April 22, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Powell against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2025/04/21/wall-street-dollar-tumble-trump-repeat-attacks-federal-reserve-chair-powell
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/22/rep-jesus-garcia-advocates-slam-purge-of-immigrants-from-social-security
— Democrats always want more government money for education because Democrats use education to crank out good little Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/22/illinois-funding-higher-education-politics

FOX32
— Illinois Dems slam Trump admin over Social Security staff cuts. Democrat and RINO leaders did not slam Gingrich over his GAO staff cuts during the 1980s and 1990s. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. Reforms could have included a) requiring that at least one-third of GAO employees at each grade level be Republican and b) requiring that all requests for GAO to do work be bipartisan.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1628597

STATELINE
— Pritzker poised to run for president in 2028. How does that impact Republican decisions to run for governor in 2026?
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-gov-pritzker-2028-presidential/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— A growing number of Republican-led states are taking aim at driver’s licenses issued by other states to illegals. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/some-gop-states-are-targeting-drivers-licenses-issued-to-immigrants-illegally-in-the-us/article_76f63623-d923-5777-b0c4-f2915029fa43.html

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot and promote reparations.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/04/22/city/poetic-justice-how-cannabis-fuels-evanstons-reparations/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— School districts must follow stringent background checks when considering potential employees. 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://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/04/18/roll-call-school-districts-must-follow-stringent-background-checks-when-considering-potential-employees/

WSPY
— Conservative Group looks to form Kane DOGE. Should I form a DuPage DOGE? I would draw on what I 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 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) becoming a licensed CPA, d) becoming a Certified Forensic Accountant, Financial Services Auditor, Government Financial Manager, Fraud Examiner, Internal Auditor, and Public Accountant, and e) earning master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business.
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/conservative-group-looks-to-form-kane-doge/article_89dc72fb-597d-497a-9b84-585366768479.html

WCPT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://heartlandsignal.com/2025/04/21/illinois-lt-gov-juliana-stratton-talks-administrations-successes-standing-up-to-trump-with-wcpts-richard-chew/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders use Durbin to promote more hatred against Hegseth and against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/22/durbin-derides-hegseth-as-petty-00302356

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-496/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— ‘Record’ number of Illinois jobs: Don’t be a chump.
https://wirepoints.org/record-number-of-illinois-jobs-dont-be-a-chump-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— Illinois metro areas take the top four spots for nation’s highest property taxes. Rockford takes the crown.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-metro-areas-take-the-top-four-spots-for-nations-highest-property-taxes-rockford-takes-the-crown-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS RECORD
— Cook County GOP Chair Candidates
https://www.illinoisrecord.com/p/cook-county-gop-chair-candidates

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly slam Trump budget cuts. Democrat and RINO leaders did not slam Gingrich’s GAO budget cuts during the 1980s and 1990s. The agency shrank from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. Reforms could have included a) requiring that at least one-third of GAO employees at each grade level be Republican and b) requiring that all requests for GAO to do work be bipartisan. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Trump administration is resuming collections from student loan borrowers in default. If you had to work your way through college, how would your life have been different if you had not had to do that? My high school, undergraduate, and graduate GPAs would have been higher. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes while I was a Crete-Monee student 1964-1966. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours a) delivering mail while I was a UIC and NIU student 1966-1969, b) selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances while I was a UIC student in 1971, c) pumping gasoline while I was a Loyola student in 1972, d) collecting delinquent taxes while I was a Loyola and DePaul student 1972-1980, and e) auditing federal agencies while I was a DePaul student in 1980 and an IIT student 1992-1997. Further, my 1979 CPA examination scores would have been higher if I had studied instead of collected delinquent federal taxes. Further, my 1981 Certified Internal Auditor examination scores would have been higher if I had studied instead of audited federal agencies. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you could do it over again, would you have had the same college major? I would have majored in accounting instead of management. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30 years old in 1979. By then, the accounting profession considered me to be far too old to have a successful career in accounting. The profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran. It is called reverse discrimination and age discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Should I form a DuPage DOGE? I would draw on what I 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 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) becoming a licensed CPA, d) becoming a Certified Forensic Accountant, Financial Services Auditor, Government Financial Manager, Fraud Examiner, Internal Auditor, and Public Accountant, and e) earning master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Catholic Church faces ideological crossroad after Pope Francis’ death.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/21/catholic-church-faces-ideological-crossroad-pope-francis-death/

NEW YORK POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Powell against Trump.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/21/opinion/trump-needs-to-end-his-war-with-jerome-powell-now-one-way-or-another/
— Democrat leaders used the Pope to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-pope-francis-history-of-criticizing-trump-and-embracing-lgbtq-rights-rankled-conservative-catholics/ar-AA1DiUr6

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Harvard Law School Professors Politicize the Rule of Law
https://amgreatness.com/2025/04/22/harvard-law-school-professors-politicize-the-rule-of-law/

BLAZE
— Mayo Clinic rebrands woke DEI initiatives to dodge Trump’s ban
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mayo-clinic-rebrands-woke-dei-initiatives-to-dodge-trumps-ban

BREITBART
— Trump Successfully Gets Illegal Aliens to Self-Deport from U.S.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/21/reports-trump-successfully-gets-illegal-aliens-to-self-deport-from-u-s/
— Trump has successfully stopped the inflow of economic migrants via the southern border, so he should invite more economic migrants via the nation’s airports, says the Wall Street Journal.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/04/21/wall-street-journal-trumps-less-illegal-migration-allows-more-legalized-migration/
— Four More Democrats Travel to El Salvador to ‘Pressure Trump Administration’ to Return Illegal Migrant
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/21/four-more-democrats-travel-el-salvador-pressure-trump-administration-return-illegal-migrant/

FEDERALIST
— The Left’s Sudden Crusade For ‘Due Process’ Is A Political Smokescreen To Defend Mass Migration
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/21/the-left-sudden-crusade-for-due-process-is-a-political-smokescreen-to-defend-mass-migration/
— Republicans In Congress Look To Stop ‘Judicial Coup D’Etat’
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/21/republicans-in-congress-aim-to-stop-judicial-coup-detat/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Trump Administration Moves to Block Illegal Aliens From Collecting Social Security Benefits
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/trump-administration-block-illegal-aliens-social-security

FOX NEWS
— Trump will attend Pope Francis’ funeral in Rome despite contentious past: ‘Look forward to being there!’ Trump’s relationship with Pope Francis was one marked by ideological differences and sometimes tension.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-attend-pope-francis-funeral-rome-despite-contentious-past-look-forward-being-there

NEWSMAX
— World Now Needs a More Conservative Pope
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/pope-francis-fred-fleitz-conservative/2025/04/21/id/1207764/
— Trump: Radical Left ‘Always Threatening Our Judges’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-posts-immigration/2025/04/21/id/1207769/
— With Voter Support, Trump Moves Forward With His Agenda
https://www.newsmax.com/jeffcrouere/democrats-courts-trump-agenda/2025/04/21/id/1207695/
— Why Is U.S. Giving Billions to Private Universities Like Harvard?
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/harvard-public-funding-trump-administration/2025/04/21/id/1207706/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5259657-trump-courts-migrant-deportations/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Abrego Garcia to destroy Trump.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5259208-if-trump-flouts-the-abrego-garcia-rulings-the-constitution-is-done/

ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ask “Who are the top contenders to be the next pope?” and say “Experts weigh in.”
https://abcnews.go.com/International/top-contenders-pope-experts-weigh/story?id=121011243

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Hegseth against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFblPSNamas
— Democrat leaders ask “Who will be the next pope?” and say “Here’s a list of some of the possible top candidates.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-will-be-the-next-pope-list-of-possible-candidates/

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Harvard against Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/us/harvard-lawsuit-trump-administration-explainer/index.html

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval ratings down.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-approval-rating-dips-many-wary-his-wielding-power-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-04-21/
— Public education exists in America to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-academic-leaders-unite-against-trumps-higher-education-policies-2025-04-22/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-visa-cuts-tariff-hikes-turn-chinese-students-away-american-dream-2025-04-22/
— Democrat leaders used the Pope against conservatives.
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/world/pope-francis-shook-up-church-with-simplicity-raising-conservative-ire/ar-AA1DiHIq

NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/politics/trump-administration-missteps.html
— Democrat leaders used the Pope against conservatives.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/21/world/pope-francis-updates-vatican#francis-faced-defiant-conservative-us-catholic-leaders
— Democrat law firms ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/eeoc-trump-dei-law-firms.html
— Democrat leaders ask “Is the Era of Student Loan Forgiveness Officially Over?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/podcasts/the-daily/student-loan-forgiveness.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Hegseth.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/21/pete-hegseth-signal-chat-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s tariffs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/21/trump-tariff-recession/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Harvard against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/04/21/harvard-sues-trump-administration-funding-antisemitism/
— Democrat leaders say “What Pope Francis’s papacy meant for the U.S. church.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/04/21/pope-francis-us-catholic-church-vatican/
— Democrat leaders ask “Who will be next pope after Francis?” and say “Key contenders ahead of conclave.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2025/04/21/next-pope-after-francis-conclave-contenders/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/21/supreme-court-aclu-deportations-alien-enemies-act/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in moving the Pope to the left.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/pope-francis-legacy-us.html
— Millions of Student Loan Borrowers Are Behind on Payments
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/business/student-loan-borrowers-payments.html
— Gen Z Re-evaluates Its Budgets. What have you spent more money on than your peers? For me, it includes tuition and books, real estate, and new cars. What have you spent less money on than your peers? For me, it include immediate pleasures and dogs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/business/tariffs-gen-z-budgets.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/trump-powell-ocasio-cortez-birthright.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/politics/supreme-court-childrens-books-gay-trans.html

USA TODAY
— Harvard shunned conservatives. It deserves to be defunded by Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/21/trump-harvard-federal-funding-freeze-dei/83138590007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/04/22/supreme-court-lgbtq-books-case/83159626007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/20/supreme-court-lgbtq-storybooks-religion/83123106007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/22/supreme-court-childrens-books-lgbtq-issues-parents-rights/82977579007/
— Democrat leaders used the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/02/pope-francis-lgbtq-issues-legacy-catholic-church/80338152007/

EYEWITNESS NEWS
— Pritzker likely to run for 2028 presidential election
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZRQTlOnsRY

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Dow Heads for Worst April Since 1932. How far down will hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters drive the stock market to destroy America to destroy Trump?
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-trump-tariffs-trade-war-04-22-25/card/dow-heads-for-worst-april-since-1932-aAYmUHTfFPxPtuWmxty4
— Accountability Returns to Student Loans
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/accountability-returns-to-student-loans-forgiveness-borrower-debt-payment-9508da8d

FORTUNE
— Not all degrees are a waste of time and money: These majors will lead to six figure salaries after college. If you could do it over again, would you have had the same major? I would have majored in accounting instead of management. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30 years old in 1979. By then, the accounting profession considered me to be far too old to have a successful career in accounting. The profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, and/or veteran. It is called reverse discrimination and age discrimination.
https://fortune.com/article/not-all-degrees-are-a-waste-of-time-and-money-these-majors-will-lead-to-six-figure-salaries-after-college/

PBS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjfXVUozQ2Q

NPR
— Trump administration is resuming collections from student loan borrowers in default. If you had to work your way through college, how would your life have been different if you had not had to do that? My high school, undergraduate, and graduate GPAs would have been higher. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes while I was a Crete-Monee student 1964-1966. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours a) delivering mail while I was a UIC and NIU student 1966-1969, b) selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances while I was a UIC student in 1971, c) pumping gasoline while I was a Loyola student in 1972, d) collecting delinquent taxes while I was a Loyola and DePaul student 1972-1980, and e) auditing federal agencies while I was a DePaul student in 1980 and an IIT student 1992-1997. Further, my 1979 CPA examination scores would have been higher if I had studied instead of collected delinquent federal taxes. Further, my 1981 Certified Internal Auditor examination scores would have been higher if I had studied instead of audited federal agencies.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371723/trump-administration-collections-on-defaulted-student-loans

POLITICO
— Anticipate/expect Democrat leaders to ever-increasingly compare the Trump administration to Nazi Germany. How soon will governments, employers, organizations, etc. officially ban German Americans?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/al-gore-compares-trump-administration-to-third-reich-hitler-00302348

NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://newrepublic.com/article/194029/fascist-trump-resembles-incompetent-mussolini

HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders use the Pope to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jimmy-kimmel-trump-pope_n_680721ade4b052543c13cd8a

HR DRIVE
— 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://www.hrdive.com/news/exclusive-job-offers-protected-groups-present-greatest-legal-risk/745875/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Harvard against Trump.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/politics-elections/2025/04/22/will-trump-follow-law-punishing-harvard

GUARDIAN
— Public education exists in America to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/us-university-presidents-trump-administration

April 21, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/el-salvador-government-rejects-lawmakers-request-visit-abrego-garcia/16218278/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint the Pope as having been a liberal Democrat.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-pope-francis-said-controversial-issues-gay-rights-immigration/16217684/

CBC2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint the Pope as having been a liberal Democrat.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/pope-francis-remembered-for-his-commitment-to-social-justice/

WGN9
— How low will Democrat leaders drag the stock market down to destroy America to destroy Trump?
https://wgntv.com/news/stocks-and-the-dollar-tumble-as-investors-retreat-from-the-us/

WBEZ
— The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more homelessness.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/04/21/the-trump-administration-could-change-housing-policies-what-does-this-mean-for-illinois
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/theater-stages/2025/04/21/wake-of-a-dead-drag-queen-play-raven-theatre-hiv-art-nea
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more welfare for those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/04/21/most-in-illinois-want-more-funding-for-higher-education

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DePaul president called to testify to Congress on antisemitism
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/21/depaul-president-called-to-testify-to-congress-on-antisemitism
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/consumer-affairs/2025/04/18/federal-program-liheap-utility-bills-cut-trump-budget-plan

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Congress calls on DePaul president to testify in antisemitism probe
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/depaul-president-called-testify-antisemitism-probe
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more gambling.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/responsible-gambling-legislation-needed-illinois-op-ed

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— People Paying More In State Income Taxes, But Getting Less
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/study-shows-people-paying-more-in-state-income-taxes-but-getting-less/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2025/04/21/no-kings-550-protest-trump-in-downtown-freeport-rockford/83196052007/

CITIES 92.9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/04/21/illinois-officials-share-concerns-tariffs-will-impact-states-agricultural-sector/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters are doing everything that they can to destroy America to destroy Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-21/sell-usa-why-trumps-tariffs-may-be-sparking-a-historic-storm-on-wall-street
— Trump Administration to resume collections on student loan borrowers in default
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-21/trump-administration-to-resume-collections-on-student-loan-borrowers-in-default

WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly spend more tax dollars to defeat Trump.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-attorney-general-requesting-15-million-budget-increase-to-address-trump-actions/article_1f5d57a9-98a5-49b9-8206-1ebe0572caed.html

WGLT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.wglt.org/2025-04-21/u-s-farmers-trump-tariffs-trade-war
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, farmers are ever-increasingly dependent on government spending.
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2025-04-21/illinois-scrambles-to-boost-locally-produced-farm-products-after-trumps-funding-freeze
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-04-21/protesters-in-normal-urge-congressman-darin-lahood-to-protect-medicaid-funding

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Homeschool Act proposer accused of ghost-voting.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/homeschool-act-proposer-accused-of-ghost-voting/article_3cd5b537-a1b7-4f88-9c28-d59427b694a6.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, farmers are ever-increasingly dependent on government spending.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-scrambles-to-boost-locally-produced-farm-products-after-trumps-funding-freeze/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-289/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— New State Senator Casts Controversial Vote
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/21/new-state-senator-casts-controversial-vote/
— Trump-Endorsed Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Bryon Donalds Speaking to State GOP Fundraiser Friday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/21/trump-endorsed-florida-gubernatorial-candidate-bryon-donalds-speaking-to-state-gop-fundraiser-friday/
— REBUTTAL FROM JOHN COLLINS ON TIM BECK’S “Logic Behind NOW’s ‘We Resist Rally’ Analyzed”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/21/logic-behind-nows-we-resist-rally-analyzed/
— RTA Seems To Be Using Tax Dollars to Raise Tax Dollar
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/21/rta-seems-to-be-using-tax-dollars-to-raise-tax-dollars/
— Idea That Failed on State Street Advanced for Michigan Avenue
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/20/6537/
— Trump v. Pritzker Feud from the Start
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/20/trump-v-pritzker-feud-from-the-start/
— Report on Abortion Tourism
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/20/report-on-abortion-tourism/
— McHenry County Doesn’t Make Top of the List of Highest Taxes Illinois Counties, But Kendall, Lake, Macon, Rock Island, Will and Winnebago Do
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/20/mchenry-county-doesnt-make-top-of-the-list-of-highest-taxes-illinois-counties-but-kendall-lake-macon-rock-island-will-and-winnebago-do/
— Remembering the Start of the American Revolution
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/19/remembering-the-start-of-the-american-revolution/
— More Anti-Trump Protests in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/19/more-anti-trump-protests-in-mchenry-county/
— Advice to Newly-Elected Officials
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/19/advice-to-newly-elected-officials/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— China says it will punish countries that use U.S. trade talks to ostracize Beijing
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/21/china-says-punish-countries-use-us-trade-talks-ostracize-beijing/

EPOCH TIMES
— China Issues Retaliatory Sanctions on U.S. Congress Members Over Hong Kong
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/china-issues-retaliatory-sanctions-on-u-s-congress-members-over-hong-kong-5844967

FEDERALIST
— The More Christian That America Is, The Better Off American Jews Will Be
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/21/the-more-christian-that-america-is-the-better-off-american-jews-will-be/

FOX NEWS
— David Hogg and Reince Priebus clash over Trump deportation policies
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6371733004112

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Student loan borrowers in default face garnished wages
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/student-loan-debt-default-garnished-wages-payments-education-department/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2025-04-21/pope-francis-vance-gaza-refugees-migrants

CNN
— Harvard sues the Trump administration, taking the fight over federal funding and academic freedom to court
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/us/harvard-white-house-funding

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-congress-housing-voucher-assistance-funding-cuts-26f9a716af6731e3c6445015488bab3a

NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/trump-fertility-birthrate-sexism.html
— Democrat leaders say Hegseth shared sensitive military data
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/21/us/trump-administration-news

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Mexico’s president wants to ban U.S. ads warning against migration. How soon will Mexico officially declare war on America?
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-04-21/mexicos-president-says-u-s-ads-warning-against-migration-are-not-welcome

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— As Catholic Church Enters New Era, Conservative U.S. Members Push It Right. The conservative wing is reviving old practices and ​growing more assertive in the battle for the future of the Church—and the nation.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/conservative-catholic-maga-pope-vance-b2a4497b
— Harvard Is Suing the Trump Administration
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/harvard-sues-trump-administration-lawsuit-0f00e894

BLOOMBERG
— Behind Trump’s imperial presidency (and Elon), there’s Russell Vought
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-russell-vought-doge-musk-trump/
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/features/2024-07-29/white-men-the-most-likely-to-get-hired-even-with-dei-finds-research

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 66% Agree: Deport Illegals to ‘Liberate’ America
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/66_agree_deport_illegals_to_liberate_america

April 20, 2025

How much success have Democrat leaders had organizing protests against Trump in your county, township, municipality, and school district?

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/18/420-cannabis-holiday-alcohol/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-cuts-threats-fuel-protests-025500813.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/19/supreme-court-blocks-deportations/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Lightfoot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/19/editorial-no-president-trump-lori-lightfoot-is-neither-evil-nor-a-dope/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for high drug prices.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/20/illinois-drug-intermediaries-pharmacies/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/20/cook-county-jails-population/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/04/19/50501-chicago-protest-trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/religion/2025/04/18/easter-sermons-chicago-priests-pastors
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/17/donald-trump-detain-deport-pro-palestinian-el-salvador-prison-immigrants-kilmar-garcia-mona-charen
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2025/04/18/chicago-manufacturer-freedman-seating-reels-devastating-tariffs

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250419/news/anti-trump-protesters-turn-out-to-rallies-across-country/

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protest-protesters-daley-plaza-downtown-oppose-trumps-policies-immigration-federal-funding-reproductive-rights/16204461/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-pastor-leads-event-support-black-owned-business-amid-dei-rollbacks/3726185/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/50501-protest-daley-plaza-chicago-donald-trump/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/anti-trump-50501-movement-protest-fills-daley-plaza/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgNbAvAGdP0

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://wgntv.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-anti-trump-protesters-turn-out-to-rallies-in-new-york-washington-and-other-cities-across-country/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/50501-protests-april-19-2025
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-trans-athlete-ban-response

WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote international students over American students.
https://wgnradio.com/news/aclu-sues-trump-administration-for-targeting-international-students/

SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders use Trump tariffs to get companies to charge their customers more.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/19/these-companies-said-they-will-raise-prices-in-response-to-trumps-tariffs/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2025/04/20/hundreds-march-in-dekalb-to-declare-no-kings-at-anti-trump-protest/

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/04/19/protesting-the-protestors-counter-protesters-at-hands-off-rally-condemn-their-treatment/

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kendall-county-now/2025/04/19/this-is-a-moment-in-history-hundreds-protest-trump-administration-at-yorkville-rally/

SHAW LOCAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Foster.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/04/17/at-rep-foster-town-hall-concerns-about-social-security-tariffs-and-if-dems-wants-to-impeach-trump-again/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.rrstar.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2025/04/19/no-kings-no-tyrants-300-protest-trump-in-rockford-see-photos/83179321007/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/anti-trump-protesters-rally-in-new-york-washington-and-elsewhere-across-the-country/article_6e4ae27b-456e-5a16-b9e4-5ad9a00c95e5.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/community/belleville/article304590666.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-19/anti-trump-protests-this-weekend-turn-focus-to-community-action
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-19/protesters-unite-against-trump-in-hundreds-of-rallies-across-the-u-s

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-anti-trump-protesters-turn-out-to-rallies-in-new-york-washington-and-other-cities-across-country/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/peoria-protest-trump-musk/

25 NEWS NOW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/04/19/hundreds-gather-downtown-peoria-oppose-trump-musk/

WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/anti-trump-protesters-rally-in-new-york-washington-and-elsewhere-across-the-country/article_a01213d3-5ae5-5ec7-a77a-84bcf069b4c2.html

WGEM
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.wgem.com/2025/04/19/anti-trump-protestors-rally-outside-white-house/

WCIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-marijuana-holiday-4-20-coincides-with-easter-and-passover-this-year-heres-what-to-know/

WSIU
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2025-04-19/trump-administration-and-the-courts-continue-to-clash-over-immigration

WGLT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-04-19/bloomington-among-cities-in-series-of-nationwide-protests-against-trump-administrations-policies

WVIK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.wvik.org/2025-04-19/protesters-unite-against-trump-in-hundreds-of-rallies-across-the-u-s

IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/photoshundreds-demonstrate-against-the-trump-administration-in-urbana/

ILLINOIS PUBLIC RADIO
— To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. To give preference to illegals is to discriminate against Blacks.
https://will.illinois.edu/dialogue/episode/a-dialogue-about-why-many-black-people-are-staying-home-from-political-protests

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The cars that you own say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. I just bought a new loaded 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV. Please let me know if you share my interest in the car. I continue to own a 2013 Charger R/T Max that I bought new in 2012. I owned a 1968 Charger R/T 1994-2005. I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971. I also own a 2005 and a 1972 Chevrolet Corvette and a 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Drag queen group mocks Jesus, Christianity in Easter show marketed to kids
https://nypost.com/2025/04/19/us-news/drag-queen-group-mocks-christianity-in-easter-show-for-kids/
— The huge outpouring of support for Karmelo Anthony — who allegedly stabbed another teen in the heart — should scare all of us
https://nypost.com/2025/04/19/opinion/support-for-alleged-stabber-karmelo-anthony-highlights-victim-industrial-complex/
— NYC woman who left swastika brick on Cybertruck is a woke therapist who blamed Elon Musk for tantrum. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Musk. To promote hatred against Musk is to promote more hatred against EVs and more hatred against EV owners. I just bought a new loaded 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/19/us-news/nyc-woman-charged-in-cybertruck-hate-crime-is-woke-therapist/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/20/us-news/trump-white-house-releases-tren-de-aragua-gang-members-rap-sheets-photos-after-scotus-deportation-freeze/
https://nypost.com/2025/04/19/us-news/supreme-court-blocks-new-deportations-of-of-venezuelans-under-18th-century-wartime-law-alien-enemies-act/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illinois’s insane leftism now propping up bordering states!
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/illinois_s_insane_leftism_now_propping_up_bordering_states.html
— DOGE shows just how deep illegal immigration rot goes
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/doge_shows_just_how_seep_illegal_immigration_rot_goes.html

BLAZE
— Telling America’s story is too important to leave to radicals.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/telling-americas-story-is-too-important-to-leave-to-radicals
— Trump’s border blitz puts military muscle to work
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/trumps-border-blitz-puts-military-muscle-to-work

BREITBART
— Stephen Miller Urges Reparations for Migration’s Damage to Americans. My critics/opponents promote mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/19/stephen-miller-urges-reparations-for-migrations-damage-to-americans/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/thousands-protest-trump-across-u-s-in-second-day-of-action/
— UK Bans French ‘Great Replacement’ Philosopher Renaud Camus From Entering Country. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Democrats include liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, want/need/demand massive government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, and have financial, health, and/or other problems.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/04/19/uk-bans-french-great-replacement-philosopher-renaud-camus-from-entering-country/
— Therapist Who Committed Tesla Hate Crime Blames Elon Musk
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/04/19/nyc-police-therapist-who-committed-tesla-hate-crime-blames-elon-musk/

DAILY CALLER
— Blue States Are Keeping DEI On Life Support
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/19/blue-states-keeping-dei-life-support-trump-admin/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Tesla Continues to Reign Supreme Despite Leftist Violence
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/19/tesla-continues-to-reign-supreme-despite-leftist-violence/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/19/supreme-court-issues-order-pausing-deportations-under-alien-enemies-act/

DAILY WIRE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/scotus-blocks-trump-from-deporting-alleged-tren-de-aragua-gang-members

FOX NEWS
— Illinois trans athlete policy brewing conflict within state. Rep. Blaine Wilhour called on Illinois school districts to take action and ban trans athletes.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/illinois-transgender-athlete-policy-sparks-controversy-state
— Expert sounds alarm on Trump’s tariffs: ‘Too high, too fast’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54HVgd9oitw

NEWSMAX
— Trump is ‘prioritizing the American people’ and not ‘illegal aliens’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc4c0zKRHcA

TOWNHALL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/04/19/federal-judge-denies-emergency-request-to-block-imminent-deportation-flights-under-alien-enemies-act-n2655793

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5257441-anti-trump-demonstrators-rally-across-the-us/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5256292-schools-parents-trump-trade-war-trump-tariffs/

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/19/politics/video/anti-trump-protests-hands-off-protesters-musk-digvid
— Trump administration sent letter of demands to Harvard University in error
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/19/us/harvard-trump-administration-letter-mistake/index.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/19/politics/supreme-court-alien-enemies-act-order/index.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly turn Canada against Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/americas/canada-election-carney-poilievre-intl-latam/index.html

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/thousands-protesters-rally-against-trump-across-us-2025-04-19/

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/anti-trump-50501-protesters-warn-theyre-fighting-fascism-2061821

MSNBC
— Cheap labor isn’t China’s only advantage over the United States. China graduates almost twice as many STEM-oriented Ph.D.s in science and technology programs than the U.S. does.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-tariffs-china-education-deficit-rcna201951

MSN
— Musk’s Tesla Zapped by Trump’s Tariff Storm
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/shock-charge-musk-s-tesla-zapped-by-trump-s-tariff-storm/ar-AA1DfkTi
— Tesla to delay US launch of affordable EV, a lower-cost Model Y
https://www.msn.com/en-in/autos/news/tesla-to-delay-us-launch-of-affordable-ev-a-lower-cost-model-y-reports/ar-AA1DcH6s
— Tesla delays affordable Model Y release until 2026. Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents are furious that I could afford to buy a new loaded 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/tesla-delays-affordable-model-y-release-until-2026/ar-AA1DeC4Y
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Musk. To promote hatred against Musk is to promote more hatred against EVs and more hatred against EV owners. I just bought a new loaded 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/pure-evil-tesla-whistleblower-slams-monster-elon-musk-and-wants-to-drag-him-to-court/ar-AA1DecXN

AOL
— Since 1965, Democrat and RINO leaders have ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/trump-revokes-workplace-discrimination-rules-203613130.html

YAHOO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/protesters-target-trump-admin-policies-222704745.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-trump-50501-protests-ahead-175204493.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-trump-protesters-mobilize-hundreds-192544875.html

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/no-kings-protesters-across-country-march-against-trump-musk/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anti-trump-rallies-hands-off-administration-washington-new-york-boston/
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/philadelphia-protest-today-trump-no-kings/
— Car buyers say they are not racing to the dealership amid tariffs
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/car-buyers-not-racing-dealership-amid-tariffs/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/supreme-court-blocks-trump-deporting-alleged-gang-members-migrants-texas-facility/

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-orders-trump-administration-not-deport-venezuelans-now-rcna201949

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/us/politics/trump-protests-nyc-florida-la.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/us/politics/supreme-court-deportation-protocol-venezuela.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/us/politics/trump-deportation-courts-venezuelan-migrants-texas.html
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/19/us/trump-news
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/business/economy/tariffs-business-strategy.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/business/tariffs-china-us-farmers.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/100000010111503/how-china-and-the-eu-are-reacting-to-trumps-tariffs.html
— Inside a Union’s Fight Against Trump’s Federal Job Cuts. Leaders of the union representing government workers say their battle is galvanizing but also alarming. “It’s insulting to say,” one said, “that we are lazy.”  The Democrats who ran GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/business/economy/government-union-trump-musk.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/20/trump-clashes-with-courts-immigration/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-04-19/anti-trump-protesters-turn-out-to-rallies-in-new-york-washington-and-other-cities-across-country

DETROIT FREE PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/04/19/metro-detroit-protesters-rally-against-trump-administration/83142535007/

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Fed chief Powell
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/04/18/trumps-critcism-powell-rates/83144615007/
— To get more votes from Latinos, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give Latinos more preference over non-Latinos.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/19/despite-trump-anti-dei-push-latino-museum/83162003007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders and the rest of America’s enemies want America to be totally dependent on foreign countries for everything.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/19/trump-tariffs-america-economy-jobs-china/83143659007/
— Democrats and RINOs cause everything that is bad and then blame Republicans for everything that is bad.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/19/trump-easter-egg-hunt-prices-ruined/83121697007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/04/20/trump-tariff-trade-wars-2028-china-economy/83096052007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/20/trump-insurrection-act-1807-military-border/83142329007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pritzker Is Acting Like He Wants to Be President. He is one of the top Democrats being watched as the party searches for a way out of the political wilderness. Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/americas-second-richest-elected-official-is-acting-like-he-wants-to-be-president-8b30efa0
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-migrant-deportations-alien-enemies-act-759f25dd

FORBES
— Tesla Protests And Vandalism Surge: Justice Department Announces Charges Against Sixth Alleged Vandal. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Musk. To promote hatred against Musk is to promote more hatred against EVs and more hatred against EV owners. I just bought a new loaded 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/04/19/tesla-protests-and-vandalism-surge-justice-department-announces-charges-against-sixth-alleged-vandal/

NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/19/nx-s1-5369483/anti-trump-protests-50501-tesla-takedown

PBS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/supreme-court-temporarily-blocks-trump-from-deporting-more-venezuelan-migrants

NEW YORKER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/28/donald-trumps-deportation-obsession

POLITICO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/19/anti-trump-protesters-new-york-washington-00299718

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s tariffs.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/first-shockwaves-of-trumps-tariffs-are-about-to-hit-the-world-economy/articleshow/120449995.cms
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/no-kings-in-america-anti-trump-protests-erupt-across-the-us-from-new-york-to-washington-and-beyond/articleshow/120446663.cms

DAILY MAIL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14628887/Appalling-rap-sheets-cartel-thugs-Trump-deport-judges-demand-process-ILLEGALS.html

April 19, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 16, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 11, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CuTu90tqbo
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-tourism-industry-worried-possible-impact-president-donald-trumps-tariffs-foreigners-avoid-traveling-us/16154110/
— Democrat leaders cancel Chicago’s Cinco de Mayo parade to punish Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-cinco-de-mayo-parade-2025-canceled-due-fears-president-donald-trumps-immigration-policies-organizers-say/16153830/
— Chicago police send letter to CPS parents on stopping teen takeovers. Letter comes after teen takeover events downtown have resulted in the shootings of a 15-year-old boy and a tourist.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-police-department-sends-letter-public-schools-parents-stopping-teen-takeovers/16156282/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-4/11/2025

NBC5
— Pritzker called to testify before Congress on ‘sanctuary city’ laws
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/gov-j-b-pritzker-called-to-testify-before-congress-on-sanctuary-city-laws/3719547/
— Democrat leaders cancel Chicago’s Cinco de Mayo parade to punish Trump
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/nothing-to-celebrate-cinco-de-mayo-event-canceled-citing-trump-administration/3719621/

CBS2
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tariff-uncertainty-raises-concerns-at-chicago-toy-store/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders cancel Chicago’s Cinco de Mayo parade to punish Trump
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-cinco-de-mayo-parade-canceled-trump-immigration-policies
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1623249
— House passes Trump-backed budget bill
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1623130
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1623065

WTTW
— Pritzker ‘Evaluating’ Request to Testify Before Congress About Illinois Protections for Undocumented Immigrants
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/10/pritzker-evaluating-request-testify-congress-about-illinois-protections-undocumented
— Chicago Public Schools give preference to Blacks, that is, they reject federal law.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/09/chicago-public-schools-moves-forward-black-student-success-plan-amid-national-dei

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Supreme Court’s refusal to hear gerrymandering case is a blow to democracy. I should write about those who gerrymandered my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton (now Precinct 59) in 2015.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/11/gerrymandering-supreme-court-illinois-fair-maps/
— Trump threatens to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/10/donald-trump-federal-funding-sanctuary-cities/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson responds to Trump threat to revoke federal aid for sanctuary cities
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/10/mayor-brandon-johnson-trump-threat-sanctuary-cities/
— Judge allows requirement that everyone in the US illegally must register to move forward
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/10/judge-us-illegal-immigrant-registration/
— If your school is not in the Ivy League, it’s as if you don’t matter at all. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless.
https://www.aol.com/commentary-school-not-ivy-league-090000001.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago braces for President Trump’s latest threat to cut ‘all federal funding’ to sanctuary cities
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/04/10/trump-chicago-federal-funding-threat-sanctuary-cities
— Democrat leaders oppose expansion of detention centers for illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/04/10/donald-trump-immigration-detention-illinois-deport-immigrants-deportation-jb-pritzker
— Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s budget plan.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/10/trump-budget-plan-tax-cut-americans-working-class-marc-morial
— They aren’t going quietly. Illinois library, museum supporters fight Trump funding cuts. I did not go quietly. In 1998, my attorney Walter T. Charlton filed Diersen v GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  In 2000, the lawsuit was transferred to Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/04/09/institute-museum-library-services-funding-kwame-raoul-trump-illinois-library-association-illinois-association-museums-park
— ‘Take care of my intern’: Emil Jones III trial turns to hiring request — and bribes of other pols. I took a $23,472/year pay cut (21%) in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates wanted me to transfer in as an intern, that is, to take a $71,982/year (64%) pay cut in today/s dollars to transfer. They wanted that even though GHAO audits IRS and I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-corruption-trials/2025/04/10/take-care-of-my-intern-emil-jones-iii-trial-hiring-request-bribes-other-pols
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/04/10/deerfield-school-board-meeting-draws-hundreds-voicing-support-for-trans-student

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Elgin to continue housing Tent City residents at Lexington Inn until fall. In which buildings are the Democrats and RINOs who run your municipality housing their homeless?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250410/news/elgin-to-continue-housing-tent-city-residents-at-lexington-inn-until-fall/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump threatens to cut all federal funding to sanctuary cities like Chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-threatens-cut-federal-funding-sanctuary-cities
— Waves of Illinois’ international university students lose their visas
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/waves-illinois-international-university-students-lose-their-visas

STATELINE
— Justice Department suggests federal agencies are free to blacklist law firm despite judge’s order. Who blacklists you? I should write about those who blacklist me.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/politics/ap-justice-department-suggests-federal-agencies-are-free-to-blacklist-law-firm-despite-judges-order/
— Illinois Senate bill removes education requirement for state government jobs. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly lower requirements so that they can hire, retain, and promote more Democrats 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. The aforesaid ever-increasing rendered worthless my job-related a) bachelor’s degree, b) three master’s degrees, c) six professional certifications, and d) professional license.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-senate-bill-removes-education-requirement-for-state-government-jobs/
— Illinois may ban police from using raw cannabis odor as cause for car searches. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-may-ban-police-from-using-raw-cannabis-odor-as-cause-for-car-searches/

WAND TV
— Illinois House Democrats pass bill banning Native American school mascots, logos. What about the Crete-Monee Warriors?
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-house-democrats-pass-bill-banning-native-american-school-mascots-logos/article_75d54143-663f-4fdb-ad9c-76ab5e61a68c.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-10/why-some-are-accusing-trump-of-manipulating-stock-markets
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote foreign students who protest
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-11/the-controversial-and-obscure-law-being-used-against-immigrant-student-protestors
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Israel on college campuses.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-11/under-trump-freedom-of-speech-in-universities-takes-on-a-new-meaning

ELMHURST PATCH
— Federal law trumps state and local laws. But Illinois Democrat leaders reject federal law.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-d205-need-not-answer-trump-state

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have.
https://chicagocrusader.com/moseley-braun-calls-trump-insane-after-assault-on-national-black-museum/

IPM NEWS
— Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk receives a warm welcome to the University of Illinois
https://ipmnewsroom.org/turning-point-usa-founder-charlie-kirk-receives-a-warm-welcome-to-the-university-of-illinois/

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Illinois Republicans explain support for Trump. Conservative values becoming more socially acceptable. Republicans vote for Trump because he promises to defend and advance the Republican Party platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/illinois-republicans-explain-support-for-trump-20009179

CITY OF WHEATON
— There are many historic homes in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7529c1ea765a44968630abd1612a0042

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more illegal immigration, that is, Pritzker ever-increasingly rejects federal law.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/11/partisan-dog-and-pony-show-00286150

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-494/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-287/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— All Illinois Democrats in U.S. House vote against bill requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. All Republicans vote for it.
https://wirepoints.org/all-illinois-democrats-in-u-s-house-vote-against-bill-requiring-proof-of-citizenship-to-register-to-vote-all-republicans-vote-for-it-wirepoints-quickpoint/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago teachers vote on deal to bring average salary to over $114,000 per year. I did not start earning that in today’s dollars until I was 38 years old and I had a) worked for GAO for 6 years and for IRS for 9 years before that, b) earned master’s degrees in business and accounting, c) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, and d) became a licensed CPA. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a3b00e3e-3823-458d-945f-d52021a95431.html
— IL gun storage bill approved as Homeschool Act could still pass before deadline
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2a2c1ea3-fc5e-4a1c-86ba-9c66846ba872.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Home Educators Face “Guilty Until Proven Innocent” Label
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/illinois-home-educators-face-guilty-until-proven-innocent-label/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Legislators Start Talking about Electricity Sucking Threat of Data Centers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/10/legislators-start-talking-about-electricity-threat-of-data-centers/
— Partisan Majority on Illinois Supreme Court Explains Remap Decision
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/10/partisan-majority-on-illinois-supreme-court-explains-remap-decision/
— Home School Registration Bill Advances
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/09/home-school-registration-bill-advances/
— Funk Finks Out for Second Algonquin Township Board Meeting Since GOP Primary Trouncing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/09/funk-finks-out-for-second-algonquin-township-board-meeting-since-gop-primary-trouncing/
— When Even Patch Is Covering Tariffs, Here’s a Comparison of Where Car Parts Originate That Might Be of Interest
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/09/when-even-patch-is-covering-tariffs-heres-a-comparison-of-where-car-parts-originate-that-might-be-of-interest/
— Foster’s Town Hall “Sold Out”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/09/fosters-town-hall-sold-out/
— McLaughlin Continues to Urge Emphasis on Mail-In Votes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/08/mclaughlin-continues-to-urge-emphasis-on-mail-in-votes/
— Illinois House Passes Bill to Encourage Competition and Entrepreneurship
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/08/illinois-house-passes-bill-to-encourage-competition-and-entrepreneurship/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden admitted 6,300 illegal immigrants with criminal records
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/10/biden-admitted-6300-illegal-immigrants-criminal-records-national/
— Democrats continue to run 2024 playbook, apparently unaware they have already lost
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/10/democrats-continue-run-2024-playbook-apparently-unaware-already-lost/
— Judge won’t block Trump’s registration requirement for immigrants
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/10/judge-allows-trumps-immigrant-registration-requirement/
— China announces countermeasures by raising tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% starting Saturday
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/11/china-declares-countermeasures-raising-tariffs-us-goods-84-125/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GAO auditing Musk-led DOGE. Virtually all if not all GAO employees are Democrats. Enough said. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3377103/government-accountability-office-audit-elon-musk-doge/
— Trump finalizing plan to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities. Trump threatens to cut all federal funding to sanctuary cities like Chicago
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3376497/trump-finalizing-plan-withhold-federal-funding-sanctuary-cities/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Trump Plans to Withhold All Federal Funding From Sanctuary City ‘Death Traps’
https://amgreatness.com/2025/04/10/trump-plans-to-withhold-all-federal-funding-from-sanctuary-city-death-traps/

BREITBART
— Nearly 400 Local Police Depts Sign Up to Help DHS Arrest Criminal Illegals Since Trump Inauguration. What about your local police department?
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/10/nearly-400-local-police-depts-sign-up-to-help-dhs-arrest-criminal-illegals-since-trump-inauguration/
— Democrat leaders question Trump’s mental acuity
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/04/10/jasmine-crockett-beyond-wild-no-one-questioning-trump-mental-acuity/
— Democrats Want Chinese to Work in Sweatshops, Eat Bat and Pangolin
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/04/10/marlow-democrats-want-chinese-to-work-in-sweatshops-eat-bat-and-pangolin/
— Democrats want Trump’s tariffs to fail
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/04/10/doge-reveals-the-unborn-getting-government-handouts/
— Trump Sketches Plan to Deport Many and Recall Some Migrants for Farm, Hotel Jobs. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the bad jobs that I got.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/04/10/donald-trump-sketches-plan-deport-many-recall-some-migrants-farm-hotel-jobs/

DAILY CALLER
— Conservative Think Tank Database Equips Parents Seeking ‘Alternatives’ To Deteriorating School Systems. How bad are the test scores in your school district and why?
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/10/exclusive-conservative-think-tank-database-equips-parents-seeking-alternatives-to-deteriorating-school-systems/

FOX NEWS
— Judge sides with Trump: anyone in US illegally must register with fed government. The deadline to register for anyone who has been in the US illegally for 30 days or more is April 11.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-sides-trump-anyone-us-illegally-must-register-fed-government

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Six Discriminatory Scholarships at DePaul University Challenged By Equal Protection Project. My critics/opponents have always used my not getting scholarships to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me a) as being stupid and b) as having filthy rich parents.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/04/six-discriminatory-scholarships-at-depaul-university-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/

TOWNHALL
— Judge Gives the ‘OKAY’ to Enforce This Existing Law Regarding Illegal Aliens. Libs Will Seethe.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/04/10/judge-gives-trump-administration-the-green-light-to-move-forward-with-illegal-alien-registry-n2655347
— Public Trust in Media Dies in ‘Groupthink’
https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2025/04/11/public-trust-in-media-dies-in-groupthink-n2655365

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Trump invalidates Social Security numbers of immigrants, pushing them to “self deport”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-dead-immigrants-temporary-legal-status/
— SAVE Act passes House, with 4 Democrats backing bill to require proof of citizenship for voter registration
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-passes-save-act-proof-of-citizenship-voter-registration-federal-elections/
— Trump “working on papers” to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities, including Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-sanctuary-cities-chicago-federal-funding/
— House GOP adopts Trump budget plan after conservatives fold
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/johnson-votes-pass-budget-resolution/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-vows-trade-talks-after-pausing-most-new-tariffs/

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-tariffs-live-updates-china-raises-retaliatory-levies-125-dollar-rcna200775

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mexico
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-threatens-sanctions-tariffs-mexico-over-water-treaty-dispute-2025-04-10/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-tariffs-live-markets-whipsaw-trade-war-fuels-global-recession-fears-2025-04-11/

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/politics/trump-china-trade-war-tariffs-strategy/index.html
— Trump targets two first-term critics. Who has targeted you? I should write about those who have targeted me. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/politics/trump-critics-executive-orders-taylor-krebs/index.html

CNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/apple-left-without-life-raft-amid-trumps-china-trade-war-analysts-.html

MSN
— GAO auditing Musk-led DOGE. Virtually all if not all GAO employees are Democrats. Enough said. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/elon-musk-s-doge-audited-by-gao/ss-AA1vGNOn

MSNBC
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/truth-or-trump-administration-lawyers-face-impossible-task-trying-to-defend-trump-without-lying-237115461668

NEW YORK TIMES
— Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers. By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/politics/migrants-deport-social-security-doge.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/janet-mills-donald-trump-maine.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/business/economy/trump-tariffs-china-farmers.html
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/11/business/trump-tariffs-stocks-china
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mexico
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/politics/trump-mexico-water-dispute.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote foreign countries
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/business/nissan-kanda-japan-factory.html
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, U.S. Students Are Losing Ground
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/low-performing-students-reasons.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Harris Weighs Return to Politics. 478 voted for Harris in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. Since then, how much more success have Democrat leaders had promoting more hatred against Trump?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/politics/kamala-harris-president-california-governor.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/10/trump-tariffs-china-economy-impacts/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/10/trump-china-tariffs-trade-war/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/10/trump-tariffs-plan-white-house-strategy/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/11/trump-sanctuary-cities-crime-false/

USA TODAY
— Trump tariffs caused a market meltdown. Could they sink the GOP’s political fortunes, too?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/09/trump-tariffs-republican-politics-midterms/82992587007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Stocks Tumble as Trade War Jitters Return. Dow industrials, S&P 500 give back some gains from Wednesday’s historic rally.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/u-s-stocks-tumble-as-trade-war-jitters-return-cfbf9fdd
— Trump Team Races to Cut Piecemeal Tariff Deals With More Than 70 Countries
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-tariff-deals-countries-trade-deals-1e3629f6
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/china-tariffs-donald-trump-trade-markets-scott-bessent-tiktok-b30bce47
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/china-us-student-visas-travel-advisories-6f194b3e
— Democrats Bet Casting Trump as Agent of Chaos Will Boost Their Fortunes. Following a week of wild, tariff-induced market swings, some Democrats say just let Trump be Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/democrats-bet-casting-trump-as-agent-of-chaos-will-boost-their-fortunes-655ef699

FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving the stock market down to punish Trump.
https://fortune.com/2025/04/11/state-treasurers-are-seething-after-the-market-rout-wiped-billions-529-college-savings-retirement-plans-trump/

FAST COMPANY
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91314776/the-false-equivalency-of-equity-and-inclusion

FORBES
— Trump’s Tariffs: A Return To ‘American Dominance’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVGcvHJn9IE

LEGAL READER
— Federal Judge Rules “Central Park Five” Can Continue Defamation Claims Against Trump. Who defames you? I should sue those who defame me.
https://www.legalreader.com/federal-judge-rules-central-park-five-can-continue-defamation-claims-against-trump/

PEW RESEARCH CENTER
— What we know about veterans who work for the federal government. My Democrat superiors in the federal government a) gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were veterans and b) used them to get rid of their Republican employees. I should write a book about that. I would focus on my many Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors and supervisors who were veterans and who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/04/10/what-we-know-about-veterans-who-work-for-the-federal-government/

GMA
— Pentagon fires female admiral who was on list of ‘woke individuals’  Democrats run GAO. They gave all the managers who they assigned to run their Chicago Office lists of  employees to get rid of. Of course, I was at the top of all those lists. I would not have survived for almost 18 years if I had not a) earned three job-related master’s degrees, earned six job-related professional certifications, and earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates-securing-trump-3rd-term-120551202/pentagon-fires-female-admiral-who-was-on-list-of-woke-individuals-120577590

April 10, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-tariffs-chicago-business-owners-worried-rising-costs-president-donald-pauses/16150962/
— UIC, Northwestern, U of C students have visas terminated
https://abc7chicago.com/post/7-university-chicago-students-recent-graduates-have-student-exchange-visitor-program-sevp-status-terminated/16149194/
— Under the Democrats, soon, if not already, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-food-banks-worried-ability-meet-need-amid-trump-administrations-cuts-us-department-agriculture/16149767/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-area-residents-brace-for-impact-of-china-tariffs-as-trade-war-escalates/3718508/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpPxLSJ9M0w
— Trump orders probes of two former officials who defied him. Because I opposed my Democrat federal superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination and because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with discrimination in 1988, they disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and1969, forced me to resign in 1969, disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer between agencies in 1980, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/donald-trump-miles-taylor-chris-krebs-executive-orders/3718632/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-tariff-pause-china-illinois-families-industry-agriculture/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trump-pauses-tariffs-for-90-days-on-all-countries-except-china/

WGN9
— Wall Street surges to one of its best days since WWII after Trump pauses most tariffs
https://wgnradio.com/news/markets-tumble-toward-more-big-losses-after-china-retaliates-with-huge-tariff-increase/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use White supremacists to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.wbez.org/2025/04/09/how-much-influence-did-white-supremacist-groups-have-on-chicago-housing
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump budget cuts
https://www.wbez.org/museums/2025/04/09/institute-museum-library-services-funding-kwame-raoul-trump-illinois-library-association-illinois-association-museums-park

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration revokes student visas from U. of C.; students at SIU and U. of I. also targeted.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/trump-administration-revokes-student-visas-from-u-of-c-students-at-siu-and-u-of-i-also-targeted/
— Democratic-led Illinois Supreme Court rejects GOP challenge to legislative maps that kept Democrats in control
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/democratic-led-illinois-supreme-court-rejects-gop-challenge-to-legislative-maps-that-kept-democrats-in-control/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s college fund freezing against him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/trump-administration-funding-freeze-northwestern-university/
— According to Democrats, government exists to take money away from those who have more money and to give that money to those who have less money.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/10/opinion-donald-trump-funding-cuts-tariffs-easter/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/republicans-trump-tariffs/
— Democrat leaders promote Rivian to punish Musk and Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/musk-tesla-backlash-opening-doors-for-ev-startups-like-rivian/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their law firms.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/10/editorial-jenner-block-trump-executive-orders/
— Democrats move to ban January 6 rioters from Chicago work. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in banning me from getting work appropriate for my work experience, master’s degrees, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/chicago-aldermen-ban-jan-6-rioters-city-work/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois State Board of Education rebuffs Trump administration demand to reject DEI in schools. The Education Department said states risk federal funding if they don’t end DEI programs the feds deem illegal. Illinois said it already pledges to comply with anti-discrimination laws. DEI is discrimination. DEI programs give preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, DEI programs discriminate against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/09/illinois-state-board-of-education-rebuffs-trump-administration-demand-to-reject-dei-in-schools
— Trump administration revokes visas for international students in universities across Illinois
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/09/trump-administration-revokes-visas-for-international-students-in-universities-across-illinois
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/09/anti-defamation-league-illinois-hate-crimes-extremism-report
— Northwestern braces for massive cuts that could nearly wipe out all its federal research funding
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/09/northwestern-braces-for-massive-cuts-that-could-nearly-wipe-out-all-its-federal-research-funding
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action and DEI to rid get of Republicans
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/09/trump-administration-edits-history-race-based-black-brown-erasure-smithsonian-ben-jealous
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump budget cuts.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/04/09/institute-museum-library-services-funding-kwame-raoul-trump-illinois-library-association-illinois-association-museums-park

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: DuPage County has rolled out ‘Text-to-911.’ As Democrats ever-increasingly take over DuPage County, crime will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250409/news/dupage-county-has-rolled-out-text-to-911-heres-how-to-use-the-new-service/

CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicagoreader.com/news/dispensary-33-prizker-warehouse-tonys-fresh-market-ctu-cps/

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicagodefender.com/why-illinois-must-honor-emmett-tills-legacy/

SOUTHERN
— Democratic Party ‘doubling down’ on town hall meetings targeting Republican-held districts
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/10/democratic-party-doubling-down-on-town-hall-meetings-targeting-republican-held-districts/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump administration will screen for antisemitic activity in granting immigration benefits. I should write the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in forcing my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-administration-will-screen-for-antisemitic-activity-in-granting-immigration-benefits/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Ever-increasingly, NIU exists to promote the Democrat Party platform. I graduated from NIU in 1970.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2025-04-10/no-change-to-core-values-in-light-of-trumps-challenge-to-dei-says-niu-president

WGLT
— Trump administration revokes visas of some ISU students
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-04-09/trump-administration-revokes-visas-for-some-isu-students

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats in local elections.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/04/09/suburban-gop-aurora-orland-park-municipal-elections-trump-pritzker

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-493/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-286/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago Flips Red says mayors ‘fueled’ city’s collapse with migrant sanctuary
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a5bca7a8-ed66-4ac8-ab13-357708d39bd9.html
— IL Supreme Court ruling against map challenge does Dems’ ‘dirty work,’ GOP says
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_38c9d4dd-2636-4b5b-a161-389feeb83996.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Democrat Party exists to destroy Trump and to destroy everyone who voted for him. The more demographics that you share with Trump, the faster that the Democrat Party will destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that you are, the more that you should do to defend yourself. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— When Democrats take over your state, county, township, municipality, school district, and/or precinct, crime ever-increasingly increases. No-go zones around you will increase. If you elect to stay, you should focus on protecting yourself against crime. Install all the home security devices that you can afford. Avoid leaving your home at night if not stop completely. Consider concealed carry. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What discrimination have you faced and why? What retaliation have you suffered because you complained? Because I opposed my Democrat federal superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination and because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with discrimination in 1988, they disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and1969, forced me to resign in 1969, disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer between agencies in 1980, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans mull higher taxes on wealthiest Americans to pay for other cuts. My critics/opponents have always wanted me to pay more taxes. They stress that I avoided the Vietnam War draft, that I worked for the federal government and especially that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, that my wife has always had good jobs, and that my wife and I did not have children.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/9/republicans-mull-higher-taxes-wealthiest-americans-pay-cuts/

WASHINGON EXAMINER
— The IRS must get smaller — and smarter. I should write about those who wasted my knowledge of IRS the most. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years. I would focus on my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, Gingrich, Hastert, my Republican U.S. Senators and Representatives, and their staff members.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3376197/irs-must-get-smaller-smarter/
— House budget hawks should continue to fight for spending cuts. How dependent on federal spending are your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3375266/house-budget-hawks-should-fight-another-day-on-spending-cuts/

NEW YORK POST
— Texas university creates ‘the most meritocratic admissions policy’ in the US
https://nypost.com/2025/04/04/us-news/texas-university-argues-college-admissions-policies-are-unjust/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Acting IRS commissioner takes a buy-out in protest because she doesn’t want DHS to know where the illegal aliens are. Democrat leaders do not want Republicans to be federal employees. They certainly did not want me to be a federal employee. They especially did not want me to audit IRS.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/acting_irs_commissioner_takes_a_buy_out_in_protest_because_she_doesn_t_want_dhs_to_know_where_the_illegal_aliens_are.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Conservatives lay into Coney Barrett for joining liberal justices … AGAIN.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/09/conservatives-lay-into-coney-barrett-for-joining-liberal-justices-again-1535098/

BREITBART
— Black Chicagoan Torches Democrats: They Live in Gated Communities While Demanding We Take In Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/09/black-chicagoan-torches-democrats-they-live-in-gated-communities-while-demanding-we-take-in-illegal-aliens/
— CNN’s Jennings to Former MSNBC Host Tiffany Cross: ‘You Got Fired from Your Job — How Relevant Are You?’ My critics/opponents stress the success that they have had getting their operatives and their dupes to take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/04/09/cnns-jennings-to-former-msnbc-host-tiffany-cross-you-got-fired-from-your-job-how-relevant-are-you/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/04/09/sanders-expelling-foreign-students-hurts-ability-to-solve-gaza-climate-we-dont-have-to-hate-china/
— Remittances from U.S. Propping up Nicaragua’s Economic Growth. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They never sent a penny back to Germany, In fact, my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2025/04/09/report-remittances-from-u-s-propping-up-nicaraguas-economic-growth/
— Sanctuary Cities Protected Over 25 Thousand Criminal Illegals from Federal Law in Two Years
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/09/expert-witness-sanctuary-cities-protected-over-25-thousand-criminal-illegals-federal-law-two-years/
— Beijing Claims Pete Hegseth ‘Maliciously Attacking’ China by Visiting Panama
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2025/04/09/beijing-claims-pete-hegseth-maliciously-attacking-china-by-visiting-panama/
— 1 in 4 Job Seekers Could Be AI-Powered Fraudsters by 2028. What helped you get hired? For my Post Office job, it included passing the postal employment test and earning a high school diploma in 1966. For my IRS job, it included my passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in 1970. For my GAO job, it included my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/04/09/researchers-1-in-4-job-seekers-could-be-ai-powered-fraudsters-by-2028/
— Democrat Leaders Sue to Block Trump from Deporting Alleged Illegal Alien Gangs
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/09/migration-activists-sue-to-block-trump-from-deporting-alleged-illegal-alien-gangs/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump DHS to Fine Illegal Aliens Ordered Deported $998 for Each Day Overstayed. Will wealthy Democrats, Independents, and RINOs step forward and pay those fines for their illegals. How many wealthy Democrats. Independents, and RINOs are there in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, 478 voted for Harris.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/09/trump-dhs-fine-deported-illegals-998-each-day-overstayed/

DAILY WIRE
— The Reason Globalists Undermine Trump’s Deportations of Illegals. Globalists want cheap labor.
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/interview-ryan-girdusky

FEDERALIST
— Conservatives Aren’t ‘Christian Nationalists,’ They’re Just Homesick For America. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, America, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct are ever-increasingly anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-married people, anti-rich people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/10/conservatives-arent-christian-nationalists-theyre-just-homesick-for-america/
— How DEI Left Service Academies In A ‘State Of Decay,’ And How Trump Can Fix It
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/09/how-dei-left-service-academies-in-a-state-of-decay-and-how-trump-can-fix-it/

FOX NEWS
— Illinois Dem says Republicans are scapegoating illegal immigrants with a few ‘tragedies’  Illinois Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García waved away examples of violence committed by illegal immigrants as just “a few crimes.”
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6371283490112

HANNITY
— Thousands of Illegal Migrants Self-Deport Using CBP Home App
https://hannity.com/media-room/see-yourself-out-thousands-of-illegal-migrants-self-deport-using-cbp-home-app-dhs-data/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Southern Illinois University Hit with Civil Rights Complaint for Racial, Sex-Based Discrimination
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/southern-illinois-university-hit-with-civil-rights-complaint-for-racial-sex-based-discrimination/

NEW AMERICAN
— Almost 60 Percent of Leftists Justify Assassinating Trump, Almost 50 Percent Musk
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/poll-almost-60-percent-of-leftists-justify-assassinating-trump-almost-50-percent-musk/

NEWS BUSTERS
— CBS Tells Illegals to Have No Fear, You Have the Full Constitution, JUST Like Citizens. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party Army.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2025/04/09/cbs-tells-illegals-have-no-fear-you-have-full-constitution-just

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-tariffs-live-updates-us-stronger-despite-market/?id=120551033

CNBC
— Dow surges 2,900 points, S&P 500 posts biggest gain since 2008 on Trump tariff reversal
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/stock-market-today-live-updates-.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/10/china-trump-tariffs-live-updates.html

MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote illegal immigration.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-administrations-deportations-policy-crushes-us-credibility-rcna200439

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-tariffs-cnn-town-hall-04-10-25/index.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://apnews.com/article/china-us-tariffs-negotiations-f5acfd1ef8f3573f92e8963a8150bdfb

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-u-turns-tariffs-turns-trade-war-heat-china-2025-04-10/
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donald-trump/trump-tariffs-live-china-tells-us-there-are-no-winners-trade-war-2025-04-10/

ABC NEW YORK
— LaHood expresses concerns about tariff impact for farmers
https://abc7ny.com/live-updates/trump-tariff-news-eu-imposes-new-tariffs-us-goods-china-hits-back-increased-84/16148808/entry/16149195/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ask “Can Musk Pull Trump Back From the Tariff Ledge?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/elon-musk-tariffs-trump.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/business/trump-china-tariffs-prices-goods.html
— To discredit you, what do your critics/opponent stress about you? Mine stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that I got no scholarships, that my UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT GPAs were not great, and that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, my scores were not great,
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/arts/what-is-elon-musks-iq.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans racists
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/04/08/robin-givhan-deported-tattoos/

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/10/trump-china-tariffs-imports-stocks-reaction/83014507007/

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a ) to not hire Republicans, and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.aei.org/articles/what-did-you-expect-to-happen-how-dei-wound-up-in-trumps-crosshairs/

BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-09/irs-to-lose-billions-in-revenue-if-migrants-stop-filing-taxes

FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://fortune.com/asia/2025/04/10/trump-tariff-pause-china-asia-markets/

HOT AIR
— Blue States Are Gearing Up to Defy Trump’s DEI Order for Schools. Federal Law Trumps State And Local Laws.
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2025/04/09/blue-states-are-gearing-up-to-defy-trumps-dei-order-for-schools-n3801635

POLITICO
— The Democrat Party exists to destroy Trump and to destroy everyone who voted for him. The more demographics that you share with Trump, the faster that the Democrat Party will destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that you are, the more that you should do to defend yourself.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/10/donald-trump-vulnerabilities-tariffs-budget-00283251

EDUCATION WEEK
— Democratic-Led Cities, States Push Back on Trump’s Threats to Cut School Funding Over DEI. Federal Law Trumps State And Local Laws.
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/democratic-led-cities-states-push-back-on-trumps-threats-to-cut-school-funding-over-dei/2025/04

CONVERSATION
— My critics/opponents have always stressed that I was baptized a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL), raised as a MSL, and confirmed as a MSL.
https://theconversation.com/black-americans-are-more-likely-than-other-racial-groups-to-express-their-faith-in-the-workplace-253203

INDEPENDENT
— Trump accused of ‘market manipulation’ after abrupt U-turn on reciprocal tariffs: President’s 90-day pause sends markets soaring as White House attempts to spin climbdown as latest brilliant maneuver by master dealmaker. The more market volatility, the more money that day traders make.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tariffs-china-live-updates-b2730469.html

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Democrats are socialists.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/10/uqxn-a10.html

COMMUNIST PARTY USA
— Will there be war with China? Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://www.cpusa.org/article/will-there-be-war-with-china/

April 8, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Downers Grove police investigating over 20 commercial burglaries in area
https://abc7chicago.com/post/downers-grove-police-investigating-20-commercial-burglaries-butterfield-road-ogden-avenue-retail-corridors/16140454/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use foreign students to promote more hatred against Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/student-visas-being-revoked-several-college-students-us-including-south-sudanese-passport-holders/16139991/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt13qInmVbI

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-administration-tariffs-stock-market-netanyahu-april-07-2025-live-updates/3715350/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump-defends-tariffs-and-market-volatility/3716437/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/as-tariffs-roil-stock-market-is-there-a-safe-way-to-invest-experts-weigh-in/3716120/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyOGWtHaNpk

FOX32
— Democrat leaders use a Chicago boutique owner to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1621218

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/07/tens-thousands-illinoisans-take-streets-protest-trump-musk-agenda
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use libraries to promote more hatred against Trump
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/07/how-federal-funding-cuts-libraries-could-impact-illinois-communities
— I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors. They all had children. They all strongly decried the significant time and cost needed to raise their children. Their spouses had limited or no earning potential. According to them, because my wife and I did not have children, we had tremendous unfair advantages over them. According to them, if my wife and I had children, a) I never would have been able to pass the CPA or Certified Internal Auditor examinations, become a licensed CPA, earn master’s degrees in accounting or finance, or earn four more job-related professional certifications and b) my wife never would have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree in finance or earn as much money as she did.  Further, according to them, we never would have been able to have a home built, buy collector cars, etc.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/07/column-new-mothers-rushing-back-congress-part-job-should-it-be

WLS AM
— Illinois House Passes Bill to Allow Abortion Pills
https://www.wlsam.com/2025/04/07/illinois-house-passes-bill-to-allow-abortion-pills/

WGN RADIO
— Growing opposition from House conservatives threatens to derail Trump’s agenda
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/growing-opposition-from-house-conservatives-threatens-to-derail-trumps-agenda/amp/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supreme Court lifts order blocking deportations under 18th century wartime law
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/07/supreme-court-deportations-18th-century-law/
— An uproar in Hyde Park and Kenwood over an old hotel turned into a homeless shelter
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/06/editorial-homeless-shelter-hyde-park/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/07/trump-global-markets-tariffs/
— Bob Kustra: A shiny floor gives away corruption in Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/opinion-illinois-corruption-rule-of-law/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/recovery-home-funding/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Federal judge rules part of Illinois ‘right of conscience’ abortion law is unconstitutional. The plaintiffs had argued that the law imposed unconstitutional conditions — forcing anti-abortion advocates to talk about “benefits” of abortion that they do not believe in. They also argued that abortion counseling would “encourage the procedure.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/07/illinois-right-of-conscience-abortion-law-federal-judge-ruling-unconstitutional
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/04/07/illinois-medicaid-cuts-children-health-musk-trump-senator-richard-dick-durbin
— Democrat leaders use a Chicago gynecologist to promote more hatred against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health-medicine/2025/04/07/fulbright-funding-cut-uganda-africa-trump-nicole-williams
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://chicago.suntimes.com/economy/2025/04/07/panic-stock-market-wall-street-monday-tariff
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/04/08/ending-sexual-violence-prevention-rape-consent-gender-equality-trump-cuts-rachel-jackson-gordon
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/08/cook-county-board-president-toni-preckwinkle-guaranteed-income-pilot-program

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Judge rules Illinois ‘conscience act’ can’t require abortion speech
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/judge-rules-illinois-conscience-act-cant-require-abortion-speech

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Canadians to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.wbez.org/business/2025/04/07/canadians-tourism-chicago-trump-summer-tourist-season

STATELINE
— Federal court overturns Illinois law requiring pro-life centers to promote abortion
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-abortion-law-struck/

SHAW LOCAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/04/06/northern-illinois-hands-off-protests-rally-thousands-against-government-overreach/

WAND TV
— Illinois House Passes Bill to Allow Abortion Pills
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-house-passes-bill-ensuring-access-to-medication-abortion-amid-uncertainty-with-trumps-fda/article_fb8ce1f6-a4ed-43f5-afca-69a1ace988df.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use federal employees to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-07/they-had-left-their-dei-roles-trump-still-fired-them
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use humanities funding to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-04-07/abrupt-1-million-loss-for-illinois-humanities-after-trump-cuts-funding

WQAD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/tens-of-thousands-illinoisans-protest-trump-musk-agenda-capitol-news/526-cb2a4b10-e0c5-4d55-932d-14076f83086d

HINSDALE & ELHURST PATCH
— Will Hinsdale D86 Answer Trump DEI Mandate?  The administration requires school systems to sign letters certifying they do not “advantage one’s race” over another. What about your school district? My critics/opponents have always given tremendous preference to those who are moderate/liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://patch.com/illinois/hinsdale/will-hinsdale-d86-answer-trump-dei-mandate
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/will-elmhurst-d205-answer-trump-dei-mandate

WHEATON RECORD
— According to Democrat leaders, GOD wants Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, GOD wants race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/04/07/religiously-exempt-from-dei-changes/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/tens-of-thousands-of-illinoisans-take-to-the-streets-to-protest-trump-and-musk-agenda/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-284/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN BIVER
— The Lame Excuses for Failure from the Illinois Republican Conservative Complex
https://johnbiver.com/the-lame-excuses-for-failure-from-the-illinois-republican-conservative-complex/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois increasingly surrounded by school choice states
https://wirepoints.org/school-choice-is-spreading-like-crazy-for-a-reason-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
— Manteno voters delivered new blow to Gotion’s battery plant project linked to CCP
https://wirepoints.org/manteno-voters-delivered-new-blow-to-gotions-battery-plant-project-linked-to-ccp-wirepoints/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s war on woke marches on
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3372565/trump-war-on-woke-continues/

NEW YORK POST
— Start talking trade deals, Mr. President — and end the tariff meltdown.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/07/opinion/start-talking-trade-deals-mr-president-and-end-the-tariff-meltdown/

CHRISTIAN POST
— 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.christianpost.com/news/most-immigrants-vulnerable-to-deportation-are-christian-report.html

NEWSMAX
— Illinois House Passes Bill to Allow Abortion Pills.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mifepristone-safety-abortion/2025/04/07/id/1206032/
— Trump will win on ‘merits and the substantive power’ to deport illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNQHch243UY

TOWNHALL
— ‘Liberation Day’ Evens the Playing Field, But Targeted Approach is Needed to Win Trade War with China
https://townhall.com/columnists/gavinwax/2025/04/08/liberation-day-evens-the-playing-field-but-targeted-approach-is-needed-to-win-trade-war-with-china-n2655139

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Trump threatens to impose an additional 50% tariff on China. Democrat and RINO leaders, that is, globalists, ever-increasingly side with foreign counties against America.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-china-50-percent-tariff-retaliatory/
— Luna reaches deal with Johnson after standoff over remote votes for new parents. I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors. They all had children. They all strongly decried the significant time and cost needed to raise their children. Their spouses had limited or no earning potential. According to them, because my wife and I did not have children, we had tremendous unfair advantages over them. According to them, if my wife and I had children, a) I never would have been able to pass the CPA or Certified Internal Auditor examinations, become a licensed CPA, earn master’s degrees in accounting or finance, or earn four more job-related professional certifications and b) my wife never would have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree in finance or earn as much money as she did. Further, according to them, we never would have been able to have a home built, buy collector cars, etc.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anna-paulina-luna-mike-johnson-proxy-voting-new-parents/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Globalism is a) making America more and more and more dependent on foreign countries and b) exploiting cheap foreign labor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/opinion/globalization-collapse.html
— Can Musk Pull Trump Back From the Tariff Ledge? Musk has been criticizing Trump’s tariff policy — and publicly. Could there be a strategy? Democrat and RINO leaders, that is, globalists, ever-increasingly side with foreign counties against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/elon-musk-tariffs-trump.html
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/opinion/trump-k-12-education.html
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat and RINO leaders fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/trump-administration-immigrant-detention-facilities-services.html?searchResultPosition=1
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/opinion/tren-de-aragua-venezuela-maduro.html

WASHINGTON POST
— China says it will not be intimidated by Trump’s tariff ‘blackmail. Democrat and RINO leaders, that is, globalists, ever-increasingly side with foreign counties against America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/07/trump-tariffs-china-asia-europe-markets/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with foreign counties against America.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/08/tariff-man-vs-the-world/

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/07/what-to-know-about-hands-off-protests-in-illinois-cities-springfield-rockford-chicago/82972209007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with foreign counties against America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/04/06/trump-tarriff-impact/82964313007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/06/trump-biden-migrants-legal-status-border-crisis/82740159007/

SPRINGFIELD NEWS LEADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2025/04/07/springfield-mo-rally-refugees-uplifted-welcomed-faith-leaders/82966195007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, everything in America is made by foreign countries.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-iphone-production-china-tariffs-6cc37f40
— Globalists oppose tariffs
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/auto-industry-tariffs-china-cars-ford-stellantis-tesla-donald-trump-ef7e235a
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trade-is-a-two-way-street-tariffs-policy-economics-global-2f2b5f2a
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-trump-wants-tariffs-trade-policy-personal-power-e61a1368
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-is-trashing-americas-global-good-name-foreign-policy-tariffs-trade-economy-b2d63350
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/calling-trumps-bluff-on-reciprocal-tariffs-trade-economy-vietnam-70bdc47b
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-win-win-exit-strategy-for-trump-on-tariffs-offer-reciprocal-free-trade-fbfbedb1
— Trump Gives Democrats a Voting Gift. They can’t wait to use his recent executive order for a federal election takeover.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-gives-democrats-a-voting-gift-executive-order-federal-election-takeover-6f335394
— Democrat and RINO leaders fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/kilmar-armando-abrego-garcia-trump-administration-supreme-court-paula-xinis-pam-bondi-d2d394e7

FORBES
— The Workplace Gap: Supporting Parents Of School-Aged Children. I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors. They all had children. They all strongly decried the significant time and cost needed to raise their children. Their spouses had limited or no earning potential. According to them, because my wife and I did not have children, we had tremendous unfair advantages over them. According to them, if my wife and I had children, a) I never would have been able to pass the CPA or Certified Internal Auditor examinations, become a licensed CPA, earn master’s degrees in accounting or finance, or earn four more job-related professional certifications and b) my wife never would have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree in finance or earn as much money as she did. Further, according to them, we never would have been able to have a home built, buy collector cars, etc.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinecarter/2025/02/05/the-workplace-gap-supporting-parents-of-school-aged-kids-and-teens/

NPR
— All my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they all promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Further, all my critics/opponents have always promoted the aforesaid.
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5348922

POLITICO
— Andy Beshear has some advice for Dems on hammering Trump over tariffs
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/08/andy-beshear-trump-tariffs-interview-031819

LGBTQ NATION
— LGBTQers ever-increasingly take the lead in promoting more hatred against Trump
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/the-fallout-tariffs-is-overwhelming-all-the-other-damage-donald-is-causing/

April 7, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE AND GRAPHIC: Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting Democrat and Non-Affiliated voters to vote for Democrat candidates to punish Trump. They succeeded in getting from 166 to 179 in my precinct to vote for Democrat Milton Township candidates while only 126-143 voted for Republican Township candidates. I base my opinions on the many conversations that I have had with many registered voters in my precinct since 2015 and the political actions that those voters have and have not taken.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250406/local-politics/what-drove-voter-turnout-in-some-suburban-counties-this-election/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— As teens ‘take over’ downtown once again, Chicago faces a choice
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/06/chicago-teen-takeovers/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs to promote more hatred against Trump and Musk.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/06/tariffs-new-york-economy-candy/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/06/editorial-international-tourism-choose-chicago-trump/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/07/opinion-america-first-isolationism-ukraine/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s budget cuts to promote more hatred against Trump and Musk.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/06/shutdown-of-regional-head-start-offices-creates-confusion-but-feds-say-funding-will-continue/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders use “young classical musicians” to promote more hatred against Trump and Musk.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/04/06/young-classical-musicians-undeterred-by-trumps-dei-reversal-earn-standing-ovation-at-symphony-center

ABC7
— Democrat leaders use a “youth orchestra” to promote more hatred against Trump and Musk.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/equity-arc-pathways-orchestra-performs-chicago-youth-music-festival-washington-dc-show-canceled-due-anti-dei-order/16136411/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-county-swung-trump-grapples-immigration-crackdown-panaderia-is-targeted/16134652/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs to promote more hatred against Trump and Musk.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-is-a-recession-and-what-could-it-mean-for-you-heres-what-to-know/3715188/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Israel.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/israel-gaza-bombing/3715082/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump and Musk.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/thousands-packed-chicagos-daley-plaza-part-of-nationwide-hands-off-protests/


SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump and Musk.
https://thesouthern.com/news/even-after-rain-cancellation-450-people-protest-trump-with-hands-off-campaign/article_8e9d1e79-c7e4-5f02-9ddf-4edce241d853.html

SHAW LOCAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump and Musk.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/04/06/northern-illinois-hands-off-protests-rally-thousands-against-government-overreach/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump and Musk.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-05/photos-see-demonstrators-around-the-country-rally-in-hands-off-protests
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-06/how-the-trump-administration-is-sidestepping-the-legal-process-for-deportations

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— UIC accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992, But if they could have, they would accepted foreign students instead of me.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/gop-senators-back-crackdown-on-foreign-students/

DEPAULIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump and Musk.
https://depauliaonline.com/76339/news/thousands-of-chicagoans-participate-in-nationwide-hands-off-protests/

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicagodefender.com/costcos-foot-traffic-increases-for-13th-week-after-reaffirming-dei/

CHICAGOLAND JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump and Musk.
https://thechicagolandjournal.com/thousands-of-chicagoans-rise-up-and-fight-back-against-trump-musk-agenda-in-massive-rally-march/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Funds cut for cultural groups
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/07/feds-cut-grants-to-illinois-humanities-council-00276184

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-490/
— Behind the ‘complete wipeout’ in DuPage and what’s to come
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/07/behind-the-complete-wipeout-in-dupage-and-whats-to-come/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— As the Democrat Party tightens its grip on Illinois, on DuPage County, on Milton Township, and on Wheaton, anticipate/expect that more elected Republicans will officially become Democrats. Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican will officially become Democrats. They all have always been anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican. They all have always been RINOs if not Democrat plants. I should write about them. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrats run the federal government. If I had become a Democrat, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service before I was 40 years old in 1988. I say that because a) I earned an MBA when I was 27, a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and a master’s degree in finance when I was 48, b) I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt when I was 30 and 32, c) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32, and d) I earned additional job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 46, and 48. None of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me came close to doing anything like the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly position themselves as being protectors of disadvantaged/marginalized/oppressed groups. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause all the problems that members of those groups have. Members of those groups include those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, in America illegally, have less money than others, have financial, health, and or other problems, boozers, gamblers, stoners, prostitutes, and criminals. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders use up-or-out, that is, age discrimination, to get rid of Republicans. Republicans should know that Democrat and RINO leaders will get rid of you if you are not making say a) $100,000/year by age 25, c) $200,000/year by age 30, d) $300,000/year by age 35, e) $400,000/year by age 40, f) etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
—  Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend their platform. Trump got elected by promising to defend and advance the Republican Party platform. Republican Trump critics/opponents have standing to complain when he promotes things that are not in the Republican Party platform and especially when he does things against the Republican Party platform. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pope criticizes immigration walls while living behind one
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/6/pope-criticizes-immigration-walls-living-behind-one/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois Democrats bully home school families
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3371486/illinois-democrats-bully-home-school-families/
— Trump’s MAGA brand may be nontransferable to rest of GOP. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend their platform. Trump got elected by promising to defend and advance the Republican Party platform. Republican Trump critics/opponents have standing to complain when he promotes things that are not in the Republican Party platform and especially when he does things against the Republican Party platform.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3370799/trump-maga-brand-nontransferrable-rest-of-gop/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Poverty of the Criticism of Trump’s Agenda. The left rages against Trump but offers no real alternatives on debt, trade, or immigration—just noise, while results quietly pile up.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/04/07/the-poverty-of-the-criticism-of-trumps-agenda/

BREITBART
— Trump Plan Will Reindustrialize, Revitalize Private Sector and Raise Wages
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/04/06/bessent-trump-plan-will-reindustrialize-revitalize-private-sector-and-raise-wages/
— Carville Compares Those Cooperating with Trump to Nazi Collaborators
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/04/06/carville-compares-those-cooperating-with-trump-to-nazi-collaborators/
— DOJ Says Judge Cannot Order Deported Illegal Migrant Be Returned to U.S.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/04/06/doj-judge-cannot-order-deported-illegal-migrant-returned-u-s/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Workplace Enforcement Is the Key to Mass Deportations
https://cis.org/Mortensen/Workplace-Enforcement-Key-Mass-Deportations

CHRISTIAN POST
— Wheaton alumni single out ‘critical race theorist’ professor as example of leftist infiltration
https://www.christianpost.com/news/wheaton-alumni-single-out-critical-race-theorist-professor.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Alumni of Wheaton College concerned about the school’s alleged leftward drift recently singled out a philosophy professor at the school as an example of liberalism seeping into the flagship Evangelical institution. Nathan Cartagena, Ph.D., who has been an assistant professor of philosophy at Wheaton College since 2018, has repeatedly exhibited “left-wing racial politics laundered through a patina of ‘Christianese,'” according to an analysis of his writings posted on the website “For Wheaton.” Educated at Grove City College, Texas A&M University and Baylor University, Cartagena’s profile asserts that he specializes in Thomas Aquinas, civil rights activist James Baldwin, Critical Race Theory, military ethics, “Evangélic@ Theology,” and Christian pedagogy.)

FOX NEWS
— DURBIN: Closing federal offices punishes everyday Americans. DOGE claims it canceled 793 federal leases which will make it hard for Americans to access benefits. According to Durbin, the federal government exists to dish out welfare.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-dick-durbin-closing-federal-offices-punishes-everyday-americans

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Democrat Leaders Organize Over 1,000 Anti-Trump ‘Hands Off’ Protests across Nation
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/activists-organize-over-1000-anti-trump-hands-off-protests-across-nation/

PJ MEDIA
— Make the Illegal Alien Criminals Stay at Judge Boasberg’s House
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2025/04/06/the-morning-briefing-make-the-illegal-alien-criminals-stay-at-judge-boasbergs-house-n4938654

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump says he’s not backing down on tariffs, calls them ‘medicine’ as markets reel
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-recession-financial-markets-negotiations-retaliation-860760cdc1aa2cc58853c9aab987e36d

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-beach-pride-parade-lgbtq-community-trump-policy-changes/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuelan-migrants-deportations-el-salvador-prison-60-minutes/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs to promote more hatred against Trump and Musk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/world/europe/trade-trump-tariffs-brexit.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/us/trump-tariffs-shopping-consumer-panic-buying.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/us/politics/anti-trump-protests-hands-off.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Younger Democrats want to force an uncomfortable conversation about age. Many complain the party is dominated by an older generation of leaders who have lost touch with Americans’ day-to-day struggles. Democrat and RINO leaders use up-or-out, that is, age discrimination, to get rid of Republicans. Republicans should know that Democrat and RINO leaders will get rid of you if you are not making say a) $100,000/year by age 25, c) $200,000/year by age 30, d) $300,000/year by age 35, e) $400,000/year by age 40, f) etc.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/06/young-democrats-age-leadership/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— We Had Been Scraping By on Two Paychecks. Now We Have One. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, a) my GAO salary was $153,151/year and b) my Civil Service Retirement System pension is $66,780/year. That means that my wife and I have had $86,371/year less income since 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/starting-business-couple-one-paycheck-13538648
— Republicans in Congress are drafting a tax bill that raises the state and local tax deduction cap for individuals from $10,000 to $25,000. I started itemizing when I was 24 years old in 1972 and my wife and I started in 1978. We paid less federal income tax because of that. But SALT ended all that. My critics/opponents have been furious that we have paid less federal income tax by itemizing. They want SALT and they do not want the SALT cap to be increased.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-republican-tax-proposal-could-harm-american-businesses-csalt-deduction-cap-economy-8c888837
— Is Anyone a Patriot Anymore? It’s not buying American flag boxer briefs. It’s following up words with actions. I should write about those who have acted like they disapproved of if not hated my having displayed an 18X12-foot American Flag in my Iron Gate Motor Condo that I just sold.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-anyone-a-patriot-anymore-america-commitment-country-f4056f00
— Cars Were Already Unaffordable Before Tariffs. Common advice to not spend more than 10% of pay on a car loan payment is getting harder to follow. The 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus that I recently bought is very expensive.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/trump-auto-tariffs-car-prices-0b7ca5f2

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly position themselves as being protectors of disadvantaged/marginalized/oppressed groups. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause all the problems that members of those groups have. Members of those groups include those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, in America illegally, have less money than others, have financial, health, and or other problems, boozers, gamblers, stoners, prostitutes, and criminals.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sughnenyongo/2024/06/10/the-urgent-case-for-supporting-marginalized-groups-in-todays-society/

NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump and Musk.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5354187/trump-vows-to-stay-the-course-as-demonstrators-hold-weekend-protests-across-the-u-s

LATIN TIMES
— More Elected Democrats Are Becoming Republicans As The GOP Strengthens Grip On Texas. As the Democrat Party tightens its grip on Illinois, on DuPage County, on Milton Township, and on Wheaton, anticipate/expect that more elected Republicans will officially become Democrats. Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican will officially become Democrats. They all have always been anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican. They all have always been RINOs if not Democrat plants. I should write about them. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.latintimes.com/more-elected-democrats-are-becoming-republicans-gop-strengthens-grip-texas-577688

April 6, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/05/thousands-rally-march-through-loop-for-national-hands-off-protest/
— Sean Morrison stepping down as Cook County GOP chair
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/05/sean-morrison-resigns-cook-county-republican-chair/
— Senate Republicans approve framework for Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts after late-night session
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/05/senate-republicans-trump-tax-breaks-spending-cuts/
— Trump goes all in with bet that the heavy price of tariffs will pay off for Americans
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/05/trump-tariffs-bet/
— It’s time to slash the number of Illinois local governments
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/06/opinion-cut-number-illinois-local-governments/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County GOP chair Sean Morrison is stepping down. Sean Morrison has served as a Cook County Board member since 2015 and county Republican Party chair since 2016. He will step down April 16 from the party chair role. An election will be held April 22 to select his successor.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/05/cook-county-gop-chairperson-sean-morrison-politics-suburban-chicago
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/04/05/hands-off-protest-chicago-today-daley-plaza-loop
— Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump budget cuts.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/04/trump-targets-chicago-daycares-children-budget-cuts-head-start
— Illinois still tops nationally in nuclear energy, No. 3 in carbon-free electricity. In 2024, utility-scale solar and wind were up nationwide, while coal was down, and other major energy sources saw little change.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/04/06/illinois-nuclear-energy-carbon-free-electricity

DAILEY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250405/nation-and-world-politics/demonstrators-protest-trump-musk-in-arlington-heights-and-other-suburbs/

ABC7
—  Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://abc7chicago.com/post/hands-off-protest-chicago-today-groups-rally-donald-trump-elon-musk-daley-plaza-berwyn-gurnee-joliet-more/16131523/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-groups-protestors-rally-against-president-donald-trump-and-elon-musk/3714834/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/protesters-trump-musk-hands-off-rallies/3714775/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/trump-tariff-target-snl-cold-open/3714903/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/hands-off-2025-april-5-protests-chicago-suburbs/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-musk-hands-off-demonstrators-protest/
— Trump shutting down IRS civil rights office as part of widespread cuts. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, that is, they discriminated big time against their Republican employees who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, and/or had not passed the CPA examination like I had done and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-admin-shutting-down-irs-civil-rights-office-as-part-of-widespread-cuts/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://wgntv.com/news/ap-hands-off-protests-against-trump-and-musk-are-planned-across-the-us/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/anti-trump-musk-rally-chicago-today

WLS AM
— According to my critic/opponents, all the jobs that I got were bad jobs that should have been given to Blacks and to veterans.
https://www.wlsam.com/2025/04/05/black-veterans-warn-of-recruitment-woes-after-dei-purge/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/04/05/hands-off-protest-chicago-trump-musk-daley-plaza-loop

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— It’s time for Illinois lawmakers to get past nuclear hangups
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-its-time-for-illinois-lawmakers-to-get-past-nuclear-hangups/article_1a55ba15-658e-44a5-a5c2-2cbb07e3938b.html

HERALD NEWS
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/04/05/hundreds-gather-in-joliet-to-protest-trump-musk-policies-as-part-of-nationwide-event-saturday/

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/04/05/thousands-protest-trump-musk-actions-at-hands-off-rally-in-geneva/

STATELINE
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.mystateline.com/news/trump-administration-tariffs-protest/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqvrNJBMA2U

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.nprillinois.org/springfield-il/2025-04-05/anti-trump-protestors-show-anger-and-concern-in-springfield
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-05/protesters-rally-against-trump-policies-across-the-u-s
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-05/nationwide-hands-off-protests-erupt-against-trump-and-musk

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— With sweeping tariffs, Trump tries to rewind globalization. Globalization has made America unacceptably dependent of foreign countries.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-04-05/with-sweeping-tariffs-trump-tries-to-rewind-globalization

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/video/protesters-mobilize-in-peoria-for-hands-off-rallies-against-president-trump/10603820/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/protesters-nationwide-rally-against-trump-and-musks-policies

WREX
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.wrex.com/news/hundreds-rally-against-trump-and-musk-in-hands-off-protests-across-the-stateline/article_8cc2d70a-6e5c-575f-a515-befaa3be2774.html

WGLT
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-04-05/bloomington-participates-nationwide-in-hands-off-rally-against-donald-trump-and-elon-musk

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/trump-tariff-target-snl-cold-open/3714903/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. They ever-increasingly demand that everyone vote for all the Democrat candidates in all elections to get rid of Trump. They succeeded in getting from 166 to 179 in my precinct to vote for Democrat Milton Township candidates while only 126-143 voted for Republican Township candidates.
— Trump is shutting down IRS civil rights office as part of widespread cuts. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, that is, they discriminated big time against their Republican employees who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, and/or had not passed the CPA examination like I had done and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents promote? My critics/opponents do not promote meritocracy. Instead, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) notional origin discrimination. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Back in the good old days, where did the money come from for your first down payment? Mine came from working for IRS for 15 months 1971-1972, from working part-time for Firestone Stores for 21 months 1971-1972, and from working full-time for Firestone Stores for 7 months before that 1970-1971. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents do not promote meritocracy. Instead, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopilinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— 300 Participate in Algonquin Anti-Trump Demonstration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/05/300-participate-in-anti-trump-demonstration/

LONG 9 STUDIO
— Republican Strongholds Have Turned Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZO-eyQsKzI

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that police are racists
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8426d37c-c378-4cd4-a001-6b8cdaf53592.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump tells Americans ‘hang tough’ as universal tariffs take effect
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/5/trump-tells-americans-hang-tough-universal-tariffs-take-effect/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Thousands protest across the US against Trump and Musk at ‘Hands Off’ rallies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3371422/thousands-protest-against-trump-musk-hands-off-rallies/

AMERICAN THINKER
— We Didn’t Start the Trade War—We’ve Just Finally Joined It

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/04/we_didn_t_start_the_trade_war_we_ve_just_finally_joined_it.html

EPOCH TIMES
— How to Find Down-Payment Assistance for a Mortgage. Where did the money come from for your first down payment? Mine came from working for IRS for 15 months, from working part-time for Firestone Stores for 21 months, and from working full-time for Firestone Stores for 7 months before that.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/bright/how-to-find-down-payment-assistance-for-a-mortgage-5810510

FOX NEWS
— Protesters rally against Trump, Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ gatherings nationwide. Congressman Jamie Raskin calls Trump an ‘economy-crashing dictator’ at DC rally.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/protesters-rally-against-trump-musk-hands-off-gatherings-nationwide
— New York prepares to battle Trump’s DEI funding threats in fight over schools. The Trump administration has pushed to restrict DEI funding at schools across the country.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-prepares-battle-trumps-dei-funding-threats-fight-over-schools

NATIONAL REVIEW
— A Spiteful and Baseless Crackdown on Homeschooling in Illinois
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/04/a-spiteful-and-baseless-crackdown-on-homeschooling-in-illinois/

PJ MEDIA
— New York State Will Defy Trump’s DEI Order for K-12 Schools
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/04/05/new-york-state-will-defy-trumps-dei-order-for-k-12-schools-n4938624

TOWNHALL
— AOC Surges Ahead of Schumer in New York Primary Poll, Signaling Shift in Democratic Power
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/04/05/aoc-surges-ahead-of-schumer-in-new-york-primary-poll-signaling-shift-in-democratic-power-n2655040

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5233363-trump-tariffs-vulnerable-republicans/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
.https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/protesters-tee-off-against-trump-and-musk-in-hands-off-rallies-across-the-us/article_9aff43cd-d020-584f-b0b8-e6a13bad4101.html

MSN
— First fallout from Donald Trump’s stiff tariffs: Stellantis to shut down Canada’s Windsor plant for two weeks. The factory which makes minivans and the Dodge Charger, employing 3,600 hourly workers will cease production from April 7 and has cited the tariffs as the main reason for the closure.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/first-fallout-from-donald-trump-s-stiff-tariffs-stellantis-to-shut-down-canada-s-windsor-plant-for-two-weeks/ar-AA1Ce1tM
— 900 U.S. Jobs on Hold as Stellantis Responds to Trump’s Auto Tariffs. The Windsor plant builds the Chrysler Pacifica, Voyager, and Dodge Charger Daytona, and the pause there affects about 4,500 workers.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/900-u-s-jobs-on-hold-as-stellantis-responds-to-trump-s-auto-tariffs/ar-AA1ClA38

CBS NEWS
— Trump tells Americans to “hang tough” as 10% universal tariffs take effect
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-universal-tariff-take-effect/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: A Swastika, a Tesla and a Debate Over the Limits of Hate Crime Law. Is it a hate crime for people to draw a swastika on a Tesla if they believe Elon Musk is a Nazi? The more demographics that you share with Trump, anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly take more adverse actions against you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/nyregion/tesla-vandalism-hate-crimes.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. They ever-increasingly demand that everyone vote for all the Democrat candidates in all elections to get rid of Trump. They succeeded in getting from 166 to 179 in my precinct to vote for Democrat Milton Township candidates while only 126-143 voted for Republican Township candidates.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/opinion/trump-law-firms-universities.html
— Republicans Want to Make the Trump Tax Cuts Last Forever
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/us/politics/republicans-tax-cuts.html
— Globalization Is Collapsing. Brace Yourselves.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/opinion/globalization-collapse.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Globalists promote Globalism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/06/trump-tariffs-political-risk/
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/across-the-us-protesters-rally-against-trump-musk/2025/04/05/1fc4dad9-66e1-4ebe-87d4-4b0284587656_video.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/05/protesters-decry-trump-musk-rallies-across-us/

USA TODAY
— Let DEI die: Trump’s playing hardball, and colleges are smart to fall in line. The Trump administration has shown it’s not messing around if college administrators don’t take its demands seriously.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/04/trump-dei-columbia-ohio-state-michigan/82778497007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Globalists promote Globalism
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/opinion-review-and-outlook/wsj-opinion-trump-new-protectionist-age/573F9135-4C73-404F-BE17-5FC5798B62D6

TIMES OF INDIA
— Amazon CEO promotes meritocracy. My critics/opponents do not promote meritocracy. Instead, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) national origin discrimination.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-at-town-hall-the-way-to-get-ahead-at-amazon-is-not-to-/articleshow/119894927.cms