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April 21, 2025

CNN
— Pope Francis dies at 88
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/21/europe/pope-francis-dies-intl/index.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Pope Francis dies at 88
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pope-francis-has-died-vatican-camerlengo-announces/16213828/
— Democrat leaders divide those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/american-revolution-anniversary-250-years-america-went-war-independence-divided-nation-battles-legacy/16205829/
— Video shows cars drag racing, drifting in Lakeview street takeover. Lakeview today, your street tomorrow.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-street-takeover-racing-video-shows-cars-drag-drifting-ashland-avenue-west-diversey-parkway-lakeview/16212001/

CBS2
— 4 dead, 11 others hurt in Chicago shootings during Easter weekend
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-shootings-april-18-to-21/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/20/column-donald-trump-abrego-garcia-deportations-immigration-page/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more booze.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/21/geneva-liquor-license-ban-highland-park/
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) reject Trump’s election and b) fight Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/21/democratic-state-lawmakers-start-to-move-on-promise-to-be-a-check-on-donald-trump/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing push more pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/marijuana/2025/04/20/4-20-pot-cannabis-weed-holiday-easter-thc
— Under the Democrats, soon, everyone will be low income.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/consumer-affairs/2025/04/18/federal-program-liheap-utility-bills-cut-trump-budget-plan
— What do you do? I put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out. What do my critics/opponents do? They discourage me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/20/birding-glenview-park-district-techny-reservoir

JOUNAL COURIER
— My critics/opponents have always wanted me to pay more taxes.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/the-rich-need-pay-taxes-dean-baker-20272732.php

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/04/20/hundreds-protest-trump-and-musk-in-red-mchenry-county/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing push more pot.
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/article_84d2c1eb-2537-415c-9819-6954b195aefc.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Senate GOP braces for primary headaches after 2024 break. Which Republicans do you anticipate/expect will run for U.S. Senate in Illinois in 2026?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/senate-gop-braces-for-primary-headaches-after-2024-break/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-marijuana-holiday-4-20-coincides-with-easter-and-passover-this-year-heres-what-to-know/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/where-do-efforts-to-legalize-reschedule-marijuana-stand/

WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/marijuana-holiday-4-20-coincides-with-easter-and-passover-this-year-heres-what-to-know/article_8f03cfef-f09d-53e0-9e8b-e95ab58f4cec.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-20/trump-faces-bipartisan-criticism-over-abrego-garcia-deportation

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-04-20/protestors-across-the-u-s-rally-against-the-trump-administration

WSIL TV
— Marijuana hospital visits linked to dementia diagnosis within 5 years. Democrat leaders ever-increasing push more pot.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/marijuana-hospital-visits-linked-to-dementia-diagnosis-within-5-years-study-finds/article_25b902f0-4a72-541b-b4b9-7b0a69a068a4.html

NORTHERN STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://northernstar.info/125465/news/residents-from-dekalb-and-sycamore-rally-to-protest-the-trump-administration/

DAILY ILLINI
— Under the Democrats, soon, everyone will be on Medicaid.
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/champaign-urbana/2025/04/20/budzinski-trump-medicaid/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/21/pritzkers-national-brand-00300745
— Joseph Severino says he plans to run for governor in 2026 as a Republican. He made his announcement on conservative podcaster Shaun Thompson’s show on AM 560. Severino previously ran for Congress in the 10th District in 2022 as a Republican and 2024 as an Independent. Severino has yet to file paperwork with the state. Also in the GOP race for governor is DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, who announced in February and has $100,000 in his campaign fund, according to filings with the state.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/21/pritzkers-national-brand-00300745

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-495/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Which offices will be on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct? Do you anticipate/expect helping elect candidates for those offices? What discourages you from doing that? For me, it includes far too many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their losses and/or near losses. I should write about those candidates and their major donors, political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers. Most commonly, they have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I painted them as being more conservative than they wanted to be painted and that caused them to lose. I would focus on the aforesaid candidates who rejected the most planks in the Republican Party platform. I have long since stopped helping elect candidates in nonpartisan elections and Republican primary elections a) because far too many of those candidates who lost those elections and primaries blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats and b) far too many of those candidates who won Republican primaries buy lost general elections blamed their defeats on my support for their opponents in the primaries. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What are the following doing to elect Republicans on November 3, 2026: the leaders of a) the Illinois Republican Party, b) your Republican county party organization, and c) your Republican township party organization? They need to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, that is, they need to defend and advance conservative principles. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you stress to defend and advance conservative principles? I stress the successes that I have had because I have always followed conservative principles. I earned a bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 47. I earned professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a professional license when I was 32. I bought new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. I got married when I was 29. I was able to do the aforesaid notwithstanding my parents never having attended college, my father having been only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never having attended high school, and my having to work my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you promote that your critics/opponents use against you? My critics/opponents use my promoting the Republican Party platform, that is, my promoting conservative principles. They especially use my promoting the platform’s personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents do? My critics/opponents destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents and the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What jobs have you had? According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take and that should have been given to minorities, females, younger people, and veterans. I did yard work 1962-1964, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What are your demographics? My critics/opponents look down on, if not despise, if not hate those who share my demographics. I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older (born in 1948), non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. Further, I was a Crete resident 1948-1972 and I have been a Wheaton resident since 1978. Further, I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, including almost 9 years working for IRS, and I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How envious were your coworkers? My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were full of envy. They always painted themselves as being financially disadvantaged. They decried my earning a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, my earning master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 47, my earning professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, my earning a professional license when I was 32, my buying new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., my buying real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., my getting married when I was 29, etc. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I would never have been able to do the aforesaid a) if I had not avoided the draft and b) if my wife and I had children. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What Caste were you born into? My critics/opponents stress a) that my parents were Protestant and German American, b) that neither of my parents attended college, c) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, d) that he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, e) that my mother never attended high school, f) that I had to work my way through college, g) that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities, h) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, i) that I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years, and j) that I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court makes ‘unprecedented’ intervention to block Trump’s latest round of gang deportations. Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/20/supreme-court-makes-unprecedented-intervention-block-trumps-latest/
— Democrats would rather destroy America than support Trump.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/18/democrats-would-rather-destroy-america-support-trump/
— My critics/opponents destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents and the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/20/250-years-lexington-concord-still-fight-freedom/
— If America abandons Israel, God will abandon America. Democrat leaders want America to abandon Israel.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/20/america-abandons-israel-god-abandon-america/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— New York chooses DEI over students
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3380175/new-york-public-school-officials-refuse-dei-mandate-trump/

NEW YORK POST
— Conservatives rage against Supreme Court for reining in Trump.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/20/us-news/conservatives-rage-against-supreme-court-for-reining-in-trump-time-to-start-deporting-rogue-judges/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Higher Education Should Learn From Hillsdale
https://amgreatness.com/2025/04/21/higher-education-should-learn-from-hillsdale/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Malicious compliance bedevils our military
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/malicious_compliance_bedevils_our_military.html

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Jobs Americans Will Do: Just About All of Them. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take and that should have been given to minorities, females, younger people, and veterans. I did yard work 1962-1964, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://cis.org/Report/Jobs-Americans-Will-Do-Just-About-All-Them

EPOCH TIMES
— Made-in-America Entrepreneurs See Opportunities in Global Tariffs. By sourcing materials domestically and thinking locally, U.S.-based companies say they’re in a better position to survive—and thrive.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/made-in-america-entrepreneurs-see-opportunities-in-global-tariffs-5842569

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— JD Vance Was Right: Cheap Foreign Labor Is an “Addiction.” My brother lost manufacturing jobs because his employers moved to Mexico.
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/04/10/jd-vance-cheap-foreign-labor-addiction

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Admin Should Unleash The False Claims Act To End Discrimination In Higher Education. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But because of my bad demographics, I doubt that they would today.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/04/trump-admin-should-unleash-the-false-claims-act-to-end-discrimination-in-higher-education/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many schools (including almost all “elite” universities) view their maintenance of Kendian “discrimination for the right reasons” programs in admissions, hiring, promotions, tenure, and funding to be moral imperatives, and thus either are flatly refusing to abide by the Trump administration’s demands, and/or are continuing their discriminatory programs sub rosa.)

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Wokeness in Medicine Hasn’t Been Cured Yet
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/04/wokeness-in-medicine-hasnt-been-cured-yet/

POWER LINE
— Who Says Democrats Aren’t Pro-Crime?
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/04/who-says-democrats-arent-pro-crime.php

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Harvard Law School Professors Politicize the Rule of Law
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/20/harvard_law_school_professors_politicize_the_rule_of_law_152680.html

TOWNHALL
— New CNN Poll Shows American Support Deporting All Illegal Aliens
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/04/21/new-cnn-poll-shows-american-support-deporting-all-illegals-n2655744
— The Radical Left’s Plan to Stop Trump and His Agenda
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2025/04/21/the-radical-lefts-plan-to-stop-trump-and-his-agenda-n2655823

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Trump takes aim at Biden, “Radical Left Lunatics” and the courts in Easter Sunday message.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-easter-sunday-message-biden-courts-left/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://apnews.com/article/dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-college-bbe09c081d8a47fcb5616c8fa3b23cee

MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/churches-easter-ice-sensitive-locations-rcna201825

NEW YORK TIMES
— TOP OF FOLD: State Dept. Faces Plan for Big Cuts. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be a GAO employee. Virtually all GAO employees are Democrats. Reforms could have included a) requiring that at least one-third of GAO employees at each grade level be Republican and b) requiring that all requests for GAO to do work be bipartisan.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/politics/trump-state-department-overhaul.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/business/china-deflation-trump-tariffs.html
— Carmakers Highlight American Roots in Bid to Influence Trump. Wary of directly criticizing the president’s trade policies, automakers are emphasizing how much they have already invested in U.S. manufacturing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/business/cars-trump-tariffs-us-manufacturing.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly manipulate and dominate religion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/opinion/easter-christianity-jesus-trump.html
— With Harvard Threat, Trump Tries to Bend the I.R.S. to His Will. Since the post-Nixon era, the Internal Revenue Service has had a degree of independence from the White House. President Trump is seeking to change that. I should write about my Democrat IRS superiors. I should focus on those who a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, c) stopped me from being promoted beyond GS-12, d) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, e) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer to GAO in 1980, and f) stopped GAO from assigning me to audits of IRS except 1986-1988.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/us/politics/trump-irs.html

USA TODAY
— Trump names fifth person to lead IRS this year.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/18/trump-replacing-irs-acting-commissioner/83163716007/
— Harvard shunned conservatives. It deserves to be defunded by Trump. President Donald Trump is trying to reform an education system that excludes conservative students and faculty while promoting a leftist agenda that most Americans have rejected.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/21/trump-harvard-federal-funding-freeze-dei/83138590007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH GRAPHIC: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/global/trump-tariffs-us-markets-treasurys-dollar-7d9777d7
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-us-economic-relations-tariffs-cold-war-ddb43fca
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly polarize those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-polarization-prior-beliefs-bias-information-b7b0e99f
— Democrat teachers ever-increasingly make their students sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/gender-storytime-at-the-supreme-court-first-amendment-parental-rights-opt-out-04a15281
— I Really Like Electric Cars. These Technologies Would Make Me Love Them. I’ve been buying EVs for more than 10 years. But innovations on the horizon will make a big difference to me—and lots of other skeptical consumers. Diersen asks how will my critics/opponents use my buying a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV against me?
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/ev-technology-innovation-4e25c1d5
— Washington State’s Tax on Tesla. Olympia designs a tax targeting Elon Musk and his company’s carbon emissions credits. How soon will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters drive Tesla out of business?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/washington-state-tesla-tax-elon-musk-electric-vehicles-4441b8e2
— Government Jobs Insulated DC From Economic Volatility. Not Any More. Spending cutbacks hurt local business; ‘This is our Detroit moment’
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/washington-dc-economy-trump-job-cuts-359c8645

BUSINESS INSIDER
— In an Easter post, Trump said the businessmen who’ve criticized his tariffs are bad at both business and politics. What percent of wealth that rich people have has been from exploiting cheap labor and lack regulations in foreign countries? My brother lost manufacturing jobs because his employers moved to Mexico.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-businessmen-against-tariffs-are-bad-at-business-and-politics-2025-4

KIPLINGER
— What are your demographics? My critics/opponents look down on, if not despise, if not hate those who share my demographics. I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older (born in 1948), non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. Further, I was a Crete resident 1948-1972 and I have been a Wheaton resident since 1978. Further, I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, including almost 9 years working for IRS, and I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years.
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/can-you-define-baby-boomers-look-at-trump-and-harris

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— We Never Had Free Trade. The U.S. trading system since the 1970s has screwed American workers. But the main culprits are the American capitalists who devised the system, not foreigners. My brother lost manufacturing jobs because his employers moved to Mexico.
https://prospect.org/economy/2025-04-08-we-never-had-free-trade/

GOOGLE AI
— Envious coworkers. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were full of envy. They always painted themselves as being financially disadvantaged. They decried my earning a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, my earning master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 47, my earning professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, my earning a professional license when I was 32, my buying new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., my buying real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., my getting married when I was 29, etc. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I would never have been able to do the aforesaid a) if I had not avoided the draft and b) if my wife and I had children.
https://www.google.com/search?q=envious+coworkers

GOOGLE AI
— Caste system. What Caste were you born into? My critics/opponents stress a) that my parents were Protestant and German American, b) that neither of my parents attended college, c) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, d) that he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, e) that my mother never attended high school, f) that I had to work my way through college, g) that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities, h) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, i) that I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years, and j) that I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Caste+%22born+into

POLITICO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/20/pritzker-tktktk-00296824

PBS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/photos-anti-trump-protesters-rally-in-cities-and-towns-across-the-country

INTERCEPT
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans racists.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/20/trump-racism-white-demographic-fears-immigration/

DAILY MAIL
— Trump official calls for Americans to be paid reparations over trauma caused by Biden’s migrant crisis
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14630377/stephen-miller-americans-reparations-illegal-migration.html
— Drag queens slammed for mocking Christians and hosting ‘hunky Jesus’ contest at woke Easter show for kids
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14630709/Drag-queens-mocking-Jesus-woke-Easter-kids.html

April 20, 2025

April 19, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

FOX32
— Johnson jabs at Trump during DC mayors conference
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1627478

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— For trans athletes in high schools sports, IHSA says it will follow state law not Trump executive order. Federal laws trump state and local laws. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/04/18/for-trans-athletes-in-high-schools-sports-ihsa-says-it-will-follow-state-law-not-trump-executive-order

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/18/420-cannabis-holiday-alcohol/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/18/420-cannabis-holiday-alcohol/

DAILY HERALD
— At Foster town hall, concerns over Social Security, tariffs – and if Democrats wants to impeach Trump again.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250418/news/at-foster-town-hall-concerns-over-social-security-tariffs-and-if-democrats-wants-to-impeach-trum/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Education in America ever-increasingly exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/big-ten-schools-band-together-fight-trump-attacks-report
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/advocates-decry-trump-plan-cut-hiv-support-funding

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/04/18/for-trans-athletes-in-high-schools-sports-ihsa-says-it-will-follow-state-law-not-trump-executive-order

WGN RADIO
— 67% of CEOs surveyed disapprove of Trump’s tariffs. CEOs overwhelming promote a) globalism, that is, dependency on foreign countries and on their cheap labor and b) the Democrat Party platform. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://wgnradio.com/news/67-of-ceos-surveyed-disapprove-of-trumps-tariffs/

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://jg-tc.com/news/state-regional/article_233022ce-914b-5c90-a7b1-a95e4c9294e5.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Lisa Edison among thousands of parents who oppose proposed homeschool legislation
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/04/18/lombard-mom-among-thousands-of-parents-who-oppose-proposed-homeschool-legislation/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2025/04/18/no-kings-anti-trump-protest-planned-for-dekalb-saturday/

SOUTHERN
— Three Southern Illinois Republican lawmakers took to social media to criticize the Illinois High School Association’s recent response to questions about how it handles transgender participation in high school athletics, calling the reply vague and lacking direction.
https://thesouthern.com/news/southern-illinois-lawmakers-push-back-on-ihsa-response-on-trans-athletes/article_e2a0a42e-3fa2-5daa-a34f-d7185ca4450e.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://thesouthern.com/life-entertainment/health/the-imapct-of-legal-cannabis-on-business-five-years-in/article_cba3043d-f4dc-5daf-af2c-ac45cce71982.html

SAUK VALLEY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/2025/04/18/dixon-cannabis-dispensary-high-on-its-new-flower-collection-launch/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Judge orders Trump administration to tell fired workers they were not let go for poor performance. In Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), the Democrats who ran GAO hinted/implied//argued/shouted that they forced me to retire because I was a poor performer and because of Gingrich budget cuts and not because I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed that I had earned a) three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), b) six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting) and c) a job-related professional license (CPA).
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-tell-fired-workers-they-were-not-let-go-for-poor-performance/

NPR ILLINOIS & NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— The Trump administration announced it is moving forward with a new rule to reclassify some career civil servants as “at will” federal employees, a plan it says will make it easier to fire underperforming employees. My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they took adverse actions against me because I was an underperformer. That was a pretext. In my defense, I stress that a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) I earned three job-related master’s degrees, c) I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, d) I became a licensed CPA, and e) I earned four more job-related professional certifications. None of my coworkers who they promoted over me had done anything close to that. They all were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-18/thousands-of-federal-workers-would-be-easier-to-fire-under-trump-rule-change
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-04-18/thousands-of-federal-workers-would-be-easier-to-fire-under-trump-rule-change

NPR ILLINOIS
— Head Start advocates brace for possibility of Trump eliminating funding. Ever since my parents sent me to kindergarten at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete in 1953, my critics/opponents have falsely and maliciously hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were filthy rich. But neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-18/head-start-advocates-brace-for-possibility-of-trump-eliminating-funding

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-04-18/some-asylum-seekers-wonder-if-its-worth-staying-in-the-u-s-to-fight-their-cases

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The mainstream news media in America ever-increasingly promotes the Democrat Party and its leaders far stronger than Pravda ever promoted the Communist Party and its leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Just 30% of Illinois 4th graders read at proficiency standard
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d91c7486-7950-4db0-8004-b1eff240b65c.html

CHICAGO PARENT
— Best Private Schools in DuPage County. My parents sending me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod helped me get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee High School class in 1966, and get accepted by UIC in 1966. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.chicagoparent.com/education/private-schools/private-schools-dupage-county/

JOIHN BIVER
— Which of Our Current GOP Leaders Want to Win and Which Don’t?
https://johnbiver.com/which-of-our-current-gop-leaders-want-to-win-and-which-dont/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Checking Up on the Oberweis Florida Campaign Finds $2 Million Loan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/18/checking-up-on-the-oberweis-florida-campaign-finds-2-million-loan/
— Foster’s Crystal Lake Town Hall Meeting
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/18/fosters-crystal-lake-town-hall-meeting/
— Conservative PACs Do Poorly in 2025’s First Quarter
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/18/conservative-pacs-do-poorly-in-2025s-first-quarter/
— Crystal Lake Randall Road Widening on Horizon
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/17/crystal-lake-randall-road-widening-on-horizon/
— Republican State Senator from Freeport Disses McHenry County Republican Party’s Fundraising
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/17/republican-state-senator-from-freeport-disses-mchenry-county-republican-partys-fundraising/
— Bob Anderson Calls for Mike Shorten to Resign from the County Board Because He Will Soon Also Be Nunda Township Supervisor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/17/bob-anderson-calls-for-mike-shorten-to-resign-from-the-county-board-because-he-will-soon-also-be-nunda-township-supervisor/
— Opponents to Homeschooling Haven’t Given Up
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/17/opponents-to-homeschooling-havent-given-up/
— Vote by Mail Urged by Former State Rep. Mark Blatnick, Who Says He Won Using It
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/17/vote-by-mail-urged-by-mark-blatnick/
— Another Illinois Democrat Breaches to “F” Word Barrier
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/16/another-illinois-democrat-breaches-to-f-word-barrier/
— Two Shorten Allies Change Election Day Loss to Victory
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/16/two-shorten-allies-change-election-day-loss-to-victory/
— McHenry Police Use Home Surveillance Camera Video to Track Down Wisconsin Man Convicted of Buying a Car with a Fake Cashier’s Check
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/16/mchenry-police-use-home-surveillance-camera-video-to-track-down-wisconsin-man-convicted-of-buying-a-car-with-a-fake-cashiers-check/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The Trump administration announced it is moving forward with a new rule to reclassify some career civil servants as “at will” federal employees, a plan it says will make it easier to fire underperforming employees. My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they took adverse actions against me because I was an underperformer. That was a pretext. In my defense, I stress that a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) I earned three job-related master’s degrees, c) I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, d) I became a licensed CPA, and e) I earned four more job-related professional certifications. None of my coworkers who they promoted over me had done anything close to that. They all were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/18/trump-administration-moves-reclassify-federal-employees-making-easier/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Indiana moves toward commission to welcome conservative Illinois counties
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3383270/indiana-commission-conservative-illinois-counties/
— Abrego Garcia’s defenders just don’t want anyone deported
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3384977/kilmar-abrego-garcia-defenders-immigration-policy/
— War is coming, and we are too complacent to stop it. In WWIII, which countries will side with China and Russia against America?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3384290/war-is-coming-complacent-to-stop-it/

NEW YORK POST
— Confidence in Democratic leadership plunges to all-time low
https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/confidence-in-democratic-leadership-plunges-to-all-time-low-poll/

BREITBART
— Democrat Party Using All of Its Power to Fight for Accused Wife Beater, Gang Member
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/04/18/stephen-miller-democrat-party-using-all-of-its-power-to-fight-for-accused-wife-beater-gang-member/

FOX NEWS
— Venezuelan migrant arrested in Chicago for 6th time in 13 months days after prosecutors drop charges. Edmonds Peraza Cortez faces felony robbery charges in Chicago.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/venezuelan-migrant-arrested-sanctuary-city-6th-time-13-months-days-after-prosecutors-drop-charges

FOX NEWS RADIO
— Democrats Stand Up For Illegals, President Trump Stands Up For Grieving Mothers
https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/04/18/democrats-stand-up-for-illegals-president-trump-stands-up-for-grieving-mothers/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Chicago Mayor Johnson To Trump On Sanctuary City Status: “We’re Not Going To Negotiate With Terrorists”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/18/chicago_mayor_johnson_to_trump_on_sanctuary_city_status_were_not_going_to_negotiate_with_terrorists.html

TOWNHALL
— Some Familiar Supreme Court Justices Joined Libs in Blocking Further Deportation Flights
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/04/19/supreme-court-shuts-down-further-deportation-flights-under-alien-enemies-act-n2655788

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/aclu-alien-enemies-act-district-judge-trump-immigration/

YAHOO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/potent-policy-americas-extraordinary-evolution-on-marijuana-in-7-charts-200834879.html

AOL
— Republican Senators Aren’t Taking Up Trump On Buying A Tesla
https://www.aol.com/republican-senators-aren-t-taking-191457295.html
— Trump’s ‘External Revenue Service’ can’t replace the IRS
https://www.aol.com/news/opinion-trump-external-revenue-t-113000160.html
— What Trump-supporting federal workers think of his blitz to shake up the government. I favor reforming federal agencies instead of gutting them. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be a GAO employee. Virtually all GAO employees are Democrats. Reforms could have included a) requiring that at least one-third of GAO employees at each grade level to be Republican and b) requiring that all requests for GAO to do work be bipartisan.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-supporting-federal-workers-think-085901876.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/us/politics/deportation-trump-abrego-garcia-el-salvador.html
— Head of I.R.S. Being Ousted Amid Treasury’s Power Struggle With Elon Musk. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Trump that the acting commissioner had been installed without his knowledge.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/us/politics/irs-scott-bessent-elon-musk.html
— Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard. An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/business/trump-harvard-letter-mistake.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/opinion/china-us-trump-xi-tariffs.html
— Democrat leaders say “The Trump Billionaires Who Run the Economy and the Things They Say.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/us/politics/trump-musk-billionaires-economy.html
— Democrat leaders say “Why Big Law Firms Aren’t Standing Together Against Trump’s Assault.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/business/trump-law-firms.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/04/19/anti-trump-protests-50501-movement-hands-off/

USA TODAY
— Trump floats plan to nix federal income tax and replace revenue with money from tariffs
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/17/trump-tariffs-income-tax/83144867007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-migrant-deportations-alien-enemies-act-759f25dd
— Trump to Replace Acting IRS Commissioner. Tax agency’s next leader is fifth so far this year.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-to-replace-acting-irs-commissioner-f5494a97
— I have fought age discrimination since I was 25 years old in 1973. That was when my Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out to deem me to be too old to ever be promoted to GS-13. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 years old in 1986. By then, I had a) earned an MBA in 1976, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) transferred to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors never promoted me to GS-14 even though a) I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and b) earned a master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/questioning-bidens-capacities-was-taboo-a-year-ago-now-its-everywhere-728abd4a
— Harvard and the View From Hillsdale. The small college doesn’t take federal money. Its president, Larry Arnn, argues higher education would be far better if no one did.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/harvard-and-the-view-from-hillsdale-higher-education-federal-funding-colleges-d1a04b1a
— At NY Auto Show, Talk of Trump’s Tariffs Is Inescapable. Auto executives wanted to focus on splashy vehicle debuts; instead, tariffs dominated events and discussions. How will tariffs impact the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus that I just bought?
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/at-ny-auto-show-talk-of-trumps-tariffs-is-inescapable-ab1509ae

FORBES
— The Performance Appraisal: A Workplace Evil That Must Be Destroyed Like a Blood Sucking Vampire. All my Democrat superiors and supervisors used the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems against me. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2012/07/09/performance-appraisal/
— What Counts As An “Adverse Employment Action” In Discrimination And Retaliation Cases? I should write about those who have taken many/big adverse actions against me and the pretexts that they used. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and the federal government, c) conservative and religious leaders and activists, d) those who I have sued and their attorneys, and e) my Democrat superiors and supervisors.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericbachman/2021/11/15/what-counts-as-an-adverse-employment-action-in-discrimination-and-retaliation-cases/

BLOOMBERG
— Windsor Feels Heat of Tariffs. How will tariffs impact the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus that I just bought?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-16/canadian-auto-town-gets-an-early-taste-of-trump-s-trade-war

DETROIT NEWS
— How tariffs could upend EV adoption in America. How will tariffs impact the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus that I just bought?
https//detroitnews.com/

REGULATORY REVIEW
— If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting GAO, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee. Virtually all GAO employees are Democrats. Reforms could have included a) requiring that at least one-third of GAO employees at each grade level to be Republican and b) requiring that all requests for GAO to do work be bipartisan.
https://www.theregreview.org/2019/09/23/pierce-proposal-help-congress-enact-civil-service-reforms/

ACLU
— AARP v. Trump
https://www.aclu.org/cases/aarp-v-trump

GOOD MEN PROJECT
— Democrat leaders say “When Donald Trump Went to College. Family ties or donations benefitted Donald and three of his children.” Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/when-donald-trump-went-to-college/

April 16, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Biden says Trump has ‘taken a hatchet’ to Social Security in first post-presidency speech in Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EoPN3Vbzd4
— Trump’s threat to withhold Chicago’s federal funding amounts to ‘terrorism,’ Mayor Johnson says
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trumps-threat-withhold-federal-funding-sanctuary-city-policy-is-terrorism-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-says/16180417/
— CTA employee overtime costs under scrutiny
https://abc7chicago.com/post/cta-news-chicago-transit-authority-employee-overtime-costs-scrutiny/16181295/

NBC5
— Johnson invites Trump to City Hall but says he won’t ‘negotiate with terrorists.’ Trump has threatened to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities like Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-mayor-johnson-invites-trump-to-city-hall-wont-negotiate-with-terrorists/3723093/
— Democrat leaders use DuPage Children’s Museum to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/how-cuts-from-doge-are-impacting-dupage-childrens-museum/3723436/

CBS2
— Mayor Brandon Johnson responds to Trump’s threats to withhold federal funding: “That is how terrorists behave”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-brandon-johnson-president-trump-threats-federal-funding-terrorism/

WGN9
— Mayor deems Trump threat to withhold federal dollars as ‘terrorism’
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-brandon-johnson-city-hall-press/
— Trump administration cancels funding for study of behavioral diversity in animals at Brookfield Zoo. Democrats promote non-binary non-monogamous animals.
https://wgntv.com/western-suburbs/trump-cancels-funding-brookfield-zoo-study/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mayor Johnson brands as ‘terrorism’ President Trump’s threat to withhold federal funding to Chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/04/15/mayor-brandon-johnson-president-donald-trump-chicago-sanctuary-city-federal-funding
— Declaring ‘nobody’s king,’ former President Biden unleashes on Trump, Musk over Social Security cuts
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/15/joe-biden-social-security-speech-chicago-donald-trump-elon-musk
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Yeison Rodrigo Jaimes-Rincon to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/04/16/chicago-man-deported-el-salvador-prison-video-trump-tren-de-aragua-immigration-noem
— City Hall hired film crew to document immigration arrests
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/04/15/immigration-ice-donald-trump-mass-deportations-film-crews-dr-phil-brandon-johnson

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Former President Joe Biden, in Chicago, says threat of Social Security cuts by GOP creating psychological fear
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/15/former-president-joe-biden-in-chicago-says-threat-of-social-security-cuts-by-gop-creating-psychological-fear/
— Ex-GOP nominee for AG Thomas DeVore should be suspended for improper client relationship
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/15/thomas-devore-suspend-ardc/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/15/jane-buds-pot-dispensary-poised-to-move-into-elgins-former-boston-market/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/15/morton-grove-ban-thc-products-kratom/
— Stellantis chairman sounds alarm on Trump tariffs. Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters punish Tesla owners to punish Trump. Will Trump-supporters punish Dodge Charger owners to punish Stellantis? I just bought a red 2025 Charger Daytona R/T Plus.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/15/stellantis-chairman-sounds-alarm-on-trump-tariffs-emissions-regulations/
— Where are the parents of teens participating in takeovers?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/16/column-chicago-teen-takeovers-parents-washington/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kilmar Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/16/editorial-wrongful-deportation-donald-trump-john-roberts/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Bolingbrook.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/15/bolingbrook-school-lgbtq-title-xi-complaint/

DAILY HERALD
— Tax day arrives with the implications of a Trump-era IRS still taking shape
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250415/business/tax-day-arrives-with-the-implications-of-a-trump-era-irs-still-taking-shape/
— Biden alleges Trump has ‘taken a hatchet’ to Social Security in his first post-presidency speech
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250415/nation-and-world-politics/joe-biden-will-speak-about-social-security-in-his-return-to-the-national-stage/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use visa terminations to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/04/16/visa-terminations-causing-panic-for-illinois-students-and-educators

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— GOP’s soul on ice after Supreme Court rejects map challenge
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-gops-soul-on-ice-after-supreme-court-rejects-map-challenge/article_e035c865-cfb2-4d48-8bcd-61030c995cce.html

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County loses $600K federal health grant in Trump administration cuts
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/04/15/mchenry-county-loses-600k-federal-health-grant-in-trump-administration-cuts/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrat leaders use sewage to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article304274416.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, DOGE would not be needed.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-14/veteran-diplomats-react-to-the-trump-administration-gutting-the-lead-u-s-aid-agency
— NPR and PBS ever-increasingly promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-15/trump-plans-order-to-cut-funding-for-npr-and-pbs
— U.S. Army libraries target books with a focus on DEI or ‘gender ideology’ for removal
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-15/u-s-army-libraries-target-books-with-a-focus-on-dei-or-gender-ideology-for-removal

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/business/press-releases/globenewswire/9423113/nyc-based-cannabis-brand-silly-nice-beats-chinese-tariffs-with-american-made-packaging/
— Trump says he wants to give money and airplane tickets to immigrants who ‘self-deport’
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-says-he-wants-to-give-money-and-airplane-tickets-to-immigrants-who-self-deport/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WCIA
— IRS agent Gary Shapley who investigated Hunter Biden expected to be named IRS acting chief
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-irs-agent-who-investigated-hunter-biden-expected-to-be-named-irs-acting-chief/
https://www.wcia.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-irs-agent-who-investigated-hunter-biden-expected-to-be-named-irs-acting-chief/

HINSDALE PATCH
— Conservative Group Gave To Hinsdale D86 Hopefuls
https://patch.com/illinois/hinsdale/conservative-group-gave-hinsdale-d86-hopefuls

JOLIET PATCH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/marijuana-dispensary-jefferson-street-city-council-votes-7-2
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/marijuana-store-will-make-people-hungry-benefit-joliets-restaurants

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Cook County’s guaranteed income program is just an election campaign gimmick
https://wirepoints.org/cook-countys-guaranteed-income-program-is-just-an-election-campaign-gimmick-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— In rare public address, Biden suggests Trump will cut Social Security. Former president’s claims come despite repeated denials by current administration.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8aaf579b-fb18-4552-bd21-787f96629b4e.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7b2642a0-f71a-4e8e-aed4-6f75d9965f92.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Casten Conducts “I Want To Be U.S. Senator” Tour
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/15/casten-conducts-i-want-to-be-u-s-senator-tour/
— DeVore Law License Recommended to Be Suspended for Sixty Days
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/15/devore-law-license-recommended-to-be-suspended-for-sixty-days/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What harmed your career the most? For me, first, it was my Firestone Store manager’s disapproval of my demographics. Firestone Store’s District Office hired me and assigned me to his store in 1970. He never would have hired me. He vehemently disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. Then it was Oldsmobile’s withdrawing its job offer because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint in 1971. That ended my career in automotive industry. My Firestone Store manager rudely fired me because I accepted that offer. I accepted IRS’s job offer in 1971 because I had to have a job. Then it was my Democrat IRS superiors’ success in getting rid of the manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Then it was my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in getting rid of the manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors got rid of the aforesaid managers because they had advanced me instead of advancing my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. But then, more significantly, it was my opposing my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors’ race and gender based preference giving, their political affiliation discrimination, their reverse discrimination, their age discrimination, their religious discrimination, and their national origin discrimination. But then, even more significantly, it was my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1988. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What helped your career the most? For me, it was my a) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, f) my earning more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and g) my earning a master’s degree in finance in 1997. If I had not done the aforesaid, a) IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and b) GAO would not have hired me in 1980, promoted me in 1986, or let me work as long as it did. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says Harvard should lose tax-exempt status over activism
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/15/trump-says-harvard-lose-tax-exempt-status-activism/
— Of course Trump can deport green card holders who endorse terrorism
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/15/course-trump-deport-green-card-holders-endorse-terrorism/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— NPR and PBS don’t deserve taxpayer funding
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3380938/npr-pbs-dont-deserve-taxpayer-funding/
— IRS shake-up causes ‘absolute chaos’ amid agency’s busiest time of year
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3380322/irs-shakeup-causes-absolute-chaos-amid-busiest-time-year/
— United Airlines wants you on planes maintained by China
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3380109/united-airlines-wants-you-on-planes-maintained-by-china/

NEW YORK POST
— NYC inks new $250K contract to relocate homeless, migrants out of the Big Apple
https://nypost.com/2025/04/14/us-news/nyc-inks-new-250k-contract-to-relocate-homeless-migrants-out-of-the-big-apple/
— Harvard is jeopardizing $9B in federal funding to lead the radical left’s anti-Trump agenda – so much for the best and brightest
https://nypost.com/2025/04/15/opinion/michael-goodwin-harvards-9b-battle-with-trump-is-the-dems-newest-form-of-resistance/

BREITBART
— Nearly One-Quarter of Democrats Don’t Believe Illegal Immigrants Are Breaking the Law. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/15/poll-nearly-one-quarter-of-democrats-dont-believe-illegal-immigrants-are-breaking-law/

CENTER SQUARE
— A coalition of state attorneys general sent a letter to a top business leaders group Tuesday warning its members that if they continue their DEI practices, they are “often illegal.” To promote DEI is to promote discrimination.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_793f59bb-21aa-4236-a2c3-b42c8713eb38.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Announces Free Flights, Possible Stipends for Self-Deportees
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-announces-free-flights-possible-stipends-for-self-deportees-5842503

FEDERALIST
— After Trump Executive Orders, Smithsonian Page Pushing Racist Propaganda Disappears
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/15/after-trump-executive-orders-smithsonian-page-pushing-racist-propaganda-disappears/

FOX BUSINESS
— More than 1,000 illegal alien workers arrested since Trump’s inauguration. ‘Businesses that exploit and hire illegal workers are harming the American public,’ said HSI acting Director Robert Hammer. If they could have, all my employers would have hired illegals instead of me.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-immigration/more-than-1000-illegal-alien-workers-arrested-since-trumps-inauguration-ice
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/trumps-tariffs-putting-consumers-businesses-bind-consumer-technology-association-warns

TOWNHALL
— Look at Gary Shapley Who Could Be Temporarily Helming the IRS Soon
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/04/15/look-at-who-could-be-temporarily-helming-the-irs-soon-n2655603

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Trump Cuts Off Illegals from All Social Security Act Benefits
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-trump-cuts-off-illegals-social-security-act-benefits-return-paused-fraud-punishment-possible/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with international students against America.
https://apnews.com/article/f1-visa-international-college-student-trump-9d4d900d328a0c205503c1178e70f1d5

CNN
— About 25% of IRS workers planning to take buyout offer
https://www.wthitv.com/news/about-25-of-irs-workers-planning-to-take-buyout-offer/article_272c592b-4d3f-5820-ab96-7406266ef665.html
— Democrat colleges ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/politics/harvard-trump-columbia-elite-universities-funding/index.html
— Communist China runs Hong Kong.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/business/hong-kong-suspends-postal-service-to-us-intl-hnk/index.html
— Trump to name Hunter Biden whistleblower Gary Shapley as acting IRS commissioner
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/politics/acting-irs-commissioner-hunter-biden-whistleblower-gary-shapley/index.html

CBS NEWS
— IRS could cut up to 40% of workforce
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/internal-revenue-service-rif-plan-cut-workforce-memo/
— Biden ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-first-public-remarks-since-leaving-office-social-security/

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat colleges ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/multiple-colleges-harvard-fight-trump-admin-2059807

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat colleges ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/opinion/trump-higher-education.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/why-harvard-resisted-trumps-demands.html
https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-university-college.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/opinion/harvard-trump-administration-statement.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/opinion/trump-tariffs-china-ecommerce.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/business/china-rare-earths-exports.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/politics/trump-trade-war-china-dilemma.html (FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/business/economy/trump-tariffs-global-economy.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/opinion/trump-tariffs-economy-carville.html
— Used Tesla Market Heats Up as Owners Sell to Protest Musk. Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters punish Tesla owners to punish Trump. Will Trump-supporters punish Dodge Charger owners to punish Stellantis?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/business/used-tesla-elon-musk-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump ally in Hunter Biden tax probe to be named interim IRS leader. Gary Shapley, previously a mid-level career agent, was named a senior adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in March.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/15/trump-shapley-irs-commissioner/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kilmar Abrego García to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/04/15/kilmar-abrego-garcias-deportation-case-trump-administration/
— Democrat colleges ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/15/harvard-trump-grants-david-ignatius/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/04/15/harvard-federal-funding-trump-administration/
— Democrat law firms ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/15/trump-susman-godfrey-judge-punishments/
— DOGE seeks to expand its influence. If I had sought to be on Musk’s DOGE team in Illinois, I would have stressed that a) I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, d) I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/15/doge-musk-nonprofit-vera-institute/

USA TODAY
— Big exodus of IRS employees underway as tax season hits full swing
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/15/irs-workforce-exodus-tax-season/83105269007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Picks Investigator Behind Hunter Biden Tax Case as IRS Acting Leader. As an agency investigator, Gary Shapley accused the Justice Department of slow walking the probe into the younger Biden.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-picks-irs-critic-as-agencys-acting-leader-de814d3a
— Democrat colleges ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-harvard-funding-conditions-constitution-congress-c26040f8
— FRONT PAGE: Have Fun on Spring Break, Kids. I’ll Be Right Next Door. Parents are tagging along with their high-school seniors to share the experience, monitor their drinking and make sure they wear sunscreen. I went on spring breaks to Daytona Beach in 1969 and 1970. My critics/opponents have used that against me ever since. They stress that while I did that, my peers were dying in Vietnam.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/travel/spring-break-high-school-parents-vacation-mexico-834da400?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Trump to Name Whistleblower Gary Shapley as Acting IRS Head
https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/trump-set-to-name-whistleblower-gary-shapley-as-acting-irs-head
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-16/china-open-to-talks-if-trump-shows-respect-names-point-person

FAST COMPANY
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91317456/despite-dei-backlash-only-19-of-companies-are-cutting-diversity-funding

U.S. CONGRESS
— Gary A. Shapley Jr. Biography
https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116254/witnesses/HHRG-118-GO00-Bio-ShapleyG-20230719.pdf
(FROM THE BIOGRAPHY: Gary began his current employment with IRS – Criminal Investigation in July 2009 immediately completing six months of intensive training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, GA. After training, Gary was assigned to the Baltimore POD and was the case agent on two Federal criminal trials; one in Baltimore and one in Washington D.C. Gary quickly took on collateral duties becoming a Use of Force instructor and firearms instructor for the Washington D.C. field office. Gary then was detailed to DOJ Tax division from 2013 to 2018 investigating foreign financial institutions.)

GAO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more race and gender based preference giving.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-25-106766

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Election Integrity: 64% Favor SAVE Act
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/election_integrity_64_favor_save_act

GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/16/chinese-state-media-tells-trump-to-stop-whining-as-trade-war-spirals

March 23, 2025

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

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