July 21, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— At least 28 shot, 6 fatally, in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-16-shot-4-fatally-gun-violence-city-police-say/17195012/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/21/ice-arrests-increase-across-chicago-under-trump-many-with-no-convictions-data-shows/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/20/trump-deportation-letters-chicago-children/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, dependency on government ever-increasingly increases.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/20/snapshot-of-food-insecurity-in-illinois-and-the-u-s/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/20/in-the-wake-of-snap-cuts-feeding-hungry-illinoisans-falls-more-than-ever-on-food-pantries/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for pollution and bad weather.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/20/aspen-climate-chicago-rally/

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Fair opening Thursday, July 24. I should write about Republican participation in the fair since 1978 and especially since 1999.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250721/submitted-content/dupage-county-fair-opens-with-animals-axe-throwing-and-drone-light-shows/

SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/20/when-the-raids-started-fear-spread-la-mayor-bass-on-trumps-deportation-efforts/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Affirmation Action, DEI, and other laws anyways required my employers to give preference to my coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/business/article_4795d6bd-a173-476c-bad6-1db4d3ee182b.html

RIVER BENDER
— Did your father earn enough money so that your mother could stay home and raise you? Because my father did, my critics/opponents have always used that to paint me as being filthy rich. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. Because of that, I had to work my way through college. What was your mother’s earning potential? My mother’s earning potential was very limited because she never attended high school.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-durbin-help-reintroduce-bill-to-help-families-get-the-affordable-child-care-they-need-84462.cfm
–Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/idhs-preserves-lgbtqia-youth-support-on-988-lifeline-amid-federal-cuts-84450.cfm

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) fight deportation of their illegals and b) push pot..
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/vigil-held-in-las-vegas-for-man-who-died-after-ice-raid-at-cannabis-farm
— Trump touts record GOP support amid Epstein files backlash
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-touts-record-gop-support-amid-epstein-files-backlash-truth-social-maga-billionaire-convicted-sex-offender-jeffrey-epstein-attorney-general-pam-bondi-ghislaine-maxwell-client-list-transcripts

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot in DeKalb. I successfully resisted pot pushers while was a NIU student there 1969-1970.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2025/07/20/city-of-dekalb-gives-final-ok-to-cannabis-dispensary-tasting-rooms/?

ELMHURST PATCH
— Sexism Claims Against Addison Township Consultant
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/sexism-claims-against-addison-township-consultant

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-555/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Blago Works Lincolnshire Party
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/07/21/blago-works-lincolnshire-party/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— White House says Trump will ‘not support amnesty’ when asked about Dignity Act. Needless-to-say, no one who comes to America illegally or stays in America illegally should get citizenship.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-says-trump-will-not-support-amnesty-when-asked-about-dignity-act/ar-AA1IO02m
— Democrat and RINO leaders want to make America more and more and more dependent on illegal labor.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3476746/karen-bass-la-cant-rebuild-after-wildfires-without-immigrant-labor/

NEW YORK POST
— NY awarded more than $600M to ‘sanctuary’ groups helping defy Trump, federal immigration law
https://nypost.com/2025/07/20/us-news/ny-awarded-more-than-600m-to-sanctuary-groups-helping-defy-trump-federal-immigration-law/

COLLEGE FIX
— University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign affiliates reported Young Americans for Freedom to the bias team around 50 times for hosting conservative commentator Elisha Krauss.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/dangerous-pro-israel-event-reported-50-times-to-university-of-ilinois-bias-team-public-records/

FOX NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/la-mayor-bass-dodges-question-whether-all-illegal-immigrants-city-should-allowed-stay
— Far too many civil rights groups exist get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/civil-rights-group-declares-state-140858175.html

TOWNHALL
— No Amnesty Ever
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/07/21/read-our-lips-no-amnesty-ever-n2660661

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Pence: Trump hasn’t changed Republican Party
https://www.aol.com/pence-trump-hasn-t-changed-185514537.html
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5411271-trump-vows-to-push-agenda-amid-criticism/

NBC NEWS
— Vance’s and Marco Rubio’s Senate successors avoid GOP primary drama. Primaries are nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents wanted Jim Ryan to win the 2002 Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary. Because I supported Pat O’Malley who lost in that primary and because Blagojevich won the general election, my critics/opponents continue to do everything that they can to destroy me. My critics/opponents wanted Andy McKenna to win the 2004 Illinois Republican U.S. Senate primary. They falsely claim that I supported Jack Ryan in that primary to falsely justify their continuing to do everything that they can to destroy me because Ryan withdrew after winning the primary and Obama won the general election.
https://www.aol.com/vances-marco-rubios-senate-successors-090000696.html

CBS NEWS
— ICE head says agents will arrest anyone found in the U.S. illegally, crack down on employers of unauthorized workers
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-head-todd-lyons-agents-will-arrest-anyone-found-illegally-crack-down-on-employers/
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trumps-approval-dipping-cbs-news-poll-finds/

MSN
— The Dignity Act would encourage more illegal immigration.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-lawmakers-ridicule-republican-colleague-s-bill-to-allow-some-migrants-to-obtain-citizenship-no-amnesty/ar-AA1IRQuv
— How many inmates in Illinois, in your county, in your township, and in your municipality are illegals?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-administration-asks-san-diego-sheriff-for-data-on-all-noncitizen-inmates-despite-state-law/ar-AA1IOUey

MSN & AOL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they are not only anti-American, but that they hate America. They ever-increasingly promote those who invade, infiltrate, infest, and destroy America.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/were-settlers-fox-news-personality-dismisses-nation-of-immigrants-idea/ar-AA1IJL9f
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pete-hegseth-announces-dangerous-expansion-of-ice-s-powers/ar-AA1ISdpq
https://www.aol.com/newsom-escalates-trump-immigration-feud-185110057.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Federal court says Arkansas can enforce ban on critical race theory in classrooms. To promote critical race theory is to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.livingstonparishnews.com/stories/federal-court-says-arkansas-can-enforce-ban-on-critical-race-theory-in-classrooms,174006

YAHOO
— Musk Caught Filing for Benefits Meant for Small Businesses Run by Minorities. Politics is nasty/vicious. I should write about my critics/opponents who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the new town home in the HUD-financed University Park that I bought when I was 24 years old in 1972 was meant for minorities.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-neuralink-caught-filing-164520479.html

AOL
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump.
https://www.aol.com/democrats-more-motivated-vote-2026-151138434.html

NEWSWEEK
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/map-shows-donald-trump-s-approval-rating-in-each-state-after-six-months/ar-AA1IX2eg
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/economic-warning-as-more-than-half-million-people-could-leave-us-this-year/ar-AA1IQ9ON

NEW YORK TIMES
— Google ever-increasingly steers everyone a) to websites that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) away from websites that promote the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/us/politics/trump-google-prosecute.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/reparations-bill-amid-headwinds-could-skirt-californias-affirmative-action-ban/ar-AA1IyUv1
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-07-20/volunteers-flock-to-immigration-courts-to-support-migrants-arrested-in-the-hallways

NEW YORK SUN
— Far-Left Mamdani Would Be Wrong Turn for Democrats, Who Need To Move Beyond Intersectional Obsessions and Woke Grievances. The party’s problem is structural, and it requires a rethink and a reboot from soup to nuts.
https://www.nysun.com/article/far-left-mamdani-would-be-wrong-turn-for-democrats-who-need-to-move-beyond-intersectional-obsessions-and-woke-grievances

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/19/trump-immigration-medicaid-cuts-economy-failure/85259690007/
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/19/trump-education-department-cuts-school-funding/85259833007/
— That news article on Google? Its headline may have been written by a political campaign. Google ever-increasingly steers everyone a) to websites that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) away from websites that promote the Republican Party platform.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/08/13/kamala-harris-article-google-ads/74789965007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/20/trump-jeffrey-epstein-white-house-political-crisis/85287607007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Real Risk to the Electric Grid. Power shortages are coming thanks to wind and solar subsidies. Here’s how they distort energy investment.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-real-risk-to-the-energy-grid-wind-solar-power-data-shortage-c297e93b
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/ice-detention-tent-cities-5c2e135d?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1

BARRON’S
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/trumppoll

BLOOMBERG
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want Musk to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-07-20/how-elon-musk-s-trump-feud-and-wild-bets-threaten-his-empire

FORBES
— Employee Training As A Strategic Investment For Long-Term Growth. IRS invested in me. The first 6 months that I worked for IRS in 1971 was classroom training. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22revenue+officer%22+IRS+training  After working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. GAO audits IRS. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted what I learned working for IRS. They kept me off audits for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2025/04/17/employee-training-as-a-strategic-investment-for-long-term-growth/

MOTLEY FOOL
— Department of Justice Steps Back From Marijuana Enforcement. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.aol.com/2013-08-30-department-of-justice-steps-back-from-marijuana-en.html

LEGAL NEWSLINE
— IL trial lawyer campaign pushes Pritzker to OK lawsuit expansion law. All my critics/opponents side with the defendants in all the lawsuit that I filed. I should write about that.
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/il-trial-lawyer-campaign-pushes-pritzker-to-ok-lawsuit-expansion-law/article_06aa308f-dda9-4ea6-8fbd-3a98c3ebc8e9.html

IMMIGRATION FORUM
— The Dignity Act would encourage more illegal immigration.
https://immigrationforum.org/article/the-dignity-act-of-2025-bill-summary/

PBS
— Google faces off against U.S. government attempt to break up company in search monopoly case. Google ever-increasingly steers everyone a) to websites that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) away from websites that promote the Republican Party platform.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/google-faces-off-against-u-s-government-attempt-to-break-up-company-in-search-monopoly-case

MINT
— Hegseth Orders Tech Companies To STOP Using ‘Cheap Chinese Labour’ For Sensitive US Cloud Services
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Iu2C1yj8Wc

PHYS
— Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that to hint/imply/argue/shout a) that my parents were filthy rich and/or b) that I am not college material.
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-scholar-meritocracy-schools-redefine-purpose.html

INDEPENDENT
— Trump threatened tough punishment for employers who hired migrant workers. So far only a handful have faced the wrath. If they could have, all my employers would have hired illegals instead of me. Illegals work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/trump-threatened-tough-punishment-for-employers-who-hired-migrant-workers-so-far-only-a-handful-have-faced-the-wrath/ar-AA1HIk6K

SPECTATOR
— America’s top medical schools still hire by race. Ever-increasingly, everyone in health care in America is more and more and more of the following: citizens for foreign countries, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time
https://thespectator.com/topic/americas-top-medical-schools-still-hire-by-race/

July 13, 2025 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— Trump Administration is Putting Americans First
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/sunday-shows-trump-administration-is-putting-americans-first/

DUPAGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
— Sheriff James Mendrick Welcomes Gary Sinise to DuPage County. Yesterday, Sheriff Mendrick had the honor of welcoming Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band to DuPage County for a powerful concert at Cantigny Park, hosted by the West Suburban Foundation for Disabled Veterans (WSFDV) as part of their Rockin’ For Our Vets event. This incredible benefit concert was held to support U.S. Veterans and their families, with all proceeds going toward housing and essential living needs for disabled veterans—a mission at the heart of WSFDV, a dedicated non-profit organization. We extend our deepest thanks to the Gary Sinise Foundation, Cantigny Park, and Michelle Senatore, co-founder and president of WSFDV, for making this event possible. The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office was proud to stand behind this meaningful cause and be part of such a heartfelt community effort.
https://www.facebook.com/dupagesheriff/posts/sheriff-james-mendrick-welcomes-gary-sinise-to-dupage-county-yesterday-sheriff-m/1147540134064543/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Furor over Epstein files sparks clash between Bondi and Bongino at the Justice Department
https://abc7chicago.com/post/furor-jeffrey-epstein-files-fallout-sparks-clash-between-pam-bondi-dan-bongino-donald-trumps-justice-department/17099169/
— Mayor Johnson calls for more state funding for CPS
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mayor-brandon-johnson-calls-more-state-funding-chicago-public-schools-chat-grand-crossing-new-life-covenant-church/17105055/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— How dependent on Medicaid funding is your hospital?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/13/safety-net-hospitals-medicaid/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had turning my Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/12/big-beautiful-bill-chicago-black-community-inequity-economic-struggles-alden-loury

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://chicagodefender.com/how-trumps-2025-budget-bill-threatens-snap-benefits-for-340000-illinois-residents/

CITIES 92.9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad, including bad weather
https://www.cities929.com/2025/07/13/illinois-congressman-pushes-for-nws-funding-as-trumps-budget-faces-scrutiny/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump threatens to take away Rosie O’Donnell’s US citizenship. What have your critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes take away from you? Mine had them take away a) my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) the west half of my precinct in 2015, d) my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, e) my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee in 2007, f) my membership on the America Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors in 2004, g) my GAO employment in 1997, and h) my Post Office employment in 1969. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending out GIOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading them.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-lashes-out-at-rosie-odonnell-threatens-to-take-away-us-citizenship/

WCIA
— 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. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-from-tariffs-to-universities-trumps-negotiating-style-is-often-less-dealmaking-and-more-coercion/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Jeanne exposes the permanent Cook County law that waives traffic fines for low-income residents, allowing rule-breakers to avoid consequences while law-abiding citizens pay the cost. With Illinois ranking 39th in freedom nationwide, this policy change highlights a disturbing trend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbrBF6mG138

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pot sellers want hemp sales to be regulated because hemp sales cut into their pot sales
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/illinois-lawmaker-convenes-initial-meeting-to-discuss-challenges-for-states-hemp-industry/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP senator, Trump back embattled AG Bondi after Epstein’s purported ‘client list’ remains unproven
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/13/john-barrasso-wyoming-republican-vouches-ag-pam-bondi-amid-maga/
— ‘Despicable’: DHS Secretary Noem rips Democrats for playing politics on Texas flooding
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/13/kristi-noem-homeland-security-secretary-accuses-democrats-playing/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad, including bad weather
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3469736/illinois-congressman-pushes-for-funding-as-trump-budget-faces-scrutiny/
— Democrats defend child labor at California marijuana farms
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3468811/democrats-defend-child-labor-california-marijuana-farms/

NEW YORK POST
— Ramaswamy: Resist the left’s Mamdani trap — fight his ideas, not his ethnicity
https://nypost.com/2025/07/13/opinion/vivek-ramaswamy-resist-the-racist-lefts-mamdani-trap/
— Top US Democrats don’t even dare denounce Zohran Mamdani’s extremism
https://nypost.com/2025/07/13/opinion/top-us-democrats-dont-even-dare-denounce-zohran-mamdanis-extremism/
— Cheering assaults on ICE, Democrat leaders want a Second Civil War against Republicans
https://nypost.com/2025/07/13/opinion/violent-attacks-against-ice-fed-by-dem-rhetoric/
— Democrat leaders fan the flames of ‘assassination culture’ against ICE
https://nypost.com/2025/07/11/opinion/dems-fan-the-flames-of-assassination-culture-against-ice/

BREITBART
— Homan: We Have Most Secure Border in History Because ‘We’re Enforcing Immigration Law’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/13/homan-we-have-most-secure-border-in-history-because-were-enforcing-immigration-law/
— Chicago: Over 2,200 Shooting Victims During Last 12 Months
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/07/13/chicago-over-2200-shooting-victims-during-last-12-months/

EPOCH TIMES
— 10 Non-Tax Policies in Trump’s Megabill That Will Affect Americans. The mammoth legislation reforms entitlements and boosts funding for border security and air traffic control.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/10-non-tax-policies-in-trumps-megabill-that-will-affect-americans-5885827

FOX BUSINESS
— Blue cities’ low quality of life does not justify the price tag
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/new-report-shows-blue-cities-quality-life-fails-justify-price-tag

FOIX NEWS
— AOC should be sued ‘into bankruptcy’ over latest attack on Trump, stunned critics seethe. Critics reference ABC’s $15M settlement with Trump after similar characterization by George Stephanopoulos. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I am a spammer, b) that I falsely say that I am a journalist, c)that the real reason why my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career, took many/big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 was that I have always been an extremely bad person and even worse things, and d) that all the big adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me were justified. I should sue my critics/opponents.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-should-sued-into-bankruptcy-over-latest-attack-trump-stunned-critics-seethe

PJ MEDIA
— The New ‘Superman’ Movie: Super-Woke Crap
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2025/07/13/the-new-superman-movie-super-woke-crap-or-truth-justice-and-the-american-way-n4941710

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders attack conditions at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention facility
https://thehill.com/national-security/5398732-noem-defends-conditions-at-alligator-alcatraz-detention-facility/

ABC NEWS
— Trump backs Bondi over Epstein probe criticism
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates/?id=123527438
— Epstein files fallout has ‘real potential to influence’ Trump’s key messengers
https://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/epstein-files-fallout-real-potential-influence-trumps-key-123719413

CBS NEWS
— President Trump defends cabinet amid scrutiny
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trump-defends-cabinet-amid-scrutiny/
— Sen. Rand Paul accuses Secret Service of “cultural cover-up” regarding Butler shooting. One of my closest friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent during the 1970s.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/sen-rand-paul-accuses-secret-service-of-cultural-cover-up-regarding-butler-shooting/

HARVARD POLITICAL REVIEW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout a minorities and at females that White male Republicans cause all problems that minorities and females have.
https://theharvardpoliticalreview.com/medical-racism-motherhood/

ATLANTIC
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and b) glorify and praise those who oppose Trump.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/don-bacon-congress-retirement/683520/

July 8, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

WGN9
— Police respond to rowdy ‘teen takeover’ at Glen Ellyn pool that prompted early closure.  Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://wgntv.com/news/dupage-county/police-respond-to-rowdy-teen-takeover-at-glen-ellyn-pool-that-prompted-early-closure/
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  Police are investigating a large disturbance in Glen Ellyn after hundreds of teens swarmed Sunset Pool on Saturday, prompting the park district to shut the facility down early. According to the Glen Ellyn Police Department, officers were called to the pool, located in the 400 block of Fairview Avenue, just before 5 p.m. after reports of a crowd of teens, estimated to be between 200 and 300, began to gather. Police say many teens entered without paying, while some were reportedly smoking cannabis, drinking alcohol, and setting off fireworks. Parents who were at the pool with children told WGN-TV some teens were playing inappropriate music over loud portable speakers. Witnesses told WGN-TV the lines of young people waiting to get in were massive. Some individuals jumped a fence and opened a gate for others. The overwhelming crowd and unruly behavior caused staff to close the pool early. It took several police departments to help evacuate the park, police say. Video provided by bystanders shows the moment a pool manager was pushed into the lap pool. A young man can be seen helping her out of the water while others are seen laughing. John Horist, who had visited the pool earlier in the day, said the situation was out of character for the quiet west suburban community. “Glen Ellyn’s a really quiet town. I’ve been talking to the parents today and some of the kids too and they’re definitely kind of freaked out,” Horist said. A social media post encouraged followers to “bring 31st Beach to the burbs,” telling teens to gather at Centennial Beach in Naperville. Naperville police say officers were at the beach just in case, but no disturbance occurred. It’s unclear whether the incident at Sunset Pool was related to the teen takeover planned in Naperville.)

NBC5
— Unruly behavior, large crowd force early closure of suburban pool over July 4th weekend. People in attendance were seen entering the pool area without paying, smoking cannabis and consuming alcohol in violation of park district ordinances, police said. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/unruly-behavior-large-crowd-force-early-closure-of-suburban-pool-over-july-4th-weekend/3783975/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A suburban community pool closed early over the Fourth of July weekend after unruly behavior erupted when a large crowd swarmed the area, police said. At approximately 5 p.m. on Saturday, Glen Ellyn police were informed of a growing crowd of teenagers and young people, estimated at between 200 and 300 people, at the Glen Ellyn Park District’s Sunset Pool along Fairview Avenue near Main Street. Some of those in attendance were seen entering without paying, smoking cannabis and consuming alcohol in violation of park district ordinances, police said. One person was charged for the illegal use of fireworks. The park district decided to close the pool early that day, because of the illegal behavior of several people in attendance, according to authorities. The incident remained under investigation as of Monday afternoon.)
— When will U.S. workers see ‘no tax on overtime policies in place? While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, my critics/opponents were furious that I could and did work many overtime hours. That money helped me buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/when-will-u-s-workers-see-no-tax-on-overtime-tips-policies-in-place/3783895/

DAILY HERALD
— Glen Ellyn police: Teen crowd forces Sunset Pool to close early.  Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250707/news/glen-ellyn-police-teen-crowd-forces-sunset-pool-to-close-early/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One person has been charged with the illegal use of fireworks stemming from a large group of young people converging on a Glen Ellyn pool the day after the Fourth of July, authorities said Monday. Police were alerted shortly before 5 p.m. to a growing crowd of teenagers and young adults meeting at the Sunset Pool on Fairview Avenue. Officers estimated there were 200 to 300 people at the property, police said in a news release. Some of the attendees were seen entering without paying, smoking marijuana, consuming alcoholic beverages in violation of the park district’s ordinances, and igniting illegal fireworks. Due to the disruptive and unsafe behavior of several individuals at Sunset Pool — including violations of park district ordinances — the agency made the decision to close the facility early, park district Executive Director Dave Thommes said in a statement. “We worked closely with the Glen Ellyn Police Department and surrounding agencies to ensure the facility was safely cleared. We are grateful to our quick-thinking and professional Sunset Pool staff for how they handled the situation,” Thommes said in the statement. “The safety of our patrons and staff remains our top priority. We’re currently reviewing the incident internally and assessing any operational adjustments as needed,” he added. Officers from several neighboring jurisdictions helped to evacuate the park. The incident remains under investigation, and no other information was immediately available.)
— Dems decry benching of EPA employees as political payback by GOP.  I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250707/local-politics/deeply-offensive-dems-decry-benching-of-epa-employees-as-political-payback-by-gop/
— Glen Ellyn League of Women Voters march in the July 4 parade
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250707/submitted-content/glen-ellyn-league-of-women-voters-march-in-the-july-4-parade/

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Fireworks, Alcohol, Cannabis: Up To 300 Teens Stormed Sunset Pool. One teen was arrested after police say they threw a firework out of a moving car that landed near pedestrians. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/fireworks-alcohol-cannabis-300-teens-storm-sunset-pool
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Somewhere between 200 and 300 teens stormed Sunset Pool Saturday evening as part of what residents are calling a “teen takeover.” The incident took place around 5 p.m. Deputy Chief Kurt Vavra told Patch many of the teens went through the admission gate without buying entry and were drinking alcohol, lighting off fireworks and consuming cannabis. One teen was arrested for throwing a firework out of a car “in close proximity to pedestrians” and charged with disorderly conduct. The park closed early as a result of the incidents, Vavra said.)

ELMHURST PATCH
— Elmhurst Politico Seeks DuPage County Treasurer Office. She aims to continue DuPage’s trend toward electing Democrats.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-politico-seeks-county-office
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A DuPage County Board member from Elmhurst announced Monday that she was running for county treasurer next year. In a news release, Yeena Yoo, a Democrat, said she held a recent campaign kickoff event co-hosted by Democrat Deb Conroy, chairwoman of the County Board, and DuPage County Building Trades. Since 2006, Republican Gwen Henry has held the treasurer’s position. She won with 51 percent in 2022 and ran unopposed in 2018. In recent years, the once reliably Republican county has seen more of its offices move to the Democratic column. This reflects a suburban trend across the country. Yoo was elected to the County Board in 2022. A year earlier, Yoo finished second of four candidates in the Elmhurst City Council’s Ward 6 race, with Emily Bastedo winning. Yoo, a legal aid attorney, said she has advocated for low-income clients, veterans, senior citizens and working families. “DuPage families deserve a Treasurer who will put people over politics,” Yoo said in the news release. “My vision for the office includes innovation and community-centered leadership.” The Democratic and Republican primaries are March 17.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/07/selle-marijuana-sales-wisconsin/
— Residents push back on truck routes between Interstate 57, Illinois 394 south of Crete. I remember when this route was proposed in the 1960s.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/07/residents-truck-routes-interstate-57-illinois-394/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/08/opinion-medicaid-donald-trump-bill-abortion-health-care/
— Illinois Senate President Don Harmon appeals potential $9.8 million fine for improperly accepting campaign cash
https://www.yahoo.com/news/illinois-senate-president-don-harmon-235200527.html

ABC7
— EPA workers rally after put on leave after criticizing Trump in ‘Declaration of Dissent.’ I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/07/what-s-next-birthright-citizenship-after-supreme-court-s-ruling

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-bill-illinois-impact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlwxLEJgd-w

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/07/planned-parenthood-sues-trump-administration-over-medicaid-funding-ban
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/07/what-s-next-birthright-citizenship-after-supreme-court-s-ruling
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, everyone will be on Medicaid and SNAP.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/07/illinois-democratic-congress-members-sound-alarm-medicaid-snap-cuts

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/07/how-cuts-to-food-assistance-could-increase-hunger-in-chicago

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Suburban NAACP chapter to host 67th annual gala, ‘The Fierce Urgency of Now’  Will my former Black subordinate speak at the event? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and gave him my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification (accounting)) while I had six (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting). He was not a licensed CPA like I was.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/07/08/suburban-naacp-chapter-to-host-67th-annual-gala-the-fierce-urgency-of-now/

JOURNAL COURIER
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, everyone will be on Medicaid.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-medicaid-cuts-congress-20421881.php

SOUTHERN
— White House pushes back on criticism of weather service around Texas flooding.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/07/white-house-pushes-back-on-criticism-of-weather-service-around-texas-flooding/

NPR ILLINOIS
— If you are a Republican, the more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders visit the sins of your forefathers on you: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-07/how-the-second-trump-administration-is-trying-to-revise-american-history

CITIES 92.9
— Democrat leaders want hemp regulations because hemp sales cut into pot sales.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/07/07/il-state-rep-pushes-for-rapid-changes-in-hemp-cannabis-regulations/

WQAD
— IRS states pastors who endorse political candidates shouldn’t lose tax-exempt status
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/national/pastors-who-endorse-political-candidates-shouldnt-lose-tax-exempt-status-irs-says/507-7f05e93c-8633-451c-9701-71e893fd899f

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Can Local Officials Stop ICE Agents From Hiding Behind Masks? They’re Trying. Seven Illinois representatives co-sponsored a bill that would ban immigration agents from wearing masks. In Chicago, police district council members want the city to enforce “identification standards” for law enforcement.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/07/no-secret-police-act-aims-to-stop-ice-agents-from-hiding-behind-masks-and-illinois-officials-are-on-board/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Paula Deacon Garcia, a DuPage County Board member, announced her campaign for DuPage County clerk Monday. Deacon Garcia will challenge incumbent Jean Kaczmarek in the Democratic primary for the office in March.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/08/crime-cools-politics-heats-up-00441980

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-339/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— EPA employees demand jobs back. I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.aol.com/illinois-quick-hits-epa-employees-145100906.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 30 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employees from Chicago are demanding they be reinstated to active duty. The 31 employees say they were put on administrative leave after signing a letter of dissent against what they said were the Trump administration’s efforts to politicize the agency.)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Congress Just Told Planned Parenthood: “Go Fund Yourselves” — And It’s About Time
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/07/opinion-congress-just-told-planned-parenthood-go-fund-yourselves-and-its-about-time.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Musk’s exaggerated political aspirations
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/3464419/elon-musk-exaggerated-political-aspirations/AMAC

NEW YORK POST
— Texas officials scrapped ‘Flash Flood Alley’ warning system before 27 killed at Camp Mystic — because it was too expensive
https://nypost.com/2025/07/07/us-news/texas-officials-scrapped-flash-flood-alley-warning-system-before-27-kids-killed-at-camp-mystic-because-it-was-too-expensive/

AMAC
— Chicago Residents Fed Up With Mayor Brandon Johnson
https://amac.us/newsline/society/you-are-a-weak-man-chicago-residents-fed-up-with-mayor-brandon-johnson/

AMERICAN THINKER
— A strange peacefulness over Los Angeles in the wake of ICE raids on illegals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/a_strange_peacefulness_over_los_angeles_in_the_wake_of_ice_raids_on_illegals_comments.html

BREITBART
— ‘Worst of the Worst’ Criminal Illegal Immigrants Being Sent to Alligator Alcatraz in Florida
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/07/worst-of-the-worst-criminal-illegal-immigrants-being-sent-to-alligator-alcatraz-in-florida/
— DHS Showcases Violent Illegal Aliens Arrested in Florida ICE Raids: Homicides, Sexual Assault of a Child
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/07/dhs-showcases-violent-illegal-aliens-arrested-in-florida-ice-raids-homicides-sexual-assault-of-a-child/

DAILY CALLER
— Here’s How Schools Are Catering To Illegal Immigrants While Avoiding Federal Scrutiny
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/07/heres-how-schools-are-catering-to-illegal-immigrants-while-avoiding-federal-scrutiny/

DAILY WIRE
— Los Angeles Mayor, Protestors Swarm ICE Officers Raiding MS-13-Controlled Park. ‘We will go anywhere, anytime we want, in Los Angeles.’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-mayor-protestors-swarm-ice-officers-raiding-ms-13-controlled-park
— Libs Blame Trump For Texas Flood
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mks-ep-1765

PJ MEDIA
— Charlie Kirk Suggests Influence Campaign to Push Trump Toward Amnesty
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/07/kirk-exposes-influence-campaign-to-push-trump-to-amnesty-n4941508

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Deadly Texas floods leave officials pointing fingers after warnings missed
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/5388538-texas-floods-flash-flooding-camp-mystic-dhs-nws-warnings/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: An Apartheid-Era Torture Method Endures Among South African Police. A government led by freedom fighters who helped to liberate the country more than 30 years ago is now overseeing a police force accused of staggering abuses.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/world/africa/south-africa-torture-police-tubing.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Netanyahu says he nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/netanyahu-says-he-nominated-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize/2025/07/08/e6bdffc6-964f-439e-9d32-a6deef02f4d3_video.html

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Kerr County asked Texas to help pay for a flood warning system for 8 years. Can it happen now?
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/kerr-county-texas-warning-system-upgrade-costs-20603296.php

USA TODAY
— Texas county where campers died was denied money to boost warning systems
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/07/texas-flooding-kerr-county-flood-warning-money-denial/84499153007/

CNN
— Local officials facing questions over their actions in the years and hours before deadly Texas floods
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/07/us/texas-floods-warning-system-invs

NEWSWEEK
— Protesters Confront ICE, Military in Los Angeles Park Raid
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-raids-la-protests-military-immigration-deportations-2095641
— Trump Issues Warning to Mamdani If He Becomes Mayor
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-issues-warning-zohran-mamdani-if-he-becomes-mayor-2095813
— Social Security Hits Major Milestone for Millions. Of course, because I benefit from this, my critics/opponents are furious about it.
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-major-milestone-millions-2095851
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Social Security Administration (SSA) has confirmed it has completed sending payments to those who were impacted by the Social Security Fairness Act, five months ahead of schedule. Why It Matters  Under the Biden administration, the federal agency, which pays benefits to tens of millions every month, said the process of issuing new and backdated payments could take considerably longer. At the time, the SSA told Newsweek it was “determining the timelines for implementing this new law.” What To Know  In January, lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill that repealed two provisions—the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO)—that limited retirement benefits for certain workers, including teachers, firefighters, and police officers, some federal employees, and their spouses. The agency first started issuing these payments in February. The new payments included updated benefits amount and backdated payments to January 2024. Despite previous longer timelines being for implementation, the SSA has now confirmed it has sent out 3.1 million payments to those impacted by the repeal of the WEP and GPO. To date, over $17 billion in payments has been distributed. The WEP reduced Social Security benefits for individuals who received pensions from public-sector jobs—such as state or federal positions—that did not require paying Social Security payroll taxes. This reduction applied even if they also worked in jobs where they paid into Social Security and qualified for benefits. The GPO lowered spousal or survivor benefits for retired federal, state, or local government workers who had not contributed to Social Security through payroll taxes.)

ABC NEWS
— ‘We are very flood prone’: Local Texas officials spent years discussing potential warning system
https://abcnews.go.com/US/flood-prone-local-texas-officials-spent-years-discussing/story?id=123550294

NBC NEWS
— In deadly Texas floods, one town had what some didn’t: A wailing warning siren
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/deadly-texas-floods-one-town-warning-siren-rcna217202

CBS NEWS
— When nearby counties installed flood sirens, Kerr County did not
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/when-nearby-counties-installed-flood-sirens-kerr-county-did-not/

USA TODAY
— Trump extends federal hiring freeze. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, because of Republican-led budget cuts, the agency was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes. Of course, they were furious about that. They took their anger/hatred against Republicans out on me. They forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/07/trump-extends-federal-hiring-freeze/84498858007/#

WGOW
— Homan: Anyone in US Illegally Eligible for Arrest
https://www.wgowam.com/2025/07/07/tom-homan-anyone-in-us-illegally-eligible-for-arrest/

WALL STATE JOURNAL
— Young people usually become less radical with time. Are we seeing an exception? I have always been conservative. My critics/opponents have always used that against me.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-useful-idiot-generation-z-young-people-politics-cd42f1ee
— Best Private Student Loans 2025: Top Lender Picks. Did you work your way through college? I did. If you were in high school today in the same situation/circumstances that you were when you were in high school, a) would you want/need a student loan, and if so, b) could you get a student loan today? When I was in high school, I did not apply for a student loan. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. My working my way through college harmed my GPA. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail. But I earned 6 years of Social Security credits.
https://www.wsj.com/buyside/personal-finance/student-loans/best-student-loan-lenders
— Think Work-Life Balance Is Overrated? You’re Hired!  Employers are getting brutally honest with applicants, warning them of long hours and few boundaries; ‘Companies are in control again.’ According to my critics/opponents a) my federal pay and benefits were far too generous and b) my federal retirement pension and health insurance subsidy are far too generous.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-listings-labor-market-373b4331

FORBES
— How The CPA License Stacks Up Globally. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981. I had a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and e) worked for GAO for more than a year.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2025/07/07/how-the-cpa-license-stacks-up-globally-is-the-us-behind/

BLOOMBERG LAW
— HHS Seeks Whistleblowers for DEI Examples in Grants, Workforce. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/hhs-seeks-whistleblowers-for-dei-examples-in-grants-workforce

CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— FROM THE ARTICLE: 46% of students decided to major in accounting after taking an accounting-related course, while 39% chose it before entering college. I should have majored in accounting. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. Long before then, the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. That would not have been the case if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2025/07/07/aicpa-news-july-2025/164426/

WEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Christians.
https://theweek.com/politics/christian-extremism-holy-war-literally-democratic-officials-abortion

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE
— Chicago Teachers Union President: “Ain’t No Damn America”
https://www.frontpagemag.com/chicago-teachers-union-president-aint-no-damn-america/

NEWSBREAK
— Citizens of foreign countries want/expect/demand America to take their unwanted citizens, that is, their citizens who need/want/demand massive government assistance.
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/4093943432739-don-t-feel-welcome-new-estimate-shows-drastic-tourism-effect-of-trump-2-0

LA LIST
— Federal workforce. Trump wants cuts, here’s six things about them. Who do you know who is/was a federal employee? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years in three federal agencies – Post Office 3 years, IRS 9 years, and GAO 18 years. I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. They despise/hate Republicans like me.
https://laist.com/brief/news/politics/trump-federal-workforce-cuts

TPM
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/congress-throws-more-money-at-removing-immigrants-than-most-countries-spend-on-their-armies

POLITICO
— Musk and Yang have connected on the billionaire’s third party threat. The former Trump advisor and former presidential candidate recently spoke about the two-party system.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/07/musk-and-yang-have-connected-on-the-billionaires-third-party-threat-00441702

MEDIAITE
— Charlie Kirk Angrily Claims ‘Ruling Class’ Pushing Trump to Grant Amnesty to Farm Workers: Will ‘Break’ MAGA. What does the ruling class think of you? The ruling class in Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois despises/hates me. I should write about that. I would focus on why they despise/hate me.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/charlie-kirk-angrily-claims-ruling-class-pushing-trump-to-grant-amnesty-to-farm-workers-will-break-maga/

DAILY KOS
— Trump administration slaps high cost on federal workers’ free speech. I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/7/2331549/-Trump-administration-slaps-high-cost-on-federal-workers-free-speech
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin might be very skilled at Making Coal Great Again, but he’s not so solid on the whole First Amendment thing. The EPA just put 144 people on administrative leave for signing a letter of dissent about the agency’s policies. It follows a March open letter where current and former EPA employees called both President Donald Trump and Zeldin out for their illegal dismantling of the core functions of the agency. However, the March letter was anonymous, and while some of the signatories of the more recent letter chose to remain anonymous, the 144 employees the EPA is now targeting signed the letter with their names and job titles. In placing the workers on leave, the EPA didn’t hide the ball as to why they were being suspended. An agency spokesperson plainly said they were suspended as retaliation for their speech. “The Environmental Protection Agency has a zero-tolerance policy for career bureaucrats unlawfully undermining, sabotaging, and undercutting the administration’s agenda as voted for by the great people of this country last November,” said a spokesperson for the agency. Here’s the thing. Government employees enjoy the protections of the First Amendment, even if the Trump administration doesn’t believe they should. Public employees are protected when speaking out about matters of public concern, which Zeldin’s hijacking of the EPA to, in his words, “drive a dagger through the heart of climate change religion” definitely is. There are a couple of caveats. If public employees are speaking in their official capacity about something that is normally part of their official job duties, then First Amendment protections don’t apply.)

PHYS
— For Democrats, governments exist to take money away from Republicans and to give that money to Democrats.
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-civil-servants-reactions-democratic-decline.html

July 2, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump says he’ll ‘look’ at deporting Musk as feud reignites. “We might have to put DOGE on Elon,” the president said on Tuesday.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-hell-look-deporting-musk-feud-reignites-trumps-big-beautiful-bill/16904283/
— Trump says migrants would need to know ‘how to run away from an alligator’ to flee Florida facility. The center is informally known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-will-visit-remote-immigration-detention-site-florida-everglades-informally-known-alligator-alcatraz/16901151/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-agents-midwest-jurisdiction-recently-arresting-more-have-no-prior-criminal-convictions-charges/16908927/

NBC5
— Paramount to pay $16 million in settlement with Trump over ’60 Minutes’ Kamala Harris interview. Trump’s lawyer said the president had suffered “mental anguish” over the editing of the interview by CBS News. What has caused you to suffer mental anguish? For me, it includes my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. It has caused me more mental anguish because I had earned a) job-relate master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, b) job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/paramount-16-million-settlement-trump-60-minutes-kamala-harris-interview/3780781/
— Tesla shares drop on Musk, Trump feud ahead of Q2 deliveries
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/tesla-shares-drop-on-musk-trump-feud-ahead-of-q2-deliveries/3780694/

FOX32
— Durbin, Duckworth slam Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ after Senate passage
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/durbin-duckworth-slam-trump-big-beautiful-bill-senate-passage
— Trump tours ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in Florida
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRLIICsLsJY
— Chicago mayor wants tax on ‘ultra-rich’ Mayor Brandon Johnson says President Trump’s tax bill could make Chicago’s deficit worse.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1667619

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Skeptical aldermen urge Chicago police to not work with ICE on Trump deportations. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/skeptical-aldermen-urge-chicago-police-001100812.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders empowered Biden to bring many millions of illegals into America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/02/column-donald-trump-supreme-court-checks-and-balances-chapman/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/07/01/democrats-deride-senate-trump-activists-target-house-vote

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/illinois-marijuana-business-licenses-unused-social-equity
— To what extent is your hospital dependent on Medicaid?
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/trump-tax-bills-health-care-cuts-threaten-rural-hospitals

STATELINE
— Syverson pledges to fight Illinois sanctuary policies in re-election bid
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/syverson-pledges-to-fight-illinois-sanctuary-policies-in-re-election-bid/

SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/01/trump-vowed-to-deport-the-worst-of-the-worst-but-new-data-shows-a-shift-to-also-arresting-non-criminals/
— Democrat leader ever-increasingly promote Mamdani.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/01/trump-falsely-questions-zohran-mamdanis-citizenship-threatens-to-arrest-him-over-ice-operations/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-florida-cooperation-with-immigration-enforcement-sparks-fears-people-will-disappear-into-jails/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-337/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker: 2% support in potential presidential candidate poll
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-2-support-in-potential-presidential-candidate-poll-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— Illinois and Chicago haven’t balanced the budget in forever, but the lie goes on
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-and-chicago-havent-balanced-the-budget-in-forever-but-the-lie-goes-on-wirepoints-on-the-shaun-thompson-show/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker slams ‘big ugly bill,’ warns of job losses, hospital closures.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e3b61732-a602-4272-8f82-341455e8762a.html
— Trump withholds $6.8 billion in federal funding from schools
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_3448d9ca-ef1e-48aa-a767-cd50ea0d3134.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago AM560 Axes Local Morning Radio Personality Amy Jacobson, Keeps Florida-based Host Dan Proft in Cost-Cutting Move
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/07/chicago-am560-axes-local-morning-radio-personality-amy-jacobson-keeps-florida-based-host-in-cost-cutting-move.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a shocking cost-cutting move Tuesday, Chicago’s AM560 The Answer terminated longtime morning host Amy Jacobson, as the struggling conservative station grapples with declining relevance – fueled in part by its own hosts repeatedly attacking prominent, respected Trump supporters. Jacobson, a beloved and nearly 16-year veteran of the station made the unexpected announcement late Tuesday on X, writing: “After 15 1/2 years at WIND AM560 radio, due to staffing reductions, today was my last day on the air.” For years, Jacobson co-hosted Chicago’s Morning Answer alongside Dan Proft – a polarizing and hyper-local media figure who delivers commentary on Chicago politics from his home base in south Florida. In 2022, Proft relocated to Florida, while studio executives scrambled to hide the fact that he no longer broadcasts from the Chicagoland suburban studio. Besides hosting a Chicago radio show remotely from Florida, Proft has built a fortune as a political consultant for Illinois campaigns — but unfortunately, most of his candidates have ended up losing. His track record is as disappointing as former Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus’ 14-32 record before being fired in 2024. While Jacobson – who many believed represented the heart and soul of the morning show, will no longer be on air, she is however, launching a new venture, writing, “I am still processing this but I am happy to announce I have launched AmyJacobsonLive.com where I will be hosting a weekly podcast, posting behind-the-scenes blogs, live streaming.” It’s widely known across northern Illinois that AM560 hosts Shaun Thompson — who broadcasts his Chicago-based show from Naples, Florida — and Jeanne Ives frequently criticize prominent Trump supporters on air, including this publication, the only major conservative news outlet in Illinois ever shared by President Donald Trump on his personal Truth Social page. In September 2023, Ives criticized a local event featuring Donald Trump Jr., falsely claiming it struggled to sell tickets. During the 2024 presidential primary, she endorsed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over former President Donald Trump — despite Trump leading DeSantis by more than 35 points at the time. In an April 2023 interview with Crain’s Chicago Business, Ives gave a blunt on-the-record response about IR, saying, “I don’t read their garbage.” Similarly, Thompson – a close friend of Proft and his Florida-based realtor – has dismissed the Trump-supporting publication as a “rag.” In June 2023, IR editor-in-chief and Trump administration advisor Mark Vargas resigned from AM560 as their Sunday evening radio host after Thompson went on a vile, racist rant after calling-into Black and Right Radio – calling the co-host a “moron with the taffy apple head,” as the two sparred over politics. Thompson continued his hate-filled rant aimed directly at the cohost, telling him, “you’re a disgrace, you shouldn’t go near a microphone, you’re too stupid.” But Thompson didn’t stop there – he escalated the insult on air by telling the Black co-host, “80 percent of you people are morons; 80 percent of you idiots who pretend to be Republican.” As Vargas pointed out in his resignation letter, “This vile and disgusting behavior does not represent my values. The phone calls and texts that I have received over the last few days only echo the shock and disgust that I felt while listening to Saturday’s show. It’s hard to listen too – and for very good reason. And while Shaun continues to be one of the most promoted and celebrated on-air radio personalities at the station, I cannot in good conscience continue hosting my radio show, sharing a microphone and a studio with an individual that’s so full of anger – and can say such terrible things. Therefore, I resign, effective immediately.” The station wasted no time removing Jacobson from its website and social media platforms on Tuesday — a move likely to send shockwaves through its already limited listener base.)

FROM INATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Justice Dept. wants to revoke citizenship for naturalized U.S. criminals, gangsters and fraudsters
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/1/justice-dept-wants-revoke-citizenship-naturalized-us-criminals/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Federal officials eye Hollywood’s discrimination quotas for Oscar winners
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3459604/federal-officials-eye-hollywood-discrimination-oscars-quota/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump: ‘If DOGE looks at Musk, we’re gonna save a fortune’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzwY1TGr6i0
— The Democratic party we knew died the same way it lived – with fear and hate.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/01/opinion/the-democratic-party-we-knew-died-the-same-way-it-lived-with-fear-and-hate/

BREITBART
— LGBTQ Pride Group Founder and J.K. Rowling Hater Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Child Rape
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/07/01/lgbtq-pride-group-founder-and-j-k-rowling-hater-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison-for-child-rape/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump said he will “take a look” at deporting Elon Musk after the former federal employee once again criticized his “Big Beautiful Bill.”
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/01/donald-trump-elon-musk-white-house-deport-south-africa-big-beautiful-bill/

FEDERALIST
— Trump Needs A Massive Drone Fleet To Defend U.S. Interests And Deter Its Enemies
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/01/trump-needs-a-massive-drone-fleet-to-defend-u-s-interests-and-deter-its-enemies/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago abortion clinic opens offering controversial third-trimester abortions. Hope Clinic said it was ‘excited’ to offer abortions through ‘all trimesters.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-abortion-clinic-opens-offering-controversial-third-trimester-abortions
— Trump: If Zohran Mamdani defies ICE, ‘we’ll have to arrest him’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf7B9daysQQ
— Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani if he doesn’t comply with ICE officials. ‘I think he’s terrible. He’s a communist,’ President Donald Trump said Tuesday.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-threatens-arrest-mamdani-he-doesnt-comply-ice-officials
— Trump ‘working on’ deportation exemptions for illegal farm and hospitality workers. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. My critics/s/opponents cannot say that because their parents had lots of money. They bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-working-on-deportation-exemptions-for-illegal-farm-and-hospitality-workers
— Journalist arrested while covering anti-Trump protest granted bail amid deportation battle. I have been a GOPUSA reporter since 2000. I should write about the times that I was thrown out of political events, denied access to political events, punished for attending political events, severely discouraged from attending political events, etc. I would focus on Republican political events in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/journalist-arrested-while-covering-anti-trump-protest-granted-bail-amid-deportation-battle

NEWS BUSTERS
— Republican leaders promote legal immigration. Democrat and RINO leaders promote illegal immigration. Should Republican leaders pass a “bad jobs” bill? That is, a bill that would grant citizens of foreign countries work permits for bad jobs that Americans ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take, including the bad jobs that I took?
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/shannon-sauders/2025/07/01/demonizing-immigrants-latino-producer-digs-trump-morning-joe

NEWSMAX
— DeSantis Supports GOP Efforts to Redo Census Before 2026
https://www.newsmax.com/us/florida-census-legislative-districts/2025/07/01/id/1217197/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump calls for census of Americans ONLY, with proof of citizenship to ‘bring our elections back’
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-calls-for-census-of-americans-only-with-proof-of-citizenship-to-bring-our-elections-back

TOWNHALL
— Trump Vows to Keep Illegals Off Census: ‘We Want to Bring Our Elections Back’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/01/trump-admin-seeking-ways-to-exclude-illegals-from-being-counted-in-the-united-states-census-n2659707

FROM INATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— EEOC targets law firms over DEI practices. How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC ended my career in the automotive industry. When I was 22 years old in 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that job offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.
https://www.aol.com/news/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-targets-164204309.html

ABC NEWS
— Trump says he’ll ‘look’ at deporting Musk as feud reignites. “We might have to put DOGE on Elon,” the president said on Tuesday.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hell-deporting-musk-feud-reignites/story?id=123372908
— House Republicans race toward a final vote on Trump’s tax bill, daring critics to oppose.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/house-republicans-race-final-vote-trumps-tax-bill-123399588

NBC NEWS
— ‘You’ll always be my friend’: Trump and Ron DeSantis put aside rivalry at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-ron-desantis-rivalry-alligator-alcatraz-friend-rcna216403

NEWSWEEK
— No Tax on Overtime Passes in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. I worked lots of overtime while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.
https://www.newsweek.com/no-tax-overtime-passes-trump-tax-bill-2093091

MSNBC
— Democrat Leaders say what you’re feeling is the banality of cruelty from Trump and the Republican Party.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0q-UoMwc3A
— Trump again floats deporting U.S. citizens: ‘Maybe that’ll be the next job’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8b0lrxFD9g

NEW YORK TIMES
— Differences Over Policy Bill Reignite the Trump-Musk Feud. Trump ratcheted up his rhetoric against Musk, at one point suggesting that he could be interested in attempting to deport him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/politics/trump-musk-policy-bill-feud.html
— Paramount to Pay Trump $16 Million to Settle ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/business/media/paramount-trump-60-minutes-lawsuit.html
— Democrat Leaders Say Poorest Americans Dealt Biggest Blow Under Senate Republican Tax Package
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/business/poor-americans-senate-legislation.html
— Denmark Begins Drafting Women as Russian Threat Looms. I graduated from NIU in 1970. My job search was harmed because potential employers viewed me as being draft bait.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/world/europe/denmark-military-draft-women-russia.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/business/poor-americans-senate-legislation.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Musk-Trump battle erupts anew over GOP spending bill. Musk threatened to launch a new political party as the president mused over fresh scrutiny of the former DOGE chief’s federal subsidies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/01/musk-trump-big-beautiful-bill/
— Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance. Since I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my wife’s health insurance. In my defense, I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on my critics/opponents who would never stoop to take a federal job. I would especially focus on my critics/opponents who look down on if not despise a) wage earners like I was for 33 years and b) pensioners like I have been for almost 28 years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/01/least-17-million-americans-would-lose-insurance-under-trump-plan/

USA TODAY
— Several vehicles can go 600 miles on one tank. In 1969, and again in 1970, I drove from DeKalb to Daytona Beach and back in my 1969 Dodge Charger SE stopping only for gasoline.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2025/06/24/kia-sorento-hybrid-suv-summer-road-trip-driving-range/84317801007/

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans, and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/what-does-the-future-of-dei-programming-for-law-firms-look-like-6

FORBES
— If you earned an MBA, why did you do that?  I earned an MBA because my IRS employee manual encouraged me to do that. I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 year old in 1976 after I completed 16 graduate evening courses, one at a time. Nevertheless, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deduction. They outrageously, disgustingly, unethically, and falsely argued a) that the courses did not relate to my job duties, b) that the courses did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took the courses to get a job in the private sector, and d) that the courses qualified me for a new trade or business. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. I should write about that.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeseq/2025/07/01/the-meritocracy-myth-how-mba-admissions-reward-privilege-not-potential/

NPR
— The Trump admin is withholding over $6 billion in education grants for schools.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5453457/trump-school-funding-grants

NIEMAN LAB
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly serves as a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/are-journalists-projecting-their-own-opinions-onto-the-public/

AXIOS
— What July 4 anti-Trump protests do Democrat leaders have planned in your county, township, and municipality?
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/01/july-4-free-america-trump-protests-usa

SPLC
— I should write about my critics/opponents a) who hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that Illinois Center Right Coalition and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois were hate groups and b) who had their operatives and their dupes destroy the organizations.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/frequently-asked-questions-about-hate-and-antigovernment-groups/

DAILY MAIL
— Trump teams up with ICE Barbie Kristi Noem to float a prosecution of CNN for ICE app report
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14866205/donald-trump-ice-kristi-noem-cnn-illegal-actions.html

June 19, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— ICE agents requested permission to use Dodger Stadium parking lots and were denied
https://abc7chicago.com/post/protest-dodger-stadium-gets-underway-immigration-agents-seen-nearby-amid-reports-more-ice-raids-la-county/16791397/
— Chicago veterans oppose US involvement in Israel-Iran conflict
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-veterans-oppose-president-donald-trump-making-hasty-decision-us-involvement-israel-iran-conflict/16792022/

CBS2
— Rahm Emanuel considering run for president
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/rahm-emanuel-considering-run-for-president-2028/

FOX32
— Senator Paul warns Trump ‘can’t bomb anyone without permission’ as Iran debate heats up
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/sen-paul-trump-iran-debate-heats-up
— Republicans divided over the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1661426

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/19/ice-raids-workers-businesses-impacted/
— Juneteenth celebrations across the US commemorate the end of slavery. In the Civil War, Democrats fought for slavery and Republicans fought against slavery. That is why all my ancestors were Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/19/juneteenth-us/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote mote hatred against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/19/mike-lee-gop-overrides-basic-decency-loyal-to-donald-trump-tucker-carlson

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump is silent about Juneteenth on a day he previously honored as president. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-is-silent-about-juneteenth-on-a-day-he-previously-honored-as-president/article_1969e5ee-bc68-595b-8f1f-637070a6e6c3.html

CITIES 92.9
— Welch defends what Republicans call ‘pork’ in Illinois budget
https://www.cities929.com/2025/06/19/welch-defends-what-republicans-call-pork-in-illinois-budget/

FOX ILLINOIS
— 9 previously deported immigrants caught in Northwest Florida for illegal reentry
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/9-previously-deported-illegal-immigrants-caught-in-northwest-florida-for-illegal-reentry
— Marijuana use raises heart risks; experts urge tobacco-like restrictions
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/study-marijuana-use-raises-heart-risks-experts-urge-tobacco-like-restrictions

NPR ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, Democrat leaders will fight all Trump budget cuts.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-19/trumps-va-cut-a-program-thats-saving-vets-homes-even-republicans-have-questions

WRIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot in Harvey
https://www.wric.com/business/press-releases/globenewswire/9470968/harvey-celebrates-nuera-cannabis-opening-with-groundbreaking-ceremony/

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Democrat leaders promote Robin Kelly to badmouth Trump
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2025/06/19/robin-kelly-details-what-trumps-big-ugly-bill-means-for-illinois/

SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://southsideweekly.com/this-is-what-defending-communities-from-i-c-e-looks-like/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— LaHood weighs gubernatorial run as Pritzker faces scrutiny after hearing
https://www.fwbusiness.com/news/national/article_b40864d3-d028-50a4-9187-f9b0eb37f97d.html

WIREPOINTS
— Too many state lawmakers prioritize illegal immigrants over citizens
https://wirepoints.org/too-many-state-lawmakers-prioritize-illegal-immigrants-over-citizens-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Feds unearth cartel’s sophisticated 2,900-foot border tunnel in California
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/19/feds-unearth-cartels-sophisticated-2900-foot-border-tunnel-california/
— L.A. riots prove Trump is protecting the nation while the left tries to burn it down. Rather than learn from their defeat, Democrats double down on failed strategies.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/19/la-riots-prove-trump-protecting-nation-left-tries-burn/
— Democrats and media want to normalize the L.A. riots because they have lost the immigration argument. Most of us don’t throw Molotov cocktails or toss chunks of concrete from overpasses.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/19/democrats-media-want-normalize-la-riots-lost-immigration-argument/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Durbin counters GOP hearing on Biden fitness with Trump gaffe montage
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3445772/durbin-counters-gop-biden-hearing-fitness-trump-gaffe-montage/
— What, to the American, is Juneteenth?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3447520/what-to-the-american-is-juneteenth/

NEW YORK POST
— Eric Adams’ $1B hotel deal for migrants
https://nypost.com/2025/06/19/opinion/eric-adams-1b-hotel-deal-for-migrants-whose-numbers-are-dwindling-sure-comes-with-stink/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— New York Is Providing $50 million to Cover Legal Services For Illegal Aliens
https://amgreatness.com/2025/06/18/gov-hochul-new-york-is-providing-50-million-to-cover-legal-services-for-illegal-aliens/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Congress moves to abolish sanctuary cities and states—it’s about time
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/congress_moves_to_abolish_sanctuary_cities_and_states_it_s_about_time.html
— Los Angeles would shrivel without its illegals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/mayor_karen_bass_admits_it_los_angeles_would_shrivel_without_its_illegals.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Who’s gonna’ milk our cows?’ Ana Navarro says we need illegals to do ‘God awful’ work. While I never milked cows, I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, etc.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/19/whos-gonna-milk-our-cows-ana-navarro-says-we-need-illegals-to-do-god-awful-work-1552631/

BLAZE
— Juneteenth deserves celebration. But turning it into a rival of the Fourth of July risks further dividing a nation that once fought a war to uphold the meaning of 1776.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/stop-trying-to-segregate-the-american-founding

BREITBART
— ICE Agents Now Face 500% Increase in Assaults While Trying to Arrest Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/19/exclusive-ice-agents-face-500-increase-in-assaults-while-trying-to-arrest-illegal-aliens/

DAILY CALLER
— Roughly One Million Illegals Estimated To Have Left US Since Trump Returned
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/19/one-million-illegals-left-us-under-trump/

HOT AIR
— Sanctuary States: Secession Lite
https://hotair.com/mitch_berg/2025/06/19/sanctuary-state-secession-lite-n3803884

MRC TV
— Chicago Clerk Suspends ID Program Serving Illegal Aliens Following ICE Subpoena
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/james-mortensen/chicago-clerk-suspends-id-program-serving-illegal-aliens-following-ice

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

FOX SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
— Oberweis meets with White House, lays out plans for congressional race. Jim Oberweis, a former owner of a dairy business and Illinois State Senator, met with White House officials on Thursday. Oberweis is running for the Florida 19th Congressional District seat.
https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/oberweis-meets-with-white-house-lays-out-plans-for-congressional-race

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-deportation-undocumented-immigrants-policy-change-rcna213356
— One could question why I did not succumb earlier than I did to my Democrat GAO superiors’ ever-increasing tremendous pressure on me to retire. I could have taken their early retirement “offer” when I was 45 years old in 1993, but I nevertheless survived until I was 49 years old in 1997. Obvious reasons include my Civil Service Retirement System would have been even smaller. During those 4 years, I became a Certified Government Financial Manager, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant and I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading. If I had not taken their “offer” in 1997, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until I was 55 in 2003. They had made it very clear that they would have made those 6 years a living hell for me.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/-i-still-want-to-serve-transgender-servicemembers-face-uncertain-future-under-trump-admin-241934405786

FOX HOUSTON
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/immigrants-fear-arrest-ice-asylum-202822163.html

TIME
— How have Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI impacted you? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and replaced me with 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, and had no professional license like I had. My critics/opponents applaud that, that is, they applaud AA and DEI, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. My Democrat GAO superiors would not have replace me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://time.com/charter/7295388/what-building-black-power-could-mean-for-workplaces/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— In the Civil War, Democrats fought for slavery and Republicans fought against slavery. That is why all my ancestors were Republicans.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/juneteenth-federal-holiday-trump-dei.html

MS. MAGAZINE
— For Women to Have Real Political Power, We Need Quotas. Since the 1960s, all those above me have been under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to meet race and gender quotas, goals, and targets. Because of my bad demographics, that ever-increasingly rendered worthless my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and my 1981 job-related professional license.
https://msmagazine.com/2024/10/22/women-politics-quotas-usa/

GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/19/families-legal-asylum-cbpone-border-trump

June 18, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump admin. reverses course, allowing immigration raids to resume at farms, hotels, restaurants
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-raids-trump-administration-reverses-course-allowing-immigration-resume-farms-hotels-restaurants/16781064/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-supreme-court-gender-affirming-care-decision-local-advocates-expect-more-seeking-health-come-illinois/16784336/

CBS2
— Chicago ICE Director Sam Olson defends immigration actions after touring facility with House Speaker Mike Johnson
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-ice-director-sam-olson-house-speaker-mike-johnson/
— Illinois members of Congress say they were denied access to an ICE facility for second day
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-members-congress-denied-access-ice-facility-second-day/

WGN9
— House Speaker Mike Johnson makes visit to ICE Chicago field office
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/house-speaker-mike-johnson-makes-visit-to-ice-chicago-field-office/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/2025-chicago-pride-fest-performers-jesse-mccartney
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-juneteenth-2025-things-to-do

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/18/illinois-democrats-immigration-advocates-denied-entry-into-ice-processing-center-in-visit-wednesday/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/18/opinion-remittance-tax-donald-trump-immigrants/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/06/18/supreme-court-tennessee-ban-gender-affirming-care-transgender-rights

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250618/nation-and-world-politics/supreme-court-oks-tennessee-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors-big-loss-for-transgender-rights/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rahm Emanuel confirms he’s eyeing a run for president
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/rahm-emanuel-confirms-hes-eyeing-run-president
— Illinois is driving out its financial industry.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/secure-illinois-future-revive-its-finance-sector-op-ed

RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth ever-increasingly insults Hegseth, that is, ever-increasingly insults Trump
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-to-hegseth-let-the-military-get-back-to-its-real-job-defending-americans-not-policing-them-83549.cfm?

JOURNAL COURIER
— State Rep. Davidsmeyer calls for Democrats to donate campaign funds from Madigan-led committees
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/rep-says-democrats-get-rid-madigan-adjacent-20379834.php

STATELINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/protest-meditaid-snap-benefits/

WSIL
— Marijuana use dramatically increases risk of dying from heart attacks and stroke
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/marijuana-use-dramatically-increases-risk-of-dying-from-heart-attacks-and-stroke-large-study-finds/article_1ba66707-d121-5ba8-980f-4daab8b7cd9c.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Durbin ever-increasingly insults Trump
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-targets-democrat-cities-immigration/

CWB CHICAGO
— Cops from 6 districts brought in to handle large crowd leaving North Avenue Beach; 5 arrests
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/06/cops-from-6-districts-brought-in-to-handle-large-crowd-leaving-north-avenue-beach-5-arrests.html

SOUTHWEST REGIONAL PUBLISHING
— Crete Approved a Resolution Honoring and Thanking Michael S. Einhorn for His Distinguished Service to the Village of Crete. Einhorn did not seek reelection to another term after 40 years as village president. Newly elected Village President Mark Wiater composed the Resolution and read it to the board during the May meeting. It was not on the agenda for approval at that time, however. The Resolution notes he was born to Russell and Martha Einhorn on November 13, 1950, grew up in Crete and graduated from Crete-Monee High School in 1968.
https://southwestregionalpublishing.com/2025/06/17/new-clerk-in-crete/

CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION
— Chicago Teachers Union responds to city council’s Jim Crow vote in favor of “snap” curfews
https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/chicago-teachers-union-responds-to-city-councils-jim-crow-vote-in-favor-of-snap-curfews/

CITY OF WHEATON
— Wheaton promotes LGBTQ
https://www.wheaton.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/12836?fileID=18002
— Wheaton promotes booze
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/dwa/1672863/r/website

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-329/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker OKs $237M in partisan pork as part of record Illinois budget
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-oks-237m-in-partisan-pork-as-part-of-record-illinois-budget/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s pledge not to plunge U.S. into war questioned over his support for Israel’s strikes on Iran
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/17/elected-moments-like-trump-faces-ultimate-leadership-test-amid/

DAILY CALLER
— Dems Are Sliding Into Trump Derangement Blender. It’s Costing Them More Than They Realize
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/18/democrats-trump-admin-arrests-alex-padilla/

DAILY WIRE
— The Left Keeps Screaming ‘Gay!’ And Men Are Running Away. The Democratic Party, for some reason, still believes that it can reach American men while pushing the most ridiculous LGBT talking points.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-left-keeps-screaming-gay-and-men-are-running-away

NEWSMAX
— ICE Raid Nets Dozens of Illegals Using Stolen Identities
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-enforcement-omaha/2025/06/18/id/1215522/

TOWNHALL
— CNN Host Calls for Illegals to Continue ‘God-Awful Work’ in the Dairy Industry
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/abigail-johnson/2025/06/18/cnn-host-calls-for-illegals-to-continue-god-awful-work-in-the-dairy-industry-n2659033

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— According to my critics/opponents, Whites are racists and especially Whites who are conservative, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/16-things-to-watch-to-educate-yourself-about-systemic-racism/ss-BB1oAoNr

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-988-national-lgbtq-suicide-lifeline-backlash/
— Duckworth ever-increasingly insults Hegseth, that is, ever-increasingly insults Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/duckworth-says-hegseths-tenure-has-been-a-failure-blasts-focus-on-troops-sent-to-us-cities/

FORTUNE
— How retail giant Home Depot is preparing employees for ICE raids
https://fortune.com/2025/06/18/home-depot-employee-policies-focal-point-ice-raids/

FORBES
— Duckworth ever-increasingly insults Hegseth, that is, ever-increasingly insults Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMQJl5hkWI8

FED SMITH
— Significant overhaul to federal employee performance management. My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government used the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems a) to advance their Democrat employees who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. My Democrat GAO superiors always ranked me in the bottom half for pay-for-performance purposes.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/06/17/ending-performance-rating-inflation-opms-strategy-for-fair-evaluations/

MEDIAITE
— Duckworth ever-increasingly insults Hegseth, that is, ever-increasingly insults Trump
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/unqualified-yes-man-senator-erupts-on-pete-hegseth-in-fiery-hearing-clash/

June 17, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-reps-raja-krishnamoorthi-jonathan-jackson-denied-tour-south-loop-immigration-check-facility-cpd-called/16775643/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries who have demographics that vote for Democrats to seek refugee status in America.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-refugees-iran-ukraine-gather-2025-world-refugee-day-united-states-admissions-program-shut-down/16776086/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/ice-agents-check-ins-immigration-offices-chicago/
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/amid-increased-deportation-efforts-in-chicago-area-trump-takes-aim-at-pritzker-johnson/

FOX32
— As boys ever-increasingly fall further behind girls, “More than 300 girls start summer program at Metro Achievement Center.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/more-than-300-girls-start-summer-program-metro-achievement-center
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1659874

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/17/reports-chicago-trump-militarized-crackdown/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/06/17/mayor-brandon-johnson-warns-trump-that-chicago-has-to-go-as-far-necessary-to-protect-the-constitution
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/06/17/krishnamoorthi-jackson-south-loop-ice-facility

DAILY HERALD
— Arlington Heights shuts off access to license-plate camera data
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250617/news/arlington-heights-shuts-off-access-to-license-plate-camera-data/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/06/17/a-look-at-the-chicago-movement-for-bisexual-inclusion-historically-and-today
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/06/17/mayor-brandon-johnson-warns-trump-that-chicago-has-to-go-as-far-necessary-to-protect-the-constitution

WEDNESDAY JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more DEI in Oak Park, that is, more race and gender based preference giving, more political affiliation discrimination, more reverse discrimination, more age discrimination, more religious discrimination, and more national origin discrimination.
https://www.oakpark.com/2025/06/17/village-hires-oak-parker-kellye-keyes-as-new-dei-leader/
— The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.oakpark.com/2025/06/17/what-can-we-do-to-reduce-gun-violence/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Autopsy: Tesla bomber had marijuana, alcohol in system during Trump hotel explosion
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/autopsy-tesla-bomber-had-marijuana-alcohol-in-system-during-trump-hotel-explosion

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly work harder to turn Evangelicals against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-17/what-do-evangelicals-think-of-trumps-immigration-policies

WCIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://www.wcia.com/news/deadline-missed-marijuana-market-reform-could-come-back-during-veto-session-with-hemp-regulations/

WRIC
— Illinois Counties Ranked for Most Dangerous and Safest for Car Accidents
https://www.wric.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/822019294/new-study-ranks-illinois-most-dangerous-and-safest-counties-for-car-accidents/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot in Mundelein.
https://www.wric.com/business/press-releases/cision/20250617CG11321/terrabis-achieves-milestone-in-mundelein-with-5th-il-dispensary-opening-in-2025/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-328/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— In Los Angeles, we are seeing what a radicalized Democratic Party really wants
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/17/los-angeles-seeing-radicalized-democratic-party-really-wants/
— Democrats’ defiance of ICE grows after New York mayoral candidate arrested
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/17/brad-lander-arrested-ice-trying-shield-migrant-agents-court/
— Who benefits from the state and local tax deduction in the ‘big, beautiful bill’? SALT ended itemization in 2017. By itemizing, I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 and my wife and I paid less federal income tax 1978-2017. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. They were especially furious that I deducted my education expenses 1972-1980 and 1992-1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/17/benefits-state-local-tax-deduction-big-beautiful-bill/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Army parade was a massive success
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3444045/army-parade-was-massive-success/
— Pritzker signs rapidly passed budget that leaves out big ticket items.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3443425/jb-pritzker-signs-budget-leaves-out-big-ticket-items/
— How Democrats enable their perpetually rioting base
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3444030/democrats-enable-rioting-base-los-angeles-protests/
— SPLC influences government and children alike. My critics/opponents side with SPLC.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3444734/splc-appalachia-youths-transgender-biden-doj-fbi/

NEW YORK POST
— Truth wins as ‘citizen journalists’ rise — and legacy media fades. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to work the hardest a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/17/opinion/truth-wins-as-citizen-journalists-rise-and-media-fades/

BREITBART
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Announces Slavery Reparations Task Force
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/17/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-announces-slavery-reparations-task-force/

DAILY WIRE
— Planned Parenthood Keeps Closing Facilities. But It Just Aborted A Record Number Of Babies. Watchdog group warns of Planned Parenthood’s growing online presence.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/planned-parenthood-keeps-closing-facilities-but-it-just-aborted-a-record-number-of-babies

FOX NEWS
— Feds probing protest funding as officials drop hammer on violent LA rioters. LAPD reports 575 arrests and 10 injured officers from demonstrations against federal immigration raids.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/feds-probing-protest-funding-officials-drop-hammer-violent-la-rioters

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

DESERT NEWS
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.deseret.com/magazine/2025/06/17/why-diversity-still-matters/

June 10, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/protests-expected-chicago-tuesday-ice-raids-solidarity-situation-los-angeles-trump-sends-national-guard/16712958/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/immigration-protest-takes-to-chicago-streets-before-rally-at-federal-plaza/3765013/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/waukegan-family-to-self-deport-amid-ongoing-immigration-crackdowns/3764899/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/live-updates-more-anti-ice-demonstrations-expected-for-the-fifth-straight-day-in-los-angeles/3764551/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/no-kings-protest-chicago-saturday-what-to-know/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/ice-protests-chicago/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-immigration-protest-undocumented-neighbors
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1655817
— Trump calls for protesters who burn the American flag to be jailed for 1 year
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-anti-ice-protests-american-flag-burning-jail

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/06/10/protests-chicago-ice-raids-los-angeles

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/08/chicago-ice-police-protest/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/10/trump-los-angeles-protests/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/10/ice-immigration-trump-deportation-know-your-rights/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/10/trump-marines-national-guard-los-angeles/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/10/los-angeles-protests-what/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/10/los-angles-pentagon-troops/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/10/protests-chicago-ice-raids-los-angeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/10/california-governor-trump-administration-immigration-raids

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250610/nation-and-world-politics/trump-sends-marines-and-more-national-guard-members-to-los-angeles/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot in Mundelein
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250610/marijuana/mundelein-expands-available-dispensary-licenses-ahead-of-proposed-pot-shop/

SOUTHERN
— Speaker Johnson, backing Trump’s LA actions, says Newsom should be ‘tarred and feathered’
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/10/speaker-johnson-backing-trumps-la-actions-says-newsom-should-be-tarred-and-feathered/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Harris backs anti-ICE riots, criticizes Trump for escalating LA tensions
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/harris-backs-anti-ice-protests-criticizes-trump-for-escalating-la-tensions

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump pledges to ‘liberate’ LA as he visits troops at Fort Bragg
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-the-latest-trump-heads-to-fort-bragg-to-celebrate-250th-anniversary-for-us-army/

CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://chicagoreader.com/music/chicagoans-of-note/beverly-bev-rage-drinks-pride-midsommarfest/

ELMHURST PATCH
— Alleged Elmhurst Petition Forgeries Still Being Investigated
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/alleged-elmhurst-petition-forgeries-still-being-investigated

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-323/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-530/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Second Amendment Foundation weighs in on Illinois assault weapons ban lawsuit
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_469d7ffb-47a8-49c0-8720-7c59f46317f0.html

ILLINOIS ANSWERS
— Child Care Costs are Crushing Families. Back in the good old days, that is, back in 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, my father, who never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, earned enough that my mother could stay home and raise me and my brother.
https://illinoisanswers.org/2025/05/27/were-at-the-mercy-of-child-care-child-care-costs-are-crushing-families-illinois-largest-subsidy-excludes-thousands/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Gutting Our Language, Diminishing Our Culture
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/gutting-our-language-diminishing-our-culture/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says Army parade protesters will be met with ‘very big force’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/10/donald-trump-says-army-parade-protesters-met-big-force/
— What riot? Democrats don’t see violence or mayhem at Los Angeles protests
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/10/riot-democrats-dont-see-violence-mayhem-los-angeles-protests/
— Trump said he will invoke Insurrection Act if necessary
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/10/trump-said-invoke-insurrection-act-necessary/
— Trump says Los Angeles would be ‘burning to the ground’ if he hadn’t deployed troops
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/10/donald-trump-says-la-would-burning-ground-hadnt-deployed-troops/
— GOP senator calls for 15% tax on remittances that immigrants send home
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/10/sen-eric-schmitt-calls-15-tax-remittances-immigrants-send-home/
— Trump announces plans to restore original names of eight Army bases named for Confederates
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/10/trump-announces-plans-restore-original-names-eight-army-bases-named/
— DOGE Revealed how Democrats turned Fed budget into war chest. Taxpayers have funded the party for far too long.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/10/doge-revealed-democrats-turned-fed-budget-war-chest/

NEW YORK POST
— House Republicans vote to overturn DC law allowing noncitizens to vote
https://nypost.com/2025/06/10/us-news/house-votes-to-overturn-dc-law-allowing-noncitizens-to-vote/
— LA anti-ICE looters shatter Apple store and make off with iPhones, Adidas in another night of chaos
https://nypost.com/2025/06/10/us-news/la-anti-ice-looters-shatter-apple-store-and-make-off-with-iphones-adidas-in-another-night-of-chaos/
— Los Angeles anti-ICE rioters are launching the left’s American intifada
https://nypost.com/2025/06/10/opinion/la-anti-ice-rioters-will-set-off-the-lefts-american-intifada/

BREITBART
— ‘Mexican Flag Has Become a Defining Symbol’ of Los Angeles Riots
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/10/cnn-mexican-flag-has-become-defining-symbol-los-angeles-riots/
— Union Chiefs, Jayapal, Pledge ‘Solidarity’ with Illegals, not Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/06/10/watch-union-chiefs-jayapal-pledge-solidarity-with-illegals-not-americans/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The LA Riots Prove that Democrats Need Illegals
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/06/the_la_riots_prove_that_democrats_need_illegals.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump DHS lists more criminal illegals it nabbed in LA raids
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/10/trump-dhs-lists-more-criminal-illegals-it-nabbed-in-la-raids-1550152/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump DHS Lists More Criminal Illegals It Nabbed In LA Raids
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/10/trump-dhs-los-angeles-ice-raids-apprehensions/
— All The Usual Suspects Are Behind The Left’s Latest ‘Protests’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/10/rooke-left-protests-riots-christy-walton-walmart-june-trump/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Ridiculous NY Times Article Cites ‘Largely Peaceful’ L.A. Riots Four Times
https://www.newsbusters.org/node/289372/print
— Networks Double Down on Illegals, Bash Trump ‘Creating the Conditions’ for LA Riots
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2025/06/09/networks-double-down-illegals-bash-trump-creating-conditions-la

NEWSMAX
— Trump Plans Illegal Migrant Transfers to Guantanamo Bay
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/guantanamo-bay-illegal-migrant-donald-trump/2025/06/10/id/1214358/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— As Newsom Lets Illegals Burn LA, Remember He Sent Armed Enforcers After Christians Who Didn’t Mask 2 Year Olds
https://www.westernjournal.com/video-newsom-illegals-burn-la-remember-sent-armed-enforcers-christians-didnt-mask-2-year-olds/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Hegseth says National Guard, Marines mobilized to L.A. because “we believe ICE agents should be allowed to be safe in doing their operations”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-los-angeles-protest-national-guard-marines/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Southern Baptists Endorse Effort to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage. The nation’s largest Protestant denomination was motivated by conservative Christians’ success in reversing Roe v. Wade.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/southern-baptist-obergefell-same-sex-marriage.html

RASMUISSEN REPORTS
— Most Agree with Musk’s Slam on ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/most_agree_with_musk_s_slam_on_big_beautiful_bill

CPA PRACTICE
— 11 CPA Candidates Take Home Elijah Watt Sells Award for 2024. More than 74,000 individuals sat for the CPA exam last year, but only 11 met the criteria to receive the prestigious Elijah Watt Sells Award from the AICPA and NASBA. Politics is nasty/vicious. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. Only about 20% who take the examination can say that. But my critics/opponents stress that others got better scores than I did. Very few CPAs become licensed CPAs. But I did.
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2025/06/10/11-cpa-candidates-take-home-elijah-watt-sells-award-for-2024/162838/

TIK TOK
— Gold Rush Rally at Iron Gate in Naperville
https://www.tiktok.com/@foxandcars/video/7513681885038497067
https://www.tiktok.com/@27frostt/video/7513834009525390638
https://www.tiktok.com/@carspottervandy/video/7513341788531346719
https://www.tiktok.com/@carspottervandy/video/7513350904431594783
https://www.tiktok.com/@27frostt/video/7513834693188586798
https://www.tiktok.com/@27frostt/video/7513833960539983147
https://www.tiktok.com/@27frostt/video/7513834545456925998
https://www.tiktok.com/@snooomzy/video/7513644778869853470

June 4, 2025 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— RESTRICTING THE ENTRY OF FOREIGN NATIONALS TO PROTECT THE UNITED STATES FROM FOREIGN TERRORISTS AND OTHER NATIONAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY THREATS
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and-other-national-security-and-public-safety-threats/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump announces travel ban affecting a dozen countries set to go into effect Monday
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/04/trump-travel-ban/
— Trump moves to block US entry for foreigners planning to study at Harvard University
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/04/trump-block-foreigners-harvard/
— US judge issues order stopping the deportation of family of man charged in Boulder firebombing
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/04/boulder-firebombing/
— Local officials, protesters clash with ICE outside office over detentions in growing escalation over Trump’s immigration tactics
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/04/ice-protesters-clash-immigration/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump signed proclamation to ban travel from 12 countries, restriction on 7 countries
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/06/04/trump-signed-proclamation-to-ban-travel-from-12-countries-restriction-on-7-countries
— Hate-filled Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/04/donald-trump-tariff-immigration-ice-foreign-students-universities-courts-jacob-sullum
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/04/donald-trump-ukraine-russia-gaza-prices-economy-big-beautiful-bill-s-e-cupp

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders push pot in Bartlett
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250604/news/controversial-marijuana-dispensary-near-bartlett-day-care-center-falls-short-of-approval-in-tie-vote/

ABC7
— Chicago minimum wage set to increase July 1. Did you ever work for the minimum wage? I did 1964-1966 washing dishes in Chicago Heights while I was a junior and a senior at Crete-Monee High School. With the money that I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, in May of 1966, and I used it to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and summer jobs and then classes at UIC and my part-time Park Forest Post Office job. When you were in high school, did your classmates work part-time during the school year and/or full-time during the summers in between like I did? Few of my high school classmates did. There were few good jobs available. I worked far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying. Nevertheless, I took college preparatory classes, I got an ACT score of 24, I got into the upper 20% of my class, and UIC accepted me.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-minimum-wage-set-increase-july-1-changes-paid-leave-sick-time/16656187/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/paul-simon-chicago-job-corps-center-closing-end-month-us-department-labor-phasing-operations-leaving-homeless/16656546/

NBC5
— Emboldened and out of government, Elon Musk breaks with Trump’s agenda
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/elon-musk-breaks-with-trump-agenda/3760671/
— ICE agents, demonstrators clash during apparent Chicago immigration operation
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ice-agents-demonstrators-clash-during-apparent-chicago-immigration-operation/3760618/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot in the northwest suburbs
https://www.aol.com/cannabis-friendly-music-festival-returning-205023257.html

FOX32
— 45% spike in marijuana use by boomers
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/boomer-marijuana-use-spike-2025

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ on children in Downers Grove
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/06/04/a-day-of-pride-and-celebration-dg-pridefest-returns-to-fishel-park-on-saturday/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-04/worldpride-is-in-d-c-this-year-which-may-be-why-attendance-and-sponsorship-are-down
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-04/trump-wants-to-cut-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-for-controlling-hiv-aids

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump unleashes MAGA rebellion on Federalist Society. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes destroy the Illinois Center Right Coalition and then TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-unleashes-maga-rebellion-on-federalist-society/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/04/in-white-with-fear-chicago-born-filmmaker-tackles-links-between-white-supremacy-and-the-right/

AXIOS CHICAGO
— How dependent on foreign students are the following: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/06/02/trump-student-visa-crackdown-illinois-impact

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-320/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Full Scholarship to Finish College at University Center in Woodstock for One MCC Graduate Funded in Memory of Former MCC Board Member Erv LeCoque
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/full-scholarship-to-finish-college-at-university-center-in-woodstock-for-one-mcc-graduate-funded-in-memory-of-former-mcc-board-member-erv-lecoque/
— Taking Responsibility for Tax Money Received Is Good Government
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/taking-responsibility-for-tax-money-received-is-good-government/
— What Is the Relevance of “They/them” to a Chicago Tribune Story on Storks Nesting in Lincoln Park Zoo
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/what-is-the-relevance-of-they-them-to-a-chicago-tribune-story-on-storks-nesting-in-lincoln-park-zoo/
— Domestic Violence Grant Awarded to McHenry County State’s Attorney
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/domestic-violence-grant-awarded-to-mchenry-county-states-attorney/
— The Only Member of Congress to Ever Live in McHenry County, Joe Walsh, Announces Switch to Democrats
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/the-only-member-of-congress-to-ever-live-in-mchenry-county-joe-walsh-announces-switch-to-democrats/
— DeWitte Comments on Democrats’ Budget
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/dewitte-comments-on-democrats-budget/
— $40 Million German Flavor Producing Factory Coming to Huntley
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/40-million-flavor-producing-factory-coming-to-huntley/
— Pritzker Acts to Force Hospitals to Do Abortions, Calling The, “Life-Saving”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/pritzker-acts-to-force-hospitals-to-do-abortions-calling-the-life-saving/
— West Nile Mosquito Found in Lake in the Hills
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/west-nile-mosquito-found-in-lake-in-the-hills/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Stephen Miller puts illegal immigration at center of GOP debate around Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3431050/stephen-miller-illegal-immigration-trump-big-beautiful-bill/
— Trump’s criticism of Rand Paul is wrong and misguided
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3430922/trumps-criticism-of-rand-paul-wrong-and-misguided/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Musk Disappointed With ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’  Elon labels legislation a “disgusting abomination.”
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/musk-disappointed-with-big-beautiful-bill/

BREITBART
— Marco Rubio Marks Tiananmen Square Massacre Anniversary: ‘The World Will Never Forget’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/04/marco-rubio-marks-tiananmen-square-massacre-anniversary-the-world-will-never-forget/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Bans New Visas for Foreign Nationals From 12 Countries. The proclamation will not limit ’the ability of an individual to seek asylum, refugee status, withholding of removal, or protection.’
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-bans-new-visas-for-foreign-nationals-from-12-countries-5868072

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— There are Now Over 1,000 Sanctuary Jurisdictions Nationwide
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/state-and-local/sanctuary-jurisdictions-america-report

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Trump signs ban on entry from 12 countries, restrictions on 7 more
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-signs-travel-ban-multiple-countries/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump’s proclamation fully restricts and limits the entry of nationals from 12 countries: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, the officials said.  It partially restricts the entry of people from seven countries: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.)

CBS MIAMI
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/video/fear-amongst-asylum-seekers-who-could-lose-work-permits/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Far too many who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters a) reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform and b) have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, and c) read my newsletters and/or have their operatives and their dupes read them for opposition research. If you were me, how would you deal with that? Should I start naming them?  I would start with those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/technology/ftc-investigates-media-matters.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Federalist Society Is Doing Just Fine After Getting Dumped by Trump. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes destroy the Illinois Center Right Coalition and then TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/leonard-leo-trump-2cd729c8

May 31, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders continue to use George Floyd to promote more hatred against Republicans and against police.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/2025/05/30/the-racial-reckoning-five-years-later-a-few-wins-and-one-major-loss

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250530/news/neighbors-oppose-marijuana-dispensary-proposed-near-bartlett-day-care-center/
— Soon, under Pritzker, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250530/submitted-content/donations-needed-for-west-suburban-community-pantrys-summer-meals-program-as-family-visits-rise-20/

WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wandtv.com/medication-abortion-to-be-added-on-college-campuses-passes-il-senate/video_4fdf96bf-468f-5aa2-8d3e-e816b6bcc56f.html

WIFR
— Illinois program tries to rid people of medical debt, but for many help comes too late. Medical debt has become a key obstacle to upward economic mobility, with many failing to receive debt relief. What did you do to avoid medical debt? I always assured that I had health insurance.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/05/30/illinois-program-tries-rid-people-medical-debt-many-help-comes-too-late/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Appeals court keeps block on Trump administration’s downsizing of the federal workforce. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich’s downsizing of GAO to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-appeals-court-keeps-block-on-trump-administrations-downsizing-of-the-federal-workforce/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote child care subsidies. My father earned enough money during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s that my mother could stay home and raise me and my brother. But he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly in 1969 wane he was 47 and I was 21. Consequently, I had to work my way through college.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/we-are-at-the-mercy-of-child-care/

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— Soon, under Pritzker, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://thechicagolandjournal.com/gov-pritzker-visits-springfield-food-pantry-amid-proposed-unprecedented-federal-snap-cuts/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS CENTER SQUARE
— IL Democrats propose $55B budget with $7K legislator pay hike, tax increase
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e68b4087-b4f8-4563-ba13-4d42031d0f8e.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Lawmakers considering adding more than $64.5 billion in pension costs in final hours of budget negotiations
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/lawmakers-considering-adding-more-than-64-5-billion-in-pension-costs-in-final-hours-of-budget-negotiations/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— A recently retired SEC attorney demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump. SEE: https://www.barrons.com/articles/trump-doge-sec-retirement-27ea213a    When GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran, SEC would have immediately offered me a job. I had audited SEC and other federal financial industry regulators for the previous 8 years at the GS-13 Step 4-10 Levels, currently $129,588-$153,151/year. I had just earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT. For that matter, IRS would have immediately offered me a job. I had audited IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $117,807-$125,675/year. I had 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. I became a Certified Forensic Accountant in 1997, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Internal Auditor in 1981, and Public Accountant in 1979. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980 and in business in 1976. – Dave Diersen

www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that Harvard rejected Trump. Did you apply to Ivy League universities? I did not. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my 1997 IIT degree, my 1980 DePaul degree, my 1976 Loyola degree, and my 1970 NIU degree are worthless. I should write about my critics/opponents. They stress that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump has a grudge against Harvard because it rejected him and/or his son. Since I was 19 years old in 1968, my Democrat superiors in the federal government have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have a grudge against federal agencies because they took adverse actions against me. To get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, d) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.  In my defense, the codes of ethics that I have been under since 1979 prohibit me from holding grudges. I became a CPA in 1979 and a licensed CPA in 1981. I became a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— USDA still discriminating against white farmers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3426279/usda-still-discriminating-against-white-farmers-watchdog-says/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump’s Tariffs Deliver Record $23 Billion Revenue in May. May 22 was the largest day for tariff revenue collections.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/trumps-tariffs-deliver-record-23-billion-revenue-in-may-5865544

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Harvard faces growing calls to tap into its endowment in Trump fight. It won’t be easy. What losses of income have you suffered? In today’s dollars, a) I have suffered a $86,371/year loss of income since 1997, that is $1.85 million, b) my GAO salary was $153,151/year in 1997 and my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $66,780/year or 56% less, and c) my IRS salary in 1972 was $68,315/year. Further, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors forced me to suffer a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5326114-harvard-endowment-trump-funding-fight-mcmahon/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Appeals court keeps block on Trump administration’s downsizing of the federal workforce. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich’s downsizing of GAO to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-mass-firings-doge-lawsuit-4d2d9be4dcefa1c76876fb9b1860c3c7

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give preference to international students, that is, they ever-increasingly discriminate against American students.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/world/international-students-visas-us-trump-intl
— Trump’s mass firings at several agencies will remain on hold, appeals court rules. If Gingrich’s GAO budget cuts had been stopped, I might still be a GAO employee. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I would still be GAO employee.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/30/politics/appeals-court-decline-trump-request-resume-mass-firings
— Trump called it a disaster. Biden blocked it. Now Trump is traveling to Pittsburgh to celebrate Japan’s takeover of US Steel
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/30/business/trump-us-steel-nippon-deal

MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for bad weather.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbbsXZqA7Ew
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsFjNVD_WKw

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH GRAPHIC: The Democrats’ problems run deep, nearly everywhere. This is where voters shifted toward President Trump in each of the last three elections. I should write about the ever-increasing Democrat invasion of DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct since 1978. Because of that, ever-increasingly, leaders of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and the Milton Township Republican Organization have moved to the left, that is, they have a) dumped more and more and more planks in the Republican Party platform and b) dumped more and more and more Republican Precinct Committeemen like me who support those planks.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/25/us/politics/trump-politics-democrats.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/opinion/elon-musk-doge-usaid.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/us/politics/aclu-trump-venezuelan-immigrants-alien-enemies-act.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give preference to Chinese students, that is, they ever-increasingly discriminate against American students.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/us/politics/trump-china-student-visas-crackdown-risks.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/world/asia/us-science-cuts.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/china-international-students-trump.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/health/trump-hiv-cuts.html
— The Democrats who run Google ever-increasingly steer everyone a) to websites that promote the Democrat Party platform and b) away from websites that promote the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/google-search-antitrust-chrome.html
— For Federal Workers, Musk’s Chain Saw Still Reverberates. For me, Gingrich’s chain saw still reverberates. My Democrat GAO superiors used his budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/us/politics/federal-workers-musk-doge.html
— Complaints Languished as Johnson’s Delays Hobbled House Watchdog. The speaker waited more than four months to constitute the Office of Congressional Conduct, preventing it from investigating lawmakers. He has yet to name enough members to allow it to operate at full strength.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/politics/johnson-office-of-congressional-conduct.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s visa clampdown plunges 275,000 Chinese students into uncertainty. Chinese students make up nearly a quarter of all international students in the United States. Here’s who they are and what they’re studying. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give preference to Chinese students, that is, they ever-increasingly discriminate against American students.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/29/chinese-students-data-visa/
— Trump orders could end Chinese drone sales in the U.S. In WWIII, which countries will side with China against America?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/30/trump-executive-orders-china-drones/
— Trump and Musk try to smooth over a threatened rift. Trump and Musk hold an Oval Office news conference as the billionaire officially steps away from his government role.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/30/trump-musk-try-smooth-over-threatened-rift/

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders are ever-increasingly anti-American military.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/05/29/trump-military-parade-washington-dc-compare-countries/83740378007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Musk, that is, against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/29/elon-musk-tesla-doge-beautiful-bill-leaving-trump/83907213007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/30/trump-judge-blocks-tariffs-agenda/83926026007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— It’s High Times for State-Subsidized Pot Businesses. Marijuana-use disorder is soaring among the very populations advocates of legalization aim to help.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/its-high-times-for-state-subsidized-pot-businesses-marijuana-use-disorder-3f6aaa15?mod=opinion_lead_pos6

FORBES
— Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that Musk abuses drugs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81dSmnEARBE

BARRON’S
— A recently retired SEC attorney demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump. When GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran, SEC would have immediately offered me a job. I had audited SEC and other federal financial industry regulators for the previous 8 years at the GS-13 Step 4-10 Levels, currently $129,588-$153,151/year. I had just earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT. For that matter, IRS would have immediately offered me a job. I had audited IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $117,807-$125,675/year. I had 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. I became a Certified Forensic Accountant in 1997, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Internal Auditor in 1981, and Public Accountant in 1979. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980 and in business in 1976.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/trump-doge-sec-retirement-27ea213a

BUSINESS INSIDER
–Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more government fraud, waste, and abuse. Their wasting my federal career is just one small example.
https://www.businessinsider.com/doge-cuts-elon-musk-deparature-next-phase-2025-5

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— DEI enters stealth mode; building the business case for DEI in accounting firms. The accounting profession would not have written me off as being too old if I had been a minority or a female. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27. I did not pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32.
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/dei-goes-into-stealth-mode
https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/building-the-business-case-for-dei-in-accounting-firms

CPA JOURNAL
— Why Are Students Not Choosing Accounting? I should have majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU in 1969 and 1970. I erroneously did not because I was not strong in math and I thought that because of that, I could not pass the CPA examination. But I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. But by then, because I was not a minority or female, the accounting profession wrote me off as being too old.
https://www.cpajournal.com/2025/03/18/why-the-150-hour-rule-is-not-the-only-major-problem-2/

FED SMITH
— From DEI to Meritocracy: The Federal Government’s Shift in Hiring Practices. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, of veteran who would take the job. My qualifications include a) passing the postal employment test and earning a high school diploma in 1966, b) passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, c) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) earning a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/05/30/from-dei-to-meritocracy-the-federal-governments-shift-in-hiring-practices/

ECONOMIC TIMES & NEW INDIAN EXPRESS
— Did Harvard reject Donald Trump? Biographer claims it’s at the heart of the feud. Did you apply to Ivy League universities? I did not. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my 1997 IIT degree, my 1980 DePaul degree, my 1976 Loyola degree, and my 1970 NIU degree are worthless. I should write about my critics/opponents. They stress that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/did-harvard-reject-donald-trump-biographer-claims-its-at-the-heart-of-the-feud/articleshow/121530865.cms
https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/May/31/biographer-says-trumps-harvard-grudge-might-just-be-a-case-of-bruised-ego-and-its-not-his-son-who-got-rejected

INDIA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give preference to international students, that is, they ever-increasingly discriminate against American students.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/harvard-president-alan-garber-jab-donald-trump-speech-2025-batch-standing-ovation-2733586-2025-05-31

NDTV WORLD
— Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump has a grudge against Harvard because it rejected him and/or his son. Since I was 19 years old in 1968, my Democrat superiors in the federal government have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have a grudge against federal agencies because they took adverse actions against me. To get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, d) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.  In my defense, the codes of ethics that I have been under since 1979 prohibit me from holding grudges. I became a CPA in 1979 and a licensed CPA in 1981. I became a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/donald-trumps-biographer-michael-wolff-on-why-us-president-has-a-grudge-against-harvard-barron-trump-8551375