FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Thieves break into vehicles at 15 locations in O’Hare area. Under the Democrats, crime ever-increasingly increases. How much will crime have to increase before Republicans are elected again in DuPage County?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-thieves-target-least-15-vehicles-ohare-oriole-park-norwood-police-warn/16070925/
— Pritzker tries to chart a path for national Democrats to counter Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-tries-chart-path-national-democrats-counter-president-donald-trump/16068496/
NBC5
— Suburban postal workers hold rally amid uncertainty over Trump administration cuts. The Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966 a) if it had not gotten extra money to deal with the 1966 Christmas rush and b) if it could have found a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would have taken the job. I qualified myself a) by passing the postal employment examination, b) by earning a high school diploma, c) by passing a truck driving test, and d) by owning a car that I could use to deliver mail with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIwx1j_j3Bk
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/immigrant-advocates-chicago-protests-may-day-preview/
— GOP grapples with mounting frustration over DOGE cuts. What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on government spending?
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/gop-grapples-with-mounting-frustration-over-doge-cuts/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— At state job fair, DOGE cuts hit home for federal workers. Gingrich cuts hit home for me. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/22/doge-cuts/
— Amid Musk backlash, Tesla used car market slumping in Chicago. Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/22/backlash-musk-tesla-used-car-slump/
— The downside of early retirement. Because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, in today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension a) is only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and b) is less than what my IRS salary was in 1972. But far worse than that, my critics/opponents have always viciously used against me my having been forced to retire early. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I must be an extremely bad person because I was forced to retire even though I had so many qualifications. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that. GAO audits IRS. I had earned an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance in 1997. I had passed on my first attempt the CPA examination in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. I had earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I had become a licensed CPA in 1981. My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle a) the fact that I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit since 1988 that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) the fact that Gingrich had dramatically cut GAO’s budget, and c) the fact that my Democrat GAO superiors gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, had no CPA license like the one I had, and had always ran the office’s Black History Month events.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/03/17/jill-on-money-advice-for-laid-off-workers/
— Trump avoided the Vietnam War draft. Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use veterans to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/19/column-trump-administrations-dei-purge-is-disrespectful-to-veterans/
— Elon Musk and Gov. JB Pritzker among billionaires spending in pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court race
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/23/wisconsin-supreme-court-race/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/03/22/tesla-takedown-protesters-gold-coast-elon-musk-federal-cuts
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use their illegals to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/03/23/immigrant-health-care-illinois-pritzker-budget-cut
— Two Pritzker-backed proposals, including community college initiative, stalled. One bill would authorize community colleges to offer four-year bachelor’s degree programs. The other proposal centers on reforming local government structures, particularly townships.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/22/jb-pritzker-backed-community-college-four-year-degree-township-rich-miller
WQAD
— Multiple bills addressing ethics reform fail to pass in Illinois
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3iewPB9310
WAND TV
— IL House Republicans argue Democrats missed opportunity to pass significant ethics reforms out of committee
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-house-republicans-argue-democrats-missed-opportunity-to-pass-significant-ethics-reforms-out-of-committee/article_66b92fba-3407-449b-b3a8-5f02d5836a2f.html
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— One organization held an empty chair town hall meeting in Jacksonville Saturday afternoon. After repeated attempts to contact District 15 Representative Mary Miller, frustrated residents gathered Saturday to make their voices heard. How many are on Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/jacksonville-residents-unable-to-reach-elected-congresswoman-with-questions#
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Residents told NewsChannel20 that more than 180,000 people in District 15 are enrolled in Medicaid, they also claimed Miller’s politics do not reflect their whole community.)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— HOW THE NEW YORK TIMES IS KILLING AMERICA
https://johnkassnews.com/how-ny-times-and-jacobin-friends-killed-america/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is the Democrat Party’s strategy to win elections? It is to ever-increasingly promote more hatred against voters who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. It is to ever-increasingly shout that those who are the aforesaid are causing all the problems for those who are the following: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Federal Democrat leaders ever-increasingly rally for federal employees. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Gingrich ever-increasingly cut GAO’s budget. There were no rallies for GAO employees. The Democrats who ran GAO made its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or who had ancestors who had been in America for a long time pay the price of Gingrich’s budget cuts. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What does the ruling class in your county, township, municipality, and school district think of you? I should write about the ruling class in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 thinks of me. I would focus on the adverse actions that their members have had their operatives and dupes take against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders have never fought for equal rights. Democrat leaders have always fought for superior rights for those who vote for Democrats. Those who vote for Democrats are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, have financial, health and/or other problems, lack education and/or job skills, want/need/demand massive government assistance, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What percent of the registered voters in your precinct are not affiliated (NA), that is, what percent have not cast a Republican or Democrat primary ballot? Of the 1,100 registered voters in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, 450 (41%) are NA, 375 (34%) are Republican, and 275 (25%) are Democrat. Why do so many not vote in primary elections? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The downside of early retirement. Because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, in today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension a) is only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and b) is less than what my IRS salary was in 1972. But far worse than that, my critics/opponents have always viciously used against me my having been forced to retire early. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I must be an extremely bad person because I was forced to retire even though I had so many qualifications. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that. GAO audits IRS. I had earned an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance in 1997. I had passed on my first attempt the CPA examination in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. I had earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I had become a licensed CPA in 1981. My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle a) the fact that I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit since 1988 that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) the fact that Gingrich had dramatically cut GAO’s budget, and c) the fact that my Democrat GAO superiors gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, had no CPA license like the one I had, and had always ran the office’s Black History Month events. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Looking at Illinois Jobs and Population Decline Since Pritzker Has Been Governor (COMMENT: More and more and more Republicans in my precinct and who own Iron Gate Motor Condos have moved to Florida. That is what Pritzker wants.)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/22/looking-at-illinois-jobs-and-population/
— Marengo Democrats Mail in Support of Their Candidates
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/21/marengo-democrats-mail-in-support-of-their-candidates/
— Rockford Blood Bank Promotion Offers Pot
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/21/rockford-blood-bank-promotion-offers-pot/
— Irony in Springfield
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/18/irony-in-springfield/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illinois’ pro-abortion amendment faces religious-freedom lawsuit
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/22/illinois-diocese-sues-state-ban-discriminating-reproductive-health/
— Republicans accuse Democrat Jasmine Crockett of inciting Tesla attacks, call for FBI investigation
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/21/republicans-accuse-democrat-jasmine-crockett-inciting-tesla-attacks/
NEW YORK POST
— The Tesla attacks are proof that the left is turning on itself in orgy of liberal cannibalism
https://nypost.com/2025/03/22/opinion/the-tesla-attacks-are-proof-that-the-left-is-turning-on-itself/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Lengths Democrats Are Willing to Go to Stop Trump
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/03/21/democrats-10-part-strategy-to-stopping-trump-at-any-cost/
DAILY WIRE
— Nearly Two Thirds Of Americans Support Trump’s Deportation Policy
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-two-thirds-of-americans-support-trumps-deportation-policy-poll
EPOCH TIMES
— Marijuana Users Under Age 50 Are 6 Times More Likely to Suffer Heart Attacks
https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/marijuana-users-under-age-50-are-6-times-more-likely-to-suffer-heart-attacks-study-finds-5829434
FEDERALIST
— Legal Complaint Asks Education Department To Probe Alleged Left-Wing GOTV Scheme At Colleges
https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/21/legal-complaint-asks-education-department-to-probe-alleged-left-wing-gotv-scheme-at-colleges/
FOX BUSINESS
— Musk sounds off about Tesla drivers reportedly given low Uber ratings amid nationwide protests. Uber responds to viral anti-Tesla post, saying ratings should be based on ‘quality of service.’ Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/elon-musk-sounds-off-tesla-drivers-reportedly-given-low-uber-ratings-amid-nationwide-protests
FOX NEWS
— Trump, Musk are the radical ruling class’s greatest-ever threat. What does the ruling class in your county, township, municipality, and school district think of you? I should write about the ruling class in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 thinks of me. I would focus on the adverse actions that their members have had their operative and dupes take against me lately.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6370409270112
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— New sheriff in town, Attorney General Pam Bondi, unleashes the DOJ on unhinged Tesla vandals
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/new-sheriff-in-town-attorney-general-pam-bondi-unleashes-the-doj-on-unhinged-tesla-vandals
NEWSMAX
— Thousands of Agents Diverted to Trump Immigration Crackdown
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-immigration-crackdown/2025/03/22/id/1203910/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Revokes Legal Status of Migrants Who Entered U.S. Under Fraud-Ridden Biden-Era Program
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/03/22/trump-revokes-legal-status-of-migrants-who-entered-us-under-fraud-ridden-biden-era-program-n4938182
TOWNHALL
— About Those 100 ‘Faith Leaders’ Who Support Reckless Government Spending
https://townhall.com/columnists/ryanbomberger/2025/03/23/about-those-100-faith-leaders-who-support-reckless-government-spending-n2654299
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use green card holders to promote more hatred against Trump. If my employers could have hired green card holders instead of me, they would have.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/22/us/green-card-visa-holders-deportation-fears-cec/index.html
— Musk wants to audit the Fed. Is that a good idea? (COMMENT: During the last 8 years that I worked for GAO, all the audits that I worked on involved the Fed.)
https://www.aol.com/elon-musk-wants-audit-fed-140047093.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Musk, the world’s richest man who is also overseeing a mass restructuring of the federal government, isn’t referring to the Fed’s $6.8 trillion balance sheet. The Fed’s finances and operations are already audited extensively by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and an independent accounting firm. Musk is talking about the Fed’s monetary policy decisions.)
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPOIRT
— Pritzker Tries to Chart a Path for National Democrats to Counter Trump
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-03-22/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-tries-to-chart-a-path-for-national-democrats-to-counter-trump
MSN
— Musk said he’s running his businesses with ‘great difficulty’ as Tesla stock falls 15%
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/elon-musk-said-he-s-running-his-businesses-with-great-difficulty-as-tesla-stock-falls-15/ar-AA1ADSz6
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Tuskegee Airmen to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://apnews.com/article/surviving-tuskegee-airmen-colorado-racism-dei-trump-53ca56d8d5e3930eccb02bc6605efd33
AOL
— Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/most-americans-negative-view-elon-153929037.html
— What Trump-supporting federal workers think of his blitz to shake up the government. Gingrich cut GAO’s budget dramatically. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates punished me dramatically for that.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-supporting-federal-workers-think-085901876.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— I.R.S. Prepares to Help Find Immigrants Targeted for Deportation. The tax agency is nearing an agreement to verify whether ICE officials have the right address for people they are trying to deport.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/politics/irs-ice-immigrants-deportation.html
— Trump Invoked the Alien Enemies Act to Speed Up Deportations. The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gives the president wartime powers to deport undocumented immigrants with little to no due process. Constructively, many countries, including Mexico, have declared war on America. Sending people into a country illegally is an act of war.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/alien-enemies-act-trump.html
— Musk Gets Ready to Enter the Restaurant Business. Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/dining/elon-musk-restaurant-diner.html
— What Is DOGE? Trump Says One Thing, Government Lawyers Say Another. The Department of Government Efficiency described in court filings bears little resemblance to the no-holds-barred approach taken by Elon Musk and praised by President Trump. Because of Gingrich budget cuts, GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/politics/what-is-doge-elon-musk-trump.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Thank you to DOGE and our hardworking staff who worked very long hours to achieve this overdue and historic reform,” Mr. Rubio wrote on X earlier this month after announcing the cancellation of 5,200 U.S.A.I.D. contracts.)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/opinion/trump-trans-denationalizing.html
— Without question, because of WWI, WWII, and the Holocaust, German is the worst nation origin. In my defense, I have always stressed a) that while all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany, they all came during the 1840s and 1850s and they have always lived in northeast Illinois, b) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, c) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and d) that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/europe/kindertransport-holocaust-britain-rescue.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party Army.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/03/21/judge-boasberg-trump-administration-alien-enemies-act/
— Democrat leaders have never fought for equal rights. Democrat leaders have always fought for superior rights for those who vote for Democrats. Those who vote for Democrats are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, have financial, health and/or other problems, lack education and/or job skills, want/need/demand massive government assistance, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/22/trump-orban-erdogan-lgbtq-democracy/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Hundreds rally against Trump, Musk in Westwood. Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-22/hundreds-rally-against-trump-musk-in-westwood
USA TODAY
— With hundreds fewer workers, can the Federal Student Aid office still function? Because of Gingrich budget cuts, GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/03/21/federal-student-aid-staff-layoffs/82520174007/
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/22/town-halls-republicans-democrats-doge-trump/82589214007/
TIMES LEADER
— Federal workers rally unites laborers against Trump, Musk. Because of Gingrich budget cuts, GAO is less than a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.timesleader.com/news/1689503/federal-workers-rally-unites-laborers-against-trump-musk
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Phil Glover, District 3 national vice president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), was the scheduled rally’s first speaker, and said that Musk and DOGE employees are not truly targeting fraud in the federal budget. Instead, according to Glover, they are slashing “shit that they don’t like.” “They’re simply going into line items that they don’t understand and they don’t know why it was ever spent. That’s Congress’ job,” Glover said. He noted that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is responsible for auditing the government and called for rally attendees to hold their elected officials accountable. “Either we stand up to this, and we let our members of Congress and the Senate know that they better stand up for us. We’re the constituents, and we can fire them just like DOGE is firing our people,” Glover said.)
BD NEWS
— Anti-Musk protesters gather outside Tesla dealership in Washington DC. Trump appointed Musk to lead efforts to downsize the federal government, which has thousands of workers in the nation’s capital. Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://bdnews24.com/world/americas/459b22ac5f81
KTVU
— Hundreds protest Tesla, Elon Musk and Trump in East Bay march. Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBmUEsnQarw
WKOW
— Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI) rallies with federal employees. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Gingrich ever-increasingly cut GAO’s budget. There were no rallies for GAO employees. The Democrats who ran GAO made its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or who had ancestors who had been in America for a long time pay the price of Gingrich’s budget cuts.
https://www.wkow.com/news/rep-mark-pocan-rallies-with-federal-employees/article_1dca0972-c322-4de7-bd79-955b42c5116d.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Depressed Democrats Find Hope at Bernie Sanders Rallies. Two-time presidential candidate draws ‘insane’ crowds as he criticizes cuts by Musk and Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/bernie-sanders-rally-tour-republican-opposition-571cd417
BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly flood America with their illegals. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party Army.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-22/deportations-won-t-cure-democrat-led-cities-they-ll-get-worse
FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://fortune.com/2025/03/22/tesla-investors-elon-musk-drags-stock-price-down/
FORBES
— Pro- And Anti-DOGE Protesters Demonstrate Outside Tesla Dealership In Illinois. Democrat leaders harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQy4r-8tPpg
AXIOS
— Democrat leaders have never fought for equal rights. Democrat leaders have always fought for superior rights for those who vote for Democrats. Those who vote for Democrats are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, have less money than others, have financial, health and/or other problems, lack education and/or job skills, want/need/demand massive government assistance, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/22/equal-rights-amendment-state-constitutions
TIMES OF INDIA
— The Trump administration is scrutinizing federal consultancies like Booz Allen and Accenture, demanding clear reports on their government contracts and cost-cutting plans. Accenture’s stock fell due to reduced US government work. The investigation aims to curb waste and spending in the $759 billion federal contract market, affecting major firms such as IBM and General Dynamics.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/donald-trump-government-sends-warning-letter-to-10-highest-paid-consulting-companies-with-march-31-deadline-explain-and-in-language-that-a-15-year-old-should-understand/articleshow/119338009.cms
Tag: marijuana
March 20, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders advance homeschooling bill as thousands of Republicans pack Capitol to voice opposition.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/19/lawmakers-advance-homeschooling-bill-as-thousands-pack-capitol-to-voice-opposition/
— Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/19/tesla-dupage-naperville-musk-trump-doge-cuts/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Illegals use schools to avoid deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/19/immigration-crackdown-brews-cps-fear/
— Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/19/social-security-in-person-checks/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/19/gov-jb-pritzker-donald-trump-elon-musk-washington-dc-speech
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mahmoud Khalil.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/19/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-free-speech-first-amendment-president-trump-rubio-deportation-jacob-sullum
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/13/epa-cuts-doge-environment-water-pollution-national-parks-federal-government-trump-musk-tesla
— City Council bashes Trump administration for detaining man who helped lead protests at Columbia University
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/03/19/columbia-university-protests-palestinians-gaza-mahmoud-khalil-trump-protests-detention-council-resolution
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250319/crime/violent-attacks-on-tesla-dealerships-spike-as-musk-takes-prominent-role-in-trump-white-house/
— ‘Stay away’: Judge orders accused Tesla vandal to keep off company’s property. Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250319/news/stay-away-judge-orders-accused-tesla-vandal-to-stay-off-companys-property/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Civic groups step up calls for expanding Illinois sales tax to services
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-sales-tax-should-apply-services-civic-groups-say?share-code=17424213918081665-195b08b2133&utm_id=gfta-ur-250319
ABC7
— Democrat bill aims to discourage/stop homeschooling.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-homeschool-laws-bill-hb-2827-aims-add-more-oversight-homeschooling-state-not-want/16051675/
WTTW
— Democrat House Panel Advances Bill to Discourage/Stop Homeschooling
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/19/illinois-house-panel-advances-bill-strengthen-homeschooling-oversight
— Democrats ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/19/trump-administration-s-anti-dei-efforts-now-aimed-college-campuses-including-illinois
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2025/03/20/lgbtq-communities-in-central-illinois-respond-to-trump-policies/82310955007/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/university-illinois/ui-departments-navigating-carefully-amid-uncertainty-over-trumps-actions/article_58f6b448-a374-4161-9078-7912cc956c4c.html
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— How dependent are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct on federal spending?
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article302289829.html
RIVER BENDER
— Rep. Davidsmeyer Focused on Stopping Illegal Immigration
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/rep-davidsmeyer-focused-on-stopping-illegal-immigration-80757.cfm?
STATELINE
— Pritzker coming to Rockford on Friday to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump policies
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/gov-pritzker-coming-to-rockford-on-friday-to-discuss-negative-impacts-of-trumps-policies/
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: ‘Bleed for Weed’ event in Freeport will trade blood donations for cannabis. Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/freeport-blood-drive-cannabis-vouchers/
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the military.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/19/judge-calls-out-militarys-history-of-discrimination-in-blocking-trumps-transgender-soldier-ban/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats use their law firms to destroy Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-19/experts-say-trumps-targeting-of-law-firms-is-unprecedented
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-19/jamie-raskin-is-leading-the-democrats-legal-strategy-against-the-trump-administration
WTVO ROCKFORD
— Police charge 27-year-old for vandalizing newly built Illinois Tesla dealership. Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-charge-27-old-vandalizing-154339551.html
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Mayor’s Office, Police Skip Immigration Committee Hearing Amid Federal Lawsuit. The City Council’s Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights met for the first time in nearly eight months to discuss what’s being done to support the city’s immigrants.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/19/mayors-office-police-skip-immigration-committee-hearing-amid-federal-lawsuit/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Democrat teachers to make students sexually active LGBTQers.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/19/conservative-groups-target-illinois-and-chicagos-protections-for-lgbtq-students/
NORTHERN STAR
— NIU removes DEI language from its website
https://northernstar.info/123972/news/niu-removes-dei-language-from-its-website/
DARIAN PATCH
— Darien Official’s Marijuana Assertion Questioned. An alderman seeking re-election said the local dispensary brings in “only about” $40,000 in sales taxes. My critics/opponents in Wheaton continue to be furious that I stopped the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://patch.com/illinois/darien-il/darien-officials-marijuana-assertion-questioned
POLITICO
— Former Illinois state Sen. Jim Oberweis — a Republican now living in Bonita Springs, Florida — was the first Republican to announce a candidacy for the congressional seat set to be vacated by Rep. Byron Donalds as he runs for governor of the Sunshine State.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/20/illinois-man-becomes-florida-man-00239360
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-478/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-271/
— Homeschoolers descend on Springfield by the thousands to protest regulatory bill
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/19/homeschoolers-descend-on-springfield-by-the-thousands-to-protest-regulatory-bill/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage Democrats are harassing and intimidating a local business
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/670599946-dupage-county-republicans-dupage-democrats-are-harassing-and-intimidating-a-local-business
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— A front page top of fold article in today’s USA TODAY is titled “How Trump and Musk made federal employees America’s favorite punching bag. Why do Americans hate federal employees? Musk and Trump are stoking long-running resentment of the federal government and civil servants for their own political purposes.” I should write a book about how people view/treat federal employees and federal retirees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years. Of course, in my book, I would use as examples how my critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have viewed/treated me. Of course, they deny my having been a federal employee and my being a federal retiree have anything to do with it. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, because of Republican budget cuts, the agency was almost always under hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes. The agency shrank from over 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. I was one of the last Republicans that GAO hired. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely because of those Republican budget cuts. I would not have survived for almost 18 years if I had not a) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) became a licensed CPA in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— So far, since I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.8 million in today’s dollars to stop me from working. that is, they forced me to retire. – Dave Diersen
http://www/gopillinois.com
— Today, again using 800 mailing labels and 400 envelopes, I will hand-deliver Republican campaign literature and sample ballots to the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one Republican or one Independent voter. I have divided my precinct into four zones. It takes me about three/four hours to walk a zone. While I walk my precinct, I will get a measure of the success that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters have had promoting more hatred against Trump. Republican Precinct Committeemen are lightning rods for that hatred. 478 in my precinct voted for Harris. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Dozens of medical schools on DEI ‘watchlist’ as two face civil rights complaint
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3352629/medical-schools-dei-watchlist-civil-rights-complaint/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrats’ silence is damning as leftist Tesla violence explodes. Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://nypost.com/2025/03/19/opinion/democrats-silence-is-damning-as-leftist-violence-explodes/
AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— GOP proposal allows victims of sanctuary policies to sue: ‘put law on side of American citizens, not criminal illegals’
https://americanwirenews.com/gop-proposal-allows-victims-of-sanctuary-policies-to-sue-put-law-on-side-of-american-citizens-not-criminal-illegals/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— GOP proposal allows victims of sanctuary policies to sue: ‘put law on side of American citizens, not criminal illegals’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/03/19/gop-proposal-allows-victims-of-sanctuary-policies-to-sue-put-law-on-side-of-american-citizens-not-criminal-illegals-1530229/
CENTER SQUARE
— Top prosecutor calls Tesla violence ‘domestic terrorism’ Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_8a275082-c8d9-4f2f-8234-ee70567c2ef5.html
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Admin Freezes Millions In Federal Funds For Ivy League School Allowing Men In Women’s Sports
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/19/trump-admin-freezes-millions-in-federal-funds-for-ivy-league-school-allowing-men-in-womens-sports/
FOX BUSINESS
— Tesla vandals should be persecuted relentlessly for what they’re doing. Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6370240595112
FOX NEWS
— Trump signs executive order to abolish the Department of Education
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-signs-executive-order-abolish-department-education-more-top-headlines
— Trump, Republicans at record-high ratings as Democrats falter. Plus, early job ratings for Vance, Rubio and Musk
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-trump-republicans-record-high-ratings-democrats-falter
— Illinois families protest Democrat bill that would restrict homeschooling.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6370242545112
— Trump: Removing criminals is a presidential job, not for a local judge to decide. President Donald Trump addresses criticism after deporting illegal migrant criminals on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6370204307112
— Judge who blocked key Trump executive order has long history of left-wing activism, Dem donations. Judge Reyes has donated more than $38,000 to Democratic campaigns and groups since 2008.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-who-blocked-key-trump-executive-order-has-long-history-left-wing-activism-dem-donations
MRC TV
— Jimmy Kimmel Eggs On Violent Vandalism & Arson Against Tesla. Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/justine-brooke-murray/jimmy-kimmel-eggs-violent-vandalism-arson-against-tesla
PJ MEDIA
— Pritzker Is Looking to Be the Savior of the Democratic Party
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/03/19/il-gov-jb-pritzker-is-looking-to-be-the-savior-of-the-democratic-party-he-should-save-illinois-first-n4938081
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— White House Condemns Democrats Over Silence On Tesla Attacks. Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5203612-white-house-condemns-tesla-attacks/
— Bondi labels Tesla vandalism ‘domestic terrorism’
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5202981-bondi-labels-tesla-vandalism-domestic-terrorism/
— The mainstream news media promotes illegal immigration for the Democrat Party.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5200817-immigration-trump-agenda-news-outlets/
CNN
— Police end Casten’s Downers Grove town hall after fiery confrontations
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/19/politics/video/police-end-dem-lawmakers-town-hall-after-fiery-confrontations
— Trump’s moves to hollow out government could be difficult to undo
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/20/politics/trump-musk-federal-government-reagan/index.html
MSN
— Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters commit domestic terrorism.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-ag-bondi-call-tesla-protests-domestic-terrorism-are-they/ar-AA1BgJn8
— Sean Hannity: This is full on domestic terrorism. Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sean-hannity-this-is-full-on-domestic-terrorism/vi-AA1Bh2ks
— Musk Calls It ‘Extreme Domestic Terrorism’ After Website Publishes Data On US Tesla Owners. Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/elon-musk-calls-it-extreme-domestic-terrorism-after-website-publishes-data-on-us-tesla-owners/vi-AA1BeLWj
— ‘Tesla Takedown’ protesters planning ‘biggest day of action’ Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/tesla-takedown-protesters-planning-biggest-day-of-action/ar-AA1Bhmu2
ABC NEWS
— Attorney general calls Tesla arson attacks ‘nothing short of domestic terrorism’ Tesla dealerships have faced attacks since Elon Musk begin his White House role. Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/tesla-vehicles-vandalized-us-musk-began-white-house/story?id=119910817
NBC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of illegals.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/families-deported-venezuelans-are-distraught-loved-ones-sent-el-salvad-rcna196950
ABC SAN FRANCISCO
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, because of Republican budget cuts, the agency was almost always under hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes. The agency shrank from over 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. I was one of the last Republicans that GAO hired. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely because of those Republican budget cuts. I would not have survived for almost 18 years if I had not a) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://abc7news.com/post/university-california-freeze-hiring-systemwide-citing-trump-threats-possible-budget-cuts/16054451/
NEWSWEEK
— Trump Will Run Again in 2028, Steve Bannon Says
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-will-run-again-2028-steve-bannon-says-2046954
— Trump Admin ‘Can’t Wait’ to Jail People Who Burn Teslas. Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-cant-wait-jail-people-who-burn-teslas-kevin-oleary-says-2047603
NEW YORK TIMES
— Bondi Calls Tesla Vandalism ‘Domestic Terrorism,’ Promising Steep Consequences. Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/us/politics/tesla-vandalism-domestic-terrorism.html
— Reinstated, but Not Back to Work: Fired Workers Linger in ‘Limbo’ More than a dozen federal agencies have reinstated employees and immediately placed them on administrative leave, according to court filings. So far, since I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.8 million in today’s dollars to stop me from working. that is, they forced me to retire.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/fired-federal-workers-reinstated-place-administrative-leave.html
— Musk Donates to G.O.P. Members of Congress Who Support Impeaching Judges
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/musk-donations-congress-judges.html
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will do everything that they can a) to cause a recession and b) to blame it on Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/business/economy/trump-recession-tariffs-inflation.html
WASHINGTON POST
— My critics/opponents have always a) glorified and praised those judges who have ruled against me and b) demonized, denigrated, and condemned those judges who have ruled in my favor.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/19/trump-presidency-news/
— Fear, chaos and missing paperwork: DOGE stories from federal workers. A lesson I learned in business school still holds true today: You can’t take a chain saw to change your firm — or government.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/19/doge-federal-workers-stories/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrats and RINOs run just about everything in America, in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton Warrenville School District 200. They use DEI to destroy Republicans. Constructively, they require everyone to submit diversity statements, that is, to agree to use DEI to destroy Republicans. Because I refuse, they destroy me.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-19/uc-eliminates-diversity-statement-requirement-faculty-hiring
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How Trump and Musk made federal employees America’s favorite punching bag. Why do Americans hate federal employees? Musk and Trump are stoking long-running resentment of the federal government and civil servants for their own political purposes. I should write a book about how people view/treat federal employees and federal retirees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years. Of course, in my book, I would use as examples how my critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois viewed/treated me. Of course, they deny my having been a federal employee and my being a federal retiree have anything to do with it. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/19/federal-employees-trump-musk-hate-layoffs/82233377007/
— Attacks against Tesla property considered ‘domestic terrorism,’ says AG Pam Bondi. Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/19/tesla-attacks-domestic-terrorism-pam-bondi-trump/82540722007/
— The Democrat Party exists to destroy not only Republicans but to destroy America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/03/18/democrats-trump-failing-voters-poll/82494628007/
— Tesla removed from Vancouver International Auto Show due to safety concerns. Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2025/03/19/vancouver-auto-show-tesla/82556297007/
— Big problem emerges in IRS return-to-office mandate: Not enough desks While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1990, I often shared diskspace with my coworkers. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious I got not only my own desk, but a preferred corner office in a new building in 1990. But that all ended in 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and gave my office to my Black subordinate.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/12/irs-pauses-rto-order-tax-customer-service-layoffs/82310948007/
— Welcome back to Earth, astronauts! Um, a few things have changed since you left. Welcome back from the ISS, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore! Before you officially ‘re-enter’ our country, we are going to need you both to present your passports and proof of citizenship.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/03/19/nasa-astronauts-return-spacex-musk-trump/82531816007/
— Trump defies judge on deportations. We’re on the cusp of a constitutional crisis.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/03/18/trump-deportation-venezuela-el-salvador-defy-judge/82498769007/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Donald Trump’s third term ‘jokes’ are serious
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/19/s-e-cupp-donald-trumps-third-term-jokes-are-serious/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tesla Vehicles Set on Fire in ‘Targeted Attack’ in Las Vegas. Police are hunting for a suspect who set fire to the electric vehicles outside a Tesla facility in Las Vegas. Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/video/tesla-vehicles-set-on-fire-in-targeted-attack-in-las-vegas/0DE87EC9-0825-4158-A982-380654C679C4
— Attorney General Bondi pledges federal prosecutions against hate-filled Trump-hating Tesla-burning domestic terrorists. Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/bondis-campaign-against-domestic-terrorism-starts-with-tesla-foes-ce18fcc1
— Is This Any Way to Run a Budget? The federal government gives less scrutiny to its spending than a private company—or your family. Since 2000, I have urged Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) leaders to budge, that is, to develop budges annually, to get them approved by the membership, and to follow them. But my MTRO critics/opponents have always furiously fought that and won.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-this-any-way-to-run-a-budget-federal-government-spending-70bb7876
POLITICO
— ‘Deeply concerned’: Crash victims’ families ask DOT not to water down Tesla oversight. The families of several people killed or seriously injured in crashes involving Teslas using self-driving technologies are asking Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy not to allow Elon Musk to influence crash probes or oversight rules.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/19/deeply-concerned-crash-victims-families-ask-dot-not-to-water-down-tesla-oversight-00236890
AUTO GUIDE
— Why Your Tesla Could Soon Be Uninsurable. Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://www.autoguide.com/auto/manufacturers/tesla-manufacturers/why-your-tesla-could-soon-be-uninsurable-44617513
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, students who are minority and/or female should always be given preference over students who are White and/or male.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/03/20/fallacy-treating-every-student-same-opinion
GUARDIAN
— Hate-filled America-hating America-haters ever-increasingly promote Badar Khan Suri.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/20/trump-administration-attempting-to-deport-pro-palestinian-student-at-georgetown-university
CGTN
— Las Vegas Tesla service center set on fire, labeled as domestic terrorism. Democrats harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump to harm Republicans.
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-20/Las-Vegas-Tesla-service-center-set-on-fire-labeled-domestic-terrorism-1BTiyNk5g6k/p.html
March 1, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Illinois lawmakers holding urgent Humboldt Park rally against proposed Medicaid cuts
https://abc7chicago.com/post/medicaid-illinois-chicago-protest-today-proposed-cuts-held-humboldt-park-health/15966039/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-3/1/2025
— Trump and Zelenskyy key takeaways: Oval Office meeting devolves into shouting match. The bitter exchange was unlike any other in the Oval Office in modern times.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-zelenskyy-hold-high-stakes-summit-amid-tensions-peace-talks-putin/15962520/
— Ukrainians rally around Zelenskyy as defender of Ukraine’s interests after Oval Office blowout
https://abc7chicago.com/post/vance-trump-zelenskyy-meeting-ukrainians-rally-around-volodymyr-oval-office-blowout-russia-ukraine-war/15965924/
— Federal workers start to get a new email demanding their accomplishments (COMMENT: What did you accomplish last week? I put together and sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that contained links to 572 articles.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-workers-start-get-new-email-demanding-accomplishments/15965685/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-3/1/2025
CBS2
— Pritzker, other Illinois Democrats warn Republicans against cuts to Medicaid (COMMENT: What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jb-pritzker-democrats-warn-against-medicaid-cuts/
— Blowup between Trump and Zelenskyy raises new concerns about Ukraine war in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-zelenskyy-ukraine-white-house-meeting-reaction-ukrainian-village/
FOX32
— Durbin condemns federal cuts, warning they endanger families (COMMENT: What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DDGJS42Ysd5k
WTTW
— Pritzker, Democratic Congressional Members Sound Alarm Over Potential Medicaid Cuts for Nearly 770,000 Illinoisans (COMMENT: What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/28/pritzker-democratic-congressional-members-sound-alarm-over-potential-medicaid-cuts
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker and top Illinois Democrats appeal to public in fight against potential Medicaid cuts (COMMENT: What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/28/democrats-make-medicaid-appeal/
— Illinois hit by President Donald Trump’s cancellation of foreign aid contracts (COMMENT: What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/28/trump-illinois-usaid-funding-terminated/
— Trump administration approves major nearly $3 billion arms sale to Israel
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/28/trump-administration-arms-sale-israel/
— Trump administration to slash funding for enforcement of fair housing laws
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/28/trump-administration-fair-housing-laws/
— Bally’s Chicago $250 million IPO stalled at SEC; casino refunding deposits of potential minority investors
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bally-chicago-250-million-ipo-211600079.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Dems call Donald Trump’s Oval Office blowup with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy a ‘national disgrace’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/02/28/illinois-democrats-reaction-trump-zelenskyy-oval-office-blowup-ukraine
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/02/28/deportations-schools-shootings-closures-donald-trump-ice-undocumented-immigrants-gina-caneva
— Federal layoffs of national parks, forestry workers are sloppy, dishonest, wasteful (COMMENT: During the 1980s and 1990s, virtually no one objected when the Democrats who ran GAO dealt with Republican-led budget cuts a) by protecting their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and b) by getting rid of their Republican employees who were 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 the aforesaid.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/02/28/federal-layoffs-national-park-service-forestry-trump-musk-doge-ben-jealous
— Illinois spends less on education, other services than it did 25 years ago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/02/28/illinois-spending-health-care-education-public-safety-payment-teacher-pensions-pritzker-rich-miller
— Northwestern University to get visit from federal antisemitism task force (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many adverse actions against me. I should write about that.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/02/28/northwestern-university-visit-federal-antisemitic-task-force
DAILY HERALD
— The Illinois State Board of Education is not telling schools to stop any diversity, equity and inclusion lessons or programs (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to promote more discrimination/hatred. To promote DEI is to shout at those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-American, non-White, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America that all their problems are caused by those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250301/news/the-illinois-state-board-of-education-is-not-telling-schools-to-stop-any-diversity-equity-and-inclu/
— Darby Hills chosen — again — to succeed Dan McConchie in state Senate
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250228/illinois-state-politics/darby-hills-chosen-again-to-succeed-dan-mcconchie-in-state-senate/
WGN RADIO
— LaHood: Putin should be held accountable for invading Ukraine (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for Putin invading Ukraine.)
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/rep-lahood-putin-should-be-held-accountable-for-invading-ukraine/
DEKALB COUNTY DAILY CHRONICLE
— State GOP reps. say budget should prioritize vulnerable Illinoisans first (COMMENT: According to Democrat leaders, the most vulnerable Illinoisans are Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally. According to Democrat leaders, the aforesaid are marginalized oppressed victims of Republicans.)
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2025/03/01/state-gop-reps-say-budget-should-prioritize-vulnerable-illinoisans-first/
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Chosen Geneva candidates stump for votes at GOP event. Mayoral, aldermanic challengers Pawlik, Bertheau stump for their positions.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/03/01/chosen-geneva-candidates-stump-for-votes-at-gop-event/
SOUTHERN
— Democrats dismayed, Republicans applaud after White House says Trump kicked out Zelenskyy (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for Putin invading Ukraine.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/02/28/democrats-dismayed-republicans-applaud-after-white-house-says-trump-kicked-out-zelenskyy/
RIVER BENDER
— Davidsmeyer Calls For End Of Taxpayer-Funded Health Benefits For Illegal Immigrants
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/davidsmeyer-calls-for-end-of-taxpayerfunded-health-benefits-for-illegal-immigrants-80146.cfm?
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, more and more and more people will be on welfare.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/republicans-target-snap-in-federal-spending-cuts-food-banks-brace-for-impact/amp/
— What Trump’s order making English the official language in the US could mean (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasing force everyone to speak, read, and write Spanish.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-what-trumps-order-making-english-the-official-language-in-the-us-could-mean/
NPR ILLINOIS
— These National Park workers say a Trump agency fired them illegally. A judge agrees. (COMMENT: According to the judges in Diersen v. GAO, it is legal for federal employers to force their employees to retire a) because they became active members in class action lawsuits that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) because they complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and/or retaliation, c) because they were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and had not made Senior Executive Service (currently $195,20/year) by age 40, that is, that selectively-applied up-or-out is legal, and/or d) because they were Republican at a time when Republicans were imposing budget cuts.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-01/these-national-park-workers-say-a-trump-agency-fired-them-illegally-a-judge-agrees
WAND TV
— IL House Republicans announce a package of bills to give ‘relief for working families’
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-house-republicans-announce-a-package-of-bills-to-give-relief-for-working-families/article_a2d22af8-f553-11ef-b124-274c9203412f.html
— Pritzker: ‘Blood will be on Trumps hands’ as Medicaid cuts could pass in federal budget (COMMENT: What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/pritzker-blood-will-be-on-trumps-hands-as-medicaid-cuts-could-pass-in-federal-budget/article_3001a2ac-f610-11ef-aa9e-4bcb24ebfa9f.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/springfield-city-leadership-celebrate-diversity-achievements/article_9d1687aa-f628-11ef-ae89-2f7c57e90558.html
— Trump expected to sign order designating English as the official language of the US (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasing force everyone to speak, read, and write Spanish.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-expected-to-sign-order-designating-english-as-the-official-language-of-the-us/article_8854bcf3-53b1-58b5-8293-314c97611ba2.html
WQAD
— Combat veteran living in Monmouth loses job amid federal workforce reductions. “I voted for Trump,” James Diaz said. “I still support a lot of his policies, but I don’t necessarily support the method that he is implementing them.” (COMMENT: I was forced to retire early from my $153,151/year federal job in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997 because of a Republican-led workforce reduction. There was no sympathy for me a) because federal employees are viewed negatively, as being nonproductive, grossly overpaid, and even worse things, b) because I got a $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension in today’s dollars, c) because the federal government continues to pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums, d) because we owned a home in Wheaton and vehicles, e) because my wife had a good job, f) because we had no debts or dependents, g) because we had retirement savings, and h) because my demographics are terrible: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wqad.com/article/life/people/federal-workforce-layoffs-impact-illinois-veteran/526-b6e7b009-802c-4c0e-b877-7a4131561d9c
WSIL TV
— 5-year-old brings marijuana to preschool in Illinois, parents arrested (COMMENT: Democrats were increasingly push more pot.)
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/5-year-old-brings-marijuana-to-preschool-in-illinois-parents-arrested/article_378d7ede-3af7-5c3f-9eab-3ba4c138db32.html
CWB CHICAGO
— Violent incidents soared to new highs after alderman vowed to stop talking about ‘racist’ crime
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/02/violent-incidents-soared-to-new-highs-after-alderman-vowed-to-stop-talking-about-racist-crime.html
NEW TRIER NEIGHBORS
— Department of Education launches portal to “End DEI”
https://newtrierneighbors.substack.com/p/department-of-education-launches
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-258/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Black Republicans blast Pritzker’s migrant spending, Nazi comments
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a068d1aa-f61a-11ef-acd9-0bcad6d66883.html
JOHN BIVER
— The Mystery of Richard Uihlein
https://johnbiver.com/the-mystery-of-richard-uihlein/
WIREPOINTS
— Bally’s Chicago delays controversial securities sale, offers money back to investors
https://wirepoints.org/ballys-chicago-delays-controversial-securities-sale-offers-money-back-to-investors-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more sympathy for federal employees who lose their jobs because of Republican budget cuts. I lost my federal job because of Republican budget cuts. I was forced to retire early from my $153,151/year federal job in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. There was no sympathy for me a) because federal employees are viewed negatively, as being nonproductive, grossly overpaid, and even worse things, b) because I got a $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System pension in today’s dollars, c) because the federal government continues to pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums, d) because we owned a home in Wheaton and vehicles, e) because my wife had a good job, f) because we had no debts or dependents, g) because we had retirement savings, and h) because my demographics are terrible: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. In defense of my former salary, I had earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What did you accomplish last week? I put together and sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that contained links to 572 articles. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Pritzker not only does not represent the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump, he ever-increasingly makes it clear that he despises/hates them. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly take more and bigger adverse actions against the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump. Anticipate/expect that he will ever-increasingly focus Trump voters who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will force employers in Illinois to not hire those who are the aforesaid and to fire their employees who are the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To get more and more and more votes from minorities and from females, Democrat and RINO candidates. elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly promote more and more and more hatred against Whites and men who are conservative, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
— During the 1980s and 1990s, virtually no one objected when the Democrats who ran GAO dealt with Republican-led budget cuts a) by protecting their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and b) by getting rid of their Republican employees who were 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 the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to the judges in Diersen v. GAO, it is legal for federal employers to force their employees to retire a) because they became active members in class action lawsuits that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) because they complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and/or retaliation, c) because they were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and had not made Senior Executive Service (currently $195,20/year) by age 40, that is, that selectively-applied up-or-out is legal, and/or d) because they were Republican at a time when Republicans were imposing budget cuts. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— If I Had Had to Write Five Things I Did One Week in January While I Was Working at the US Budget Bureau for DOGE…
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/if-i-had-had-to-write-five-things-i-did-one-week-in-january-while-i-was-working-at-the-us-budget-bureau-for-doge/
— The Most Comprehensive Report on Lara Trump’s Appearance at McHenry County GOPAC’s Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/the-most-comprehensive-report-on-lara-trumps-appearance-at-mchenry-county-gopacs-fundraiser/
— Dundee Township Candidates on Display Saturday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/dundee-township-candidates-on-display-saturday/
— Fuzzy Math at the Northwest Herald
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/fuzzy-math-at-the-northwest-herald/
— Premature Darby Hills’ Wikipedia Page
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/premature-darby-hills-wikipedia-page/
— Darby Hills Selected a Second Time to Replace Dan McConchie
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/darby-hills-selected-a-second-time-to-replace-dan-mcconchie/
— Ness Asks Opinions on Her Proposal to Eliminate Plastic Bags at Grocery Stores and Restaurants
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/ness-asks-opinions-on-her-proposal-to-eliminate-plastic-bags-at-grocery-stores-and-reataurants/
— Marengo Candidates’ Forum Saturday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/marengo-candidates-forum-saturday/
— Lake County & State Police Take Down Human Traffickers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/28/lake-county-state-police-take-down-human-traffickers/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Zelenskyy-Trump meeting unravels in heated argument at White House
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/28/zelenskyy-trump-meeting-unravels-heated-argument-white-house/
— Future of Zelenskyy, peace in Ukraine up in air after Oval Office blow-up with Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/28/future-zelenskyy-peace-ukraine-air-oval-office-blow-trump/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Northwestern University Mandatory Anti-Discrimination Training Pushes Unverified CAIR Data
https://freebeacon.com/campus/northwestern-university-mandatory-anti-discrimination-training-pushes-unverified-cair-data/
BREITBART
— Trump Kicks Zelensky Out of White House, Cancels Press Conference After Ukrainian’s Unhinged Oval Office Outburst
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/28/trump-kicks-zelensky-out-white-house-cancels-press-conference-after-ukrainians-unhinged-oval-office-outburst/
— The Collapse of Zelensky: Donald Trump, JD Vance Destroy Ukrainian Leader in Oval Office Beatdown
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/28/the-collapse-of-zelensky-donald-trump-jd-vance-destroy-ukrainian-leader-in-oval-office-beatdown/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Kicks Zelenskyy Out Of White House After Oval Office Blow Up
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/28/donald-trump-zelensky-white-house-oval-office/
— Senior White House Officials Detail How Trump-Zelenskyy Oval Meeting Went Off The Rails
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/28/white-house-officials-trump-zelenskyy-oval-office-meeting/
— Democrat Chuy Garcia Complains About ICE Arresting Migrant ‘Parent’ Outside School. Turns Out Perp Is Twice-Deported Gangbanger
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/28/garcia-rips-ice-for-criminal-ice-arrest/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump-Zelenskyy Meeting Deteriorates Into Heated Argument
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/zelenskyy-to-meet-trump-in-washington-to-sign-minerals-deal-5817851
— 5 Takeaways From the Explosive Trump–Zelenskyy Meeting
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/5-takeaways-from-the-explosive-trump-zelenskyy-meeting-5818097
TOWNHALL
— Conservatism, a Recipe for Happiness
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeremyfrankel/2025/02/28/conservatism-a-recipe-for-happiness-n2652977
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Jury finds Illinois landlord Joseph Czuba guilty of murder, hate crime in 2023 attack on Palestinian American boy (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasing paint Czuba as being a typical Trump supporter.)
https://apnews.com/article/palestinian-family-attacked-illinois-hate-crime-trial-muslim-1834d58621cab37197407204b4104dd3
CBS NEWS
— Second “what did you do last week” email expected to go to some federal workers (COMMENT: What did you accomplish last week? I put together and sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that contained links to 572 articles.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/second-what-did-you-do-last-week-email-expected-federal-workers/
NBC NEWS
— Pritzker amplifies his fight against Trump (COMMENT: Pritzker not only does not represent the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump, he ever-increasingly makes it clear that he despises/hates them. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly take more and bigger adverse actions against the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump. Anticipate/expect that he will ever-increasingly focus Trump voters who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will force employers in Illinois to not hire those who are the aforesaid and to fire their employees who are the aforesaid.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-amplifies-012633301.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Homeland Security Officials Push I.R.S. for 700,000 Immigrants’ Addresses. The tax collector has so far denied the request because of concerns it violates taxpayer privacy laws.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/politics/irs-immigrants-addresses.html
— Because of Trump, more illegals are now invading Canada instead of America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/world/canada/canda-us-border-immigration.html
— How Canadians Are Making Their Anger Toward the U.S. Loud and Clear
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/world/canada/canada-us-trump-tariffs-reactions.html
— The newly released requirements for agencies to move forward with mass cuts to the federal work force have employees even more on edge. (COMMENT: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997, all its employees were always on edge because of Republican-led budget cuts.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/us/politics/trump-federal-worker-layoffs.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Most Trump Supporters Also Back Ukraine. Our poll found that 69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/most-trump-supporters-also-back-ukraine-polling-russia-war-87ab141a
— Putin Wins the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office Spectacle. Vice President Vance starts a public fight that only helps Russia’s dictator.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/putin-wins-the-trump-zelensky-oval-office-spectacle-e23e9b21
— To get more and more and more votes from minorities and from females, Democrat and RINO candidates. elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly promote more and more and more hatred against Whites and men who are conservative, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/can-white-men-finally-stop-complaining-f2b190e0
— Booz Allen Hamilton Gets 98% of Its Money From the U.S. Government. DOGE Is Coming for Firms Like It. Memo calls for review of $65 billion in contracts that go to Booz Allen Hamilton and other big firms that do government work. (COMMENT: Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. He came from Arthur Andersen. His critics/opponents charged him with gutting GAO to drive federal contracts to Arthur Andersen.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/this-company-gets-98-of-its-money-from-the-u-s-government-doge-is-coming-for-firms-like-it-79db9dc7
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trump-ice-immigration-crackdown-criminals-1e399e4d
— FRONT PAGE: Inside DOGE’s Federal Takeover (COMMENT: There would be no need for DOGE if Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/inside-doge-elon-musk-government-employees-b87fc17a
February 24, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The few Republicans who still oppose Trump, including former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, gather in search of a path to oppose him. (COMMENT: To what extent do Republican leaders in your area oppose Trump? What are they doing to oppose Trump? Why do they oppose Trump?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/24/republicans-oppose-trump/
ABC7
— Pfleger church flying American flag upside-down: ‘America is under distress’ (COMMENT: Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/father-michael-pfleger-flies-american-flag-upside-down-outside-saint-sabina-church-gresham-chicago/15952293/
FOX32
— Pfleger protests Trump administration with upside-down American flag (COMMENT: Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-pastor-protests-trump-administration-upside-down-american-flag
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders push for reparations. Anticipate/expect that to get more votes from voters who are the following, Democrat leaders will push for reparations for them: other minorities, females, young people, LGBTQers, those who have less money than others, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1598130
WBEZ
— Trump’s cozying up to Russia comes as ‘slap in the face’ to Ukrainian Americans in Chicago
https://www.wbez.org/nation-world/2025/02/24/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-war-third-anniversary-chicago-ukrainians
WGN RADIO
— DeSantis talks up his wife as next Florida governor and takes a shot at Trump’s pick
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-desantis-promotes-his-wife-as-next-florida-governor-and-takes-a-shot-at-trumps-pick/
OUR QUAD CITIES
— Pritzker’s proposal to fund resources for the homeless in Illinois (COMMENT: Under Illinois Democrats and under Illinois RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase in Illinois.)
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/gov-pritzkers-proposal-to-fund-resources-for-the-homeless-in-illinois/
WSIU
— Democrat leaders have protesters call on LaHood to oppose Trump’s cuts to health care, food assistance
https://www.wsiu.org/state-of-illinois/2025-02-24/protesters-call-on-lahood-to-oppose-trump-cuts-to-healthcare-food-assistance
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump administration backs off requiring response to “What did you do last week?” email
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-24/trump-administration-backs-off-requiring-response-to-what-did-you-do-last-week-email
— Federal agencies still can’t agree on ‘What did you do last week?’ email
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-24/federal-agencies-still-cant-agree-on-what-did-you-do-last-week-email
WAND TV
— Judge rejects immediately restoring AP’s access to White House but urges government to reconsider. A federal judge on had refused to immediately order the White House to restore The Associated Press’ access to presidential events, saying the news organization had not shown it had suffered irreparable harm in the matter. (COMMENT: AP treats Trump unfairly. But I have never treated Republican candidates, elected officials, or party leaders unfairly.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/judge-rejects-immediately-restoring-aps-access-to-white-house-but-urges-government-to-reconsider/article_a64e49e8-c5db-55f0-8948-b150240eb30b.html
ILLINOIS PATCH
— Pritzker Refuses To ‘Bend The Knee’ As Trump Says ‘Long Live The King’ The Illinois governor also drew parallels between Nazi Germany and the modern political climate. (COMMENT: To be America’s next president, Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump, that is, to be America’s next president, Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against those who voted for Trump including the 2.4 million in Illinois.)
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/pritzker-compares-trump-king-says-he-wont-bend-knee
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-254/
— Poll: Mayor Johnson’s re-elect in crowded field is 8 percent; Just 7 percent view him favorably, 80 percent unfavorably
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/24/poll-mayor-johnsons-re-elect-in-crowded-field-is-8-percent-just-7-percent-view-him-favorably-80-percent-unfavorably/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Immigration group received over $63 million in Illinois taxpayer funds in 7 months
https://www.aol.com/news/immigration-group-received-over-63-150000603.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Echoing My Continuing Concern that Data Centers Will Endanger Electric Supply to Homeowners and Businesses
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/echoing-my-continuing-concern-that-data-centers-will-endanger-electric-supply-to-homeowners-and-businesses/
— Time to Build Another Nuclear Power Plant in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/time-to-build-another-nuclear-power-plant-in-illinois/
— The Censures of Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy Funk – Part 8
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/the-censures-of-algonquin-township-supervisor-randy-funk-part-8/
— Marengo Set To Impose Grocery Sales Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/marengo-set-to-impose-grocery-sales-tax/
— Fox River Grove Moving Ahead with Downtown Development
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/fox-river-grove-moving-ahead-with-downtown-development/
— Third Mailer from Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Danijela Sandberg
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/third-mailer-from-algonquin-township-highway-commissioner-danijela-sandberg/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel to Clear Out Illegal Aliens
https://amgreatness.com/2025/02/24/new-york-citys-roosevelt-hotel-to-clear-out-illegal-aliens/
BREITBART
— Poll: Support for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Totally Collapses
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/24/poll-support-for-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-totally-collapses/
— Houston 15-Year-Old Shoots Mom, Sister After Eating ‘Bunch’ of Marijuana Edibles
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/02/23/police-houston-15-year-old-shoots-mom-sister-marijuana-edibles/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Federal agencies can ignore “What did you do last week?” email, Trump administration says
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-doge-email-federal-employees-opm-directive-accomplishments/
CNN
— Musk’s new message: Elon Musk said tonight that federal workers who do not respond to a weekend email asking them to justify their jobs will be given another opportunity “subject to the discretion of the President” and warned that they would still be fired if they didn’t reply a second time. Hours earlier, the Office of Personnel Management notified government agencies that responding to Musk’s email, which President Donald Trump praised as “pretty ingenious,” was voluntary.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-news-02-24-25/index.html
— Setback for AP: A federal judge declined today to temporarily restore the Associated Press’ access to some of Trump’s events, the Oval Office and Air Force One.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-news-02-24-25/index.html
WASHJINGTON POST
— What has Trump done today?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/trump-administration-actions/
— Trump administration tells agencies they can ignore Musk order on email reply. The Office of Personnel Management told HR officials that employees wouldn’t be let go for not replying to an email asking what they did last week.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/24/musk-email-government-confusion/
DENVER POST
— SBA administrator orders regional offices to exit “sanctuary cities” like Denver
https://www.denverpost.com/2025/02/24/sba-administrator-regional-headquarters-exit-denver/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Backs Musk’s Email Asking Federal Workers to List Accomplishments. Agencies issue conflicting guidance on whether to comply with the request.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-says-workers-who-dont-respond-to-musks-email-risk-being-fired-27c2e9e4
BARRON’S
— Illegals who were invited in by Democrat and RINO leaders return home.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/their-dreams-dashed-by-trump-migrants-make-return-journey-home-8c6ff17b
PBS
— Federal workers sue over Elon Musk’s threat to fire them if they don’t explain their accomplishments (COMMENT: I sued my Democrat GAO superiors over their threats if I did not take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf They made it clear to me that if I did not take their “offer,” they would make my next 6 years until I would be eligible for regular retirement a living hell for me. The least of which they would do would be to demote me and to give me adverse transfers. Previously, they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and forced to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS. GAO was not unionized; it did not unionize until 2007.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-workers-sue-over-elon-musks-threat-to-fire-them-if-they-dont-explain-their-accomplishments
February 19, 2025 Evening Edition
Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Pritzker will do to destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. 2.4 million voted for Trump in Illinois.
Are you German American? I am. If you are, what do you stress in defense of your national origin? I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
FOX32
— Pritzker compares Trump Administration to Nazi regime during budget address
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-compares-trump-administration-nazi-regime-during-budget-address
— Trump designates some cartels as ‘foreign terrorist organizations’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1596064
NBC5
— Pritzker delivers stern message on state of country. Pritzker, who has been a vocal critic of President Donald Trump over the years, specifically cited actions taken by Trump and Elon Musk, and in some cases referenced the Holocaust.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/what-comes-next-illinois-governor-delivers-stern-message-on-state-of-country/3678083/
— Government officials charge taxpayers millions to try to keep secrets from public. NBC 5 Investigates has found that it has cost Chicago-area taxpayers more than $13.4 million over the past 12 years for officials to try to keep clearly-public documents secret.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/government-officials-charge-taxpayers-millions-to-try-to-keep-secrets-from-public/3677223/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker proposes belt-tightening budget with no new taxes, invokes Nazism in bashing Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/19/gov-j-b-pritzker-likens-trump-administration-actions-to-nazi-germany-what-comes-next/
— Trump and Zelenskyy trade barbs as US-Ukraine relations sour over the war with Russia
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/19/ukraine-zelenskyy-trump-russia/
— Indiana House passes Illinois secession bill on first reading, but amendments keep session lively
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/19/indiana-house-passes-illinois-secession-bill-on-first-reading-but-amendments-keep-session-lively/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker unveils $55.2 billion budget with no new taxes, compares Trump playbook to the Nazi movement. The Democratic governor also peppered his seventh budget blueprint — which Republicans derided as the largest in state history — with key policy proposals for the upcoming fiscal year.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/02/19/jb-pritzker-budget-address-state-of-the-state
— Federal worker firings by Trump, Musk are chaos, not cost-cutting
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/02/19/president-trump-elon-musk-doge-layoffs-firings-civil-servants-endanger-america-bird-flu-nuclear
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker remarks on the Holocaust — and on Trump
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/jb-pritzker-remarks-holocaust-and-donald-trump
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Pritzker calls to tighten Illinois’ belt, repeatedly invokes Nazis in attack on Trump
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/pritzker-calls-to-tighten-illinois-belt-repeatedly-invokes-nazis-in-attack-on-trump/article_d1537bae-eefd-11ef-ad36-1bda87f7591b.html
STATELINE
— Pritzker invokes specter of Nazi Germany in rebuke of Trump administration
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/pritzker-invokes-specter-of-nazi-germany-in-rebuke-of-trump-administration/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republicans decry, Pritzker defends ‘Nazi’ references during budget speech. Pritzker refers to Nazis six times in criticism of Trump.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_edb79bb8-ef16-11ef-8c25-474e08243540.html
— Pritzker calls to tighten belt, repeatedly invokes Nazis in attack on Trump. Governor makes no calls for ethics reforms despite Madigan conviction.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_92dde236-eefa-11ef-9497-332440818a6d.html
— Republicans criticize Pritzker after budget address
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b405d33a-ef11-11ef-9a1a-73cef9f3019e.html
ST.LOUIS TODAY
— Pritzker likens Trump administration actions to Nazi Germany
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/illinois-gov-j-b-pritzker-likens-trump-administration-actions-to-nazi-germany/article_cd5a1a2e-ef18-11ef-b4c3-83559ec34cbe.html
UNION BULLETIN
— Pritzker likens Trump administration actions to Nazi Germany: ‘What comes next?’
https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/national/gov-j-b-pritzker-likens-trump-administration-actions-to-nazi-germany-what-comes-next/article_7a81f5f3-2f15-59c1-b3d6-b304a0f0e406.html
CITIES 92.9
— Republicans decry, Pritzker defends ‘Nazi’ references during budget speech
https://www.cities929.com/2025/02/19/watch-republicans-decry-pritzker-defends-nazi-references-during-budget-speech/
ABC7
— Pritzker proposes $2B in spending growth without new income or service taxes in budget. Budgeting office says global outlook has changed since previous $3.2B deficit estimate.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-deliver-budget-address-wednesday/15930773/
— Democrat leaders crow about their getting Democrats to protest.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/university-illinois-chicago-uic-educators-researchers-students-protest-nih-funding-cuts-proposed-trump-admin/15933853/
— Federal workers in Chicago left confused by mass firings, sudden rehiring
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-workers-chicago-left-confused-sudden-rehiring-following-mass-firings-trump-administrations-doge/15934016/
CBS2
— Homeless encampment residents in Chicago’s Gompers Park take issue with city “cleanup”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/homeless-encampment-residents-chicago-gompers-park-cleanup/
DAILY HERALD
— Restraining order sought to block 26th Senate appointment amid legal fight
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250219/illinois-state-politics/restraining-order-sought-to-block-26th-senate-appointment-amid-legal-fight/
WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgnradio.com/news/asylum-seekers-the-american-dream-is-over/
WBEZ
— Lawmakers promised cannabis funds would right many wrongs, but results are mixed. In 2020, Illinois legalized recreational marijuana. But experts say the boon won’t last forever, and policymakers should re-examine how the funds are spent.
https://www.wbez.org/curious-city/2025/02/19/lawmakers-promised-cannabis-funds-would-right-many-wrongs-but-results-are-mixed
— Pritzker’s $55.2 billion budget has no new taxes, cuts health care for adults lacking legal status. The Democratic governor also peppered his seventh budget blueprint — which Republicans derided as the largest in state history — with key policy proposals for the upcoming fiscal year.
https://www.wbez.org/springfield/2025/02/19/jb-pritzker-budget-address-state-of-the-state
RIVER BENDER
— State Representative Amy Elik (R-Alton), House Republican Caucus Deputy Budgeteer, Issues Statement On Gov. Pritzker’s Budget Address
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/rep-elik-issues-statement-on-gov-pritzkers-budget-address-79845.cfm
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Families Experiencing Homelessness Can Apply For Up To $6,500 — With No Limit On How It’s Spent. Families of Chicago Public Schools students who lack stable housing may be eligible for a one-time payment through a state guaranteed income program.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/02/18/families-experiencing-homelessness-can-apply-for-up-to-6500-with-no-limit-on-how-its-spent/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-251/
— Black Caucus angrily responds to Pritzker’s budget proposals: ‘An insult to this entire Black community’
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/19/black-caucus-angrily-responds-to-pritzkers-budget-proposals-an-insult-to-this-entire-black-community/
— Pritzker zeroes out health plan for undocumented immigrants – Slashes welcoming center funding
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/19/pritzker-zeroes-out-health-plan-for-undocumented-immigrants-slashes-welcoming-center-funding/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Irony Concerning ComEd Profit and Mike Madigan’s Conviction
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/19/irony-concerning-comed-profit-and-mike-madigans-conviction/
— Robotic House Building Inaugurated in Southwest Florida
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/19/robotic-house-building-inaugurated-in-southwest-florida/
— Pritzker Proposes Easier Township Government Consolidation, Plus Abolition of Township Assessors in Townships Under 5,000 Population
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/19/pritzker-proposes-easier-township-government-consolidation-plus-abolition-of-township-assessors-in-townships-under-5000-population/
— Reactions to Governor’s Budget Talk
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/19/reactions-to-governors-budget-talk/
— Algonquin Township Integrity Trustee Team Mail
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/19/algonquin-township-integrity-trustee-team-mail/
— The Censures of Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy Funk – Part 3
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/19/the-censures-of-randy-funk-part-3/
JOHN BIVER
— Looking for solutions in all the wrong places
https://johnbiver.com/looking-for-solutions-in-all-the-wrong-places/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump Education Department cancels $226 million in ‘divisive’ diversity grants
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/19/trump-education-department-cancels-226-million-divisive-diversity-gran/
— Trump to sign executive order ending benefits for illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/19/trump-executive-order-end-benefits-illegal-immigrants/
NEW YORK POST
— McDonald’s to let white students apply for Latino scholarships after DEI lawsuit (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me.)
https://nypost.com/2025/02/19/business/mcdonalds-to-let-white-students-to-apply-for-latino-scholarships/
AMERICAN THINKER
— DOGE takes on the Social Security monster
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/02/doge_takes_on_the_social_security_monster.html
BREITBART
— President Trump Blasts Zelensky: ‘A Dictator Without Elections’
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/02/19/president-trump-blasts-zelensky-a-dictator-without-elections/
TOWNHALL
— ‘Game On’ for Democrats in ICE’s Way, Homan Says
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeremyfrankel/2025/02/19/tom-homan-to-dems-obstructing-ice-game-on-n2652484
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Pritzker takes jabs at Trump tariffs
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-takes-jabs-trump-tariffs/
FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://fortune.com/2025/02/19/trump-anti-dei-campaign-hits-universities/
C-SPAN
— Illinois State of the State Address
https://www.c-span.org/program/state-legislature/illinois-state-of-the-state-address/655949
February 12, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump signs executive order to continue downsizing federal workforce (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans downsized it from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that. They would have gotten rid of me much sooner if I had not a) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997 (forensic accounting), 1996 (financial services auditing), 1994 (government financial management), 1990 (fraud examination), 1981 (internal auditing), and 1979 (accounting); b) earned a job-related professional license in 1981 (CPA); and c) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997 (financial markets and trading), 1980 (accounting), and 1976 (business).)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-prepares-executive-order-continue-downsizing-federal-workforce/15894367/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump made a rare appearance with Elon Musk, his most powerful adviser, in the Oval Office on Tuesday before signing an executive order to continue downsizing the federal workforce. The Associated Press reviewed a White House fact sheet on the order, which is intended to advance Musk’s work slashing spending with his Department of Government Efficiency. Musk said there are some good people in the federal bureaucracy but they need to be accountable and called it an “unelected” fourth branch. “The people voted for major government reform and that’s what the people are going to get,” he said. “That’s what democracy is all about.” It was Musk’s first time taking questions from reporters since he joined the Trump administration as a special government employee with sprawling influence over federal agencies. He’s also the world’s richest person and the owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Despite concerns that he’s amassing unaccountable power with little transparency, Musk described himself as an open book. He joked that the scrutiny was like a “daily proctology exam.” The White House fact sheet said that “agencies will undertake plans for large-scale reductions in force and determine which agency components (or agencies themselves) may be eliminated or combined because their functions aren’t required by law.” It also said that agencies should “hire no more than one employee for every four employees that depart from federal service.” There are plans for exceptions when it comes to immigration, law enforcement and public safety. Trump and Musk are pushing federal workers to resign in return for financial incentives, although their plan is currently on hold while a judge reviews its legality. The deferred resignation program, commonly described as a buyout, would allow employees to quit and still get paid until Sept. 30. Administration officials said more than 65,000 workers have taken the offer. Hundreds of people gathered for a rally Tuesday across the street from the U.S. Capitol in support of federal workers.)
FOX32
— Krishnamoorth blasts Trump plan to slash federal funding (COMMENT: How dependent on federal funding are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1591558
— Trump admin asks NCAA, high schools to erase records set by transgender athletes (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete against other transgender athletes.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-ncaa-transgender-sports
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— White House bars AP reporter from Oval Office because of AP style policy on ‘Gulf of America’ (COMMENT: I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Reporter since 2000. I should write about the candidate press conferences and other political events that I have been barred from since 2000 and those who have barred me. Those who have barred me a) have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, b) have/had their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me, and c) destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/11/ap-reporter-barred-gulf-of-america/
— Democrat and RINO leaders glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/07/column-social-workers-in-aurora-can-feel-the-anxiety-of-the-immigrant-community-the-level-of-fear-is-heartbreaking/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Johnson warns of City Hall house-cleaning triggered by disloyalty: ‘If you ain’t with us, you gotta go’ Johnson’s ominous warning before a church audience Monday night has fueled speculation about a high-level political purge as the struggling rookie mayor approaches the midterm mark. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty and destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/02/11/mayor-brandon-johnson-warns-staff-shakeup-coming-clean-house-administration-holdovers-lightfoot-guidice
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, fewer and fewer and fewer of those in America are productive members of society.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/02/11/heartland-alliance-health-shuts-down-clinics-food-pantries
DAILY HERALD
— Judge tells agencies to restore webpages and data removed after Trump’s executive order (COMMENT: I should write about a) what was removed from the websites that I have published since 2000 and served as the webmaster for, b) those did the removing, and c) why they did that.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250211/nation-and-world-politics/judge-tells-agencies-to-restore-webpages-and-data-removed-after-trumps-executive-order/
CHAMPAIG/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker pursues public profile as Trump’s No. 1 political foe
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-pritzker-pursues-public-profile-as-trumps-no-1-political-foe/article_4b592eca-e572-11ef-89ee-378b71641aa8.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump official targeting Jan. 6 investigators worked on those cases himself (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, a) all my subordinates were some, many, most, if not virtually all of the following and b) I gave them all tremendous preference: Democrat, minority, female, veteran, disabled, problematic, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. My defense is that I was required to do that by my Democrat GAO superiors and subordinates.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-12/trump-official-targeting-jan-6-investigators-worked-on-those-cases-himself
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad including bad weather.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-12/trump-funding-freeze-could-leave-communities-on-their-own-as-climate-threats-grow
— Republicans split on best path to advance Trump’s agenda in Congress
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-12/republicans-split-on-best-path-to-advance-trumps-agenda-in-congress
WIFR
— Protestors condemn Trump, Musk ‘coup’ in protest at Rep. Darin LaHood’s office
https://www.wifr.com/2025/02/12/protestors-condemn-trump-musk-coup-protest-rep-darin-lahoods-office/
WSIL TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot on children
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/marijuana-ads-on-social-media-bypass-laws-and-endanger-children-experts-say/article_e6564b45-1f7d-5cbf-a885-6b503c89c9e0.html
WCIA
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.wcia.com/health/ap-health/ap-what-to-know-about-proposals-to-ban-abortion-pills-and-punish-women-who-seek-abortion/
WGLT
— Public schools promote liberal principles. Lutheran schools promote conservative principles. If I had attended Crete Elementary in Crete 1953-1962 instead of Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962, I doubt that I would have a) gotten an ACT score of 24, b) graduated in the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee High School class, and c) gotten accepted by UIC in 1966. Conservative principles steered me toward personal responsibility and away from vices.)
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2025-02-11/how-trumps-education-plans-might-affect-illinois-schools
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— The more demographics that you have that vote for Republicans, the more reparations that Democrats want you to pay.
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/march-2025/where-does-chicagos-push-for-reparations-stand/
LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans
https://loyolaphoenix.com/2025/02/loyola-hosts-speaker-on-racial-justice-in-honor-of-black-history-month/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois Democrat leaders say that they are finding their voice, that is, that they will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/12/illinois-dems-finding-their-voice-00203773
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— If I was in charge of an Illinois DOGE, the first thing I’d look at is the state’s ballooning budgets
https://wirepoints.org/if-i-was-in-charge-of-an-illinois-doge-the-first-thing-id-look-at-is-gov-pritzkers-ballooning-budgets-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/
— With $36 trillion in debts, along with massive Social Security and Medicare debts, our nation needs to watch its spending
https://wirepoints.org/with-36-trillion-in-debts-along-with-massive-social-security-and-medicaid-debts-our-nation-needs-to-watch-our-spending-wirepoints-on-chicago-tonight/
— Illinois committed temporary covid aid toward long-term spending on Human Services. Now it’s trapped. (COMMENT: I worked for GAO an entire year on an audit of improper spending of federal funds by Illinois.)
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-committed-temporary-covid-aid-toward-long-term-spending-on-human-services-now-hes-trapped-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Greater Chicago hit hard as Illinois sees 2,342 mass layoffs in January
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/greater-chicago-hit-hard-as-illinois-sees-2342-mass-layoffs-in-january/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin resumes deportation flights to Venezuela, booting illegal migrants, gangbangers back home — with lots to go
https://nypost.com/2025/02/11/us-news/us-resumes-deportation-flights-to-venezuela-booting-illegal-migrants-gangbangers-back-home-with-lots-to-go/
BLAZE
— While other sports bow to wokeism, NASCAR keeps it patriotic
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/while-other-sports-bow-to-wokeism-nascar-keeps-it-patriotic
BREITBART
— Democrats Release ‘Target Map’ of State Legislatures in Effort to Fight ‘MAGA Extremism of Donald Trump’ (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs call Republicans extremists.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/11/democrats-release-target-map-of-state-legislatures-in-effort-to-fight-maga-extremism-of-donald-trump/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Wheaton College rebuked for removing post congratulating alum in Trump admin: ‘Caving to the mob’
https://www.christianpost.com/news/wheaton-college-rebuked-for-removing-russ-vought-post.html
CHRISTIANITY TODAY
— Wheaton College Tangled in Online Spat Over Trump Appointee. The college said “unchristian comments” led it to delete a message congratulating alumnus Russell Vought.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/russell-vought-wheaton-college-x-omb-confirmation/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Here’s Why Obama Created DEI (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/11/enough-people-were-marginalized-obama-created-dei/
— Immigration Industrial Complex Struggling to ‘Keep Their Lights on’ After Trump Decree
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/11/immigration-industrial-complex-struggling-keep-lights-trump-order/
— Pentagon Schools Defy Hegseth by Renaming DEI Efforts
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/11/no-exceptions-pentagon-schools-defy-hegseth-renaming-dei-effort/
FEDERALIST
— Wheaton College’s Cowardice In The Face Of Russ Vought Attacks Is Emblematic Of Its Leftward Lurch
https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/11/wheatons-cowardice-in-the-face-of-russ-vought-attacks-is-emblematic-of-its-leftward-lurch/
FOX NEWS
— University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) sued after professor alleges he was fired for objecting to race-based hiring policies. Lawsuit filed against University of Illinois Chicago comes as Trump admin cracks down on DEI. (COMMENT: I attended UIC 1966-1968.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/illinois-university-sued-after-professor-alleges-he-fired-objecting-race-based-hiring-policies
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— How Trump Is Uprooting Radical ’60s Foundations of Poisonous DEI and CRT Programs (OMMENT: Since the 1960s, Democrats and RINOs have used DEI to get rid of me.)
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/how-trump-uprooting-radical-60s-foundations-poisonous-dei-and-crt-programs
NEWSMAX
— DEI Divides the Country
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tommy-tuberville-dei-social-justice/2025/02/11/id/1198704/
TOWNHALL
— Birthright Citizenship Excluded Illegals From Day One
https://townhall.com/columnists/betsymccaughey/2025/02/12/birthright-citizenship-excluded-illegals-from-day-one-n2652055
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO employers reject meritocracy because meritocracy frustrates their using Affirmative Action and DEI to hire, to retain, and to promote more young minorities and young females.
https://www.aol.com/news/opinion-trump-crony-meritocracy-could-133000383.html
NBC NEWS
— Immigration Industrial Complex Struggling to ‘Keep Their Lights on’ After Trump Decree
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-hits-delete-race-lgbtq-climate-data-rcna191652
CBS NEWS
— Musk defends DOGE as Trump orders agencies to comply with cuts
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-trump-doge-cuts/
MSN
— Bondi Doubles Down on Second Amendment Rights with New ATF Policy
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bondi-doubles-down-on-second-amendment-rights-with-new-atf-policy/ss-AA1yLNlk
NEW YORK TIMES
— Fearing Trump, Wall Street Sounds a Retreat on Diversity Efforts (COMMENT: Since the 1960s, employers have been under ever-increasing tremendous pressure to hire, hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females. That killed my job search after my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That rendered worthless a) my almost 18 years of experience working for GAO, the last 8 years of which auditing federal financial industry regulators at the GS-13 Step 4-10 Levels, currently $129,588-$153,151/year in today’s dollars, b) my almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) my professional certifications in forensic accounting, financial services auditing, government financial management, internal auditing, and accounting, d) my CPA license, and e) my master’s degrees in financial markets and trading, accounting, and business.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/business/trump-dei-wall-street.html
— Those who have demographics that vote for Democrats despise/hate those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/opinion/trump-real-americans-diversity.html
— Accuses F.B.I. Nominee of Covertly Directing Dismissals (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have their operative and their dupes do their dirty work. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/us/politics/kash-patel-fbi-durbin.html
TAMPA BAY 10
— Everyone has always known all along that Biden’s parole program was illegal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqxkMh2SSIM
WYPR
— Citing ‘wokeness,’ Trump says he’s firing boards at Naval Academy, other military colleges
https://www.wypr.org/the-baltimore-banner/2025-02-12/citing-wokeness-trump-says-hes-firing-boards-at-naval-academy-other-military-colleges
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats in Disarray as Trump Pushes Through Agenda. After decisive losses in November, party has found little consensus on message or direction.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/democrats-response-trump-agenda-12be960f
EDUCATION WEEK
— What Trump’s Trans Athlete Ban Means for Schools and States (COMMENT: Transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete against other transgender athletes.)
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/what-trumps-trans-athlete-ban-means-for-schools-and-states/2025/02
FED SMITH
— Seeking Government Efficiency Through RIFs, Hiring Restrictions, Employee Suitability Criteria (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They seek efficiency by first getting rid of their employees who are Republican and then getting rid of those 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.fedsmith.com/2025/02/12/executive-order-government-efficiency-workforce-optimization/
GOVERNING
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.governing.com/workforce/making-the-case-for-deis-continuing-value
GUARDIAN
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2025/feb/11/how-trump-made-diversity-a-dirty-word-full-story-podcast
February 11, 1025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Henry Hyde’s Name Stripped From Courthouse Over Anti-Abortion Law
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-name-removed-courthouse-over-anti-abortion-law-2029685
— Trump Admin to ‘Double’ Manpower in Sanctuary Cities After Court Rulings
https://www.newsweek.com/border-czar-immigration-sanctuary-cities-legal-challenges-2029469
ABC7
— DuPage County lawmakers vote to remove Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse (COMMENT: Those who spoke eloquently in favor keeping the building named after Hyde include Hyde’s son Anthony Hyde, Chris Kachiroubas, Dennis Reboletti, and Gary Vician. Those who wanted to speak but were not allowed to because of Democrat time limits included Ron Almiron, Kevin Coyne, Jeanne Ives, and Randy Ramey. Of course, the five Republican County Board members who were present spoke eloquently in favor keeping the building named after Hyde: Cindy Cronin Cahill, Grant Eckhoff, Brian Krajewski, Sam Tornatore, and James Zay.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dupage-county-lawmakers-vote-remove-late-congressman-henry-hydes-name-courthouse/15892352/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During public comment at Tuesday’s meeting, Congressman Hyde’s son Anthony spoke on his father’s legacy. “My father didn’t do anything to deserve being canceled and that’s what this resolution aims to do,” he said. “It’s an attempt to erase and rewrite history. As elected officials, you have to be better than that.” . . . The resolution to remove Hyde’s name passed by a 10-5 vote.)
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot
https://abc7chicago.com/post/cannabis-news-2024-marks-another-record-breaking-year-legal-marijuana-sales-illinois-industry-grows/15894693/
WGN9
— DuPage County Board votes to strip former congressman’s name from courthouse
https://wgntv.com/news/dupage-county/dupage-county-board-votes-to-strip-former-congressmans-name-from-courthouse/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElsnPTH5xAQ
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage County Board votes to strip US Rep. Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/11/dupage-county-board-to-strip-u-s-rep-henry-hydes-name-from-courthouse/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While Democrats and Republicans voted along party lines on the issue, Democrats Lynn LaPlante and Lucy Chang Evans abstained from the vote and expressed disappointment that the matter was raised. . .The board’s vote followed several personal pleas from friends, family and supporters of Hyde’s asking members to refrain from moving forward with the name change. Anthony Hyde, Hyde’s son who lives in North Aurora, said his father was his hero. “No matter how you vote today, nothing will ever change that,” he said. “The chair and others in this room have stated the reason you want to remove his name from the judicial center is because of his position on abortion and, in particular, the Hyde Amendment. … Believe me when I say I can empathize with your position. “But also understand that my father was more than just a one-note politician. My father was a statesman for this country. He advocated for those in need locally, nationally and globally.” Public comment totaled 30 minutes. The board voted 10-8 against extending the public comment period by another half hour.)
— Crete hardware store workers rescue man who drove onto iced-over pond
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/11/crete-hardware-store-workers-rescue-driver-frozen-pond/
DAILY HERALD
— Henry Hyde’s name will be removed from courthouse in DuPage County
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250211/news/henry-hydes-name-will-be-removed-from-courthouse-in-dupage-county/
— ‘Hell has open borders’: Palatine church causes stir with sign invoking illegal immigration
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250210/news/palatine-church-causes-stir-with-sign-invoking-illegal-immigration/
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— DuPage County Board votes to remove Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse
https://www.nctv17.org/news/dupage-county-board-votes-to-remove-henry-hydes-name-from-courthouse/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Hell has open borders’: Palatine church causes stir with sign invoking illegal immigration
https://chicago.suntimes.com/suburban-chicago/2025/02/11/palatine-sign-illegal-immigration-new-hope-community-church
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2025/02/11/cannabis-sales-2024-marijuana
WBEZ
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot
https://www.wbez.org/business/2025/02/11/cannabis-sales-2024-marijuana
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot
https://www.wandtv.com/news/city-of-spirngfield-opens-another-round-of-cannabis-grant-applications/article_e5d7ee7a-e8c7-11ef-ac2d-6312328d5ca4.html
STATELINE
— Democrats protest outside LaHood’s Rockford office
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/activists-protest-trump-actions-outside-office-of-rockford-congressman-darin-lahood/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/alert-more-than-two-dozen-us-religious-groups-20160387.php
FOX ILLINOIS
— IRS enforcement funding on chopping block as GOP weighs spending priorities
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/irs-enforcement-funding-on-chopping-block-as-gop-weighs-spending-priorities-internal-revenue-service-trump-administration-politics
WCIA
— Republicans once railed against armed IRS agents. Now they want them for immigration enforcement
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-republicans-once-railed-against-armed-irs-agents-now-they-want-them-for-immigration-enforcement/
WGME
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in manipulating and dominating Wheaton College
https://wgme.com/news/nation-world/illinois-college-deletes-post-congratulating-trump-appointee-cites-significant-concern-wheaton-college-russell-vought-office-of-management-and-budget-white-house
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Lawsuits with Trump administration stretching Illinois attorney general’s resources. Raoul involved in multiple suits with other states challenging Trump actions
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawsuits-with-trump-administration-stretching-illinois-attorney-generals-resources/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-247/
— Magic phrase returns: ‘Forensic audit’ (COMMENT: I became a Forensic Accountant in 1997.)
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/11/magic-phrase-returns-forensic-audit/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Safe Suburbs USA on DuPage County vote to strip courthouse of Henry Hyde’s name: ‘Stop trying to replace our history with woke crazy!’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/669667623-safe-suburbs-usa-on-dupage-county-vote-to-strip-courthouse-of-henry-hyde-s-name-stop-trying-to-replace-our-history-with-woke-crazy
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— University of Illinois Chicago sued after fired professor criticized hiring programs
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1e6f41a8-e8b3-11ef-b51c-cb60d52aa87c.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: Illinois’ woes say more about Pritzker, Johnson than Trump
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-illinois-woes-say-more-about-pritzker-johnson-than-trump/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s dream of making Canada a U.S. state would be a political nightmare for Republicans
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/11/donald-trump-dream-making-canada-u-state-would-pol/
— FEMA employees did avoid pro-Trump homes last year
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/11/fema-employees-avoid-pro-donald-trump-homes-last-y/
— Trump administration officials tell senators they need $175B for border, immigration enforcement
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/11/trump-administration-officials-tell-senators-need-/
NEW YORK POST
— Homan accuses FBI of leaking information about ICE raids: ‘Lives at risk’
https://nypost.com/2025/02/11/us-news/tom-homan-accuses-fbi-of-leaking-information-about-ice-raids/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Palatine church branded hateful for ‘Heaven has strict immigration laws’
https://www.christianpost.com/news/church-branded-hateful-for-heaven-has-strict-immigration-laws.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Not Enough People Were ‘Marginalized,’ So Obama Created DEI (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, those who are the following are marginalized:
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/11/enough-people-were-marginalized-obama-created-dei/
DAILY WIRE
— Government To Fund Study On ‘Fear Of Deportation’ Leading To ‘Systemic Inflammation.’ The study hypothesizes that engaging in political activism could reduce ‘systemic inflammation’ in illegal immigrants.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/government-to-fund-study-on-fear-of-deportation-leading-to-systemic-inflammation
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Texas Tech Course Teaches Critical Race Theory Despite State Ban on DEI. “examine how privilege in the workplace impacts the socioeconomic and cultural status of individuals and groups.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/02/texas-tech-course-teaches-critical-race-theory-despite-state-ban-on-dei/
LIFE NEWS
— Democrats Remove Henry Hyde’s Name From Courthouse Because He Was Pro-Life
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/02/11/democrats-remove-henry-hydes-name-from-courthouse-because-he-was-pro-life/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— ‘They Forced Us’: Tom Homan Warns Sanctuary Cities Are About to ‘Get Exactly What They Don’t Want’
https://www.westernjournal.com/forced-us-tom-homan-warns-sanctuary-cities-get-exactly-dont-want/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrat leaders promote reverse discrimination in America as well as South Africa
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/11/africa/south-africa-land-aid-freeze-trump-intl/index.html
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders promote reverse discrimination in America as well as South Africa
https://www.reuters.com/world/trumps-accusations-against-south-africa-spark-white-privilege-self-mockery-2025-02-11/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/nyregion/trump-nyc.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders crow about their success manipulating and dominating religious leaders
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-02-11/trump-wont-block-immigration-arrests-in-houses-of-worship-now-these-27-religious-groups-are-suing
FORBES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/02/11/everything-to-know-about-trumps-mass-deportation-plans-pope-francis-slams-trumps-treatment-of-migrants/
February 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DuPage County lawmakers to vote whether to remove Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dupage-county-lawmakers-vote-remove-late-congressman-henry-hydes-name-courthouse/15892352/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The DuPage County GOP Chair Kevin Coyne disagrees with removing Hyde’s name. “Henry Hyde was a titanic political figure in DuPage County for many, many years, He did a lot of wonderful things for our country and for our state over 30 plus years in Congress. He was a bipartisan gentleman, had a lot of support, a lot of friends on the other side of the aisle. He strikes me as the kind of official that we should be looking to model ourselves after.” The DuPage County Board will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. If the resolution passes, the Hyde family will be given a plaque.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Orland Park resolution states police will work with ICE on immigration matters, opposes state law on issue (COMMENT: What positions do the leaders of your county, township, and municipality have on enforcement of immigration laws?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/orland-park-police-immigration/
— US judge keeps Trump plan to push out federal employees on hold (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. When federal agencies have to push out their employees, they first push out those who are Republican and then those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. But I nevertheless survived for almost 18 years 1980-1997 as a GAO employee while Republicans ever-increasingly used budget cuts to push out the agency’s employees. The following helped me survive. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1997 (forensic accounting), 1996 (financial services auditing), 1994 (government financial management), 1990 (fraud examination), 1981 (internal auditing), and 1979 (accounting). I earned a job-related professional license in 1981 (CPA). I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997 (financial markets and trading), 1980 (accounting), and 1976 (business).)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/trump-plan-push-out-federal-workers/
— Illinois and 21 other states file lawsuit challenging ‘devastating’ cuts to federal health research funding
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/illinois-challengs-research-funding-cuts/
— Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending (COMMENT: How dependent on federal spending are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? The more financial, health, and other problems that you have, the more dependent that you are on federal spending. Pritzker ever-increasingly a) attracts voters to Illinois who have problems and b) drives voters out of Illinois who do not have problems.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/10/trump-federal-spending/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell became the first judge to find that the administration had not obeyed a court order. Federal money for things like early childhood education, pollution reduction and HIV prevention research has remained tied up even after his Jan. 31 order to blocking a planned halt on federal spending, he found.)
— Chicago has not been immune from air traffic controller shortages in recent years (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on an audit of FAA that involved air traffic controller staffing in the early 1980s.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/11/chicago-air-traffic-controller-shortages/
— Chicago says it hopes to open city-owned market instead of city-owned grocery store
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chicago-says-hopes-open-city-110000368.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump’s pardon of Blagojevich insults Illinoisans who are fed up with corruption. And can President Trump find no one with a clean record to represent Americans as ambassadors? Crime pays, it seems, in Trump’s orbit — including the Jan. 6 rioters he pardoned. (COMMENT: What is in your record that your critics/opponents use against you? My critics/opponents stress the adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/02/10/rod-blagojevich-donald-tump-presidential-pardon-corruption-joe-biden-hunter-chicago-illinois
— Trump says Palestinians won’t have right to return to Gaza under his US ‘ownership’ plan
https://chicago.suntimes.com/war-in-gaza/2025/02/10/trump-gaza-develop-plan-palestinians-no-right-to-return-united-states-us-ownership
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250210/news/illinois-had-record-2-billion-in-legal-marijuana-sales-in-2024/
— FRONT PAGE: Illinois politicians react to Blagojevich pardon
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250210/nation-and-world-politics/it-sets-a-real-bad-example-illinois-politicians-react-to-blagojevich-pardon/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republican Party state central committee member Aaron Del Mar of Palatine didn’t object to Trump ending Blagojevich’s prison sentence early with a commutation five years ago but drew the line at wiping the disgraced politician’s slate clean with a pardon. “I think it sets a real bad example, especially since the jury is still out on the former speaker of the House,” Del Mar said, referring to Michael Madigan’s federal corruption trial. “It says that only certain people are going to be held accountable.” . . . “The former governor has served his time, and it’s time to move on,” said Zay, a former chair of the DuPage County Republican Party. While Zay thinks Blagojevich has worn out his welcome with Illinois voters, he said an ambassadorship “would be interesting.”)
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://wgnradio.com/health/ap-what-to-know-about-proposals-to-ban-abortion-pills-and-punish-women-who-seek-abortion/
FOX32
— Illinois leaders slam Trump’s decision to pardon Blagojevich
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/blago-reaction-illinois-leaders
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Senate Republican Leader John Curran: “I strongly disagree with President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Illinois taxpayers have and continue to be burdened with the cost of public corruption, and this pardon sends the wrong message.”)
WTTW
— How Trump’s Plan to Shrink the Federal Workforce Could Impact Illinois (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans shrank GAO’s work force in Illinois dramatically. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that.)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/10/how-trump-s-plan-shrink-federal-workforce-could-impact-illinois
WGN RADIO
— Democrats say that “With firings and lax enforcement, Trump moving to dismantle government’s public integrity guardrails.”
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-with-firings-and-lax-enforcement-trump-moving-to-dismantle-governments-public-integrity-guardrails/
— Judge orders fired head of whistleblower agency reinstated while fight continues over Trump removal (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They ever-increasingly punished me for that. My critics/opponents side with the Democrats. They promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-head-of-agency-that-protects-whistleblowers-sues-trump-over-firing/
— Democrats say “News influencers favored Trump over Harris during campaign.” Since 2000, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned as being a failed and far too-conservative would-be news influencer. Since 2000, they have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the general election losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered. According to my critics/opponents, those candidates lost general elections because voters want Democrat-Lite candidates and I paint candidates as being far more conservative than they want to be painted.)
https://wgnradio.com/news/technology-news/ap-news-influencers-favored-trump-over-harris-during-campaign-study-finds/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-migrants-stranded-in-mexico-try-to-restart-life-after-trump-eliminates-legal-pathway-to-us/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-what-to-know-about-proposals-to-ban-abortion-pills-and-punish-women-who-seek-abortion/
WIFR
— Trump’s Blagojevich pardon earns bipartisan disappointment from Illinois lawmakers
https://www.wifr.com/2025/02/11/trumps-blagojevich-pardon-earns-bipartisan-disappointment-illinois-lawmakers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “This is a decision I would not have come to, so it is something I would disagree with President Trump on,” argues Syverson. The Republican hopes Trump sees an improved Blagojevich; he worries the official forgiveness sends the wrong message. “Maybe he’s learned his ways, but he was guilty of what he did and there should be consequences for that,” comments Syverson. . .Syverson says he trusts Trump’s judgment with any further decision. “Hopefully, he [Blagojevich] will use this, and his history has been a learning lesson and that he’ll be able to make good,” exclaims the state senator. Before signing the official forgiveness, Trump characterized Blagojevich’s treatment as a “terrible injustice.” The President declared it time the former governor had a “normal life.”)
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders use against Trump those who Trump pardoned
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-10/presidents-pardons-of-insurrectionists-stoke-worries-in-springfields-jewish-community
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-454/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— One big example of why Illinois badly needs a DOGE of its own
https://wirepoints.org/one-big-example-of-why-illinois-badly-needs-a-doge-of-its-own-wirepoints/
JEFF BERKOWITZ
— IL GOP House Leader Tony McCombie joins Trump’s fight w/criminal aliens
https://jeffberkowitz208.substack.com/p/il-gop-house-leader-tony-mccombie
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois lawmakers plan to short pensions by $5.1B in July
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-plan-to-short-pensions-by-5-1b-in-july/
— Unfunded mandates keep property taxes high
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/unfunded-mandates-keep-property-taxes-high/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Google axes DEI, progressive-backed markers from its calendar
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/10/google-calendar-axes-dei-labels-black-history-mont/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump adopts Biden’s legal playbook to challenge sanctuary cities
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3315568/trump-adopts-biden-legal-playbook-challenge-sanctuary-cities/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s all-out assault on woke is tearing down the left’s cultural sway
https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/opinion/trumps-war-on-woke-is-tearing-down-the-lefts-cultural-sway/
— Anti-woke activist targets Jamie Dimon’s JPMorgan for DEI battle
https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/us-news/anti-woke-activist-targets-jamie-dimons-jpmorgan-for-dei-battle/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump is just the tip of the iceberg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/02/trump_is_just_the_tip_of_the_iceberg.html
BREITBART
— Democrats Help Illegal Migrants Avoid Legal Repatriation
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/02/10/democrats-help-illegal-migrants-avoid-legal-repatriation/
— On Monday, White County Resident Circuit Judge T. Scott Webb ruled against a requirement that Illinois residents must obtain a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card in order to possess a gun in the home for self-defense.
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/02/10/circuit-court-judge-strikes-down-illinois-foid-card-requirement-guns-home/
COLLEGE FIX
— Trump fires ‘woke’ advisory board leaders at military academies
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-fires-woke-advisory-board-leaders-at-military-academies/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Wasn’t Joking: Some IRS Workers To Help With Deportation. Trump said last month that he might send IRS workers “to the border.” (COMMENT: While I worked for IRS in 1971, I was assigned for 2 weeks to Nixon project to fight inflation.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-wasnt-joking-some-irs-workers-to-help-with-deportation-report-says
FEDERALIST
— Naval Academy Launches Review Of School Clubs To Ensure Compliance With Trump’s DEI Prohibition
https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/10/naval-academy-launches-review-of-school-clubs-to-ensure-compliance-with-trumps-dei-prohibition/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker has a long history of not following the law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8cksnIscE0
— Trump’s Department of Homeland Security looking to deputize IRS agents for immigration enforcement. DHS Secretary Noem requests IRS agents be provided to help ICE. (COMMENT: Fox 3 years, I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $117,807-$125,661/year.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trumps-dhs-deputize-irs-agents-immigration-enforcement
— Trump pardons former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich: ‘He was set up’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6368623514112
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— NYC teachers’ union defies Trump, coaches teachers to advise illegals how to handle ICE
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/nyc-teachers-union-defies-trump-administration-coaches-teachers-to-advise-illegals-how-to-handle-ice
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— CBS News Poll Shows Overwhelming Positive Approval of Trump
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/02/cbs-news-poll-shows-overwhelming-positive-approval-of-trump/
POINTS & FIGURES
— Secession Is a Good Idea
https://jeffreycarter.substack.com/p/secession-is-a-good-idea
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— FEMA halts migrant housing funds in NY after Musk’s criticism
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fema-halting-payments-migrant-housing-new-york-after-118670265
CBS NEWS
— Blagojevich expresses gratitude for pardon by President Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/former-gov-rod-blagojevich-expresses-gratitude-for-pardon-by-president-trump/
MSNBC
— The closer one looks at Trump’s Blagojevich pardon, the worse it appears. The message to politicians convicted or accused of corruption couldn’t be clearer: You have a friend in the Oval Office.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/closer-one-looks-trumps-blagojevich-pardon-worse-appears-rcna191638
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Blueprint for Bending the Media Has Nixon Written All Over It (COMMENT: My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or e) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/business/media/trump-nixon-media-press.html
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/business/trump-dei-employers.html
— White House Undermines Watchdog for Consumers (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are a) pro-seller and b) anti-buyer.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/business/vought-cfpb-musk-trump.html
— DOGE Is Corrosive to Our Democracy (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/opinion/treasure-secretaries-doge-musk.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump pardons Rod Blagojevich, who tried to sell Obama’s vacated Senate seat. The former Illinois governor was convicted on multiple charges of corruption in 2011. He served eight years in prison before Trump commuted his sentence in 2020.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/10/trump-pardon-rod-blagojevich-illinois-governor/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats and RINOs stand up for Democrats and for RINOs.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-stand-up-for-the-bureaucrats-protest-dodge-government-policy-d9b18071
MARKETPLACE
— Trump’s purge of federal workers and its historical parallels (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 gave purge lists to all of their new managers of their Chicago office. Of course, I was at the top of all of those lists because I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America since 1844.)
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/make-me-smart/trumps-purge-of-federal-workers-and-its-historical-parallels/
POLITICO
— Trump is slashing agencies long hated by the GOP. The next cuts might be harder. “You gotta light things on fire that burn the brightest and have the most distinctive smell of waste fraud and abuse,” said one White House ally. (COMMENT: One reason why I took a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO was to escape hatred against IRS employees.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/11/trump-musk-vought-future-cut-targets-00203444
— ‘JD gets the game’: Vance embraces role as social media provocateur. Vance’s approach to social media isn’t new. But his perch in the presidential line of succession is.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/10/jd-vance-donald-trump-online-trolling-00203429
February 7, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Kankakee County sheriff Mike Downey says Illinois laws hinder enforcement, supports DOJ lawsuit on sanctuary status (COMMENT: Hopefully, your county sheriff agrees with Downey.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kankakee-sheriff-says-illinois-trust-act-hinders-enforcement-supports-doj-lawsuit-sanctuary-status/15874853/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Kankakee sheriff said he hopes a lawsuit by the Department of Justice over Illinois’ sanctuary laws can resolve ongoing frustration in the law enforcement community. “Why are we so concerned about these individuals who are not here legally, who have some have committed violent, heinous crimes, and we’re worried about whether or not a local police department is calling ICE to say, hey, this guy’s in our community,” said Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey.)
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in pushing pot.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-cannabis-market-new-sales-record-2024
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal employees are demonized, denigrated, and condemned, except those federal employees who Trump wants to get rid of. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/06/trump-musk-move-to-oust-epa-staff-in-the-great-lakes-region-including-dozens-responsible-for-protecting-drinking-water-for-30-million-in-u-s-and-canada/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump-proposed tariffs to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/07/illinois-braces-for-impact-of-tariffs/
— Chicago Auto Show goes electric with 2 EV tracks, dozens of models and first appearance by Rivian (COMMENT: I am especially interested in how the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV will be displayed.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/06/chicago-auto-show-ev-rivian/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lawsuit alleges UI Health stopped gender-affirming care for teen after Trump executive order. Part of the nationwide suit against the order alleges that a 17–year-old Illinois boy had been given a date for chest surgery at UI Health, only for it to be canceled one day after Trump’s order.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/02/06/lawsuit-alleges-ui-health-stopped-gender-affirming-care-for-teen-after-trump-executive-order
DAILY HERALD
— Illinois, Trump administration in legal battle over immigration policy
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250206/illinois-state-politics/illinois-trump-administration-in-legal-battle-over-immigration-policy/
— Cannabis is never safe for developing brains (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250207/health-and-fitness/cannabis-is-never-safe-for-developing-brains/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: EVs, hybrids give spark to Chicago Auto Show (COMMENT: I am especially interested in how the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV will be displayed.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250206/transportation/evs-hybrids-give-spark-to-chicago-auto-show/
WBEZ
— Chicago alderpeople want to ban participants in the Jan. 6 attack from working for the city
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/02/06/chicago-alderpeople-want-to-ban-participants-in-the-january-6th-attack-from-working-for-the-city
WCIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in pushing pot.
https://www.wcia.com/news/illinois-news/cannabis-sales-higher-than-ever-in-illinois-exceeded-2b-in-2024/
WAND TV
— IL House Dems approve resolution condemning Trump for Jan. 6 pardons, GOP walk out
https://www.wandtv.com/news/il-house-dems-approve-resolution-condemning-trump-for-jan-6-pardons-gop-walk-out/article_c6f54a60-e4db-11ef-9fd5-1f36abe51611.html
— Thousands of cars sold in Illinois have fake odometer readings (COMMENT: I bought a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car from the Chicago Car Exchange (CCE) in 1994. I had owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971. I should not have assumed that CCE would not have engaged in odometer fraud. SEE: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-7th-circuit/1385001.html CCE did not set the car’s odometer back, but it knew that its previous owners had done that. CCE offered to buy the car back from me, but only for what I had paid them for it. I had spent thousands on the car making it “show ready.”)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/thousands-of-cars-sold-in-illinois-have-fake-odometer-readings/article_05d9763e-e3dd-11ef-a40b-6b906b5beb3d.html
TRI STATE PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.tspr.org/illinois-public-radio/2025-02-06/illinois-attorney-general-vows-to-protect-gender-affirming-care-after-trump-order-threatens-to-cut-funding
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker to DOJ: See you in court
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/07/pritzker-to-doj-see-you-in-court-00203066
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-452/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison’s Statement on the U.S. Department of Justice’s Lawsuit against the State of Illinois, Cook County, and the City of Chicago
https://thechicagolandjournal.com/cook-county-commissioner-sean-morrisons-statement-on-the-u-s-department-of-justices-lawsuit-against-the-state-of-illinois-cook-county-and-the-city-of-chicago/
WIREPOINTS
— The next absurd bill from Illinois’ legislature: Removing student test scores from teacher evaluations
https://wirepoints.org/the-next-absurd-bill-from-illinois-legislature-getting-rid-of-test-scores-from-teacher-evaluations-wirepoints/
— The covid-era money spigot is turned off. We should get back to normal, but Gov. Pritzker wants to spend even more
https://wirepoints.org/the-covid-era-money-spigot-is-turned-off-we-should-get-back-to-normal-but-gov-pritzker-wants-to-spend-even-more-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Trump’s federal employee buyout deadline has been extended until February 10. Have you faced such deadlines? My Democrat GAO superiors’ deadline to take their early retirement “offer” was September 30, 1997. If I had not taken it, I would not have been eligible to retire for 6 years. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should not have taken it. I should not succumbed to their threats. Yes, if I had not taken it, they would have taken even bigger adverse actions against me than they had before. But I would have sought help from my U.S. Congressman Henry Hyde. I would have sued my GAO superiors. I would have stressed that I had earned job-relate professional certifications in 1997 (forensic accounting), 1996 (financial services auditing), 1994 (government financial management), 1990 (fraud examination), 1981 (internal auditing), and 1979 (accounting). I would have stressed that I earned a job-related professional license in 1981 (CPA). I would have stressed that I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997 (financial markets and trading), 1980 (accounting), and 1976 (business). I would have stressed that GAO audits IRS, that I had worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years (1986-1988), and that I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years (1971-1980), the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you are considering buying an Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville, consider this one at https://leeernst.exprealty.com/holp/listing/103/12283041 If my wife and I had not bought our unit in 2023, we would be making an offer on this one. Features that it has that our unit does not have include a balcony, windows, forever unobstructed view to the west, wider garage door, and more useable square feet on the second floor. The seller wants $100,000 for his unit than what my wife and I paid for our unit. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Feds spent millions to create ‘transgender’ lab testing animals
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/6/feds-spent-millions-create-transgender-lab-testing/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Musk Vows to Eliminate ‘Wasteful’ Politico Subscriptions for Federal Employees. Government payments to Politico quadrupled to $26 million during the Biden administration. (COMMENT: GOPUSA ILLINOIS subscriptions are worth at least $5,000/year. But I send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters out to anyone who wants them free of charge, without any advertising, and with no donation requests.)
https://freebeacon.com/trump-administration/musk-vows-to-eliminate-wasteful-politico-subscriptions-for-federal-employees/
— ‘No Immigrant Should Be Detained,’ Says Left-Wing Nonprofit With $769 Million Federal Immigration Contract. The D.C.-based Acacia Center for Justice is squarely at odds with the Trump administration.
https://freebeacon.com/politics/no-immigrant-should-be-detained-says-left-wing-nonprofit-with-769-million-federal-immigration-contract/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Federal Judge Delays Trump’s Worker ‘Buyout’ Deadline
https://amgreatness.com/2025/02/07/morning-greatness-federal-judge-delays-trumps-worker-buyout-deadline/
COLLEGE FIX
— Trump hauls out the government waste (COMMENT: GAO fights government waste. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-hauls-out-the-government-waste/
DAILY CALLER
— Pam Bondi Sends ‘Clear’ Message To Sanctuary Cities Choosing ‘Illegal Aliens’ Over Americans
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/06/pam-bondi-sanctuary-cities-illegal-aliens-americans-legal-repercussions/
— GOP Lawmakers React to Trump Suing Their State Over Laws That ‘Obstruct’ ICE Arrests
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/06/gop-lawmakers-react-to-trump-suing-their-state-over-laws-that-obstruct-ice-arrests/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago resident pushes back against Dem leaders acting like Trump ‘isn’t welcome’ Chicago resident Vashon Tuncle joins ‘The Ingraham Angle’ with insight on the Trump administration’s embattled immigration policies. (COMMENT: How welcome is Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct. I should write about how welcome Trump is in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6368403046112
— Trump’s ICE crackdown could get boost in Florida with DeSantis’ plan to deputize state patrol
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-ice-crackdown-could-see-boost-florida-desantis-plan-deputize-state-patrol
— Over a dozen Venezuelan criminal illegal migrants sent to Guantanamo Bay: ‘Highly dangerous’ people. The US plans to house ‘the worst of the worst’ at the detention facility until they can be flown back to their home countries.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/over-dozen-venezuelan-criminal-illegal-migrants-sent-guantanamo-bay-dangerous-people
PJ MEDIA
— Former USAID Official Liz Cheney Rips Elon Musk for Being a… Foreigner
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/02/06/former-usaid-official-liz-cheney-rips-elon-musk-for-being-a-foreigner-n4936761
(FROM THE ARTICLE: And now you’re throwing shade at Elon Musk for not being born in the United States? . . . Cheney’s sneering at Musk for not being an American just didn’t make any sense, at least apart from the fact that the political establishment claims to be the embodiment of compassion, but actually has nothing but contempt for the American people. The recent revelations about USAID confirm that in spades by showing that taxpayer money that was supposed to go to the poor and needy of the world was actually lining the pockets of “journalists” at AP, Politico, the New York Times, and elsewhere, so as to ensure that the American people were thoroughly saturated with the establishment line. And that was, of course, by no means all that USAID has been up to.)
MRC TV
— Rep. Dan Goldman Advises Illegals How to Evade Authorities…in Three Languages
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nick-kangadis/legal-rep-dan-goldman-advises-illegals-how-evade-authoritiesin-three-languages
NEWSMAX
— Trump WH Sues Chicago in Latest Crackdown on ‘Sanctuary’ Cities
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-immigration-chicago-arrests-sanctuary-immigrants-enforcement/2025/02/06/id/1198131/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Black Hawk helicopter in D.C. plane crash had a safety system off
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/black-hawk-helicopter-dc-plane-crash-safety-system-off-senator-says/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Opposition lawmakers protest alleged mistreatment of Indian deportees by US
https://apnews.com/article/indian-illegal-immigration-protest-parliament-deportation-trump-90ae7999040196e3ce25dd3fa8e29137
NBC NEWS
— Trump signs executive order banning men from women’s sports
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-executive-order-ban-trans-women-sports-rcna190767
CNN
— White House pressures ICE to pick up pace of migrant arrests
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/politics/ice-arrests-pressure/index.html
NEWSWEEK
— Unemployment in D.C. Nearly Doubles as Trump Aims to Shrink US Government (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans shrank the agency from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me big time for that.)
https://www.newsweek.com/unemployment-washington-dc-doubles-trump-guts-federal-government-2027547
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— What Would a Drastically Reduced Government Workforce Mean for Americans? (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans shrank the agency from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me big time for that.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-02-06/what-trumps-federal-workforce-cuts-mean-for-everyday-americans
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting vices. Because I do not spend money on vices, I have more money. My critics/opponents promote vices.
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/video/more-than-80-of-u-s-adults-spend-money-on-common-vice-report-shows/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 4 in 5 Americans spend money on one of six common vices. That includes alcohol, lottery tickets, casino games, tobacco, marijuana and sports betting.
NEW YORK TIMES
— This Isn’t Reform. It’s Sabotage.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/opinion/trump-musk-government.html?searchResultPosition=3
WASHINGTON POST
— Federal workers ‘defiant’ on Musk’s buyout (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. If I was still working for the federal government, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now, figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/can-he-do-that/federal-workers-defiant-on-musks-buyout/
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/07/trump-dei-federal-government-discrimination/
— Tulsa mayor backs reparations plan for ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre victims (COMMENT: What about reparations for all the Republicans who Democrats killed during the Civil War?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/06/tulsa-reparations-race-massacre/
— Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. If I was still working for the federal government, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now, figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-ai-department-education/
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders have always used Black History Months to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/tomlinson/article/trump-hegseth-black-history-cancelled-20149267.php
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Use of Guantanamo Bay Signals Hard Line Against Migrants
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trumps-use-of-guantanamo-bay-signals-hard-line-against-migrants-32880dac
— Test Scores Fall, Unions Want More (COMMENT: The more illegals that there are in schools, the more that test scores will fall.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/california-teachers-association-schools-money-covid-david-goldberg-teachers-union-5b21847f
— FRONT PAGE: How Trump’s Sweeping Expulsions Have Thrown the FBI Into Chaos (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Republican-led budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s Republican employees starting with those who were White, male, older. non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid. I am amazed that I survived for almost 18 years,
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-fbi-firings-immigration-crime-ad7d6b44
KIPLINGER
— Is Your Vice Putting Your Retirement at Risk? From alcohol to gambling, adults spend a lot of money pursuing their vices. Is the cost of a little fun jeopardizing their retirement nest eggs? (COMMENT: Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting vices. Because I do not spend money on vices, I have more money. My critics/opponents promote vices.)
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/is-your-vice-putting-your-retirement-at-risk
HAGERTY
— American Muscle Car Index (COMMENT: Please let me know if you share my interest in American muscle cars. I am especially interested in Chargers, Corvettes, Mustangs, and Thunderbirds. I have ordered a 2025 Charger Daytona R/T. I own a 2013 Charger R/T Max, 2005 and 1972 Corvette, 2023 Mustang GT Premium, and 1996 Thunderbird LX. I previously owned a 1968 Charger R/T, 1969 Charger SE, 1962 Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1990 Thunderbird LX, 1994 Thunderbird, and 2003 Cavalier LS.)
https://www.hagerty.com/media/market-trends/hagerty-indexes-idle-into-2025/
UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
— Scholarships You Should Apply for in February 2025 (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my not getting any scholarships proves that I am academically deficient and that my parents were filthy rich. I should write about my critics/opponents and the scholarships that they got.)
https://www.universitymagazine.ca/scholarships-you-should-apply-for-in-february/
GLUESENKAMP PEREZ
— Gluesenkamp Perez Introduces Bill to Bring Greater Transparency to College Tuition Costs (COMMENT: Back in the good old days when college costs were much lower, I was able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free and owning a 20-month-old car. But the many hours that I worked to do that instead of studying dragged my GPA down.)
https://gluesenkampperez.house.gov/posts/gluesenkamp-perez-introduces-bill-to-bring-greater-transparency-to-college-tuition-costs
HR DIGEST
— Federal Worker Buyout Deadline Extended Until February 10 (COMMENT: Have you faced such deadlines? My Democrat GAO superiors’ deadline to take their early retirement “offer” was September 30, 1997. If I had not taken it, I would not have been eligible to retire for 6 years. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should not have taken it. I should not succumbed to their threats. Yes, if I had not taken it, they would have taken even bigger adverse actions against me than they had before. But I would have sought help from U.S. Congressman Henry Hyde. I would have sued my GAO superiors. I would have stressed that I had earned job-relate professional certifications in 1997 (forensic accounting), 1996 (financial services auditing), 1994 (government financial management), 1990 (fraud examination), 1981 (internal auditing), and 1979 (accounting). I would have stressed that I earned a job-related professional license in 1981 (CPA). I would have stressed that I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997 (financial markets and trading), 1980 (accounting), and 1976 (business). I would have stressed that GAO audits IRS, that I had worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years (1986-1988), and that I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years (1971-1980), the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.)
https://www.thehrdigest.com/federal-worker-buyout-deadline-extended-until-feb-10/
AMERICA MAGAZINE
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting Catholics to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2025/02/06/catholic-church-vulnerable-migrants-trump-249835
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Black Federal Employees Targeted in Public Blacklist as Trump and Musk Continue Assault on Diversity (COMMENT: I should write about the tremendous preference that my Democrat Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates got while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. I would focus on my Democrat Black GAO subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.washingtoninformer.com/trump-allies-identify-federal-employees/
TIMES OF INDIA
— Condoms for Taliban to drag shows in Ecuador: Craziest USAID spends revealed
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/condoms-for-taliban-to-drag-shows-in-ecuador-craziest-usaid-spends-revealed/articleshow/118003488.cms
February 1, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 is trying to reassure parents after student data was leaked, especially those concerned about ICE enforcement.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/waukegan-community-unit-school-district-60-reassures-worried-parents-student-data-shared/15852808/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois clean energy leaders strategize in wake of Trump orders (COMMENT: Democrats always blame Republicans for pollution and bad weather.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/31/illinois-clean-energy-leaders-strategize-in-wake-of-trump-orders-make-this-about-consumers/
— An executive order from Donald Trump could bring new life to Chicago (COMMENT: I worked in downtown Chicago in 1971 and then 1973-1997.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/31/opinion-chicago-federal-workers-return-to-office-trump/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: After Trump pardons, Gov. JB Pritzker bars Jan. 6 rioters from state jobs, calling the conduct ‘disgraceful’ “No one who attempts to overthrow a government should serve in government,” the Democratic governor wrote in a directive to block participants in the Capitol insurrection from state jobs. (COMMENT: After my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, they did everything that they could to bar me from getting employment appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/01/31/jb-pritzker-jan-6-blocked-state-jobs-illinois-trump
— Suspect was wearing ICE GPS monitor during killing of 63-year-old Northwest Side man, sources say. George Levin met the suspect and another man charged in the case on a dating app, police say. He was robbed and tied up in his basement bedroom in his Norwood Park home.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/01/31/ice-gps-monitor-migrants-killing-northwest-side-man-sources-say
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrats push pot. Democrats oppose testing for pot impairment.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250131/news/dupage-county-dropping-some-marijuana-impairment-cases-due-to-faulty-lab-testing/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Blinded by the prospects of new revenues, too many public officials are ignoring the negative public health impact of cannabis consumption. Another research study, this one published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open, reports that both recent and lifetime cannabis users run the risks of sustaining a decline in “brain function during cognitive tasks.” (COMMENT: My critics/opponents push pot. I led the successful effort to stop the sale pot in Wheaton.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-cannabis-study-raised-another-concern-about-legalization/article_04999a08-de7c-11ef-bd7f-475991abc44e.html
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Trump’s federal worker buyout offer: What does it mean for Illinois? (COMMENT: In 1993, when I was 45 years old, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” $25,000 buyouts and early retirement to get rid of its older White male non-veteran employees who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $163,749-$180,974/year in today’s dollars. I was eligible because I had 25 years of federal service – 13 with GAO, 9 with IRS, and 3 with the Post Office. They succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1997 just before their “offer” expired. If I had not succumbed, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until 2003. Things that I did that helped me survive 1993-1997 include my a) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, b) my becoming a Certified Forensic Accountant in 1997, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Internal Auditor and licensed CPA in 1981, and CPA in 1979, and c) my earning master’s degrees in accounting from DePaul in 1980 and in business from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/state/2025/02/01/what-does-trumps-buyout-offer-mean-for-illinois-federal-employees/78086399007/
SOUTHERN
— These prices could climb within days if Trump slaps tariffs on Canada and Mexico (COMMENT: I have ordered a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T which will be built in Canada.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/01/31/these-prices-could-climb-within-days-if-trump-slaps-tariffs-on-canada-and-mexico/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cars and auto parts Carmakers and consumers depend on the auto industry’s deep ties to Canada and Mexico, making tariffs a threat to prices, experts said. Mexico and Canada make up the top two U.S. trading partners for both finished motor vehicles and car parts, according to a Cato Institute analysis of data from the U.S. International Trade Commission. In 2023, Canada and Mexico accounted for nearly $120 billion worth of U.S. motor vehicle imports, which totaled about 47% of all such vehicles imported that year. Canada and Mexico made up nearly the same share of auto parts imports that year, the Cato Institute analysis showed. “The operations of auto companies on both sides of the border will be hugely affected by these tariffs,” Robert Lawrence, a professor of trade and investment at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, told ABC News.)
EFFINGHAM RADIO
— Senator Rose Named Chief Budget Negotiator For IL Senate Republicans (COMMENT: I have always advocated budgeting. My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have always opposed budgeting. They have always opposed the aforesaid organizations developing annual budgets, getting them approved, and following them. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed a) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, e) my becoming a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, f) my becoming a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, g) my serving as the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Treasurer 1983-1986. h) my serving as the Illinois Center Right Coalition Treasurer 2003-2007, i) my working for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, and j) my working for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year.)
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2025/01/31/senator-rose-named-chief-budget-negotiator-for-il-senate-republicans/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Secretary of State Marco Rubio embarks this weekend on his first foreign trip in office, heading to Central America to press President Donald Trump’s top priority — curbing illegal immigration — and bring the message that the U.S. wants to reclaim control over the Panama Canal despite intense resistance from regional leaders.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-rubio-is-off-to-central-america-with-the-panama-canal-and-immigration-top-of-mind/
— Senate Democrats call for reinstatement of IGs fired by Trump (COMMENT: What if my Republican U.S. Senators and Republican U.S. Representatives 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 had stopped my Democrat GAO superiors from forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, stopped them from always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, stopped them from delaying my promotions and never promoting me beyond GS-13, and stopped them from forcing me to take a $23,472/year pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980? What if they had stopped my Democrat IRS superiors from never promoting me beyond GS-12, from disallowing my education deductions in 1978, and from disallowing my travel vouchers in 1974? What if they had stopped my Democrat Post Office superiors from forcing me to resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969?)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/senate-democrats-call-for-reinstatement-of-igs-fired-by-trump/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats ask “Can Trump’s 2nd act work for the working class while giving back to his super donors?” I was a member of the working class 1964-1997, that is, I was a wage earner 1964-1997. My critics/opponents look down on, if not despise, if not hate the working class. They have aways demonized me, denigrated, and condemned me as having been grossly overpaid and that my benefits were much too generous. In my defense, I stress that I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-01/can-trumps-2nd-act-work-for-the-working-class-while-giving-back-to-his-super-donors
QUIGLEY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://quigley.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/illinois-democratic-congressional-delegation-vows-protect-illinois
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Mark Glennon on Shawn Cassidy: His lawsuit on Bally’s and more – AM560
https://wirepoints.org/mark-glennon-on-shawn-cassidy-his-lawsuit-on-ballys-and-more-am560/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Pritzker has blocked pardoned January 6 protestors from state jobs. How soon will Pritzker block the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump from a) getting/holding jobs, b) buying/owning vehicles, c) buying/owning real estate, d) etc.? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at minorities, at females, at younger people, and at everyone else that Republicans discriminate against them, and that because of that, they will forever need massive Democrat-led government assistance. My Democrat superiors in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that at my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were minority, female, and/or younger. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— In 2004 and in 2010, the Milton Township Republican Organization rudely fired me as its webmaster and deleted what I had posted on its website. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Federal employees have been told to name colleagues working in DEI roles. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, constructively, all its employees were always in DEI roles. All federal employees had to give preference to federal employees who were Democrat, and especially to those who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. That is, federal employees had to discriminate against federal employees who were Republican, and especially against those who were 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 the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Budgeting helps organizations manage their finances, allocate resources, and make decisions. It can also help organizations identify problems early and plan for the future. (SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=budgeting+organizations+benefits ) I have always advocated budgeting. My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have always opposed budgeting. They have always opposed the aforesaid organizations developing annual budgets, getting them approved, and following them. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed a) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, e) my becoming a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, f) my becoming a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, g) my serving as the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Treasurer 1983-1986. h) my serving as the Illinois Center Right Coalition Treasurer 2003-2007, i) my working for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, and j) my working for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. My MTRO critics/opponents badmouthed budgeting when I ran for MTRO Treasurer in 2004. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Joe Walsh Characterizes His Time in Congress Representing McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/31/joe-walsh-characterizes-his-time-in-congress-representing-mchenry-county/
— Carolyn Schofield Featured on Smoke Filled Room Podcast
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/31/carolyn-schofield-featured-on-smoke-filled-room-podcast/
— Candidate/Campaign Manager Training Session in Plainfield Feb. 8th
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQZSsNMGhZpMhGDvJtsScNdjXGX
— On Providing Rail Service to Rockford
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQZSsNMGhZpMhGDvJtsScNdjXGX
— Study Finds Political Corruption in Illinois Results in Average of More than One Conviction Every Week between 1983 and 2023
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/01/31/study-finds-political-corruption-in-illinois-results-in-average-of-more-than-one-conviction-every-week-between-1983-and-2023/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— U.S. colleges returning to campus sexual assault rules created during Trump’s first term
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jan/31/u-colleges-return-campus-sexual-assault-rules-crea/
NEW YORK POST
— Electric vehicles release more toxic emissions, are worse for the environment than gas-powered cars (COMMENT: In my defense, I will be putting very few miles on my 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T which weighs 5,838 pounds.)
https://nypost.com/2024/03/05/business/evs-release-more-toxic-emissions-are-worse-for-the-environment-study/
(FROM THE ARTCLE: Electric vehicles release more toxic particles into the atmosphere and are worse for the environment than their gas-powered counterparts, according to a resurfaced study. The study, published by emissions data firm Emission Analytics, was released in 2022 but has attracted a wave of attention this week after being cited in a Wall Street Journal op-ed Sunday. It found that brakes and tires on EVs release 1,850 times more particle pollution compared to modern tailpipes, which have “efficient” exhaust filters, bringing gas-powered vehicles’ emissions to new lows. Today, most vehicle-related pollution comes from tire wear. As heavy cars drive on light-duty tires — most often made with synthetic rubber made from crude oil and other fillers and additives — they deteriorate and release harmful chemicals into the air, according to Emission Analytics.)
DAILY CALLER
— Bishop Says Catholic Teaching Does Not Support ‘Open Border Policy’ (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, Jesus hates counties, Jesus hates borders, and Jesus specially hates America and its borders.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/31/bishop-michael-burbidge-says-catholic-teaching-does-not-support-open-border-policy/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Federal Bureaucrats Ordered to Remove Pronouns From Email Signatures
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/01/federal-bureaucrats-ordered-to-remove-pronouns-from-email-signatures/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— De-Wokeifying Government Is Easier Said Than Done (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were woke Democrats, that is, they were anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-draft avoiders, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/02/de-wokeifying-government-is-easier-said-than-done/
— Fight over Fired Inspectors General Is Fight over Foundations of the Administrative State (COMMENT: If the IGs were independent, they would have offered me jobs when my GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years and while I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee for 13 years, I worked extensively with IG employees. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, those IG offices would have offered me jobs when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/02/fight-over-fired-inspectors-general-is-fight-over-foundations-of-the-administrative-state/
NEW AMERICAN
— Trump Orders Airline Safety Review, Blames Obama-Biden DEI Policies for FAA Problems (COMMENT: FAA turned away 1,000 job applicants because of its DEI rules despite staff shortages. SEE: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14348923/FAA-job-applicants-DEI-rules-lawsuit.html )
https://thenewamerican.com/us/trump-orders-airline-safety-review-blames-obama-biden-dei-policies-for-faa-problems/
TOWNHALL
— Illinois Democrats to Allow Illegals to Change Their Names to Evade ICE (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly fight enforcement of America’s immigration laws, that is, Democrats ever-increasingly fight America.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/01/31/illinois-democrats-to-allow-illegals-to-change-their-names-to-evade-ice-n2651454
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Don Jr: If Dad’s Opening Guantanamo for Illegals, Why Not Alcatraz, Too?
https://www.westernjournal.com/don-jr-dads-opening-guantanamo-illegals-not-alcatraz/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— List of government web pages that have gone dark to comply with Trump orders (COMMENT: In 2004 and in 2010, the Milton Township Republican Organization rudely fired me as its webmaster and deleted what I had posted on its website.)
https://apnews.com/article/government-websites-changes-trump-transgender-dei-orders-383fc983c6ca48804f1404cbc61ee9e9
REUTERS
— Careers in Law (COMMENT: My IRS employee manual encouraged Revenue Officers to take graduate courses in business, accounting, and law. Graduate business and accounting courses were deductible, but law courses were not.)
https://www.reuters.com/practical-law-the-journal/legalindustry/careers-law-2025-02-01/
MSN
— Pritzker has blocked pardoned January 6 protestors from state jobs. How soon will Pritzker block the 2.4 million in Illinois who voted for Trump from a) getting/holding jobs, b) buying/owning vehicles, c) buying/owning real estate, d) etc.?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/illinois-governor-blocks-pardoned-jan-6-rioters-from-state-jobs/ar-AA1yduA9
— Agencies asked to scrub federal government websites to remove “DEI” content (COMMENT: In 2004 and in 2010, the Milton Township Republican Organization rudely fired me as its webmaster and deleted what I had posted on its website.)
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/us/agencies-asked-to-scrub-federal-government-websites-to-remove-dei-content/ar-AA1ycYDX
CBS NEWS
— Black Aerospace Organization rejects Trump’s claim that DEI led to mid-air collision (COMMENT: FAA turned away 1,000 job applicants because of its DEI rules despite staff shortages. SEE: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14348923/FAA-job-applicants-DEI-rules-lawsuit.html )
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/black-aerospace-organization-rejects-trumps-claim-that-dei-led-to-mid-air-collision/
NBC NEWS
— Some federal websites go dark to comply with White House directives on ‘gender ideology’ and DEI (COMMENT: In 2004 and in 2010, the Milton Township Republican Organization rudely fired me as its webmaster and deleted what I had posted on its website.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/federal-websites-temporarily-go-dark-order-comply-trump-dei-directive-rcna190244
https://www.aol.com/federal-websites-dark-comply-white-232818998.html
— Federal employees told to name colleagues working in DEI roles (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, constructively, all its employees were always in DEI roles. All federal employees had to give preference to federal employees who were Democrat, and especially to those who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. That is, federal employees had to discriminate against federal employees who were Republican, and especially against those who were 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 the aforesaid.)
https://www.aol.com/federal-employees-told-name-colleagues-015335085.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Deportations Only Work if Countries Agree to Take Their Citizens Back (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that countries that hate America and/or want to conquer America will ever-increasing send to America their a) operatives and dupes, b) citizens who want/need/demand the most government assistance, and/or c) criminals.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/world/trumps-deportations-only-work-if-countries-agree-to-take-their-citizens-back.html
— E.V. Owners Don’t Pay Gas Taxes. So, Many States Are Charging Them Fees. States are using higher registration fees for electric cars to make up for declining fuel taxes, but some are punitive, environmentalists say. A federal tax could be coming. (COMMENT: The annual registration fee for an EV in Illinois is $251. My critics/opponents promote EVs and are anti-cars. They are especially anti-American nameplate performance cars. What do they say about me ordering a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/business/ev-fees-gas-tax.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Officials Fire Jan. 6 Prosecutors and Plan Possible F.B.I. Purge. The prosecutor firings and a move to scrutinize thousands of F.B.I. agents were a powerful indication that the president has few qualms deploying federal law enforcement to punish perceived enemies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/us/politics/trump-fbi-agents.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more rumors to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/immigrant-communities-hiding-ice.html
WASHINGTON POST
— How federal agencies have already changed their websites under Trump. “Diversity” has been deleted. “Climate resilience” is now a popular substitute for “climate change.” And “pregnant people” has been replaced by “pregnant women.” (COMMENT: In 2004 and in 2010, the Milton Township Republican Organization rudely fired me as its webmaster and deleted what I had posted on its website.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/31/federal-agencies-websites-trump/
— Washington Post announces 2025 Summer Intern Class (COMMENT: One of my roommates at NIU 1969-1970 was a summer intern at a big CPA firm. That helped him a) to be immediately hired by that firm when he graduated in June of 1970, b) to soon pass the CPA examination on his first attempt, and c) to soon become a partner at that firm. By way of contrast, a) I delivered mail during the summer of 1969, b) I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until 6 years after I had graduated from NIU in August of 1970, c) I did not take and pass the CPA examination until 9 years after I had graduated from NIU, d) I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until 10 years after I had graduated from NIU, and e) I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until 11 years after I had graduated from NIU. By then, the accounting profession viewed me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/01/31/washington-post-announces-2025-summer-intern-class/
— Federal employees have been told to name colleagues working in DEI roles. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, constructively, all its employees were always in DEI roles. All federal employees had to give preference to federal employees who were Democrat, and especially to those who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. That is, federal employees had to discriminate against federal employees who were Republican, and especially against those who were 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 the aforesaid.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/01/dei-trump-republicans-diversity/
MIAMI HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at minorities, at females, at younger people, and at everyone else that Republicans discriminate against them, and that because of that, they will forever need massive Democrat-led government assistance. My Democrat superiors in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that at my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were minority, female, and/or younger.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article299541499.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tariff Threat Prompts Automakers to Find New Suppliers, Consider Higher Prices. Companies are scrambling to make backup plans. (COMMENT: On Monday, January 20, 2025, I ordered a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T which will be built in Canada.)
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tariff-threat-canada-mexico-prompts-automakers-to-find-new-suppliers-consider-higher-prices-13930394
FORBES
— Trump’s Attack On The FAA’s DEI Efforts Will Impact Airport Retailing (COMMENT: Air traffic control staffing was involved in an audit of FAA that I worked on for GAO in the early 1980s.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinrozario/2025/02/01/trumps-attack-on-the-faas-dei-efforts-will-impact-airport-retailing/
— Trump Declares DEI ‘Dead’ When Asked If Government Websites Will Be Shut Down (COMMENT: In 2004 and in 2010, the Milton Township Republican Organization rudely fired me as its webmaster and deleted what I had posted on its website.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MJPUOyx2Tw
HR DRIVE
— Trump calls for FAA staff review, blames deadly plane crash on DEI hires (COMMENT: FAA turned away 1,000 job applicants because of its DEI rules despite staff shortages. SEE: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14348923/FAA-job-applicants-DEI-rules-lawsuit.html )
https://www.hrdive.com/news/trump-blames-dei-for-plane-disaster/738887/
CPA JOURNAL
— Pipeline Impacts of the Proposed CPA Competency-Based Experience Pathway (COMMENT: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981. Back then, very few women were licensed CPAs and extremely few minorities were licensed CPAs. Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly lower CPA licensing requirements so that more women and more minorities can become licensed CPAs.)
https://www.cpajournal.com/2025/01/31/pipeline-impacts-of-the-proposed-cpa-competency-based-experience-pathway/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Currently, in order to be licensed, CPA candidates must earn a bachelor’s degree (usually 120 hours), earn 30 hours beyond the bachelor’s degree (which may entail completing a master’s degree), and complete one year of professional experience.)
NPR
— Trump’s pulling a U-turn on EVs, but not much has changed — yet (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are anti-cars, and especially anti-American nameplate performance cars. What do they say about me ordering a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV?)
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5272749/donald-trump-ev-electric-vehicles-subsidies-auto-industry
CAR AND DRIVER
— Gas vs. Electric Cars: Pros and Cons of Each (COMMENT: Unlike with my current gasoline-powered seven cars and one SUV, with my 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV, I will not have to a) put gasoline in it, b) have its oil and filter changed, c) have its antifreeze changed, d) pass an emissions test every 2 years, e) etc.)
https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a60300078/gas-vs-electric-cars-pros-and-cons/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Advantages of an Electric Vehicle EVs have a battery that feeds at least one electric motor that sends torque to the wheels. Like the gas tank on an internal-combustion car, the battery pack limits how far an EV can travel in one go. Available range varies as much as the sizes and shapes these cars come in, from 160 miles in a Nissan Leaf Plus to 410 miles with the Lucid Air Grand Touring, the current leader in our 75-mph highway range test. How and where you use an electric car determines the kind of range you’ll need, but regardless, range anxiety can sometimes be a thing because you’ll need to recharge at some point. For a lot of folks, charging at home overnight is sufficient, but those who travel long distances with some frequency may still prefer the flexibility of something with an engine, be it a straight internal-combustion machine or a hybrid or plug-in hybrid. An EV can allow you to break your dependence on petroleum to power your car, but this depends on the source of the electricity you feed it. If sustainability is important to you, check with your power utility on the mix of fuel sources they use to produce electricity; there are those who go so far as installing solar panels to provide their own artisanal roof-to-charger energy. There are practical advantages to EVs too. The instant torque of electric motors makes even the cheapest EVs feel sprightly, and their operation is silent and vibration-free. Nearly all operate using direct drive, which means they don’t have a geared transmission that can fail. There are no oil changes, and the strong regenerative braking system means the traditional brakes may never need service in a typical ownership period. Keep the tires aired up, rotate them on schedule, swap in a new cabin air filter every so often, and keep an eye on the washer fluid and wiper blades, and that’s about it.)
CGTN AMERICA
— Democrats ever-increasingly fight enforcement of America’s immigration laws, that is, Democrats ever-increasingly fight America.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkfX7-10Jrs
VOICE OF AMERICA
— Democrats ever-increasingly fight enforcement of America’s immigration laws, that is, Democrats ever-increasingly fight America.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S80JY-r_HA
— Trump moves to cancel recent union agreements with federal workers (COMMENT: I was a union member white I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980. My critics/opponents hate unions and hate union members. They demonize, denigrate, and condemn union members as being grossly overpaid and getting benefits that are much too generous. In my defense, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980.)
https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-moves-to-cancel-recent-union-agreements-with-federal-workers/7959271.html
AXIOS
— HIV, transgender care, climate change and other federal websites go dark (COMMENT: In 2004 and in 2010, the Milton Township Republican Organization rudely fired me as its webmaster and deleted what I had posted on its website.)
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/31/health-cdc-websites-data-removed-trump
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
— EO Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.)
https://www.epi.org/perkins/eo-ending-illegal-discrimination-and-restoring-merit-based-opportunity/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The EO states that employers across industries, including the Federal government, and other institutions such as colleges and universities have “adopted and actively use dangerous, demeaning, and immoral race- and sex-based preferences under the guise of so-called “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI)”)
DAILY MAIL
— FAA turned away 1,000 job applicants because of its DEI rules despite staff shortages
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14348923/FAA-job-applicants-DEI-rules-lawsuit.html
GOOGLE
— Electric vehicle negatives
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22electric+vehicles%22+negatives
(FROM THE POSTING: Cost: EVs can have a higher initial purchase price than gas-powered vehicles. Replacing the battery can also be expensive. Charging time: Charging an EV can take hours, while filling up a gas tank takes minutes. Driving range: EVs have a limited driving range, which can be an issue for long road trips. Charging infrastructure: There are fewer EV charging stations than gas stations, which can make it difficult to charge an EV when driving long distances. Battery degradation: EV batteries can degrade over time, reducing their range. Driving conditions: Driving conditions like rapid acceleration, hot weather, and cold weather can decrease an EV’s range. Sustainability: EVs are only as green as their power sources. Rare metals: EV batteries require rare metals.)
— Electric vehicle weight (COMMENT: In my defense, I will be putting very few miles on my 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T which weighs 5,838 pounds.)
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22electric+vehicles%22+negatives+weight
(FROM THE POSTING: Tire and brake wear: EVs are heavier than gas-powered cars, so their tires and brakes wear out faster. Road maintenance: Heavier EVs could increase the cost of road maintenance. Range: Heavier loads require more energy to move, so they reduce the range of an EV. Parking garages: Some parking garages may not be able to support the weight of EVs. Explanation EVs are typically 30% heavier than gas-powered cars. The weight of an EV’s battery pack contributes to its overall weight. The weight of an EV affects its range, just like it does for gas-powered vehicles. Smaller EVs are more affected by extra weight than larger ones. The weight of an EV can cause problems at the margins, but most drivers are unlikely to experience them directly. Because EVs are on average 30% heavier, brakes and tires on the battery-powered cars wear out faster than on standard cars. Emission Analytics found that tire wear emissions on half a metric tonne of battery weight in an EV are more than 400 times as great as direct exhaust particulate emissions.)