam. Starting salaries were listed at $4,040. The civil service exam is making a comeback. The old test was eventually thrown out after legal challenges found that it discriminated against minority groups, who did poorly.)
BOSTON GLOBE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/22/opinion/gay-lesbian-trans-lgbtq-military-veterans/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/22/donald-trump-steve-bannon-maga-iran-bombing-nuclear/84307459007/
FORTUNE
— Wealthy business-owning Trumpers are clashing with MAGA purists over who should get deported
https://fortune.com/2025/06/22/ice-raids-deportation-maga-business-workers/
BLOOMBERG
— China sides with Iran.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-22/china-condemns-trump-s-iran-attack-in-first-comment-since-us-hit
BLOOMBERG TAX
— Alternate Path to Be a Licensed CPA Has Wide-Ranging Benefits. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in when I was 30 years old 1979, b) my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights-and-commentary/alternate-path-to-be-a-licensed-cpa-has-wide-ranging-benefits
ALL GOVERNMENT
— APRIL 7, 2015 FLASHBACK: U.S. Government Brings Back Civil Service Exams after 34-Year Gap. IRS offered me a job when I was 22 years old in 1971 because I had taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970. IRS would have offered me the job sooner if I had been a veteran.
http://www.allgov.com/news/unusual-news/us-government-brings-back-civil-service-exams-after-34-year-gap-150407?news=856171
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Joining the federal workforce these days can involve doing something other federal workers haven’t had to do since the early 1980s: take a test. The federal government abolished the civil service exam in 1981 following multiple discrimination lawsuits that claimed the test was biased against minorities. But with so many people applying to become federal employees, some agencies decided to bring back the civil service exam, albeit in a much newer and modern format that tries to avoid being unfair to blacks and Hispanics. About 10% of would-be bureaucrats at three dozen government agencies—including the departments of Defense, Justice, and Health and Human Services—will take the USA Hire test that utilizes “animated avatars and videos to simulate challenges that could confront employees, testing their reasoning and problem-solving skills,” Lisa Rein wrote at The Washington Post. “Advances in technology allow the tests to scale questions; a correct answer leads to a harder question and an incorrect one ratchets down to an easier option. Scoring is instantaneous, an advance that can quickly winnow the pool of applicants,” Rein said. The test is designed to gauge an applicant’s general aptitude as well as teamwork, problem solving, judgment and specific job skills. Civil service exams originated in 1955 as the Federal Service Entrance Examination. At that time, starting salaries for federal employment were $4,040.)
CPA JOURNAL
— NASBA and the AICPA Propose an Alternative Path to CPA. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in when I was 30 years old 1979, b) my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and d) my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.cpajournal.com/2025/03/03/nasba-and-the-aicpa-propose-an-alternative-path-to-cpa-2/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.aol.com/trumps-total-disregard-juneteenth-underscores-213906390.html
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2025/06/23/academic-freedom-service-academies-dissipates-under
GUARDIAN
— Mohamad Bazzi: Like George W Bush, Trump has started a reckless war based on a lie
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/22/trump-iran-george-w-bush-netanyahu
GOOGLE AI
— Push comes to shove. Anticipate/expect that when push comes to shove, many, most, virtually all, if not all of your supporters will dump you. I should write about my supporters who dumped me when my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes a) defeat my candidacy for Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer in 2004, b) end my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, c) end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, d) gerrymander my precinct 2015, e) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and f) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024. I would focus on those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and who I have done the most to help elect and to reelect since 2000. I would focus on those who blame me the most for their defeats.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22push+comes+to+shove%22
June 22, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-same-sex-marriage-10-years-later/16810015/
— What do you say to nations that side with Iran?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-strikes-iran-nations-react-american-iranian-nuclear-sites-many-calling-diplomacy/16816470/
NBC5
— Republican Party has nearly five times more cash on hand than the Democrats
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/republican-party-has-nearly-five-times-more-cash-on-hand-than-the-democrats/3773252/
WGN9
— US warns of ‘heightened threat environment’ after strikes on Iran
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/us-warns-of-heightened-threat-environment-after-strikes-on-iran/
FOX32
— Illinois lawmakers (Casten, Duckworth, Durbin, and Kelly) slam Trump’s strike on Iran as ‘impeachable’ and ‘illegal’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-congress-iran-strikes
— Following Iran strike, Pritzker says he’s looking out for threats to Illinois
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/following-iran-strike-pritzker-says-hes-looking-out-threats-ilinois
— Fears grow that US strikes on Iran could spark wider war
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1662597
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/22/chicago-abortion-clinic-late-pregnancy/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/22/ice-chicago-honduras-mother-child/
— What do you say to nations that side with Iran?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/22/editorial-iran-nuclear-war-donald-trump-ali-khamenei/
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250622/letters-to-the-editor/a-welcome-reminder-of-why-pride-is-important/
25 NEWS NOW
— Central Illinois congressmen (LaHood and Sorensen) at odds on U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear sites, Duckworth claims military strikes illegal
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/06/22/central-illinois-congressmen-odds-us-bombing-iranian-nuclear-sites-duckworth-claims-military-strikes-illegal/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Iran, Israel and the Constant Threat of Nuclear War
https://johnkassnews.com/war-and-the-constant-threat-of-more-war/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The billionaires behind the ‘No Kings’ riots. Same global elites funding protesters are the ones pretending to be their enemies.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/22/billionaires-behind-no-kings-riots/
— GOP must tie all Democrats’ to the party’s radical policies and appointees
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/22/gop-must-tie-democrats-partys-radical-policies-appointees/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump did the right thing in Iran
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/opinion-restoring-america/3450215/trump-did-the-right-thing-in-iran/
— Trump’s devastating Iran strikes eliminate an intolerable threat
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3450058/trump-devastating-iran-strikes-eliminate-intolerable-threat/
NEW YORK POST
— Anti-ICE protests to cost Los Angeles taxpayers over $30M
https://nypost.com/2025/06/22/us-news/anti-ice-protests-to-cost-los-angeles-taxpayers-over-30m-official/
BREITBART
— Iran’s President Responds to U.S. at Rally in Tehran: ‘Revenge, Revenge!’
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2025/06/22/irans-president-responds-to-us-at-rally-in-tehran-revenge-revenge/
FOX NEWS
— GOP senators call for end to funding for sanctuary cities: ‘Enough is enough’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/watch-gop-senators-call-end-funding-sanctuary-cities-enough-enough
— Americans found to have increasing appetite for active US global leadership, led by MAGA Republicans.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/americans-found-have-increasing-appetite-active-us-global-leadership-led-maga-republicans-report
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Media’s Stubbornly Skewed Coverage of the Trans ‘Treatment’ Debate
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/06/the-medias-stubbornly-skewed-coverage-of-the-trans-treatment-debate/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Republican party divisions emerge following U.S. strikes on Iran
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/republican-party-divisions-emerge-following-u-s-strikes-on-iran-242053189926
CBS NEWS
— “We want real conservatives, real Republicans” says Texas GOP Chair in planned lawsuit against the state to close Republican primaries. What do you say to Democrats who cast Republican primary ballots to harm the Republican Party?
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/conservatives-republicans-texas-gop-chair-lawsuit-against-state-close-republican-primaries/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/opinion/gay-marriage-republicans-obergefell-hodges.html
— I should write about the leaders of the following who have blamed me, blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, blamed my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, and blamed my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership the most for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/trump-blame-politics.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats, and some Republicans, question Trump’s unilateral attack.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/22/us-iran-strikes-congress/
— MAGA is divided over Trump’s decision to bomb Iran. Will it last?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/22/trump-iran-bombing-maga/
USA TODAY
— Iran warns it ‘reserves all options’ after US airstrikes on nuclear sites.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/21/trump-us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites/84303364007/
— Not what ‘MAGA wanted to hear’: Trump’s Iran strike stoking GOP tensions.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/22/donald-trump-steve-bannon-maga-iran-bombing-nuclear/84307459007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Medicaid work requirements.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/republican-medicaid-work-requirement-push-d97170e9
FORBES
— Illinois Vehicle Mileage Tax—Fix The Roads And Fund The Future
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewleahey/2025/06/22/illinois-vehicle-mileage-tax-fix-the-roads-and-fund-the-future/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Accounting is a fast track to an upper-middle-class life. My not majoring in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970 was a tremendous career mistake. I wrongly thought that I could never pass the CPA examination. Even though I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. But by then, the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting.
https://www.businessinsider.com/cpa-jobs-millennial-accounting-great-career-path-comfortable-life-2024-12
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Accounting classes were actually fun because what I was doing finally made sense. I enjoyed the material and liked my classmates. Since I switched my major after my freshman year, I caught up on the credits I’d need to eventually get a CPA license by taking extra classes over the summer and winter breaks. During my sophomore and junior years, I interned with a tax firm and a CPA firm doing bookkeeping and tax work. The internships were interesting and helpful. At bigger firms, interns might get assigned to scanning client documents and other repetitive tasks, but I worked at smaller firms and was able to see the majority of the tax process from start to finish. After I graduated with a B.S. in accounting in 2017, I took a job with a local CPA firm in Oklahoma City. . .I joined a national firm doing tax work in 2018. I got my CPA license the following year because the company paid for part of my testing fees. Getting a CPA license isn’t mandatory for accountants — I know plenty of accountants without licenses who’ve had successful careers — but it’s still considered the gold standard for accounting and I knew it’d help me move up in my career. Later that year, I job-hopped to another local CPA firm and worked in a client-facing position doing tax and accounting work. In 2021, I got a job with the federal government as an IRS agent. In May 2023, I left the IRS to join a different agency, where I still work, and the following month I launched my own CPA practice. . .Almost every time I job-hopped, I got around a 20% pay bump, a title increase, and a better work-life balance. I feel comfortable and happy with my life.)
FED WEEK
— Have you ever taken a pay cut? I did. I took a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors had made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13, currently $117,807/year, even though I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I finally made GS-13 at GAO in 1986, but I would not have if I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I should write about my IRS and GAO coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me. They all were Democrats a) who had less wok 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 who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.
https://www.fedweek.com/retirement-financial-planning/my-federal-career-was-it-a-good-decision-to-leave-the-private-sector/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I began my federal career in 1985. My starting salary with a Master’s Degree was $21,804. I was taking a 12,000 dollar pay cut to begin my federal career. This 35 percent salary pay cut was mind-blowing. My friends and co-workers laughed at me and told me that it was a horrible mistake working for the government especially for such a large pay cut. My intuition told me that it was not a mistake and I was prepared to take a step backward in order to take a giant step forward. My vision of a federal career was that I saw growth and opportunity. The hospital continued to suffer with several other mergers and today it has been leveled to an empty parking lot.)
NATION
— I should write about the leaders of the following who have blamed me, blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, blamed my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, and blamed my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership the most for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-party-elite-responsible-catastrophe/
GOOGLE AI
— What discourages you from helping elect candidates? Too many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 have blamed their defeats on me, on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, on my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, and on my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22help+elect+candidates%22
June 22, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Transcript: President Donald Trump addresses nation after US strikes on Iran
https://abc7chicago.com/post/transcript-president-donald-trump-addresses-nation-us-strikes-iran/16812140/
CBS2
— Illinois lawmakers respond to Trump announcing U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-lawmakers-reaction-president-donald-trump-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Embattled Kenwood shelter housing migrants and homeless Chicagoans to close in coming months.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/20/dusable-shelter-closing/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/21/lgbtq-community-protests-skrmetti-ban/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/21/northwest-indiana-lgbtq-community-celebrates-pride-month-with-resilience-caution/
— Senate Republicans want to change the tax breaks in Trump’s big bill. By Itemizing, I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 and my wife and I paid less federal income tax doing that 1978-2017. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. They have always been especially furious that I deducted my education expenses 1972-1980 and 1992-1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/21/tax-breaks-trump-big-bill/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/22/ice-chicago-honduras-mother-child/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/13/heidi-stevens-as-demonstrations-over-immigration-policy-erupt-we-cant-forget-the-human-hearts-at-the-center-2-2/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, we will all be on Medicaid.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/06/21/medicaid-toddler-heart-transplant-kassandra-santos-marely-chavarria-santos-lurie-childrens-hospital
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/06/21/protest-supreme-court-trans-healthcare-bans-minors
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-culture/2025/06/21/pride-fest-lets-queer-chicagoans-be-themselves-i-love-the-freedom
DAILY HERALD
— The legislative shell game: GOP lawsuit draws attention to a practice that threatens faith in government
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250621/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-legislative-shell-game-gop-lawsuit-draws-attention-to-a-practice-that-thr/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250621/local-politics/it-was-horrific-elgin-immigrants-advocates-say-ramped-up-deportation-push-brings-fear-unease/
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Trump Says Americans Have ‘Too Many Non-Working Holidays’ On Juneteenth. Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have resented/despised/hated my having benefitted from federal holidays. I volunteered to work all federal holidays 1966-1969 and I earned overtime pay working virtually all of them.
https://chicagodefender.com/trump-says-americans-have-too-many-non-working-holidays-on-juneteenth/
SHAW LOCAL
— Ex-dairy owner Jim Oberweis to fundraise in Kane County Sunday for Florida Congressional run. But local GOP chief would like to keep political money in Illinois: ‘I’m concerned with Kane County, not with Naples, Florida.’
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/06/21/ex-dairy-owner-jim-oberweis-to-fundraise-in-kane-county-sunday-for-florida-congressional-run/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Illinois State Sen. Jim Oberweis is returning to Kane County for a fundraiser to support his run for Congress in Florida’s 19th District. Oberweis, formerly of Sugar Grove, is running in the 2026 Republican primary seat on Florida’s southern Gulf Coast being vacated by Byron Donalds in the 2026 primary election. The fundraiser is from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Dunham Woods Riding Club, 33W333 Army Trail Road in Wayne, according to the invitation. According to the invitation, the guest speaker will be Corey Brooks, known as Chicago’s “Rooftop Pastor,” who delivered a prayer at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Individual tickets for the Oberweis fundraiser are $250, available through RSVP@VoteJimO.com. No one from the campaign could be reached for comment. (COPY OF THE INVITATION) Even though he received an invitation, Kane County GOP Chairman Andro Lerario said he isn’t going. “With all due respect to Jim Oberweis – I like him, he’s a nice man – I’m concerned with Kane County, not with Naples, Florida,” Lerario said. “My issue is, he’s running for a position in Florida,” Lerario said. “I’ve already gone through two different situations in our party where, during the last election year, we had our own people do fundraisers in Kane County for Kari Lake and General [Michael] Flynn.” Lake lost her bid to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate and Flynn was raising money for a conservative nonprofit, America’s Future. Both fundraisers were held last year in St. Charles, records show. “These were very successful. Then they left Kane County,” Lerario said. “I don’t need another fundraiser that is going to take money out of Kane County when I have enough issues going on here. Do it in that state or that county, not here. With all due respect, we could use the money.” Oberweis, aside from being famous for ice cream, is also known for losing more elections than he has won. He lost a bid for the Illinois 14th Congressional District to Democrat Lauren Underwood in 2020. In 2008, Oberweis lost twice to Democrat Bill Foster, first in a special election for the remainder of J. Dennis Hastert’s seat and then in the general election. In 2006, Oberweis lost the GOP primary for Illinois governor. In 2002 and 2004, he lost Republican primaries in Illinois for U.S. Senate. In 2012, Oberweis won for the 25th District seat in the Illinois Senate and served two terms. In 2014, he won the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, but lost in the general election to incumbent U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who recently announced he won’t seek reelection next year. Last year, the dairy that bears Oberweis’ family name filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. He had left the company in 2007 when he passed Oberweis Dairy on to his son.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump’s makeover of the Civil Service has made it easier to fire federal employees. For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. For Democrat leaders, federal employees are their Patronage Army. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled that I would become a Democrat, but I refused to do that. I carried out their orders to give preference to my Democrat subordinates, virtually all of whom were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. But because I ever-increasingly complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me. I should write a book about the aforesaid.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-21/trumps-makeover-of-the-civil-service-has-made-it-easier-to-fire-people-critics-say
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump is changing long-standing norms around how the government hires and fires people, including by trying to turn tens of thousands of federal workers into at-will employees. President says it’s part of making the government more accountable. His critics contend that he is politicizing the civil service.)
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Republicans line up behind Trump after strike on Iran — with few detractors
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/republicans-line-up-behind-trump-after-strike-on-iran-with-few-detractors/
— Trump ignites debate on presidential authority with Iran strikes and wins praise from Republicans
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-wins-immediate-praise-from-republicans-in-congress-after-announcing-strikes-on-iran/
— Trump’s move against Iran may draw more criticism from MAGA’s anti-interventionists. What if America had not intervened in Vietnam?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-move-against-iran-may-draw-more-criticism-from-magas-anti-interventionists/
WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote international students over American students.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/the-latest-judge-halts-trump-s-effort-to-block-harvard-from-hosting-international-students/article_f50d9bec-8274-53f2-98fd-7cc15b2d7e60.html
IPM NEWS
— Duckworth said Trump’s actions were illegal. GAO works for Congress. Democrats ran GAO’s Chicago Office while I worked them 1980-1997. If I was still working for them, because of this bombing, they would have had my Jewish superior and supervisor kill me figuratively if not literally. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans they hired. By 1997, I was one of the extremely few Republicans remaining in the office. They would have succeeded in getting rid of me sooner if I had not a) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, b) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/illinois-congressional-delegation-split-on-support-for-us-attacks-on-iran/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The Trump Administration illegally bombed Iran tonight, putting American troops and citizens at risk of retaliation and threatening to draw us into yet another Middle East war without Constitutionally-required Congressional approval. I have long said Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon. But this goal could and should have been pursued through diplomatic means first,” wrote Duckworth.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who causes your problems? Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizen of a foreign country, lack education and/or job skills, have financial, health, and/or other problems, boozer, gambler, stoner, criminal, etc. Far too many Democrat-plant, Libertarian-plant, and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— U.S. bombs three Iranian nuclear sites
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/21/us-bombs-three-iranian-nuclear-sites-president-trump-says/
— ‘Massive’ U.S. strikes have ended Iran’s nuclear threat
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/21/donald-trump-says-massive-us-strikes-ended-irans-nuclear-threat/
— Identity politics create identity crisis among Democrats
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/20/editorial-identity-politics-create-identity-crisis-among-democrats/
— L.A. riots prove Trump is protecting the nation while the left tries to burn it down. Rather than learn from their defeat, Democrats double down on failed strategies.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/19/la-riots-prove-trump-protecting-nation-left-tries-burn/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Trump Decimates Iran’s Nuclear Sites
https://freebeacon.com/america/death-from-america-trump-decimates-irans-nuclear-sites-with-big-beautiful-bombs/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— No more sanctuary cities by the end of year.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/21/ag-pam-bondi-no-more-sanctuary-cities-by-end-of-year-1553080/
— Potential 2030 census disaster explains Dems’ ‘ride or die’ stance toward illegals
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/21/potential-2030-census-disaster-explains-dems-ride-or-die-stance-toward-illegals-1553145/
BREITBART
— Hard Anti-Trumper Adam Kinzinger: ‘Right Call’ to Bomb Iran Nuclear Facilities
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/21/hard-anti-trumper-adam-kinzinger-right-call-to-bomb-iran-nuclear-facilities/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Anarchy framed as compassion: Where is justice?
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/anarchy-framed-as-compassion-where-is-justice.html
DAILY CALLER
— Industries Long Addicted To Illegal Labor In Withdrawal As Trump Cracks Down. If they could have, all my employers would have hired illegals instead of me.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/industries-long-addicted-to-illegal-labor-in-withdrawal-as-trump-cracks-down/ar-AA1H7HPH
— Chaos Unfolds As Pro-Palestine Protesters Storm Penn Station In New York.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/21/pro-palestinian-protestors-penn-station-new-york-city-israel-gaza/
— Durbin Uses Biden Cover-Up Hearing To Attack Trump’s Fitness Instead. GAO works for Congress. Democrats ran GAO’s Chicago Office while I worked them 1980-1997. If I was still working for them, because of the bombing, they would have had my Jewish superior and supervisor kill me figuratively if not literally. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans they hired. By 1997, I was one of the extremely few Republicans remaining in the office. They would have succeeded in getting rid of me sooner if I had not a) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, b) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.aol.com/democrat-senator-uses-biden-cover-153940366.html
DAILY WIRE
— Left-Wing Activists Help Illegal Child Rapist Escape From ICE
https://www.dailywire.com/news/left-wing-activists-help-illegal-child-rapist-escape-from-ice
EPOCH TIMES
— US Strikes Iran’s Fordow Facility, 2 Other Nuclear Sites. Trump announced U.S. aircraft dropped a full payload of bombs on Iran’s Fordow facility, the main target of the strikes.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/us-strikes-irans-fordow-nuclear-facility-two-other-nuclear-sites-trump-announces-5876457
LIBERTY NATION
— MAGA Message to Trump: Go After the Employers of Illegal Aliens. Violent criminals are only part of the problem. If they could have, all my employers would have hired illegals instead of me.
https://www.libertynation.com/maga-message-to-trump-go-after-the-employers-of-illegal-aliens/
NEWSMAX
— ICE Nabs Violent Criminal Illegal Aliens in Nationwide Sweep.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-noem-nationwide/2025/06/21/id/1215912/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Bombed Iran, So We May Soon Know How Many Terrorist Sleeper Cells Came into America Under Biden
https://pjmedia.com/marktapscott/2025/06/21/trump-bombed-iran-so-we-will-soon-know-how-many-terrorist-sleeper-cells-came-into-america-under-biden-n4941044
POST MILLENNIAL
— Anti-ICE activists help illegal immigrant child rapist evade Colorado arrest
https://thepostmillennial.com/anti-ice-activists-help-illegal-immigrant-child-rapist-evade-colorado-arrest-officials
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Plot to Inflate 2030 Census With Illegal Immigrants to Secure House Seats. How many illegals can Democrat leaders bring into Illinois, your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/06/21/democrats-plot-to-inflate-2030-census-with-illegal-immigrants-to-secure-house-seats-n2659198
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders say “Iran retaliation a growing concern in the U.S. after strikes.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/iran-retaliation-a-growing-concern-in-the-u-s-after-strikes-242041925828
— Ocasio-Cortez says Trump Iran strikes ‘grounds for impeachment’
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/ocasio-cortez-says-trump-iran-strikes-grounds-for-impeachment-242042949738
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders say “US inserts itself into Israel’s war with Iran, striking 3 Iranian nuclear sites.”
https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-war-nuclear-talks-geneva-news-06-21-2025-a7b0cdaba28b5817467ccf712d214579
— Democrat leaders say “Trump’s big gamble in Iran is a risky moment after his pledges to keep US out of stupid wars.”
https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-nuclear-fordo-ef530114e5297884b1c3b76a04a3b1de
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders say “Strikes on Iran mark Trump’s biggest, and riskiest, foreign policy gamble.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/strikes-iran-mark-trumps-biggest-riskiest-foreign-policy-gamble-2025-06-22/
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/pope-leo-is-shaping-up-to-be-trumps-most-effective-moral-opponent-opinio/ar-AA1H1pDq
MSN
— Target Workers Expose Shocking Price Hikes of Up to 96% Allegedly Tied to Trump’s Tariffs
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/target-workers-expose-shocking-price-hikes-of-up-to-96-allegedly-tied-to-trump-s-tariffs/ar-AA1HarIE
— New federal pension system would put more burden on new employees. I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. Federal employees hired before 1989 were under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) . Those hired after 1989 are under the less generous Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). That ever-increasingly made FERS employees resent, despise, if not hate CSRS employees. I should write about that.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/new-federal-pension-system-could-put-more-burden-on-new-employees/ar-AA1Gb6ip
— For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. For Democrat leaders, federal employees are their Patronage Army. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled that I would become a Democrat, but I refused to do that. I carried out their orders to give preference to my Democrat subordinates, virtually all of whom were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. But because I ever-increasingly complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me. I should write a book about the aforesaid.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/trump-essay-writing-test-is-new-sordid-strategy-to-obliterate-enemies-report/ar-AA1GNZ3T
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Donald Trump is bulldozing through decades of nonpartisan federal employment protections in a brazen attempt to transform the entire government workforce into a cadre of personal loyalists, according to alarmed federal workers and public service watchdogs. The authoritarian makeover would obliterate longstanding precedent requiring federal hiring and promotion based on qualifications and experience—replacing it with ideological purity tests that prioritize devotion to Trump over competence or constitutional duty. “These employees could be replaced with partisan loyalists — people who will obey any order, regardless of the Constitution,” warned Joe Spielberger of the Project on Government Oversight, told the Washington Post. “This elevates loyalty to an individual president over the oath of office and the best interests of the public.” Trump’s radical restructuring includes forcing new federal workers to accept easily-fired “at-will” status or pay higher retirement contributions. Even more disturbing, job applicants must now write essays explaining how they’ll advance Trump’s personal agenda—a chilling loyalty test reminiscent of authoritarian regimes. The administration’s “Merit Hiring Plan” requires candidates to answer: “How would you help advance the President’s Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role?” the Post reported. The article added that federal workers are horrified by the transparent political screening. “That memo details this administration’s sordid strategy to turn a nonpartisan federal workforce into a merry band of MAGA loyalists,” said Aisha Coffey, an FDA communications specialist who was fired and is now on administrative leave. “The directive is clear: The civil service is to serve the president, first and foremost, and the American population last.”
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/opinion/the-supreme-court-fails-to-see-transgender-teens.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders say “With fateful decision, Trump gambles his presidency on war. Trump rose to power criticizing Middle East wars. Now he may have his own.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/22/trump-iran-bomb-consequences/
— Democrat leaders say “Trump did not prepare America for his war with Iran.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/21/iran-war-trump-israel-nuclear-strike/
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— How deportations help American workers. If they could have, all my employers would have hired illegals instead of me.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-joecks/victor-joecks-how-deportations-help-american-workers-3387944/
CAPE CORAL BREEZE
— Oberweis: America needs a tax-limitation balanced budget amendment now!
https://www.capecoralbreeze.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-guest-opinions/2025/06/20/guest-commentary-america-needs-a-tax-limitation-balanced-budget-amendment-now/
BLOOMBERG
— House GOP Drafts Cuts to Federal Employee Pension System. According to critics/opponents, my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension (currently $66,780/year) is much too generous. They decry that it would be even higher if my Democrat superiors a) had not forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) had not delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and c) had not forced me to resign when I was 20 years old in 1969. They remain furious that I got full-time CSRS credit while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 while I worked only part-time and that I got CSRS credit for my unused sick days. In my defense, while I worked for the federal government, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-26/house-gop-drafts-cuts-to-federal-employee-pension-system
NEWS MEDICAL
— Pot retailers found to be more concentrated in disadvantaged neighborhoods. The more pot that you smoke, the sooner that you are going to crash and die.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250602/Cannabis-retailers-found-to-be-more-concentrated-in-disadvantaged-neighborhoods.aspx
NEW YORKER
— According to Democrat leaders, Musk inflicted lasting damage to the federal government. There would have been no need for DOGE if Gingrich had reformed GAO during the 1980s and 1990s instead of gutting it.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/23/what-did-elon-musk-accomplish-at-doge
INDEPENDENT
— Rampant abuse of remote work among federal employees during Biden administration
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/federal-remote-work-investigation-biden-trump-b2774465.html
FINANCIAL TIMES
— Democrat leaders say “Trump gambles his presidency as US enters war with Iran.”
https://www.ft.com/content/8f6d3c9c-9d1f-4f17-98e6-3e75d077df6b
PHYS
— Triple disadvantage for workers from lower socio-economic backgrounds. My critics/opponents have/had parents who bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, got them jobs, etc. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. I had to work my way through college.
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-reveals-triple-disadvantage-workers-socio.html
June 20, 2025
Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and everything else to promote more hatred against Republicans. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their mainstream news media to hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks and everyone else have.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7 & CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting faith leaders to carry out their bidding. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is a liberal Democrat who not only hates Republicans, but hates the concepts of countries and borders.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-faith-leaders-julie-contreras-michael-pfleger-lead-south-loop-immigration-facility-protest-demand-end-ice-raids/16791549/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/06/19/faith-leaders-hold-vigil-outside-ice-office-ice-is-not-the-last-word-god-is
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/19/federal-courts-unreceptive-to-claims-of-wrong-raids
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250619/news/summer-jam-celebrates-juneteenth-in-carpentersville/
— A plea for mature judgment: Court must act promptly to break DuPage standoff over unpaid bills
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250620/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-a-plea-for-mature-judgment-court-must-act-promptly-to-break-dupage-standoff-o/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Another study confirms cannabis dangers to public health
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-another-study-confirms-cannabis-dangers-to-public-health/article_a320f2e7-0949-4c80-aa42-e11300353fe3.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ, that is, their success in destroying traditional marriage and family.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/majority-of-republicans-support-same-sex-marriage-new-polling-shows/
ILLINOIS TIMES
— The college crisis. Regional universities struggle to attract students amid funding challenges, changing demographics. Back in the good old days, I was able to work my way through college and graduate from NIU debt-free and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1970. My parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 part-time while I took classes a UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and full-time during of the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/the-college-crisis-20323878
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Ending Massive Gotion Subsidy Should Be an Obligation of Durbin, Duckworth and Krishnamoorthi
https://wirepoints.org/ending-massive-gotion-subsidy-should-be-an-obligation-of-durbin-duckworth-and-krishnamoorthi-wirepoints/
JOHN KASS
— Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely. I should write about my critics/opponents who have/had the most power in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on the aforesaid who had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://johnkassnews.com/power-corrupts-and-absolute-power-corrupts-absolutely/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Welch defends what Republicans call ‘pork’ in Illinois budget
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_65128e73-2ae7-4748-957f-d32af5c17c6b.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Iran Strikes Israeli Hospital
https://amgreatness.com/2025/06/19/morning-greatness-iran-strikes-israeli-hospital/
AMERICAN REFORMER
— Amnesty is Political Treason. Illegal Immigration as an Assault on the Body Politic.
https://americanreformer.org/2025/06/amnesty-is-political-treason/
BREITBART
— Despite Media Narrative, Majority Support Trump Deporting Criminal Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/19/knudsen-despite-media-narrative-majority-support-trump-deporting-criminal-illegals/
— Josh Hawley Accuses Tyson Foods of Employing Illegal Aliens, Children
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/19/josh-hawley-accuses-tyson-foods-of-employing-illegal-aliens-children-while-closing-u-s-plants/
— NY Pride Pleads for Cash Donations as Corporate Donors Flee
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/19/ny-pride-pleads-for-cash-donations-as-corporate-donors-flee/
DAILY CALLER
— Universities Need To Come Clean About The Real Meaning Of ‘Meritocracy.’ According to my Democrat and RINO leaders, when Whites and males do better than minorities and females, it is because Whites and males benefit from discrimination against minorities and females. All the minorities and females who my Democrat and RINO superiors promoted over me a) had less experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/19/opinion-as-diversity-debate-roils-higher-education-universities-need-to-come-clean-about-the-real-meaning-of-meritocracy-alan-dershowitz/
DAILY WIRE
— Florida Offers ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ To House Illegal Aliens. The proposed detention facility could accommodate around 1000 illegal aliens.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-offers-alligator-alcatraz-to-house-illegal-aliens
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Will Turn Every Illegal Alien Trump Doesn’t Deport Into A Voter. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army. During the Civil War, what if Democrats had succeeded in getting Mexico and other foreign countries to join them in defeating America?
https://thefederalist.com/2025/06/19/democrats-will-turn-every-illegal-alien-trump-doesnt-deport-into-a-voter/
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump claims federal holidays cost ‘billions’ as Americans observe Juneteenth. Trump previously recognized the holiday, calling it an opportunity to celebrate freedom.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-claims-federal-holidays-cost-billions-americans-observe-juneteenth
FOX NEWS
— Federal judge halts Trump’s plan to cut funding for sanctuary states that refuse to cooperate
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-judge-halts-trumps-plan-cut-funding-sanctuary-states-refuse-cooperate
NEWSMAX
— Amnesty would incentivize more illegals to come here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey5w8mFsz-g
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pence: American right facing ‘existential identity crisis’
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5359763-pence-warns-conservative-movement-threat/
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their mainstream news media promote more hatred against Republicans. The mainstream news media exists to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democrats-want-new-leaders-focus-pocketbook-issues-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-06-19/
CNN
— Trump criticizes ‘non-working holidays’ on Juneteenth
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/19/politics/trump-non-working-holidays-juneteenth
MSN
— Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party exists a) to give more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) to destroy those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/federal-judge-slams-trump-s-anti-dei-orders-as-blatant-anti-lgbtq-discrimination/ar-AA1GQakX
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more hatred against Republicans and against America.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/our-new-woke-pope-newly-minted-pontiff-s-post-slamming-jd-vance-lights-up-social-media/ar-AA1Eq13a
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump is silent about Juneteenth on a day he previously honored as president
https://apnews.com/article/trump-juneteenth-slavery-statement-holiday-28afec7cd532295437d53d3ec29f549f
NEWSWEEK
— To promote more mass/illegal immigration, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at Americans that with more foreigners in America, Americans should no longer have to take bad jobs. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-deportation-policy-collides-with-realities-of-american-labor-market/ar-AA1GTmgj
— More Workers in Illinois Are Quitting Their Jobs. The longer that you work for the federal government, the harder that it is to get a job in the private sector. I started working for the federal government when I was 18 years old in 1966. My Democrat superiors forced me to resign in 1969. Nevertheless, Firestone Stores hired me in 1970 and Oldsmobile offered me a job in 1971. But the Firestone job did not really require the bachelor’s degree in management that I had and Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-states-where-more-workers-are-quitting-their-jobs-2087517
CBS NEWS
— National monument honoring Emmett Till at risk of removal due to Trump’s anti-DEI initiatives, budget cuts
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/national-monument-honoring-emmett-till-at-risk-of-removal-trump-dei-initiatives-budget-cuts/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Juneteenth Goes Uncelebrated at White House as Trump Complains About ‘Too Many’ Holidays
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/us/politics/juneteenth-white-house-slavery.html
— Seeking Jobs and Purpose, Fired Federal Workers Form New Networks. I should write about my GAO coworkers who along with me lost their jobs because of Gingrich budget cuts and because of Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, because of race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and veterans preference. I would focus on those who shared many if not most of my demographics and who “cut deals” with my GAO superiors to keep their jobs as long as possible. I would focus on those who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/us/politics/federal-workers-support-groups.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump can keep National Guard in Los Angeles, appeals court rules
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/20/trump-keep-national-guard-la-ruling/
BOSTON GLOBE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and everything else to promote more hatred against Republicans. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their mainstream news media to hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks and everyone else have.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/19/nation/trump-gop-juneteenth-under-attack/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders downplayed the violence in LA
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/06/18/trump-polls-la-protests-distraction/84230142007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and everything else to promote more hatred against Republicans. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their mainstream news media to hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks and everyone else have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/18/juneteenth-trump-dei-backlash/84234731007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/06/19/black-wall-street-juneteenth-economic-inequality/84244714007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more DEI and Juneteenth and LGBTQ
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/18/dei-backlash-hurts-gay-trans-nonbinary-executives/84176040007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/18/juneteenth-trump-dei-backlash/84234731007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/17/lgbtq-greek-life-fraternity-sorority-inclusive/83492319007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/04/30/trump-shut-down-suicide-hotline-lgbtq-kids/83334766007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2025/06/15/lgbtq-books-pride-month-recommendations/84183914007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/06/13/lgbtq-health-centers-clinics-essential-care/83491500007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/studiog/life/2025/06/13/lgtbq-church-clergy-movement-inclusion/83491161007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Is Rioting Acceptable? If So, How Much? A judge shrugged off ‘some stray violent incidents.’ Los Angeles police sources tell a very different story.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-rioting-acceptable-if-so-how-much-06531b5b?mod=opinion_lead_pos5
FORBES
— Trump Can Retain Control Of National Guard In LA, Appeals Court Rules
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/06/20/appeals-court-allows-trump-to-retain-control-of-national-guard-in-los-angeles/
— Radical Dems Will No Longer Be Allowed To Shelter Illegals Who Threaten Public Safety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqHgTG3Zxk0
ALTERNET
— ‘Unmoored from conservative ideals’: Pence rips into MAGA for having no ‘moral foundation’
https://www.alternet.org/pence-maga-conservative/
INDEPENDENT
— Today Los Angeles, tomorrow Chicago? Tom Homan reveals how Trump wants to use National Guard more broadly
https://www.aol.com/today-los-angeles-tomorrow-chicago-214629690.html
June 18, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/18/ice-chicago-protests-arrests/
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/18/column-chicago-gay-bar-sidetrack-ohare-airport-washington/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote mor hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/06/17/chicago-area-juneteenth-celebrations
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-threatens-immigration-raids-johnson-vows-fight
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/greg-hinz-trump-immigration-moves-spark-political-peril
WTTW
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/17/chicago-relaunch-know-your-rights-ad-campaign-after-trump-vows-expand-immigration-raids
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats’ defiance of ICE grows after New York mayoral candidate arrested
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/17/brad-lander-arrested-ice-trying-shield-migrant-agents-court/
NEW YORK POST
— Mayor Johnson warns Trump against deploying federal troops for immigration crackdown in Chicago
https://nypost.com/2025/06/18/us-news/mayor-brandon-johnson-warns-trump-against-deploying-federal-troops-for-immigration-crackdown-in-chicago/
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly banish you if you do not share their hatred against Trump. I should write about the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/18/entertainment/the-red-jumpsuit-apparatus-frontman-ronnie-winter-bans-trump-supporters-from-concerts/
— Young white men feel the need to ‘walk on eggshells’ and censor themselves at work. My White male coworkers who got promoted over me were Democrats who promoted Affirmative Action, DEI, and the veterans preference big time, that is, they promoted race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and the veterans preference big time. I should write about my White male coworkers who got promoted over me. They had less work experience than I had. They had less education than I had. They had no professional certifications or fewer than I had. They had no professional license like the one I had.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/17/lifestyle/white-men-say-theyre-scared-to-speak-at-work-poll/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Trump’s DOJ should shut this down NOW!’ Chicago mayor offers $4.11M in grants to blacks only.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/17/trumps-doj-should-shut-this-down-now-chicago-mayor-offers-4-11m-in-grants-to-blacks-only-1551869/
— MAGA loses hope in Trump-appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican will officially announce that they are Democrats and that they always have been.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/17/maga-loses-hope-in-trump-appointed-justice-amy-coney-barrett-1552039/
— How exactly do Democrats benefit from illegal immigrants in the United States?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/17/how-exactly-do-democrats-benefit-from-illegal-immigrants-in-the-united-states-1551898/
BLAZE
— Sanctuary cities beware: Mass deportations ahead
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/sara-gonzales-unfiltered/sanctuary-cities-deportations
BREITBART
— Chicago Mayor Johnson: Trump Is ‘Trying to Eliminate Black Existence From This Country’ Democrats eliminated me from GAO when I was 49 years old in 1997 so that they could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black 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 had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/06/17/chicago-mayor-johnson-trump-is-trying-to-eliminate-black-existence-from-this-country/
— ICE Subpoena Prompts Chicago to Suspend Website Helping Illegal Aliens Obtain IDs
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/17/ice-subpoena-prompts-chicago-to-suspend-website-helping-illegal-aliens-obtain-ids/
— By 12-Points, Voters Support Trump Using National Guard to Quell L.A. Riots
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/17/nolte-by-12-points-voters-support-trump-using-national-guard-to-quell-l-a-riots/
CENTER SQUARE
— Taxpayers spent $56 billion on improper Medicaid claims
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_ed28ff51-2ef7-4b65-b0d7-83081141e2f7.html
DAILY CALLER
— Los Angeles ICE Riots Cost City $20 Million — And Counting
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/17/los-angeles-ice-riots-cost-city-20-million-and-counting/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Patriotism, Not Pride’: Oklahoma Lawmaker Aims to Ban LGBTQ Flags on Federal Property
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/06/17/patriotism-not-pride-oklahoma-lawmaker-aims-ban-lgbtq-flags-federal-property/
EPOCH TIMES
— Does the US Do Enough to Challenge CCP Infiltration?
https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/N4fBgA
FOX NEWS
— Mayor Johnson warns Trump against deploying federal troops for immigration crackdown in Chicago. Johnson vows legal action if Trump sends troops to Chicago for immigration enforcement.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mayor-johnson-warns-trump-against-deploying-federal-troops-immigration-crackdown-chicago
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6374490312112
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-appointed-judge-blocks-trumps-move-only-allow-two-genders-us-passports
— Border czar Tom Homan reveals unprecedented success in Trump’s border strategy. Record-breaking low of only 95 illegal immigrants encountered at southern border in 24 hours.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/border-czar-tom-homan-reveals-unprecedented-success-trumps-border-strategy
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Nearly 1 Million Illegal Immigrants Self-Deport Under Trump as Wages Rise. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower. My wages back then enabled me to a) buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air when I was 16 in 1964, b) buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17, c) pay for my UIC expenses 1966-1968, d) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, e) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, f) pay for my NIU expenses 1969-1970, g) graduate from NIU debt-free in 1970, h) etc.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/06/nearly-1-million-illegal-immigrants-self-deport-under-trump-as-wages-rise/
NEWSMAX
— Media Deceiving Public About Crime By Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/us/dhs-tricia-mclaughlin-illegal-immigration/2025/06/17/id/1215405/
TOWNHALL
— Here’s What Happened When One Million Illegals Self-Deported. Citizens of foreign countries come to America illegally and/or stay in America illegally because Democrat and RINO leaders illegally invite them and illegally give them preference over citizens of America. Democrat leaders do that because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders do that because they want cheap labor.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/06/17/heres-what-happened-when-one-million-illegals-self-deported-n2658942
WESTERN JOURNAL
— National Anthem Outrage: On ‘No Kings’ Day Entitled Pop Singer Insults Every American Watching Dodgers Game.
https://www.westernjournal.com/national-anthem-outrage-no-kings-day-entitled-pop-singer-insults-every-american-watching-dodgers-game/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5356173-judge-extends-block-trump-passport-policy-trans-nonbinary/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5353585-trump-fails-to-control-inflation/
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/judge-trump-passports-sex-markers-transgender-nonbinary-rcna213641
NBC LOS ANGELES
— Trump administration activates 2,000 additional military troops to Los Angeles
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/trump-administration-to-send-2000-additional-military-troops-to-los-angeles/3726777/
MSN
— Anticipate/expect that the Democrats who run Chicago will make Chicago Republicans pay reparations, and especially those who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/shut-this-down-maga-explodes-as-chicago-explores-slavery-reparations/ar-AA1GQ69c
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Minnesota shooter to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/17/congress-is-holding-emergency-briefings-on-security-after-minnesota-shootings/84239496007/
UPI
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/06/17/chicago-know-your-rights-deportation/7631750211952/
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-blocks-trump-passport-policy-targeting-transgender-people-2025-06-17/
NEW YORK TIMES
— To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors did not investigate my travel vouchers in 1974, they disallowed them. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors did not investigate my education deductions in 1978, they disallowed them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/opinion/trump-investigations-damage.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/us/trans-soldier-trump-ban.html
— Images of Handcuffed Democrats Start to Pile Up in Trump’s Crackdown. Federal agents have arrested a growing number of the party’s elected officials, fueling liberal outrage and conservative accusations that Democrats are carrying out publicity stunts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/us/politics/democrats-arrested-lander-padilla-trump.html
— If Trump Wants War With Iran, Let’s Hear From Congress First
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/opinion/trump-iran-war-congress.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The Democrat Party exists to destroy Trump and to destroy Americans who share his demographics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/17/democrats-dnc-fighting-hogg-martin/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote illegal immigration and b) fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/17/trump-travel-ban-immigration-wall/
MIAMI TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote mor hatred against Republicans.
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/you-cant-erase-us-miami-marks-juneteenth-amid-widespread-cultural-censorship/article_b3680a41-2195-45d3-aacb-fba5e292f457.html
DESERET NEWS
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.deseret.com/magazine/2025/06/17/the-rise-and-fall-of-dei/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and DEI to destroy Republicans
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/18/juneteenth-trump-dei-backlash/84234731007/
— Anticipate/expect that soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ, Democrat and RINO employers will officially a) not hire you and b) get rid of you.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/18/dei-backlash-hurts-gay-trans-nonbinary-executives/84176040007/
— You can earn a six-figure income and still be broke. When did you start earning six-figures in today’s dollars? I did when I was 25 years old in 1974. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious. They ever-increasingly hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should not have been promoted in 1972, 1973, and 1974. They got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me those years. They stressed that I was a Republican and I had avoided the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/04/us-cities-six-figures-income-broke/83414975007/
— Could Trump end Juneteenth as a federal holiday? The short answer: Not on his own
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/18/donald-trump-end-juneteenth-dei/84242953007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/deportations-raids-business-farms-630a917e
— The Economics of Slavery. Probing the incentives and institutions that kept slavery alive can help us value what freedom means. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, I have always stressed that they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-slavery-history-juneteenth-a26e1c0b
BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s ‘Woke Pushback’ Praised By Billionaire Ken Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEEMrztOhsQ
FAST COMPANY
— Anticipate/expect that soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ, Democrat and RINO employers will officially a) not hire you and b) get rid of you.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91342042/these-lgbtq-community-leaders-are-preserving-queer-histories
BUZZ FEED
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexalisitza/trump-democrat-cities-announcement-reactions
AXIOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/17/trump-transgender-passport-policy-court
INDEPENDENT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Minnesota shooter to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.aol.com/trump-fails-address-minnesota-shootings-085857006.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use democracy to destroy Trump, to destroy Republicans, and to destroy America.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-commentary/are-trumps-policies-undermining-civil-liberties-americas-democratic-values/articleshow/121916083.cms