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

May 15, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— IRS criminal investigators in Chicago being ‘deputized’ as immigration enforcers under Trump administration plan. I worked for GAO for 3 years on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) while I was a GS-13 Step 1-3, currently $117,807-$125,661/year. I worked with CID employees for 5 1/.2 years while I was an IRS Revenue Officer at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/14/irs-criminal-investigators-in-chicago-being-deputized-as-immigration-enforcers-under-trump-administration-plan/
— Trump marvels at wealth of his Arab hosts while he eyes White House and Air Force One upgrades
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/14/trump-arab-hosts-air-force-one-upgrades/
— Redirect migrant funds to empower Chicago’s youths. What did you do get accepted by a college? I a) took college preparatory courses, b) earned an ACT score of 24, and c) graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/15/opinion-chicago-teen-takeovers-migrant-funds/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Have you been on a do not hire list? When I was 49 years old in 1997, constructively, if not literally, my Democrat GAO superiors put me on everyone’s do not hire list when they forced me to retire. Previously, they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/05/14/lincoln-park-high-school-administrators-removed-chicago-public-schools-do-not-hire-list

DAILY HERALD
— ‘The claims against me are unfounded’: Huntley Trump store’s eviction trial delayed
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250514/local-politics/the-claims-against-me-are-unfounded-huntley-trump-stores-eviction-trial-delayed/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight budget cuts.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/medicaid-illinois-danger-several-fronts

RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD LANDMARK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their May 18 protest against Trump
https://www.rblandmark.com/2025/05/13/protest-anti-trump-human-chain-brookfield/

WAND TV
— Gun rights activists take to Springfield as state Democrats look to pass multiple gun laws
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/gun-rights-activists-take-to-springfield-as-state-democrats-look-to-pass-multiple-gun-laws/article_e8a4c3cd-f397-4e49-9209-29e68b38c1ca.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-senate-committee-approves-bill-ensuring-medication-abortion-access-amid-uncertainty-with-trumps-fda/article_f126e72a-d598-44c2-b49b-01a58b3272c1.html

WCIA
— Retirement Wave Hits CPA Industry. Why did the CPA industry have no use for me? I was too old. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27. I did not 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 pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. If I had majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970, my entire life would have been different.
https://www.wcia.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/812689749/as-retirement-wave-hits-cpa-industry-prohorizons-guides-firm-owners-through-smooth-transitions/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more illegal immigration and b) fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-funds-from-migrants-sent-back-home-help-fuel-some-towns-economies-a-gop-plan-targets-that/
— How Project 2025 has guided the Trump administration
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-13/how-project-2025-has-guided-the-trump-administration

SOUTH SIDE PATCH
— 11 Students Sickened, Taken To Hospital After Eating Marijuana Edibles At South Side Chicago School. The students got sick just after 2 p.m. at Fort Dearborn Elementary School, at 9025 S. Throop St. in the Brainerd neighborhood. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://patch.com/illinois/southside/11-students-sickened-taken-hospital-after-eating-marijuana-edibles-south-side

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-513/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-305/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Democrats Drag America Into the Mouth of Their Madness
https://johnkassnews.com/a-civilization-that-descends-into-madness/

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— IL Freedom Caucus Statement on IGOLD rally in Springfield
https://thechicagolandjournal.com/il-freedom-caucus-statement-on-igold-rally-in-springfield/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois politicians killed school choice. Now the federal government could deliver it anyway.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-politicians-killed-school-choice-now-the-federal-government-could-deliver-it-anyway-wirepoints/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I should write about the ever-increasing success that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters, that is, the ever-increasing success that Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media are having promoting more and more and more hatred against Trump. I should write about their ever-increasing success in promoting more and more and more hatred against those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How do hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters paint you? They paint me as being blindly loyal to Trump a) because Trump and I share so many demographics and b) because of what I do as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor. But they are wrong. I have never been blindly loyal to any politician and I never will. I am loyal to conservative principles and to the Republican Party platform. My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What percent of the students are female in the college(s) that you graduates from? Under the Democrats, ever-increasingly, the future is bleaker for males, and especially for males who are conservative, Republican, White, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Notwithstanding the fact that I am all of the aforesaid, I was able to earn three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. But that was many years ago. All those who were promoted over me were Democrats a) who were female, minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— When you were in college, what did you major in? I should have majored in accounting. If I had majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970, my entire life would have been different. I did not start taking graduate accounting course until I was 27. Because of that, the CPA industry had no use for me. I was too old. Further, I did not 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 pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use your ancestors against you. What did your ancestors do? On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses in Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border and then bought that farm. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have ever considered taking a pay cut? To force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact a) that much of what I had done for IRS for almost 9 years was very similar to what I would do for GAO, b) that GAO audits IRS, c) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and e) that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I earned that degree in 1980. The aforesaid helped me pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981 and to become a licensed CPA in 1981. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, GAO would have offered me a $5,527/year (5%) pay increase to $117,807/year (GS-13) in today’s dollars to transfer. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Buffett is stepping down at age 94. How has age discrimination impacted you? When I was 25 years old in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out to write me off as being too old to ever be promoted to GS-13, currently $117,807/year.  I ultimately got promoted to GS-13, but not until I was 38 and I had a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) transferred to GAO when I was 31, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, and e) became a licensed CPA when I was 32. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— South African president calls refugees ‘cowards’ after arrival in US
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/3410821/south-african-president-afrikaner-refugees-us-cowards/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Presently, many Afrikaner activists and observers believe the group is being purposefully subjected to violence from the black majority, with the government being complicit. Attacks against white Afrikaner farmers are a highly controversial matter. The government doesn’t keep statistics regarding the number of white farmers killed, but news of particularly brutal attacks has enraged many Afrikaners. These attacks are often accompanied by extensive torture, rape, and mutilation. The South African government has emphatically denied any bias against Afrikaners and has maintained that white farmers are victims of a larger crime wave. However, the White House has been unambiguous in its assessment of the situation. “Farmers are being killed. They happen to be white,” Trump said Monday. “But whether they’re white or black makes no difference to me, but white farmers are being brutally killed and their land is being confiscated in South Africa, and the newspaper and the television media don’t even talk about it.” “I don’t care about their race, their color, their height, their weight — I don’t care about anything,” Trump continued. “I just know that what’s happening is terrible.” Trump also punished South Africa on a diplomatic level. He withheld the U.S. government’s participation in the G20 summit scheduled to be held in South Africa later this year. South African Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool was declared a persona non grata and ordered to leave the country by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who called him a “race-baiting politician who hates America and hates [Trump].”)

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— MSNBC declares South African asylum seekers are ‘descendants of white supremacists.’ Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use your ancestors against you. What did your ancestors do? On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses in Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border and then bought that farm.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/14/msnbc-declares-south-african-asylum-seekers-are-descendants-of-white-supremacists-1543501/

CENTER SQUARE
— Antisemitism watchdog calls for IRS probe of nonprofit supporting anti-Israel protests
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_9925f97b-0456-480b-8256-17ecd9b3d93e.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Democrats outnumber Republicans 5 to 1 as graduation speakers. For Democrats, the purpose of education is to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/democrats-outnumber-republicans-5-to-1-as-graduation-speakers/

DAILY SIGNAL
— White House Praises House Panel for Booting Illegals Off Medicaid
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/14/white-house-praises-house-panel-for-booting-illegals-off-medicaid/
— Democrats Defend Medicaid Coverage for Illegal Immigrants
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/14/white-house-praises-house-panel-for-booting-illegals-off-medicaid

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Strikes $244 Billion in Deals With Qatar, Including ‘Historic’ Boeing Jet Sale. Qatar Airways signed a $96 billion agreement to acquire up to 210 American-made 787 Dreamliner and 777X aircraft from Boeing.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/qatar-airways-signs-agreement-to-buy-160-boeing-planes-5857662

FEDERALIST
— Here Are 16 Of The Most Egregious Injunctions Barring The Trump Administration From Doing Its Job
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/14/here-are-16-of-the-most-egregious-injunctions-barring-the-trump-administration-from-doing-its-job/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Arizona State to Focus on ‘Gender Equity’ for Women Even Though Campus is 70% Female. What percent of the students are female in the college(s) that you graduates from? Under the Democrats, ever-increasingly, the future is bleaker for males, and especially for males who are conservative, Republican, White, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Notwithstanding the fact that I am all of the aforesaid, I was able to earn three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. But that was many years ago. All those who were promoted over me were Democrats a) who were female, minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/arizona-state-to-focus-on-gender-equity-for-women-even-though-campus-is-70-female/amp/

NEWSMAX
— Alien Enemies Act Will Keep US Safe
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/pam-bondi-immigration-habeus-corpus/2025/05/14/id/1210991/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting sellers to use Trump’s tariffs to raise prices.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/business/walmart-prices-tariffs

NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/opinion/trump-law-firms-attacks.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders use a “pregnant Cuban emigre” to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/14/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-immigration-trump/aa603c82-3078-11f0-8498-1f8214bba2d2_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/14/pope-leo-lgbtq-catholics/

USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/13/trump-lies-china-tariffs-qatar-jet/83583303007/

DESERET NEWS
— Utah Democrats hope for revival as Gov. JB Pritzker scheduled to speak at convention. New poll finds only 35% of Democrats are optimistic about future of party.
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/05/14/utah-democrats-debate-how-to-respond-to-donald-trump/

SC TIMES
— Trump’s U.S. Attorney pick for Minnesota has never been a prosecutor. To force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact a) that much of what I had done for IRS for almost 9 years was very similar to what I would do for GAO, b) that GAO audits IRS, c) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and e) that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I earned that degree in 1980. The aforesaid helped me pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981 and to become a licensed CPA in 1981. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, GAO would have offered me a $5,527/year (5%) pay increase to $117,807/year in today’s dollars to transfer.
https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/2025/05/15/trump-nominates-daniel-rosen-as-minnesotas-next-u-s-attorney/83604701007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE. Buffett is stepping down at age 94. How has age discrimination impacted you? When I was 25 years old in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out to write me off as being too old to ever be promoted to GS-13, currently $117,807/year.  I ultimately got promoted to GS-13, but not until I was 38 and I had a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) transferred to GAO when I was 31, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, and e) became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.wsj.com/business/warren-buffett-reveals-he-stepped-down-after-finally-feeling-his-age-b060251f
— FRONT PAGE: Women Are Drinking More—and Doctors Are Worried
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/women-alcohol-use-health-risks-86999148
— Democrats Are Stuck in the Soup. The party is both too old and too extreme. It needs to look to history for a way out.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-are-stuck-in-the-soup-c6cad7b2
— Welcome to the Post-Progressive Political Era. For decades, the right lost almost every battle in the culture. But now the left has clearly gone too far.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/welcome-to-the-post-progressive-political-era-history-culture-4ad308c1
— Career Advice for 2025 Graduates. Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/career-advice-for-2025-graduates-c79b5126
— I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them jobs.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/529-plans-college-savings-alternatives-tips-958b2556
— My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-market-overpaid-salary-9eeabbaa

BANKRATE
— What to do if you are dropped from your home insurance
https://www.bankrate.com/insurance/homeowners-insurance/dropped-from-home-insurance/

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
— Our Mission: To protect consumers by providing assistance and information, by efficiently regulating the insurance industry’s market behavior and financial solvency, and by fostering a competitive insurance marketplace.
https://idoi.illinois.gov/

ILLINOIS FAIR PLAN
— About Us: The Illinois FAIR Plan Association provides basic and affordable property insurance to applicants in the state of Illinois who are unable to purchase coverage through the standard insurance market for reasons beyond their control. The Illinois FAIR Plan is considered to be one of the top FAIR Plans in the country based the products and services it offers, its excellent working relationship with the Department of Insurance, and the support it has received from the Industry including their effective participation on the Governing Committee. Who We Are: The Illinois FAIR Plan Association is a not-for-profit property insurance association supported by nearly 500 Illinois insurance companies.
https://www.illinoisfairplan.com/about.html

May 10, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s treatment of colleges
https://abc7chicago.com/post/most-americans-disapprove-trumps-treatment-colleges-new-ap-norc-poll-finds/16368168/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-president-donald-trumps-cuts-federal-climate-research-could-mean-illinois/16371824/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “Two dolls instead of 30” to fight Trump’s tariffs.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/toys-latest-symbol-trumps-trade-war/3742615/
— Pope Leo XIV’s past social media posts shed light onto political leanings
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pope-leo-xivs-past-social-media-posts-shed-light-onto-political-leanings/3742270/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-administration-looking-at-suspending-habeas-corpus-stephen-miller-says/3742242/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US to accept white South African refugees while other programs remain paused. White South African refugees should be advised that the next Democrat or RINO US President will send them back.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/09/us-white-south-african-refugees/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in the military
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/09/military-pete-hegseth-transgender-troops/
— Wheaton church group witnesses Pope Leo XIV in Rome
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/09/afternoon-briefing-wheaton-church-group-witnesses-pope-leo-xiv-in-rome/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/05/09/carmen-rossi-alex-acevedo-bolingbrook-cookies-cannabis-marijuana-weed-jb-pritzker-berner-chicago
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect not only for the rule of law, but for that country.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/08/kristi-noem-homeland-security-secretary-immigrants-springfield-visit
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/05/09/two-springfield-men-homeland-security-chief-kristi-noem-deported

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Supper with the pope: Wheaton Ivy Restaurant hosted the future pontiff.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250509/news/supper-with-the-pope-wheaton-restaurant-hosted-the-future-pontiff/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Stellantis yanks plans for Belvidere battery plant and parts hub
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing-logistics/uaw-says-belvidere-battery-plant-parts-hub-table

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Despite GOP congresswoman’s urging, Illinois sheriffs say they will follow state immigration law. Federal law trumps state law. What is your county sheriff’s position on this?
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_5a0a4e82-b7f0-419b-bdea-ab215a7c6da3.html

SOUTHERN
— Congressman Mike Bost Announces He’ll Seek Re-election, Receives Endorsement from President Trump. Which Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct want/have Trump’s endorsement?
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/05/09/246899/

NPR ILLINOIS
— How dependent on AmeriCorps is your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-09/trumps-gutting-of-americorps-hits-hard-for-both-volunteers-and-communities

CITIES 92.9
— Higher teen alcohol use in Illinois. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more booze.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/05/09/illinois-quick-hits-study-shows-higher-teen-alcohol-use-in-illinois-union-mechanic-launches-gubernatorial-bid/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois senators urge Pritzker to drop proposed $6 billion tax hike
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-senators-urge-governor-to-drop-proposed-6-billion-tax-hike

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Affirmative Action and DEI in the military, that is, they ever-increasingly promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-pentagon-directs-military-to-pull-library-books-that-address-diversity-anti-racism-gender-issues/

LAGRANGE PATCH & WESTERN SPRINGS PATCH
— La Grange To See Anti-Trump Human Chain. The idea is to protest Trump’s “illegal and authoritarian actions.”
https://patch.com/illinois/lagrange/la-grange-see-anti-trump-human-chain
https://patch.com/illinois/westernsprings/western-springs-see-anti-trump-human-chain

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-302/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The March 17, 2026 Illinois Republican primary will be here before we know it. U.S. Senate, Illinois statewide offices, Illinois House offices, some Illinois Senate offices, and countywide offices will be on all the ballots. What ate the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county and township organizations doing to recruit the best possible candidates? Which candidates will walk in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Pritzker Champions Illegal Aliens at Taxpayers’ Expense
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/05/pritzker-champions-illegal-aliens-at-taxpayers-expense/
— MAGA Doesn’t Need More RINOs
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/05/maga-doesnt-need-more-rinos/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Evanston-Skokie School District 65 Teaches That ‘Whiteness’ is Associated With the Devil
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/illinois-school-district-teaches-that-whiteness-is-associated-with-the-devil/

JOHN BIVER
— Political Jobs v. the Jobs Americans Should Avoid According to MoneyInc.com
https://johnbiver.com/political-jobs-v-the-jobs-americans-should-avoid-according-to-moneyinc-com/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Kirk Dillard Leads Still Another RTA Tax Hike Effort Spending $125 per Letter in Tax Dollars to Generate 6,000 Missives
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/09/kirk-dillard-leads-still-another-rta-tax-hike-effort-spending-125-per-letter-in-tax-dollars-to-generate-6000-missives/
— Background of the Six Applying for Appointment to the McHenry County Conservation District Board
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/08/background-of-the-six-applying-for-appointment-to-the-mchenry-county-conservation-district-board/
— UPDATE: Measles Vaccination Rates by School Released, McHenry County’s Extracted, Lowest Are Richmond-Burton High School and Riley Grade School
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/08/measles-vaccination-rates-by-school-released-mchenry-countys-extracted-lowest-is-richmond-burton-high-school/
— Homeland Security Reveals More about So-Called Columbia University Pro-Hamas Leader: “I Want to Kill Jews”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/09/homeland-security-reveals-more-about-so-called-columbia-university-pro-hamas-leader-i-want-to-kill-jews/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Coverage of illegal immigration news proves the extreme left controls the media. Reporters adopt roles of advocate and protector for illegal aliens.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/8/coverage-illegal-immigration-news-proves-extreme-left-controls-media/
— Trump launches veteran homelessness initiative with new national center. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used my avoiding the Vietnam War draft the most. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/9/trump-creates-center-homeless-veterans/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/trump-habeas-corpus.html

NEW YORK POST
— Trump offers illegal migrants an ‘exit bonus’ — and ‘free flight out of our country’ — via self-deport executive order
https://nypost.com/2025/05/09/us-news/trump-offers-illegal-migrants-exit-bonus-free-flight-out-of-us-via-self-deport-executive-order/
— Mexico sues Google for changing ‘Gulf of Mexico’ to ‘Gulf of America’ after Trump’s order
https://nypost.com/2025/05/10/us-news/mexico-sues-google-for-changing-gulf-of-mexico-to-gulf-of-america-after-trump-executive-order/
— Hegseth orders service academies to ignore ‘race, ethnicity, or sex’ in admissions
https://nypost.com/2025/05/09/us-news/hegseth-orders-service-academies-to-ignore-race-ethnicity-or-sex-in-admissions/

BLAZE
— LGBTQ bar raided by swarm of cops, and Trump is getting blamed for it
https://www.theblaze.com/news/lgbtq-bar-raided-police-pittsburgh

FOX BUSINESS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Newsom
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/gavin-newsom-takes-aim-trumps-quixotic-trade-agenda-inconsistent-chaotic-approach-tariffs

FOX NEWS
— Trump says tax raises are ‘good politics,’ dismissing GOP critics. My critics/opponents have always wanted me to pay more taxes. According to them, I can and should pay more taxes a) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, b) because I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, and c) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were wealthy and who bought them cars, paid for their colleges expenses, and got them jobs. I would focus on those who benefitted the most from Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, who benefitted the most from race and gender based preference giving.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-tax-raises-good-politics-dismissing-gop-critics
— Trump to build national center for homeless veterans with funds previously spent on housing for illegal aliens
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-build-national-center-homeless-veterans-funds-previously-spent-illegal-aliens

NEWSMAX
— Democrats’ Playbook: Weaponize Tragedies to Get Trump
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/george-floyd-democrats-trump-administration/2025/05/05/id/1209696/
— Pentagon Orders Military to Remove All DEI Books
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/pentagon-recruitment-dei/2025/05/09/id/1210348/

PJ MEDIA
— Trump Redirects Funds From Illegals to Homeless Veterans
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/05/09/trump-redirects-funds-from-illegals-to-homeless-veterans-n4939649

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Affirmative Action and DEI in the military, that is, they ever-increasingly promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5293254-pentagon-orders-swift-review-removal-of-library-books-that-address-diversity-anti-racism/

ABC NEWS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/live-updates/papal-conclave-live-updates-cardinals-gather-vatican-elect?id=121506573&entryId=121614476

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/top-white-house-adviser-stephen-miller-says-actively-looking-suspendin-rcna205942
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/the-vatican/us-now-two-world-leaders-not-different-rcna205769

CBS NEWS
— What percent are Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? How fast are those percentages growing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AmCRxm6P4o

MSN
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/woke-pope-trump-reckons-with-a-liberal-american-leader-he-can-t-trash-talk/ar-AA1EuHTk
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-goes-into-meltdown-branding-pope-leo-xiv-woke-marxist-and-never-trump-er/ar-AA1Er6jj
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/pope-leo-xiv-s-old-posts-criticising-trump-and-vance-resurface-following-election/ar-AA1Es4aY

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Calls for 20,000 Extra Officers to Help With Deportation Efforts
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/us/politics/dhs-deportation-extra-officers.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn traditional Catholics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/pope-leo-xiv-american-church.html
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/politics/pope-leo-trump.html (FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/politics/jd-vance-pope-leo-xiv.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/opinion/conclave-pope-leo-xiv-catholic-church.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/pope-leo-maga-donald-trump-steve-bannon.html
— Virtually all tax exempt organizations exist to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/opinion/trump-harvard-tax.html
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/04/us/trump-american-dream-voters.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/05/09/trump-immigration-self-deportations-united-nations/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Affirmative Action and DEI in the military, that is, they ever-increasingly promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/09/hegseth-affirmative-action-service-academies/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Jeanine Pirro.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/08/jeanine-pirro-trump-us-attorney-fox/
— Judge pauses much of Trump administration’s massive downsizing of federal agencies. Republican Gingrich downsized the Democrat-run GAO from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees during the almost 18 years that I worked for the agency. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that. I should write about that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/09/trump-mass-firings-doge-lawsuit/035dc5e0-2d43-11f0-a724-3bc879c9f843_story.html
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/09/pope-leo-us-catholic-church-trump/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Role Does Culture Play in Crime Rates? The prevailing theories of crime causation might need rethinking.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-role-does-culture-play-in-crime-rates-riley-economics-cc9c07ec

NEW YORKER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage asylum
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/is-asylum-still-possible-edgarlys-castaneda-rodriguez

PBS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJhYPzZDewA

TIMES OF INDIA
— Trump signs executive order allowing illegal immigrants to book ‘free flights out of US’
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/donald-trump-signs-executive-order-allowing-illegal-immigrants-to-book-free-flights-out-of-us/articleshow/121047054.cms

THE HINDU
— We want you out of America: Trump announces self-deportation plan for ‘illegal aliens’
https://www.thehindu.com/shorts/watch-we-want-you-out-of-america-trump-announces-self-deportation-plan-for-illegal-aliens/article69560100.ece

May 8, 2025 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS
— Trump Hails ‘Great Honor’ of First American Pope
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-politics-newsletter-trump-hails-great-honor-first-american-pope
— Pritzker accused of ‘insulting’ ICE with sanctuary policies as Noem, Angel families protest
https://www.foxnews.com/media/illinois-gov-pritzker-accused-insulting-ice-sanctuary-policies-noem-angel-families-protest

ILLINOIS GOP
— ILGOP Celebrates New Pope And Chicago Native, Cardinal Robert Prevost
https://illinois.gop/newsroom/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost elected pope, taking name Leo XIV
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2025-is-new-pope-cardinal-robert-francis-prevost-1st-american-chicago-elected-catholic-church-leader/16358670/
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/2025-papal-conclave-cardinals-gather-elect-pope-vatican-city-rome/16339118/

WLS AM
— New Pope Registered Republican in Illinois; Trump Critic
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.wlsam.com/2025/05/08/new-pope-registered-republican-in-illinois-trump-critic/

WBEZ
— DePaul president faces off against GOP members of Congress. Conservative lawmakers who questioned DePaul President Robert Manuel were accused of using antisemitism claims to chill free speech.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/05/07/depaul-president-faces-off-against-gop-members-of-congress

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago native Robert Prevost becomes the first American pope in history
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/robert-prevost-pope/
— Robert Prevost was ‘the pride and joy of every priest and nun’ at St. Mary’s on Chicago’s South Side
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/robert-prevost-chicago-pope-xiv/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders accuse Congressional Republicans of political witch hunt in antisemitism hearing involving DePaul president. University president Robert Manuel faced three hours of heated questions.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/05/07/depaul-president-faces-off-against-gop-members-of-congress

DAILY HERALD
— At home in New Lenox, new pope’s brother found out like everyone else
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/news/it-was-a-shocking-moment-new-popes-brother-lives-in-new-lenox/
— Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, overcame a taboo against a US pontiff
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/religion/prevost-now-pope-leo-xiv-overcame-a-taboo-against-a-us-pontiff/
— Trump says he is naming Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/nation-and-world-politics/trump-says-he-is-naming-fox-news-host-and-former-judge-jeanine-pirro-as-top-federal-prosecutor-in-dc/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— The new pope is from Chicago. Here are some of his ties to Illinois
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/05/08/new-pope-is-from-chicago-here-are-some-of-his-ties-to-illinois/83516559007/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Central Illinois bishops greet new pope ‘with hearts full of joy and hope’
https://pantagraph.com/life-entertainment/local/faith-values/article_a5c62ee3-422e-42e3-8dd4-23258ad65fdf.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders use “social justice” to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/whats-in-a-name-pope-leo-xivs-choice-signals-a-commitment-to-social-justice/article_2ecfa121-cf15-57b1-ad99-3066a475a21e.html
— Wisconsin Republicans kill marijuana legalization
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/wisconsin-republicans-kill-marijuana-legalization-and-tax-increases-for-millionaires/article_a345cc22-1a98-5f33-99aa-3954b9bbcf88.html

RIVER BENDER
— After Sec. Noem’s Springfield Visit, Davidsmeyer Again Calls for End of Illinois’ Failed Sanctuary Policy
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/after-sec-noems-springfield-visit-davidsmeyer-again-calls-for-end-of-illinois-failed-sanctuary-policy-82245.cfm?
— Attorney General Raoul Files Lawsuit To Stop Illegal Termination Of Federal Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-files-lawsuit-to-stop-illegal-termination-of-federal-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-funding-82248.cfm?
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are on Medicaid?
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/senator-duckworth-leads-vigil-against-medicaid-cuts-82271.cfm?

WEST SUBURBAN JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://westsuburbanjournal.com/welch-house-democrats-rally-in-response-to-trump-officials-rhetoric-during-illinois-visit/

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/fighting-back-against-trump-20133313

FOX ILLINOIS
— Republicans push college presidents to protect Jewish students
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/house-gop-continues-to-push-colleges-to-do-more-to-combat-antisemitism-on-campus-haverford-college-depaul-university-california-polytechnic-state-university-house-education-committee

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-08/americans-are-already-seeing-trumps-tariffs-kick-in-they-sent-in-receipts-to-prove-it

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote segregation.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trumps-anti-dei-push-doesnt-stop-black-kentucky-grads-from-holding-an-off-campus-celebration/

IPM ILLINOIS
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are on Medicaid?
https://ipmnewsroom.org/republicans-have-medicaid-in-their-crosshairs-and-illinois-residents-who-depend-on-it-are-worried/

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
— Illinois Youth Survey finds troubling substance use trends
https://news.illinois.edu/illinois-youth-survey-finds-troubling-substance-use-trends/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/8/robert-prevost-1st-american-pope-history-catholic-church-take-name/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The SALT terrorists holding Trump’s agenda hostage need to put up or shut up. SALT ended itemization. By itemizing, my wife and I paid less federal income tax starting in 1978 when we got married and I paid less federal income tax starting in 1972.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3405221/salt-deduction-terrorists-holding-trump-agenda-hostage-put-up-or-shut-up/

BREITBART
— Rep. Hageman Introduces ‘No Student Visas for Sanctuary Cities Act’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/05/07/exclusive-rep-hageman-introduces-no-student-visas-for-sanctuary-cities-act/

FEDERALIST
— Where Was Democrats’ Outrage When Obama And Biden Deported Illegal Alien Housekeepers And Gardeners?
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/08/where-was-democrats-outrage-when-obama-and-biden-deported-illegal-alien-housekeepers-and-gardeners/

HUMAN EVENTS
— Jack Posobiec criticizes Pope Leo XIV for “promoting anti-Trump and anti-Bukele articles regarding the deportations of criminal illegals”
https://www.mediamatters.org/jack-posobiec/jack-posobiec-criticizes-pope-leo-xiv-promoting-anti-trump-and-anti-bukele-articles-0

LIVE ACTION
— First American pope in history has strong record of defending sanctity of human life
https://www.liveaction.org/news/first-american-pope-record-sanctity-human-life/

NEWSMAX
— New Pope Registered Republican in Illinois; Trump Critic
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/pope-leox-iv-voter-registration-republican/2025/05/08/id/1210160/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Pope Leo XIV Has Voted Often in Illinois, Public Records Show. He voted in November’s presidential election with an absentee ballot, according to records from a suburban Chicago county.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/pope-leo-xiv-politics-voting.html

NBC NEWS
— New pope’s social media posts offer some insight into his politics. On social media before he became pope, Robert Prevost expressed support for gun reform and immigration — and showed some disagreement with the Trump administration.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pope-leo-social-media-posts-vance-rcna205677

NEWSWEEK
— Is Robert Prevost a Republican?
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-prevost-political-afiliation-what-we-know-2069880

CBS NEWS
— Pope Leo XIV grew up in Dolton studied and taught in Chicago area
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pope-leo-xiv-born-in-chicago-grew-up-dolton-illinois/

WCCS RADIO
— ‘Democracy in crisis?’ DC universities offering Trump-themed class this fall. Democrats and RINOs use democracy to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wccsradio.com/rss/democracy-in-crisis-dc-universities-offering-trump-themed-class-this-fall/

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow that “Trump’s Policies Have Been Stopped by Courts More Than 200 Times.”
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/cannabis/trumps-policies-have-been-stopped-by-courts-more-than-200-times

TPM
— MAGA Melts Down Over First American Pope
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/maga-melts-down-over-first-american-pope

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 71% of Democrats Want Elon Musk in Prison
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/71_of_democrats_want_elon_musk_in_prison

DODGE GARAGE
— Next-Level Muscle: Why the 2025 Dodge Charger EV Impresses EV Fans
https://www.dodgegarage.com/news/article/owners-clubs/2025/04/next-level-muscle-why-the-2025-dodge-charger-ev-converts-a-loyal-enthusiast.html

TORQUE NEWS
— My Fourth EV Is A 2025 Charger EV, After Owning Model Y, Mustang Mach-E, And F-150 Lightning, This Electric Muscle Car Finally Gets Everything Right
https://www.torquenews.com/17998/my-fourth-ev-2025-charger-ev-after-owning-model-y-mustang-mach-e-and-f-150-lightning-electric/amp

May 5, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump rules out another presidential run, floats Rubio and Vance as potential successors
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-third-term-president-rules-another-presidential-run-floats-rubio-vance-potential-successors/16329961/
— New DePaul policy would require those wearing face coverings to remove them upon request
https://abc7chicago.com/post/depaul-university-policy-would-require-wearing-masks-face-coverings-remove-request-jewish-student-attack/16331702/

CBS2
— Cinco de Mayo Parade is canceled, but there are other celebrations and deals in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cinco-de-mayo-parade-little-village-canceled/

FOX32
— 16-year-old becomes youngest to receive Ph.D. in the US. I did not earn an MBA until I was 27, a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, and a master’s degree in finance until I was 48. By then, it was too late. I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30 and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. By then, it was too late. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32.  By then, it was too late. I did not earn additional job-related professional certifications until I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. By then, it was too late.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/16-year-old-becomes-youngest-receive-ph-d-us-university-claims

WBEZ
— Trump Administration takes renewed aim at Illinois, other sanctuary states and cities
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/05/05/trump-administration-takes-renewed-aim-at-illinois-other-sanctuary-states-and-cities

WGN RADIO
— Should immigrants who self-deport be paid $1000? Any money paid to illegals to deport should come from those who invited them.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-should-immigrants-who-self-deport-be-paid-1000/#/questions

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the United States illegally $1,000 to go home. Any money paid to illegals to deport should come from those who invited them.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/trump-immigrants-pay-home/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Deportation fears mute Cinco de Mayo in Little Village: ‘It’s so sad and a little scary’  Little Village, which markets itself as the “Mexican Capital of the Midwest” was to have held its annual Cinco de Mayo parade Monday, but it was canceled over fears of deportations.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/05/05/cinco-de-mayo-little-village-chicago-immigration-deportation

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Conservative watchdog group recruits SIU students to investigate ‘liberal bias’ on campus
https://dailyegyptian.com/121370/news/conservative-watchdog-group-recruits-siu-students-to-investigate-liberal-bias-on-campus/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Cinco de Mayo parades canceled in some cities amid fears of immigration crackdown
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/cinco-de-mayo-parades-canceled-in-some-cities-amid-fears-of-immigration-crackdown/

KSDK
— Water in over 20 Illinois communities is contaminated, state EPA warns
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/health/illinois-water-contamination-pfas-forever-chemicals-epa-metro-east/63-7056b8a1-33b1-43fc-a2cb-1a7e64b20fa7

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-298/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Conservative U.S. Catholics hope next pope won’t echo Francis
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/5/conservative-us-catholics-hope-next-pope-wont-echo-francis-observers/
— Trump has booted 11,000 IRS employees so far, and counting. If I was still working for the Democrats who run IRS, they would have killed me by now figuratively, if not literally.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/5/donald-trump-booted-11000-irs-employees-far-counting/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Assimilation isn’t a dirty word
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3399769/legal-immigration-assimilation-not-a-dirty-word/
— America has more foreign residents than ever
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/3399780/america-foreign-born-residents-immigrant-population/

NEW YORK POST
— Migrant Tren de Aragua punks brawl with NYPD cops in wild Times Square melee
https://nypost.com/2025/05/05/us-news/migrant-tren-de-aragua-punks-brawl-with-nypd-cops-in-wild-times-square-melee/

BREITBART
— Trump Administration to Pay for Migrant Flights of Illegals Who Self-Deport. Any money paid to illegals to deport should come from those who invited them.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/05/trump-administration-to-pay-for-migrant-flights-of-illegals-who-self-deport/

CENTER SQUARE
— Republicans mull federal cuts to FBI, IRS, abortion services and more
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_544fb228-cde5-4b8e-a4b9-3bcfc25a343c.html

FOX NEWS
— The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched an investigation into an Illinois school district based on a teacher’s allegations of racial segregation practices. The complaint, filed by the Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) on behalf of teacher Dr. Stacy Deemar, alleges Evanston-Skokie School District 65 is acting in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by using “privilege walks” and other racial practices at school. “The policies and practices to which the District allegedly subjects students and teachers shocks the conscience. Amid a dismal academic achievement record, the District appears to focus on unlawfully segregating students by race, instructing students to step forward and others to step back on the basis of race, and associating ‘Whiteness’ with the devil. If true, how is this conceivable in America today?” Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor said in a press release on May 1 by the Trump Education Department.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-administration-investigates-school-district-near-chicago-amid-reports-antiracist-training

NEWSMAX
— Rwanda Talking With US to Take Deported Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/rwanda-trump-administration-deportations/2025/05/05/id/1209643/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Cinco De Mayo Celebrations Canceled Across America: “People Are Very Scared,” “Thinking About Going Back To Mexico”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/05/cnn_cinco_de_mayo_celebrations_canceled_over_fear_of_deportation.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Rwanda in Early Talks With U.S. to Take Expelled Migrants
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/world/africa/rwanda-trump-deportees.html

WEVV
— Marijuana is extremely dangerous to the fetus in the womb
https://www.wevv.com/news/health/forget-common-folklore-about-the-safety-of-weed-marijuana-harms-babies-research-shows/article_79c5e7de-625f-5a22-9086-ee3f0c67f86f.html