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June 22, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Transcript: President Donald Trump addresses nation after US strikes on Iran
https://abc7chicago.com/post/transcript-president-donald-trump-addresses-nation-us-strikes-iran/16812140/

CBS2
— Illinois lawmakers respond to Trump announcing U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-lawmakers-reaction-president-donald-trump-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Embattled Kenwood shelter housing migrants and homeless Chicagoans to close in coming months.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/20/dusable-shelter-closing/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/21/lgbtq-community-protests-skrmetti-ban/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/21/northwest-indiana-lgbtq-community-celebrates-pride-month-with-resilience-caution/
— Senate Republicans want to change the tax breaks in Trump’s big bill. By Itemizing, I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 and my wife and I paid less federal income tax doing that 1978-2017. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. They have always been especially furious that I deducted my education expenses 1972-1980 and 1992-1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/21/tax-breaks-trump-big-bill/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/22/ice-chicago-honduras-mother-child/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/13/heidi-stevens-as-demonstrations-over-immigration-policy-erupt-we-cant-forget-the-human-hearts-at-the-center-2-2/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, we will all be on Medicaid.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/06/21/medicaid-toddler-heart-transplant-kassandra-santos-marely-chavarria-santos-lurie-childrens-hospital
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/06/21/protest-supreme-court-trans-healthcare-bans-minors
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-culture/2025/06/21/pride-fest-lets-queer-chicagoans-be-themselves-i-love-the-freedom

DAILY HERALD
— The legislative shell game: GOP lawsuit draws attention to a practice that threatens faith in government
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250621/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-legislative-shell-game-gop-lawsuit-draws-attention-to-a-practice-that-thr/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250621/local-politics/it-was-horrific-elgin-immigrants-advocates-say-ramped-up-deportation-push-brings-fear-unease/

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Trump Says Americans Have ‘Too Many Non-Working Holidays’ On Juneteenth. Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have resented/despised/hated my having benefitted from federal holidays. I volunteered to work all federal holidays 1966-1969 and I earned overtime pay working virtually all of them.
https://chicagodefender.com/trump-says-americans-have-too-many-non-working-holidays-on-juneteenth/

SHAW LOCAL
— Ex-dairy owner Jim Oberweis to fundraise in Kane County Sunday for Florida Congressional run. But local GOP chief would like to keep political money in Illinois: ‘I’m concerned with Kane County, not with Naples, Florida.’
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/06/21/ex-dairy-owner-jim-oberweis-to-fundraise-in-kane-county-sunday-for-florida-congressional-run/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Illinois State Sen. Jim Oberweis is returning to Kane County for a fundraiser to support his run for Congress in Florida’s 19th District. Oberweis, formerly of Sugar Grove, is running in the 2026 Republican primary seat on Florida’s southern Gulf Coast being vacated by Byron Donalds in the 2026 primary election. The fundraiser is from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Dunham Woods Riding Club, 33W333 Army Trail Road in Wayne, according to the invitation. According to the invitation, the guest speaker will be Corey Brooks, known as Chicago’s “Rooftop Pastor,” who delivered a prayer at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Individual tickets for the Oberweis fundraiser are $250, available through RSVP@VoteJimO.com. No one from the campaign could be reached for comment. (COPY OF THE INVITATION) Even though he received an invitation, Kane County GOP Chairman Andro Lerario said he isn’t going. “With all due respect to Jim Oberweis – I like him, he’s a nice man – I’m concerned with Kane County, not with Naples, Florida,” Lerario said. “My issue is, he’s running for a position in Florida,” Lerario said. “I’ve already gone through two different situations in our party where, during the last election year, we had our own people do fundraisers in Kane County for Kari Lake and General [Michael] Flynn.” Lake lost her bid to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate and Flynn was raising money for a conservative nonprofit, America’s Future. Both fundraisers were held last year in St. Charles, records show. “These were very successful. Then they left Kane County,” Lerario said. “I don’t need another fundraiser that is going to take money out of Kane County when I have enough issues going on here. Do it in that state or that county, not here. With all due respect, we could use the money.” Oberweis, aside from being famous for ice cream, is also known for losing more elections than he has won. He lost a bid for the Illinois 14th Congressional District to Democrat Lauren Underwood in 2020. In 2008, Oberweis lost twice to Democrat Bill Foster, first in a special election for the remainder of J. Dennis Hastert’s seat and then in the general election. In 2006, Oberweis lost the GOP primary for Illinois governor. In 2002 and 2004, he lost Republican primaries in Illinois for U.S. Senate. In 2012, Oberweis won for the 25th District seat in the Illinois Senate and served two terms. In 2014, he won the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, but lost in the general election to incumbent U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who recently announced he won’t seek reelection next year. Last year, the dairy that bears Oberweis’ family name filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. He had left the company in 2007 when he passed Oberweis Dairy on to his son.)

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump’s makeover of the Civil Service has made it easier to fire federal employees. For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. For Democrat leaders, federal employees are their Patronage Army. 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. They gambled that I would become a Democrat, but I refused to do that. I carried out their orders to give preference to my Democrat subordinates, virtually all of whom were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. But because I ever-increasingly complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me. I should write a book about the aforesaid.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-21/trumps-makeover-of-the-civil-service-has-made-it-easier-to-fire-people-critics-say
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump is changing long-standing norms around how the government hires and fires people, including by trying to turn tens of thousands of federal workers into at-will employees. President says it’s part of making the government more accountable. His critics contend that he is politicizing the civil service.)

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Republicans line up behind Trump after strike on Iran — with few detractors
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/republicans-line-up-behind-trump-after-strike-on-iran-with-few-detractors/
— Trump ignites debate on presidential authority with Iran strikes and wins praise from Republicans
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-wins-immediate-praise-from-republicans-in-congress-after-announcing-strikes-on-iran/
— Trump’s move against Iran may draw more criticism from MAGA’s anti-interventionists. What if America had not intervened in Vietnam?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-move-against-iran-may-draw-more-criticism-from-magas-anti-interventionists/

WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote international students over American students.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/the-latest-judge-halts-trump-s-effort-to-block-harvard-from-hosting-international-students/article_f50d9bec-8274-53f2-98fd-7cc15b2d7e60.html

IPM NEWS
— Duckworth said Trump’s actions were illegal. GAO works for Congress. Democrats ran GAO’s Chicago Office while I worked them 1980-1997. If I was still working for them, because of this bombing, they would have had my Jewish superior and supervisor kill me figuratively if not literally. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans they hired. By 1997, I was one of the extremely few Republicans remaining in the office. They would have succeeded in getting rid of me sooner if I had not a) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, b) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/illinois-congressional-delegation-split-on-support-for-us-attacks-on-iran/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The Trump Administration illegally bombed Iran tonight, putting American troops and citizens at risk of retaliation and threatening to draw us into yet another Middle East war without Constitutionally-required Congressional approval. I have long said Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon. But this goal could and should have been pursued through diplomatic means first,” wrote Duckworth.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who causes your problems? Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizen of a foreign country, lack education and/or job skills, have financial, health, and/or other problems, boozer, gambler, stoner, criminal, etc. Far too many Democrat-plant, Libertarian-plant, and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— U.S. bombs three Iranian nuclear sites
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/21/us-bombs-three-iranian-nuclear-sites-president-trump-says/
— ‘Massive’ U.S. strikes have ended Iran’s nuclear threat
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/21/donald-trump-says-massive-us-strikes-ended-irans-nuclear-threat/
— Identity politics create identity crisis among Democrats
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/20/editorial-identity-politics-create-identity-crisis-among-democrats/
— L.A. riots prove Trump is protecting the nation while the left tries to burn it down. Rather than learn from their defeat, Democrats double down on failed strategies.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/19/la-riots-prove-trump-protecting-nation-left-tries-burn/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Trump Decimates Iran’s Nuclear Sites
https://freebeacon.com/america/death-from-america-trump-decimates-irans-nuclear-sites-with-big-beautiful-bombs/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— No more sanctuary cities by the end of year.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/21/ag-pam-bondi-no-more-sanctuary-cities-by-end-of-year-1553080/
— Potential 2030 census disaster explains Dems’ ‘ride or die’ stance toward illegals
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/21/potential-2030-census-disaster-explains-dems-ride-or-die-stance-toward-illegals-1553145/

BREITBART
— Hard Anti-Trumper Adam Kinzinger: ‘Right Call’ to Bomb Iran Nuclear Facilities
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/21/hard-anti-trumper-adam-kinzinger-right-call-to-bomb-iran-nuclear-facilities/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Anarchy framed as compassion: Where is justice?
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/anarchy-framed-as-compassion-where-is-justice.html

DAILY CALLER
— Industries Long Addicted To Illegal Labor In Withdrawal As Trump Cracks Down. If they could have, all my employers would have hired illegals instead of me.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/industries-long-addicted-to-illegal-labor-in-withdrawal-as-trump-cracks-down/ar-AA1H7HPH
— Chaos Unfolds As Pro-Palestine Protesters Storm Penn Station In New York.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/21/pro-palestinian-protestors-penn-station-new-york-city-israel-gaza/
— Durbin Uses Biden Cover-Up Hearing To Attack Trump’s Fitness Instead. GAO works for Congress. Democrats ran GAO’s Chicago Office while I worked them 1980-1997. If I was still working for them, because of the bombing, they would have had my Jewish superior and supervisor kill me figuratively if not literally. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans they hired. By 1997, I was one of the extremely few Republicans remaining in the office. They would have succeeded in getting rid of me sooner if I had not a) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, b) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.aol.com/democrat-senator-uses-biden-cover-153940366.html

DAILY WIRE
— Left-Wing Activists Help Illegal Child Rapist Escape From ICE
https://www.dailywire.com/news/left-wing-activists-help-illegal-child-rapist-escape-from-ice

EPOCH TIMES
— US Strikes Iran’s Fordow Facility, 2 Other Nuclear Sites. Trump announced U.S. aircraft dropped a full payload of bombs on Iran’s Fordow facility, the main target of the strikes.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/us-strikes-irans-fordow-nuclear-facility-two-other-nuclear-sites-trump-announces-5876457

LIBERTY NATION
— MAGA Message to Trump: Go After the Employers of Illegal Aliens. Violent criminals are only part of the problem. If they could have, all my employers would have hired illegals instead of me.
https://www.libertynation.com/maga-message-to-trump-go-after-the-employers-of-illegal-aliens/

NEWSMAX
— ICE Nabs Violent Criminal Illegal Aliens in Nationwide Sweep.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-noem-nationwide/2025/06/21/id/1215912/

PJ MEDIA
— Trump Bombed Iran, So We May Soon Know How Many Terrorist Sleeper Cells Came into America Under Biden
https://pjmedia.com/marktapscott/2025/06/21/trump-bombed-iran-so-we-will-soon-know-how-many-terrorist-sleeper-cells-came-into-america-under-biden-n4941044

POST MILLENNIAL
— Anti-ICE activists help illegal immigrant child rapist evade Colorado arrest
https://thepostmillennial.com/anti-ice-activists-help-illegal-immigrant-child-rapist-evade-colorado-arrest-officials

TOWNHALL
— Democrats Plot to Inflate 2030 Census With Illegal Immigrants to Secure House Seats. How many illegals can Democrat leaders bring into Illinois, your congressional district, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/06/21/democrats-plot-to-inflate-2030-census-with-illegal-immigrants-to-secure-house-seats-n2659198

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders say “Iran retaliation a growing concern in the U.S. after strikes.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/iran-retaliation-a-growing-concern-in-the-u-s-after-strikes-242041925828
— Ocasio-Cortez says Trump Iran strikes ‘grounds for impeachment’
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/ocasio-cortez-says-trump-iran-strikes-grounds-for-impeachment-242042949738

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders say “US inserts itself into Israel’s war with Iran, striking 3 Iranian nuclear sites.”
https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-war-nuclear-talks-geneva-news-06-21-2025-a7b0cdaba28b5817467ccf712d214579
— Democrat leaders say “Trump’s big gamble in Iran is a risky moment after his pledges to keep US out of stupid wars.”
https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-nuclear-fordo-ef530114e5297884b1c3b76a04a3b1de

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders say “Strikes on Iran mark Trump’s biggest, and riskiest, foreign policy gamble.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/strikes-iran-mark-trumps-biggest-riskiest-foreign-policy-gamble-2025-06-22/

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/pope-leo-is-shaping-up-to-be-trumps-most-effective-moral-opponent-opinio/ar-AA1H1pDq

MSN
— Target Workers Expose Shocking Price Hikes of Up to 96% Allegedly Tied to Trump’s Tariffs
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/target-workers-expose-shocking-price-hikes-of-up-to-96-allegedly-tied-to-trump-s-tariffs/ar-AA1HarIE
— New federal pension system would put more burden on new employees. I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. Federal employees hired before 1989 were under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) . Those hired after 1989 are under the less generous Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). That ever-increasingly made FERS employees resent, despise, if not hate CSRS employees. I should write about that.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/new-federal-pension-system-could-put-more-burden-on-new-employees/ar-AA1Gb6ip
— For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. For Democrat leaders, federal employees are their Patronage Army. 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. They gambled that I would become a Democrat, but I refused to do that. I carried out their orders to give preference to my Democrat subordinates, virtually all of whom were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. But because I ever-increasingly complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me. I should write a book about the aforesaid.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/trump-essay-writing-test-is-new-sordid-strategy-to-obliterate-enemies-report/ar-AA1GNZ3T
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Donald Trump is bulldozing through decades of nonpartisan federal employment protections in a brazen attempt to transform the entire government workforce into a cadre of personal loyalists, according to alarmed federal workers and public service watchdogs. The authoritarian makeover would obliterate longstanding precedent requiring federal hiring and promotion based on qualifications and experience—replacing it with ideological purity tests that prioritize devotion to Trump over competence or constitutional duty. “These employees could be replaced with partisan loyalists — people who will obey any order, regardless of the Constitution,” warned Joe Spielberger of the Project on Government Oversight, told the Washington Post. “This elevates loyalty to an individual president over the oath of office and the best interests of the public.” Trump’s radical restructuring includes forcing new federal workers to accept easily-fired “at-will” status or pay higher retirement contributions. Even more disturbing, job applicants must now write essays explaining how they’ll advance Trump’s personal agenda—a chilling loyalty test reminiscent of authoritarian regimes. The administration’s “Merit Hiring Plan” requires candidates to answer: “How would you help advance the President’s Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role?” the Post reported. The article added that federal workers are horrified by the transparent political screening. “That memo details this administration’s sordid strategy to turn a nonpartisan federal workforce into a merry band of MAGA loyalists,” said Aisha Coffey, an FDA communications specialist who was fired and is now on administrative leave. “The directive is clear: The civil service is to serve the president, first and foremost, and the American population last.”

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/opinion/the-supreme-court-fails-to-see-transgender-teens.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders say “With fateful decision, Trump gambles his presidency on war. Trump rose to power criticizing Middle East wars. Now he may have his own.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/22/trump-iran-bomb-consequences/
— Democrat leaders say “Trump did not prepare America for his war with Iran.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/21/iran-war-trump-israel-nuclear-strike/

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— How deportations help American workers. If they could have, all my employers would have hired illegals instead of me.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-joecks/victor-joecks-how-deportations-help-american-workers-3387944/

CAPE CORAL BREEZE
— Oberweis: America needs a tax-limitation balanced budget amendment now!
https://www.capecoralbreeze.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-guest-opinions/2025/06/20/guest-commentary-america-needs-a-tax-limitation-balanced-budget-amendment-now/

BLOOMBERG
— House GOP Drafts Cuts to Federal Employee Pension System. According to critics/opponents, my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension (currently $66,780/year) is much too generous. They decry that it would be even higher if my Democrat superiors a) had not forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) had not delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and c) had not forced me to resign when I was 20 years old in 1969. They remain furious that I got full-time CSRS credit while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 while I worked only part-time and that I got CSRS credit for my unused sick days. In my defense, while I worked for the federal government, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-26/house-gop-drafts-cuts-to-federal-employee-pension-system

NEWS MEDICAL
— Pot retailers found to be more concentrated in disadvantaged neighborhoods. The more pot that you smoke, the sooner that you are going to crash and die.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250602/Cannabis-retailers-found-to-be-more-concentrated-in-disadvantaged-neighborhoods.aspx

NEW YORKER
— According to Democrat leaders, Musk inflicted lasting damage to the federal government. There would have been no need for DOGE if Gingrich had reformed GAO during the 1980s and 1990s instead of gutting it.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/23/what-did-elon-musk-accomplish-at-doge

INDEPENDENT
— Rampant abuse of remote work among federal employees during Biden administration
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/federal-remote-work-investigation-biden-trump-b2774465.html

FINANCIAL TIMES
— Democrat leaders say “Trump gambles his presidency as US enters war with Iran.”
https://www.ft.com/content/8f6d3c9c-9d1f-4f17-98e6-3e75d077df6b

PHYS
— Triple disadvantage for workers from lower socio-economic backgrounds. My critics/opponents have/had parents who bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, got them jobs, etc. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. I had to work my way through college.
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-reveals-triple-disadvantage-workers-socio.html

June 19, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and reparations to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/19/juneteenth-holiday-united-states/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/19/opinion-juneteenth-unfinished-business/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/19/opinion-juneteenth-black-history-galveston-texas/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/19/plano-juneteenth-yorkville/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/18/lgbtq-advocates-condemn-skrmetti-decision/

DAILY HERALD
— 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 that country. Everyone in the world a) knows that Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans, b) knows that illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party Army, and c) knows that Biden’s parole programs were unmitigated frauds.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250618/letters-to-the-editor/we-must-respect-laws/
— Democrat leaders want license plate readers to be used only to advance planks in the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250619/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-driving-home-the-message-illinois-must-put-the-brakes-on-improper-access-to-l/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/06/18/as-trump-threatens-more-deportations-chicago-advocates-prepare

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Republican lawmakers sue Democrat leaders over ‘gut-and-replace maneuver’
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/06/19/heres-why-illinois-republican-lawmakers-sued-democrat-leaders/84262828007/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Republicans claim “massive cover up” of Biden’s health while in office
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/republicans-claim-massive-cover-up-of-bidens-health-while-in-office/

CITIES 92.9
— Illinois could soon have mental health screenings for public school students. According to Democrats, non-Democrats have mental problems
https://www.cities929.com/2025/06/18/illinois-could-soon-have-mental-health-screenings-for-public-school-students/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— How to destroy a state: swap out the wealthy for illegal immigrants
https://wirepoints.org/how-to-destroy-a-great-state-swap-out-the-wealthy-for-illegal-immigrants-wirepoints/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What did you do to qualify yourself for promotions? I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. Further, I earned an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. Further, I earned four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors were furious that I did the aforesaid. My Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me and were minority, female, and/or younger than me a) had not earned master’s degrees, b) had not taken the aforesaid examinations, c) had failed the aforesaid examinations, and/or d) had not become licensed CPAs. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Contract negotiations in 52 school districts may see Chicago Teachers Union-style radicalism
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/contract-negotiations-in-52-school-districts-may-see-chicago-teachers-union-style-radicalism/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— 1 million illegal immigrants have left U.S. since January
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/19/1-million-illegal-immigrants-left-us-since-january-study-shows/
— Police attackers, looters charged; IRS probes protest funding in Los Angeles anti-ICE riots
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/18/police-attackers-looters-charged-los-angeles-anti-ice-riots-irs/

NEW YORK POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://nypost.com/2025/06/18/us-news/hochul-touts-state-spending-on-legal-services-for-migrants-after-brad-landers-ice-arrest/

BLAZE
— Deportations will reverse erosion of US wages from illegal alien suppression. Back in the good old days, that is, during the 1960s, a) I was able to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in when I was 17 years old in May of 1966 after earning the minimum wage (inflation adjusted $12.36/hour) part-time for 15 months and full-time for 3 months, b) I was able to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in December of 1967 after earning a GS-4 Step 1 salary (currently $19.37/hour) part-time for 9 months and full-time for 3 months, and c) I was able to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in December of 1968 after earning a GS-4 Step 2 salary (currently $20.02/hour) part time for 9 months and full-time for 3 months. In addition, with the aforesaid salaries and then earning a GS-4 Step 3 salary (currently $20.67/hour) part-time for 7 months and full-time for 3 months, I paid my UIC expenses 1966-1968 and my NIU expenses in 1969 and 1970 and graduated debt-free in August of 1970 owning that Charger. Granted, my parents provided me with room and board during the aforesaid time except for 3 semesters and a summer session while I was at NIU.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illegal-alien-wage-growth-lavorgna
— Trump reparations would be Dems’ biggest loss since the GOP took their slaves away.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/trump-reparations-would-be-dems-biggest-loss-since-the-gop-took-their-slaves-away

BREITBART
— Poll: Out of All Categories, Trump Sees Highest Approval on Immigration. My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/18/poll-out-of-all-categories-trump-sees-highest-approval-on-immigration/
— Nonprofit Hospitals Still Pushing DEI, Childhood Transgenderism Despite Trump’s Orders
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2025/06/18/report-nonprofit-hospitals-still-pushing-dei-childhood-transgenderism-despite-trumps-orders/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Movement to Stop Left-Leaning Smithsonian Latino Museum Gains Momentum
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/06/18/movement-stop-left-leaning-smithsonian-latino-museum-gains-momentum/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Just Proved The Border Crisis Has A Simple Solution. In May of 2024, the Biden administration deliberately allowed 62,000 illegal aliens into the country.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-just-proved-the-border-crisis-has-a-simple-solution

FOX NEWS
— House Speaker Johnson tours ICE facility, says Chicago mayor is ‘on the wrong side of the law’ Federal law trumps state and local law.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/house-speaker-johnson-tours-ice-facility-says-chicago-mayor-is-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-law/ar-AA1GZpiZ

HOT AIR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2025/06/18/blue-states-fighting-to-feed-clothe-and-house-illegalsand-then-theres-florida-n3803941

NEWSMAX
— If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/doj-fbi-downsizing/2025/06/18/id/1215553/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— ‘Any illegal immigrants?’ Trump questions workers installing White House flagpoles. The workers erected two 88-foot-tall flagpoles at the White House on Wednesday.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/illegal-immigrants-trump-questions-workers-installing-white-house/story?id=122996015

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and reparations to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/aclu-after-160-years-waiting-guaranteed-income-can-deliver-promise-reparations-opinion-2086288

NEW YOK TIMES
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-awards.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: These are difficult times to be a nonpartisan federal expert, as the Trump administration has cast civil servants as villains and forced out a quarter-million of them. For the first time in the two-decade history of the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals, the federal employee of the year — the biggest honor — was no longer a federal employee.)

CALIFORNIA GLOBE
— Happy Juneteenth: Freedom Brought to You by the Republican Party
https://californiaglobe.com/fr/happy-juneteenth-freedom-brought-to-you-by-the-republican-party/

FOX HOUSTON
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnQmOZJiV5s

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and reparations to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/18/juneteenth-reparations-bills-slavery/84263142007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/18/what-is-juneteenth-meaning-origins/84169239007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/06/16/juneteenth-federal-holiday-trump-dei-black-history/84014228007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What if Democrats had not fought so hard and for so long to preserve slavery. All my ancestors were Republicans because Republicans fought slavery.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/juneteenth-and-the-power-of-an-ink-and-paper-proclamation-7e9aa349
— The two-job trend these days is about necessity, not pursuing a passion. My working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights pumping gasoline 1971-1972 while I worked full-time for IRS in Chicago and then Harvey helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/side-hustle-growth-recession-04117a1c

TIME
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and reparations to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://time.com/7295731/juneteenth-fight-for-freedom/

ENTREPRNEUR
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/consumers-and-employees-still-want-diversity-heres-how/492991

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Senate strips most retirement cuts from reconciliation, but anti-civil service provisions remain. Under language released by a Senate panel Thursday night, new federal workers who decline to serve as at-will employees will pay nearly 15% of their paycheck toward their pension benefit. For Democrats, government exists to take money away from Republicans and to give that money to Democrats.
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/06/senate-strips-most-retirement-cuts-reconciliation-anti-civil-service-provisions-remain/406070/

CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— Professionals on the Move. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. Further, I earned an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. Further, I earned four more professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors were furious that I did the aforesaid. My Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me and were minority, female, and/or younger than me a) had not earned master’s degrees, b) had not taken the aforesaid examinations, c) had failed the aforesaid examinations, and/or d) had not become licensed CPAs.
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2025/06/18/professionals-on-the-move-june-2025-part-ii/163407/

SPLC
— Democrat leaders use SPLC to promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hopewatch/when-the-people-rise-podcast/

June 13, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: DuPage GOP to launch vote-by-mail pilot program to combat Democratic strides
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/12/dupage-naperville-republican-democrat-vote-mail/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To date, significantly more Democratic primary voters are on the county’s permanent vote-by-mail list, DuPage County Chief Deputy Clerk Adam Johnson. As of Wednesday, there was a total of 98,413 voters on the county’s permanent vote-by-mail list, according to Johnson. That number divides into voters who have opted to receive mail-ballots for general elections only and those who have requested to also receive primary ballots, he said. The latter is how the county can glean the partisan divide in its vote-by-mail program as voters must request either a Democratic or Republican primary ballot. Current numbers show that 47,110 Democratic primary voters have signed up for the program compared to 19,525 Republican voters, Johnson said. Those totals have also grown since the 2022 primary election, which was the first in which the permanent vote-by-mail program was offered. In 2022, there were 20,482 Democratic primary voters compared to 8,009 Republican voters.)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/12/chicago-protest-trump-ice-immigration-arrests/
— Chicago’s Springfield delegation socks it to the city’s taxpayers with reckless pension bill. Who do you know who is in line to get a pension or is getting a pension? Ever-increasingly, they are demonized, denigrated, and condemned. I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. I have been getting a CSRS pension since I was 49 in 1997. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. In my defense, if my Democrat GAO superiors had not forced me to retire, I might still be working for GAO and paying into the CSRS. Constructively, so far, in today’s dollars, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced CSRS to pay me $1.85 million to stop me from working for GAO.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/13/editorial-springfield-lawmakers-police-fire-pensions/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/12/hundreds-rally-again-in-chicago-against-trump-ice
— While you were in high school and college, what did you do during your summer “vacations” I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, and delivered mail.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/06/12/chicago-public-schools-last-day-summer-vacation

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250612/news/secretary-of-state-mount-prospect-improperly-shared-license-plate-reader-data-in-texas-abortion-cas/

ABC7
— Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rainbow-push-coalition-civil-rights-leaders-rally-state-street-loop-chicago-protest-target-scaling-back-dei/16734382/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o85Q1cvuvl0
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/no-kings-protest-chicago-ice

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/06/12/tps-losing-legal-status-chicago-immigrants-limbo

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-533/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

DUPAGE GOP
— DuPage GOP Kickoff Event
https://www.facebook.com/DuPageGOP

JOHN KASS
— Democrats Unmask Themselves at Riots Open Summer of Love 2.0
https://johnkassnews.com/democrats-unmask-themselves-at-summer-of-love-2-0-riots/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois millionaires are taking their money, philanthropy and talent elsewhere
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-millionaires-are-taking-their-money-philanthropy-and-talent-elsewhere-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AMERICAN THINKER
— If ICE raids persist, there will be ‘nobody’ left to nanny the children and mow the lawns. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, etc. My critics/opponents cannot say that. Their parents bought them cars, paid their college expenses, got them jobs, etc. I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/karen_bass_says_if_ice_raids_persist_there_will_be_nobody_left_to_nanny_the_children_and_mow_the_lawns.html

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Strips Legal Status From Over Half A Million Migrants, Tells Them To Self-Deport
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-strips-legal-status-from-over-half-a-million-migrants-tells-them-to-self-deport
— Trump Signals ‘Changes Are Coming’ To Immigration Enforcement As Farmers, Businesses Complain. Trump added that the United States must deport criminals while also protecting farmers.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signals-changes-are-coming-to-immigration-enforcement-as-farmers-businesses-complain

FEDERALIST
— By Promoting Amnesty For Illegal Workers, Trump Is Selling Out ‘America First’ For Cheap Labor
https://thefederalist.com/2025/06/12/by-promoting-amnesty-for-illegal-workers-trump-is-selling-out-america-first-for-cheap-labor/

FEDERALIST SOCIETY
— Disparate Impact and the Future of Equal Opportunity. According to my critics/opponents, because I got better scores on tests than minorities and females, those tests were racist and sexist. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/podcasts/explainer-episode-90-disparate-impact-and-the-future-of-equal-opportunity

FOX NEWS
— Dem senators propose bill to punish El Salvador for ‘collusion’ with Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-senators-propose-bill-punish-el-salvador-collusion-trump
— We should stand unequivocally with Israel, says Sen. Ted Cruz
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6374213310112

NEWSMAX
— N.Y., Ill. Govs Dare ICE to Arrest Them Over Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/jb-pritzker-kathy-hochul-tom-homan/2025/06/12/id/1214741/
— Dems Choose Illegals Over Citizens
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/brandon-gill-democrats-illegals/2025/06/12/id/1214742/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/13/politics/trump-padilla-ice-protests-analysis

MSN
— ‘I am reversing invasion’: Trump blames Biden, Newsom for ‘flooding America with 21 million illegal aliens’
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/i-am-reversing-invasion-trump-blames-biden-newsom-for-flooding-america-with-21-million-illegal-aliens/ar-AA1GC6WI
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/as-trump-attacks-the-trans-community-pa-advocates-urge-gov-josh-shapiro-to-get-louder/ar-AA1GlAXs
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-blocks-trump-order-cutting-federal-funds-to-lgbtq-nonprofits/ar-AA1GoIdI

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Mexican Flags Have Become Republican Fodder, but Protesters Keep Waving Them. Images of Los Angeles protesters waving Mexican flags have gone viral in conservative circles this week. Many protesters say they are aware of the political reaction but won’t put their flags away. Constructively, Mexico and Democrats have declared war on America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/la-protests-mexican-flags-republican-reaction.html
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/opinion/trump-immigration-conservative.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/business/pride-corporate-sponsors-small-businessees.html
— The Real Fertility Crisis: Financial Security My Democrat GAO superiors painted themselves as being grossly underpaid, had children, and decried the time and money needed to raise children. Their spouses had little or no income. According to them, if my wife and I had children, a) I would not have been able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt, earn a master’s degree in accounting, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, or become a licensed CPA and b) my wife would not have been able to keep her good job or earn a bachelor’s degree in finance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/world/fertility-crisis-un-report.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/12/trump-miller-national-guard-ice/

MIAMI HERALD
— ‘Leave Immediately’: Trump administration orders self-deportation for Biden-era parolees
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article308510270.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: One dad talked about the ‘father’s mental load.’ Then the backlash hit. My Democrat GAO superiors painted themselves as being grossly underpaid, had children, and decried the time and money needed to raise children. Their spouses had little or no income. According to them, if my wife and I had children, a) I would not have been able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt, earn a master’s degree in accounting, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, or become a licensed CPA and b) my wife would not have been able to keep her good job or earn a bachelor’s degree in finance.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/06/12/fathers-day-men-mental-health-load/84115238007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Diminishing Protest Returns. Another weekend of demonstrations against Trump won’t get the left anything.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/diminishing-protest-returns-los-angeles-no-kings-day-newsom-trump-immigration-deport-98c9888c
— Senate Confirms Auctioneer Billy Long as IRS Chief. Former Republican House lawmaker who promoted controversial tax breaks will run the agency. Democrats run IRS. I was one of that last Republicans IRS hired in 1971 when I was 22. If I had been a Democrat, IRS would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service before I was 40 notwithstanding my late start. I earned an MBA when I was 27. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-irs-senate-confirmation-billy-long-310adcd7
— Aspiring CPAs Consider Ditching Grad-School Plans as States Revamp Laws. I should have majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970. I erroneously thought that I could not pass the CPA examination. Because I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until 1976, because I did not take and pass the CPA examination until 1979, because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until 1980, because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor Examination until 1981, and because I did not become a licensed CPA until 1981, the accounting profession wrote me off as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. Nevertheless, in today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $55,850 in 1971 and $112,280 in 1980 and my GAO salary was $153,151 in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/aspiring-cpas-consider-ditching-grad-school-plans-as-states-revamp-laws-203c4016

FORBES
— Children Should Not Be Fed Woke Propaganda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W78zSSP8iO8

KIPLINGER
— 25 Best College Majors for a Lucrative Career. I should have majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970. I erroneously thought that I could not pass the CPA examination. Because I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until 1976, because I did not take and pass the CPA examination until 1979, because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until 1980, because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor Examination until 1981, and because I did not become a licensed CPA until 1981, the accounting profession wrote me off as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. Nevertheless, in today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $55,850 in 1971 and $112,280 in 1980 and my GAO salary was $153,151 in 1997.
https://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/business/t012-s001-best-college-majors-for-a-lucrative-career/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Public Accounting Starting salary: $69,700 Mid Career Salary: $151,200 Job Has Meaning: 47% . . . Corporate Accounting & Finance
Starting salary: $76,800 Mid Career Salary: $149,600 Job Has Meaning: 50%)

MEDIATE
— Pritzker Throws ‘Hitler’ Comment Back at GOP Congresswoman: ‘I Am Not Going To Be Lectured to by Somebody Who Extols the Virtue of Adolf Hitler’
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/pritzker-throws-hitler-comment-back-at-gop-congresswoman-i-am-not-going-to-be-lectured-to-by-somebody-who-extols-the-virtue-of-adolf-hitler/

TIMES OF INDIA
— ‘America was invaded’: Donald Trump pushes for ‘remigration’; slams Biden, Newsom
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/america-was-invaded-donald-trump-pushes-for-remigration-slams-biden-newsom/articleshow/121818383.cms

June 12, 2025

May 31, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— A recently retired SEC attorney demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump. SEE: https://www.barrons.com/articles/trump-doge-sec-retirement-27ea213a When GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran, SEC would have immediately offered me a job. I had audited SEC and other federal financial industry regulators for the previous 8 years at the GS-13 Step 4-10 Levels, currently $129,588-$153,151/year. I had just earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT. For that matter, IRS would have immediately offered me a job. I had audited IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $117,807-$125,675/year. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112.280/year. I became a Certified Forensic Accountant in 1997, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Internal Auditor in 1981, and Public Accountant in 1979. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980 and in business in 1976. – Dave Diersen

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BARRON’S
— A recently retired SEC attorney demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump. When GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran, SEC would have immediately offered me a job. I had audited SEC and other federal financial industry regulators for the previous 8 years at the GS-13 Step 4-10 Levels, currently $129,588-$153,151/year. I had just earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT. For that matter, IRS would have immediately offered me a job. I had audited IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $117,807-$125,675/year. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112.280/year. I became a Certified Forensic Accountant in 1997, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Fraud Examiner in 1990, Internal Auditor in 1981, and Public Accountant in 1979. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980 and in business in 1976.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/trump-doge-sec-retirement-27ea213a

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 30, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Trump tariffs reinstated by appeals court for now
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-tariffs-reinstated-by-appeals-court-for-now/3756338/

FOX32
— Trump tariffs reinstated by appeals court
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1649490

WGN9
— Cannabis is bad for your heart
https://wgntv.com/news/trending/smoke-it-or-eat-it-cannabis-is-bad-for-your-heart-new-research-shows/

WTTW
— Democrat leaders promote assisted suicide
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/29/illinois-bill-would-allow-terminally-ill-adults-end-their-lives-medical-assistance

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Larry Hoover ‘deserves to be in prison,’ Chicago FBI boss says of Gangster Disciples founder as lawyers praise Trump choice.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/29/larry-hoover-trump-fbi-boss/
— Democrat leaders use Chinese students to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/29/chinese-students-visa/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that police are racist.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/05/30/traffic-stops-black-drivers-illinois-public-universities-campus-police-departments

DAILY HERALD
— ‘Huge opportunity’ or ‘stealing’ from suburbs? Senate debates funding plan to save transit
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250529/transportation/huge-opportunity-or-stealing-from-the-suburbs-senate-debates-funding-plan-to-save-transit/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give preference to international students, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against American students.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/trump-move-chinese-visas-could-impact-chicago-universities

STATELINE
— Gun owners in Illinois face $10K fine if weapon is stolen and used in a crime. Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/gun-owners-in-illinois-face-10k-fine-if-weapon-is-stolen-and-used-in-a-crime/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2025/05/29/proposed-edible-tasting-room-for-dekalb-dispensary-gets-early-support/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-30/federal-workers-keep-americas-farms-healthy-what-now-under-trump

HOMEWOOD/FLOSSMOOR PATCH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBT in Homewood/Flossmoor
https://patch.com/illinois/homewood-flossmoor/homewood-flossmoor-pride-fest-set-celebrate-diversity-inclusion

IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Chinese students over American students.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/uncertain-future-for-chinese-students-cause-concern-at-uiuc/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-523/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-315/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— The pension sweetener bill is yet another reminder that lawmakers don’t care about ordinary Illinoisans. Because State of Illinois employees are overwhelmingly Democrat, Illinois Democrats politicians defend and promote them. Because federal employees are overwhelmingly Democrat, Illinois Republican politicians demonize, denigrate, and condemn them.
https://wirepoints.org/the-pension-sweetener-bill-is-yet-another-reminder-that-lawmakers-dont-care-about-ordinary-illinoisans-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The sanctuary counties in Illinois that Trump just put on notice include DuPage County ( https://www.newsweek.com/sanctuary-cities-counties-states-trump-admin-just-put-notice-2078759 ). Is your county on the list? The following Illinois counties are on the list: Adams, Alexander; Bond, Boone, Bureau, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Cook, Crawford, Cumberland, DeKalb, Dewitt, Douglas, DuPage, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Greene, Grundy, Hancock, Hardin, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jackson, Jersey, Jo Daviess, Johnson, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, Lake, LaSalle, Lawrence, Lee, Livingston, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Massac, McDonough, McLean, Mercer, Menard, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Perry, Piatt, Pike, Pope, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Richland, Rock Island, Saint Clair, Saline, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Stark, Stephenson, Tazewell, Union, Vermilion, Wabash, Warren, Washington, Wayne, White, Whiteside County, Will, Williamson, Winnebago, and Woodford. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on Civil Service protections? Trump wants to cut them. Were it not for Civil Service protections, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 a) would not have hired me, b) would have done more to waste my career and to get rid of me, c) would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, 1974, or 1986, d) would have taken even more/bigger adverse actions against me, and e) would have gotten rid of me sooner than they did. They hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. My qualifications include a) passing the postal employment test and earning a high school diploma in 1966, b) passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, c) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) earning a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German America, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that all their problems are caused by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Pritzker ever-increasing drives those who are the following out of Illinois, out of DuPage County, out of Milton Township, out of Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and out of my precinct: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. 478 voted for Harris in my precinct. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly stress that Trump is not a lawyer. How much legal training have you had and how much legal experience do you have? I got lots of legal training and experience while 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, and 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. Further, I got lots of legal experience serving as an active member in a class action lawsuit and pursuing lawsuits pro se. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were younger, minority, and/or female, my superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly lowered their hiring, retention, and promotion standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree (1970) and three job-related master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), b) my six job-related professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and c) my job-related professional license (1981). All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were younger than me, minority, and/or female. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents stress the most to hint/imply/argue/shout that you benefitted from slavery? Mine stress that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In my defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois and that a) on my father’s side, they first worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses in Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store and b) on my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border and then bought that farm. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Constructively, if not literally, Democrat and RINO leaders rank those who are under them. The more of the following that you are, the more points that they give you: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German America, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. The more of the following that you do, the more points that they give you: glorify and praise them, pander to them, serve as one of their operatives or dupes, cover up their wrongdoing, and/or give them money. Of course, Democrat and RINO leaders give me no points. I should write about Democrat and RINO leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Uber/Lyft and Real Estate Transfer Taxes Proposed to Bail Out CTA
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/29/uber-lyft-and-real-estate-transfer-taxes-proposed-to-bail-out-cta/
— Sosnowski Introduces Bill to Allow Switch of Casino Sites
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/29/sosnowski-introduces-bill/
— Four-Year Community College Degree Legislation Still Alive, But Severely Limited
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/29/four-year-community-college-degree-legislation-still-alive-but-severely-limited/
— Dems Advance Gun Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/29/dems-advance-gun-bill/
— DeWitte Notes Dems’ Revision of Shift from RTA to NITA (Northern Illinois Transit Authority) Takes Power from Suburbs
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/29/dewitte-notes-dems-revision-of-shift-from-rta-to-nita-northern-illinois-transit-authority-takes-power-from-suburbs/
— McLaughlin Bill for Privately-Financed Statue of Pope Leo IV on Capitol Grounds Stuck in Committee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/28/mclaughlin-bill-for-privately-financed-statue-of-pope-leo-iv-on-capitol-grounds-stuck-in-committee/
— Ness Goes after Trump
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/28/ness-goes-after-trump/
— Senate Republicans on Electric Rates
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/28/senate-republicans-on-electric-rates/
— Ugasta’s Views on Democrats’ Budget
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/28/ugastas-views-on-democrats-budget/
— Johnsburg’s Kirk Donald Running for Re-Election as Vice Chairman of the McHenry County Republican Party
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/28/johnsburgs-kirk-donald-running-for-re-election-as-vice-chairman-of-the-mchenry-county-republican-party/
— Cook County Homeowners Beginning to Feel the Pain the Rest of Have All Along & How State Law Gives Cook County Homeowners Tax Breaks Not Seen in the Other 101 Counties
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/28/cook-county-homeowners-beginning-to-feel-the-pain-the-rest-of-have-all-along-how-cook-county-homeowners-get-tax-breaks-not-seen-in-the-other-101-counties/
— For Those Interested in a Deep Dive into What DODE Did…
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/27/for-those-interested-in-a-deep-dive-into-what-dode-did/
— Casten Endorses Biss for Algonquin Township Congressman
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/27/casten-endorse-biss-for-algonquin-township-congressman/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Assisted Suicide Passes House, Moves to Senate
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/assisted-suicide-passes-house-moves-to-senate/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS releases name-and-shame sanctuary list with more than 600 states, cities, counties. DuPage County is in the list.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/29/dhs-releases-name-shame-sanctuary-list-600-states-cities-counties/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago’s government-by-racism is failing
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3424244/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-race-comments/
— Trump administration orders ICE to more than triple number of daily arrests
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3425621/trump-ice-triple-arrests/

NEW YORK POST
— ICE shakes up agency with ‘leadership realignment’ in push for a ‘minimum’ of 3,000 migrant arrests per day
https://nypost.com/2025/05/29/us-news/ice-shakes-up-leadership-amid-push-for-3000-migrant-arrests-per-day/

AFPI
— Massive Scale of Chinese Illegal Immigration Threatens National Security
https://www.americafirstpolicy.com/issues/massive-scale-of-chinese-illegal-immigration-threatens-national-security

CENTER SQUARE
— ICE calling law enforcement in all counties to help with deportation efforts
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_efdabd74-5fba-4c22-a3ec-1f8fef4ef79d.html

COLLEGE FIX
— K-12 schools spent $19 million in federal tax dollars on ‘restorative justice,’ ‘equitable grading.’ What depressed your GPA? For me, it was my spending far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/k-12-schools-spent-19-million-in-federal-tax-dollars-on-restorative-justice-equitable-grading/

DAILY CALLER
— Washington’s Spending Party Continues As Elon Musk Bids Farewell To Swamp
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/29/washingtons-spending-party-elon-musk-bids-farewell-swamp/
— FBI Tells Employees No ‘Pride’ Activities On Company Time. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors ever-increasingly required their employees to attend more DEI training and events. When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Democrat Black subordinate who ran the office’s Black events.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/29/fbi-employees-no-pride-activites-company-time-june/

EPOCH TIMES
— State Department Says It Will Expand Scrutiny of All Chinese Visa Holders in US. The department has already paused new student visa interviews worldwide and is preparing to revoke visas for Chinese nationals currently in the United States.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/state-department-says-it-will-expand-scrutiny-of-all-chinese-visa-holders-in-us-5865198

FOX NEWS
— Chicago mayor calls DOGE ‘an act of war,’ compares second Trump term to Third Reich. ‘You have a president that is cutting off medicine and food [and] working to erase culture,’ Brandon Johnson claimed
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-mayor-calls-doge-an-act-war-compares-second-trump-term-third-reich

NEWSMAX
— Harvard’s Standards Have Dropped. To hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were younger, minority, and/or female, my superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly dropped their hiring, retention, and promotion standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree (1970) and three job-related master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), b) my six job-related professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and c) my job-related professional license (1981). All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were younger than me, minority, and/or female.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/alan-dershowitz-harvard-dei/2025/05/29/id/1212899/

PJ MEDIA
— The Education Department and the Demise of Our Schooling
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/05/29/the-education-dept-intellectual-silliness-and-the-demise-of-our-schooling-n4940257

TOWNHALL
— Chaos Erupts Outside Immigration Court As Protesters Clash With Police
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/05/29/police-arrest-dozens-protesting-outside-immigration-court-in-manhattan-n2657815
— Democrats and Their DEI Albatrosses
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2025/05/30/democrats-and-their-dei-albatrosses-n2657857

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Karl Rove: Trump tariffs could cost GOP their majorities
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5325112-karl-rove-trump-tariffs-could-cost-gop-their-majorities/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— What do your critics/opponents stress the most to hint/imply/argue/shout that you benefitted from slavery? Mine stress that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In my defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois and that a) on my father’s side, they first worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses in Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store and b) on my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border and then bought that farm.
https://apnews.com/article/harvard-university-slave-photos-d9c01b7926bba2a686ff325617e93ce9

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give preference to international students, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against American students.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/universities-seek-lure-us-bound-students-amid-trump-crackdown-2025-05-30/

NEWSWEEK
— The Sanctuary Cities, Counties and States the Trump Admin Just Put on Notice. DuPage County is on the list.
https://www.newsweek.com/sanctuary-cities-counties-states-trump-admin-just-put-notice-2078759
— Levi’s ever-increasingly promotes more DEI and LGBTQ.
https://www.newsweek.com/levis-pride-collection-dei-programs-2078557

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give preference to international students, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against American students.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/29/us/harvard-trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/us/politics/chinese-students-rattled-by-trump-plan-to-aggressively-revoke-visas.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote China.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/us/politics/trump-china-visas-tariffs.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give preference to international students, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against American students.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/29/chinese-students-data-visa/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/05/29/harvard-international-students-hearing/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have they been in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct. I should write about their success in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School district 200, and my precinct. 478 in my precinct voted for Harris.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/05/29/pew-lgbtq-poll-transgender-acceptance-trump/6498f882-3c95-11f0-912d-d5f4792db3e4_story.html

USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and stress that he is not a lawyer. How much legal training have you had and how much legal experience do you have? I got lots of legal training and experience while 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, and 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. Further, I got lots of legal experience serving as an active member in a class action lawsuit and pursuing lawsuits pro se.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/28/trump-due-process-deportations/83824951007/
— Trump lashes out at judges on tariffs, blames Federalist Society for bad legal advice
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/29/donald-trump-federalist-society-judges-tariffs-attacks/83933632007/

TAMPA FREE PRESS
— Florida Attracts Wave Of Newcomers As California, New York, & Illinois See Resident Exodus. Pritzker ever-increasing drives those who are the following out of Illinois, out of DuPage County, out of Milton Township, out of Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and out of my precinct: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. 478 voted for Harris in my precinct.
https://www.tampafp.com/florida-attracts-wave-of-newcomers-as-california-new-york-illinois-see-resident-exodus/

FORBES
— If Trump’s Tariffs Raise Prices Or Are Perceived To, GOP Will Be Hurt In Midterms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdn-0d7mI-w

PBS
— Trump administration pressures ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ by publishing list of places ‘deliberately obstructing’ immigration enforcement
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-administration-pressures-sanctuary-jurisdictions-by-publishing-list-of-places-deliberately-obstructing-immigration-enforcement

FED SMITH
— Important Changes to Proposed Benefits Cuts in House-Passed Spending Bill. Trump wants to cut Civil Service protections. Were it not for Civil Service protections, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 a) would not have hired me, b) would have done more to waste my career and to get rid of me, c) would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, 1974, or 1986, d) would have taken even more/bigger adverse actions against me, and e) would have gotten rid of me sooner than they did. They hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. My qualifications include a) passing the postal employment test and earning a high school diploma in 1966, b) passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, c) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) earning a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/05/28/important-changes-to-proposed-benefits-cuts-in-house-passed-spending-bill/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Election for At-Will Employment The provision for new hires to elect at-will employment remains in the legislation as well. Newly hired federal employees could opt to become at-will employees in exchange for a lower contribution rate to FERS (the standard 4.4%). This would be an irrevocable decision per the language of the legislation as currently written. However, if employees were to choose to keep their Civil Service protections, they would pay an additional 5% contribution rate to FERS (9.4% total for most federal employees). Federal employees who opt to become at-will employees could face adverse actions, including removal, without notice or the right to appeal the action. Per the language of the bill as currently written, they “may be subject to an adverse action up to and including removal, without notice or right to appeal, by the head of the agency at which the individual is employed for good cause, bad cause, or no cause at all.”)

INSIDE HIGHTER ED
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give preference to international students, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against American students.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/international-students-us/2025/05/30/trump-targets-chinese-students-harsh-blow-higher

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German America, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that all their problems are caused by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/black-and-empowered/202505/finding-compassion-in-the-darkness-of-racism-and-discrimination

AMAZON
— Proud to be Woke. My critics/opponents act like they are proud to be woke. That is, they discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.amazon.com/Politically-Well-Informed-Socialist-Proud/dp/B0BY2LFD7S

TIMES OF INDIA
— IIT has the highest percentage of international students. IIT admitted me in 1992. But it would have admitted an international student instead of me if it could have.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/which-us-university-has-the-highest-percentage-of-international-students-well-its-not-harvard/articleshow/121513373.cms

May 21, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Huntley Trump store owner claims fines from village, eviction notice are ‘political’ Village says store owner cannot keep items in right-of-way.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-truth-store-owner-claims-fines-village-huntley-illinois-eviction-notice-are-political-im-gonna-fight/16486152/
— Chicago mayor Johnson says Trump administration reflects ‘country club’ in response to DOJ investigation of Chicago’s hiring practices. How have Democrat hiring practices impacted you? 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. They gambled and lost that I would become a Democrat and promote their discriminatory employment practices. They took many big adverse actions against me because I opposed their discriminatory employment practices. I should write about that. I would focus on the tremendous preference they forced me to give, and that I did give, my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trumps-administration-reflects-country-club-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-says-response-doj-investigation/16482731/
— Multiple citations issued, 2 arrested in large Naperville teen gatherings. Naperville today. Your municipality tomorrow.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/naperville-illinois-news-multiple-citations-issued-2-arrested-downtown-another-teen-takeover-police-say/16483549/
— Chicago committee approves controversial ‘snap curfew’ ordinance; full city council to vote Wednesday. Chicago today. Your municipality tomorrow.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-teen-takeovers-youth-leaders-join-mayor-brandon-johnson-discuss-summer-safety-intitiatives-including-snap-curfuews/16483642/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad including price increases.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-restaurant-association-show-2025-chicago-restaurants-feeling-impact-struggling-us-economy/16486189/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/venezuela-deportation-news-roughly-50k-arrived-chicago-last-2-years-limbo-trump-tps-ruling/16486487/
— Dolton plans to take ownership of Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home through eminent domain
https://wirepoints.org/dolton-plans-to-take-ownership-of-pope-leo-xivs-childhood-home-through-eminent-domain-abc7-chicago/

NBC5
— Defiant Chicago mayor calls for investigation into Trump administration hiring.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/defiant-chicago-mayor-calls-for-investigation-into-trump-administration-hiring/3750328/
— Trump fails to convince ‘SALT Caucus’ to back tax bill. Before SALT, my wife and I paid less federal income tax by itemizing, both of us staring in 1978 and I starting in 1972. My critics/opponents were always furious about that. I deducted my graduate business and accounting course expenses 1972-1980 and my graduate finance course expenses 1992-1997.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-fails-to-convince-salt-caucus-to-back-tax-bill/3749988/
— Yosemite climbers unfurl transgender pride flag on iconic El Capitan. The group of LGBTQ activist climbers said the flag, which is 55 feet by 35 feet, is the largest ever displayed on the face of the world-famous rock climbing destination. By way of contrast, I displayed a 18X12-foot American flag in my previous two Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville. But because my new condo there does not have high or wide enough wall space, I cannot do that there.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/yosemite-climbers-transgender-pride-flag-el-capitan/3750359/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/venezuelans-chicago-temporary-protected-status-deportation-supreme-court/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use alleged hate crimes to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/woman-brutally-attacked-carpentersville-because-lesbian/
— Naperville School District 203 board meeting packed after trans student wins at junior high track meet. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/naperville-school-district-203-board-meeting-trans-student-junior-high-track-meet/

FOX32
— Naperville ‘teen takeover’: Police respond to large gatherings, issue citations and arrest two. Naperville today. Your municipality tomorrow.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/naperville-teen-takeover-police-respond-large-gatherings-issue-citations-arrest-two

WTTW
— DOJ Announces Probe of Mayor Johnson After He Lauds Record of Hiring Black Chicagoans in Senior Positions. When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors were very proud of their success in forcing me to retire and giving my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/19/feds-announce-probe-mayor-johnson-after-he-lauds-record-hiring-black-chicagoans-senior
— Mayor Brandon Johnson: ‘We’re Not Going to Be Intimidated’ By DOJ Hiring Probe
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/20/mayor-brandon-johnson-we-re-not-going-be-intimidated-justice-department-hiring-probe

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville councilman McBroom, DuPage GOP, Awake Illinois battle District 203 over transgender female athletes. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/20/naperville-school-district-203-transgender-sports/
— Victims’ group alleges that Pope Leo XIV failed to ‘properly investigate’ child sexual abuse in Chicago.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/20/pope-leo-priest-sex-abuse/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight budget cuts.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/21/illinois-americorps-cuts/
— The more crime in a zip code, the more insurance claims.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/21/opinion-illinois-car-insurance-credit-score-alexi-giannoulias/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote pro-Palestinian activists
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/05/05/trump-pro-palestinian-activists-jailing-deporting-immigrants-chinese-asian-american-rick-baldoz

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Naperville parents voice objections after transgender student competes in track meet. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250520/other-sports/naperville-parents-voice-objections-after-transgender-student-competes-in-track-meet/
— Chicago suburbs listed among 250 elite towns by U.S. News & World Report. He who sets the criteria determines the outcome.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250520/news/by-the-numbers-chicago-suburbs-listed-among-250-elite-towns-by-u-s-news-world-report/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Dolton plans to take Pope Leo’s childhood home through eminent domain.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/dolton-plans-take-popes-old-home-through-eminent-domain
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote federal spending and b) fight federal spending cuts.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/durbin-duckworth-question-cuts-illinois-hospitals
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-slams-lack-diversity-trump-cabinet

WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote federal spending and b) fight federal spending cuts.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-senior-advocacy-groups-department-on-aging-urge-congress-to-fully-fund-older-americans-act/article_cb14c002-c7d8-41bd-b93c-011225a7ff2a.html

WSIU
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs to promote more hatred against him.
https://www.wsiu.org/2025-05-21/how-two-women-owned-businesses-are-navigating-trumps-tariffs

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton Memorial Day Parade:10 a.m. Monday, May 26. Hosted by American Legion Post 76, the parade steps off at Hale and Union streets, proceeds west on Union to West Street, then south on West to Wheaton Cemetery, 1209 S. Warrenville Road.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/2025/05/20/where-to-find-memorial-day-ceremonies-and-parades-in-dupage-county/

DES PLAINES PATCH
— Over 25,000 diverse individuals attended the Skokie Cultural Festival. To be diverse you must be liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Because I am none of the aforesaid, Democrat and RINO leaders get rid of me. Diverse Democrats and diverse RINOs get rid of non-diverse Republicans.
https://patch.com/illinois/desplaines/over-25-000-diverse-individuals-attended-skokie-cultural-festival

JUST THE NEWS
— Illinois GOP Rep. Mary Miller says SALT deduction is a ‘handout’ to rich donors. SALT is a tax break that allows taxpayers to deduct part or all of what they paid in state and local taxes from their federal tax return. Before SALT, my wife and I paid less federal income tax by itemizing, both of us staring in 1978 and I starting in 1972. My critics/opponents were always furious about that. I deducted my graduate business and accounting course expenses 1972-1980 and my graduate finance course expenses 1992-1997.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/illinois-gop-rep-mary-miller-says-salt-deduction-handout-rich-donors

CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/statement-doj-investigation/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-517/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-309/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois education officials look to hide their failures by lowering reading, math standards. Just say no.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-education-officials-look-to-hide-their-failures-by-lowering-reading-math-standards-just-say-no-wirepoints/
— Lawmakers’ latest attempt to boost public pension benefits.
https://wirepoints.org/today-join-wirepoints-afp-and-ipi-for-a-virtual-roundtable-all-about-lawmakers-latest-attempt-to-boost-public-pension-benefits/
— Is Mayor Johnson really saying such things aloud?
https://wirepoints.org/is-mayor-johnson-really-saying-such-things-aloud-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Bill Proposes $10,000 for Student Teachers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/20/bill-proposes-10000-for-student-teachers/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Lawmakers investigate federal spending on gambling, adult entertainment and more
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_7fa3a6bf-e87f-4854-8f73-edba9f9e910c.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To be diverse you must be liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Because I am none of the aforesaid, Democrat and RINO leaders get rid of me. Diverse Democrats and diverse RINOs get rid of non-diverse Republicans. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How have Democrat hiring practices impacted you? 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. They gambled and lost that I would become a Democrat and promote their discriminatory employment practices. They took many big adverse actions against me because I opposed their discriminatory employment practices. I should write about that. I would focus on the tremendous preference that they forced me to give, and that I did give, my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— When were you under the radar? I was under the radar at IRS until I was 25 years old in 1973 and my IRS manager gave me a big high-profile developmental assignment and promoted me to GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) because of my performance on it. Because of the aforesaid, my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of him and a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976, c) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, c) ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and e) ever-increasingly made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. According to them, that development assignment should have been given to a Democrat who was a minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I got the assignment because of my job performance and because I was taking graduate evening business courses. The aforesaid and Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on me drew attention to the fact that I was conservative, Republican, a Vietnam War draft avoider, Protestant, German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, and I had been a Crete resident 1948-1972. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What were your superiors proud of? When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors were very proud of their success in forcing me to retire and giving my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Musk, the Republican Party’s biggest donor, says he will cut political spending. I should write about a) the biggest donors to the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party since 2000 and b) what they think of me. I would focus on the biggest adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Too much local government makes Illinois inefficient, raises property taxes
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/too-much-local-government-makes-illinois-inefficient-raises-property-taxes/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Resentment of ICE, backlash against its agents and mission rise alongside Democrats’ condemnations
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/20/attacks-ice-rise-alongside-democrats-anti-ice-comments/
— Colleges dump ‘segregated’ graduations after Trump DEI ban
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/20/colleges-dump-segregated-graduations-trump-dei-ban/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Top IRS division appears packed with anti-Trump officials
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3417397/trump-irs-democrat-officials-bias/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— 60 Minutes’ Scott Pelley Tells College Grads: ‘Freedom of Speech is Under Attack’ By Trump Administration. Pelley’s speech came just before CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon announced her resignation amid clashes between the network and parent company Paramount. Democrat leaders run the mainstream news media in America. The mainstream news media in America is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders.
https://freebeacon.com/media/60-minutes-scott-pelley-tells-college-grads-freedom-of-speech-is-under-attack-by-trump-administration/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Race Fatigue in the United States. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote minorities, females, and younger people because they vote for Democrats and b) get rid of Whites, males, and older people because they vote for Republicans.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/05/race_fatigue_in_the_united_states.html
— Putin’s cold and dark soul
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/05/putin_s_cold_and_dark_soul.html
— Trump’s ‘big’ and ‘beautiful’ tax bill retains hundreds of billions (maybe trillions?) in ‘Green New Deal’ spending
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/05/trump_s_big_and_beautiful_tax_bill_retains_hundreds_of_billions_maybe_trillions_in_green_new_deal_spending.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump’s historic first $1,000 self-deportation flight takes off. Here’s how it’s going …
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/20/trumps-historic-first-1000-self-deportation-flight-takes-off-heres-how-its-going-1544944/

BREITBART
— 1.4 Million Illegals Ordered Deported but ‘Roaming Free’ in U.S. Due to Lack of Detention Space
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/20/expert-witness-tells-congress-1-4-million-illegals-ordered-deported-but-roaming-free-in-u-s-due-to-lack-of-detention-space/
— Spike Lee Slams Trump at Cannes Film Festival
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/05/20/spike-lee-slams-trump-at-cannes-film-festival/

DAILY CALLER
— GOP Pushes Tax To Pay For Trump Agenda And Depress Illegal Immigration In One Fell Swoop
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/20/gop-tax-pay-for-trump-agenda-disincentivize-illegal-immigration/
— The Biden Cover Up Is Worse Than You Can Possibly Imagine
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/20/joe-biden-cancer-diagnosis-rebelcast-media-cover-up/

FOX NEWS
— Naperville board meeting erupts over transgender athlete policy: ‘Clear divide on this issue’ Awake Illinois founder Shannon Adcock joins ‘America Reports’ to discuss the debate over transgender athletes in girls’ sports after female track runners were defeated by a biological male. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6373126420112

NEWSMAX
— DOJ Investigating Chicago Mayor Over Black Hires. How have Democrat hiring practices impacted you? 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. They gambled and lost that I would become a Democrat and promote their discriminatory employment practices. They took many big adverse actions against me because I opposed their discriminatory employment practices. I should write about that. I would focus on the tremendous preference that they forced me to give, and that I did give, my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/chicago-justice-department-brandon-johnson/2025/05/20/id/1211653/

PJ MEDIA
— DHS Slams Walz’s ‘Gestapo’ Comments, Highlights Criminals Arrested
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/05/20/dhs-slams-walzs-gestapo-comments-details-criminals-arrested-n4939960

REAL CLEAR DEFENSE
— Buh-Bye West Point
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2025/05/20/buh-bye_west_point_1111220.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— Walmart Responds To Trump’s Order To ‘Eat The Tariffs’
https://www.newsweek.com/walmart-responds-donald-trump-eat-tariffs-trade-policy-2075063
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.newsweek.com/talk-suspending-habeas-corpus-hand-grenade-americas-heart-opinion-2074845

REUTERS
— Musk, the Republican Party’s biggest donor, says he will cut political spending. I should write about a) the biggest donors to the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party since 2000 and b) what they think of me. I would focus on the biggest adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me lately.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/elon-musk-says-he-is-still-committed-being-tesla-ceo-5-years-time-2025-05-20/

CNN
— Trump’s IRS layoffs could lead to billions in lost revenue as agency sheds auditors
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/politics/irs-staffing-cuts-revenue-loss-trump-dg

MSN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/u-s-hits-brakes-on-trade-war-with-china/ar-AA1F9pdS

CBS NEWS
— Biden’s last prostate cancer blood test was in 2014, spokesperson says
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-prostate-cancer-blood-test-2014/

NEW YORK TIMES
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, only non-Whites can be refugees.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/100000010169282/inside-trumps-exception-for-white-south-african-refugees.html
— Trump-Supporting Christians Accusing Jews of Antisemitism. Jews in America are overwhelmingly liberal. Jews in Israel are overwhelmingly conservative. Liberals get rid of conservatives.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/opinion/antisemitism-israel-palestine-esther.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/nyregion/nyc-pride-sponsors-trump-tariffs.html
— Democrat leaders encourage Democrats to move into Elmhurst.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/realestate/elmhurst-illinois-real-estate-guide.html
— Democrat Leaders Say How Trump Has Targeted New Groups for Deportation
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/21/us/trump-immigration-policy.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump drafts America’s business titans to burnish his image at home and abroad
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/21/trump-apple-walmart-tariffs-ceos-middle-east/2b609ad6-35f9-11f0-9c9e-0db2d748bea7_story.html

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/20/transgender-pride-flag-yosemite-el-capitan-lgbtq/83750904007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Joe Biden Had Unrivaled Medical Care. How Did His Cancer Go Undetected? Other presidents, including Donald Trump, have undergone and released their prostate screening results.
https://www.wsj.com/health/joe-biden-had-unrivaled-medical-care-how-did-his-cancer-go-undetected-93d735d4

FORTUNE
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://fortune.com/2025/05/20/scrapping-dei-without-benefits-morally-unjust-bankrupt/

BLOOMBERG
— When were you under the radar? I was under the radar at IRS until I was 25 years old in 1973 and my IRS manager gave me a big high-profile developmental assignment and promoted me to GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) because of my performance on it. Because of the aforesaid, my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of him and a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976, c) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, c) ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and e) ever-increasingly made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. According to them, that development assignment should have been given to a Democrat who was a minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I got the assignment because of my job performance and because I was taking graduate evening business courses. The aforesaid and Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on me drew attention to the fact that I was conservative, Republican, a Vietnam War draft avoider, Protestant, German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, and I had been a Crete resident 1948-1972. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-21/5-affordable-under-the-radar-vacations-to-take-this-summer

ATLANTIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/05/third-country-deportations/682857/

HR BREW
— Democrat and RINO employers will forever use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025/05/20/why-dei-is-not-disappearing-any-time-soon-for-hr

PEW RESEARCH
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy Republicans who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/05/20/how-much-discrimination-do-americans-say-groups-face-in-the-u-s/

GOOGLE AI
— The Illinois Republican Primary in 2026 will be held on March 17th, 2026. This primary will determine the Republican candidates who will appear on the ballot for the November 3rd, 2026 General Election. Here’s what you need to know:
https://www.google.com/search?q=republican+primary+illinois+2026
(FROM THE POSTING: Governor: Some potential or declared Republican candidates include James Mendrick, Joseph Severino, Aaron Del Mar, Richard Porter, Jeanne Ives, and Blaine Wilhour. Attorney General: The Republican primary for Attorney General in 202(2) saw Thomas DeVore win with 44.2% of the vote, followed by Steve Kim and David Shestokas. Secretary of State: Dan Brady won the Republican primary for Secretary of State with 76.4% of the vote, defeating John Milhiser.)

GOOGLE AI
— DuPage Countywide Republican Primary 2026
https://www.google.com/search?q=republican+primary+dupage+%222026%22+%22countywide%22+offices
(FROM THE POSTING: DuPage Countywide Offices: Generally, DuPage Countywide offices that would be on the ballot include: County Board Chairman, County Clerk, Sheriff, Treasurer. Republican Candidates (as of May 21, 2025): It’s still early in the election cycle, and a complete list of Republican candidates for DuPage County offices in 2026 is not yet available. However, there is news about the Sheriff’s race: Sheriff James Mendrick has announced he will not be seeking re-election as DuPage County Sheriff. He is instead running for the Republican nomination for Governor of Illinois. Mendrick has endorsed Undersheriff Eddie Moore as his successor for DuPage County Sheriff.)

WIKIPEDIA
— Illinois U.S. Senate election 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elections#Illinois
(FROM THE POSTING: Among Republicans, former police officer John Goodman has announced his candidacy. Potential Republican candidates include Congressman Darin LaHood and state Representative Tom Demmer.)
— 2026 Illinois gubernatorial election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Illinois_gubernatorial_election#Candidates
(FROM THE POSTING: Republican Primary Candidates: Declared: James Mendrick, DuPage County Sheriff (2018–present), Running mate: Robert Renteria, author and businessman; Phil Perez, member of the Posen Park District Commission; Joseph Severino, capital management professional and nominee for Illinois’s 10th congressional district in 2022. Publicly expressed interest: Aaron Del Mar, Palatine Township Highway Commissioner, chair of the Cook County Republican Party, and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2022; Richard Porter, former member of the Republican National Committee and the Illinois State Police Merit Board. Potential: Jeanne Ives, former state representative, candidate for governor in 2018, and nominee for Illinois’s 6th congressional district in 2020; Blaine Wilhour, state representative.)

May 9, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Facts to know about Chicago native, newly elected Pope Leo XIV
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/facts-to-know-about-chicago-native-newly-elected-pope-leo-xiv/3741733/

WGN9
— Prevost’s boyhood neighbors predicted he would become Pope
https://wgntv.com/news/robert-prevost-neighbors-predict-pope-leo-xiv/

WTTW
— Democrat and RINO leaders forever promote George Ryan.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/08/former-death-row-inmates-complicated-legacy-late-illinois-gov-george-ryan

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders promote Pope Leo XIV criticism of Trump and Vance
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/pope-leo-social-media-criticisms/
— Welcome, Pope Leo XIV, Chicago’s Holy Father
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/pope-leo-chicago-vatican-francis/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The rush in Illinois to become a U.S. citizen amid immigration crackdown. As the Trump administration begins “social media vetting for anti-Americanism” among immigrants and other efforts, growing numbers are choosing to become citizens.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/05/09/the-rush-in-illinois-to-become-a-u-s-citizen-amid-immigration-crackdown
— Who will the Democrats nominate for U.S. President in 2028? All the current contenders are anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/07/democrats-2028-president-elections-trump-biden-mistakes-harris-candidates-pritzker-s-e-cupp

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Pope Leo XIV is a Democrat. To be a Democrat is to be anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-whats-in-a-name-pope-leo-xivs-choice-signals-a-commitment-to-social-justice/

NPR ILLINOIS
— First Afrikaners granted refugee status due to arrive in U.S. They should fear that the next Democrat or RINO U.S. President will send them back. Needless-to-say, they should avoid Illinois.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5391815/first-afrikaners-granted-refugee-status-due-to-arrive-in-u-s

25 NEWS NOW
— Senate bill to allow death penalty for illegal immigrants who kill Americans
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/05/08/senate-bill-allow-death-penalty-illegal-immigrants-who-kill-americans/

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Democrat teachers ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://windycitytimes.com/2025/05/06/chicago-teachers-union-codifies-lgbtq-protections-in-new-contract/

CAPITOL FREE BEACON
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-509/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP senators slam the latest push for higher taxes by Illinois Democrats
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_cbe4c9d3-c86d-4d6f-8371-c2ea0bfc0b4b.html
— Lion Electric bankruptcy raises concerns over state’s EV incentives
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_309a4583-df72-4cfe-80fb-db65d07d774c.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that Pope Leo XIV was selected because he hates Trump. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do George Ryan and Jim Ryan supporters think of you? They despise, if not hate me. They blame their problems on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. I should write about them. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponent credit meritocracy for their successes, but discredit meritocracy for everyone else’s successes. Democrat and RINO leaders, that is, liberal and moderate leaders, have always used “disparate impact” to get rid of Republicans, that is, to get rid of conservatives. Conservatives do better on tests than liberals and moderates. My critics/opponents continue to be furious that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination on my first attempt in 1981. They stress others who passed the examinations on their first attempt and got better scores than I did. Extremely few of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal promoted over me took the CPA examination, let alone passed it, let alone passed it on their first attempt. None passed the CIA examination. I should write about my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me. They all were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had. 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. According to my critics/opponents, I passed the aforesaid examinations because the tests favored those who share my White male demographics. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother attended high school. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office hired me because they could not find a Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled and lost that I would cave in and become a Democrat. The RINOs who ran the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) in 2000 let me publish the organization’s first website and serve as its webmaster. They gambled and lost that I would cave in and become a RINO. They rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster in 2004. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— George Ryan, 1934-2025. What do George Ryan and Jim Ryan supporters think of you? They despise, if not hate me. They blame their problems on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. I should write about them. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-obituary/3405131/george-ryan-life-obit-illinois-death-penalty/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— University of Chicago Stats Professor Cancels Midterm, Pushes Students To Join Anti-Trump Protest Instead. ‘Marching against this dangerous authoritarian administration is of utmost importance!’ Yali Amit says.
https://freebeacon.com/issues/university-of-chicago-stats-professor-cancels-midterm-pushes-students-to-join-anti-trump-protest-instead/

NEW YORK POST
— Pope Leo XIV was an active Republican primary voter and voted in 2024 presidential election
https://nypost.com/2025/05/08/us-news/pope-leo-xiv-was-an-active-republican-primary-voter-and-voted-in-2024-presidential-election/
— Pope Leo XIV in his own words: The pontiff on abortion, climate change, homosexuality, and capital punishment
https://nypost.com/2025/05/08/us-news/pope-leo-xiv-in-his-own-words-the-pontiff-on-abortion-climate-change-homosexuality-and-capital-punishment/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Makes Judge Jeanine Interim US Attorney For DC
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/08/trump-makes-judge-jeanine-interim-us-attorney-for-dc/

EPOCH TIMES
— What to Know About Robert Francis Prevost: The First American Pope. The Augustinian from Chicago has spent much of his time in Latin America.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/what-to-know-about-robert-francis-prevost-the-first-american-pope-5854705

FEDERALIST
— Read The New Pope’s Far-Left Takes On Immigration, Climate, Covid, And Race Relations
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/08/read-the-new-popes-far-left-takes-on-immigration-climate-covid-and-race-relations/
— There’s No ‘Sanctuary’ For Family Of Chicago Woman Killed By Illegal Alien
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/09/theres-no-sanctuary-for-family-of-woman-allegedly-killed-by-illegal-alien/
https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/06/try-telling-this-dad-whose-daughter-was-killed-by-an-illegal-that-open-borders-are-compassionate/

FREE PRESS
— How Can You Be a Cop in a City (Chicago) That Hates You?
https://www.thefp.com/p/chicago-police-suicides

NEW AMERICAN
— New Pope’s X Feed Reveals Far-left Sympathies, but Traditional Catholics Still Hope for the Best
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/new-popes-x-feed-reveals-far-left-sympathies-but-traditional-catholics-still-hope-for-the-best/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Pope Leo XIV Previously Criticized Trump’s Deportation Policies
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/pope-leo-xiv-previously-criticized-trumps-deportation-policies-while-damning-allegations-of-abuse-resurface/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Newly-Elected American Pope Has Taken Multiple Shots at the Trump Administration in Recent Months
https://www.westernjournal.com/newly-elected-american-pope-taken-multiple-shots-trump-administration-recent-months/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Pope Leo XIV voted in 2024 U.S. general election — here’s which primaries he’s voted in
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-leo-robert-prevost-voting-records-republican-democratic-primaries/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pope-robert-prevost-pope-leo-xiv/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Chicago-born pope — formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost — is registered to vote in the Chicago suburb of New Lenox, Ill., and has a mixed voting history of participating in primaries for both parties, according to voting records shared with CBS News and data from the Illinois State Board of Elections. There is no party registration in Illinois, but to vote in a primary you have to choose a party’s ballot to vote on. Prevost has voted in more Republican primaries than Democratic, and the last primary election he voted in was the 2016 Republican presidential primary. . .He voted in the Republican primaries in 2012, 2014 & 2016, including the presidential primaries in 2012 and 2016. L2 Data records show he last voted in a Democratic primary in 2010. He had also voted in the party’s presidential primary in 2008. He has voted in at least nine general elections, including in five presidential election cycles: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2024. There’s no record of him voting in the 2016 or 2020 general election. Records show he also voted in a “consolidated general election” in April 2001, when local Illinois offices were on the ballot.)
— Here’s what Pope Leo XIV has posted about politics — and the Trump administration — on social media
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-leo-xiv-social-media-account-trump-vance-criticism/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a

MSN
— Pope Leo XIV’s attacks on ‘homosexual lifestyle’ spark fears in Catholic LGBTQ+ community
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pope-leo-xiv-s-attacks-on-homosexual-lifestyle-spark-fears-in-catholic-lgbtq-community/ar-AA1Eqh25

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Catholic Chicagoans Celebrate as Native Son Pope Leo XIV Becomes First American Pope. Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision was announced that a native son, Cardinal Robert Prevost, had been elected pope.
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-05-08/catholic-chicagoans-celebrate-as-native-son-pope-leo-xiv-becomes-first-american-pope

NEW YORK TIMES & WASHINGTON POST & NEWSWEEK & CNN & REUTERS & MSN & POLITICO & DAILY BEAST & PEOPLE & ADVOCATE & MEDIA MATTERS & RAW STORY & UNHERD & IRISH STAR & REASON & DAILY VOICE & NEW REPUBLIC & POLITICO
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will do everything that they can to paint Pope Leo XIV as being a Democrat, that is, as being anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/nyregion/pope-leo-xiv-lgbtq-gay.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/world/europe/pope-leo-xiv-robert-francis-prevost.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-views-political-robert-prevost/
https://www.newsweek.com/what-pope-leo-said-lgbtq-issues-2069889
https://www.newsweek.com/pope-leo-sparks-maga-criticism-2069864
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/politics/video/biden-pope-leo-xiv-election-reaction-bash-vrtc
https://www.reuters.com/world/before-becoming-pontiff-pope-leo-levied-criticism-trump-vance-2025-05-08/
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/new-pope-robert-prevost-s-voting-history-as-his-stance-on-abortion-and-party-registration-revealed/ar-AA1EqsIj
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/trump-welcomes-new-american-born-pope-and-says-he-can-t-wait-to-meet-him-despite-leo-xiv-once-blasting-vance/ar-AA1Eq5aK
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-goes-into-meltdown-branding-pope-leo-xiv-woke-marxist-and-never-trump-er/ar-AA1Er6jj
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/marxist-pope-maga-rages-against-new-pope-for-being-critical-of-trump-s-policies/ar-AA1Eqgqv
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/08/leo-american-pope-worldview-00337247
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-popes-voting-record-reveals-real-thoughts-on-trump-analyst/
https://people.com/where-does-pope-leo-xiv-stand-lgbtq-issues-what-we-know-11731335
https://www.advocate.com/voices/vatican-message-trump-opinion
https://www.mediamatters.org/jack-posobiec/jack-posobiec-criticizes-pope-leo-xiv-promoting-anti-trump-and-anti-bukele-articles-0
https://www.rawstory.com/jack-posobiec-pope-leo/
https://unherd.com/newsroom/pope-leo-xiv-heralds-a-renewal-of-catholic-social-justice/
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/irish-catholics-respond-first-american-35196239
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/presidential-elections-pope-leo-voted-35196053
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-and-immigration/
https://dailyvoice.com/virginia/arlington/robert-prevost-pope-leo-xiv-blasted-trump-on-x/
https://newrepublic.com/post/195017/new-pope-robert-prevost-lgbtq-immigration
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/08/pope-leo-tweets-social-media-00337322
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/08/leo-american-pope-worldview-00337247

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/health/migrants-health-care-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Leo XIV’s New Lenox brother recalls feeling of ‘disbelief’ over his sibling becoming pope
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/05/09/pope-leo-xiv-brother-john-prevost/0772f2be-2c93-11f0-a724-3bc879c9f843_story.html

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/07/pride-flag-ban-utah-idaho/83493956007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight to keep their control of their colleges
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/08/trump-research-funding-cuts-china/83417543007/

NEW YORK TIMES & BLOOMBERG LAW & ECONOMIST
— My critics/opponent credit meritocracy for their successes, but discredit meritocracy for everyone else’s successes. Democrat and RINO leaders, that is, liberal and moderate leaders, have always used “disparate impact” to get rid of Republicans, that is, to get rid of conservatives. Conservatives do better on tests than liberals and moderates. My critics/opponents continue to be furious that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination on my first attempt in 1981. They stress others who passed the examinations on their first attempt and got better scores than I did. Extremely few of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal promoted over me took the CPA examination, let alone passed it, let alone passed it on their first attempt. None passed the CIA examination. I should write about my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me. They all were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had. 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. According to my critics/opponents, I passed the aforesaid examinations because the tests favored those who share my White male demographics. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother attended high school.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/politics/trump-civil-rights.html
https://news.bgov.com/litigation/doj-ends-longstanding-disparate-impact-suit-over-nyc-fire-hiring
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/05/08/trump-knocks-down-a-controversial-pillar-of-civil-rights-law

STATE JOURNAL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.state-journal.com/opinion/guest-columnist-the-new-barbarians-at-the-gates/article_9382434e-bd53-40da-a0a1-e11d989f392f.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Does Your Car Model Say About You? My critics/opponents despise/hate cars, and especially American nameplate cars, and even more especially American nameplate muscle cars.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-does-your-car-model-say-about-you-55f7faa1

FORTUNE
— Pension fund has voted to block new investments in Tesla: ‘Musk has destroyed the brand’ Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy Tesla to destroy Musk to destroy Trump.
https://fortune.com/2025/05/09/pension-fund-tesla-lehigh-elon-musk/

FAST COMPANY
— You can buy the new pope’s childhood Dolton home for $199,000. Robert Prevost’s former house is about to become a landmark.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91326862/you-can-buy-the-new-popes-childhood-home-for-199000

BUSINESS INSIDER
— The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office hired me because they could not find a Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled and lost that I would cave in and become a Democrat. The RINOs who ran the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) in 2000 let me publish the organization’s first website and serve as its webmaster. They gambled and lost that I would cave in and become a RINO. They rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster in 2004.
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-i-left-republican-party-register-democrat-2016-10

DAILY MAIL
— How a humble Chicago schoolboy Robert Prevost with a veteran father rose to become America’s first Pope
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14693031/robert-prevost-american-pope-leo-childhood-beginnings.html

INDEPENDENT
— According to Democrat leaders, Pope Leo XIV is anti-Trump.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-leo-xiv-new-robert-prevost-conclave-vatican-live-updates-b2747726.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/maga-woke-american-pope-leo-xiv-b2747600.html

GUARDIAN
— Unearthed comments from new pope alarm LGBTQ+ Catholics. Previous negative remarks by Pope Leo XIV about ‘homosexual lifestyle’ at odds with papacy of Pope Francis.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/09/pope-leo-xiv-lgbtq

May 6, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— President Donald Trump criticizes construction progress at Obama Presidential Center in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/barack-obama-library-update-donald-trump-criticizes-presidential-construction-progress-jackson-park-chicago/16343255/
— Pritzker to testify to Congress on sanctuary policies, House Oversight Committee says. Pres. Donald Trump is threatening to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities, which could have a huge impact on Chicago.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/govs-jb-pritzker-tim-walz-kathy-hochul-testify-sanctuary-city-immigration-policies-house-oversight-committee-hearing/16341230/
— Chicago’s Michelada Fest 2025 canceled due to uncertainty surrounding artists’ visas
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2025-michelada-fest-chicago-canceled-due-uncertainty-surrounding-artists-visas-organizers-say/16343015/

NBC5
— Trump calls Obama Presidential Center ‘disaster,’ criticizes ‘DEI’ hires
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-calls-obama-presidential-center-disaster-criticizes-dei-hires/3739540/
— Pritzker, other governors to testify before Congress on ‘sanctuary’ policies. Pritzker will be joined by two other governors at the June hearing.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/jb-pritzker-testify-congress-sanctuary-city-policies/3739337/
— Noem visit to Springfield draws sarcastic response from Pritzker’s office
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/noem-visit-to-springfield-draws-sarcastic-response-from-pritzkers-office/3739586/
— Chicago Urban League report reveals stark data on wealth of Black residents
https://www.nbcchicago.com/local-2/chicago-urban-league-report-reveals-stark-data-on-wealth-of-black-residents/3739448/

CBS2
— Trump calls Chicago’s Obama Presidential Center “a disaster,” blames “woke” construction
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/president-trump-obama-presidential-center-disaster-blames-woke-construction/
— Pritzker’s office slams, mocks Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ahead of visit
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-office-slams-mocks-homeland-security-kristi-noem/

WGN9
— White House requests $46.5 billion for border wall construction
https://wgntv.com/news/national/white-house-requests-46-5-billion-for-border-wall-construction/

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump budget cuts.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/06/advocates-say-cuts-head-start-could-be-devastating-illinois-families

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker to testify before Congress on Illinois’ ‘sanctuary’ immigration policies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/06/gov-jb-pritzker-to-testify-before-congress-on-illinois-sanctuary-immigration-policies/
— Pritzker should stop trying to make Juliana Stratton the inevitable successor to Dick Durbin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/06/editorial-jb-pritzker-juliana-stratton-senate-democrats/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson defends deal on Columbus statues
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/06/mayor-brandon-johnson-deal-columbus-statues/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘State of Black Chicago’ report lays out path to building wealth amid stark racial gaps. The Chicago Urban League report highlights one key statistic: The median net worth for a Black family is $0, compared with $210,000 for a white family.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/work/2025/05/06/state-of-black-chicago-report-lays-out-path-to-wealth-building-amid-stark-racial-gaps

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump goes off on ‘woke’ Obama Center construction
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-rants-about-woke-obama-center-construction

RIVER BENDER
— Under Pritzker, Illinois is ever-increasingly hostile to those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/gov-pritzker-invites-canadian-travelers-to-enjoy-illinois-600000-visit-state-each-year-82172.cfm?

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-299/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Calling All Masochists – Tax Bills Are Up
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/06/calling-all-masochists-tax-bills-are-up/
— Opposition to Slaughter House Next to Greenwood Cemetery Surfaces
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/06/opposition-to-slaughter-house-next-to-greenwood-cemetery-surfaces/
— State by State Summary of Trump Approval Ratings
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/state-by-state-summary-of-trump-approval-ratings/
— Politico Reads McHenry County Blog
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/politico-reads-mchenry-county-blog/
— Brush Fire on 100-Acre McHenry County Conservation District Property Near Island Lake
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/brush-fire-on-100-acre-mchenry-county-conservation-district-property-near-island-lake/
— Tom DeVore to Aim Negative Mailing against House Republican Leader Tony McCombie
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/tom-devore-to-aim-negative-mailing-against-house-republican-leader-tony-mccombie/
— Grafton Township GOP Schedules Fifth Golf Outing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/05/grafton-township-gop-schedules-fifth-golf-outing/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Tariff troubles highlight Chicago’s precarious pension situation
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/tariff-troubles-highlight-chicagos-precarious-pension-situation/
— Illinois fixing shortage by changing foreign-trained doctor licensing
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-fixing-shortage-by-changing-foreign-trained-doctor-licensing/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— During President Biden’s tenure, the federal workforce grew by nearly 6%, with nearly every major agency adding hires and new departments. In Mr. Biden’s final two years, only 74% of jobs came from the private sector. One out of every four were created by the federal government.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/6/crying-tears-joy-massive-federal-layoffs/

NEW YORK POST
— Left’s ‘Big Bird defense’ won’t work this time as Trump axes funds for biased PBS, NPR
https://nypost.com/2025/05/06/opinion/big-bird-defense-wont-work-this-time-as-trump-axes-pbs-npr-funding/

EPOCH TIMES
— Supreme Court Lets Military Ban Troops Who Identify as Transgender. The ruling is in place as the case against the ban continues.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-lets-trump-admin-ban-troops-who-identify-as-transgender-5853172

FOX NEWS
— Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., is calling on sheriffs in her state to defy Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the state’s sanctuary laws and instead uphold federal immigration law.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-state-republican-calls-county-sheriffs-defy-sanctuary-law-dem-governor-rumored-2028-run

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Deportee Nightmare – A Very Questionable Rwanda Is Eyeing America’s Illegals
https://www.westernjournal.com/deportee-nightmare-questionable-rwanda-eyeing-americas-illegals/

May 4, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Italian-American residents blast deal to move Christopher Columbus statue indoors: ‘Hiding history’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/italian-american-chicago-residents-criticize-settlement-move-christopher-columbus-statue-indoors-arrigo-park-little-italy/16323384/

NBC5
— Trump rejects concerns about prices, economic uncertainty as he defends his agenda
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/trump-rejects-concerns-prices-economic-uncertainty-defends-agenda/3737411/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders promote Wisconsin Governor Evers
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tony-evers-donald-trump-border-immigration-threats/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://wgntv.com/news/features/cannabis-entrepreneurs-urge-state-lawmakers-to-enact-industry-reform/

WGN RADIO
— Settlement reached regarding the removal of a Christopher Columbus statue in Arrigo Park
https://wgnradio.com/karen-conti/settlement-reached-regarding-the-removal-of-a-christopher-columbus-statue-in-arrigo-park/
— Retirement planning when you’re on the home stretch. My Democrat GAO destroyed my retirement planning when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and less than what my salary was when I was 24 years old in 1972.
https://wgnradio.com/the-alpha-wealth-hour/retirement-planning-when-youre-on-the-home-stretch/

WBEZ
— Solution for Chicago’s empty office buildings could be microapartments. In 1974, when I was 25 years old, when IRS promoted me to a GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) Revenue Officer job in the Loop, I bought a 650 square foot studio condo in the Outer Drive East building ( https://www.homesbymarco.com/properties/2809824/400_e_randolph_st_1322_chicago_il_60601 ) so that I could walk to/from work and graduate business courses at Loyola. I traded it in to the building’s developer in 1976 for a one bedroom condo. I sold it when I got married in 1978 and we bought a home in Wheaton.
https://www.wbez.org/housing/2025/05/03/solutionchicago-empty-office-buildings-microapartments-gensler-pew-study

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker and AOC: A billionaire and a former bartender emerge as Trump resistance leaders
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/pritzker-ocasio-cortez-trump-resistance/
— How the stock market made back all its losses after Donald Trump escalated the trade war
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/stock-market-trump-trade-war/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/marijuana/2025/05/04/pot-business-owners-relief-regulations-legal-recreational-medical-cannabis

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/alton-trump-protest-illinois-lincoln-douglas-20309437.php

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DeSantis sets pace for GOP governors on immigration.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/4/florida-gov-ron-desantis-sets-pace-gop-governors-immigration/
— Kamala Harris talks party unity while Democrats brawl in leadership vacuum she left
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/4/kamala-harris-talks-party-unity-democrats-brawl-leadership-vacuum/
— MAGA doesn’t need more RINOs
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/4/maga-doesnt-need-rinos/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Proposal would deduct from Illinois paychecks to create new state agency
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/3400469/proposal-illinois-paychecks-new-state-agency/

BREITBART
— Pritzker Angling for 2028 While Taking Aim at Trump with Questionable Attacks
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/04/gov-jb-pritzker-angling-for-2028-while-taking-aim-at-trump-with-questionable-attacks/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Abrego Garcia: The Poster Child for the Left’s Demands of Endless ‘Due Process’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/04/abrego-garcia-the-poster-child-for-the-lefts-demands-of-endless-due-process/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Pritzker and Ocasio-Cortez: A billionaire and a former bartender emerge as Trump resistance leaders. Democrats are looking for the right message and messengers to lead the opposition to President Donald Trump in his second term.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/pritzker-ocasio-cortez-billionaire-former-bartender-emerge-trump-121444008

NBC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders want the next Pope to be anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/pope-francis/cardinal-tagle-philippines-lgbtq-catholics-conclave-rcna203837

MSN & COMMERCIAL APPEAL
— How marginalized are you? According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are marginalized by Republicans: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-s-first-100-days-target-diversity-policies-civil-rights-protections/ar-AA1DUdpR
https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/opinion/columnists/2025/05/01/pope-francis-medicaid-medicare-head-start-social-security/83365758007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump: I’m Not Looking at a Third Term
https://www.wsj.com/video/trump-im-not-looking-at-a-third-term/60F2B9B7-11EF-49A1-80EF-1B30CEFAB647
— The Affirmative Action Myth
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-the-affirmative-action-myth/43875715-6B37-45C5-B000-ED4C67B13C54

INC.
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire those who are the following and b) to get rid of their employees who are the following: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO organizations use DEI a) to not admit those who are the aforesaid and b) to get rid of their members who are the aforesaid.
https://www.inc.com/mandy-gilbert/91183943/91183943

AUTOMOTIVE NEWS
— Pope Francis: Champion of EVs. I recently bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV. Of course, my critics/opponents stress that it is not eligible for a federal rebate because it costs too much, that it weighs 6,000 pounds, and that it can do the quarter mile in 12.6 seconds at 135 MPH..
https://www.autonews.com/technology/mobility/an-pope-francis-electric-vehicle-0424/

MOPAR INSIDERS
— Stellantis to Halt Windsor Charger Production for One Week. 3,800 Workers Temporarily Laid Off as Stellantis Reacts to U.S. Tariff Fallout.
https://moparinsiders.com/stellantis-to-halt-windsor-minivan-and-charger-production-for-one-week/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This is the second time in just over a month that production has been halted at the facility, which builds the Chrysler Pacifica, Chrysler Grand Caravan, Chrysler Voyager, and both the gas-powered Dodge Charger and electric Charger Daytona. Stellantis had previously shut the plant down for two weeks in April to evaluate the impact of new 25% U.S. tariffs on imported vehicles. The tariffs, introduced by the Trump administration on April 3, apply to vehicles with a significant amount of non-U.S. content. They’ve already shaken up the North American auto industry, especially for companies like Stellantis that rely on cross-border production. . .But behind the scenes, it’s clear the broader trade environment is weighing heavily. During the company’s Q1 2025 earnings call, Stellantis CFO Doug Ostermann acknowledged that the automaker is actively looking at relocating some production and supply chains to the U.S. to avoid the steep import duties. “It’s something that we’re working very hard on,” said Ostermann. “To think through how quickly can we make those changes to mitigate any tariff impacts?” Meanwhile, workers at the Windsor plant—many of whom were just called back from a two-week layoff in April—are once again facing an uncertain week ahead. With both minivan and Charger output affected, this could be a sign of bigger shifts coming for Stellantis’ North American operations.)

AUTO EVOLUTION
— 96-Year-Old Kept 1968 Dodge Charger in Storage for 30 Years. I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger in 1968 and owned until it was stolen in 1971. I drove it to Daytona Beach from NIU in 1969 and 1970 for spring breaks. I bought a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T show car in 1994 and owned it until I sold it in 2005 to buy a 2005 Corvette. I bought a new 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max in 2012 and I continue to own it. I recently bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV.
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/96-year-old-kept-1968-dodge-charger-in-storage-for-30-years-his-wife-hated-the-car-250906.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A senior gentleman has been keeping the Dodge Charger in a storage facility for he can’t even remember how long. The car hides under a thick layer of dust that leaves its original color to the imagination. Will it shine and drive again, or should it already be on its way to the scrap yard? The 96-year-old owner of the 57-year-old Dodge Charger is Peter. He has big plans for the car he used to drive and rock the streets with back in the day. He remembers that his wife didn’t like the car. “It was a little louder than necessary,” he recalls. He wants to restore it to its former glory. The time has come for that car to run and drive again. He can’t even remember the last time he drove it, but assumes that it has been in the storage facility for around 30 years. That’s three decades away from the sunlight and off the road. Surprisingly, the tires still hold air and a few more goodies of the era. The Fratzog logo shows up on the dashboard. It is the iconic triangle-like badge that Dodge brought back with the Charger Daytona EV.)

TOP SPEED
— Why The Dodge Charger Daytona Is A Great Weekend Getaway EV. I recently bought a new red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV.
https://www.topspeed.com/ideal-ev-weekday-commutes-weekend-adventures/

MASS MEDIA
— How oppressed are you? According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are oppressed by Republicans: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://umassmedia.com/38691/opinions/the-importance-of-student-activism-in-an-increasingly-oppressive-world/