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September 5, 2025 Evening Edition

September 3, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WIH BIG PICTURE: Pritzker braces Chicagoans for federal incursion as Trump says ‘we’re going in’ but won’t say when. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/president-trump-reiterates-guard-chicago-threat-timing-unclear/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/
— TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/retired-police-sell-marijuana-alderman-blocks-dispensary/
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government had my Jewish superiors and supervisors take adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/holocaust-museum-satellite-location-renovation-genocide/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump says feds are ‘going in’ to Chicago, Pritzker adds Texas troops may be en route. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/02/donald-trump-national-guard-deployment-chicago-jb-pritzker-brandon-johnson-crime
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/03/chicago-sees-its-fewest-summer-murders-since-1965
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/02/veterans-speak-out-against-proposed-deployment-of-national-guard-in-chicago
— Prioritize funding after-school programs. What did you do after-school, Saturdays, and summers while you were in high school? I did yard work while I was a freshman and sophomore, I delivered newspapers all 4 years, and I washed dishes while I was a junior and senior.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/09/03/funding-after-school-programs-trump-lakesia-collins
— Protect workers toiling in the heat. When did you toil in the heat the most? For me it was when I delivered mail for the Park Forest Post Office during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/09/03/protect-workers-deadly-heat-summer-city-council-maria-hadden-michael-rodriguez

NBC5
— Texas border patrol chief expected to lead increased immigration efforts in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/texas-border-patrol-chief-expected-to-lead-increased-immigration-enforcement-in-chicago/3818712/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-582/
(FROM THE BRIEFING: Republican Robert Vrankovich. Is running for the district now held by retiring Republican Rep. Amy Grant…Robert Vrankovich, husband, father, successful entrepreneur, and longtime community leader, today announced his campaign for State Representative in the 47th Legislative District. “Illinois is my home, and I will help reverse the course Springfield has set,” Vrankovich said. “It’s time to cut taxes and costs, make our communities safer, and turn Illinois into a business-friendly state where families can thrive.” “Representative Amy Grant has always represented the interests of our community. I am grateful for her years of dedicated service and look forward to continuing to protect the quality of life and shared values that make our neighborhoods such a great place to live and raise a family.” A proven entrepreneur, Vrankovich was the genesis of a start-up propane company 25 years ago, starting with zero customers and building it into a national operation generating more than $110 million annually. Having grown his business from the ground up, he knows firsthand how harmful policies from Springfield can stifle growth, drive up costs, and make life unaffordable for working families. “Springfield is making life unaffordable for families across Illinois,” Vrankovich explained. “The endless taxes and runaway spending are driving families and businesses out of our state. We should be making it easier to start and grow a business in Illinois, but instead, they’ve created one of the most hostile environments for job creators in the country. I’m running to change that.”)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Chicago Democrats From America’s Murder Capital Refuse Trump’s Help on Crime
https://johnkassnews.com/democrats-from-americas-murder-capital-refuse-trumps-help-on-crime/

HOUSE REPUBLICANS
— House Republican licensing reforms aim to get Illinois working. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. My becoming a licensed CPA and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32 and my earning a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31 frustrated my Democrat GAO superiors’ efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.thecaucusblog.com/2025/09/house-republican-licensing-reforms-aim.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China against America?
https://nypost.com/2025/09/03/us-news/trump-accuses-putin-kim-jong-un-and-xi-jinping-of-conspiring-against-us-as-they-meet-at-military-parade-in-china/

BLAZE
— Congress must kill DEI before it kills our military readiness
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/congress-must-kill-dei-before-it-kills-our-military-readiness

BREITBART
— Tim Walz Appears to Fantasize About President Trump’s Demise
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/02/watch-tim-walz-appears-fantasize-about-president-trumps-demise-there-will-be-news-sometime/amp/

CHRONICLES
— Woke Ideology Has Always Benefited Elites, Not Victims. My critics/opponents have always wokeness/wokeism, that is, they have always promoted discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/reviews/woke-ideology-has-always-benefited-elites-not-victims/

COLLEGE FIX
— Ed Dept cuts child care grants to dozen universities over ‘racial justice’ curriculum. To promote racial justice is to promote more hatred against Whites who are conservative, Republican, male, older, Protestant, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/ed-dept-cuts-child-care-grants-to-dozen-universities-over-racial-justice-curriculum/

DAILY CALLER
— The ‘America First’ Solution For Farmers and Hotels. Illegals take bad jobs. My critics/opponents never had to take bad jobs. But I did. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/02/america-first-solution-farm-workers-hotels-restaurants-h2b-h2a-visa-trump/
— Tim Walz Appears To Tell Supporters All Is Not Lost Because Trump Will Die Soon
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/02/tim-walz-trump-death-rumors/

DAILY WIRE
— Chicago Mayor Calls On Organized Labor To ‘Defend’ City From Trump. Under Mayor Brandon Johnson, Chicago experienced 572 homicides in 2024. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-calls-on-organized-labor-to-defend-city-from-trump

FOX NEWS
— Trump responds to critics with counterpunches across politics and ongoing culture wars. President targets Democratic governors, media figures and calls for charges against George Soros.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/why-trump-fights-everyone-and-he-going-too-far
— In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China against America?
https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-claims-putin-xi-kim-conspiring-against-us-after-military-parade-china
— Chicago residents beg for more help as crime wreaks ‘havoc.’ How has Chicago crime impacted you? While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in 1973. Both thefts had a big negative impact on me.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-residents-beg-more-help-crime-wreaks-havoc-more-top-headlines

NEWS BUSTERS
— Democrat leaders say Black women are among the hardest hit by Trump cuts. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They all 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 I had.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2025/09/02/ny-times-front-beyond-parody-black-women-are-among-hardest-hit

PJ MEDIA
— Back to Activism: Teachers’ Union Boycotts Target Over DEI
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/09/02/back-to-activism-teachers-union-boycotts-target-over-dei-n4943253

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/us/national-guard-chicago-trump-push-wwk
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/appeals-court-ruling-trump-alien-enemies-act-deportations-unlawful
— In WWIII, which countries will side with China against America?
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/china-military-parade-xi-jinping-09-03-25-intl-hnk
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/politics/trump-china-xi-putin-kim-modi-analysis

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://apnews.com/article/trump-chicago-baltimore-law-enforcement-6d7c80258f17c3d679358467531f7e9d

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-rebuffs-health-speculation-golf-hand-bruise-biden-clinton-rcna228542

NEW YORK TIMES
— Mass Migration and Liberalism’s Fall
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/opinion/immigration-liberal-europe-merkel.html

WASHINGTON POST
— According to Democrat leaders, they can retaliate against Republicans, but Republicans leaders cannot retaliate against Democrats. My Democrat superiors in the federal government retaliated against me big time because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/02/fema-employees-leave-whistleblower-legal-complaint/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/03/trump-health-media-coverage/b8889dd6-887a-11f0-895c-97bd39cbdc59_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/02/trump-administration-use-national-guard-la-violated-law-judge-rules/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/01/aggressive-immigration-enforcement-burnout-ice-agents/85859330007/

FORBES
— Careers and chance: How much control do you really have? If Oldsmobile had not agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint when I was 22 years old in 1971, my entire life would have been different. Because of that agreement, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because of that, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/insead/careers-and-chance-how-much-control-do-you-really-have/81963/1

AFGE
— I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that because I was a union member, I was grossly overpaid. During that time, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. But during that time, I earned a job-related a) bachelor’s degree, b) master’s degree, and c) professional certification.
https://www.afge.org/article/trump-strips-more-federal-workers-of-their-negotiated-rights
https://www.afge.org/article/public-opposition-growing-in-response-to-trumps-attacks-on-our-public-institutions-labor-rights-and-personal-freedoms

ATLANTIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their judges to scold Trump
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/trump-national-guard-law-california/684084/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marc-siegel-trump-health_n_68b7afb5e4b0e9fcc5f3235d

TIMES OF INDIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/trumps-terrified-ugly-clash-in-u-s-house-over-presidents-name-in-epstein-files-dems-explode/videoshow/123672340.cms

September 2, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders want Pritzker to win in 2026. Failing that, they want an anti-Trump Republican candidate to win who is Democrat plant, Democrat Lite, RINO, if not anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican who rejects the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and/or other if not all of the planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/illinois-republicans-governor-ilgop-2028/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/outdoor-cannabis-cultivation-illinois/

ABC7
— Chicago-area residents celebrate Labor Day 2025 with parades. I have always been big on parades. I attended Bob Doles’ rally after he walked in Wheaton’s Independence Day Parade in 1996. SEE: https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/05/us/for-dole-upbeat-crowd-on-a-spirited-day.html At the 2000 Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Springfield, I encouraged George Ryan to encourage Bush/Cheney to walk in Wheaton’s 2000 Independence Day Parade. But my attending the Bush/Cheney rally before Naperville’s 2000 Labor Day Parade and my walking in that parade really got me going. SEE: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/09/05/no-ordinary-fling-in-naperville/ I ever-increasingly encouraged Republican candidates to walk in Wheaton Independence Day Parades. I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day Parades from 2005 until my critics/opponents ended that in 2021.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/labor-day-events-2025-chicago-area-residents-wrap-holiday-weekend-parades-festivals/17714451/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The marching bands got their work done early in Naperville, with the annual Labor Day parade. Thousands lined the course, watching the many community organizations marching by.)

NBC5
— At least 54 people shot, 7 fatally, during Labor Day weekend in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/at-least-54-people-shot-7-fatally-during-labor-day-weekend-in-chicago/3818070/

FOX32
— Deadly weekend: Eight killed, 48 wounded over Labor Day weekend in Chicago, prompting Trump to threaten National Guard deployment. Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/labor-day-violence-chicago-prompts-trump-national-guard-warning

NORTHWEST HERALD
— More than 600 people attend Labor Day protest in McHenry. ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ one of many across Illinois, country.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/09/01/more-than-600-people-attend-labor-day-protest-in-mchenry/

DAILY LINE
— Illinois Republicans light on candidates for statewide races in 2026 midterm
https://www.thedailyline.com/illinois-republicans-light-candidates-statewide-races-2026-midterm

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-581/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tax Eaters in Search of Another Mass Transit Bailout
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/02/tax-eaters-in-search-of-another-mass-transit-bailout/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Nationwide Labor Day protests denounce billionaires in Trump’s orbit. Organizers are aiming to remind the country of Labor Day’s origins and emphasize workers’ rights. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise workers. I was a worker 1964-1997.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/01/nationwide-labor-day-protests-denounce-billionaires-trumps-orbit/

BREITBART
— Illinois Lt. Gov.: Trump Wants to Do ‘Aggressive Attack’ Here to ‘Provoke’ Reaction So They Can Federalize Troops
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/01/il-lt-gov-trump-wants-to-do-aggressive-attack-here-to-provoke-reaction-so-they-can-federalize-troops/
— Texas Trucking’s Silent Threat: Non-English Speaking Drivers Surge as Crashes Mount Nationwide
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/09/01/texas-truckings-silent-threat-non-english-speaking-drivers-surge-as-crashes-mount-nationwide/
— Chicago Alderman: Trump’s Trying to Use ‘Violence’ Here
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/01/chicago-alderman-trumps-trying-to-use-violence-here/
— Chicago Alderman on Shootings in City: Trump ‘Exacerbated’ Inner City Violence
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/01/chicago-alderman-on-shootings-in-city-trump-exacerbated-inner-city-violence/
— Trump’s policies spark protests in multiple US cities on Labor Day
https://www.breitbart.com/news/president-donald-trumps-policies-spark-protests-in-multiple-us-cities-on-labor-day/
— Trump Administration Suspends U.S. Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2025/09/01/trump-administration-suspends-u-s-visas-for-palestinian-passport-holders/

COLLEGE FIX
— FBI probes slew of nationwide false campus shooter reports tied to online group
https://www.thecollegefix.com/fbi-probes-slew-of-nationwide-false-campus-shooter-reports-tied-to-online-group/

EPOCH TIMES
— Why Can’t Teens Get Jobs? While I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, UIC student 1966-1968, and NIU student 1969-1970, few of my classmates had jobs. But I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. My critics/opponents have always used my taking the aforesaid jobs against me. They make it clear that they would never had stooped to take the aforesaid jobs. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my taking the aforesaid jobs proves that I am a loser. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/why-cant-teens-get-jobs-5897482

FOX NEWS
— Judge halts Trump admin’s effort to deport Guatemalan children
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6378087284112

NEWSMAX
— Trump: Bring Back Insane Asylums, House Mentally Ill
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mentally-ill-insane-asylums-donald-trump/2025/09/01/id/1224673/
— Insurrection Act Gives Trump Power to Deploy Guard. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Criminals and illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-deploytroops-insurrectionact/2025/09/01/id/1224681/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5480608-may-day-strong-labor-protest/

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2efnUi0f3A
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/chicagoans-want-help-tackling-crime-but-with-different-approach-than-trump-s-crackdown-246363205702

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/politics/video/the-lead-juliana-stratton-chicago-national-guard-president-trump-tapper
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/trump-national-guard-epstein-russia-ukraine-china-senate-analysis
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/the-arena-with-kasie-hunt/episodes/34cb4784-6cdf-11f0-995b-5fc5837b209c

REUTERS
— China’s Xi convenes ‘Axis of Upheaval’ in Beijing, sidelining Trump. In WWIII, which countries will side with China against America?
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/chinas-xi-convenes-axis-upheaval-beijing-sidelining-trump-2025-09-02/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://apnews.com/video/anti-trump-protests-held-in-chicago-e2fb17c619a64478bab5d0c63cf913cf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxCxn5BVBY0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-1vsob2slg

NEW YORK TIMES
— Labor Day Protests Denounce Trump While Supporting Workers. The demonstrations were part of the continuing effort by Trump opponents to try to pressure his administration, even if many events were modest in size. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise workers. I was a worker 1964-1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/trump-labor-day-protests.html
— Young and Old Are Facing Off for Jobs. For White male non-veterans, it is up-or-out. For White male non-veteran federal employees, they are out if they do not make GS-13 ($117,807/year) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211/year) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200/year)by age 40. Extremely few White male non-veteran federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/business/21age.html
— Fine-Tune Your Feed and Get News You Can Use. My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading the newsletters. Failing that, they want me to stop including links in the newsletters to articles that promote planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/technology/personaltech/apple-google-news-customize.html
— A Guide to Repaying Your Student Loans. If you had to work your way through college like me, what if you had gotten a student loan? If I had gotten a student loan my GPA would have been higher. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes, delivering mail, working for IRS, and working for GAO.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/student-loan-repayment-options.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Nationwide Labor Day protests denounce billionaires in Trump’s orbit. Organizers are aiming to remind the country of Labor Day’s origins and emphasize workers’ rights. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise workers. I was a worker 1964-1997.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/01/nationwide-labor-day-protests-denounce-billionaires-trumps-orbit/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Hidden cost of EV ownership: high insurance premiums
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-08-28/insurance-premiums-hike-up-the-price-of-evs

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rahm Emanuel: We Have Met the Enemy and He Isn’t Us. Can Americans stop fighting each other long enough to appreciate the threat from China?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/we-have-met-the-enemy-and-he-isnt-us-b3faa55c
— Remember the Children of Annunciation. Don’t let yourself grow numb. School shootings are a horror we can’t accept.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/remember-the-children-of-annunciation-add5b127?mod=opinion_lead_pos8
— You Can’t Work Your Way Through College Anymore. I would not have been able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE a) if my parents had not provided me with room and board 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) if I had not worked for the Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers 1966-1969.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-cant-work-your-way-through-college-anymore-1521239612

FORBES
— OK Boomers, About That Working-Through-College Thing. I would not have been able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE a) if my parents had not provided me with room and board 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) if I had not worked for the Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers 1966-1969.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickwwatson/2019/12/09/ok-boomers-about-that-working-through-college-thing/
— Many Small Businesses Are Finding It Harder To Hire Workers. My big employers included GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, Post Office, and SS Kresge.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2021/10/28/many-small-businesses-are-finding-it-harder-to-hire-workers-new-poll/

WALLET HUB
— 50% of people don’t think it’s realistic for the average American to expect to retire comfortably. Starting when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have envied my earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension and the federal government paying 72% of my health insurance and paying 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978. Their envy worsened when I became eligible for early retirement and a $25,000 buyout when I was 45 in 1993. Their envy worsened more when I took early retirement when I was 49 in 1997. In my defense, I stress that I worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years, I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, and that I worked for GAO for almost 18 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who have made it clear that they would never stoop to take a federal job and/or b) who lacked qualifications for federal jobs.
https://wallethub.com/blog/retirement-savings-survey/133047
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Retirement doubt. 50% of people don’t think it’s realistic for the average American to expect to retire comfortably. Americans worry about retirement. Nearly 2 in 5 people feel anxious when thinking about retirement. Many people lack a plan. More than 1 in 4 Americans don’t have a retirement plan. Many people may never retire. 43% of people say they expect to work until they die. Debt takes precedence. Most Americans (53%) think paying off debt is more important than making retirement contributions. Dependency risk. More than 1 in 4 Americans are counting on family members to support them financially when they retire.)

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Not College Material. I was not viewed as being college material. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. I washed dishes during my junior and senior years and the summer in between. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/not-college-material

KEEN ON AMERICA
— Wealthy Families Game the College Admission Process. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://keenon.substack.com/p/the-hypocrisy-of-trumps-war-on-universities

AMERICA MAGAZINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/09/01/pope-leo-meets-with-father-james-martin-seen-as-a-sign-of-support-for-ministry-with-l-g-b-t-q-catholics/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders attack Trump’s health
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-health-questions-garrett-graff_n_68b65715e4b0cd019d229af8

September 1, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago shootings: At least 52 shot, 7 fatally, in Labor Day weekend gun violence
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-labor-day-weekend-least-32-shot-3-fatally-gun-violence-city-police-department-says/17701051/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-prayer-held-naval-station-great-lakes-north-ahead-donald-trumps-crackdown/17704014/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protesters-denounce-immigration-crackdown-as-trump-sends-more-ice-resources-to-chicago/3817866/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_1JJDFRQto
— Trump faces a hurdle in banning mail-in voting: His own Republican Party. Voter turnout by mail exceeded 30% in at least 14 states and D.C. Trump won half of those states, most of which have Republican governors or secretaries of state overseeing elections. Democrat leaders oversee DuPage County elections.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/trump-faces-hurdle-banning-mail-voting-republican-party/3817690/

CBS2
— Crash-and-grab burglars ransack businesses on Chicago’s South, West sides
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/crash-grab-burglars-ransack-businesses-chicago-south-west-sides/
— 7 people wounded in shooting in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood near CPD Headquarters
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/7-people-wounded-shooting-chicago-bronzeville/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/01/daywatch-strike-over-immigration-protections-in-little-village-continues-this-labor-day/
— As crime ever-increasingly increases under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the Naperville Jaycees impose more safety requirements for their Last Fling. The Naperville Jaycees turned away my wife yesterday, and therefore, the Naperville Jaycees turned away me yesterday, because her purse was too big.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/10/naperville-jaycees-last-fling-security-minors-bags/
— For Democrat leaders, history exists to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/01/opinion-smithsonian-ignoring-slavery-racism/
— Naperville high schools rank in Illinois’ top 50, per U.S. News & World Report
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/31/naperville-high-schools-rank-in-illinois-top-50-per-u-s-news-world-report/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How much does a college education cost in Chicago? 10 schools broken down by price. Back in the good old days, I was able to earn enough money working for S.S. Kresge, Post Office, IRS, and GAO a) to take courses at attend UIC 1966-1968 and b) to earn a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree from IIT in 1997.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/08/31/college-university-tuition-costs-fees-illinois-uic-education-northwestern-loyola

DAILY HERALD
— Feds secure Naval Station Great Lakes for Chicago immigration blitz
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250831/nation-and-world-politics/feds-secure-naval-station-great-lakes-for-chicago-immigration-blitz/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: What does inching along in rush-hour traffic cost you? Chicago in top 10 of most expensive commutes. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours inching along on the Dan Ryan 1966-1968 commuting between my parents’ home in Crete and UIC.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250831/transportation/what-does-inching-along-in-rush-hour-traffic-cost-you-chicago-in-top-10-of-most-expensive-commutes/
— Daley, LaHood leading revived ‘fair maps’ campaign in Illinois
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250831/illinois-state-politics/daley-lahood-leading-revived-fair-maps-campaign-in-illinois/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2025/09/01/labor-day-celebration-wisconsin-deport/85887524007/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Important News for Wirepoints Readers on Ted Dabrowski’s Departure
https://wirepoints.org/__trashed-24/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To get more votes from those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the aforesaid that all their problems are caused by those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. For Democrat and RINO leaders, because of Trump’s demographics, Trump is their perfect scapegoat. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP in the Lake in the Hills Labor Day Parade
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/01/gop-in-the-lake-in-the-hills-labor-day-parade/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How Trump’s deportation agenda is being stalled in courts
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3786556/how-trump-deportation-agenda-stalled-in-courts/

NEW YORK POST
— Pritzker floats conspiracy theory that Trump has ‘other aims’ for deploying National Guard to blue cities: ‘He would like to stop the elections’ My critics/opponents have always ascribed bad judgement and bad motives to everything that I have said and done.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/31/us-news/pritzker-floats-wild-conspiracy-theory-that-trump-has-other-aims-for-deploying-national-guard-to-blue-cities/
— Lisa Cook standing up for the Federal Reserve over possible mortgage fraud is really a ploy to turn a blind eye from the Fed’s mission creep into wokeness. My critics/opponents have always promoted wokeness/wokeism, that is, they have always promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they have always promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, that is, they have always rejected the Rutan decision. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_v._Republican_Party_of_Illinois
https://nypost.com/2025/08/30/business/lisa-cook-standing-up-for-the-federal-reserve-is-a-ploy-to-turn-a-blind-eye-from-her-mortgage-scandal/
— Democrats’ reaction to Trump’s DC crime crackdown puts them at odds with voters
https://nypost.com/2025/08/31/opinion/democrats-head-scratching-reaction-to-trumps-dc-crime-crackdown-puts-them-at-odds-with-voters/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Media Runs Cover for Trans Maniac Who Shot Up Catholic School Children
https://amgreatness.com/2025/08/28/morning-greatness-media-runs-cover-for-trans-maniac-who-shot-up-catholic-school-children/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Vigilant Americans Should Be Armed. I have had an FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/vigilant_americans_should_be_armed.html
— Transitioning and Detransitioning: The Tragic Truth
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/transitioning_and_detransitioning_the_tragic_truth.html
— Left-Wing After-School Propaganda. What did you do after school, Saturdays, and summers while you were in high school? I did yard work while I was a freshman and sophomore, I delivered newspapers all 4 years, and I washed dishes while I was a junior and senior.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/left_wing_after_school_propaganda_in_texas.html

BLAZE
— Big Tech hiding jobs from US citizens to hire cheaper foreign labor from India and China. Employers, and especially Democrat and RINO employers, want cheap labor. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/america-last-is-big-tech-hiding-jobs-from-us-citizens-to-hire-cheaper-foreign-labor-from-india-and-china

BREITBART
— HUD to Remove Illegal Aliens from Section 8 Housing, Require Proof of Citizenship
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/30/hud-to-remove-illegal-aliens-from-section-8-housing-require-proof-of-citizenship/

COLLEGE FIX
— Activist calls for Republican lawmakers to permanently end race-based college admissions
https://www.thecollegefix.com/after-trumps-one-two-punch-against-affirmative-action-activist-calls-on-congress-to-make-it-permanent/

DAILY CALLER
— Abortion Coercion Concerns Surrounding Mail-Order Pill Mount With New Reports. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/31/abortion-coercion-mail-order-pill-reports/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Latino Museum Will Be a Woke Abomination and Should Not Be Built. Democrat and RINO leaders shout at Hispanics that Republicans cause all the problems that Hispanics have.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/31/the-latino-museum-will-be-a-woke-abomination-and-should-not-be-built/
— The Crisis Is Over. What’s Next at the Southern Border? When the next Democrat or RINO president is elected, that president will immediately tear down the Wall and against flood America with illegals.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/31/illegal-crossings-are-down-so-what-happens-now-border/
— Border Crackdown Has Cost Mexican Cartels Over $1 Billion. What percent of illegal drugs in America come into America across its southern border?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/31/border-crackdown-has-cost-cartels-1-billion/
— Conservatives Decry Plans for Smithsonian’s Latino Museum as a ‘Woke Abomination’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/31/the-latino-museum-will-be-a-woke-abomination-and-should-not-be-built/

DAILY WIRE
— Spin Cycle: Blue State Governors Draw Battle Lines. The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump and to destroy all of the 77,302,580 who voted for Trump in 2024.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/spin-cycle-blue-state-governors-draw-battle-lines

FEDERALIST
— The Left Doesn’t Care About Gun Violence — Only Exploiting It. Democrat and RINO leaders use gun violence to diminish Second Amendment rights and eventually to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/29/the-left-doesnt-care-about-gun-violence-only-exploiting-it-1/
— The Media Dismissing The Transgender Factor In This School Shooting Are Enabling Another One. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/29/the-media-dismissing-the-transgender-factor-in-this-school-shooting-are-enabling-another-one/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago sees 5 killed, 35 wounded over Labor Day weekend as Trump warns of Guard intervention. Mayor Johnson and Governor Pritzker reject federal military deployment as ‘unconstitutional power grab’ despite the city being gripped by violence.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-sees-5-killed-35-wounded-over-labor-day-weekend-trump-warns-guard-intervention-report
— HUD launches crackdown on illegal immigration in public housing
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hud-launches-crackdown-illegal-immigration-public-housing-riding-coattails
— From Teddy Roosevelt to Reagan to Trump, presidents have warned of power-hungry public-sector unions. For over a century, clashes over public-sector unions have fueled a fight over government power and the future of American democracy. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized earlier, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/from-teddy-roosevelt-reagan-trump-presidents-have-warned-power-hungry-public-sector-unions
— DOJ calls for tips on employers favoring foreign workers in hiring practices. Employers, and especially Democrat and RINO employers, want cheap labor. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-calls-tips-employers-favoring-foreign-workers-hiring-practices
— Labor Day celebration: How President Trump is creating a brighter future for American workers. Labor Department announces 63 deregulatory actions and $30M in workforce training grants.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/labor-day-celebration-how-president-trump-creating-brighter-future-american-workers
— What DC’s mayor ‘recognizes’ about Trump’s crime crackdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv4GHb4Bl2w
— Chicago’s bail policy lets professional bad guys terrorize community with ‘no constraints.’ Former Chicago Police chief detective says criminals are ‘gaming the system’ under Illinois SAFE-T Act.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/blue-citys-bail-policy-lets-professional-bad-guys-terrorize-community-with-no-constraints-police-veteran

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Why the Left Loves Criminals
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/why-the-left-loves-criminals/
— Campus Intifada Returns – Frustrated Activists Likely To Lash Out This Fall
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/campus-intifada-returns-frustrated-activists-likely-to-lash-out-this-fall/
— ‘Destroy the Idea of America’: Shocking Rhetoric at Pro-Palestine Conference
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/destroy-the-idea-of-america-shocking-rhetoric-at-pro-palestine-conference/

PJ MEDIA
— The Dark Truth Behind Mass Shootings the Left Refuses To See – The Ever-Increasing Mental Health Crisis.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/08/31/the-dark-truth-behind-mass-shootings-the-left-refuses-to-see-n4943206

TOWNHALL
— Trump Blasts Pritzker Over Violent Weekend in Chicago. Democrats run Chicago.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/08/31/trump-slams-pritzker-n2662592
— Chicago Mayor Signs Order to Shield Criminal Illegal Aliens, Undermine Federal Immigration Enforcement. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/08/31/chicago-mayor-signs-order-to-shield-criminal-illegal-aliens-undermine-federal-immigration-enforcement-n2662590

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Pritzker Orders State Colleges to Provide Abortion Pills. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.westernjournal.com/far-left-dem-governor-orders-state-colleges-provide-abortion-pills/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— 35 shot over weekend in Chicago as Pritzker rejects Trump’s threat to send in National Guard. The violence came as Trump criticized Pritzker’s handling of crime.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/35-shot-weekend-chicago-governor-rejects-trumps-threat/story?id=125134744
— Democrats run the federal government. To get promoted by them, the higher GS grade that you want to be promoted to, the more planks in the Democrat Party platform you have to push.
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/work-national-weather-service-ready-explain-agree-trump-125099344

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/video/illinois-governor-condemns-trump-administrations-plan-to-bring-national-guard-to-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjrqjvUK6I0

REUTERS
— Political standoff intensifies over Trump’s plans for Chicago crackdown
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/09/01/political-standoff-intensifies-over-trumps-plans-for-chicago-crackdown-2/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— West Point shuts down clubs for women and students of color in response to Trump’s DEI policies
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/west-point-shuts-down-clubs-for-women-and-students-of-color-in-response-to-trump-s-dei-policies/ar-AA1yui9q

MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against ICE employees. I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. I should with about the hatred promoted against Post Office, IRS, and GAO employees.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/amid-trump-s-anti-immigrant-crackdown-72-republicans-only-13-democrats-view-ice-favourably-pew/ar-AA1LALPM

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders promote American flag burning to protest Trump. I have flown an American flag at my home 24 hours a day since September 11, 2001.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/politics/flag-burning-trump-johnson-supreme-court.html
— Democrat leaders say it’s Labor Day and Trump Is the most anti-union president in decades. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. They will never forgive me for my being a union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opinion/trump-unions-labor.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they ever-increasingly promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opinion/college-essay-post-affirmative-action.html
— Workers Who Lost Jobs to Trade Needed Help. Washington Cut the Funding. I lost my GS-13 Step 10 GAO job, currently $153151/year, when I was 49 in 1997 a) to Gingrich’s GAO budget cuts, b) to Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets, c) to my being an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, d) to my Black subordinate wanting/demanding my job and my preferred corner office, e) to GAO not being unionized, and f) to my not being a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/business/trade-layoffs-job-assistance.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/us/trump-crime-strategy-solutions.html

WASHINGTON POST
— China tries to use Trump turmoil to unite leaders against U.S.-led order. Twenty leaders — including from Russia, Iran and India — gather for a forum, part of Beijing’s efforts to be seen as a reliable counterweight to the U.S. In WWIII, which countries will side with China and Russia against America?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/31/china-xi-jinping-hosts-sco-meeting/

USA TODAY
— Trump wants to eliminate mail-in voting. But 1 in 3 voters use it.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/09/01/trump-mail-in-voting-trump-putin/85764398007/

BLOOMBERG
— Modi Shores Up Ties With China, Russia in Defiance of Trump. In WWIII, which countries will side with China and Russia against America?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-01/modi-shores-up-ties-with-china-russia-in-defiance-of-trump

FED SMITH
— Trump Defies Expectations, Grants 1% 2026 Federal Pay Raise
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/09/01/trump-defies-expectations-grants-2026-federal-pay-raise/

PBS
— Noem confirms more ICE resources are heading to Chicago for immigration crackdown
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/noem-confirms-more-ice-resources-are-heading-to-chicago-for-immigration-crackdown

NPR
— How Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. They will never forgive me for my being a union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/01/nx-s1-5515633/trump-federal-workers-labor-unions-va

INQUIRER
— Democrat leaders say that Trump’s ruinous labor policies mirror his scorn for America’s workers. I was an American worker for almost 30 years, and for almost 12 of those years, I was a union member.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/trump-american-workers-labor-day-20250901.html

August 31, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/31/trump-dc-takeover-chicago/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/22/heidi-stevens-trump-voting/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250829/nation-and-world-politics/extremely-unusual-former-illinois-national-guard-chief-on-trump-threat-to-dispatch-troops-to-chic/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250831/news/a-premature-claim-on-national-guard-deployment-in-chicago/
— Blame high taxes, excessive regulations for businesses fleeing Illinois
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250830/business/blame-high-taxes-excessive-regulations-for-businesses-fleeing-illinois/

WIRF
— GAO represents whistleblower against Trump. GAO sided with me in Diersen v. IRS in the 1970s. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11-0
https://www.wifr.com/2025/08/30/social-security-whistleblower-who-claims-doge-mishandled-americans-sensitive-data-resigns-post/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— ‘Partisans’ who want to should ‘get up and move’ from Illinois, Pritzker says
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_34319187-5c08-48c1-84d7-f67f0f72200a.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump trashes Pritzker as Chicago crime crackdown looms
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3788645/trump-trashes-pritzker-as-chicago-crime-crackdown-looms/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump slams Pritzker on Chicago crime after at least 6 people killed during bloody weekend
https://nypost.com/2025/08/31/us-news/trump-slams-pritzker-on-chicago-crime-governors-reported-weight-loss-fuels-2028-speculation/
— Chicago mayor orders police not to cooperate with federal troops or agents amid Trump’s planned immigration crackdown
https://nypost.com/2025/08/30/us-news/chicago-mayor-orders-police-not-to-cooperate-with-federal-troops-or-agents-amid-trumps-planned-immigration-crackdown/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Sheinbaum urges Trump to ‘share’ captured drug lord’s ill-gotten billions with Mexico’s poor.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/sheinbaum_urges_trump_to_share_captured_drug_lord_s_ill_gotten_billions_with_mexico_s_poor.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Newsom suggests Trump will send ICE to polling sites for midterm elections
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/30/newsom-suggests-trump-will-send-ice-to-polling-sites-for-midterm-elections-1581290/

BREITBART
— Trump Slams Pritzker After Chicago Violence: ‘He Better Straighten It Out, FAST — or We’re Coming!’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/30/trump-slams-pritzker-after-chicago-violence-he-better-straighten-it-out-fast-or-were-coming/

DAILY SIGNAL
— DNC Doubles Down on DEI. To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/30/dnc-doubles-down-on-dei/

FOX NEWS
— Illinois lawmakers ROASTED for rejecting Trump’s help with crime: ‘This isn’t a college seminar’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgyIFk92bXs
— Chicago police will not collaborate with National Guard, federal agents if Trump moves on deployment. The White House dismissed Johnson’s order as ‘publicity stunt.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-police-not-collaborate-national-guard-federal-agents-trump-moves-deployment-mayor
— Trump slams Pritzker on Chicago crime; governor’s reported weight loss fuels 2028 speculation. Pritzker fired back at Trump’s weight jab with ‘it takes one to know one.’ I have lost weight, but my critics/opponents stress that weight loss comes with one of the three diabetes pills that I take every day.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-slams-pritzker-chicago-crime-governors-reported-weight-loss-fuels-2028-speculation
— Trump admin blocks citizenship for non-citizen voters
https://www.aol.com/trump-admin-blocks-citizenship-non-171328857.html
— Illegal immigrant truck driver accused in deadly Florida crash got Biden work permit after Trump denial
https://www.aol.com/illegal-immigrant-truck-driver-accused-235720223.html
— Trump touts ‘worker-first’ economy
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-touts-worker-first-economy-labor-day-internet-speculation-his-whereabouts-spirals

NEWS BUSTERS
— NPR Reporter Admits ‘Sob Stories’ on Deportations of Illegals Are ‘All Over the Place’
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2025/08/30/npr-reporter-admits-sob-stories-deportations-illegals-are-all-over

NEWS ITEM
— The left’s misdefinition of Americanism
https://www.newsitem.com/opinion/columnists/the-lefts-misdefinition-of-americanism/article_3428f419-7495-4e2a-b460-9f0230852998.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Chicago mayor defies Trump’s immigration crackdown plan for the city
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/chicago-mayor-defies-trumps-immigration-crackdown-plan-city-125128597
— Democrat leaders decry that Trump cuts billions of foreign aid money
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates?id=124929306&entryId=125098597

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with China and India against America
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/china/india-china-xi-modi-meeting-intl-hnk
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/world/video/xi-modi-putin-sco-summit-trump-digvid
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/politics/minneapolis-school-shooting-trump-administration-left-right
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.aol.com/diversity-fed-took-one-step-145548239.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Ever since I was 24 years old in 1972 and bought a new town home in University Park, my critics/opponents have stressed that I would not have been able to do that if HUD had not given University Park a $30 million loan guarantee. Further, they have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I improperly, if not unethically, took advantage of government subsidy aimed at Blacks. SEE: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1291.html
https://apnews.com/article/trump-home-affordable-housing-cuts-rural-33a44092cfe5f8451e590e4a28718936

FOX NEWS
— Trump touts ‘worker-first’ economy. I was a worker 1962-1997. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise workers. They hint/imply/argue/shout that workers cause their own problems. In my defense, while I was a worker, 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. Because of that, in today’s dollars, my salary increased from $19.37/hour in 1966 to $153,151/year in 1997.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-touts-worker-first-economy-labor-day-internet-speculation-his-whereabouts-spirals

NEWSWEEK
— Trump Slams JB Pritzker Over Chicago Shootings: ‘We’re Coming!’
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-slams-jb-pritzker-over-chicago-shootings-were-coming-2122244
— Trump Announces Executive Order Plans on Voter ID Requirements
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-announces-executive-order-plans-voter-id-requirements-2122270

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order Mandating Voter I.D. He also wants to restrict mail-in voting and allow only paper ballots.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/us/politics/trump-voter-id-executive-order.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with India against America
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/opinion/trump-us-india.html
— In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. They all 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 certification like I had. All of the GAO employees who my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of because of Gingrich budget cuts were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/us/politics/trump-federal-work-force-black-women.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/opinion/immigration-border-politics.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/opinion/trump-facts-statistics-data.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump is slashing jobs at Voice of America and parent agency despite court challenges. GAO works for Congress. During the 1980s and 1990s, Gingrich ever-increasingly slashed jobs at GAO with congressional approval. Gingrich gutted GAO. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious about that and took their anger against Gingrich out on me. I should write about that.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-08-30/trump-is-cutting-500-plus-jobs-at-voice-of-america-and-its-parent-agency-despite-legal-challenges

USA TODAY
— Preparing for federal troops, Chicago mayor says city will stand up to Trump’s `tyranny’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/31/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-trump-naitonal-guard/85919050007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump. If you have less money than others, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/29/trump-billionaires-labor-day-protests/85839663007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect flag burners. I have flown an American flag at my Wheaton home 24-hours a day since September 11, 2001.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/29/trump-flag-burning-first-amendment/85629185007/

BOSTON GLOBE
— My critics/opponents despise if not hate unions and union members. I was a union member for almost 12 years. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I improperly benefitted from being a union member during that time, that is, that if I had not been a union member, my salary would not have increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. But during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in1970. I earned an MBA in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. And I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. I was a union member while I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969. I might still be a postal employee if they had disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969. I was a union member while I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980. I might still be an IRS employee if they had disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and my education deductions in 1978 and refused to promote me beyond GS-12. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/31/metro/workers-rights-trump-labor-day/

INC.
— How to Be Instantly Happier at Work: Stop Eating Lunch at Your Desk. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO in 1980 and 1992-1997, I often did homework while I ate lunch. I took courses at UIC 1966-1968, NIU in 1969, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997.
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/how-to-be-instantly-happier-at-work-stop-eating-lunch-at-your-desk/91217744

BANKRATE
— Should you buy a house? 8 signs you’re ready. Back in the good old days, back when I was 24 years old in 1972, I was able to buy a new town home after a) working for IRS for 15 months and b) working for part-time Firestone Stores for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that During that time, I was also able to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 and pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972.
https://www.bankrate.com/real-estate/should-i-buy-house/

WJLA DC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://wjla.com/news/local/washington-dc-president-donald-trump-deputy-chief-staff-stephen-miller-federal-takeover-surge-police-law-enforcement-protests-demonstrators-john-cox-national-guard-john-cox-vermont-avenue-baptist-church-mobilize-white-house

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Takes Unprecedented Step Targeting The Fed. During the 1980s and 1990s, Gingrich took unprecedented steps against GAO. He ever-increasingly cut GAO’s budget. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious about that and took their anger against Gingrich out on me. I should write about that.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-live-updates_n_688d0894e4b022c2fdde8724

AXIOS
— Democrat leaders promote “Workers Over Billionaires” protests on Labor Day. What about Pritzker?
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/30/workers-over-billionaires-protests-trump-labor-day

TROUTHOUT
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government crowed about their success in meeting their Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets. This is, they crowed about their discrimination against Whites and against males.
https://truthout.org/articles/racist-lies-about-college-quotas-stoke-support-for-trumps-war-on-higher-ed/

August 27, 2025

WHITE HOUSE
— Today, President Donald J. Trump held the seventh Cabinet meeting of his second term — gathering members of the Trump Administration together ahead of Labor Day to celebrate the victories American workers have experienced over the past eight months. My critics/opponents look down on wage earners if not despise wage earners. I was a wage earner 1964-1997 while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped more gasoline, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/08/trump-administration-celebrates-successes-for-americas-workers/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Union leaders plan for ‘Workers over billionaires’ Chicago Labor Day march. I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents have always used that against me.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-labor-day-march-2025-union-leaders-plan-rally-accuse-trump-ripping-federal-contracts/17654003/

NBC5
— Chicago Democrat leaders get former Chicago top cop to say Trump’s deployment threat is a PR stunt
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/president-trumps-deployment-threat-a-pr-stunt-former-chicago-top-cop-says/3815734/

FOX32
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wants ‘ultra rich’ to help close $1.1B budget gap
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-johnson-tax-rich-budget

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FROMT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/08/27/donald-trump-chicago-downtown-ice-immigration-national-guard-brandon-johnson-jb-pritzker
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Republican efforts to fight crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/08/27/experts-say-theres-no-actual-good-reason-to-send-the-guard-into-illinois-as-trump-mulls-troop-deployment

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Republican efforts to fight crime.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/national-guard-chicago-crime/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/opinion-local-police-control-chicago-washington-dc/
— To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO leaders promote diversity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/lincoln-avenue-international-flag-display/

DAILY HERALD
Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Republican efforts to fight crime.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250827/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-beyond-the-grandstanding-a-serious-strategy-against-urban-crime-would-involv/

ILLINOIS PATCH
— These Are Illinois’ Most Liberal And Conservative Colleges. Loyola and DePaul are on the most liberal list. Wheaton College is on the most conservative list. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, all Illinois colleges have moved to the left. I earned degrees from NIU (1970), Loyola (1976), DePaul (1980), and IIT (1997).
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/these-are-ils-most-liberal-conservative-colleges

CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Chicago Public Schools’ debt has hit over $28,000 per student.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/08/26/chicago-public-schools-debt-census-data/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-577/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Police officer, legislator: Seize opportunity to reform Illinois’ cashless bail
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_18ca8709-7b15-4da7-87b2-a3516af95d1c.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The more demographics that you share with elected officials, the more likely that you voted for them. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO leaders in Illinois, your county, your township, and your municipality hate Trump. Anticipate/expect that the more of the aforesaid demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders will do to get rid of you. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Latino Museum will be a woke abomination and should not be built
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3781331/latino-museum-woke-abomination-should-not-be-built/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump needs to deploy the National Guard to Chicago immediately!
https://nypost.com/2025/08/26/opinion/trump-needs-to-deploy-the-national-guard-to-chicago-immediately/

AMAC
— Reviving the American Dream. Back in the good old days, I was able to a) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) graduate debt-free from college with a bachelor’s degree when was 21, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, d) pay for tuition and books to earn master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, e) get married when I was 29, f) etc. I was able to do the aforesaid with the money that I earned washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping more gasoline, collecting delinquent taxes, and auditing federal agencies.
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/reviving-the-american-dream-amac-magazine-exclusive/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Terminated Federal Reserve governor lawyers up, Left goes mad after Trump fires her for fraud. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire because I fought against their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/26/terminated-federal-reserve-governor-lawyers-up-left-goes-mad-after-trump-fires-her-for-fraud-1580008/

BREITBART
— Why Lisa Cook’s Lawsuit to Keep Her Job Is Likely to Lose. If you strip away the noise and look at how courts actually handle “for-cause” removals, Cook’s case is uphill on every material point. My Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied that they forced me to retire “for-cause.” My critics/opponents have used that against me big time ever since. They hint/imply/argue/shout that because my Democrat GAO superiors rudely flushed down their toilets my almost 18 years of GAO work experience, my almost 9 years of IRS work experience, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license, I must be an extremely bad person.
https://link.breitbart.com/view/5d13d86afc942d626ccc80b7ola87.1j8y/a411b0b5
— Trump Admin Sues Walz’s Minnesota over Tuition Cash for Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/26/trump-admin-sues-walz-minnesota-tuition-cash-illegal-aliens/

DAILY WIRE
— DHS Arrests 5,000th Illegal Alien In Los Angeles — And Noem Promises More. Noem: “If you are here illegally, we will find you, arrest you, and send you back. This is just the beginning.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/milestone-dhs-arrests-5000th-illegal-alien-in-los-angeles-and-noem-promises-more

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Trump Sues Walz over Tuition Break for Illegals
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/trump-sues-walz-over-tuition-break-illegals

FOX NEWS
— Trump says ‘incompetent’ Illinois governor, ‘no better’ Chicago mayor should call him for help with crime
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-incompetent-illinois-governor-no-better-chicago-mayor-should-call-him-help-crime
— Trump escalates fight with ‘slob of a governor’ Pritzker, Chicago mayor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l0s2f_GCRo
— Democrats are losing voters because of their terrible policies
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377474529112
— Sanctuary city policies will blow up in Democrats’ faces
https://www.aol.com/news/karl-rove-warns-sanctuary-city-162455241.html
— Democrats outraged that gang members could be sent to Uganda
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-outraged-alleged-gang-member-could-sent-uganda

HOMELAND SECURITY
— Secretary Noem Announces DHS Arrest of 5,000th Illegal Alien in Los Angeles Since Operations Began in the Sanctuary City in June
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/08/26/secretary-noem-announces-dhs-arrest-5000th-illegal-alien-los-angeles-operations

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Cure for Racial Discrimination in Medical Education. If colleges and universities want the American taxpayer’s support, they should be forced to focus on merit alone.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/08/the-cure-for-racial-discrimination-in-medical-education/

NEWSMAX
— Sanctuary States’ Love Affair With Illegals is Lethal
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/james-uthmeier-florida-attorney-general/2025/08/26/id/1224064/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Should the US be worried? India’s Modi set for rare China trip after Trump’s tariff sting. In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China and which will side with America?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/india/india-china-relations-sco-summit-intl-hnk

NBC NEWS
— Biden weaponized the federal government against Trump
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/new-fbi-deputy-director-will-help-trump-weaponize-bureau-top-democrat-rcna222474

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook will sue Trump administration to keep her job. I sued the Democrats who run GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf Cook’s demographics will help her immensely. My demographics harmed me immensely.
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-8-26-2025
— Pennsylvania must stop throwing out mail ballots over date errors, court rules
https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-election-mail-ballots-voting-envelope-dates-dab83b55ad456f5d049cb751f6584739

REUTERS
— Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to halt foreign aid payments. In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China and which will side with America?
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-asks-us-supreme-court-halt-foreign-aid-payments-2025-08-26/
— Inside ICE, Trump’s migrant crackdown is taking a toll on officers. I should write about the tremendous toll that Gingrich budget cuts took on GAO. I was one of the last Republicans that GAO hired. I would focus on the how my Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly took their anger against Gingrich out on me. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They kept me off audits for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. 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.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/inside-ice-trumps-migrant-crackdown-is-taking-toll-officers-2025-08-27/

NBC NEWS
— Trump’s tariffs on India rise to 50% in punishment for buying Russian oil. The levy could be a sharp blow to half of India’s exports to the U.S. and force affected merchants to diversify to other markets, such as Latin America and the Middle East.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/india/trumps-tariffs-india-rise-50-punishment-buying-russian-oil-rcna227426

NEW YORK TIMES
— Fed Defends Independence as Board Member Plans Challenge to ‘Illegal’ Firing. None of my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates came to my defense as my Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me. Those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran like me cut deals under the table to save their jobs from Gingrich budget cuts.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/26/us/trump-news
— Trump Says He Welcomes Chinese Students, as His Administration Blocks Them. Democrat and RINO leaders glorify and praise Chinese students.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/trump-chinese-students.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/immigration-detention-center-nickname-alligator-cornhusker-slammer.html
— Democratic Party Scraps Resolutions on Israel and Gaza After Fraught Debate
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/dnc-israel-gaza-war-resolution.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders never asked my Democrat GAO superiors “Where’s Your Evidence” when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/opinion/politics/trump-fed-independence-lisa-cook.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat Chicago educators ever-increasingly give more preference to Blacks
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/black-student-achievement-diversity-trump.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly jeer federal agents in D.C.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/us/politics/washington-dc-trump.html

WASINGTON POST
— FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing Trump administration in open letter. I did far more at GAO. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I was the only GAO Chicago office employee to do that. My Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors immediately threw me off audits of IRS for the rest of my GAO career. They gave me a very bad job assignment. They gave me very unfair performance expectations. They gave me a very unfair performance appraisal. They ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance and then always ranked me in the bottom half. They forced me to retire when I was 49. I should write about the aforesaid. The more of the following that federal employees are, the fewer Civil Service protections that they have: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and if their ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/08/26/fema-employees-leave-trump-administration-letter/
— Trump administration is investing in US rare earths in a push to break China’s grip. More than any other major country, China acts like it wants to destroy America and conquer the world. Russia acts more like it just wants to conquer Europe.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/27/rare-earths-critical-minerals-trump-china-tariffs/bcafabdc-82fa-11f0-a8f4-28ba053d904b_story.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders side with the Fed against Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/26/federal-reserve-trump-lisa-cook/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/17/deportation-influencers-monetize-misfortune-online/85516504007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/27/immigrants-more-likely-to-report-crimes/85821245007/
— Best cars for first-time buyers. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, if I could do it over again, instead of buying a new Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, in 1996, I would have earned and saved more money and bought a loaded GTO in 1966.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/shopping/new-cars/2025/08/19/best-cars-first-time-buyers/83883531007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders side with the Fed against Trump
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trumps-fed-aggression-poses-new-test-on-limits-of-presidential-power-19085baf

FORBES
— Pfleger ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPD32LqR3xM
— Trump Celebrates Supreme Court’s Ruling On Affirmative Action. Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action against me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fATN4FOoTgA

AXIOS
— Modi issues buy India-made call as Trump’s 50% tariffs take effect
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/27/trump-tariffs-india-russian-oil-purchase-modi
— Fed Says it will follow any court ruling on Cook’s status after Trump’s firing. The court ruling in Diersen v. GAO gave the Democrats who run GAO total power to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees because they are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/26/fed-trump-cook

GUARDIAN
— After a summer of submission to Trump, Europe knows it must defend Ukraine – and itself – alone. For Putin, Ukraine is first and the rest of Europe is next.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/27/summer-submission-trump-europe-defence-ukraine
— Newsome fights for those who hate Trump. Pritzker fights for those who hate Trump. Those who hate Trump are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/26/gavin-newsom-democrats-fight-trump

August 25, 2025 Evening Edition

August 24, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Illinois leaders speak out on report Trump preparing to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago. Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-leaders-condemn-report-president-donald-trump-preparing-deploy-federal-troops-chicago/17628504/

NBC5
— Pritzker calls Trump’s statements on National Guard deployment an abuse of power. “Chicago is a mess. You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent, and we’ll straighten that one out probably next,” Trump said.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-calls-trumps-statements-on-national-guard-deployment-an-abuse-of-power/3814097/

CBS2
— Pentagon planning military deployment in Chicago; Pritzker accuses Trump of “attempting to manufacture a crisis”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/brandon-johnson-donald-trump-threat-national-guard-crime-chicago/

FOX32
— ‘There is no emergency’: Pritzker responds to reports Pentagon plans military deployment to Chicago.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-responds-reports-pentagon-plansmilitary-deployment-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump was once a Republican Party outsider. Now it’s his GOP and the MAGA faithful are in the lead.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/23/maga-republican-party/
— How Trump’s directive to submit race-based admissions data impacts Chicago-area universities. With less pressure to admit Democrats who are minority, female, and/or citizens of foreign countries, anticipate/expect that more Republicans who are White and/or male will be admitted.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/23/trump-race-based-admissions-data/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pentagon planning military deployment to Chicago in coming weeks. The Washington Post reported Saturday that Defense Department officials have been planning for weeks to deploy federal troops to Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/23/pentagon-military-deployment-chicago-report-pritzker
— New Illinois law expands protections for reporters from lawsuits. Pritzker signed anti-SLAPP legislation that now explicitly shields journalists from suits intended to stifle public participation. Of course, Illinois Democrat and RINO leaders do not want this to apply to Republican journalists.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/22/slapp-lawsuits-protection-reporters-pritzker-news-medi
— How dependent on Medicaid funding have Democrat leaders made your hospital?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/08/22/medicaid-trump-cuts-big-beautiful-bill-health-care-roseland-community-hospital

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Anticipate/expect that under the Illinois Democrat leaders, the more students that schools have who are minority, female, LGBTQ, and/or illegal, the more taxpayer money that they will get.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250823/education/how-much-additional-revenue-did-your-school-district-receive-through-states-evidence-based-funding/
— How much more gerrymandering, that is, packing and cracking, will Pritzker do assure that Republicans cannot be elected in any of Illinois’ 17 congressional districts instead of just 14 of them?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250823/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-fighting-fire-with-fire-redistricting-free-for-all-portends-disaster-for-amer/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their anti-Israel protestors.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250823/us-congress-politics/lawmakers-continuing-public-events-despite-disruptive-pro-palestinian-protests/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— For Democrats, colleges exist, including commuter colleges, to crank out good little Democrats. UIC was a commuter college when I attended it 1966-1968. UIC failed to make me a Democrat.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/a-commuter-college-thought-it-could-avoid-trump-s-education-crackdown-here-s-what-happened/article_e8b87d9d-de74-5a96-9c08-2fdad3b926b7.html

SHAW LOCAL
— Underwood pressed on Israel, redistricting at DeKalb town hall
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/08/23/us-rep-underwood-pressed-on-israel-redistricting-at-dekalb-town-hall/

WGEM
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wgem.com/2025/08/23/new-laws-aim-shield-providers-abortion-meds-ban-ticketing-schools/

WMBD
— Texas, Florida seek to join legal challenge to abortion pill.
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/08/22/texas-florida-seek-to-join-legal-challenge-to-abortion-pill/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Del Mar and Bailey: It might be true, but is it good?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/08/23/thoughts-on-a-gubernatorial-ticket-containing-darin-bailey-and-aaron-del-mar/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Gavin Newsom is the likely Democratic presidential nominee
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3779080/gavin-newsom-is-the-likely-democratic-presidential-nominee/

NEW YORK POST
— Cracker Barrel’s marketing fiasco shows investors are making woke a massive risk factor
https://nypost.com/2025/08/23/business/cracker-barrels-marketing-fiasco-shows-investors-are-making-woke-a-massive-risk-factor/
— Self-deportation is crucial to undoing the Biden illegal-migrant mess
https://nypost.com/2025/08/23/opinion/donald-trump-doesnt-have-to-deport-10-million-illegals-they-will-leave-by-themselves/
— Pritzker says Trump trying to ‘manufacture a crisis’ as admin plans National Guard deployment to Chicago
https://nypost.com/2025/08/24/us-news/illinois-gov-pritzker-says-trump-trying-to-manufacture-a-crisis-as-admin-plans-national-guard-deployment-to-chicago/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Demography is destiny and control of the House. How many illegals have given birth in America so far?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/demography_is_destiny_and_control_of_the_house.html
— Trump Derangement Syndrome
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/trump_derangement_syndrome_suffering_psychologists.html

BREITBART
— Trump Mobilizing 1,700 National Guardsmen to Help Fight Illegal Immigration and Crime Across America
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/08/23/trump-mobilizing-1700-national-guardsmen-to-help-fight-illegal-immigration-and-crime-across-america/
— National Guard to assist immigration law enforcement in 19 states
https://www.breitbart.com/news/national-guard-to-assist-immigration-law-enforcement-in-19-states/
— Pritzker Slams Trump for Saying Chicago Crime Crackdown May Be Next. Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/23/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-slams-trump-saying-chicago-crime-crackdown-may-be-next/
— Trump hails new Texas electoral map aimed at keeping grip on Congress
https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-hails-new-texas-electoral-map-aimed-at-keeping-grip-on-congress/
— Abbott says he’ll swiftly sign new maps on his desk that will boost GOP in 2026
https://www.breitbart.com/news/texas-gov-abbott-vows-to-approve-gop-leaning-congressional-voting-map/
— Newsom Hopes to Turn Gerrymander Fight into Referendum on Trump
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/24/newsom-hopes-to-turn-gerrymander-fight-into-referendum-on-trump/

DAILY CALLER
— The Woke Media Is Wrong. America’s Cities Need To Be Safe Again.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/23/opinion-the-woke-media-is-wrong-americas-cities-need-to-be-safe-again-jorge-martinez/

DAILY SIGNAL
— DeSantis Urges Congress to Defund Sanctuary States That License Illegal Aliens as Drivers. How many illegals have Illinois Democrat and RINO leaders given licenses to so far?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/23/ron-desantis-urges-congress-defund-sanctuary-states/
— The Rise of Open Racism From the Left
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/22/joy-reids-racist-rant-exposes-dei-hypocrisy/

DAILY WIRE
— Obama Judge Blocks Trump From Defunding Sanctuary Cities. Trump has called sanctuary jurisdictions “death traps.” How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been so far making your municipality a sanctuary municipality?
https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-judge-blocks-trump-from-defunding-sanctuary-cities

FOX NEWS
— Gianno Caldwell mulls Senate bid as Chicagoans are ‘begging for change’ on crime woes. Public safety advocate weighs run for Dick Durbin’s seat as Trump pushes federal crime crackdown. Gianno began his government relations career serving as the Director of Government Relations for Naperville Township. His primary focus was to develop strategies to cut costs relative to transportation, healthcare, taxes, pensions, and local government. In this position, he successfully lobbied the reduction of property tax rates for the whole of Naperville Township.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gianno-caldwell-mulls-senate-bid-chicagoans-begging-change-crime-woes
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican public safety advocate Gianno Caldwell is mulling a bid for the open Illinois Senate seat in 2026 amid growing conversations about crime in America’s cities. Earlier this month, Caldwell was the keynote speaker at the Illinois Republican Party’s Republican Day event at the state fair, where he touted his record on law and order. Caldwell’s brother, Christian, was killed in 2022 in a Chicago drive-by shooting at the age of 18. “I’ve been about this fight for many years, public service, I’ve worked in every level of government that you can imagine and certainly I think there’s time for a law-and-order U.S. Senate candidate to come to the forefront in Illinois,” said Caldwell, a Fox News contributor and founder of the Caldwell Institute for Public Safety. “My brother’s legacy has become my mission and to save lives,” Caldwell said. “And if that’s something that I can continue in a U.S. Senate seat, that’s worth considering for the many lives that have been lost and the legacies that need to be furthered in the state of Illinois and my home city of Chicago.” Caldwell’s hometown of Chicago is getting renewed attention as President Donald Trump wants to take National Guard and federal agent deployment to lower crime nationwide following the takeover of policing in Washington DC. Both cities have dealt with violent crime woes, which have led to teens and children dying in numerous tragic cases. “My brother’s murder was something that I thought needed to have a conversation to address what has been going on in Chicago,” Caldwell said. “So this impacted me in a very deep and personal way. And when I think about what President Trump is doing by saying, ‘Look, we’re doing this in DC already. We want to take this to other places around the country, I applaud him. Why? Because people have been begging for change in the city of Chicago.” Caldwell spoke even as a backlash has grown from Democrats who have said that the heavy law enforcement presence in the nation’s capital is over-the-top. “American soldiers and airmen policing American citizens on American soil is #UnAmerican,” Mayor Muriel Bowser posted to X last week.)
— Chicagoans are ‘begging for change’ amid Trump’s DC police takeover. Fox News contributor Gianno Caldwell explains that he is mulling a bid for U.S. Senate in Illinois amid crime woes in Chicago and other cities throughout the country.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377293879112
— Over 80% of students lie about their views to appease liberal professors. Because I majored in business, accounting, and finance years ago, I did not have to do that.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/multi-college-study-indicating-over-80-students-lie-about-views-appease-liberal-professors
— Pritzker says Trump trying to ‘manufacture a crisis’ as admin plans National Guard deployment to Chicago. The Pentagon has reportedly planned a military deployment to Chicago for weeks, which could include thousands of National Guard troops.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gov-pritzker-says-trump-trying-manufacture-crisis-admin-plans-national-guard-deployment-chicago

NEWS BUSTERS
— Democrats and RINOs use wokeness/wokeism to destroy Republicans. All my critics/opponents promote wokeness/wokeism.
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2025/08/23/npr-platforms-nikole-hannah-jones-reviewing-museums-wokeness-fascism

PJ MEDIA
— Pride Cometh Before the Fall
https://pjmedia.com/caskeet/2025/08/23/pride-cometh-before-the-fall-n4942985

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— Admitted students’ GPAs and test scores won’t show Trump what he thinks they’ll show. What harmed your GPA and test scores? For me, it was a) my spending far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying when I earned my diploma from Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966, b) my spending far too many hours delivering mail instead of studying while I took undergraduate business courses at UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1969, and c) my focusing on my IRS and GAO jobs too much instead of studying while I took graduate courses in business at Loyola 1972-1976, accounting at DePaul 1976-1980, and finance at IIT 1992-1997, prepared to take the CPA examination in 1979, and preparing to take the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/admitted-students-gpas-and-test-scores-won-t-show-trump-what-he-thinks-theyll-show/ar-AA1KPJaT

NEW YORK TIMES
— Where Your Medicines Are Made. President Trump’s planned pharmaceutical tariffs threaten to hit many of the most common and well-known drugs that Americans take.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/health/prescription-drugs-manufacturing-tariffs.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How soon will they officially destroy anyone and everyone who does not promote LGBTQ?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/us/politics/orlando-pulse-shooting-rainbow-crosswalk-memorial.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago as Trump eyes crackdown. Military officials are sketching out a plan that could deploy a few thousand National Guard members, officials said. The use of active-duty forces has also been discussed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/23/trump-chicago-military-national-guard/
— New GOP bill is latest push to extend federal control of D.C. police. The bill joins others from Republican legislators aiming to grant the federal government extended power over D.C. police.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/23/dc-federal-takeover-police-extend/
— Democrats have floated redistricting in Illinois, but the congressional map there already favors their party, leaving limited room for gains.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/23/trump-gop-redistricting-missouri-indiana/

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— What is the Democrat alternative to Trump?
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-davis-hanson/victor-davis-hanson-what-is-the-democrat-alternative-to-trump-3429167/

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.bgov.com/litigation/dozens-of-cities-win-new-block-on-trumps-sanctuary-defunding

GAO
— Democrats run GAO. The more of the following that you are a) the less likely that the Democrats who run GAO will hire you and b) if you are a GAO employee, the sooner that they will get rid of you: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.gao.gov/about/careers/why-work-for-gao/diversity-and-inclusion

CPA JOURNAL
— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Hiring in Public Accounting. The accounting profession had no use for me because I was too old. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27 in 1976. While I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, I did not do that until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. While I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, I did not do that until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. The accounting profession ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed what I had learned a) working 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, b) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $99,069-$153,151/year, c) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, and d) earning professional certifications in fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. But beyond that, the accounting profession has always been under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote minorities, females, and younger people.
https://www.cpajournal.com/2025/08/18/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-hiring-in-public-accounting-2/

POLITICO
— Illinois has been known for its aggressive Democratic gerrymanders, and it currently has just three Republican seats it can target. It’s also unclear Illinois Democrats have the political will to take on redrawing the congressional map — most of the redistricting talk this week has been on a whole other set of maps. Former Barack Obama chief of staff Bill Daley, a Chicago Democrat, and Ray LaHood, a Peoria Republican who served as Obama’s transportation secretary, rolled out a “Fair Maps Illinois” proposal this week that would end the process of state lawmakers drawing their own districts.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/23/trump-redistricting-california-texas-gerrymander-00521573

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/black-psychology-matters/202508/making-psychology-white-again-the-impact-of-dismantling-dei

GOOGLE AI
— AI in journalism. Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor does rely on AI to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together. Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor uses what he has learned a) serving as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, b) working for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, d) serving as the TAPROOT Republican of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, e) serving as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, f) serving as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, g) serving as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, h) earning master’s degrees in business (1976), accounting (1980), and finance (1997), i) earning professional certifications in accounting (1979), internal auditing (1981), fraud examination (1990), government financial management (1994), financial services auditing (1996), and forensic accounting (1997), j) becoming a licensed CPA (1981), k) filing lawsuits, l) being the subject of a nasty 4-page Money Magazine article in 1978 ( https://gopillinois.com/documents/ ), m) etc.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Ai+journalism

August 21, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— CA Legislature approves special election on new congressional map favoring Democrats. California lawmakers passed a legislative package Thursday advancing a partisan redistricting plan aimed at winning Democrats five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 elections. How soon will Pritzker do the same thing for Illinois?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/california-democrats-prepare-pass-redistricting-plan-texas-house-approves-new-maps/17605698/
— Trump administration is reviewing all 55 million foreigners with US visas for any violations
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-is-reviewing-55-million-foreigners-us-visas-any-violations/17608307/
— School district meeting gets heated over debate on transgender Conant High School volleyball player
https://abc7chicago.com/post/school-district-211-meeting-gets-heated-debate-transgender-conant-high-volleyball-player/17608275/

NBC5
— Newsom signs legislation calling special election on redrawn congressional map. How soon will Pritzker do the same thing for Illinois?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/california-congressional-maps/3813201/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/08/21/what-could-marijuana-drug-reclassification-mean-for-chicago-cannabis-companies

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Newsom signs legislation calling for special election on redrawn congressional map. How soon will Pritzker do the same thing for Illinois?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/21/california-congressional-map-special-election/
— New Illinois law gives media better ability to curb retaliatory lawsuits. I should write about retaliatory acts taken against me since 2000 because I included links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that my critics/opponents do not like.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/21/new-illinois-law-gives-media-better-ability-to-curb-retaliatory-lawsuits/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/21/trumps-black-mayors-washington-chicago-johnson-bowser-bass-marc-morial
— Durbin questions Attorney General Pam Bondi about ‘politicized’ firings of immigration judges. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. If I had been any of the aforesaid, I would not have had any basis a) to complain about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination or b) to become an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/08/21/sen-dick-durbin-attorney-general-pam-bondi-politicized-firings-immigration-judges
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/08/21/channyn-lynn-parker-lgbtq-gay-advocacy-equality-illinois-brave-space-alliance-chicago

DAILY HERALD
— Appeals court tosses $500 million fine in N.Y. case against Trump, upholds fraud finding
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250821/nation-and-world-politics/appeals-court-tosses-500-million-fine-in-n-y-case-against-trump-upholds-fraud-finding/

CRAINS’CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/equality-illinois-names-channyn-parker-new-ceo

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Federal Reserve official says she won’t be ‘bullied’ by Trump into resigning. My Democrat GAO superiors did far than bully me to force me to take their early retirement “offer” that expired on September 30, 1997 when I was 49 years old. They made it very clear that if I did not take their “offer,” they would demote me, assign me to work for my former subordinates, give me adverse job transfers, give me bad job assignments, give me unfair performance expectations, give me unfair performance appraisals, and even worse things. If had not succumbed to their threats, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until I was 55 years old in 2003. If GAO had been unionized, I would have sought its protection. But GAO did not unionize until 2007. I should write about the aforesaid. By forcing me to retire, my Democrat GAO superiors flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) working 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) passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, d) becoming a licensed CPA, and e) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. So far, by forcing me to retire, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-calls-on-federal-reserve-official-to-resign-after-official-accuses-her-of-mortgage-fraud/article_ab0c1b7b-36e6-5dc9-82d2-8428c6b3686e.html

RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-petitions-fda-to-remove-burdensome-restrictions-on-mifepristone-85520.cfm

WAND TV
— Newsom signs legislation calling special election on redrawn congressional map. How soon will Pritzker do the same thing for Illinois?
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/california-gov-newsom-signs-legislation-calling-special-election-on-redrawn-congressional-map/article_f5f16b1a-83dc-5d6d-9214-4858e03f4580.html

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1181 into law, clarifying that the protections in the Citizen Participation Act apply to the freedom of the press to opine, report, or investigate matters of public concern. My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me.
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-journalists-gain-new-legal-shield-under-amended-citizen-participation-act

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-08-20/do-trumps-d-c-moves-echo-an-authoritarian-playbook

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/08/21/pritzker-signs-law-guaranteeing-public-education-for-illinois-students-regardless-of-immigration-status/

ILLINOIZE
— Darren Bailey “Seriously Considering” Entering Governor’s Race
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/darren-bailey-seriously-considering-gov

CAPITOLFAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-367/
— Democrat leaders promote rule-breaking in schools.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/21/it%e2%80%99s-now-a-law-5/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker: Fair maps in Illinois would be ‘disarming’ to Democrats
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4d8c1bbe-9a3a-4849-b950-8067c9874e1c.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrant population reached 14 million under Biden in 2023. 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.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3760400/illegal-immigrant-population-reached-14-million-under-biden-in-2023/

NEW YORK POST
— ICE director vows to ‘flood’ Boston with immigration agents after Mayor Michelle Wu refused to end city’s sanctuary laws
https://nypost.com/2025/08/21/us-news/ice-director-vows-to-flood-boston-with-immigration-agents-after-mayor-michelle-wu-refused-to-end-citys-sanctuary-laws/
— The media is all aflutter over socialism — but America isn’t convinced
https://nypost.com/2025/08/21/opinion/media-is-giddy-over-socialism-but-america-isnt-convinced/

AMAC
— Time to Fire Woke Generals and Restore Apolitical Military Leadership
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/time-to-fire-woke-generals-and-restore-apolitical-military-leadership/

BREITBART
— Major Hollywood Democrats to Hold Fundraiser for Republican Senator Susan Collins
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/08/21/susan-collins-will-go-hollywood-at-major-fundraiser-with-democrats/
— Trump on Track to Deport 400,000 Illegals in 2025. An estimated 14 million are in America illegally. 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.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/21/new-york-times-trump-on-track-to-deport-400000-illegals-in-2025/

FOX NEWS
— Vance, Hegseth ‘unfazed’ by protesters during trip to thank DC National Guard troops
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377157637112
— Trump’s civil fraud penalty was obviously excessive.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377197144112

FOX NEWS RADIO
— Stop Giving Driver’s Licenses to ILLEGALS
https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/08/20/stop-giving-drivers-licenses-to-illegals/

NEW AMERICAN
— Illinois Mandates “Mental Health” Testing of ALL Children. Children’s minds are now officially in the crosshairs of one of the most out-of-control state governments in America. Under a controversial new measure just signed into law by far-left Governor J.B. Pritzker, government schools in Illinois will begin mandatory “mental health” testing of all students each year, starting in 3rd grade. According to Democrats, if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/education/illinois-mandates-mental-health-testing-of-all-children/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Illegal immigration hit record in 2023. 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.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5463595-surge-unauthorized-immigrants-biden-era/

REUTERS
— DOJ blocks use of justice grants for legal aid to migrants in US illegally
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/doj-blocks-use-justice-grants-legal-aid-migrants-us-illegally-email-shows-2025-08-21/
— Canada sees rise in US refugee claims, highest since 2019. Trans Americans increasingly seek asylum in Canada. US policies on trans rights cited as asylum motivation. How successful have Democrat leaders been forcing LGBTQ on everyone in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/more-americans-applying-refugee-status-canada-data-shows-2025-08-21/

UPI
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. 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.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/08/21/pew-unauthorized-immigration-14-million-2023/6221755788008/

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. 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.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-immigrant-population-decline-undocumented-peak-data-maps-2116385

ABC NEWS
— Will Pritzker do more cracking and packing and stop Republicans from being elected in all of Illinois’ 17 congressional districts?
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/redistricting-arms-race-states-addition-texas-california-parties/story?id=124855541

NBC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. 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.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/immigrant-population-shrinking-trump-administration-rcna225881

CBS NEWS
— Newsom signs California redistricting plan that could tilt 5 House seats toward Democrats. How soon will Pritzker do the same thing for Illinois?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-redistricting-gavin-newsom-vote/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. 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.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/undocumented-immigrants-left-us-2025-data-estimate/
— Trump hands out burgers and pizza to federal law enforcement amid D.C. police surge
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-patrol-dc-police-national-guard/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry Trump success in stopping illegal immigration. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/immigration-decline-united-states-trump.html

WTHI TV
— Lawmakers speak out against illegal immigrants receiving drivers licenses
https://www.wthitv.com/news/lawmakers-speak-out-against-illegal-immigrants-receiving-drivers-licenses/article_5b816e3c-7ea9-472a-adf4-1c1901c04987.html

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Illinois Democrat and RINO leaders destroyed organizations like Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans that refused to discriminate against those like me who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. While I was an ICRC officer and a TAPROOT chairman, I was under tremendous pressure to give preference to those who are not the aforesaid. To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.
https://news.bgov.com/litigation/anti-dei-group-loses-bid-to-block-illinois-demographic-data-law

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. 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.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2025/08/21/texas-is-catching-up-to-california-in-number-of-unauthorized-immigrants-pew-data-shows/

POLITICO
— Supreme Court lets Trump admin cut off health grants it says advance DEI or ‘gender ideology extremism’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/21/supreme-court-nih-funding-grants-00518782

PEW RESEARCH
— U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population Reached a Record 14 Million in 2023. Democrat and RINO leaders have flooded Americans with their illegals; Democrat leaders because illegals vote for Democrats and RINO leaders because they want cheap labor. 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.
https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2025/08/21/u-s-unauthorized-immigrant-population-reached-a-record-14-million-in-2023/
— What the data says about immigrants in the U.S. Democrat and RINO leaders have flooded Americans with their illegals; Democrat leaders because illegals vote for Democrats and RINO leaders because they want cheap labor. 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.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/21/key-findings-about-us-immigrants/

PBS
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. 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.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/illegal-immigration-hit-record-of-14-million-in-2023-pew-report-finds

AXIOS
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. 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.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/21/california-texas-states-unauthorized-immigrant-pew

ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION
— Do not anticipate/expect that any of the speakers or sponsors at ONA’s upcoming annual conference will be conservative or Republican.
https://ona25.journalists.org/about/

August 20, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— 2 ex-Obama administration officials Bill Daley and Ray LaHood launch bipartisan effort to create fairer legislative maps in Illinois
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-redistricting-news-fair-maps-bill-daley-ray-lahood-seek-create-fairer-state-legislative/17589140/

FOX32
— Darren Bailey mulls another run for Illinois governor, matchup with Pritzker
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1693954

WTTW
— As Trump Vows to Eliminate Mail-In Voting, Illinois Elections Officials Say Fraud is ‘Extremely Rare’
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/19/trump-vows-eliminate-mail-voting-illinois-elections-officials-say-fraud-extremely-rare

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Bipartisan group led by ex-Obama officials ‘rolling the dice’ on new remapping plan for Illinois legislature
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/19/illinois-legislative-independent-map-effort-2026/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/08/19/immigrants-trump-violent-crime-putin-air-water-show-air-pollution-sensors
— New Illinois law guarantees immigrant students access to public education. The law prohibits public schools from denying access to a free education based on immigration status. It also requires schools to have procedures for law enforcement requests to enter a building. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/08/19/illinois-law-immigrant-students-access-public-education
— To get more votes from minorities and females, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference over Whites and males.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/work/2025/08/20/illinois-preapprenticeship-programs-women-minorities-construction

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Election lawyers, Obama alumni Bill Daley and Ray LaHood renew Illinois redistricting reform push
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250819/news/election-lawyers-obama-alumni-renew-illinois-redistricting-reform-push/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/08/19/illinois-law-immigrant-students-access-public-education

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicagodefender.com/sick-pathetic-border-agents-appear-at-gavin-newsom-redistricting-rally/

SOUTHERN
— Trump says Smithsonian should portray America’s ‘Brightness,’ not ‘how bad Slavery was.’ America’s greatness put me on track a) to take college preparatory courses in high school 1964-1962, b) to get an ACT score of 24 in 1962, c) to graduate in the upper 20% of my class in 1962, d) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, e) to earn job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, f) to earn job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and g) to earn a job-related professional license in 1981. That put me on track to be hired by S.S. Kresge in 1964, Post Office in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980. That put me on track a) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. b) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., and c) to get married when I was 29.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/08/19/trump-says-smithsonian-should-portray-americas-brightness-not-how-bad-slavery-was/

SHAW LOCAL
— The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/08/19/underwood-decries-yorkvilles-stance-on-fining-possibly-jailing-homeless-people-during-town-hall-meeting/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— When Ian Dimler, a St. Francis High School student from Glen Ellyn, recently achieved a perfect score on his ACT test. Since 1966, my critics/opponents have stressed that my ACT score was only 24. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights during my junior and seniors years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/08/19/st-francis-student-gets-perfect-score-on-act-test/

HOMETOWN REGISTER
— Illinois GOP U.S. Senate candidates point to economy, Trump gains
https://www.hometownregister.com/news/state/illinois-gop-u-s-senate-candidates-point-to-economy-trump-gains/article_678e5ae5-37d6-5206-8530-f055673c7106.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump vows to lead effort to end mail-in voting
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-19/trump-vows-to-lead-effort-to-end-mail-in-voting
— Trump expands ‘woke’ criticism from Smithsonian to other museums. Democrats and RINOs use wokeness/wokeism to destroy Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-19/trump-expands-woke-criticism-from-smithsonian-to-other-museums

TRISTATES PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois legislature passes bill to shed more light on how schools support homeless students. Just under 3 percent of Illinois students were considered homeless last year. That’s still more than 47,000 kids statewide.
https://www.tspr.org/illinois-public-radio/2025-08-20/illinois-legislature-passes-bill-to-shed-more-light-on-how-schools-support-homeless-students

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote mail-in voting
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trumps-war-on-mail-in-voting-could-boomerang-on-gop/amp/

WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/forsyth-cannabis-dispensary-joint-days-away-from-opening-doors/article_f090eb3f-c61f-45ed-95d1-c2423d3722d2.html

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Trump says he’ll expand his focus on crimes to other Democratic-led cities. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-08-19/trump-says-hell-expand-his-focus-on-crimes-to-other-democratic-led-cities

WCIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wcia.com/business/press-releases/accesswire/1062432/pres-trumps-chance-to-fix-deas-marijuana-policy-failures-rescheduling/

UIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://today.uic.edu/uic-study-shows-how-abortion-provider-laws-hinder-access-to-womens-health-care/

CHICAGO MAROON
— College Sees Small Drops in Black, Hispanic Enrollment After Affirmative Action Ban. Affirmative Action is reverse discrimination.
https://chicagomaroon.com/48310/news/college-sees-small-drops-in-black-hispanic-enrollment-after-affirmative-action-ban/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Bill Daley, Ray LaHood revive Illinois map fight. Since 2000, Pearson has worked against me very hard.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/08/20/daley-lahood-revive-illinois-map-fight-00515793
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Diving into the details: The proposal would create a 12-member “Legislative Redistricting Commission,” by Capitol News’ Andrew Adams About Tuesday’s presentation: It was organized by the Lincoln Forum of Chicago, and the Tribune’s Rick Pearson moderated.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-572/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-365/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker is out of sync with what Illinoisans and Americans nationwide want
https://wirepoints.org/go-down-the-list-gov-pritzker-is-out-of-sync-with-what-illinoisans-and-americans-nationwide-want-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do Affirmative Action, DEI, CRT, 1619, and wokeness/wokeism lead you toward? They lead you toward blaming your problems on those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Question to ask candidates: What put you on track for your successes in life? For me, it was my following conservative principles. My parents were conservative Republicans who had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948, sent me to MSL grade schools 1953-1962, and had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962. My parents and my teachers promoted conservative principles, and especially personal responsibility. That put me on track a) to take college preparatory courses in high school 1964-1962, b) to get an ACT score of 24 in 1962, c) to graduate in the upper 20% of my class in 1962, d) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, e) to earn job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, f) to earn job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and g) to earn a job-related professional license in 1981. That put me on track to be hired by S.S. Kresge in 1964, Post Office in 1966, Firestone Stores in 1970, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980. That put me on track a) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. b) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., and c) to get married when I was 29. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What motivated you to get a college degree? For me, it included my father who frequently decried his not having a college degree. My IRS and GAO employee manuals motivated me a) to earn master’s degrees in business (1976), accounting (1980), and finance (1997), b) to earn professional certifications in accounting (1979), internal auditing (1981), fraud examination (1990), government financial management (1994), financial services auditing (1996), and forensic accounting (1997), and c) to earn a CPA license (1981). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

JOHN KASS
— The Iron Triangle of Deception
https://johnkassnews.com/the-chicago-way-w-john-kass-the-iron-triangle-of-deception/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Recent college grads struggle to find jobs amid AI boom, Trump tariffs. When you graduated, what frustrated your job search? When I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970, potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/19/recent-college-grads-struggle-find-jobs-amid-ai-boom-trump-tariffs/

NEW YORK POST
— Chicago residents blast ‘monstrosity’ Obama Presidential Center as displacement fears grow
https://nypost.com/2025/08/19/us-news/chicago-residents-blast-monstrosity-obama-presidential-center-as-displacement-fears-grow/
— Pritzker signs bill opening financial aid to all Illinois residents — including illegal immigrants
https://nypost.com/2025/08/19/us-news/illinois-gov-signs-bill-opening-financial-aid-to-all-residents-including-illegal-immigrants/
— Trump’s war on mail-in voting is futile — and could hurt the GOP. Democrat leaders promote mail-in voting.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/19/opinion/trumps-war-on-mail-in-voting-is-futile-and-could-hurt-the-gop/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Pritzker of cash-strapped Illinois signs ‘slap in the face’ bill giving financial aid to illegals
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/19/dem-governor-of-cash-strapped-blue-state-signs-slap-in-the-face-bill-giving-financial-aid-to-illegals-1577342/

BLAZE
— Pritzker hands tax dollars to illegal aliens for college tuition while Illinois drowns in debt
https://www.theblaze.com/news/democratic-governor-hands-tax-dollars-to-illegal-aliens-for-college-tuition-while-state-drowns-in-debt

COLLEGE FIX
— Open the Books announces a $25,000 Adam Andrzejewski Memorial Scholarship to help a high school or college journalist pay for school. Open the Books is a national government watchdog group which filed more than half a million Freedom of Information Act requests during Andrzejewski’s tenure.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/bulletin-board/govt-watchdog-offers-25000-college-scholarship-to-journalists-in-honor-of-deceased-founder/
— University of Wisconsin med school admits black students at 6 times rate of Asians
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-wisconsin-med-school-admits-black-students-at-6-times-rate-of-asians/
— One in five faculty job ads require DEI statement. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, ever-increasingly, to get promoted, you had to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, you had to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/survey-one-in-five-faculty-job-ads-require-dei-statement/

DAILY CALLER
— Texas GOP Rep. Chip Roy introduces anti-sanctuary city legislation with the toughest provisions to date.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/19/chip-roy-to-hit-sanctuary-city-officials/
— Pritzker Signs Bill Giving Illegals Financial Aid For College
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/19/jb-pritzker-illegal-immigrants-financial-aid-college/

DAILY WIRE
— Oklahoma To Require Ideology Test For Incoming Teachers From California And NY To Weed Out Wokeness. “We will not allow these leftists’ plans and schemes to take place here.” For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/oklahoma-to-require-ideology-test-for-incoming-teachers-from-california-and-ny-to-weed-out-wokeness

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Assures No US Boots on the Ground as Part of Ukraine Security Guarantees
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/trump-assures-no-us-boots-on-the-ground-as-part-of-ukraine-security-guarantees-5903074

FOX BUSINES.
— The Left is so Trump-deranged they can’t root for peace.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6377057918112

FOX NEWS
— Chicago mayor says flood victims can get aid without revealing immigration status
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377098393112
— Trump slams mail-in ballots as corrupt, but may not have the power to derail them. President calls mail-in ballots ‘corrupt’ and claims Putin advised him on election integrity. In America, and especially in Illinois, Democrats run elections.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-slams-mail-ballots-corrupt-may-not-have-power-derail-them
— Do you trust a system that’s failing at education to handle your child’s mental health? Rooftop Revelations: Mental health is deeply personal. No two kids are alike, and a one-size-fits-all tablet quiz in the classroom can’t capture that. According to Democrat leaders, if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/do-you-trust-system-thats-failing-education-handle-your-childs-mental-health
— DHS plans ‘Cornhusker Clink’ detention center as Trump expands immigration enforcement. DHS Secretary Noem warned illegal aliens could find themselves at the new facility in McCook, Nebraska, and encouraged self-deportation.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-plans-cornhusker-clink-detention-center-trump-expands-immigration-enforcement
— Entire southern border wall to be painted black at President Trump’s request
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377097677112

NEWSMAX
— Law Enforcement Must Unite, Halt Democrats Attacks on ICE
https://www.newsmax.com/clarencevmckee/booker-padilla-police/2025/08/19/id/1223102/
— Trump Admin Opens Sprawling ‘Lone Star Lockup’ Immigration Detention Center
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigration-detention-texas/2025/08/19/id/1223144/
— Dems Hypocrites on Redistricting
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/brian-harrison-texas-democrats/2025/08/20/id/1223213/

TOWNHALL
— Pritzker: We Can’t Afford Medicaid Cuts! But Also, Here’s Funding for Illegal Immigrants.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/08/19/illinois-governor-signs-bill-giving-student-financial-aid-to-illegal-immigrants-n2662027

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— State Department revokes over 6,000 student visas, citing law breaking and overstays
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/student-visas-revoked-state-department/

CBS NEWS
— Gov. Josh Shapiro says Trump’s push to end mail-in voting won’t affect Pennsylvania elections
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/mail-in-voting-trump-josh-shapiro/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Oklahoma ideology test for teachers from New York and California draws criticism. For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-teacher-test-ideology-california-new-york-1d08d0ef4e6e3dc71d8537601d8455e9
— Trump says American troops will not be sent to defend Ukraine. If America had not sent troops to defend South Vietnam, my life would have been dramatically different. Since 1966, my critics/opponents have used my getting student draft deferments (1966-1970) and a financial hardship draft deferment (1970-1971) against me big time. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government who were veterans. They stressed that I was 1-A, conservative, and Republican. They blamed Republicans for America losing the war. They strongly hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was both a hypocrite and a coward. They stressed that if I had served, I would not have been sent into combat anyway because I could not run because I had a bone disease, because my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and because I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-russia-ukraine-war-defend-american-troops-85704282576324a36567798e9cb741ec

REUTERS
— What do your critics/opponents stress to make your ancestors responsible for slavery, and therefore, to make you pay reparations, that is, to make you pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI? My critics/opponents stress that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In my ancestors’ defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-targets-smithsonian-again-says-it-focuses-too-much-how-bad-slavery-was-2025-08-19/
— Trump says US may provide air support to back a Ukraine peace deal
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-says-us-may-provide-air-support-back-ukraine-peace-deal-2025-08-19/

NEW YORK TIMES
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— What do your critics/opponents stress to make your ancestors responsible for slavery, and therefore, to make you pay reparations, that is, to make you pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI? My critics/opponents stress that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In my ancestors’ defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/trump-smithsonian-slavery.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois could redistrict before the 2026 midterms. As Trump pushes for a more Republican-friendly House map, more than half a dozen states are potential targets for mid-decade tweaks to congressional boundaries.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/20/congressional-redistricting-states-midterms/
— While Biden was president, he viciously, but unsuccessfully, used the levers of presidential power to defeat Trump in 2024.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/19/trump-midterms-election-2026-voting-redistricting/541b2eb2-7d4f-11f0-971c-6c8e53bd2f21_story.html
— What percent of restaurant workers are illegals? I washed dishes for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, an illegal with “good papers” would have gotten my job. I was the only White male dishwasher that the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights employed. Many people look down on dishwashers. Nevertheless, the money that I earned washing dishes enabled me to buy a new base red 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ), a poor man’s GTO, in May of 1966.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/08/19/dc-restaurants-business-down-police-crackdown/
— On Trump’s order, dozens arrested daily in D.C. The details are hidden.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/19/trump-crime-arrest-reports-hidden/
— Trump administration cancels annual employee survey amid civil service tumult. The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey has been sent to millions of federal workers over the years. I filled out annual employee surveys while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. I was one of the last Republicans who GAO hired. My Democrat GAO superiors talked and acted like the overwhelming majority of their employees wanted them to get rid of their employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I should write about that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/19/federal-survey-employees-canceled/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote crime and criminals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/fear-confusion-resistance-one-night-under-trumps-dc-crackdown/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— How California plans to boost EVs with no federal help
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-08-19/california-officials-release-report-on-zero-emission-vehicle-goals

USA TODAY
— Guns or weed? Trump administration says you can’t use both. The Justice Department wants the Supreme Court to make clear that regular pot smokers, and other users of illegal drugs, cannot own guns.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/20/trump-gun-rights-drug-users-marijuana-supreme-court/85660246007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Administration to Screen Immigrants for ‘Anti-American’ Views. The new guidance builds on the agency’s policy of vetting social media for evidence of antisemitism.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/ice-immigration-social-media-vetting-9da2d2d1

FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/teresahopke/2022/03/30/white-men-are-feeling-left-out-of-dei-diversity-equity–inclusion-why-should-we-care-and-what-should-we-do/

DUKE CHRONICLE
— The Class of 2028’s first year: Political beliefs and lifestyles. If you had responded to a survey like this when you were in college, how would you have responded? Ever-increasingly students are products of a) Democrat teachers, b) the Democrat mainstream news media, and c) the Democrat entertainment industry.
https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke-chronicle-class-of-2028-survey-political-beliefs-and-lifestyles-voting-activity-registration-conservative-liberal-institutional-neutrality-dei-affirmative-action-religion-election-first-year-alcohol-drugs-20250820
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For the eighth consecutive year, The Chronicle surveyed the first-year class about their political leanings, religious beliefs and lifestyles. As fervent policy debates with the potential to reshape the nation’s higher education landscape continue to reverberate across the country, we also asked the Class of 2028 for their stances on a few key issues: affirmative action, institutional neutrality, and diversity, equity and inclusion. Political leanings and voting habits Like classes before them, the Class of 2028 leans mostly to the left. Nearly two-thirds of respondents described their political views as somewhat liberal or very liberal — 33.9% and 29.9%, respectively. About a fourth of respondents — 24.1% — identified as moderate. Eleven percent of our respondents identified as somewhat conservative, and only 0.9% identified as very conservative. This is less than last year’s survey of the Class of 2027, which had 14.8% of respondents self-identify as conservative, but up from our surveys of the Classes of 2026, 2025 and 2024 with 9.9%, 6.6% and 6.4%, respectively. The 2024 election was a key piece to the Class of 2028’s fall semester. Many members of the class reported voting in what may have been the first election they were eligible. The vast majority of respondents — 83.0% — said they were registered to vote in the United States. 6.2% of respondents said they were not registered to vote in the U.S., while the remaining 10.7% were ineligible to vote because of citizenship status or age. . .Only two respondents identified as very conservative. Thus, The Chronicle excluded them from further written analysis. Members of the Class of 2028 of all political leanings were more likely to be registered to vote than not. But a sizable portion of moderate students, 18.5%, indicated they were eligible but not registered. A majority of students of all political affiliations said they voted in the most recent general election. . .Excluding the small sample of only two students who identified as very conservative, moderate students were least likely to report voting in the Nov. 5, 2024 general election. Respondents who identified as very liberal were most likely to have voted. 90.3% of respondents who voted in last November’s election said they did so in North Carolina. Political opinions The Class of 2028’s opinions on affirmative action, institutional neutrality and DEI tended to align with their political views. But students were more broadly divided over these issues than across the political spectrum in general, and many expressed ambivalence or uncertainty. Nearly half of respondents said they oppose the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling to end the use of race and ethnicity in college admission decisions — 28.1% were somewhat opposed, and 17.4% were strongly opposed. Just about a third of respondents — 32.1% — neither support nor oppose the decision, and under one-fourth of respondents strongly support or somewhat support the ruling: 7.1% and 15.2%, respectively. All students who self-identified as very conservative strongly supported the ruling, while four in five students identifying as very liberal opposed the decision. Students identifying as moderate were more likely than not to neither support nor oppose the decision. . .DEI has come under intense scrutiny at universities across the country, especially after the Trump administration took office in January. Duke indicated a shift to “inclusive excellence” in official messaging in June with the release of a potential new set of principles for the University. Our survey was conducted prior to that in March and April. Slightly over half our respondents said they thought Duke was putting just enough emphasis on DEI in hiring, curriculum, student life and campus activities generally. 29.9% thought the University was not giving enough attention to DEI, while 17.0% thought it was doing too much. Again, the Class of 2028’s policy stances generally correlated to their political beliefs. But, with the exception of the small sample of very conservative students, a plurality of respondents of each political leaning felt Duke was giving DEI just the right amount of attention. . .More generally, three in five respondents said they found it “very easy” or “somewhat easy” to express their political opinions freely on campus — 23.7% and 38.0%, respectively. 23.2% said they found it “neither easy nor difficult,” while 10.3% of respondents believe it is “somewhat difficult,” and only 4.9% find it “very difficult.” More than half of respondents who found it very difficult to express their political opinions freely on campus identified as conservative. Those who found it very or somewhat easy to express their political beliefs were significantly more likely to identify as liberal or moderate. . .Religion and lifestyle Nonreligious students saw the greatest representation in the Class of 2028 at 42.3%: 15.6% identified as atheist and 20.9% as agnostic, and 5.8% selected no religion. They were closely followed by Christian students at 41.1%, including just under one in six students who identify as Catholic. Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim students each made up less than 10% of our respondents. . .Reporting a religious affiliation did not necessarily indicate religiosity. Of the 144 respondents who did not consider themselves atheist or agnostic, nearly a third considered themselves not very religious or not religious at all — 27.1% and 4.2%, respectively. 22.9% of respondents said they were religious, while 38.2% considered themselves somewhat religious. Only 7.6% of respondents considered themselves very religious. Political preferences varied by religious affiliation. Many religious groups had small sample sizes, though, limiting the significance of our findings. . .Buddhist students were the only religious group where a majority identified as politically moderate, though there were only 7 Buddhist students in our sample. Students identifying as non-religious or Protestant Christian Protestant had the largest proportion of conservative respondents; these groups had 13 and 32 students, respectively. For many students, college marks the first taste of independence — and, for some, the first brush with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana or sex. Three in five respondents reported having drunk alcohol since arriving on campus. About 8.5% said they had obtained a fake ID since getting to Duke, although those who had a fake ID before moving to campus are not captured in our survey. 11.6% of respondents said they have used tobacco products since arriving on campus, and 16.5% said the same for marijuana products. 22.8% have had sex. Just over a third of respondents reported not having done any of these.)

AXIOS
— Trump administration revives plan to paint border wall black
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/19/trump-border-wall-black-paint-noem-immigration
— MAGA isolationists brace for details of Ukraine security guarantees
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/19/trump-ukraine-security-guarantees-maga-bannon