FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— CA Legislature approves special election on new congressional map favoring Democrats. California lawmakers passed a legislative package Thursday advancing a partisan redistricting plan aimed at winning Democrats five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 elections. How soon will Pritzker do the same thing for Illinois?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/california-democrats-prepare-pass-redistricting-plan-texas-house-approves-new-maps/17605698/
— Trump administration is reviewing all 55 million foreigners with US visas for any violations
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-is-reviewing-55-million-foreigners-us-visas-any-violations/17608307/
— School district meeting gets heated over debate on transgender Conant High School volleyball player
https://abc7chicago.com/post/school-district-211-meeting-gets-heated-debate-transgender-conant-high-volleyball-player/17608275/
NBC5
— Newsom signs legislation calling special election on redrawn congressional map. How soon will Pritzker do the same thing for Illinois?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/california-congressional-maps/3813201/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/08/21/what-could-marijuana-drug-reclassification-mean-for-chicago-cannabis-companies
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Newsom signs legislation calling for special election on redrawn congressional map. How soon will Pritzker do the same thing for Illinois?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/21/california-congressional-map-special-election/
— New Illinois law gives media better ability to curb retaliatory lawsuits. I should write about retaliatory acts taken against me since 2000 because I included links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that my critics/opponents do not like.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/21/new-illinois-law-gives-media-better-ability-to-curb-retaliatory-lawsuits/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/21/trumps-black-mayors-washington-chicago-johnson-bowser-bass-marc-morial
— Durbin questions Attorney General Pam Bondi about ‘politicized’ firings of immigration judges. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. If I had been any of the aforesaid, I would not have had any basis a) to complain about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination or b) to become an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/08/21/sen-dick-durbin-attorney-general-pam-bondi-politicized-firings-immigration-judges
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/08/21/channyn-lynn-parker-lgbtq-gay-advocacy-equality-illinois-brave-space-alliance-chicago
DAILY HERALD
— Appeals court tosses $500 million fine in N.Y. case against Trump, upholds fraud finding
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250821/nation-and-world-politics/appeals-court-tosses-500-million-fine-in-n-y-case-against-trump-upholds-fraud-finding/
CRAINS’CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/equality-illinois-names-channyn-parker-new-ceo
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Federal Reserve official says she won’t be ‘bullied’ by Trump into resigning. My Democrat GAO superiors did far than bully me to force me to take their early retirement “offer” that expired on September 30, 1997 when I was 49 years old. They made it very clear that if I did not take their “offer,” they would demote me, assign me to work for my former subordinates, give me adverse job transfers, give me bad job assignments, give me unfair performance expectations, give me unfair performance appraisals, and even worse things. If had not succumbed to their threats, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until I was 55 years old in 2003. If GAO had been unionized, I would have sought its protection. But GAO did not unionize until 2007. I should write about the aforesaid. By forcing me to retire, my Democrat GAO superiors flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, d) becoming a licensed CPA, and e) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. So far, by forcing me to retire, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-calls-on-federal-reserve-official-to-resign-after-official-accuses-her-of-mortgage-fraud/article_ab0c1b7b-36e6-5dc9-82d2-8428c6b3686e.html
RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-petitions-fda-to-remove-burdensome-restrictions-on-mifepristone-85520.cfm
WAND TV
— Newsom signs legislation calling special election on redrawn congressional map. How soon will Pritzker do the same thing for Illinois?
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/california-gov-newsom-signs-legislation-calling-special-election-on-redrawn-congressional-map/article_f5f16b1a-83dc-5d6d-9214-4858e03f4580.html
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1181 into law, clarifying that the protections in the Citizen Participation Act apply to the freedom of the press to opine, report, or investigate matters of public concern. My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading those newsletters. Failing that, they have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me.
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-journalists-gain-new-legal-shield-under-amended-citizen-participation-act
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-08-20/do-trumps-d-c-moves-echo-an-authoritarian-playbook
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/08/21/pritzker-signs-law-guaranteeing-public-education-for-illinois-students-regardless-of-immigration-status/
ILLINOIZE
— Darren Bailey “Seriously Considering” Entering Governor’s Race
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/darren-bailey-seriously-considering-gov
CAPITOLFAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-367/
— Democrat leaders promote rule-breaking in schools.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/21/it%e2%80%99s-now-a-law-5/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker: Fair maps in Illinois would be ‘disarming’ to Democrats
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4d8c1bbe-9a3a-4849-b950-8067c9874e1c.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrant population reached 14 million under Biden in 2023. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3760400/illegal-immigrant-population-reached-14-million-under-biden-in-2023/
NEW YORK POST
— ICE director vows to ‘flood’ Boston with immigration agents after Mayor Michelle Wu refused to end city’s sanctuary laws
https://nypost.com/2025/08/21/us-news/ice-director-vows-to-flood-boston-with-immigration-agents-after-mayor-michelle-wu-refused-to-end-citys-sanctuary-laws/
— The media is all aflutter over socialism — but America isn’t convinced
https://nypost.com/2025/08/21/opinion/media-is-giddy-over-socialism-but-america-isnt-convinced/
AMAC
— Time to Fire Woke Generals and Restore Apolitical Military Leadership
https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/time-to-fire-woke-generals-and-restore-apolitical-military-leadership/
BREITBART
— Major Hollywood Democrats to Hold Fundraiser for Republican Senator Susan Collins
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/08/21/susan-collins-will-go-hollywood-at-major-fundraiser-with-democrats/
— Trump on Track to Deport 400,000 Illegals in 2025. An estimated 14 million are in America illegally. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/21/new-york-times-trump-on-track-to-deport-400000-illegals-in-2025/
FOX NEWS
— Vance, Hegseth ‘unfazed’ by protesters during trip to thank DC National Guard troops
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377157637112
— Trump’s civil fraud penalty was obviously excessive.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377197144112
FOX NEWS RADIO
— Stop Giving Driver’s Licenses to ILLEGALS
https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/08/20/stop-giving-drivers-licenses-to-illegals/
NEW AMERICAN
— Illinois Mandates “Mental Health” Testing of ALL Children. Children’s minds are now officially in the crosshairs of one of the most out-of-control state governments in America. Under a controversial new measure just signed into law by far-left Governor J.B. Pritzker, government schools in Illinois will begin mandatory “mental health” testing of all students each year, starting in 3rd grade. According to Democrats, if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/education/illinois-mandates-mental-health-testing-of-all-children/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Illegal immigration hit record in 2023. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5463595-surge-unauthorized-immigrants-biden-era/
REUTERS
— DOJ blocks use of justice grants for legal aid to migrants in US illegally
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/doj-blocks-use-justice-grants-legal-aid-migrants-us-illegally-email-shows-2025-08-21/
— Canada sees rise in US refugee claims, highest since 2019. Trans Americans increasingly seek asylum in Canada. US policies on trans rights cited as asylum motivation. How successful have Democrat leaders been forcing LGBTQ on everyone in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/more-americans-applying-refugee-status-canada-data-shows-2025-08-21/
UPI
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/08/21/pew-unauthorized-immigration-14-million-2023/6221755788008/
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-immigrant-population-decline-undocumented-peak-data-maps-2116385
ABC NEWS
— Will Pritzker do more cracking and packing and stop Republicans from being elected in all of Illinois’ 17 congressional districts?
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/redistricting-arms-race-states-addition-texas-california-parties/story?id=124855541
NBC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/immigrant-population-shrinking-trump-administration-rcna225881
CBS NEWS
— Newsom signs California redistricting plan that could tilt 5 House seats toward Democrats. How soon will Pritzker do the same thing for Illinois?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-redistricting-gavin-newsom-vote/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/undocumented-immigrants-left-us-2025-data-estimate/
— Trump hands out burgers and pizza to federal law enforcement amid D.C. police surge
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-patrol-dc-police-national-guard/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry Trump success in stopping illegal immigration. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/immigration-decline-united-states-trump.html
WTHI TV
— Lawmakers speak out against illegal immigrants receiving drivers licenses
https://www.wthitv.com/news/lawmakers-speak-out-against-illegal-immigrants-receiving-drivers-licenses/article_5b816e3c-7ea9-472a-adf4-1c1901c04987.html
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Illinois Democrat and RINO leaders destroyed organizations like Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans that refused to discriminate against those like me who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. While I was an ICRC officer and a TAPROOT chairman, I was under tremendous pressure to give preference to those who are not the aforesaid. To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.
https://news.bgov.com/litigation/anti-dei-group-loses-bid-to-block-illinois-demographic-data-law
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2025/08/21/texas-is-catching-up-to-california-in-number-of-unauthorized-immigrants-pew-data-shows/
POLITICO
— Supreme Court lets Trump admin cut off health grants it says advance DEI or ‘gender ideology extremism’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/21/supreme-court-nih-funding-grants-00518782
PEW RESEARCH
— U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population Reached a Record 14 Million in 2023. Democrat and RINO leaders have flooded Americans with their illegals; Democrat leaders because illegals vote for Democrats and RINO leaders because they want cheap labor. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2025/08/21/u-s-unauthorized-immigrant-population-reached-a-record-14-million-in-2023/
— What the data says about immigrants in the U.S. Democrat and RINO leaders have flooded Americans with their illegals; Democrat leaders because illegals vote for Democrats and RINO leaders because they want cheap labor. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/21/key-findings-about-us-immigrants/
PBS
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/illegal-immigration-hit-record-of-14-million-in-2023-pew-report-finds
AXIOS
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding America with their illegals. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/21/california-texas-states-unauthorized-immigrant-pew
ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION
— Do not anticipate/expect that any of the speakers or sponsors at ONA’s upcoming annual conference will be conservative or Republican.
https://ona25.journalists.org/about/
Tag: minority
August 17, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote their protests against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-house-democrats-fled-illinois-join-millennium-park-rally-downtown-chicago-protest-republican-redistricting/17559271/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote their protests against Trump.
https://wgntv.com/news/texas-democrats-declare-victory-in-redistricting-battle-at-chicago-rally-against-trump-administration/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUiZMDZ0AtY
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote their protests against Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1692602
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote their protests against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/16/redistricting-protest/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote their protests against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/08/16/texas-democrats-join-chicago-anti-trump-protest
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote their protests against Trump.
https://wgntv.com/news/texas-democrats-declare-victory-in-redistricting-battle-at-chicago-rally-against-trump-administration/
WBEZ
— A first-generation college student shares her journey to campus. I was a first-generation college student. My critics/opponents have always held that against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. I could focus on those whose parents had the most education.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/08/15/first-generation-college-student-northern-illinois-first-in-family
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— It’s not much of a party if there’s only one ruling political party. More than anything else, my critics/opponents blame today’s Illinois GOP problems on Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich in 2002. They blame TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois support for Pat O’Malley in the 2002 GOP Illinois gubernatorial primary for Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich. They blame my serving as a TAPROOT leader in 2002 and they blame my serving as O’Malley’s Milton Township campaign coordinator in 2002.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-its-not-much-of-a-party-if-theres-only-one-ruling-political-party/article_c762518b-3b3e-4218-a1d6-912a1f0eb702.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Whatever happens on the GOP side doesn’t really matter. Illinois is solidly Democratic statewide. That reality has driven credible Republicans to the sidelines, leaving ballot spots to be filled by wannabes who range from unprepared dreamers to outright nuts. Republicans bear most of the responsibility for their current state of affairs. In 1994, when Republican Gov. Jim Edgar ran the state, every statewide office was held by a Republican. Corruption under Edgar’s successor — Gov. George Ryan — laid the groundwork for GOP doom. (Ironically, Ryan’s Democratic successor, Rod Blagojevich, was equally corrupt, but his sickening tenure didn’t hurt his party at all. Neither will that of soon-to-be-federal-prison-inmate Michael Madigan, the longtime Democratic speaker of the Illinois House.) Ryan’s corruption was exacerbated by rancor within GOP ranks — so-called real Republicans condemning evil RINOs — Republicans In Name Only. The fight over who is pure and who gets to decide who is pure has been politically poisonous. As a consequence, the GOP is going nowhere. Making matters even worse, GOP decline combined with ruthless Democratic gerrymandering of state and federal legislative districts has made Illinois a one-party state. The Ds don’t mind that because it serves their political self-interest. But Paul Vallas, a Democrat who has run unsuccessfully for governor and mayor of Chicago, argues that “one-party dominance imposed and perpetuated through aggressive (legislative) map manipulation” is bad both for the party and the public. He said cemented Democratic majorities “reward identity politics and stifle dissenting voices.” As a result of that “unchecked power,” Illinois’ political environment has “moved further left all the time,” in a way that favors “government expansion over economic growth.” He said lack of competition between parties has left the ruling party unaccountable for policy choices that have had bad results. They include stagnating job growth, out-migration from Illinois by higher-income earners looking for a better life elsewhere, and “dozens of tax and fee increases” since 2019 that generated billions in new revenue but did little to solve the state’s financial woes. Not enough people realize it, but Illinois is a mess that will only get messier absent changes as seismic as they are unlikely.)
SHAW LOCAL
— To get more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for all the problems that women have.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/08/16/trump-impact-on-womens-health-examined-by-joliet-panel/
25 NEWS NOW
— DOJ demands sensitive Illinois voter registration data
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/08/17/doj-demands-sensitive-illinois-voter-registration-data/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Obama is the New Nixon
https://johnkassnews.com/russia-hoax-reveals-obama-as-more-devious-than-nixon/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Kane County Republican Party “Coup Attempt” of August 5
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/08/16/kane-county-republican-troubles/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Keep racial lunacy out of air traffic control before more planes crash. To hire, retain, and promote more young Democrat minorities and more young Democrat females, my Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly lowered hiring, retention, and promotion standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related masters degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. I should write about that.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/16/opinion/pete-buttigieg-let-dei-cloud-air-traffic-control-decisions/
— Pritzker recently signed a bill to compel all Illinois schools to offer students mental-health screenings. Pritzker proclaimed the new law “is a national first worth celebrating.” But his Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative is far likelier to produce more jobs for therapists than better health for pupils. Academic achievement levels in Illinois schools have sharply declined in recent years, but that’s not stopping politicians from further intruding into students’ lives and minds. According to Democrats, if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/16/opinion/jb-pritzkers-school-screening-law-mandates-more-mental-illness-and-your-state-could-be-next-parents/
FOX NEWS
— Turley: Illinois should have been ‘last on the list’ for ‘fugitive’ Democrats
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377001642112
— Interior Department adopts no-tolerance policy for homeless encampments in Washington, DC. White House says those in encampments must accept shelter treatment or face jail time. Where are the homeless encampments in your county, township, and municipality? Where are your Democrat leaders going to set up new ones?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/interior-department-adopts-no-tolerance-policy-homeless-encampments-washington-dc
— Hundreds arrested as Trump’s Washington, DC, crime crackdown hits full stride
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hundreds-arrested-as-trumps-washington-dc-crime-crackdown-hits-full-stride
INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— LARRY ELDER: Gerrymandering: Obama Vs. Obama
https://ijr.com/larry-elder-gerrymandering-obama-vs-obama/
NEWSMAX
— D.C. Police to Notify ICE When They Encounter Illegal Aliens
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/dc-police-illegal/2025/08/16/id/1222768/
TOWNHALL
— Some Simple Truths About Slavery
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2025/08/17/some-simple-truths-about-slavery-n2661936
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Obama Rails Against Texas Redistricting, But Just Look What Jumpstarted His Entire Career
https://www.westernjournal.com/larry-elder-gerrymandering-obama-vs-obama/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump administration to more heavily scrutinize “good moral character” requirement for U.S. citizenship. What percent of illegals committed crimes in their motherland?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-uscis-ctizenship-good-moral-character-scrutinize/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— For Democrat leaders, gerrymandering is their key to winning elections. How strongly have Democrat leaders gerrymandered the political jurisdictions that you live in?
https://apnews.com/article/trump-democrats-redistricting-texas-california-newsom-9422a8300f5bcc2aa587bcb3811a1479
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote their protests against Trump.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/over-300-protests-held-saturday-against-trump-redistricting-push-2025-08-17/
NEWSWEEK
— Democrats and RINOs love it when Trump does anti-conservative things.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-conservatives-poll-2109635
NEW YORK TIMES
— Three Republican-Led States to Send Troops to Expand Guard’s Presence in D.C.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/16/us/trump-dc-news
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/insider/white-house-correspondent.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/opinion/trump-manhattan-project.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/us/politics/trump-washington-crime.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote their protests against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/us/politics/texas-democrats-redistricting-protests.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/us/politics/washington-dc-national-guard-protest.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/opinion/criminal-fights-crime.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010343087/trumps-political-theater-wont-save-dc.html
— To get more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/opinion/men-boys-crisis-progressive-era.html
— Democrats push pot, therefore, Democrats push addiction.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/opinion/non-sober-addiction-recovery.html
USA TODAY
— Trump is right about homeless camps: Make them move out, IMMEDIATELY. Where are the homeless encampments in your county, township, and municipality? Where are your Democrat leaders going to set up new ones?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/15/trump-homeless-encampments-dc-oregon-public-safety/85629433007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote crime.
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2025/08/16/protester-trumps-dc-seizure-photos/85693469007/
ACCOUNTING PROFESSION
— Can the lack of accountants be understood & fixed? The accounting profession had no use for me because I was “too old.” I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, but not until I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting, but not until I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, but not until I was 32. I became licensed CPA, but not until I was 32. Further, because of my bad demographics, I could not help the accounting profession meet its Affirmative Action quotas, targets, and goals.
https://accountingprofessor.org/is-there-a-lack-of-accountantsif-so-why-does-this-occur-and-can-it-be-fixed/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Fast-track removal of federal employees for ‘suitability’ reasons. Democrats run the federal government. According to my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, because I have always been a Republican, I have never been suitable to be a federal employee. All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, 9 years for IRS, and 3 years for the Post Office, they did everything that they could to remove me. The following frustrated their efforts: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) I earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) I earned a job-related professional license.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2025/06/opm-seeks-fast-track-removal-of-federal-employees-for-suitability-reasons-in-proposed-rule/
AFGE
— White House’s New Hiring, Firing Plans Aim at Creating Subservient Federal Workforce Loyal to Trump, Not Constitution. Democrats run the federal government. According to my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, because I have always been a Republican, I have never been suitable to be a federal employee. All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, 9 years for IRS, and 3 years for the Post Office, they did everything that they could to fire me. The following frustrated their efforts: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) I earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.afge.org/article/white-houses-new-hiring-firing-plans-aim-at-creating-subservient-federal-workforce-loyal-to-trump-not-constitution/
BRITANNICA
— Equal opportunity. My critics/opponents oppose equal opportunity. According to my critics/opponents, all the problems of those who are non-conservative, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time are caused by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/equal-opportunity
PHYSCHOLOGY TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that those who are the following have: non-conservative, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-race-to-good-health/202508/beyond-the-backpack-cultivating-belonging-and-mental-health
ECONOMIC TIMES
— PM Modi says India will not tolerate illegal immigration, announces high-power demography mission. What percent of those who come to America are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-rich people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time?
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/pm-modi-says-india-will-not-tolerate-illegal-immigration-announces-high-power-demography-initiative/articleshow/123316314.cms
August 15, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Illinois Republicans rally around President Donald Trump, but internal infighting continues
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/14/illinois-republicans-rally-around-president-donald-trump-but-internal-infighting-continues/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/14/us-hiring-down/
— How dependent on foreign students are the colleges in your area? Foreign students displace American students. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But they would have admitted foreign students instead of me if they could have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/14/governors-state-university-trump-visas/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Republicans rally behind Texas GOP redistricting plan, celebrate Trump bump. Redistricting was a large focus at an annual gathering of the state party’s central committee and the Republican County Chair’s Association in Springfield, with a pre-taped message from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that dubbed his push “fair” and “necessary” setting the tone for the day.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/14/illinois-republican-day-springfield-texas-gop-redistricting-plan
— Republicans still searching for statewide candidates as GOP rallies at State Fair. More than a decade removed from the last time a Republican won a statewide election in Illinois, state GOP leaders say they have plenty of time to build a strong ticket.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2025/08/14/illinois-republican-candidates-statewide-primary-2026
— Pritzker signs union protection bills amid Trump war on federal unions. The Democrats who ran GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized earlier, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/08/14/jb-pritzker-union-protection-bills-trump-war-federal-unions
— Past his term’s midpoint, Mayor Johnson’s job approval rating stands at 26%, survey shows. Chicagoans are disenchanted with Brandon Johnson no matter where they live, how old they are, what race they are or how much money they earn.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/08/14/mayor-brandon-johnson-job-approval-rating-university-of-chicago-norc-survey
ABC7
— Republicans optimistic for 2026 elections on GOP Day at Illinois State Fair
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-state-fair-2025-republicans-optimistic-2026-elections-gop-day-don-tracy-says-he-will-run-us-senate/17535530/
— California moving forward with partisan redistricting effort to counter Texas’ move
https://abc7chicago.com/post/governor-newsom-expected-announce-california-redistricting-plans-setting-standoff-republican-led-opposition/17535682/California moving forward with partisan redistricting effort to counter Texas’ move
— Melania Trump demands Hunter Biden retract ‘extremely salacious’ Epstein comments
https://abc7chicago.com/post/melania-trump-demands-hunter-biden-retract-extremely-salacious-epstein-comments/17534096/
NBC5
— Illinois Republicans use State Fair GOP Day to recruit potential candidates
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/illinois-republicans-use-state-fair-gop-day-to-recruit-potential-candidates/3809778/
— Yorkville approves measure that would fine or jail homeless people who sleep on public property. Violators will be assessed fines beginning at $75 for a first offense, rising up to $750 for a fifth violation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-suburb-approves-ordinance-that-would-fine-or-jail-homeless-people-who-sleep-on-public-property/3809932/
WGN9
— Illinois Republicans push Trump message at State Fair’s GOP Day
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/illinois-republicans-push-trump-message-at-state-fairs-gop-day/
FOX32
— These states may try redrawing congressional maps in response to, or in support of, Texas
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/states-react-to-texas-redistricting-push
— Judge blocks Trump plan to curb DEI initiatives at schools. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-dei-guidance
WTTW
— Texas Democrats Join Planned Parenthood Leaders to Highlight Illinois’ Role in Providing Abortion Care for Out-of-State Patients
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/13/texas-democrats-join-planned-parenthood-leaders-highlight-illinois-role-providing
— Chicago Program Put 30,000 Young People to Work This Summer. How many of today’s young people would take the summer jobs that I took? I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, and delivered mail.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/13/chicago-program-puts-30000-young-people-work-each-summer
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Republicans see ‘golden age’ of America during annual rally at Illinois State Fair
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_1cbcbaeb-6c08-4561-b752-211279e6ba2c.html
— Trump’s cuts are costing Black women their jobs. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had a) were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take and b) were jobs that should have been given to minorities and to females. Virtually all my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were minorities and/or females a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://pantagraph.com/opinion/column/article_f5a7791b-6ff0-4e70-8bca-08fc22724993.html
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Republicans address in-fighting, strategy ahead of 2026 midterms
https://www.lincolncourier.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/14/illinois-republicans-attack-pritzker-address-in-fighting-at-state-fair/85656208007/
WIBQ
— Pritzker signed a bill package Thursday aimed at protecting workers and supporting organized labor. The Democrats who ran GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized earlier, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://wibqam.com/2025/08/14/illinois-governor-signs-new-laws-to-protect-workers/
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders use a California couple against Trump.
https://chicagodefender.com/pro-trump-couple-regrets-vote-after-wrongful-detainment-by-border-patrol/
CITY JOURNAL
— Racial Preferences at Northwestern? Faculty believe that Donald Trump is Hitler, but their university allegedly oversaw a system of identity-based spoils.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/northwestern-university-president-michael-schill-race-admissions?skip=1
ELMHURST PATCH
— Addison Township Sign Slams Ex-Official. The ex-official demanded that the township remove it. The township did.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/addison-township-sign-slams-ex-official
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Ted Dabrowski, the president of a conservative public policy research organization, said he plans to announce his campaign for governor. Dabrowski joins DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick in the Republican primary for governor. Former Illinois GOP Chair Don Tracy announced he will run for U.S. Senate in 2026.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/new-republican-to-run-for-illinois-governor-as-election-season-begins/
— Texas GOP chairman calls Illinois a winnable ‘purple state.’ Republicans recruiting candidates and trying to hone message ahead of 2026 elections
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/texas-gop-chairman-calls-illinois-a-winnable-purple-state/
POLITICO
— Democrat leaders defend Pritzker from Republican criticism
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/08/15/illinois-gop-makes-pritzker-the-foil-00510815
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-569/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-362/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois GOP State Fair rally takes aim at Pritzker, ‘woke agenda’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_c0b49abd-912d-4728-9426-47a95382ac0b.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Ask President Trump to Oppose The Reclassification of High Potency Pot
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/ask-president-trump-to-oppose-the-reclassification-of-high-potency-pot/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago alderman’s $120K pension shows why city fund is broken. Chicago alderman’s $120K pension shows why city fund is broken. Chicago’s municipal pension is one of the worst-funded pension systems in the nation despite sky-high taxes dedicated to paying into it. Fat pensions such as former Ald. Walter Burnett’s show why. Former Ald. Walter Burnett’s retirement after 30 years on the City Council means retirement pay of $120,608. If, as expected, he gets the job as CEO of the Chicago Housing Authority, he can retire again in three years with a pension paying him $209,976, according to WTTW.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-aldermans-120k-pension-shows-why-city-fund-is-broken/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON IMES
— Trump says he kicked nearly 275,000 illegal immigrants off Social Security
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/14/trump-says-kicked-nearly-275000-illegal-immigrants-social-security/
— Texas’ runaway Democrats head home in defeat, but California joins the redistricting fight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/14/texas-runaway-democrats-head-home-defeat-california-joins/
NEW YORK POST
— Bondi declares DC ‘will not remain a sanctuary city’ under Trump — cops ‘must’ alert ICE to illegal migrants
https://nypost.com/2025/08/15/us-news/ag-pam-bondi-declares-dc-will-not-remain-a-sanctuary-city-under-trump-cops-must-alert-ice-to-illegal-migrants/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/14/media/joe-rogan-rips-trump-administrations-ice-raids/
AMAC
— Trump is Creating a Lasting Republican Majority
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/trump-is-creating-a-lasting-republican-majority/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— DC No Longer a Sanctuary City While Under Federal Control
https://amgreatness.com/2025/08/14/tom-homan-says-dc-no-longer-a-sanctuary-city-while-under-federal-control-libs-melt-down-over-crime-crackdown/
AMERICAN WIRE
— Obama pines for the good old days of Paul Ryan, John Boehner
https://americanwirenews.com/dollar-store-obama-pines-for-the-good-old-days-of-paul-ryan-john-boehner/
BREITBART
— Rahm Emanuel: Illinois Is Gerrymandered, ‘I Have Participated’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/08/15/rahm-emanuel-illinois-is-gerrymandered-i-have-participated/
— Noem: Exit of 1.6 Million Illegals Helps Americans Get Jobs
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/08/14/kristi-noem-exit-of-1-6-million-illegals-helps-americans-get-jobs/
— Rep. Mary Miller to Introduce Bill Combating Illinois Law Requiring ‘Invasive’ Student Mental Health Screenings. According to Democrats, if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/15/exclusive-rep-mary-miller-introduce-bill-combating-illinois-law-requiring-invasive-student-mental-health-screenings/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Is Right: Illegal Immigrants Shouldn’t Be Counted in Census
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/14/trump-is-right-illegal-immigrants-shouldnt-be-counted-census/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Moves To Rid Smithsonian Of Left-Wing Spin, Highlight American History
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-moves-to-rid-smithsonian-of-left-wing-spin-highlight-american-history
— ‘The World Got The Message’: Noem Says 1.6 Million Illegals Have Self-Deported.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-world-got-the-message-noem-says-1-6-million-illegals-have-self-deported
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Ramirez’s Remarks Underscore How Unchecked Mass Migration Discourages Assimilation
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/08/14/illinois-rep-delia-ramirez-guatemala
FOX NEWS
— Bondi puts sanctuary cities on notice after DC federal takeover, answers if other areas could be next
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376926352112
— Bondi strips power from DC police chief, rescinds sanctuary city protections in crime crackdown operation. DEA Administrator Terry Cole granted full powers over Metro Police Department as AG Pam Bondi rescinds sanctuary city policies in Washington, DC.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ag-bondi-strips-power-from-dc-police-chief-rescinds-sanctuary-city-protections-crime-crackdown-operation
— American history won’t be displayed ‘in a woke manner’ at Smithsonian, Trump says
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/american-history-wont-displayed-in-woke-manner-smithsonian-trump-says
NEWSMAX
— Trump: 275,000 Illegals Booted Off Social Security
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/donald-trump-social-security-illegal-immigrants/2025/08/14/id/1222508/
— Trump: D.C. ‘Fudged’ Crime Stats
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-crime-dc/2025/08/14/id/1222518/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Bondi scraps limits on cooperation between D.C. police and federal immigration agents
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bondi-scraps-limits-on-cooperation-between-d-c-police-and-federal-immigration-agents/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their criminals against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicagoans-march-in-solidarity-with-d-c-as-president-trump-sends-troops-to-capital/
REUTERS
— Trump extends federal control over Washington police
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-wants-extend-federal-control-over-washington-police-2025-08-13/
NEWSWEEK
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-illegal-immigration-trump-criminal-arrests-2113623
— Democrat leaders promote protests against Trump Saturday, August 16, 2025
https://www.newsweek.com/fight-trump-takeover-protests-saturday-2113930
NEW YORK TIMES
— Bondi Tightens Trump Administration’s Grip on D.C. Police. The attorney general cleared the way for the police to aid in immigration enforcement and named an “emergency” commissioner, setting the stage for a conflict with local authorities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/us/politics/dc-police-federal-immigration-enforcement.html
— Judge Halts White House Effort to Defund Schools With D.E.I. Programs. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/us/politics/trump-dei-schools.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders shout at refugees that Republicans cause all the world’s problems.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/us/wisconsin-refugees-trump-cuts-migrants.html
— The Democrats who run Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton ever-increasingly use government to destroy Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older. non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/magazine/gerrymandering-democrats-texas.html
— America’s New Segregation. My DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton is extremely diverse in terms of household income and hone values.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/opinion/trump-democrats-resistance-reform.html
— Does Earning $142,000 a year in New York City Make You Rich? My critics/opponents ever-increasingly demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30 32, 41, 45, 47 and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/nyregion/who-is-rich-new-york-city.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/us/politics/democrats-redistricting-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their homeless against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/15/trump-homeless-encampments-washington-dc/7b3820c4-7992-11f0-a013-3892e10b2f53_story.html
NEW YORK SUN
— Obama’s Criticism of Texas GOP’s Redistricting at Odds With His Past Support for Gerrymandering. Left-leaning ProPublica suggests that the former president ‘may have propelled his political career forward by gerrymandering a Chicago district to include rich supporters.’
https://www.nysun.com/article/obamas-criticism-of-texas-gops-redistricting-at-odds-with-his-past-support-for-gerrymandering
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their criminals against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/08/13/trump-national-guard-washington-dc-crime/85614091007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How Blue States Plan to Get More Taxes From Wealthy Residents
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/whats-news/how-blue-states-plan-to-get-more-taxes-from-wealthy-residents/4d189763-6420-4dcb-adf1-167c6a850599
BLOOMBERG
— Chicago Public Schools Struggle to Make the Math Work
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-14/chicago-public-schools-budget-deficit-is-one-example-of-education-shortfalls
BLOOMBERG LAW
— 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, or veteran who would take the job.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/in-house-counsel/dojs-growing-war-on-illegal-dei-adds-risk-to-corporate-hiring
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight E-Verify.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/doj-bid-to-preempt-illinois-e-verify-law-risks-hit-to-all-states
TIME
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.aol.com/history-demonizing-words-used-against-165111099.html
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly tout faulty stats
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/08/social-securitys-90th-birthday-trump-administration-continues-tout-faulty-stats/407471/
TIMES OF INDIA
— How Trump’s executive order could reshape college admissions and campus diversity across the US. Foreign students displace American students. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But they would admitted foreign students instead of me if they could have.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/how-trump-s-executive-order-could-reshape-college-admissions-and-campus-diversity-across-the-us/ar-AA1KhcpE
August 12, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Pritzker again makes Nazi comparisons after President Trump threatens DC-like takeover in Chicago. Because Trump is German American, anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump is a Nazi.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/11/gov-jb-pritzker-again-makes-nazi-comparisons-after-president-trump-threatens-dc-like-takeover-in-chicago/
DAILY HERALD
— Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media serves as a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250811/media/illinois-newsrooms-receive-4-million-from-state-through-tax-credits/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pot pushers ever-increasingly push Trump to push pot
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/trump-lifts-hopes-chicago-cannabis-companies
NBC5
— Trump calls up National Guard to combat crime in DC, says Chicago could be next
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/president-trump-calls-up-national-guard-to-combat-crime-in-dc-says-chicago-could-be-next/3808191/
CBS2
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/pritzker-president-trump-has-no-legal-ability-to-send-troops-into-chicago/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU0H9TGv_6E
— Chicago to install 50 flood sensors providing real-time alerts of flash flooding
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/verizon-50-flood-sensors-real-time-flash-flooding-alerts/
WGN9
— Trump puts D.C. police under federal control, warns Chicago could be next
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjxQFYQpF70
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNfOQqZD8G4
FOX32
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1689617
WTTW
— Johnson, Pritzker Dismiss Trump’s Threat to Send National Guard to Chicago. The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/11/johnson-pritzker-dismiss-trump-s-threat-send-national-guard-chicago
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Who is running on the Republican ticket for Illinois governor? Here are the candidates so far.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2025/08/12/here-are-the-candidates-for-illinois-governor-in-2026-so-far/85609674007/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders call you a racist.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/article_bd8bbe5e-ce83-5b5d-9303-3bd543f568b6.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WMBD & NPR ILLINOIS
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/trump-criticizes-illinois-safe-t/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiZZKxJowY4
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-11/trump-is-taking-over-d-c-police-and-sending-in-the-national-guard-locals-are-furious
NPR ILLINOIS
— Were you an unhoused college student?” I was not. My parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home a) while I was a full-time UIC student 1966-1968, b) weekends while I was a full-time NIU student during my first semester in 1969, c) the summer of 1969, and d) while I worked part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-11/trump-administration-proposal-could-harm-funds-for-unhoused-students
WCIA
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders call you a racist.
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-trumps-washington-police-takeover-echoes-history-of-racist-narratives-about-urban-crime/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/11/trump-cash-bail-chicago
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-566/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Manipulated maps, hypocrisy and Illinois’ collapsing Congressional influence
https://wirepoints.org/manipulated-maps-hypocrisy-and-illinois-collapsing-congressional-influence-wirepoints/
— Pritzker is gunning for the presidency, sacrificing Illinoisans for the national spotlight
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzker-is-running-for-president-which-means-illinoisans-needs-are-sacrificed-for-the-national-spotlight-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rushing for the exit: Illegal immigrant population down 1.6 million under Trump crackdown
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/12/illegal-immigrant-population-16-million-trump-crackdown/
CAMPUS REFORM
— New academic coalition calls for reparations, end to US global influence. Professors, educators, and activists have formed a coalition to dismantle what they call an “imperialist” world order headed by the United States.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/new-academic-coalition-calls-reparations-end-us-global-influence/28434
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Promises To Liberate D.C. From ‘Savagery, Filth, And Scum’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-promises-to-liberate-d-c-from-savagery-filth-and-scum
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Promise To Turn Illegal Aliens Into Voters
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/11/democrats-promise-to-turn-illegal-aliens-into-voters/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Long Battle Ahead to Stamp Out DEI
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-long-battle-ahead-to-stamp-out-dei/
NEWSMAX
— Trump: Liberation Day for D.C.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-washington-d-c-crime/2025/08/11/id/1221999/
— Hold Members of Congress to Their Oath
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/guatemala-omar-somalia/2025/08/11/id/1222008/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Delia Ramirez is the latest congresswoman to draw flak from remarks that call her allegiance to the United States into question, an allegiance to which they had both pledged when they were sworn in as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Speaking before a Mexico City summit over the last weekend, the Illinois Democrat announced, “I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.” Ramirez is a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and the Department of Homeland Security retweeted her statement along with a quote from Theodore Roosevelt: “There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism,” the 28th president said. “Americanism is a matter of the spirit and of the soul. Our allegiance must be purely to the United States. We must unsparingly condemn any man who holds any other allegiance.” That’s especially true for members of Congress. Their oath of office is as follows: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.” As Roosevelt noted, there is no room for divided loyalties in this country — especially where one expresses a greater loyalty to a foreign country than to the United States. Although Ramirez was the latest politician to call her loyalty into question, she’s not the only one to do so.)
U.S. HOUSE ENERGY & COMMERCE COMMITTEE
— Chairman Guthrie Issues Statement Regarding CBO Coverage Update from the One Big Beautiful Bill
https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairman-guthrie-issues-statement-regarding-cbo-coverage-update-from-the-one-big-beautiful-bill
(FROM THE POSTING: “The prolonged lie exacerbated by Democrats that 17 million individuals will lose health care coverage from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act has finally been dispelled by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). In the most recent coverage update released by CBO, CBO estimates 10 million individuals enrolled in federal health care programs will no longer be covered, with 5.3 million being able-bodied adults refusing to work, 3.7 million having access to other forms of coverage, and the remaining balance being removed from the rolls since coverage was limited to U.S. citizens and lawfully permanent residents. It’s easy to scare people with coverage loss estimates, but the facts are clear – the vast majority of these individuals are either choosing to lose coverage or aren’t actually eligible for Medicaid, and nearly all are eligible for other forms of coverage. “I think about Americans all across the country, who work hard every day but have to pay with their own taxpayer dollars for the health care of millions of able-bodied Americans who are choosing not to work. Republicans will continue to find commonsense solutions that ensure these programs are available for those who need them most, for generations to come. I thank President Trump for his steadfast leadership on this issue and for signing a piece of legislation that promotes the future of our health programs to serve their intended purpose.” BACKGROUND: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released the updated coverage numbers for H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). CBO estimated the total number of uninsured beneficiaries to be 10 million by 2034. The breakdown includes: 5.3 million able-bodied adults currently covered by Medicaid who are choosing not to work; 3.7 million individuals who will have access to another form of health insurance; and
1 million individuals who are not U.S. citizens or lawfully permanent residents.)
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Illegal Alien Criminals Exploited Loophole Meant for Abused Children to Sneak Into U.S.
https://www.westernjournal.com/illegal-alien-criminals-exploited-loophole-meant-abused-children-sneak-u-s/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5447320-chicago-mayor-trump-national-guard/
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, an/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5443275-with-anti-dei-and-esg-battles-trump-is-waging-war-against-freedom/
CNN
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/politics/trump-washington-dc-police-national-guard-analysis
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/politics/police-washington-dc-trump-take-over
— Democrat leaders send in Democrats to taunt Republicans at Republican townhalls
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/politics/california-gop-congressman-doug-lamalfa-town-hall
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders call you a racist.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-washington-dc-takeover-race-39388597bad7e70085079888fe7fb57b
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Jd7O_g65Y
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Trump causes all the problems that Blacks have. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted at my Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-s-approval-rating-collapses-with-black-voters/ar-AA1K8PHG
ABC NEWS
— Pot pushers ever-increasingly push Trump to push pot
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-reclassifying-marijuana/story?id=124552149
— Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling. Kim Davis, a former clerk who refused gay couples, brought the appeal.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-formally-asked-overturn-landmark-same-sex/story?id=124465302
NBC NEWS
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/legality-trumps-deployment-national-guard-l-argued-federal-court-rcna224432
NEW YORK TIMES
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/us/politics/trump-mayor-washington-dc-crime.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/us/politics/undocumented-immigrants-aid-texas-floods.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump is sending National Guard troops to D.C. Here’s how home rule works. The president also placed city police under federal control.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/11/trump-dc-national-guard-deployment/
— Democrat leaders call Trump’s takeover of D.C. police department ‘unsettling and unprecedented’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/11/trump-presidency-news/
— Trump nominates Bureau of Labor Statistics critic to replace fired agency head. My Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with my Black subordinate. He was the office’s leading advocate of Affirmative Action and DEI. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He was not a licensed CPA like I was.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/11/trump-bls-nomination-antoni/
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/10/trump-crime-data-federal-takeover/
— The federal government should “intervene in business” to protect national security. Ever-increasingly, everything depends on chips.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/11/trump-nvidia-amd-chips-china/
— — Democrats cannot win unless they gerrymander.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/11/texas-gerrymandering-redistricting-reforms/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrats cannot win unless they gerrymander.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-08-11/scotus-gerrymander-texas-redistricting
USA TODAY
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/11/donald-trump-washington-dc-takeover-civil-rights-advocates/85617724007/
— Democrats cannot win unless they gerrymander.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/10/texas-redistricting-standoff-democrats-republicans-gerrymandering/85548057007/
BOSTON GLOBE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad including bad health.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/12/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-alzheimers-trump-funding/
OHIO CAPITAL JOURNAL
— Democrats cannot win unless they gerrymander.
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/12/stop-the-steal-politicians-cheat-voters-and-destroy-democracy-with-shameless-gerrymandering/
NBC SAN DIEGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ in the military
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXMcqq0Futo
THE WEEK
— Democrats cannot win unless they gerrymander.
https://theweek.com/politics/texas-gerrymander-battle-states
VANGUARD NWS GROUP
— Wealth Inequality. Why do you have less money? My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://davisvanguard.org/2025/08/reduce-wealth-inequality-america/
LAW 360 & JD SUPRA
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, an/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/2373417/what-to-know-following-doj-s-guidance-on-unlawful-dei
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/department-of-justice-issues-new-8831676/
MONDAQ
— Illinois Employers Get Ready—Busy Equal Pay Reporting Season Is Coming. My Democrat superiors in the federal government always paid their similarly qualified employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran more than they paid those like me who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. As I earned more qualifications, the gap got bigger. I earned an MBA when I was 27. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/employee-benefits-compensation/1664682/illinois-employers-get-readybusy-equal-pay-reporting-season-is-coming
POLITICO
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/11/california-national-guard-trial-00504664
AXIOS
— Pot pushers ever-increasingly push Trump to push pot
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/11/trump-marijuana-reclassification-federal-dangerous-drugs
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/11/trump-law-enforcement-new-york-oakland-baltimore-chicago
GUARDIAN
— The more that you do to fight crime, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/trump-washington-dc-crime-los-angeles
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/trump-washington-dc-national-guard-police
August 11, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump says he’s placing Washington police under federal control and activating the National Guard
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-is-promising-new-steps-tackle-homelessness-crime-washington-dc/17499673/
— Pritzker says President Trump ‘has no right’ to send National Guard to Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-pritzker-encourages-back-school-vaccinations-says-trump-is-violating-law-sending-national-guard-reduce-crime/17503840/
— Pot pushers ever-increasingly push Trump to push pot
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-administration-looking-reclassifying-marijuana/17503437/
— Democrat elected officials gerrymander to elect Democrat candidates. Look at their Illinois 3rd Congressional District.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-illinois-vow-stay-special-session-ends-despite-st-charles-bomb-threat-greg-abbotts-arrests/17504587/
NBC5
— Trump vows to end ‘no cash bail,’ threatens crime crackdown in Chicago. “Every place in the country where you have no cash bail is a disaster,” Trump said.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-vows-to-end-no-cash-bail-in-chicago-threatens-crime-crackdown/3807774/
— What is ‘no cash bail’? What to know as President Trump blasts the policy. The SAFE-T Act in Illinois banned cash bail in 2023.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/what-is-no-cash-bail-what-to-know-as-president-trump-blasts-the-policy/3807855/
— Pritzker responds after Trump calls him ‘incompetent,’ comments on his weight. “Every place in the country where you have no cash bail is a disaster,” Trump said.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-responds-after-trump-calls-him-incompetent-comments-on-his-weight/3807905/
— Gerrymandering debate rages in Illinois as Texas lawmakers remain in state. The Texas legislature still has not convened to vote on the new maps, as Democrats remain out of state despite threats and criticisms
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/gerrymandering-debate-rages-in-illinois-as-texas-lawmakers-remain-in-state/3807960/
CBS2
— Trump says he’ll “end” no cash bail in Chicago while announcing National Guard deployment to D.C.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-no-cash-bail-chicago-national-guard-dc/
— Democrat candidates win because Democrat elected officials gerrymander.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dick-durbin-texas-democrats-redistricting-fight/
FOX32
— Texas Democrats remain in Illinois amid redistricting fight
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1689395
— After Trump threatens Chicago with National Guard, Pritzker, Johnson push back
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1689390
WTTW
— Which Republicans Are Seeking Statewide Office in Illinois in 2026? So Far, Hardly Any.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/11/which-republicans-are-seeking-statewide-office-illinois-2026-so-far-hardly-any
— Federal Judge Allows Chicago to Join Lawsuit to Stop Trump from Yanking Funding Sanctuary Cities
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/11/federal-judge-allows-chicago-join-lawsuit-stop-trump-yanking-funding-sanctuary-cities
WGN RADIO
— Trump to send National Guard into Washington, said Chicago could follow
https://wgnradio.com/news/trump-to-send-national-guard-into-washington-said-chicago-could-follow/
— Why can’t the Trump Tower find tenants?
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/block-club-chicagos-mack-liederman-why-cant-the-trump-tower-find-tenants/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump says he’s placing Washington police under federal control and deploying the National Guard
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/11/trump-homelessness-washington/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/11/trump-big-bill-mass-deportations-congress/
— Our politics focus on what to do ‘for’ voters. That threatens the economy.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/11/jim-nowlan-our-politics-focus-on-what-to-do-for-voters-that-threatens-the-economy/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders say Trump’s warning about replicating a DC police takeover in Chicago an empty and illegal threat
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/08/11/donald-trump-trump-federal-takeover-dc-police-national-guard-chicago-threat-jb-pritzker
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/11/snap-cuts-economy-trump-big-beautiful-bill-marc-morial
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders promote Democrat Wheaton City Council member Erica Bray-Parker to succeed retiring Republican Amy Grant for the 47th state House district seat.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250811/illinois-state-politics/wheaton-city-councilwoman-running-for-state-house-seat/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump calls Johnson, Pritzker ‘incompetent’ — and hints at Chicago police takeover
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-threatens-chicago-police-takeover-slams-johnson-pritzker
— Pot pushers ever-increasingly push Trump to push pot
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/trump-decision-marijuana-classification-coming
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give Blacks more preference.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/trumps-actions-highlight-threats-black-communities-opinion
— For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. Democrat leaders of federal agencies decry/despise/hate Republican-led budget cuts. First, they deal with those cuts by getting rid of any remaining Republican employees. Next, they get rid of their Democrat employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. And last, their Democrat employees who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/federal-downsizing-leaves-still-employed-workers-vulnerable
— Federal job cuts take a bite out of Chicago’s economy. According to my Democrat and RINO critics/opponents, federal jobs should be given to those who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I am none of the aforesaid. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. Because I refused to become a Democrat, they ever-increasingly did everything that they could to get rid of me. I would not have survived for almost 3 years as a postal employee if I had not taken job-related undergraduate business courses at UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1969. I would not have survived for almost 9 years as an IRS employee if I had not a) taken graduate evening business courses at Loyola 1972-1976 and accounting courses DePaul 1976-1980 and b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I would not have survived for almost 18 years as a GAO employee if I had not a earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) became a licensed CPA in 1981, e) earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and f) earned a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/federal-jobs-cuts-ripple-through-chicago-region
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The federal government is the largest employer in the Chicago area, although at nearly 48,000 it’s a modest slice of a 5 million-strong area workforce. At the start of the year, the federal workforce nationwide was 3 million and 82,000 in Illinois. DOGE’s program is disproportionately stinging African American employees like Cherry. Of the federal workforce, 18.6% are Black, while Black people account for 13.7% of the U.S. population. And Black workers are an even bigger presence — 20% or more — at a number of departments including the Postal Service, Education Department, Department of Housing & Urban Development, Treasury Department and Department of Veterans Affairs — all of which have been hit with job cuts since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January. The federal government is a significant employer of women of color, with Black women, Latinas and Asian women all having a greater presence in the federal workforce compared to the private sector, the National Women’s Law Center reports. “Federal employment is one of the few job sectors where Black women have had meaningful access to upward mobility,” Juliana Stratton, lieutenant governor of Illinois, and Cherita Ellens, president and CEO of Women Employed, wrote recently in a Chicago Tribune commentary essay. With above-average pay and solid benefits, federal employment has provided a path to the middle class not just for Black workers but for women and other disadvantaged groups. The government’s commitment to equal opportunity dating to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 has made public service an attractive sector for career advancement that may be less accessible in the private sector. The Trump administration’s purge of offices that promote equal opportunity and diversity and inclusion has particularly affected the employment of Black Americans. “The federal government has played a unique role in the labor history of Black Americans,” economic researcher Joseph Dean wrote in a February report by the Washington, D.C., nonprofit National Community Reinvestment Coalition. “The decades-long progress made by Black federal employees is in serious danger of being upended in a fraction of time it took to build,” Dean wrote. “Federal employment opportunities provide substantial economic independence and stability for Black middle class Americans.”)
25 NEWS NOW
— Which Republicans are seeking statewide office in 2026? So far, hardly any. Politicians set to gather at State Fair this week, unofficially kicking off 2026 election season.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/08/11/which-republicans-are-seeking-statewide-office-2026-so-far-hardly-any/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thus far, just two lesser-known Republicans have expressed interest in challenging Pritzker in 2026. A similar group of lesser-known candidates is considering a U.S. Senate run, but there has been no news about anyone running for comptroller, treasurer or secretary of state. . .In the Senate race, four Republicans have filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and are actively raising money. Former Illinois Republican Party Chair Don Tracy is reportedly considering running for either governor or Senate and is expected to make an announcement soon. Ted Dabrowski, the president of conservative research site Wirepoints, is also considering running for governor. . .Bob Fioretti, who has unsuccessfully run for several offices as a member of both parties, is reportedly circulating petitions to run for attorney general. But even as petition-gathering begins, no other candidates are publicly known to be interested in running for other statewide offices. Notable names, including U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood and former Illinois Republican National Committeeman Richard Porter have declined to run for governor or Senate.)
FOX ILLINOIS
— DC Democrats rally against Trump’s deployment of National Guard
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/dc-trump-announcement-national-guard-district-residents-rally-against-deployment-federal-contro-section-740-home-rule-act-photo-watch-video-protests-crime-teen-violence
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-11/factories-from-ge-to-kraft-heinz-lose-immigrant-workers-stressing-those-who-remain
KHQA
— State Senator Jil Tracy files suit against Texas lawmakers hiding out in Illinois
https://khqa.com/news/local/state-senator-republican-jil-tracy-files-suit-petition-calls-for-arrest-complaint-against-texas-lawmakers-democrats-hiding-out-in-illinois-texas-redistricting-map-gop-plan-rigged-scheme-conservative-majority-2026-midterm-elections
WJBL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://www.wjol.com/loan-applications-for-all-cannabis-social-equity-licensees-set-to-open-today-august-11th/
SIU
— Democrats use DEI to get of Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://news.siu.edu/2025/08/081125-siu-celebrates-diversity-inclusion-during-belonging-week-2025.php
CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicagoreader.com/performing-arts/rhinestone-digest/rhinestone-digest-august-2025-parody-and-legality/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Will Trump Tower’s Riverfront Retail Space Ever Get A Tenant?
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/08/11/will-trump-towers-riverfront-retail-space-ever-get-a-tenant/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-359/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump deploys National Guard to D.C., federal government to take over metro police department
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/11/trump-deploys-national-guard-dc-federal-government-take-metro-police/
— Teachers unions’ political obsession harms children. Racial quotas, forced grade inflation don’t constitute advocacy for educators.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/11/teachers-unions-political-obsession-harms-children/
— Arab money flooding American universities. Opaque foreign funding in our schools is a national security problem.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/11/arab-money-flooding-american-universities/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Major New York hotel-turned-shelter ends operations after city ends contract
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3496193/major-new-york-hotel-migrant-shelter-ends-city-contract-eric-adams/
NEW YORK POST
— Zohran Mamdani benefits from rent-stabilization, affirmative action programs meant for less-fortunate
https://nypost.com/2025/08/11/opinion/zohran-mamdani-benefits-from-rent-stabilization-affirmative-action-programs-meant-for-less-fortunate/
FEDERALIST
— Politico Hacks Insist Gerrymandering Is Different When Democrats Do It
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/11/politico-hacks-insist-gerrymandering-is-different-when-democrats-do-it/
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump calls to get rid of sanctuary cities as he declares ‘public safety emergency’ in Washington, DC
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6376798033112
FOX NEWS
— Illinois Democrats tell feds to stop trying to ‘usurp’ state authority over immigration. Rep Jesus Garcia and Sen Dick Durbin led the letter to DOJ and DHS.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-democrats-tell-feds-stop-trying-usurp-state-authority-over-immigration
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE
— Why is Cook County in Illinois doling out $2M to the Chicago Abortion Fund?
https://nrlc.org/nrlnewstoday/2025/08/why-is-cook-county-in-illinois-doling-out-2m-to-the-chicago-abortion-fund/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Takes Over D.C. Police, Vows to Revolutionize ’Slums’
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/08/11/breaking-trump-takes-over-dc-police-vows-to-revolutionize-slums-n4942593
THOMAS MOORE SOCIETY
— Cook County Doles Out $2M Grant to Bankroll Abortion Fund. Meanwhile, the Land of Lincoln continues to target pregnancy help ministries.
https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/news/cook-county-doles-out-2m-grant-to-bankroll-abortion-fund
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Map shows governor approval rating
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-governor-approval-rating-2111902
POLITICO
— Teamsters pour money into GOP, shifting away from Dems. After years of loyally backing Democrats, Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien is diversifying the union’s PAC to support Republicans, too.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/11/teamsters-donations-00502709
August 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Ramirez.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/10/letters-081025/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Higher education pays off in Illinois. Without my 1970 bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS in 1971. Without my taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Without my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. Without my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. Without my earning four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and my earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors would have succeeded in forcing me to retire sooner than they did.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/11/higher-education-economic-mobility/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/08/06/immigrants-deportations-shrinking-health-care-workforce
NORTHWEST HERALD
— Which McHenry County offices are up next year and who’s running for reelection? Nominating petitions are circulating for the March 2026 primary election.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/08/10/which-mchenry-county-offices-are-up-next-year-and-whos-running-for-reelection/
HERALD REVIEW
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://herald-review.com/opinion/columnists/article_975e3036-fc97-549f-9b12-62ece3f00ee8.html
WQAD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/nation-world/trump-judicial-picks/507-c6195acd-84c9-4ff9-8d62-3482e2d0f813
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/08/10/gerrymandering-illinois-texas-politics/
OAK LAWN PATCH
— Robert Cruz: IL-GOP on life support. Can the il-GOP swing the pendulum and compete. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders must focus on defending and advancing the Republican Party platform.
https://patch.com/illinois/oaklawn/il-gop-life-support
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/08/11/texas-dems-preach-defiance-in-chicago-00502628
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who is your Republican Precinct Committeeman (PC)? Is he/she running again? I am running again to be the DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 Republican PC in Wheaton. Google AI’s overview of the Republican Precinct Committeeman position is at: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22precinct+committeeman%22+republican I was appointed as an Assistant PC in 1999 and then as a PC in 1999 to fill a vacancy. I was elected PC in 2000 and reelected every 2 years since. I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010 and I served on all the MTRO fundraising committees 2000-2010. But those who continue to dominate MTRO a) rudely terminated as me as MTRO webmaster in 2004 and 2010, b) rudely defeated me when I ran for the open MTRO Treasurer office in 2004, c) rudely gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, d) rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and e) rudely ended my Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee membership in 2024. They have never asked me to serve as an MTRO officer. They continue to demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being too conservative. They ever-increasingly blame me, blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, blame my serving as the Milton Township campaign coordinator for Pat O’Malley’s Republican gubernatorial campaign in 2002, blame my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership 2003-2007, blame my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship 2005-2012, and blame my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2012 for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They especially blame me for Jim Ryan losing to Blagojevich in 2002. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/10/sordid-history-gerrymandering/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Trump’s Full-Court Press on Immigration
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trumps-full-court-press-on-immigration/
COLLEGE FIX
— Trump cracks down on covert affirmative action with admissions transparency order
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-cracks-down-on-covert-affirmative-action-with-admissions-transparency-order/
DAILY WIRE
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-gov-says-his-states-gerrymandering-is-ok-because-democracy
FEDERALIST
— Is Equal Outcome the Same as Equal Opportunity. My critics/opponents want equal outcome, not equal opportunity. For example, they want just as many minorities and females to take and pass the CPA examination as Whites and males. Because that has not been the case, they accuse Whites and males with benefitting from discrimination against minorities and females if not discriminating against minorities and females themselves.
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/videos/disparate-impact-is-equal-outcome-the-same-as-equal-opportunity
FOX NEWS
— Vance calls on Republicans to take ‘decisive action’ to counter Democratic gerrymandering. Vance says Democrats benefit from illegal immigration through skewed census counts and gerrymandered maps.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jd-vance-calls-republicans-take-decisive-action-counter-democratic-gerrymandering
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376777340112
— Trump DOJ to fight ‘race-based gerrymandering.’ Illinois 3rd Congressional District is race-based gerrymandering.
https://www.aol.com/watch-trump-doj-fight-race-210941546.html
PJ MEDIA
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/08/10/the-left-is-trying-to-have-it-both-ways-on-gerrymandering-n4942582
PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION
— Illinois family battles state’s race-based scholarship. My critics/opponents have always used against me my not getting any scholarships.
https://pacificlegal.org/illinois-family-battles-states-race-based-scholarship/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Reince Priebus: The House Is Already Completely Gerrymandered — There Are What, 10 Competitive Seats Out Of 435?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/10/reince_priebus_the_house_is_already_completely_gerrymandered_–_there_are_what_10_competitive_seats_out_of_435.html
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/10/eric_holder_gop_gerrymandering_is_a_threat_to_our_democracy_dems_must_gerrymander_to_save_our_democracy.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The damaging effects of shifting from equal opportunity to ‘equal outcomes.’ My critics/opponents want equal outcome, not equal opportunity. For example, they want just as many minorities and females to take and pass the CPA examination as Whites and males. Because that has not been the case, they accuse Whites and males with benefitting from discrimination against minorities and females if not discriminating against minorities and females themselves.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/529262-the-damaging-effects-of-shifting-from-equal-opportunity-to-equal-outcomes/
MSN
— Since the 1960s, ever-increasingly, all those above me have been under ever-increasing pressure to give preference to those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. That is, they have been under ever-increasing pressure to discriminate against those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/how-many-women-on-the-board-fewer-companies-are-saying/ar-AA1JTlM7
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Attacked California’s Congressional Maps. Republicans Want to Save Them. The independent body that redraws the state’s political maps isn’t perfect, many Republicans say. But they prefer that to the gerrymander that Gov. Gavin Newsom seeks to offset one proposed in Texas.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/us/california-redistricting-independent-commission.html
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/us/supreme-court-voting-redistricting.html
— Minimum Wage in L.A. Could Rise to $30 an Hour. In today’s dollars, I started earning $32.84/hour when I was 23 years old in 1972. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I had worked for IRS for 15 months and for Firestone Stores for 7 months before that. I had completed 3 graduate evening business courses at Loyola.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/business/minimum-wage-olympics-losangeles.html
— Why Young Americans Dread Turning 26: Health Insurance Chaos. Young adults without jobs that provide insurance find that their options are limited and expensive. The problem is about to get worse. The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance helped withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/health/young-adults-health-insurance-26.html
— FRONT PAGE: The more that fight Trump, the more that Democrat leaders promote you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/us/politics/mayor-bass-los-angeles-raids.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Cannabis Poisonings Are Rising, Mostly Among Kids. As products like weed gummies proliferate, more children and teens are suffering symptoms including seizures and life-threatening breathing problems.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/health/cannabis-poisoning-children.html
— Unions Push Democrats to Win Back Members Who Went to Trump. My critics/opponents despise/hate unions. I was a union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/us/politics/democrats-labor-unions-nevada.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/10/gerrymandering-school-choice-elections/
NEW YORK SUN
— Vance Assails 2020 Census as Flawed, Demands Complete Do-Over as Redistricting War Rages. Argument over mid-decade redistricting takes a new turn as the vice president declares U.S. Census Bureau made ‘major statistical error’ in 2020.
https://www.nysun.com/article/vance-assails-2020-census-as-flawed-demands-complete-do-over-as-redistricting-war-rages
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-texas-reopens-the-gerrymander-wars/20F020D8-3963-4D25-9BAB-9B28FFB903B9
— Equity, Equality, Fairness and Good Sense. My critics/opponents want equal outcome, not equal opportunity. For example, they want just as many minorities and females to take and pass the CPA examination as Whites and males. Because that has not been the case, they accuse Whites and males with benefitting from discrimination against minorities and females if not discriminating against minorities and females themselves.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/equity-equality-fairness-and-good-sense-11612903580
— Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Solve U.S. Chip-Making Dilemma. Because Chevrolet suspended Malibu production in 2021 because of chip shortage, I bought one off the showroom floor instead of ordering one.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/trumps-tariffs-wont-solve-u-s-chip-making-dilemma-c5aec29b
— Make Cars Beautiful Again. Congress quietly axed the fuel-economy standards that help drive the ugliness.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/make-cars-beautiful-again-design-auto-requirements-policy-e08fcfac
— FRONT PAGE: More Job Hunters Seek Pricey Help To Land New Roles. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, they made it impossible for me to get a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-hunting-expenses-resume-linkedin-887b4bd2
FORBES
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2krf_LvgI1o
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/edi-meritocracy-why-hard-understand
AXIOS
— Which federal workers could lose protections under Trump order. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats and most are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. 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 who was minority, female, younger, and/or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for my Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for my IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in management. I qualified myself for my GAO job by working for IRS for almost 9 years, earning an MBA, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/01/28/trump-executive-order-federal-workforce
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Ramirez.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/out-of-control-republicans-are-viciously-attacking-a-congresswoman-with-calls-to-deport-her/ar-AA1KcZAb
DAILY KOS
— Democrats win because they gerrymander.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/10/2337315/-Americans-hate-gerrymandering-Texas-Republicans-don-t-care
BUSINESS STANDARD
— How quota system looks across the globe. Around the world, quota systems in government jobs are employed as a tool to enhance the representation of historically marginalized or underrepresented groups. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats and most are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. 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 who was minority, female, younger, and/or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for my Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for my IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in management. I qualified myself for my GAO job by working for IRS for almost 9 years, earning an MBA, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.tbsnews.net/analysis/how-does-quota-system-look-across-globe-894951
August 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gerrymandering now truly is a dangerous threat to American democracy. The last few months have ramped up partisan warfare to levels that could cause lasting damage. Illinois 3rd Congressional District is a leading example. Democrats ever-increasingly a) get rid of Whites and b) gerrymander to create more minority-majority political jurisdictions.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/10/editorial-gerrymandering-democracy-threat-texas-republicans-california-democrats/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring warring factions into America. RINO leaders do nothing to counter that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/09/armenians-azerbaijanis-us-brokered-peace-deal/
— To get more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn men and b) paint themselves as being protectors of women.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/10/opinion-jeffrey-epstein-sexual-assault-is-common/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ+, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more destruction of traditional marriage and family.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/10/lgbtq-groceryland-heartland-alliance-chicago/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker, on ‘Meet the Press,’ says he won’t rule out ’28 presidential run. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/08/10/gov-jb-pritzker-meet-the-press-2028-election
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/08/08/chicago-premier-aids-unit-illinois-masonic-hospital-trump-cripples-research
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Democrats ever-increasingly a) get rid of Whites and b) gerrymander to create more minority-majority political jurisdictions.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250810/news/home-depot-doesnt-have-a-deal-with-ice-agents/
ABC7
— My critics/opponents are Democrat Lite if not RINO if not anti-conservative if not anti-Republican.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jim-durkin-illinois-house-republican-resigning/12678017/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) get rid of Whites and b) gerrymander to create more minority-majority political jurisdictions.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-how-long-can-those-tall-texans-hang-out-in-illinois/article_3aa4dd54-6cef-4675-9f63-1f7afd9b2d9c.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s intellectual allies look to cement his nationalism influence. Trump’s enemies ever-increasingly paint themselves as being anti-American.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3493465/influence-nationalism-trump-intellectual-allies/
NEW YORK POST
— What does your bank think of those who spare your demographics?
https://nypost.com/2025/08/09/business/gasparino-inside-the-enormous-biden-effort-to-debank-trump-after-jan-6/
BLAZE
— Leftist violence surges — and media still blames the right
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/leftist-violence-surges-and-media-still-blames-the-right
BREITBART
— IRS Commissioner Billy Long Ousted After Clash Over Using Illegal Aliens’ Data. All data can and should be used to deport illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/09/report-irs-commissioner-billy-long-ousted-after-clash-over-using-illegal-aliens-data/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Learning From America’s Immigrant Past. From what I see, ever-increasingly, those who come to America despise/hate Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. From what I see, they ever-increasingly want to turn America into their motherland.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/09/learning-from-americas-immigrant-past/
EPOCH TIMES
— The 16 Midterm Races That Could Determine Who Controls the Next Congress. Although candidate-filing deadlines in many states are months away, hundreds of House hopefuls have already launched 2026 campaigns.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/the-16-midterm-races-that-could-determine-who-controls-the-next-congress-5895775
FOX BUSINESS
— Pot pushers push Trump to push pot. To push pot is to destroy America. RINO leaders do nothing to counter that.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-considers-reclassifying-marijuana-less-dangerous-drug
FOX NEWS
— This is why Democrats ‘open our borders and obstruct deportation’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376749350112
— Mamdani preaches from pulpit of radical pastor pushing reparations, abolishing police
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mamdani-preaches-from-pulpit-of-radical-pastor-pushing-reparations-abolishing-police-brother-and-friend/ar-AA1JXatN
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— People in Higher Education Are Finding Secret Workarounds to Keep DEI Alive
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/people-in-higher-education-are-finding-secret-workarounds-to-keep-dei-alive/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump Is Showing Republicans What You Do With Power, Send The Democrats Into The Political Wilderness
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/09/ned_ryun_trump_is_showing_republicans_what_you_do_with_power_send_the_democrats_into_the_political_wilderness.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-blasts-texas-gov-greg-abbott-trump-gop-redist-rcna224081
CNN
— Running for Office Shouldn’t Require a Flak Jacket. If you run for an office, anticipate/expect that your opponent(s) will promote hatred against you. I should write about the hated that my opponent promoted against me when I ran for Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer in 2004.
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/smerconish-on-cnn/episodes/4471111a-2cca-11ef-88f0-cff1f28e446a
NEWSWEEK
— Trump’s Approval Rating Suddenly Slides With Conservatives. Who speaks for the conservatives in Illinois, your county, your township, and your municipality?
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-conservatives-poll-2109635
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. RINO leaders do nothing to counter that.
https://www.newsweek.com/man-applying-green-card-detained-ice-after-decades-us-2111317
MSN
— Ever since the 1960s, all those above me have been under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/americans-perception-of-discrimination-against-black-people-dropped-in-last-four-years/ar-AA1JOObt
NEW YORK TIMES
— America’s enemies use cartels to destroy America. RINO leaders do nothing to counter that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/us/trumps-cartel-order-revives-bitter-memories-in-latin-america.html
— The Democrat Party exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/opinion/electric-vehicles-china-clean-energy.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/opinion/stagflation-trump-economy.html
— Democrats leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. RINO leaders do nothing to counter that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/opinion/trans-health-care-detransitioning.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders deny that crime is out of control in DC.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/10/trump-crime-data-federal-takeover/
USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) get rid of Whites and b) gerrymander to create more minority-majority political jurisdictions.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/10/texas-redistricting-standoff-democrats-republicans-gerrymandering/85548057007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use IVF against Trump. My Democrat GAO superiors used IVF against me big time because my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF. I should write about that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/09/trump-ivf-policy-costs-insurance-healthcare/85563626007/
— The Democrats who ran GAO during the 1990s used early retirement to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $163,749-$195,200/year. I should write about that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/08/air-force-remove-retirement-trans-military/85573587007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Texas Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/09/texas-democrats-trump-redistricting-gerrymandering-exodus/85524601007/
ATLANTIC
— According to my critics/opponents, my successes in life were not because of meritocracy, but instead, because I benefited tremendously from discrimination against those who share their demographics. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for less time than mine have.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/08/dylan-rothko-meritocracy/683792/
DAILY BEAST
— Pot pushers push Trump to push pot. To push pot is to destroy America. RINO leaders do nothing to counter that.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-considers-giving-big-gift-to-marijuana-enthusiasts/
INDEPENDENT
— Trump ‘open to’ Zelensky attending Alaska summit with Putin. My critics/opponents blame Trump for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-live-trump-putin-zelensky-alaska-talks-latest-news-b2804967.html
August 9, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats cannot win unless they gerrymander. Most gerrymandering is done to create more minority districts. Look at Illinois 3rd Congressional District.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/09/texas-democrats-illinois-rainbow-push-hq-redistricting
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/09/illinois-texas-trump-pritzker-gerrymandering-alden-loury
DAILY HERALD
— ‘What more could the governor do?’: Illinois lawmakers doubt state’s districts could be more gerrymandered
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250809/illinois-state-politics/what-more-could-the-governor-do-illinois-lawmakers-doubt-states-districts-could-be-more-gerryma/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Illinois is one of the most gerrymandered states in the country,” said Republican state Rep. Martin McLaughlin of Barrington Hills. “What more could the governor do?” . . . Senate Republican Leader John Curran of Downers Grove accused Pritzker of “meddling in other states’ redistricting issues for national press coverage.” “He should be working to increase voter choice here in Illinois by calling for fair maps like he pledged when running for office,” Curran said. . . Illinois’ current congressional map was drawn to give Democrats an edge in nearly all of the state’s 17 districts, even though roughly 41% of the state’s voters supported Trump in the 2020 election and 44% of voters did so in 2024. Likewise, Trump carried 88 of Illinois’ 102 counties in 2020 and again in 2024. The gerrymandering is particularly obvious in the West and Northwest suburbs, where some districts curl through a dozen or more communities in multiple counties like ribbons in the wind. Curran said it’d be “impossible” to gerrymander the map more than it already has been. “Gerrymandering weakens our democracy and removes choice from voters,” Curran said. “It should be ended throughout the country — starting here in Illinois.”)
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Those who illegally bring children into America illegally should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-administration-asks-judge-to-end-policy-on-protections-for-immigrant-children-in-custody/article_7768a439-53c4-521e-be43-70ac6bcdfdd5.html
WAND TV
— IL Freedom Caucus members blame Pritzker, Biden for skyrocketing electric bills
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-freedom-caucus-members-blame-pritzker-biden-for-skyrocketing-electric-bills/article_e4faf09e-3abf-4bb5-b0c8-2960b0d49e9f.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Who are your enemies? They are those who have taken adverse actions against you. I should write about my enemies.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-08/justice-department-escalates-its-campaign-against-trumps-perceived-political-enemies
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois newsrooms receive $4 million from state through tax credits. My direct competitors are beyond furious that I have the time, money, experience, ability, and motivation needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out every morning free of charge and without any advertising or donation requests. I should write about my direct competitors who have their operatives and their dupes do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending the newsletters out and b) to stop everyone from reading them.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-newsrooms-receive-4-million-from-state/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Jil Tracy argues IL should honor TX warrants for absconding Dems
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_64210fc0-f2cb-4e62-a5c8-3916c15bf866.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The depraved success of Hamas propaganda
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3494721/depraved-success-hamas-propaganda/
— The census should ask about citizenship
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3494535/census-immigrants-citizenship-trump-house-apportionment-constitution/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Because Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot, it is fair to ask them if they use pot and if they say yes, how much, and if they say no, why not.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/09/us-news/trump-eyes-reclassifying-marijuana-as-less-dangerous-drug-report/
— Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic Socialists of America comrades push ‘abolition’ of traditional family
https://nypost.com/2025/08/09/us-news/dsa-leaders-tapping-into-mandanis-popularity-to-push-abolition-of-traditional-family/
— Why racial discrimination is so deeply institutionalized in US higher education
https://nypost.com/2025/08/09/opinion/why-racial-discrimination-is-so-deeply-institutionalized-in-us-higher-education/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Personal Responsibility, Not Victimhood, Is the Path to Success. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/personal-responsibility-not-victimhood-is-the-path-to-success/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Canada’s prime minister tells Canadians to get their news from state-controlled media. Of course, my critics/opponents do not anyone to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/canada_s_prime_minister_tells_canadians_to_get_their_news_from_state_controlled_media.html
BREITBART
— Trump Quashes Joe Biden’s ‘Quiet Amnesty’ for Illegal Aliens as DHS Reopens Deportation Cases
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/09/trump-quashes-joe-bidens-quiet-amnesty-illegal-aliens-dhs-reopens-deportation-cases/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Yale grad credits success to conservative values. My parents and teachers promoted conservative values. That put me on track to earn a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/yale-grad-credits-success-to-conservative-values/10953
DAILY WIRE
— ‘America Is Not A Short-Term Thing’: Lawmakers Urge Young Republicans Take Up The Fight. Over a thousand young conservatives gathered in Nashville for the largest National Young Republican Convention in decades. If I had been involved in Republican politics when I was young, a) the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/america-is-not-a-short-term-thing-lawmakers-urge-young-republicans-take-up-the-fight
FEDERALIST
— Blue-State Governors Harbor Texas Fugitives To Help Democrats Get Control Of Congress
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/08/blue-state-governors-harbor-texas-fugitives-to-help-democrats-get-control-of-congress/
FOX NEWS
— Illinois gov JB Pritzker lambasted for new ‘disastrous policy’ requiring mental health screenings for kids
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-lambasted-new-disastrous-policy-requiring-mental-health-screenings-kids
NEWSMAX
— DEI Under Another Name Is Not Reform
https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/choice-discrimination-harvard/2025/08/09/id/1221864/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— America’s white majority is aging out. Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/4138228-americas-white-majority-is-aging-out/
ABC NEWS
— The easiest way to understand gerrymandering is through the lens of two basic techniques: cracking and packing. Cracking splits groups of disfavored voters among multiple districts. With their electoral strength divided, cracked groups struggle to elect their preferred candidates in any of the districts because they are too small a share of the electorate to be effective. Packing is the opposite of cracking. With packing, map drawers cram members of disfavored groups or parties into as few districts as possible. The packed groups are able to elect their preferred candidates by overwhelming margins, but their voting strength is weakened everywhere else. These techniques are not mutually exclusive — both may be deployed by map drawers to engineer a decided partisan advantage. Illinois 3rd Congressional District is an example Hispanic packing.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/closely-congressional-delegations-reflect-people-vote-124488387
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/militias-hate-groups-grow-response-minority-population-boom/story?id=16370136
CNN
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/23/politics/race-immigration-replacement-theory-demographics
https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/14/politics/kfile-steve-king-prediction
REUTERS
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/what-is-the-great-replacement-what-are-its-origins-2022-05-16/
NEW YORK TIMES
— To Tackle Poverty, We Need to Focus on Personal Responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/01/05/does-the-us-need-another-war-on-poverty/to-tackle-poverty-we-need-to-focus-on-personal-responsibility
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/30/opinion/letters/whites-replacement-theory.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/22/us/white-americans-minority-population.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/business/economy/trump-election-ethnic-diverse-whites.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/us/politics/capitol-riot-study.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/white-minority-population.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/world/asia/sri-lanka-populism-ethnic-tensions.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/22/nyregion/minorities-a-majority-in-new-york.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/16/white-americans-speak-against-great-replacement-theory/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/06/buffalo-shooting-replacement-theory-violence-whites-blacks-terrorism/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/census-minority-babies-are-now-majority-in-united-states/2012/05/16/gIQA1WY8UU_story.html
USA TODAY
— The key to success? Personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://www.today.com/parents/key-success-personal-responsibility-wbna6847246
— Trump accounts give newborns $1,000. It could transform generational wealth in US. I was born in 1948. Adjusted for inflation, $1,000 today was $70 in 1948.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/08/08/trump-accounts-kids-investment-economy/85547265007/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— EPA terminates federal union contracts, effective immediately. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, c) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/unions/2025/08/epa-terminates-federal-union-contracts-effective-immediately/
WASHINGTONIAN
— One my greatest regrets in life is my counting on civil service protections. I ever-increasingly came to realize that the more of the following that federal employees are, the fewer civil service protections that they have: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-union member, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonian.com/2025/08/06/displaced-federal-employees-have-legal-options-heres-what-to-know/
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/white-supremacy-returned-mainstream-politics/
ATLANTIC
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/06/myth-majority-minority-america/619190/
PBS & NPR
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-is-great-replacement-theory-and-how-does-it-fuel-racist-violence
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/17/1099223012/how-the-replacement-theory-went-mainstream-on-the-political-right
OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY
— Two Americas, Redux. Are Red and Blue states even part of the same country anymore? Ever-increasingly, elected officials who represent me in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton are not Republican.
https://outsidethebeltway.com/two-americas-redux/
LAW 360
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) 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 and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/2374835
BROOKINGS
— The US will become ‘minority white’ in 2045, Census projects. Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-us-will-become-minority-white-in-2045-census-projects/
PEW RESEARCH
— Future immigration will change the face of America by 2065. Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2015/10/05/future-immigration-will-change-the-face-of-america-by-2065/
https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2020/09/23/the-changing-racial-and-ethnic-composition-of-the-u-s-electorate/
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2012/05/17/explaining-why-minority-births-now-outnumber-white-births/
FOREIGN POLICY
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/22/us-white-majority-minority-nation-demographic-change/
GUARDIAN
— Gen Z will be last generation with white majority in US. Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/08/gen-z-americans-white-majority-study
August 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— ‘ICE Academy’ training materials for warrantless arrests challenged in Chicago court. I should write about the 6 months of training that IRS gave me in 1971 to be a GS-7 (currently $55,850/year) Revenue Officer. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=IRS+%22revenue+officer%22+training Democrats run IRS and Democrats run GAO. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO In 1980 after working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/immigration-customs-enforcements-ice-academy-training-materials-warrantless-arrests-challenged-chicago-court/17476470/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While in the Chicago area Friday, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem touted her department is in the midst of a hiring surge, with more than 80,000 applications received in the past week. To meet the demand, Noem said training at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Academy that once took up to a year to complete could be hastened to a matter of weeks, if the applicant has the relevant training and experience. The ABC7 I-Team had a rare look at some of the ICE Academy training materials for new agents that immigrant rights advocates say is concerning and their lawyers argue is illegal.)
— Trump offers $50M for Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro arrest. The Trump administration accused Maduro of being one of the world’s largest narco-traffickers.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-offers-50m-venezuela-president-nicols-maduro-arrest-accuses-being-worlds-largest-narco-traffickers/17474129/
RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Because Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot, it is fair to ask them if they use pot and if they say yes, how much, and if they say no, why not.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/loan-applications-for-all-cannabis-social-equity-licensees-set-to-open-august-11th-85158.cfm
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who wants to be the next chairman of the Illinois Republican Party? Leading a political organization is a thankless job. I served as an officer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) 2003-2007 and as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly blamed ICRC and TAPROOT for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct suffered. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes not only end my aforesaid roles, they destroyed the aforesaid organizations. I should write about my critics/opponents. They demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being too conservative. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois. They have always been Democrat plants who have always done everything they could to destroy Republicans, and sooner or later, they will proudly proclaim that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASINGTON TIMES
— Trump hunts for colleges still using race in student selection. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But because of my bad demographics, I doubt that they would admit me today.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/8/trump-orders-colleges-prove-ended-race-based-admissions/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Indiana goes all-in to help ICE arrest, detain, and deport illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3495104/indiana-helps-ice-deport-illegal-immigrants-speedway-slammer/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Great Gerrymandering War Of 2025
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/the_great_gerrymandering_war_of_2025.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Adam Schiff says quiet part out loud about Dems needing illegals to win. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/08/adam-schiff-says-quiet-part-out-loud-about-dems-needing-illegals-to-win-1574766/
BREITBART
— Catholic Bishops Compare ICE Deportations to Nazis and Slave Catchers. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success invading, infiltrating, infesting, and conquering religion.
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2025/08/08/catholic-bishops-compare-ice-deportations-to-nazis-and-slave-catchers/
— Andrew Cuomo Calls on Socialist Zohran Mamdani to ‘Move Out’ of His Rent Stabilized Apartment. The only rent that I have ever paid was while I was a student at NIU 1969-1970.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/08/andrew-cuomo-calls-on-socialist-zohran-mamdani-to-move-out-of-his-rent-stabilized-apartment/
COLLEGE FIX
— Trump orders more oversight of federal grants after funds went to drag shows, DEI
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-orders-more-oversight-of-federal-grants-after-funds-went-to-drag-shows-dei/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— There Are 50 Million Illegal Aliens in the USA. We Can and Must Deport Them All. Here Are the Top 10 Ways for President Trump To Make It Happen Efficiently and Quickly.
https://www.creators.com/read/wayne-allyn-root/08/25/there-are-50-million-illegal-aliens-in-the-usa-we-can-and-must-deport-them-all-here-are-the-top-10-ways-for-president-trump-to-make-it-happen-efficiently-and-quickly
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Moves To Keep Leftists From Pilfering Tax Dollars For Radical Agendas
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/08/trump-move-liberals-left-pilfering-tax-dollars-radical-agendas/
DAILY SIGNAL
— DEI Will Implode. Here’s Why. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used DEI the most to destroy me. I would focus on a) my Democrat superiors in the federal government and b) past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party; Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, pollsters, fundraisers, major donors, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers; conservative leaders; and religious leaders. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/08/how-trump-broke-the-dei-machine/
— The DEI Scam is Falling Apart, and Trump Broke It.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lh2dQrU1kA
FEDERALIST
— Education Dept. Demands Receipts From Universities That Do Affirmative Action Under The Table. Democrats and RINOs have always crowed about their giving preference to those who are Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/08/education-dept-demands-receipts-from-universities-that-do-affirmative-action-under-the-table/
— Trump Order Targets Self-Appointed ‘Experts’ Funneling Tax Dollars To Leftist Pet Projects
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/08/trump-order-targets-self-appointed-experts-funneling-tax-dollars-to-leftist-pet-projects/
ICE
— ICE Houston arrests more than 350 gang members in past 6 months who illegally entered US over 1,400 times, been convicted of nearly 1,700 criminal offenses. Among those arrested were convicted murderers, child predators, thieves, and arsonists and an alien who illegally entered the US 40 times.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-houston-arrests-more-350-gang-members-past-6-months-who-illegally-entered-us-over
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— To promote wokeness is to promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/can-wokeness-be-defeated/amp/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Gerrymandering Wars Have Begun. Threats have been exchanged, and now we wait until someone pulls the trigger.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/08/begun-the-gerrymandering-wars-have/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Pot pushers ever-increasingly push Trump to push pot. The more pot that you use, the less that you accomplish in life. If I had used pot, I would not have been able a) to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) to earn six professional certifications, or c) to earn a professional license. If I had used pot, a) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, b) Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970, c) IRS would not have hired me in 1971 or promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, and d) GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986. If I had used pot, would not have been able to get married in 1978.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/trump-marijuana-reclassify-dea
NEWSWEEK
— Redistricting Wars: Map Shows How Many Seats Could Change Before Midterms
https://www.newsweek.com/redistricting-map-midterm-election-2026-gerrymandering-republicans-democrats-states-2110170
MSN
— ‘Worrying time for Irish in US’ as Trump makes good on illegals promise
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/worrying-time-for-irish-in-us-as-trump-makes-good-on-illegals-promise/ar-AA1Jq43p
MSNBC
— Why the Air Force is denying early retirement for longtime transgender service members. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to not come to work.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/air-force-denying-early-retirement-longtime-transgender-service-member-rcna223839
NBC NEWS
— Air Force revokes approved retirement for trans service members. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to not come to work.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/air-force-revokes-approved-retirement-trans-service-members-complete-u-rcna223876
NEW YORK TIMES
— Air Force Denies Early Retirement for Transgender Men and Women. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to not come to work.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/politics/air-force-transgender-service-members-early-retirement.html
— More Turmoil at I.R.S. as Trump Ends Chief’s Short Tenure. Democrats run IRS. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, they were ever-increasingly angry against Nixon and Ford. They took their ever-increasing anger against Nixon and Ford out against me, one of their very few Republican employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/politics/trump-billy-long-irs-commissioner.html
— Mexico ever-increasingly makes it clear that it is anti-American. Will Mexico side with America’s enemies in WWIII?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/world/americas/mexico-trump-military-cartels.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration weighs military actions against drug cartels
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/08/trump-mexico-pentagon-drug-cartels/
NEW YORK SUN
— Trump’s New Census Could Spell Trouble for Democrats, Like Ocasio-Cortez and Jeffries, in Districts With Many Non-Citizens. The number of blue state members of Congress is swelled by the constitutional requirement that the decennial census include an ‘actual enumeration’ of the population. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army. During their First Civil War, Democrats failed to get foreign countries to join them. But Democrats are succeeding during their Second Civil War.
https://www.nysun.com/article/trumps-new-census-could-spell-trouble-for-democrats-like-ocasio-cortez-and-jeffries-in-districts-with-many-non-citizens
— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Collapses Under Weight of Its Own Paradoxes, Even Before President Trump’s Order Banning It. Half of all Americans no longer approve of racial and gender preferences. My critics/opponents have always promoted race and gender based preference giving. I should write about my critics/opponents and the reasons why they promote race and gender based preference giving.
https://www.nysun.com/article/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-collapses-under-weight-of-its-own-paradoxes-even-before-president-trumps-order-banning-it
USA TODAY
— From Bibles to prayer groups: What Trump’s new religion memo for federal workers means. The memo provides guidance on religious expression for federal workers. Backers say it mirrors Clinton-era policies. But to others, the overtly Christian language raises First Amendment concerns. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually none of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Protestant and none that knew of were Missouri Synod Lutheran like me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/07/trump-religion-federal-employees/85516547007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Is Right on ‘Debanking’ Regulators have abused their power to cut off political opponents. What does your bank think of those who share your demographics?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-debanking-executive-order-bank-examiners-biden-obama-operation-choke-point-8396e49d
— How the West Was Really Won. If I had ever ran for a government office, my opponent would have used against me that all my ancestors immigrated from what is now German during the 1840s and 1850s, that on my father’s side they homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete township, and that on my mother’s side, they sharecropped 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-undiscovered-country-review-into-the-west-13866720
— Trump Takes a Destructive Turn Against India. He has a point about New Delhi’s relationship with Russia, but 50% tariffs are a counterproductive policy. https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-takes-a-destructive-turn-against-india-tariffs-d77a2a79
— Living in Zohran Mamdani’s America. How did socialism rise from the dead, and what can freedom-loving Americans do about it? Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. According to Democrat leaders, you cannot survive in America, let alone succeed in America, without massive government assistance, and especially if you are a minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if your ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/living-in-zohran-mamdanis-america-44ea8b90
— Gerrymandering Is Deepening America’s Political Divide. Less than 20% of Americans live in a state where the minority party has a meaningful voice in governance. In Illinois, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less voice that you have in governance: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly I have no voice in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/us-gerrymandering-political-divide-a2a83a28
ATLANTIC
— Democrats cannot win without massive gerrymandering.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/lawlessness-fbi-against-texas-democrats/683804/
BRITANNICA
— American Civil War – Emancipation, Slavery, Union. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army. During their First Civil War, Democrats failed to get foreign countries to join them. But Democrats are succeeding during their Second Civil War.
https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War/The-Emancipation-Proclamation
GOOGLE AI
— Peers play a significant role in an individual’s life, influencing success, happiness, and overall well-being. I should write about the impact that my childhood peers had on me. I would focus on my childhood friends and classmates. Further, because one could argue that the most relevant criteria to use to measure one’s success in life is the success of one’s peers, I would focus on the successes that my childhood peers have had.
https://www.google.com/search?q=peers+success+life
— Living on one paycheck. Since I got married when I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have always been furious that my wife and I have always lived on just one of our paychecks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who are not married, b) whose spouse has little or no income, and/or c) who decry the tremendous amount of time and money needed to raise children. Initially, my wife and I lived on just one of our paychecks because we intended to have children. But because we gave up trying to have children because of our fertility problems, we then lived on just one of our paychecks to save more for our retirement.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22living+on+one+paycheck%22
August 8, 2025
Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing dependency on government and charity, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing LGBTQ, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing abortion, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing mass/illegal immigration, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing diminishment of Second Amendment rights, Democrats pull out all the stops. Because Democrats cannot win without ever-increasing race and gender based preference giving, Democrats pull out all the stops.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump offers $50,000 bonuses to hire thousands for ICE push. $50,000 is a lot of money. When I was 22 years old in 1971, in today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $55,858/year. To get hired, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn ICE, and therefore, they ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn ICE employees. My father never made more than $50k/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. He fought brittle type 1 diabetes from childhood. He was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never attended college because his doctors told him that the stress would kill him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/07/afternoon-briefing-trump-offers-50000-bonuses-to-hire-thousands-for-ice-push/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/07/angry-with-ice-protesters-disrupt-job-fair-at-congress-plaza-hotel/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: FBI agrees to help find Texas Democrats in Illinois, but Gov. JB Pritzker calls move ‘grandstanding.’ Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/07/fbi-to-help-find-texas-democrats-illinois/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ramirez’s comments on her Guatemalan heritage draws backlash from conservatives, White House. In comments in Spanish at the second annual Panamerican Congress in Mexico City, Rameriz said, “ … I could say a few words in Spanish because I’m Guatemalan and proud of it — first, before American.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/06/delia-ramirez-congress-representative-america-guatemala-immigration
— Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that the Ku Klux Klan was Republican.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/07/ku-klux-klan-march-washington-dc-1925-centennial
— Democrat leaders shout at immigrants that Republicans cause all the problems that immigrants have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/08/07/trump-immigrants-dick-durbin-naturalization-ceremony-wrigely-field
— All Chicago police misconduct cases could be heard in secret if court sides with union. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, c) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/police-reform/2025/08/07/chicago-police-shooting-arbitration-misconduct-discipline-adam-toledo-cpd
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/08/08/cta-transgender-bus-driver-suicide-ava-hudson-blue-line
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/08/08/chicago-premier-aids-unit-illinois-masonic-hospital-trump-cripples-research
DAILY HERALD
— Rep. Amy Grant of Wheaton to step aside after current term
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250807/news/rep-amy-grant-of-wheaton-to-step-aside-after-current-term/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250807/news/underwood-ice-completely-unresponsive-after-enforcement-in-joliet/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250807/transportation/krishnamoorthi-at-forefront-of-investigation-into-flock-license-plate-readers/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois NPR and PBS stations see donations surge after federal funding blow. My direct competitors are beyond furious that I have the time, money, experience, ability, and motivation needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out every morning free of charge and without any advertising or donation requests. I should write about my direct competitors who have their operatives and their dupes do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending the newsletters out and b) to stop everyone from reading them.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marketing-media/npr-and-pbs-stations-illinois-see-donations-surge
ABC7
— Vance visits Indiana to talk about redrawing congressional maps as Trump’s redistricting fight grows
https://abc7chicago.com/post/vice-president-jd-vance-visits-indiana-talk-redrawing-congressional-maps-trumps-redistricting-fight-grows/17467234/
— Pfleger leads multi-faith protest outside Israeli Consulate of Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rev-michael-pfleger-st-sabina-church-leads-multi-faith-chicago-protest-outside-israeli-consulate-loop/17466050/
CBS2
— Pritzker defends signing bill upping pension payouts for Chicago police, firefighters. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically less because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jb-pritzker-defends-bill-pension-payouts-chicago-police-firefighters/
FOX32
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1687623
WBEZ
— Reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters is the fastest, most comprehensive, and free way to stay informed about political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/01/news-headlines-giving-you-whiplash-tips-on-staying-informed-without-doomscrolling
SOUTHERN
— Trump orders new census excluding undocumented immigrants amid redistricting battles.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/08/07/trump-orders-new-census-excluding-undocumented-immigrants-amid-redistricting-battles/
WQAD
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/pritzkers-redistricting-comments-joke-colbert-spark-criticism/526-e313c739-c110-42d9-8ed8-f75ded9460cf
SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://southsideweekly.com/we-need-help-local-organizations-step-up-as-undocumented-immigrants-lose-state-health-coverage/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Bob Fioretti is running for Illinois attorney general on the Republican ticket. He’ll be featured next week at Republican Day at the state fair.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/08/08/power-plays-by-mike-quigley-brendan-reilly-00499437
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-564/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-357/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIZE
— Del Mar Inches Toward Governor Run, Dabrowski “Moving in a Good Direction”
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/delmar-inches-toward-governor-run
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Kathy Salvi to Resign as State Party Chair — Proof IL GOP Isn’t Dying, It’s Dead. DIERSEN: Leading a political organization is a thankless job. I served as an officer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) 2003-2007 and as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly blamed ICRC and TAPROOT for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct suffered. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes not only end my aforesaid roles, they destroyed the aforesaid organizations. I should write about my critics/opponents. They demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being too conservative. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois. They have always been Democrat plants who have always done everything they could to destroy Republicans, and sooner or later, they will proudly proclaim that.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/sources-kathy-salvi-to-resign-as-state-party-chair-proof-il-gop-isnt-dying-its-dead.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republican Party continues its spectacular freefall into irrelevance, struggling with internal divisions, dwindling support and an increasingly uncertain future. Now, multiple sources have confirmed to this publication that Illinois GOP Chairwoman Kathy Salvi – after just one year in the role – plans to step down this summer, following the State Fair. Salvi, who previously lost a congressional race in 2006 and a U.S. Senate bid in 2022, took over the embattled state party last July after then-chairman Don Tracy – known for his deep Democratic ties and opposition to Trump – resigned, citing the rise of a powerful grassroots movement in his resignation letter. Since taking over, the state party chairwoman has been largely ineffective, leading a GOP that remains dysfunctional and often undermines its own base by targeting conservative, Trump-supporting candidates with vicious mailers and negative ads during primary elections. In seven months, Salvi has overseen only one meeting of the state central committee, the GOP’s governing board. Top IL GOP donors have also chosen to sit out this upcoming primary election. Amid a vacuum of leadership, direction, infrastructure and fundraising capacity – major donors increasingly view Illinois Republican candidates as a risky – and ultimately unrewarding investment. Without the support of major donors, the Illinois GOP faces a daunting path forward. The party’s internal divisions and lack of clear leadership have eroded confidence among those who traditionally fuel campaigns, leaving Republicans severely outmatched in both resources and organization. In January, a retiring state senator endorsed Salvi’s son – a political unknown – to succeed him in the state legislature, sparking accusations of nepotism and favoritism. Sources confirmed to this publication that the state party chairwoman had been lobbying behind the scenes to secure the appointment for her son. The Salvi family has been involved in Illinois Republican politics for decades. Her husband, Al, an attorney, has run unsuccessfully for office three times – losing a congressional race in 1986, a U.S. Senate race in 1996, and a bid for Illinois Secretary of State in 1998. As the midterm elections draw near, Democrats are poised to maintain control of every statewide office and preserve their supermajority in the legislature. For Republicans, this election season underscores a hard truth: they’re not just losing elections – they’re losing structure. There’s no head coach, no assistant coaches – just a political free-for-all. Unless the state GOP unites behind the grassroots, rebuilds its infrastructure, and offers a compelling vision, it risks remaining sidelined in Illinois politics for decades. No names have emerged as Salvi’s successor – which comes as no surprise. Few want to take the helm of a struggling party lacking infrastructure, fundraising or a clear path forward.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— FBI will help find Texas Democrats in gerrymandering fight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/7/fbi-help-find-texas-democrats-gerrymandering-fight/
— Trump turns tables on banks that cancel customers for political reasons
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/7/trump-turns-tables-banks-cancel-customers-political-reasons/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Chicago Is So Gerrymandered Its Main Airport Is Parking Backlogged Planes in Two Different Congressional Districts. Texas Democrats fled to the city in a private jet to oppose Republican gerrymandering.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/chicago-is-so-gerrymandered-its-main-airport-is-parking-backlogged-planes-in-two-different-congressional-districts/
NEW YORK POST
— Gerrymandering is driving US politics mad — Congress, step in. Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/07/opinion/gerrymandering-drives-us-politics-mad-congress-step-in/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump is right to call for a new census minus the illegals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/trump_is_right_to_call_for_a_new_census_minus_the_illegals.html
BREITBART
— Consumers’ Research Calls for Investigation into DISH Network over Promotion of Woke Ideology
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/07/exclusive-consumers-research-calls-investigation-dish-network/
CENTER SQUARE
— While Democratic lawmakers from California to New York have threatened to redistrict in response to Texas’ redistricting efforts, state Rep. David Spiller, R-Jacksboro, says three states with Democratic majorities – California, New York and Illinois – already have unfair advantages.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-center-square-509740/4162642169932-texas-lawmaker-democratic-state-redistricting-efforts-created-unfair-advantages
COLLEGE FIX
— Because Democrats cannot win without the minority vote, Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/whitelash-professors-say-white-students-get-angry-frustrated-by-anti-racist-education/
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/stanford-shuts-down-dei-office-cornell-renames-dei-office/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Orders ‘New And Highly Accurate’ Census Not Counting Illegal Migrants
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/07/trump-orders-illegals-out-of-census-count/
DAILY SIGNAL
— After Trump Order, Conservative Group Issues ‘Woke Alert’ for JPMorganChase. What does JPMorganChase think of you?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/07/exclusive-after-trump-order-conservative-group-issues-woke-alert-jpmorgan-chase/
DAILY WIRE
— Join Now! $50k To Round Up Mexicans For ICE. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. He never made more than $50k/year in today’s dollars. He fought brittle type 1 diabetes from childhood. He was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never attended college because his doctors told him that the stress would kill him.
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mks-ep-1788
FEDERALIST
— Illegal Aliens Rig The Census For Blue States, And Trump Is Right To Correct It
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/07/illegal-aliens-rig-the-census-for-blue-states-and-trump-is-right-to-correct-it/
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani takes aim at Trump saying his administration will be president’s ‘worst nightmare’ NYC socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani took shots at Trump and former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a Thursday press conference.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376660175112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Requiring Colleges to Prove Non-Race Based Admissions. “Greater transparency is essential to exposing unlawful practices and ultimately ridding society of shameful, dangerous racial hierarchies.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/trump-requiring-colleges-to-prove-non-race-based-admissions/
NEWSBUSTERS
— Legacy News Skips Proposed 2030 Census Not Counting Illegals
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/latino/jorge-bonilla/2025/08/08/omission-legacy-news-skips-proposed-2030-census-not-counting
REAL CLESR POLICY
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/08/07/why_dei_was_already_dying_1127461.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump ups aggressive redistricting war with call for new census
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5441978-trump-census-redistricting-war/
ABC NEWS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gerrymandering-reshaped-political-map-red-blue-states/story?id=124383979
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/arnold-schwarzenegger-weighs-ramping-anti-gerrymandering-efforts/story?id=124444402
— FBI granted request to ‘locate’ fleeing Texas House Democrats, Sen. Cornyn says
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sen-cornyn-says-fbi-granted-141125108.html
— Texas Democrats plea for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump’s redistricting plan
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/texas-democrats-plea-donations-extend-walkout-block-trumps-124436171
NBC NEWS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/gerrymandering-is-the-rot-at-the-core-of-politics-texas-democrat-says-244540485554
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/news/national-international/what-is-gerrymandering/6362388/
CBS NEWS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-redistricting-plan-california-new-york-illinois-indiana/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Young adults are less likely to follow politics. If I had been involved in Republican politics a) the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me or promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me or promoted me in 1986.
https://apnews.com/article/voting-elections-economy-young-people-trump-politics-0cfb6066fad5798219f8a6fe6c25b694
NEWSWEEK
— Map Shows How Population Could Change in Each State Under New Census
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-how-population-could-change-each-state-under-new-census-2110255
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.newsweek.com/what-supreme-court-justices-said-about-gerrymandering-rucho-2109166
MSNBC
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-weeknight/watch/-abuse-of-power-ny-gov-kathy-hochul-slams-gop-gerrymander-244553285651
MSN
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/is-gerrymandering-legal-texas-dispute-highlights-nation-s-long-history-of-it/ar-AA1JWjRg
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dems-gerrymandered-the-vote-beyond-recognition-stephen-miller/vi-AA1K3ePZ
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/get-the-facts-redistricting-or-gerrymandering/ar-AA1K2Odw
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-is-gerrymandering-why-is-it-legal/ar-AA1JYjSI
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/trump-orders-colleges-to-release-data-proving-they-don-t-consider-race-in-admissions/ar-AA1K7HO0
REUTERS
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-signs-memo-requiring-universities-disclose-admissions-data-race-2025-08-07/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Trump to Sign Order Requiring Universities Disclose Admissions Data on Race. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, universities have always bragged about the number of minorities and females that they admitted instead of Whites and males.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-08-07/trump-to-sign-order-requiring-universities-disclose-admissions-data-on-race
NEW YORK TIMES
— Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Full Military Takeover of Gaza
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-military-offensive.html
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/us/politics/redistricting-states.html
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/opinion/happiness-community-wealth.html
— Trump Administration Begins to Strip Federal Workers of Union Protections. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, c) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-unions.html
— Trump Escalates a Fight Over How to Measure Merit in American Education. President Trump’s most recent executive order wades into a debate over how elite colleges should weigh grades and test scores versus the obstacles students have overcome. What obstacles did you have to overcome? I was not viewed as being college material. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. I washed dishes during my junior and senior years and the summer in between. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/trump-merit-affirmative-action-colleges.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/07/texas-gerrymandering-democrats-nuclear-cold-war/
— Trump orders colleges to prove they don’t consider race in admissions. Since the 1960s, everyone above me has been under ever-increasing pressure to give more preference to those who do not share my demographics.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025/08/07/trump-race-college-admissions-executive-order/4e8ca8a4-73ae-11f0-84e0-485bb531abeb_story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-07/california-redistricting-texas-redrawn-congressional-districts-bad-news-republicans
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders claim to speak for Gen Z men.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/08/06/trump-jeffrey-epstein-gen-z-republican-voters/85513159007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/08/trump-publishes-sanctuary-immigration-jurisdiction-list/85543980007/
— More than half of U.S. workers recently surveyed say they feel some anxiety about taking all the paid time off they’re entitled to – and a third of them say they’re pressured not to use all of their PTO. About 9% of workers said their employers actively discourage them from taking all the time off they’re owed. My Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasing pressured me to not take the PTO that I earned.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/07/17/why-employees-wont-take-time-off-pto/85237125007/
— Black unemployment. From the beginning, ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that all the jobs I had were bad jobs and b) they all those jobs should have been given to Blacks.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/08/05/black-unemployment-up-slower-labor-market-economy/85467628007/
PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/ceos-who-cut-dei-initiatives-miscalculated-market-impact/article_2755b8ee-d80f-4939-91d3-664c1fcbbaa9.html
UNION LEADER
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.unionleader.com/news/courts/teachers-union-advocacy-groups-sue-state-over-dei-ban/article_978cfc8c-2d40-4658-8aaf-043fbd069735.html
BOSTON GLOBE
— More White workers are suing over racial bias. To get more votes from minorities, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/08/business/kate-merrill-wbz-white-workers/
SACREMENTO BEE
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article311608507.html
FRESNO BEE
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education-lab/article311119480.html
DESERET NEWS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2025/08/07/not-the-first-gerrymandering-battle/
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/08/07/utah-lawmakers-on-federal-gerrymandering-ban/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/opinion-potomac-watch/who-going-to-win-the-gerrymander-wars/75556160-e007-43fb-b3cb-74e3ee02f986
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/gerrymandering-deepens-the-political-divide-903e24b2
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-gerrymander-flub-state-maps-redistricting-36b0b08f
BLOOMBERG
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-07/california-dives-into-texas-gerrymandering-game
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-07/newsom-and-democrats-fight-gerrymandering-do-they-mean-it
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/new-hampshire-anti-dei-law-hit-with-constitutional-challenge
FORBES
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/08/07/texas-battle-triggers-national-gerrymandering-war-these-states-could-redistrict-next/
POLITICO
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/07/daniels-interview-00497577
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/07/republicans-are-full-steam-ahead-on-redistricting-and-not-just-in-texas-00496450
AXIOS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/07/democrats-redistricting-new-york-california-trump
ATLANTIC
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/08/texas-districts-gerrymandering/683793/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/08/08/how-leaders-are-keeping-dei-work-alive-opinion
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2025/08/08/teaching-about-class-post-dei-era-opinion
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-universities-can-move-dei-backlash-breakthrough
https://www.highereddive.com/news/trump-orders-college-admissions-research-grants/757166/
HR BREW
— Because Democrats cannot win without race and gender based preference giving, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025/08/07/new-doj-guidance-on-dei-includes-a-subtle-warning-on-employee-resource-groups
BROOKINGS
— Because Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering, Democrats will pull out all the stops.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-the-texas-gerrymandering-battle-could-impact-the-midterms/
BRENNAN CENTER
— To elect more Black and Hispanic candidates to Congress, Democrat leaders create Black Congressional Districts and Hispanic Congressional Districts. Their Illinois 3rd Congressional District is one of their Hispanic Congressional Districts.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/gerrymandering-explained
REMAX
— FOR SALE IN MY PRECINCT: 821 Plamondon Road in Wheaton – $949,900
https://ronlewis.remax.com/holp/listing/103/12426295
GUARDIAN
— By their forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, so far, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/07/air-force-transgender-retirement-military