FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 30-mile protest against President Trump policies links Aurora to Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/hands-chicagoland-rally-30-mile-protest-president-donald-trump-policies-links-aurora-chicago-ogden-avenue/16462021/
— Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer
https://abc7chicago.com/post/former-president-joe-biden-diagnosed-prostate-cancer-routine-exam-hospital-philadelphia/16461073/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hands Across Chicagoland event stretches from Aurora to Chicago to protest Trump administration. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/18/hands-across-chicagoland-event-stretches-from-aurora-to-chicago-to-protest-trump-administration/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Stuebner was one of over 18,000 gathered over a 30-mile stretch across DuPage and Cook counties from Aurora to Chicago on Sunday to protest Trump administration policies, per a news release from the Hands Across Chicagoland event organized by the Democratic Party of DuPage County, Indivisible Illinois, the Illinois Federation of Teachers and other political organizations across the Chicago area. The idea was to “form a human chain of solidarity against Trump’s illegal and authoritarian actions and the GOP’s failure to defend the Constitution,” per the release. Protestors signed up in advance based on their ZIP code, and lined the sidewalk along Ogden Avenue and 26th Street, from Aurora to the Little Village neighborhood in Chicago, on Sunday afternoon. The idea arose out of past protests organized by the DuPage Democratic party, according to the group’s chair Reid McCollum. In March, the group hosted a “Tesla Takedown DuPage” protest against Elon Musk’s efforts to slash and restructure the federal government and decided they wanted to stage a protest that stretched further. Sunday’s demonstration was spurred on by the Trump administration sending individuals — like Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported from the United States — to detention centers, McCollum said. The protest’s goal is to reach a significant number of people passing by the protest so that the people of the U.S. won’t “just slide into authoritarianism without fighting back,” McCollum said. Amongst a few dozen protestors gathered in Lisle, several local officials offered their remarks. Standing in front of an inflatable chicken meant to be a caricature of President Trump, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Matteson, told The Beacon-News that these kinds of demonstrations show that people are “ready to resist” the Trump administration. She described concerns about Medicaid, SNAP and tariffs as some of the everyday issues that are affecting ordinary residents’ lives.
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. To come into a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/19/opinion-immigration-us-donald-trump-jb-pritzker/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against those who voted for him.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/05/19/trump-maga-fake-news-right-wing-media-lies-fox-propaganda-democracy-andy-shaw
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Is Gov. JB Pritzker the wealthiest person in Illinois? Here’s the top 5.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/05/19/top-5-richest-people-in-illinois-according-to-forbes/83669860007/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/05/19/thousands-line-ogden-avenue-to-protest-trump-administration/
WIFR
— Democrat leaders want Walmart to charge more to punish Trump.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/05/18/trumps-tariffs-may-mean-walmart-shoppers-pay-more-his-treasury-chief-acknowledges/
TRIBE
— What’s it like to raise teens in 2025? What did you do when you were a teen? I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, and delivered mail.
https://thetriibe.com/2025/05/whats-it-like-to-raise-teens-in-2025/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump order targets barcodes on ballots. Democrats object.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-order-targets-barcodes-on-ballots-theyve-long-been-a-source-of-misinformation/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-515/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Open borders + sanctuary status + free benefits + Gov. Abbott = Chicago population growth
https://wirepoints.org/open-borders-sanctuary-status-free-benefits-gov-abbott-chicago-population-growth-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who has had since 2015, who is having, and who will have the biggest impact on you/? For me, because I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, it is Trump. Since 2015, I have ever-increasingly included links to articles that involve Trump in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. My critics/opponents despise/hate Trump, and according to them, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters promote Trump. Since 2015, to punish me, my critics/opponents have had their operatives and dupes a) gerrymander my precinct in 2015, b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) almost stop me from attending the DeSantis event in Elmhurst in 2023, and d) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024. My critics/opponents stress that even though I have been a member of the Milton Township Republican Organization since 1999, the organization a) has never asked me to serve as one of its officers, b) rudely fired me as its webmaster in 2004 and 2010, and c) rudely defeated my bid to serve as its treasurer in 2004. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents make it clear that they reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the following planks in the Republican Party platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving). I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois and b) who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Affirmative Action demotivates its recipients. None of the minorities and females who my Democrat superiors promoted over me came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. My Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with in 1997 could have but did not do what I did. He could have but did not become a) a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, b) licensed CPA in 1981, c) Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, d) Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, e) Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and f) Forensic Accountant in 1997. He could have but did not like I did earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading at IIT in 1997. We both had the same superior since 1990. Similarly, she could have done the aforesaid but did not do the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Release of an important IVF report is approaching. I should write about how my Democrat GAO superiors punished me for my wife and I giving up trying to have children without trying IVF. In 1989, they stressed that our health insurance covered IVF, threw me off audits of IRS, gave me a very bad job assignment, gave me very unfair performance expectations, gave me a very bad performance appraisal, and ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. According to them, if we had children, I would never had been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) become a licensed CPA in 1981, e) earn four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and f) earn a master’s degree in finance in 1997. Further, according to them, my wife would never had been able to keep her good job or earn a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1986. My Democrat GAO superiors a) had spouses who had little or no income and b) decried the time and money needed to raise children. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My Democrat and RINO superiors have always boasted that they give preference to those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, that is, they have always boasted that they discriminate against those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Federal Dollars Going to Perv-Promoting Institutions of Baser Learning. On May 8, 2025, Northwestern University’s student newspaper the Daily Northwestern cheerily reported on Sex Week, a three-day event during which free sex toys were distributed at the student union, Norris University Center. Students lined up for the freebies which included “phallic-shaped, glitter-covered candles. … dildos and vibrators,” and “cute, little, squishy penis toys.”
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/05/15/federal-dollars-going-to-perv-promoting-institutions-of-baser-learning
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump unleashes on justices after Supreme Court blocks Tren de Aragua deportations
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/18/trump-unleashes-justices-supreme-court-blocks-tren-de-aragua/
— Bruce Springsteen scorns blessings of being born in the U.S.A.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/16/bruce-springsteen-scorns-blessings-born-usa/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Owner of Trump-themed Huntley shop says local officials are targeting her business
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3411133/owner-trump-themed-shop-local-officials/
— There is only one reason Democrats want to make it easier for noncitizens to vote. They vote for Democrats.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3413664/only-one-reason-democrats-want-easier-noncitizen-voting/
— Rubio says people should be ‘celebrating’ US welcoming South African immigrants
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3415297/rubio-says-people-should-be-celebrating-us-welcoming-south-african-immigrants/
NEW YORK POST
— The end is near for on-the-job reverse discrimination — another blow to DEI. My Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of their Republican subordinates like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://nypost.com/2025/05/18/opinion/the-end-is-near-for-reverse-discrimination-a-blow-to-dei/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago mayor boasts that he discriminates against white people. My Democrat and RINO superiors have always boasted that they give preference to those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, that is, they have always boasted that they discriminate against those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/19/chicago-mayor-boasts-that-he-discriminates-against-white-people-1544511/
BREITBART
— Tim Walz Claims ICE Agents Are ‘Trump’s Modern Gestapo’ Chasing ‘Folks’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/05/18/tim-walz-claims-ice-agents-trumps-modern-gestapo-chasing-folks/
DAILY CALLER
— Hillary Clinton Appears To Have Learned Nothing From 2016 ‘Basket Of Deplorables’ Remark. I should write about past and present leaders of the following who have ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed/demonized/denigrated/condemned conservatives like me the most: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/18/hillary-clinton-appears-to-have-learned-nothing-from-2016-basket-of-deplorables-remark/
FEDERALIST
— The Ongoing Failure Of Affirmative Action. Affirmative Action demotivates its recipients. None of the minorities and females who my Democrat superiors promoted over me came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. My Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with in 1997 could have but did not do what I did. He could have but did not become a) a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, b) licensed CPA in 1981, c) Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, d) Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, e) Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and f) Forensic Accountant in 1997. He could have but did not like I did earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading at IIT in 1997. We both had the same superior since 1990. Similarly, she could have done the aforesaid but did not do the aforesaid.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/19/the-ongoing-failure-of-affirmative-action/
PJ MEDIA
— The Spirit Needed to Win Our Culture War
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/05/18/the-spirit-needed-to-win-our-culture-war-n4939922
— DEI Deathwatch Vol. XXI: Chicago Mayor Explains Black Hiring Preferences. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2025/05/18/dei-deathwatch-vol-xxi-chicago-mayor-explains-black-hiring-preferences-n4939927
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Trump warns America’s businesses: Eat my tariffs, or pay the price
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/business/trump-tariffs-price-consumers
AOL
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly call Trump and those who voted for him Nazis.
https://www.aol.com/tim-walz-suggests-ice-trump-025837320.html
— ‘My Coworkers Think I’m DOGE’—A Federal Worker Says, ‘I Receive Mean Looks And Conversations Are Straight-Up Dying When I Walk By’ What did your coworkers do to get pay increases and promotions? My Democrat coworkers in the federal government did everything that they could to help their Democrat superiors and supervisors get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.aol.com/coworkers-think-im-doge-federal-010031089.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump’s big bill advances in rare weekend vote, but conservatives demand more changes
https://apnews.com/article/republicans-tax-cuts-house-trump-johnson-border-f03b7e9cc3015ef9a0ece37b76bc5f66
NEWSWEEK
— Trump called for a “major investigation” into celebrities who aided Kamala Harris’s 2024 election campaign, including Bruce Springsteen and Beyoncé, saying their appearances were potentially illegal contributions.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-calls-investigation-beyonce-bruce-springsteen-performances-2073941
NBC NEWS
— Key House committee advances Trump agenda bill after appeasing conservatives
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/key-house-committee-advances-trump-agenda-bill-conservatives-rcna207555
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/us/politics/courts-immigrants-venezuelans-garcia-trump.html
— Key House Panel Approves Trump’s Megabill After Conservatives Relent
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/18/us/trump-news-updates
— Inside the I.V.F. Deliberations at the White House as Key Report Nears. I should write about how my Democrat GAO superiors punished me for my wife and I giving up trying to have children without trying IVF. In 1989, they stressed that our health insurance covered IVF, threw me off audits of IRS, gave me a very bad job assignment, gave me very unfair performance expectations, gave me a very bad performance appraisal, and ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. According to them, if we had children, I would never had been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) become a licensed CPA in 1981, e) earn four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and f) earn a master’s degree in finance in 1997. Further, according to them, my wife would never have had able to keep her good job or earn a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1986. My Democrat GAO superiors a) had spouses who had little or no income and b) decried the time and money needed to raise children.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/us/politics/ivf-policy-white-house.html
— Everyone Hates ‘Debanking’ But Is Unclear on What to Do. What do the leaders of your bank think of those who share your demographics?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/business/trump-debanking-crypto.html
— DOGE Seeks to Investigate GAO. GAO rejected the request, saying it reports to Congress and is exempt from oversight by Elon Musk’s budget-cutting group. The Democrat who ran GAO 1980-1997 wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/us/politics/doge-musk-gao-accountability-office.html
USA TODAY
— Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents make it clear that they reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the following planks in the Republican Party platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving). I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois and b) who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/23/what-is-a-rino-in-gop-politics/73817513007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/15/red-states-join-trump-dei-fight/83518866007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/18/why-trump-is-trying-to-kill-dei/83647800007/
TAMPAS FREE PRESS
— Victor Davis Hanson Predicts Democratic Shift To Centrist In 2028
https://www.tampafp.com/victor-davis-hanson-predicts-democratic-shift-to-centrist-in-2028/
DESERET NEWS
— Affirmative Action demotivates its recipients. None of the minorities and females who my Democrat superiors promoted over me came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. My Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with in 1997 could have but did not do what I did. He could have but did not become a) a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, b) licensed CPA in 1981, c) Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, d) Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, e) Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and f) Forensic Accountant in 1997. He could have but did not like I did earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading at IIT in 1997. We both had the same superior since 1990. Similarly, she could have done the aforesaid but did not do the aforesaid.
https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2025/05/18/jason-riley-affirmative-action-myth-dei/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-approval-rating-charts-eaf089db
REASON
— According to Democrat leaders a) only Whites discriminate and b) only Whites should pay for the sins of their forefathers.
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/05/18/bigotry-hypocrisy-and-trumps-admission-of-afrikaner-refugees/
CHRISTIAN SICENCE MONITOR
— Belvidere aims for economic revival – but will Trump tariffs help?
https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2025/0519/trump-tariffs-midwest-manufacturers?icid=rss
RAW STORY
— Snubbed: Pope gives JD Vance just 17 seconds — but has long meetings with other leaders
https://www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-pope-2672071466/
AUTOPIAN
— Direct competitors of the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the muscle car. Should Stellantis start demonizing, denigrating, and condemning the muscle car’s direct competitors?
https://www.theautopian.com/dodge-is-blaming-the-tariffs-for-killing-the-charger-daytona-r-t-a-car-seemingly-no-one-wanted-anyway/
SAVING ADVICE
— 7 Cars That Only The 1% Can Afford. The 5 vehicles that I have at Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville are among the least expensive ones there: 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus, 2013 Charger R/T Max, 2021 Chevrolet Malibu Premier, 2019 Ford Escape Titanium, and 2005 Corvette.
https://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2025/05/15/10156332_7-cars-that-only-the-1-can-afford.html
Tag: political
May 15, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— IRS criminal investigators in Chicago being ‘deputized’ as immigration enforcers under Trump administration plan. I worked for GAO for 3 years on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) while I was a GS-13 Step 1-3, currently $117,807-$125,661/year. I worked with CID employees for 5 1/.2 years while I was an IRS Revenue Officer at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/14/irs-criminal-investigators-in-chicago-being-deputized-as-immigration-enforcers-under-trump-administration-plan/
— Trump marvels at wealth of his Arab hosts while he eyes White House and Air Force One upgrades
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/14/trump-arab-hosts-air-force-one-upgrades/
— Redirect migrant funds to empower Chicago’s youths. What did you do get accepted by a college? I a) took college preparatory courses, b) earned an ACT score of 24, and c) graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/15/opinion-chicago-teen-takeovers-migrant-funds/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Have you been on a do not hire list? When I was 49 years old in 1997, constructively, if not literally, my Democrat GAO superiors put me on everyone’s do not hire list when they forced me to retire. Previously, they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/05/14/lincoln-park-high-school-administrators-removed-chicago-public-schools-do-not-hire-list
DAILY HERALD
— ‘The claims against me are unfounded’: Huntley Trump store’s eviction trial delayed
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250514/local-politics/the-claims-against-me-are-unfounded-huntley-trump-stores-eviction-trial-delayed/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight budget cuts.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/medicaid-illinois-danger-several-fronts
RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD LANDMARK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their May 18 protest against Trump
https://www.rblandmark.com/2025/05/13/protest-anti-trump-human-chain-brookfield/
WAND TV
— Gun rights activists take to Springfield as state Democrats look to pass multiple gun laws
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/gun-rights-activists-take-to-springfield-as-state-democrats-look-to-pass-multiple-gun-laws/article_e8a4c3cd-f397-4e49-9209-29e68b38c1ca.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-senate-committee-approves-bill-ensuring-medication-abortion-access-amid-uncertainty-with-trumps-fda/article_f126e72a-d598-44c2-b49b-01a58b3272c1.html
WCIA
— Retirement Wave Hits CPA Industry. Why did the CPA industry have no use for me? I was too old. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27. I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. If I had majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970, my entire life would have been different.
https://www.wcia.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/812689749/as-retirement-wave-hits-cpa-industry-prohorizons-guides-firm-owners-through-smooth-transitions/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more illegal immigration and b) fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-funds-from-migrants-sent-back-home-help-fuel-some-towns-economies-a-gop-plan-targets-that/
— How Project 2025 has guided the Trump administration
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-13/how-project-2025-has-guided-the-trump-administration
SOUTH SIDE PATCH
— 11 Students Sickened, Taken To Hospital After Eating Marijuana Edibles At South Side Chicago School. The students got sick just after 2 p.m. at Fort Dearborn Elementary School, at 9025 S. Throop St. in the Brainerd neighborhood. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://patch.com/illinois/southside/11-students-sickened-taken-hospital-after-eating-marijuana-edibles-south-side
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-513/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-305/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Democrats Drag America Into the Mouth of Their Madness
https://johnkassnews.com/a-civilization-that-descends-into-madness/
SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— IL Freedom Caucus Statement on IGOLD rally in Springfield
https://thechicagolandjournal.com/il-freedom-caucus-statement-on-igold-rally-in-springfield/
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois politicians killed school choice. Now the federal government could deliver it anyway.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-politicians-killed-school-choice-now-the-federal-government-could-deliver-it-anyway-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I should write about the ever-increasing success that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters, that is, the ever-increasing success that Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media are having promoting more and more and more hatred against Trump. I should write about their ever-increasing success in promoting more and more and more hatred against those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How do hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters paint you? They paint me as being blindly loyal to Trump a) because Trump and I share so many demographics and b) because of what I do as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor. But they are wrong. I have never been blindly loyal to any politician and I never will. I am loyal to conservative principles and to the Republican Party platform. My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What percent of the students are female in the college(s) that you graduates from? Under the Democrats, ever-increasingly, the future is bleaker for males, and especially for males who are conservative, Republican, White, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Notwithstanding the fact that I am all of the aforesaid, I was able to earn three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. But that was many years ago. All those who were promoted over me were Democrats a) who were female, minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— When you were in college, what did you major in? I should have majored in accounting. If I had majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970, my entire life would have been different. I did not start taking graduate accounting course until I was 27. Because of that, the CPA industry had no use for me. I was too old. Further, I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use your ancestors against you. What did your ancestors do? On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses in Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border and then bought that farm. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have ever considered taking a pay cut? To force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact a) that much of what I had done for IRS for almost 9 years was very similar to what I would do for GAO, b) that GAO audits IRS, c) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and e) that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I earned that degree in 1980. The aforesaid helped me pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981 and to become a licensed CPA in 1981. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, GAO would have offered me a $5,527/year (5%) pay increase to $117,807/year (GS-13) in today’s dollars to transfer. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Buffett is stepping down at age 94. How has age discrimination impacted you? When I was 25 years old in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out to write me off as being too old to ever be promoted to GS-13, currently $117,807/year. I ultimately got promoted to GS-13, but not until I was 38 and I had a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) transferred to GAO when I was 31, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, and e) became a licensed CPA when I was 32. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— South African president calls refugees ‘cowards’ after arrival in US
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/3410821/south-african-president-afrikaner-refugees-us-cowards/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Presently, many Afrikaner activists and observers believe the group is being purposefully subjected to violence from the black majority, with the government being complicit. Attacks against white Afrikaner farmers are a highly controversial matter. The government doesn’t keep statistics regarding the number of white farmers killed, but news of particularly brutal attacks has enraged many Afrikaners. These attacks are often accompanied by extensive torture, rape, and mutilation. The South African government has emphatically denied any bias against Afrikaners and has maintained that white farmers are victims of a larger crime wave. However, the White House has been unambiguous in its assessment of the situation. “Farmers are being killed. They happen to be white,” Trump said Monday. “But whether they’re white or black makes no difference to me, but white farmers are being brutally killed and their land is being confiscated in South Africa, and the newspaper and the television media don’t even talk about it.” “I don’t care about their race, their color, their height, their weight — I don’t care about anything,” Trump continued. “I just know that what’s happening is terrible.” Trump also punished South Africa on a diplomatic level. He withheld the U.S. government’s participation in the G20 summit scheduled to be held in South Africa later this year. South African Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool was declared a persona non grata and ordered to leave the country by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who called him a “race-baiting politician who hates America and hates [Trump].”)
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— MSNBC declares South African asylum seekers are ‘descendants of white supremacists.’ Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use your ancestors against you. What did your ancestors do? On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses in Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border and then bought that farm.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/14/msnbc-declares-south-african-asylum-seekers-are-descendants-of-white-supremacists-1543501/
CENTER SQUARE
— Antisemitism watchdog calls for IRS probe of nonprofit supporting anti-Israel protests
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_9925f97b-0456-480b-8256-17ecd9b3d93e.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Democrats outnumber Republicans 5 to 1 as graduation speakers. For Democrats, the purpose of education is to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/democrats-outnumber-republicans-5-to-1-as-graduation-speakers/
DAILY SIGNAL
— White House Praises House Panel for Booting Illegals Off Medicaid
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/14/white-house-praises-house-panel-for-booting-illegals-off-medicaid/
— Democrats Defend Medicaid Coverage for Illegal Immigrants
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/14/white-house-praises-house-panel-for-booting-illegals-off-medicaid
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Strikes $244 Billion in Deals With Qatar, Including ‘Historic’ Boeing Jet Sale. Qatar Airways signed a $96 billion agreement to acquire up to 210 American-made 787 Dreamliner and 777X aircraft from Boeing.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/qatar-airways-signs-agreement-to-buy-160-boeing-planes-5857662
FEDERALIST
— Here Are 16 Of The Most Egregious Injunctions Barring The Trump Administration From Doing Its Job
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/14/here-are-16-of-the-most-egregious-injunctions-barring-the-trump-administration-from-doing-its-job/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Arizona State to Focus on ‘Gender Equity’ for Women Even Though Campus is 70% Female. What percent of the students are female in the college(s) that you graduates from? Under the Democrats, ever-increasingly, the future is bleaker for males, and especially for males who are conservative, Republican, White, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Notwithstanding the fact that I am all of the aforesaid, I was able to earn three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. But that was many years ago. All those who were promoted over me were Democrats a) who were female, minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/arizona-state-to-focus-on-gender-equity-for-women-even-though-campus-is-70-female/amp/
NEWSMAX
— Alien Enemies Act Will Keep US Safe
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/pam-bondi-immigration-habeus-corpus/2025/05/14/id/1210991/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting sellers to use Trump’s tariffs to raise prices.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/business/walmart-prices-tariffs
NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/opinion/trump-law-firms-attacks.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders use a “pregnant Cuban emigre” to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/14/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-immigration-trump/aa603c82-3078-11f0-8498-1f8214bba2d2_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/14/pope-leo-lgbtq-catholics/
USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/13/trump-lies-china-tariffs-qatar-jet/83583303007/
DESERET NEWS
— Utah Democrats hope for revival as Gov. JB Pritzker scheduled to speak at convention. New poll finds only 35% of Democrats are optimistic about future of party.
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/05/14/utah-democrats-debate-how-to-respond-to-donald-trump/
SC TIMES
— Trump’s U.S. Attorney pick for Minnesota has never been a prosecutor. To force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact a) that much of what I had done for IRS for almost 9 years was very similar to what I would do for GAO, b) that GAO audits IRS, c) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and e) that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I earned that degree in 1980. The aforesaid helped me pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981 and to become a licensed CPA in 1981. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, GAO would have offered me a $5,527/year (5%) pay increase to $117,807/year in today’s dollars to transfer.
https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/2025/05/15/trump-nominates-daniel-rosen-as-minnesotas-next-u-s-attorney/83604701007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE. Buffett is stepping down at age 94. How has age discrimination impacted you? When I was 25 years old in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out to write me off as being too old to ever be promoted to GS-13, currently $117,807/year. I ultimately got promoted to GS-13, but not until I was 38 and I had a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) transferred to GAO when I was 31, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, and e) became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.wsj.com/business/warren-buffett-reveals-he-stepped-down-after-finally-feeling-his-age-b060251f
— FRONT PAGE: Women Are Drinking More—and Doctors Are Worried
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/women-alcohol-use-health-risks-86999148
— Democrats Are Stuck in the Soup. The party is both too old and too extreme. It needs to look to history for a way out.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-are-stuck-in-the-soup-c6cad7b2
— Welcome to the Post-Progressive Political Era. For decades, the right lost almost every battle in the culture. But now the left has clearly gone too far.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/welcome-to-the-post-progressive-political-era-history-culture-4ad308c1
— Career Advice for 2025 Graduates. Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/career-advice-for-2025-graduates-c79b5126
— I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them jobs.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/529-plans-college-savings-alternatives-tips-958b2556
— My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-market-overpaid-salary-9eeabbaa
BANKRATE
— What to do if you are dropped from your home insurance
https://www.bankrate.com/insurance/homeowners-insurance/dropped-from-home-insurance/
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
— Our Mission: To protect consumers by providing assistance and information, by efficiently regulating the insurance industry’s market behavior and financial solvency, and by fostering a competitive insurance marketplace.
https://idoi.illinois.gov/
ILLINOIS FAIR PLAN
— About Us: The Illinois FAIR Plan Association provides basic and affordable property insurance to applicants in the state of Illinois who are unable to purchase coverage through the standard insurance market for reasons beyond their control. The Illinois FAIR Plan is considered to be one of the top FAIR Plans in the country based the products and services it offers, its excellent working relationship with the Department of Insurance, and the support it has received from the Industry including their effective participation on the Governing Committee. Who We Are: The Illinois FAIR Plan Association is a not-for-profit property insurance association supported by nearly 500 Illinois insurance companies.
https://www.illinoisfairplan.com/about.html
May 14, 2025
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I should write a book about Wheaton Independence Day parades since 1978. I would focus on Republican participation in those parades. I would focus on those who are working the hardest to diminish/end Republican participation in this year’s Wheaton and Glen Ellyn parades. They argue that the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) cannot afford the $1,500 cost of entry fees and candy for the parades. In 2007, I succeeded in raising $2,000 on short notice so that an elephant could walk behind U.S. Congressman Peter Roskam in Wheaton’s 2007 parade. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/uncategorized/july-4-evening-edition-2/ I served as the Republican fundraiser for the Wheaton Independence Day parades 2005-2021. In my book, I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes end what I did. I have urged MTRO to encourage Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congressional District 3, Illinois statewide offices, Illinois senate, Illinois house, DuPage countywide offices, DuPage County District 4, etc. to participate in this year’s parades. Please join me in urging MTRO to participate in the parades. Please join me in urging Republican candidates to participate in the parades. I certainly hope that LaHood walks in both parades. His father walked in Wheaton’s 2005 parade. I spoke with him before the parade kicked off. Bob Dole walked in Wheaton’s 1996 parade, Jim Ryan in its 2002 parade, and Obama and his wife in its 2004 parade. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Will the Illinois GOP show up for the 2026 state elections?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/14/opinion-illinois-republican-party-candidates-2026-funding/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We are in the important pre-primary phase of the 2026 elections in Illinois (circulation of petitions opens in September), when prospective candidates strut their endorsements — and money raised — in efforts to scare off possible opponents. In our basically one-party state, Democratic wannabes are coming off a long bench to make their cases. In contrast, Republicans have no bench of experienced, well-known prospects to speak of. Because of extreme gerrymandering, the GOP has few state legislators and no statewide officials whatsoever. Attractive but no-name candidates are being counseled by Republican insiders that this is a no-win year for the GOP and it’s better to stay out. Will the GOP even show up with a slate of credible candidates for the U.S. Senate, the governorship and all other statewide offices? After all, the party in the White House generally does poorly in the midterm election. And Gov JB Pritzker has more money than Croesus ($3.7 billion, according to Forbes) and seemingly giddy enthusiasm for spending it. Recent history shows he stands ready to bankroll all the Democratic statewide candidates with more than enough money to blow away the opposition. After all, he wants to show national Democrats that he leads his party to victory up and down the line. GOP woes don’t end there. Illinois Republicans are divided into a downstate (outside the seven metro Chicago counties) that is enthusiastically pro-Donald Trump, versus the suburbs, where moderates and Democrats reign. For example, DuPage County and its 920,000 residents used to be largely white and GOP. But the times, they are a’changin’. According to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), a language other than English is now spoken at home in nearly one-third of the households in the six counties surrounding Cook. Republican George Ryan won the governorship in 1998 with 70% of the DuPage County vote, whereas Trump garnered 42% of that county’s vote in 2024. GOP nominees for the U.S. Senate and governorship will have to declare their position on Trump, a no-win situation: Come out strongly for Trump and lose the suburbs or come out against Trump and watch voters downstate sit on their hands in November. Be wishy-washy on Trump, and lose votes across the board. And who will bankroll GOP candidates in the face of such dour prospects? Billionaire Ken Griffin has departed Illinois for Florida, with his millions for GOP causes. Make no mistake: Big money has replaced party organization as the engine of candidate success. Lightning does strike, however. In 2004, little-known state Sen. Barack Obama entered a crowded field that sought an open seat in the U.S. Senate. Trailing in the polls throughout in the Democratic primary, Obama surged to victory when, near the end of the primary, the front-runner’s candidacy imploded almost overnight as a result of juicy revelations of messy marital discord. In the general election campaign that followed, the attractive GOP nominee dropped out of the race because of sexual peccadilloes revealed in unsealed divorce records, and Obama skated into the U.S. Senate. The rest, as they say … I expect there will be no-name and, maybe otherwise, very attractive candidates on the ballot next year for the GOP but with little money. I have mentioned money several times in this essay. In the past decade, Pritzker has spent $400 million on his own and associates’ campaigns. A Democrat, he even sabotaged the Republican primary campaign for governor in 2022. In that year, according to this newspaper, Pritzker spent $24 million to boost the nomination of possibly the weakest of his possible opponents for the general election. Pritzker’s money advertised that Darren Bailey was “too extreme” for Illinois — which was, irony definitely intended, an attractive message for a big swath of conservative GOP primary voters. Shameful politics. Big money, corrosive of democracy, could be the overarching issue for Republican candidates in 2026: “You can’t buy my vote! Don’t let JB Pritzker continue to buy elections in Illinois!” Lightning does strike. But you have to show up.)
— 2002 FLASHBACK: Politicians parade for voters at 4th fests. Jim Ryan, the Republican candidate for governor, began his parade marching in Wheaton in DuPage County, the heart of GOP territory in the Chicago area. Ryan looked fresh and cool after stepping out of an air-conditioned van into the boiling morning heat. He and his wife, Marie, joined the procession just as his sweaty supporters, who had been standing in the sun waiting for him, began their way down North Main Street. “All politics is local–never forget your base,” Ryan said. Indeed, blue-and-white Ryan balloons were fastened to lawn chairs, strollers and benches along the parade route. Only an occasional sign for his Democratic rival, Rod Blagojevich, could be spotted. . .. .But political jockeying surely was in play Thursday. An old political tradition holds that the more influence a politician wields, the closer he will be to the front of the parade line. For example, in GOP-laden Wheaton, U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) launched the parade, with Ryan right behind him. In third place was Republican Joe Birkett, the DuPage County state’s attorney who is running for Illinois attorney general. His Democratic rival, Lisa Madigan, was placed far back.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/07/05/politicians-parade-for-voters-at-4th-fests/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Trump-themed shop in Huntley could be closed over code issues, but owner says it’s political
— Federal judge OKs use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans who are labeled gang members
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/13/alien-enemies-act-deport-venezuelans/
— Federal grand jury indicts Wisconsin judge in immigration case
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/13/wisconsin-judge-immigration-case/
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly serves as a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/14/column-journalism-decline-chicago-local-news-washington/
— From what I see, in the Chicagoland area, jurors are overwhelmingly Democrats
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/14/opinion-juror-act-trial-reform-paul-st-louis/
— Why is CPS treating charter and private schools like liquor stores?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/14/chicago-charter-schools-vacant/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— City Council committee OKs removal of college degree requirement for city jobs. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered their hiring, retention, and promotion requirements to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license. I should write about that.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/05/13/city-council-committee-paper-ceiling-college-degree-city-jobs
— Democrat leaders continue to use George Floyd to promote hated against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/14/five-years-george-floyds-murder-national-urban-league-racial-justice-dei-police-reform-marc-morial
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker budget team slashes state’s revenue forecast by $536 million
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-budget-office-cuts-revenue-forecast-536m
— State Farm cleared to hike California homeowner premiums 17%
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/insurance/state-farm-cleared-hike-california-homeowner-rates-17
ABC7
— Federal judge in Pennsylvania rules that Trump’s invocation of Alien Enemies Act is lawful
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-judge-pennsylvania-rules-trumps-invocation-aea-is-lawful/16406471/
— Inflation eased after Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-inflation-data-reveal-impacts-trumps-liberation-day-tariffs/16400850/
NBC5
— Senate Republicans react to Qatar gifting Trump a $400 million jet
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/watch-senate-republicans-react-to-qatar-gifting-trump-a-400-million-jet/3744811/
— Democrat leaders promote a Trump critic
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/commentator-hasan-piker-detained-ohare-airport/3744867/
— Chuck Schumer to block Trump DOJ nominees over Qatari jet
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/chuck-schumer-pauses-trump-justice-department-nominees-over-qatari-jet/3744418/
FOX32
— 22 Chicago students ingest weed edibles at South Side elementary school. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/22-chicago-students-ingest-weed-edibles-south-side-school
— A new SmartAsset study ranked the 10 wealthiest counties in Illinois based on income, home values, and investment income. Lake, DuPage, and Kendall counties took the top three spots. Cook County, which includes Chicago, ranked ninth overall.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-wealthiest-counties-study
— Under the Democrats, sooner or later, everyone in America will be on Medicaid. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer in America are on track to become productive members of society.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1640556
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Emma Shafter to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/05/13/family-of-emma-shafer-felt-exploited-by-recent-kristi-noem-visit/83568796007/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump’s plan to accept free Air Force One replacement from Qatar raises ethical and security worries
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trumps-plan-to-accept-free-air-force-one-replacement-from-qatar-raises-ethical-and-security/article_909d5190-12f5-59fe-b541-d2d9b9ed1829.html
SOUTHERN
— Republicans dodge, laugh off questions about Trump’s gift plane from Qatar
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/05/13/republicans-dodge-laugh-off-questions-about-trumps-gift-plane-from-qatar/
RIVER BENDER
— Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition Suing Trump Administration Over Illegal Immigration Conditions Placed On Billions In Federal Funding. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-leads-coalition-suing-trump-administration-over-illegal-immigration-conditions-placed-on-billions-in-federal-funding-82440.cfm?
NPR ILLINOIS
— Jewish people in Israel are overwhelmingly conservative. Jewish people in America are overwhelming liberal. Enough said.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-14/multiple-trump-white-house-officials-have-ties-to-antisemitic-extremists
WGLT
— Before Trump weaponized the IRS to advance his political agenda, there was Nixon. How did Nixon impact you? Nixon was president while I worked for the Democrats a) who ran the Post Office in 1969 and b) who ran IRS 1971-1974. They despised/hated Nixon. They blamed Nixon, and therefore Republicans, for America losing the Vietnam War. They punished me, a draft avoider, to punish Nixon. My Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave request and forced me to resign in 1969. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, they disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and they made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. They did the aforesaid even though a) I earned an MBA in 1976, b) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and c) I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980.
https://www.wglt.org/2025-05-13/before-trump-weaponized-the-irs-to-advance-his-political-agenda-there-was-nixon
WMBD RADIO
— Illinois seeks to prevent feds from tying funding for states to immigration enforcement. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/05/13/illinois-seeks-to-prevent-feds-from-tying-funding-for-states-to-immigration-enforcement/
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrat leaders cite Democrat think tanks
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/05/12/campus/northwestern-study-finds-democrats-left-leaning-think-tanks-cite-scientific-studies-more-than-republicans/
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://newschannel20.com/question/vote-do-you-support-the-irs-sharing-data-with-ice-to-help-track-down-illegal-migrants-question-of-the-day-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-border-patrol-deportation-trump-administration
NPR ILLINOIS
— Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition. According to Democrat leaders, only Whites discriminate. White Afrikaners should anticipate/expect that the next Democrat or RINO U.S. President will deport them.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-12/episcopal-church-refuses-to-resettle-white-afrikaners-citing-moral-opposition
— According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League colleges are worthless, that is, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.nprillinois.org/education-desk/2025-05-13/new-study-suggests-changes-to-illinois-community-college-university-pipeline
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn Native Americans against Republicans.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/our-identity-has-been-frozen-in-time-how-native-american-advocates-are-influencing-springfield/
WHEATON PARK DISTRICT
— 2016 FLASHBACK: WHEATON PARK DISTRICT HOSTS INDEPENDENCE DAY “CELEBRATION!” At press time, sponsors for the Independence Day Celebration included Jerry Haggerty Chevrolet, DuPage County Republicans, and the City of Wheaton.
https://wheatonparkdistrict.com/wheaton-park-district-hosts-independence-day-celebration-july-3-and-4/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-512/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-304/
— Democrat leaders blame Trump and Musk for revenue dip. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump and Musk for everything that is bad.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/13/manar-trump-musk-are-to-blame-for-revenue-dip/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Illinois DOGE Profile: Centro De Trabajadores Unidos gets $4 million to help illegal aliens evade ICE
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/671354954-illinois-doge-profile-centro-de-trabajadores-unidos-gets-4-million-to-help-illegal-aliens-evade-ice
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— IL House Republicans call out $1B for NGOs, plan their own budget proposal
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_105bd8f5-b568-41b5-b567-bf49c03bfc51.html
— Legislation would limit how consumers can buy an electric vehicle in Illinois. I should write my experience buying a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV. Please let me know if you share my interest in that American nameplate muscle car. I also own a 2023 Ford Mustang GT Premium, 2013 Charger R/T Max, 2005 Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, and 1972 Corvette. Phone: 630-653-0462 (home) and 630-414-6079 (cell). Email: diersen@aol.com
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1352ecca-a4b6-41f6-b0ae-b18e6dc01128.html
WIREPOINTS
— These NGO funds don’t help ordinary Chicagoans, they sustain networks that keep failed politicians in power.
https://wirepoints.org/these-ngo-funds-dont-help-ordinary-chicagoans-they-go-to-sustain-networks-that-keep-failed-politicians-in-power-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly lower standards. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered their hiring, retention, and promotion requirements to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I value my independence. I do not seek money, nor do I accept money to cover the substantial costs that I pay to put together and to send out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I am fortunate that I have the necessary money, time, ability, experience, and motivation to put my newsletters together and to send them out. My critics/opponents should understand that the more that they have had their disgusting operatives and their disgusting dupes do to discourage/stop me, the more motivated that I am. Last year, they rudely removed me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. In 2021, they rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, a role that I had since 2005. Their previous adverse actions against me include their rudely ending my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, their rudely ending my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, and their rudely almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders use your ancestors against you. What did your ancestors do? On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses in Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border and then bought that farm. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to a recent study, White women benefit more from DEI than Black people. All the White women who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me 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) had no professional license like the one I had. I should write about my Democrat superiors and supervisors who were White women and who took the biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who during my last 9 years at GAO a) kept me off audits of IRS, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and c) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Is David Axelrod Pimping for Rahm?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/13/is-david-axelrod-pimping-for-rahm/
— Americans for Prosperity Send Second Postcard Seeking to Put Pressure on Sue Ness to Vote against Hiking Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/13/americans-for-prosperity-send-second-postcard-seeking-to-put-pressure-on-sue-ness-to-vote-against-hiking-taxes/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Protesters swarm House committee as Republicans take up cuts to Medicaid, taxes
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/13/protesters-swarm-house-committee-republicans-take-cuts-medicaid-taxes/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— There’s no such thing as a free jet. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I value my independence. I do not seek money, nor do I accept money to cover the substantial costs that I pay to put together and to send out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I am fortunate that I have the necessary money, time, ability, experience, and motivation to put my newsletters together and to send them out. My critics/opponents should understand that the more that they have had their disgusting operatives and their disgusting dupes do to discourage/stop me, the more motivated that I am. Last year, they rudely removed me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. In 2021, they rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, a role that I had since 2005. Their previous adverse actions against me include their rudely ending my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, their rudely ending my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, and their rudely almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3409713/trump-qatar-jet-gift-air-force-one/
— Trump’s deal for illegal immigrants will increase deportations and decrease spending
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/3410142/trump-deal-illegal-immigrants-increase-deportations-decrease-spending/
NEW YORK POST
— Officials describe persecution of South African refugees who are arrived in the US
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te_Syuqog8A
— Trump recklessly accepting a plane from Qatar is the type of unnecessary risk that could ruin his presidency
https://nypost.com/2025/05/13/opinion/michael-goodwin-trump-accepting-financial-gifts-from-qatar-is-one-of-the-many-ways-he-can-ruin-his-legacy/
BREITBART
— Saudi Arabia Sets Up Mobile McDonald’s for Trump’s Visit to the Middle East
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/13/saudi-arabia-sets-up-mobile-mcdonalds-for-trumps-visit-to-the-middle-east/
— Pope Leo’s Brother: The Pope Is Not Woke — He Will ‘Be Down the Middle’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/13/pope-leos-brother-the-pope-is-not-woke-he-will-be-down-the-middle/
FOX NEWS
— Gianno Caldwell seeks justice for brother killed in blue city ‘enamored with criminals’ rights’: alderman Gianno Caldwell’s 18-year-old brother was fatally shot, along with a female victim, in Chicago in June 2022
https://www.foxnews.com/us/gianno-caldwell-seeks-justice-brother-killed-blue-city-enamored-criminals-rights-alderman
MEGYN KELLY
— Racist and Hypocritical Left and Media Attack White Afrikaners Arriving in United States as Refugees
https://www.megynkelly.com/watch/racist-and-hypocritical-left-and-media-attack-white-afrikaners-arriving-in-united-states-as-refugees/
NRCC
— Hardworking Californians Get the Bill, Illegals Get the Benefits
https://www.nrcc.org/2025/05/13/hardworking-californians-get-the-bill-illegals-get-the-benefits-2/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Medical Schools Are Still Discriminating by Race
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/05/medical-schools-are-still-discriminating-by-race/
NEWSMAX
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. I do not promote LGBTQ. I should write about Democrat and RINO leaders who destroy me.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/lgbtq-rfk-hhs/2025/05/13/id/1210803/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrat and RINO leaders use your ancestors against you. What did your ancestors do? On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses in Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border and then bought that farm.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/13/msnbc_panel_trumps_refugees_descendents_of_the_people_who_created_the_most_diabolical_system_of_white_supremacy_in_human_history.html
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Just Can’t Stop Pushing Nonsensical Assault Weapon Bans
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnrlottjr/2025/05/13/the-democrats-just-cant-stop-pushing-nonsensical-assault-weapon-bans-n2656972
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. I do not promote LGBTQ. I should write about Democrat and RINO leaders who destroy me.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5298112-house-democrats-lgbtq-suicide-hotline-funding-cuts/
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5296524-x-tiktok-meta-youtube-instagram-lgbtq-users-glaad/
ASSOCIATE PRESS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly blame Trump’s tariffs for all price increases.
https://apnews.com/article/inflation-economy-tariffs-trump-5436b90e8e5a003f228c1bd08186589c
NEW YORK TIMES
— Wisconsin Judge Indicted on Charges That She Helped Immigrant Evade Agents. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan-immigration.html
— Trump Leadership: If You Want Welfare and Can Work, You Must
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/opinion/trump-welfare-medicaid-requirements.html
— Democrat leaders pay “researchers” to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/business/economy/trump-research-brain-drain.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasing promote more hatred against those who voted for Trump. Who are the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? How successful have they been?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/opinion/trump-due-process-habeas-corpus.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/05/13/trump-democrats-sanctuary-lawsuit-immigration/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more race based preference giving, that is, they ever-increasingly discriminate more against Whites.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/13/black-doctors-scholarship-ohio/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for bad weather.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-05-14/trump-guts-fema-as-climate-disasters-worsen
— Democrat leaders used Voice of America to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-05-14/voice-of-america-pbs-npr-trump
MIAMI TIMES
— White women benefit more from DEI than Black people. All the White women who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me 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) had no professional license like the one I had. I should write about my Democrat superiors and supervisors who were White women and who took the biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who during my last 9 years at GAO a) kept me off audits of IRS, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and c) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/business/studies-show-white-women-benefit-more-from-dei-than-black-people/article_f0bb761e-334c-4151-832d-f3fa0026531a.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/12/slowing-inflation-trump-tariffs/83524058007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. I do not promote LGBTQ. I should write about Democrat and RINO leaders who destroy me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/14/gay-pride-month-lgbtq-forum/83583013007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/13/democratic-lawmakers-urge-kennedy-to-save-lgbtq-lifeline/83600490007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How the Ivy League Earned Donald Trump’s Ire. Too many instructors at Harvard, Columbia and elsewhere are less interested in teaching and more interested in student indoctrination.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-the-ivy-league-earned-donald-trumps-ire-higher-education-colleges-universities-96631031
— The U.S. Once Built Airplanes Quickly. At its peak, a Ford factory produced one B-24 bomber an hour during World War II.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-u-s-once-built-airplanes-quickly-7e526511
— FRONT PAGE: The next Democrat or RINO U.S. President will send White Afrikaners back
https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/trump-afrikaner-south-africa-refugee-d5ad7b94
— How Young People Are Coping With Economic Anxiety. I should write about how my avoiding the Vietnam War draft negatively impacted my career big time.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/your-money-matters/how-young-people-are-coping-with-economic-anxiety/3ea69cb0-9736-49c5-8f94-f5c1f9be316a
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— How successful have Democrat leaders been taking over Catholic organizations in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.ncronline.org/news/catholic-college-presidents-decry-trump-administrations-interference-higher-ed
GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/13/us-mexico-border-surveillance
May 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump’s treatment of colleges
https://abc7chicago.com/post/most-americans-disapprove-trumps-treatment-colleges-new-ap-norc-poll-finds/16368168/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-president-donald-trumps-cuts-federal-climate-research-could-mean-illinois/16371824/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “Two dolls instead of 30” to fight Trump’s tariffs.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/toys-latest-symbol-trumps-trade-war/3742615/
— Pope Leo XIV’s past social media posts shed light onto political leanings
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pope-leo-xivs-past-social-media-posts-shed-light-onto-political-leanings/3742270/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-administration-looking-at-suspending-habeas-corpus-stephen-miller-says/3742242/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US to accept white South African refugees while other programs remain paused. White South African refugees should be advised that the next Democrat or RINO US President will send them back.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/09/us-white-south-african-refugees/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in the military
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/09/military-pete-hegseth-transgender-troops/
— Wheaton church group witnesses Pope Leo XIV in Rome
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/09/afternoon-briefing-wheaton-church-group-witnesses-pope-leo-xiv-in-rome/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/05/09/carmen-rossi-alex-acevedo-bolingbrook-cookies-cannabis-marijuana-weed-jb-pritzker-berner-chicago
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect not only for the rule of law, but for that country.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/08/kristi-noem-homeland-security-secretary-immigrants-springfield-visit
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/05/09/two-springfield-men-homeland-security-chief-kristi-noem-deported
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Supper with the pope: Wheaton Ivy Restaurant hosted the future pontiff.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250509/news/supper-with-the-pope-wheaton-restaurant-hosted-the-future-pontiff/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Stellantis yanks plans for Belvidere battery plant and parts hub
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing-logistics/uaw-says-belvidere-battery-plant-parts-hub-table
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Despite GOP congresswoman’s urging, Illinois sheriffs say they will follow state immigration law. Federal law trumps state law. What is your county sheriff’s position on this?
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_5a0a4e82-b7f0-419b-bdea-ab215a7c6da3.html
SOUTHERN
— Congressman Mike Bost Announces He’ll Seek Re-election, Receives Endorsement from President Trump. Which Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct want/have Trump’s endorsement?
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/05/09/246899/
NPR ILLINOIS
— How dependent on AmeriCorps is your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-09/trumps-gutting-of-americorps-hits-hard-for-both-volunteers-and-communities
CITIES 92.9
— Higher teen alcohol use in Illinois. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more booze.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/05/09/illinois-quick-hits-study-shows-higher-teen-alcohol-use-in-illinois-union-mechanic-launches-gubernatorial-bid/
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois senators urge Pritzker to drop proposed $6 billion tax hike
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-senators-urge-governor-to-drop-proposed-6-billion-tax-hike
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Affirmative Action and DEI in the military, that is, they ever-increasingly promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-pentagon-directs-military-to-pull-library-books-that-address-diversity-anti-racism-gender-issues/
LAGRANGE PATCH & WESTERN SPRINGS PATCH
— La Grange To See Anti-Trump Human Chain. The idea is to protest Trump’s “illegal and authoritarian actions.”
https://patch.com/illinois/lagrange/la-grange-see-anti-trump-human-chain
https://patch.com/illinois/westernsprings/western-springs-see-anti-trump-human-chain
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-302/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The March 17, 2026 Illinois Republican primary will be here before we know it. U.S. Senate, Illinois statewide offices, Illinois House offices, some Illinois Senate offices, and countywide offices will be on all the ballots. What ate the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county and township organizations doing to recruit the best possible candidates? Which candidates will walk in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Pritzker Champions Illegal Aliens at Taxpayers’ Expense
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/05/pritzker-champions-illegal-aliens-at-taxpayers-expense/
— MAGA Doesn’t Need More RINOs
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/05/maga-doesnt-need-more-rinos/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Evanston-Skokie School District 65 Teaches That ‘Whiteness’ is Associated With the Devil
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/illinois-school-district-teaches-that-whiteness-is-associated-with-the-devil/
JOHN BIVER
— Political Jobs v. the Jobs Americans Should Avoid According to MoneyInc.com
https://johnbiver.com/political-jobs-v-the-jobs-americans-should-avoid-according-to-moneyinc-com/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Kirk Dillard Leads Still Another RTA Tax Hike Effort Spending $125 per Letter in Tax Dollars to Generate 6,000 Missives
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/09/kirk-dillard-leads-still-another-rta-tax-hike-effort-spending-125-per-letter-in-tax-dollars-to-generate-6000-missives/
— Background of the Six Applying for Appointment to the McHenry County Conservation District Board
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/08/background-of-the-six-applying-for-appointment-to-the-mchenry-county-conservation-district-board/
— UPDATE: Measles Vaccination Rates by School Released, McHenry County’s Extracted, Lowest Are Richmond-Burton High School and Riley Grade School
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/08/measles-vaccination-rates-by-school-released-mchenry-countys-extracted-lowest-is-richmond-burton-high-school/
— Homeland Security Reveals More about So-Called Columbia University Pro-Hamas Leader: “I Want to Kill Jews”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/09/homeland-security-reveals-more-about-so-called-columbia-university-pro-hamas-leader-i-want-to-kill-jews/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Coverage of illegal immigration news proves the extreme left controls the media. Reporters adopt roles of advocate and protector for illegal aliens.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/8/coverage-illegal-immigration-news-proves-extreme-left-controls-media/
— Trump launches veteran homelessness initiative with new national center. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used my avoiding the Vietnam War draft the most. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/9/trump-creates-center-homeless-veterans/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/trump-habeas-corpus.html
NEW YORK POST
— Trump offers illegal migrants an ‘exit bonus’ — and ‘free flight out of our country’ — via self-deport executive order
https://nypost.com/2025/05/09/us-news/trump-offers-illegal-migrants-exit-bonus-free-flight-out-of-us-via-self-deport-executive-order/
— Mexico sues Google for changing ‘Gulf of Mexico’ to ‘Gulf of America’ after Trump’s order
https://nypost.com/2025/05/10/us-news/mexico-sues-google-for-changing-gulf-of-mexico-to-gulf-of-america-after-trump-executive-order/
— Hegseth orders service academies to ignore ‘race, ethnicity, or sex’ in admissions
https://nypost.com/2025/05/09/us-news/hegseth-orders-service-academies-to-ignore-race-ethnicity-or-sex-in-admissions/
BLAZE
— LGBTQ bar raided by swarm of cops, and Trump is getting blamed for it
https://www.theblaze.com/news/lgbtq-bar-raided-police-pittsburgh
FOX BUSINESS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Newsom
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/gavin-newsom-takes-aim-trumps-quixotic-trade-agenda-inconsistent-chaotic-approach-tariffs
FOX NEWS
— Trump says tax raises are ‘good politics,’ dismissing GOP critics. My critics/opponents have always wanted me to pay more taxes. According to them, I can and should pay more taxes a) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, b) because I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, and c) because my wife and I gave up trying to have children. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were wealthy and who bought them cars, paid for their colleges expenses, and got them jobs. I would focus on those who benefitted the most from Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, who benefitted the most from race and gender based preference giving.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-tax-raises-good-politics-dismissing-gop-critics
— Trump to build national center for homeless veterans with funds previously spent on housing for illegal aliens
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-build-national-center-homeless-veterans-funds-previously-spent-illegal-aliens
NEWSMAX
— Democrats’ Playbook: Weaponize Tragedies to Get Trump
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/george-floyd-democrats-trump-administration/2025/05/05/id/1209696/
— Pentagon Orders Military to Remove All DEI Books
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/pentagon-recruitment-dei/2025/05/09/id/1210348/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Redirects Funds From Illegals to Homeless Veterans
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/05/09/trump-redirects-funds-from-illegals-to-homeless-veterans-n4939649
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Affirmative Action and DEI in the military, that is, they ever-increasingly promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5293254-pentagon-orders-swift-review-removal-of-library-books-that-address-diversity-anti-racism/
ABC NEWS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/live-updates/papal-conclave-live-updates-cardinals-gather-vatican-elect?id=121506573&entryId=121614476
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/top-white-house-adviser-stephen-miller-says-actively-looking-suspendin-rcna205942
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/the-vatican/us-now-two-world-leaders-not-different-rcna205769
CBS NEWS
— What percent are Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? How fast are those percentages growing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AmCRxm6P4o
MSN
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/woke-pope-trump-reckons-with-a-liberal-american-leader-he-can-t-trash-talk/ar-AA1EuHTk
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-goes-into-meltdown-branding-pope-leo-xiv-woke-marxist-and-never-trump-er/ar-AA1Er6jj
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/pope-leo-xiv-s-old-posts-criticising-trump-and-vance-resurface-following-election/ar-AA1Es4aY
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Calls for 20,000 Extra Officers to Help With Deportation Efforts
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/us/politics/dhs-deportation-extra-officers.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn traditional Catholics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/pope-leo-xiv-american-church.html
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/politics/pope-leo-trump.html (FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/politics/jd-vance-pope-leo-xiv.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/opinion/conclave-pope-leo-xiv-catholic-church.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/pope-leo-maga-donald-trump-steve-bannon.html
— Virtually all tax exempt organizations exist to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/opinion/trump-harvard-tax.html
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/04/us/trump-american-dream-voters.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/05/09/trump-immigration-self-deportations-united-nations/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Affirmative Action and DEI in the military, that is, they ever-increasingly promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/09/hegseth-affirmative-action-service-academies/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Jeanine Pirro.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/08/jeanine-pirro-trump-us-attorney-fox/
— Judge pauses much of Trump administration’s massive downsizing of federal agencies. Republican Gingrich downsized the Democrat-run GAO from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees during the almost 18 years that I worked for the agency. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that. I should write about that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/09/trump-mass-firings-doge-lawsuit/035dc5e0-2d43-11f0-a724-3bc879c9f843_story.html
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/09/pope-leo-us-catholic-church-trump/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Role Does Culture Play in Crime Rates? The prevailing theories of crime causation might need rethinking.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-role-does-culture-play-in-crime-rates-riley-economics-cc9c07ec
NEW YORKER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage asylum
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/is-asylum-still-possible-edgarlys-castaneda-rodriguez
PBS
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use the Pope to destroy not only Trump, but to destroy all Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, Male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJhYPzZDewA
TIMES OF INDIA
— Trump signs executive order allowing illegal immigrants to book ‘free flights out of US’
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/donald-trump-signs-executive-order-allowing-illegal-immigrants-to-book-free-flights-out-of-us/articleshow/121047054.cms
THE HINDU
— We want you out of America: Trump announces self-deportation plan for ‘illegal aliens’
https://www.thehindu.com/shorts/watch-we-want-you-out-of-america-trump-announces-self-deportation-plan-for-illegal-aliens/article69560100.ece
May 8, 2025 Evening Edition
FOX NEWS
— Trump Hails ‘Great Honor’ of First American Pope
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-politics-newsletter-trump-hails-great-honor-first-american-pope
— Pritzker accused of ‘insulting’ ICE with sanctuary policies as Noem, Angel families protest
https://www.foxnews.com/media/illinois-gov-pritzker-accused-insulting-ice-sanctuary-policies-noem-angel-families-protest
ILLINOIS GOP
— ILGOP Celebrates New Pope And Chicago Native, Cardinal Robert Prevost
https://illinois.gop/newsroom/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost elected pope, taking name Leo XIV
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2025-is-new-pope-cardinal-robert-francis-prevost-1st-american-chicago-elected-catholic-church-leader/16358670/
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/2025-papal-conclave-cardinals-gather-elect-pope-vatican-city-rome/16339118/
WLS AM
— New Pope Registered Republican in Illinois; Trump Critic
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.wlsam.com/2025/05/08/new-pope-registered-republican-in-illinois-trump-critic/
WBEZ
— DePaul president faces off against GOP members of Congress. Conservative lawmakers who questioned DePaul President Robert Manuel were accused of using antisemitism claims to chill free speech.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/05/07/depaul-president-faces-off-against-gop-members-of-congress
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago native Robert Prevost becomes the first American pope in history
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/robert-prevost-pope/
— Robert Prevost was ‘the pride and joy of every priest and nun’ at St. Mary’s on Chicago’s South Side
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/robert-prevost-chicago-pope-xiv/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders accuse Congressional Republicans of political witch hunt in antisemitism hearing involving DePaul president. University president Robert Manuel faced three hours of heated questions.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/05/07/depaul-president-faces-off-against-gop-members-of-congress
DAILY HERALD
— At home in New Lenox, new pope’s brother found out like everyone else
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/news/it-was-a-shocking-moment-new-popes-brother-lives-in-new-lenox/
— Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, overcame a taboo against a US pontiff
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/religion/prevost-now-pope-leo-xiv-overcame-a-taboo-against-a-us-pontiff/
— Trump says he is naming Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/nation-and-world-politics/trump-says-he-is-naming-fox-news-host-and-former-judge-jeanine-pirro-as-top-federal-prosecutor-in-dc/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— The new pope is from Chicago. Here are some of his ties to Illinois
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/05/08/new-pope-is-from-chicago-here-are-some-of-his-ties-to-illinois/83516559007/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Central Illinois bishops greet new pope ‘with hearts full of joy and hope’
https://pantagraph.com/life-entertainment/local/faith-values/article_a5c62ee3-422e-42e3-8dd4-23258ad65fdf.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders use “social justice” to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/whats-in-a-name-pope-leo-xivs-choice-signals-a-commitment-to-social-justice/article_2ecfa121-cf15-57b1-ad99-3066a475a21e.html
— Wisconsin Republicans kill marijuana legalization
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/wisconsin-republicans-kill-marijuana-legalization-and-tax-increases-for-millionaires/article_a345cc22-1a98-5f33-99aa-3954b9bbcf88.html
RIVER BENDER
— After Sec. Noem’s Springfield Visit, Davidsmeyer Again Calls for End of Illinois’ Failed Sanctuary Policy
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/after-sec-noems-springfield-visit-davidsmeyer-again-calls-for-end-of-illinois-failed-sanctuary-policy-82245.cfm?
— Attorney General Raoul Files Lawsuit To Stop Illegal Termination Of Federal Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-files-lawsuit-to-stop-illegal-termination-of-federal-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-funding-82248.cfm?
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are on Medicaid?
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/senator-duckworth-leads-vigil-against-medicaid-cuts-82271.cfm?
WEST SUBURBAN JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://westsuburbanjournal.com/welch-house-democrats-rally-in-response-to-trump-officials-rhetoric-during-illinois-visit/
ILLINOIS TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/fighting-back-against-trump-20133313
FOX ILLINOIS
— Republicans push college presidents to protect Jewish students
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/house-gop-continues-to-push-colleges-to-do-more-to-combat-antisemitism-on-campus-haverford-college-depaul-university-california-polytechnic-state-university-house-education-committee
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-08/americans-are-already-seeing-trumps-tariffs-kick-in-they-sent-in-receipts-to-prove-it
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote segregation.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trumps-anti-dei-push-doesnt-stop-black-kentucky-grads-from-holding-an-off-campus-celebration/
IPM ILLINOIS
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are on Medicaid?
https://ipmnewsroom.org/republicans-have-medicaid-in-their-crosshairs-and-illinois-residents-who-depend-on-it-are-worried/
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
— Illinois Youth Survey finds troubling substance use trends
https://news.illinois.edu/illinois-youth-survey-finds-troubling-substance-use-trends/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/8/robert-prevost-1st-american-pope-history-catholic-church-take-name/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The SALT terrorists holding Trump’s agenda hostage need to put up or shut up. SALT ended itemization. By itemizing, my wife and I paid less federal income tax starting in 1978 when we got married and I paid less federal income tax starting in 1972.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3405221/salt-deduction-terrorists-holding-trump-agenda-hostage-put-up-or-shut-up/
BREITBART
— Rep. Hageman Introduces ‘No Student Visas for Sanctuary Cities Act’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/05/07/exclusive-rep-hageman-introduces-no-student-visas-for-sanctuary-cities-act/
FEDERALIST
— Where Was Democrats’ Outrage When Obama And Biden Deported Illegal Alien Housekeepers And Gardeners?
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/08/where-was-democrats-outrage-when-obama-and-biden-deported-illegal-alien-housekeepers-and-gardeners/
HUMAN EVENTS
— Jack Posobiec criticizes Pope Leo XIV for “promoting anti-Trump and anti-Bukele articles regarding the deportations of criminal illegals”
https://www.mediamatters.org/jack-posobiec/jack-posobiec-criticizes-pope-leo-xiv-promoting-anti-trump-and-anti-bukele-articles-0
LIVE ACTION
— First American pope in history has strong record of defending sanctity of human life
https://www.liveaction.org/news/first-american-pope-record-sanctity-human-life/
NEWSMAX
— New Pope Registered Republican in Illinois; Trump Critic
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/pope-leox-iv-voter-registration-republican/2025/05/08/id/1210160/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Pope Leo XIV Has Voted Often in Illinois, Public Records Show. He voted in November’s presidential election with an absentee ballot, according to records from a suburban Chicago county.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/pope-leo-xiv-politics-voting.html
NBC NEWS
— New pope’s social media posts offer some insight into his politics. On social media before he became pope, Robert Prevost expressed support for gun reform and immigration — and showed some disagreement with the Trump administration.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pope-leo-social-media-posts-vance-rcna205677
NEWSWEEK
— Is Robert Prevost a Republican?
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-prevost-political-afiliation-what-we-know-2069880
CBS NEWS
— Pope Leo XIV grew up in Dolton studied and taught in Chicago area
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pope-leo-xiv-born-in-chicago-grew-up-dolton-illinois/
WCCS RADIO
— ‘Democracy in crisis?’ DC universities offering Trump-themed class this fall. Democrats and RINOs use democracy to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wccsradio.com/rss/democracy-in-crisis-dc-universities-offering-trump-themed-class-this-fall/
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow that “Trump’s Policies Have Been Stopped by Courts More Than 200 Times.”
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/cannabis/trumps-policies-have-been-stopped-by-courts-more-than-200-times
TPM
— MAGA Melts Down Over First American Pope
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/maga-melts-down-over-first-american-pope
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 71% of Democrats Want Elon Musk in Prison
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/71_of_democrats_want_elon_musk_in_prison
DODGE GARAGE
— Next-Level Muscle: Why the 2025 Dodge Charger EV Impresses EV Fans
https://www.dodgegarage.com/news/article/owners-clubs/2025/04/next-level-muscle-why-the-2025-dodge-charger-ev-converts-a-loyal-enthusiast.html
TORQUE NEWS
— My Fourth EV Is A 2025 Charger EV, After Owning Model Y, Mustang Mach-E, And F-150 Lightning, This Electric Muscle Car Finally Gets Everything Right
https://www.torquenews.com/17998/my-fourth-ev-2025-charger-ev-after-owning-model-y-mustang-mach-e-and-f-150-lightning-electric/amp
May 8, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/trump-trade-deals/
— Pritzker, if you want to solve problems, lose the contempt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/opinion-jb-pritzker-civil-discourse/
— Harold Washington librarians concerned for their safety with security incidents on the rise
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/harold-washington-library-safety-concerns/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/07/elon-musk-trump-spending-cuts-doge-government-accountability-office-jacob-sullum
DAILY HERALD
— The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/columns/the-complicated-unproductive-search-for-the-narrative/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/libya-judge-says-deporting-migrants-would-violate-order/16350758/
— Illinois regains access to $77M in federal education funds following judge’s order. Democrats use education funds to create good little Democrats.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-regains-access-77m-federal-education-funds-following-judges-order-blocking-trump-administration-restricting-money/16353598/
NBC5
— Massive signs erected outside Illinois Governor’s Mansion amid Kristi Noem visit. Noem had traveled to Illinois Wednesday for a press conference aimed at Illinois’ “sanctuary” policies.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/massive-signs-erected-outside-illinois-governors-mansion-amid-kristi-noem-visit/3740250/
WTTW
— New Study Suggests Changes to Illinois’ Community College-University Pipeline. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/07/new-study-suggests-changes-illinois-community-college-university-pipeline
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Emma Shafer’s parents to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2025/05/08/parents-of-2023-homicide-victim-call-out-homeland-security-secretary/83499875007/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “cultural events” to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2025/05/07/the-rundown-chicago-cultural-events-face-canceled-grants
WTVO
— 50% of Illinois residents would move out of the state if they could. Illinois Democrats led by Pritzker ever-increasingly drive Republicans out of Illinois, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/poll-50-illinois-residents-move-204254687.html
WGLT
— For Democrats, education exists to create good little Democrats.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-05-07/its-a-challenge-higher-ed-must-do-everything-everywhere-all-at-once
WJBC
— Illinois regains access to $77M in federal education funds following judge’s order. Democrats use education funds to create good little Democrats.
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/05/07/illinois-regains-access-to-77m-in-federal-education-funds-following-judges-order/
NPR ILLINOIS
— How dependent on federal spending are your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-07/what-trump-administration-cuts-mean-for-mental-health-in-one-rural-school-district
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-07/trumps-tariffs-are-showing-up-in-americans-receipts
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders use Pritzker, Underwood, and Emma Shafer’s parents to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/05/08/kristi-noem-highlights-immigration-at-springfield-media-event-00335220
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-508/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Offices on the 2026 Republican primary ballot in your precinct include U.S. Senate, all five Illinois statewide offices, and countywide offices. What are the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county and township organizations doing to recruit the best possible candidates to run? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— They’ve destroyed jobs and opportunity for black Chicagoans. My Democrat GAO superiors can stress that to give my job to my Black Democrat subordinate, they forced me to retire when I was 49 year old in 1997. 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 processional license like the one I had.
https://wirepoints.org/theyve-destroyed-jobs-and-opportunity-for-black-chicagoans-wirepoints/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_aacb2da9-2b4c-4b72-8637-eefc2ade43d1.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Homeland Security Secretary Baits the Beast in Springfield
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/homeland-security-secretary-baits-the-beast-in-springfield/
CHICAGOLAND JOURNAL
— IL Freedom Caucus Joins Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem On Failed Sanctuary State Policies and Immigration
https://thechicagolandjournal.com/il-freedom-caucus-joins-homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-on-failed-sanctuary-state-policies-and-immigration/
— Rep. Adam Niemerg joins Sec. Kristi Noem in calling for compliance with federal immigration laws
https://thechicagolandjournal.com/rep-adam-niemerg-joins-sec-kristi-noem-in-calling-for-compliance-with-federal-immigration-laws/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Legal immigration is protecting blue state electoral power
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3403948/legal-immigration-protecting-blue-state-electoral-power-reapportionment/
NEW YORK POST
— Thousands of migrants still living at NYC’s historic Roosevelt Hotel — despite ticking clock for shelter to close. How many illegals are still living in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://nypost.com/2025/05/07/us-news/nearly-2k-migrants-still-housed-in-nycs-historic-roosevelt-hotel-despite-city-saying-it-will-shutter-the-shelter-next-month/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ICE checking for illegals at swanky DC eateries, workers in a state of panic
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/07/ice-checking-for-illegals-at-swanky-dc-eateries-workers-in-a-state-of-panic-1541715/
BLAZE
— University of Chicago prof canceled midterm test and encouraged students to join protest against ‘authoritarian’ Trump
https://www.theblaze.com/news/univ-chicago-email-protest-trump
BREITBART
— Migrant Nonprofits Seek Donations as Trump Cuts Federal Funds
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/05/07/migrant-nonprofits-seek-donations-as-trump-cuts-federal-funds/
COLLEGE FIX
— UChicago professor cancels exam so students can protest Trump
https://www.thecollegefix.com/inappropriate-uchicago-professor-cancels-exam-so-students-can-protest-trump/
DAILY CALLER
— Companies Sidestep Trump’s DEI Crackdown
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/07/american-companies-may-sidestep-trump-dei-crackdown/
FOX BUSINESS
— The US must hold China accountable for ripping us off
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6372483675112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— U. Chicago Prof Cancels Midterm, Tells Students to Join Anti-Trump Protest Instead
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/u-chicago-prof-cancels-midterm-tells-students-to-join-anti-trump-protest-instead/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump signs order to bring pharmaceutical manufacturing home to the US. What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://thepostmillennial.com/trumps-signs-order-to-bring-pharmaceutical-manufacturing-home-to-the-us
— Salt Lake City council votes to make LGBTQ Pride flags official city flags in defiance of state law
https://thepostmillennial.com/salt-lake-city-council-votes-to-make-lgbtq-pride-flags-official-city-flags-in-defiance-of-state-law
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— The mainstream new media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Toyota Says Tariffs Will Erase $1.3 Billion in Profits in Just 2 Months. What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/business/toyota-earnings-trump-tariffs.html
— To those who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being pro-Trump, I say that I am pro-conservative principles, that I am pro-Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/us/politics/trump-voice-of-america.html
— West Point Is Supposed to Educate, Not Indoctrinate
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/opinion/west-point-trump-military.html
— What motivated you the most to get a college degree? For me, it was my father decrying that he did not have one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/opinion/college-technical-vocational-education.html?searchResultPosition=2
WASHINGTON POST
— Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s new transit and homelessness grant conditions
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/07/trump-cities-grants-lawsuit/b2e0ce5e-2bb3-11f0-a724-3bc879c9f843_story.html
— Chief justice touts judicial independence, rejects impeaching judges. The judges and justices who have ruled against me have made it clear that they promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, that they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, that they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/07/chief-justice-roberts-judicial-independence-buffalo/
USA TODAY
— Whose enemies lists are you on? I should write about those who have me on their enemies lists. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of clout in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. I would focus on those who continue to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/05/06/trump-targets-schools-science-federal-funding/83378205007/
— Democrat leaders decry reduced efforts to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/06/pride-month-defections-dei-backlash/83376447007/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2025/05/07/the-companies-standing-up-to-trump-on-dei/83503855007/
NBC NEWS
— Some brands are doing tariff-related price hikes on May 1 — here’s what to buy now. What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.nbcnews.com/select/shopping/what-to-buy-tariffs-rcna200485
CNN
— Chief Justice John Roberts stresses judicial independence amid tensions with Trump. The judges and justices who have ruled against me have made it clear that they promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, that they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, that they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/politics/john-roberts-event-judicial-independence
REUTERS
— States sue Trump administration over $3 billion in blocked EV charging grants. I just bought an EV, but I am extremely reluctant to charge it anywhere other than in my garage.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/money/cars/2025/05/08/states-sue-trump-ev-charging-grants/83507390007/
NEWSWEEK
— Parents Need School Choice. If my parents had not sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools, I would not have been able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, or get accepted by UIC. But because of the tuition they paid, I had to work my way through college and my GPA was lower.
https://www.newsweek.com/parents-need-school-choice-congress-can-help-opinion-2063846
MSN
— What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-wants-tariffs-on-medicine-here-s-what-it-could-mean-for-you/ar-AA1ElZqA
— Here Are All the Countries Where Your Car Is Actually Made. What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/here-are-all-the-countries-where-your-car-is-actually-made/ar-AA1DVZzU
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders say “Trump scoffs at rising prices for families while his inner circle cashes in on foreign deals.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXiPr-mW1X8
CITY JOURNAL
— Pritzker’s Progressive Trap. The Illinois governor seems determined to stick with left-wing cultural politics as he eyes a White House bid in 2028.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/illinois-governor-j-b-pritzker-democratic-presidential-nomination-2028
BLOOMBERG
— What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-06/phrma-says-trump-drug-price-idea-could-cost-industry-1-trillion
FORBES
— Car Ownership Statistics 2025. The cars that you own say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. What is the most recent car that you bought? I just bought a new red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/car-insurance/car-ownership-statistics/
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— The Many Difficulties In Bringing Manufacturing Back. What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2025/05/02/the_many_difficulties_in_bringing_manufacturing_back_1107669.html
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Five years after India opened the door for American colleges, IIT became the first to accept the invitation. I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT when I was 48 in 1997. I did that a) because my Democrat GAO superiors had made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS, b) because they had assigned me audits of federal financial institution regulators since 1990, c) because I had previously not taken that many courses in finance, and d) because my supervisor wanted me to earn that degree. But in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors flushed my IIT degree down their toilet by forcing me to retire.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/us-colleges-world/2025/05/08/illinois-tech-establishes-first-us-campus-india
ECONOMICS TIMES
— What percent of what you buy was made in a foreign country?
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/trumps-trade-war-how-tariffs-are-shaping-global-trade/slideshow/120988615.cms
May 7, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stops in Springfield to criticize state’s immigration policies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-stops-in-springfield-to-criticize-states-immigration-policies/
— School board president paves way for interim CEO to lead CPS without required license. While I worked GAO 1981-1997, I was the only licensed CPA in its Chicago office.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/cristina-pacione-zayas-interim-cps-ceo/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But first, board members told the Tribune on Wednesday that Harden is trying to corral a majority vote of 11 members to undo a resolution that passed unanimously at a March board meeting, which requires that both the next CEO and the interim CEO must have a “valid Illinois Professional Educator License, with a Superintendent endorsement.” Pacione-Zayas does not have a superintendent license.)
— Brandon Johnson strong-arms Board of Ed to install his ill-qualified chief of staff
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/editorial-chicago-public-schools-pacione-zayas/
CHICAGO SUNTIMES
— In Springfield visit, Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem takes aim at Gov. Pritzker’s sanctuary policies
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/05/07/homeland-security-kristi-noem-pritzkers-sanctuary-policies
ABC7
— DHS Sec. Kristi Noem attacks Pritzker, Illinois sanctuary policies
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kristi-noem-secretary-department-homeland-security-attacks-gov-jb-pritzker-sanctuary-policies-springfield-il/16349267/
NBC5
— Kristi Noem blasts JB Pritzker in Springfield, Illinois governor responds The Homeland Security secretary traveled to Springfield, celebrating Trump’s immigration policies and criticizing Illinois
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/kristi-noem-blasts-pritzker-in-springfield-illinois-governor-responds/3740018/
— ‘Do her damn job’: Illinois Sec. of State criticizes Kristi Noem ahead of Springfield visit. While her visit was not expected to focus on the big change for travelers, Giannoulias issued a statement, saying Noem’s messaging around Real ID sparked “pure panic among residents.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/do-her-damn-job-illinois-sec-of-state-criticizes-kristi-noem-ahead-of-springfield-visit/3739920/
CBS2
— DHS Secretary Noem and Illinois Gov. Pritzker spar over state’s immigration policies: “Performing for Fox News”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kristi-noem-springfield-illinois-immigration-sanctuary-laws/
FOX32
— Noem slams Illinois’ sanctuary policies in Springfield, Pritzker fires back
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/clash-springfield-noem-pritzker-spar-over-immigration
— Noem and Pritzker clash over Illinois immigration policies
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1637426
WLS AM
— Sec. Noem: Ill. Gov. Pritzker Protects ‘Illegal Criminals’
https://www.wlsam.com/2025/05/07/sec-noem-ill-gov-pritzker-protects-illegal-criminals/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Homeland Security Secretary to Pritzker: ‘Change your ways and protect your people’
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/government/2025/05/07/pritzker-calls-out-trump-noem-for-violating-the-us-constitution/83475775007/
JOURNAL TOPICS
— Homeland Security secretary’s visit draws heated reactions from protestors, state officials
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/kristi-noem-criticizes-illinois-immigration-20314919.php
RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in the military
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-slams-farright-supreme-courts-shameful-decision-to-allow-enforcement-of-trumps-trans-military-service-ban-82210.cfm?
WFIN
— Pritzker in hot seat after parents harmed by sanctuary policies lash out
https://wfin.com/fox-political-news/blue-state-governor-in-hot-seat-after-parents-harmed-by-sanctuary-policies-lash-out-gut-punch/
WJBC & WMBD & WGEM
— Pritzker calls Noem’s Illinois stop on immigration laws a “publicity stunt.”
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/05/07/dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-illinois-stop-on-immigration-laws-called-publicity-stunt/
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/05/07/dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-illinois-stop-on-immigration-laws-called-publicity-stunt/
https://www.wgem.com/2025/05/07/dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-illinois-stop-immigration-laws-called-publicity-stunt/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-300/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Effort Surfaces to Draft Rod Blagojevich for GOP Nomination for United States Senator
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/effort-surfaces-to-draft-rod-blagojevich-for-gop-nomination-for-united-states-senator/
— Raja Krishnamoorthi’s U.S. Senate Candidacy Announcement
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/raja-krishnamoorthis-u-s-senate-candidacy-announcement/
— Tax Burden in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/tax-burden-in-illinois/
— Reactions to Pritzker May the 4th Be with You Tweet Just Hilarious
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/reactions-to-pritzker-may-the-4th-be-with-you-tweet/
— State Senator Laura Fine Seeks Schakowsky Seat in Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/06/state-senator-seeks-schakowsky-seat-in-congress/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans put California’s EV mandate on the chopping block
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/7/republicans-put-californias-ev-mandate-chopping-block/
— Time to pay back student loans. No more shirking responsibility.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/7/time-pay-back-student-loans/
NEW YORK POST
— It’s up to Congress, not DOGE, to slash runaway spending
https://nypost.com/2025/05/07/opinion/now-elon-tells-us-congress-not-doge-must-slash-spending/
BREITBART
— Raja Krishnamoorthi Eyes a Senate Run; Brags of Standing Up to ‘Bullies’ Like Trump
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/07/raja-krishnamoorthi-eyes-a-senate-run-brags-of-standing-up-to-bullies-like-trump/
— Kristi Noem, Angel Families Call on Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to ‘Abandon Dangerous Sanctuary Policies’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/07/kristi-noem-angel-families-call-on-illinois-gov-j-b-pritzker-abandon-dangerous-sanctuary-policies/
DAILY CALLER
– American Manufacturers Overwhelmed With Orders After Trump’s Tariff Crackdown On China
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/05/american-business-returns-trump-tariffs-china/
EPOCH TIMES
— Crackdown on Student Loan Defaulters to Begin With Benefit Seizure, Then Wage Garnishment.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/crackdown-on-student-loan-defaulters-to-begin-with-benefit-seizure-then-wage-garnishment-5853392
FOX NEWS & WFIN
— Protesters gather outside Pritzker mansion to disrupt Noem presser, only to find she was never actually there
https://www.aol.com/protesters-gather-outside-pritzker-mansion-204705275.html
https://wfin.com/fox-political-news/protesters-gather-outside-pritzker-mansion-to-disrupt-noem-presser-only-to-find-she-was-never-actually-there/
LIFE NEWS
— Rep. Mary Miller Leads Fight to Defund Planned Parenthood
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/05/07/pro-life-congresswoman-leads-fight-to-defund-planned-parenthood/
NEWSMAX
— Sec. Noem: Ill. Gov. Pritzker Protects ‘Illegal Criminals’
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dhs-ice-kristi-noem/2025/05/07/id/1209948/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Duckworth announces legislation protecting VA jobs. There was no legislation to protect GAO jobs while Gingrich gutted the agency during the 1980s and 1990s.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5288430-duckworth-bills-va-jobs/
— Pritzker’s office mockingly calls for ‘all pet owners’ to beware ahead of Noem visit
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5288021-pritzker-illinois-noem-trump-immigration-springfield/
NEWSWEEK
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-showing-democrats-how-stand-trump-opinion-2068770
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— $70,000/year salaries offered to high school juniors taking shop classes. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970. In today’s dollars, my IRS starting salary was $55,850/year when I was 22 in 1971. It was $68,315/year when I was 24 in 1972. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/skilled-trades-high-school-recruitment-fd9f8257
FORTUNE
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://fortune.com/article/corporate-social-responsibility-strategy-dei-backlash/
FORBES
— Workplace Competition: Pros and Cons. My Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted negative competition between their employees big time to get rid of their employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. They did not want their employees who were the aforesaid to band together. I should write about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who had the most success turning my coworkers who were the aforesaid against me.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2025/01/26/workplace-competition-pros-cons/
INSIDE EVs
— ‘A Trump Gift To China’: 17 States Sue Over EV Charger Funding Freeze
https://insideevs.com/news/758913/states-sue-trump-nevi-charger/
May 7, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Trump Tower plaza barricades pulled back after months of complaints. The fencing violated the planned development ordinance requiring open access to the 1.2-acre public plaza, according to the city’s Department of Planning and Development.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/05/06/trump-tower-plaza-barricades-pulled-back-after-months-of-complaints
— Proposed bill would limit where customers could buy EVs. The stated goal of anti-consumer legislation like Senate Bill 1939 is to protect the viability of franchise dealerships.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/05/07/electric-vehicles-limit-options-illinoisans-anti-consumer-car-dealerships-liam-condon
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/05/07/new-study-suggests-insuring-immigrants-in-illinois-gives-hospitals-a-financial-lift
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/column-donald-trump-free-trade-tariffs-due-process-chapman/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders promote Raja Krishnamoorthi big time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250506/us-congress-politics/u-s-rep-krishnamoorthi-running-for-durbins-senate-seat/
— The Democratic Party of DuPage County announced a unique protest, Hands Across Chicagoland, from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 18. Area Democrats plan to form a human chain along Ogden Avenue stretching from Chicago to Aurora. They promised “we will not block streets or businesses along the route.” How successful have Democrat leaders been driving Republicans out of your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250506/nation-and-world-politics/political-roundabout-duckworths-senate-pick-gop-on-jbs-future-dems-plan-a-human-chain/
NBC5
— Illinois political scene sees seismic shift with high-profile retirements
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-political-scene-sees-seismic-shift-with-high-profile-retirements/3739479/
— Democrat leaders promote Raja Krishnamoorthi
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/democrat-raja-krishnamoorthi-launches-illinois-senate-campaign-rcna204834
CBS2
— Snarky back-and-forth ahead of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s visit to Springfield
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/snarky-back-and-forth-ahead-of-dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-visit-to-springfield/
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/05/07/city/executive-order-against-sanctuary-cities-is-likely-unconstitutional-experts-say/
DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Democrat leaders push DEI initiatives amid Trump cuts. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all of their problems: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German America, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, lack education and/or job skills, have financial, health, and/or other problems, boozers, gamblers, stoners, prostitutes, criminals, are in America illegally, etc.
https://dailyegyptian.com/121383/news/siu-students-push-for-dei-initiatives-amid-trump-cuts/
KSDK
— Bill invites Illinois counties to join Indiana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBUeoLhFOW8
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-507/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— The poorest homeowners are being crushed by Illinois’ property taxes
https://wirepoints.org/the-poorest-homeowners-are-being-crushed-by-illinois-property-taxes-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
JOHN KASS
— Where’s Columbus? Chicago’s Italians Mocked as Clowns & Chumbolones
https://johnkassnews.com/wheres-columbus-chicagos-italians-mocked-as-clowns-chumbolones/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Trump’s DEI crackdown increasingly makes Democrat and RINO employers worried about lawsuits. Because Democrats have always controlled the courts, my Democrat superiors in the federal government were never concerned about lawsuits against them from their Republican employees. Actually, they welcomed such lawsuits against them, if not encouraged such lawsuits against them. You would see that if you would read the documents in Diersen v. GAO https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf According to them, in that lawsuit, the courts ruled that federal employers can use the following to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American: budget cuts, up-or-out, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. My Democrat superiors crow that they succeeded in destroying a Republican federal employee who had a) three job-related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Tesla to destroy Musk to destroy Trump. What will Democrat leaders destroy next to destroy Trump? Anticipate/expect that the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Democrat leaders will do to destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. I share all of the aforesaid demographics with Trump. I should write about my critics/opponents and the many big adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 2015. 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Because my Missouri Synod Lutheran grade school teachers promoted reading, writing, and arithmetic instead of the Democrat Party platform, I was able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, and get accepted by UIC even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What Caste were you born into? My critics/opponents have always painted me as being lower Caste. They stress a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) that my mother never attended high school, e) that I had to work my way through college, f) that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities, g) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, h) that I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years, i) that I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, and j) that I am Protestant and German American. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do the schools that you graduated from think of you? I graduated from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. From what I see, the aforesaid schools have a very low opinion of me because I am conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What did your coworkers do to advance? Extremely few if not virtually none of my Democrat coworkers in the federal government did what I did. I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office when I was 18-20, IRS 22-31, and GAO 31-49. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. To advance, my coworkers glorified and praised their superiors and supervisors, pandered to their superiors and supervisors, and served as operatives or dupes for their superiors and supervisors. They helped their superiors get rid of their Republican coworkers like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders push DEI initiatives amid Trump cuts. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all of their problems: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German America, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, lack education and/or job skills, have financial, health, and/or other problems, boozers, gamblers, stoners, prostitutes, criminals, are in America illegally, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) calls on Illinois sheriffs to defy Pritzker’s sanctuary law. What is your county sheriff’s position on this?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3403533/mary-miller-illinois-sheriffs-defy-sanctuary-law/
NEW YORK POST
— How black Americans were on the rise before affirmative action, author Jason Riley explains in fascinating new book
https://nypost.com/2025/05/06/opinion/black-americans-on-the-rise-before-affirmative-action-jason-riley-writes-in-new-book/
BREITBART
— Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett Fumes Over $1,000 for Illegals to Self-Deport: ‘It’s a Damn Scam’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/06/democrat-rep-jasmine-crockett-fumes-over-1000-illegals-self-deport-its-damn-scam/
— Pro-Immigration Lawyers Whine that Trump Deportations Apply to All Illegals, Including Irish
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/06/trumps-deputies-deporting-irish-migrants/
COLLEGE FIX
— How black Americans were on the rise before affirmative action: new book
https://www.thecollegefix.com/bulletin-board/how-black-americans-were-on-the-rise-before-affirmative-action-new-book/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Cuts Funds For ‘Divisive,’ ‘Woke’ Children’s Programing At PBS. Because my Missouri Synod Lutheran grade school teachers promoted reading, writing, and arithmetic instead of the Democrat Party platform, I was able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my high school class, and get accepted by UIC even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and my mother never attended high school.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-cuts-funds-for-divisive-woke-childrens-programing-at-pbs
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chief Diversity Officers Struggling Under New Rules and DEI Bans
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/chief-diversity-officers-struggling-under-new-rules-and-dei-bans/
MEGYN KELLY
— How the Trump Admin Is Finally Fighting Back Against Elite Universities and Illegal Discrimination
https://www.megynkelly.com/watch/how-the-trump-admin-is-finally-fighting-back-against-elite-universities-and-illegal-discrimination/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Richard Porter: Hyperbole, Lies, and Delusions
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/06/hyperbole_lies_and_delusions_152752.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Obama’s presidential library
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5286297-obama-foundation-trump-mockery-response/
— Democrat leaders say “The real ‘DEI hire’ was Clarence Thomas.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/5284388-clarence-thomas-dei-hire/
REUTERS
— Biden accuses Trump of appeasement of Russia
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-president-biden-accuses-trump-appeasement-russia-2025-05-07/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-05-06/800m-in-lgbtq-health-research-funding-nixed-by-trump-administration
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Tesla to destroy Musk to destroy Trump. What will Democrat leaders destroy next to destroy Trump? Anticipate/expect that the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Democrat leaders will do to destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. I share all of the aforesaid demographics with Trump. I should write about my critics/opponents and the many big adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 2015. 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.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tesla-s-europe-customers-continue-abandoning-brand-in-the-wake-of-musk-s-trump-ties/ar-AA1EhFvO
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Buttigieg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwB6aL_Ubc
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Canada against America
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-canada-s-pm-humiliated-trump-today-but-not-as-much-as-trump-humiliated-himself-239052357934
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Europe against America
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/business/tariffs-europe-boycott-american-goods.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America
https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china.html
— Democrat leaders promote Alcatraz tourists
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/alcatraz-trump-tourists.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly drive Trump’s approval rating down
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Trump Denies Posting Image of Himself as Pope
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/politics/trump-pope-photo-ai.html
— Environmentalists “Stunned” After 35 House Dems Vote Against California EV Mandate. How will my critics/opponents use against me my buying a new 2005 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV? Will they stress that it is not eligible for a federal rebate because it costs too much, that it weighs 6,000 pounds, and/or that it can do the quarter mile in 12.6 seconds at 135 MPH?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/climate/democrats-california-ban-electric-vehicles.html
— What do the schools that you graduated from think of you? I graduated from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. From what I see, the aforesaid schools have a very low opinion of me because I am conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/opinion/trump-universities-woke.html
— Democrat leaders want Democrat Presidents to have power but not Republican Presidents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/opinion/trump-obama-biden-presidency.html?searchResultPosition=1
WASHINGTON POST
— Canada’s new leader tries charm after tough talk on Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/06/trump-canada-carney/
— Supreme Court lets Trump ban transgender troops while case continues
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/06/transgender-troops-ban-supreme-court-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Canada against America
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/06/trump-presidency-news/
TWO PARAGRAPHS
— What did your coworkers do to advance? Extremely few if not virtually none of my Democrat coworkers in the federal government did what I did. I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office when I was 18-20, IRS 22-31, and GAO 31-49. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. To advance, my coworkers glorified and praised their superiors and supervisors, pandered to their superiors and supervisors, and served as operatives or dupes for their superiors and supervisors. They helped their superiors get rid of their Republican coworkers like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://2paragraphs.com/2025/05/trump-offers-obama-help-on-construction-site-i-could-recommend-professionals/
FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with the rest of the world against America
https://fortune.com/2025/05/06/trump-tariffs-exports-plummet-ports/
BUSINESS JOURNAL
— Trump’s DEI crackdown increasingly makes Democrat and RINO employers worried about lawsuits. Because Democrats have always controlled the courts, my Democrat superiors in the federal government were never concerned about lawsuits against them from their Republican employees. Actually, they welcomed such lawsuits against them, if not encouraged such lawsuits against them. You would see that if you would read the documents in Diersen v. GAO https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf According to them, in that lawsuit, the courts ruled that federal employers can use the following to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American: budget cuts, up-or-out, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. My Democrat superiors crow that they succeeded in destroying a Republican federal employee who had a) three job-related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license.
https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2025/05/07/trump-dei-littler-company-2025-lawsuits-ice.html
INDIAN EXPRESS
— What Caste were you born into? My critics/opponents have always painted me as being lower Caste. They stress a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) that my mother never attended high school, e) that I had to work my way through college, f) that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities, g) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, h) that I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years, i) that I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, and j) that I am Protestant and German American.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/caste-census-counting-caste-census-savarna-caste-census-2026-9987844/
May 6, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/trump-restrict-abortion-medication/
— Trump has threatened a 100% tariff on movies made outside the US.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/trump-tariffs-foreign-made-films/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joins 19 counterparts in trying to stop Trump election order. A Trump administration executive order issued in March demands states not count mail-in ballots received after Election Day and requires proof of citizenship to register to vote. The attorneys general argue that the power to regulate elections rests with Congress, the states.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2025/05/05/illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-opposes-trump-election-order
— Illinois, other states sue Trump administration for blocking wind energy development. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly sue Trump because of his spending cuts. To what extent are the following dependent on federal spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? To what extent are you, your neighbors, your friends, and your relatives dependent on federal spending?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/05/05/illinois-states-wind-energy-sue-trump-administration-executive-order
DAILY HERALD
— The mainstream news media is an arm of the Democrat Party. It glorified and praised Biden’s executive orders as much as it demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump’s executive orders.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250506/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-imbalance-of-power-policy-is-worthy-of-debate-and-subject-to-change-but-we-c/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Tariff impact on Chicago companies: $1B and counting
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/tariff-impact-chicago-companies-1-billion-and-counting
ABC7
— Pritzker wooing Canadian tourists to visit Illinois. Under Pritzker, Illinois is ever-increasingly more unfriendly 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://abc7chicago.com/post/governor-jb-pritzker-wooing-canadian-tourists-visit-illinois/16338163/
NBC5
— Trump’s Hollywood tariffs announcement is met with confusion and fear. Democrats control entertainment in America.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-hollywood-tariffs-confusion-fear/3738587/
— Why 21 empty school buildings are costing Chicagoans millions
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/nbc-5-investigates-why-21-empty-school-buildings-are-costing-chicagoans-millions/3738226/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlKnlXoMRys
STATELINE
— GOP lawmakers seek to ban Pride flags, stirring tensions with liberal cities. Bills in more than a dozen states would prohibit the flags at city halls, schools and state buildings.
https://stateline.org/2025/05/05/gop-lawmakers-seek-to-ban-pride-flags-stirring-tensions-with-liberal-cities/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-05/democrat-led-states-sue-trump-administration-over-dei
WIFR
— The more demographics that people have that vote for Republicans, the more that Pritzker discourages them a) from coming to Illinois and b) from staying in Illinois.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/05/05/illinois-tourism-officials-say-industry-is-trending-down-this-year/
WQAD
— State program helping Illinois students save thousands on grad school. Age discrimination is real, and especially for those who are White, male, and/or non-veteran. It is called up-or-out. I did not earn an MBA until I was 27. By then, it was too late. Why didn’t I earn an MBA sooner? My father died suddenly when I was a senior at NIU in 1969. My mother had never worked outside of the home. My brother was having troubles. I applied for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support them. I needed a job. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was a job that did not really require a college degree. I started taking graduate evening business courses, but only one at a time. Because of that, I did not earn an MBA from Loyola until I was 27. By then, it was too late. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31. By then, again, it was too late. It took me 4 years because again, I took only one graduate evening accounting course at a time. I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, again, it was too late. I did not earn a master’s degree in finance from IIT until I was 48. By then, again, it was too late. It took me 5 years because again, I took only one graduate evening finance course at a time. Why did I take only one graduate evening course at a time? Because that was all that I could afford in terms of time, attention, and money. Age discrimination is real, and especially for those who are White, male, and/or non-veteran. It is called up-or-out. I should write about that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zimLqEXF_XE
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-506/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois is an island on both gas taxes and school choice
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-is-an-island-on-both-gas-taxes-and-school-choice-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Illinois’ Great Exodus
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-great-exodus
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ‘Homeschool Act’ is about limiting school choice
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/homeschool-act-is-about-limiting-school-choice/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMAC
— Trump “Skinny Budget” Boosts Border Security, Armed Forces
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/trump-skinny-budget-boosts-border-security-armed-forces/
BREITBART
— Trump’s DOJ Pressuring Sanctuary Cities and States to Stop Blocking Immigration Enforcement
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/05/05/trumps-doj-appears-to-launch-anti-sanctuary-city-campaign/
— Trump on Self-Deportations: ‘Maybe Someday, with Little Work, They Can Come Back In
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/05/trump-on-self-deportations-maybe-someday-with-little-work-they-can-come-back-in/
— Trump Promises Illegals ‘Beautiful Flight’ Out of U.S. If They Self-Deport
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/05/trump-promises-illegals-beautiful-flight-out-u-s-if-they-self-deport/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Harvard rebrands DEI office as Office of Community and Campus Life
https://www.campusreform.org/article/harvard-rebrands-dei-office-office-community-campus-life/27898
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Makes Move To Super-Charge Deportations Using Local Cops. The agreements could prove to be a valuable force multiplier for the DHS, potentially enabling the agency to boost deportation numbers.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-trump-dhs-partners-with-100s-of-police-departments-to-supercharge-deportation-campaign
MRC TV
— ‘12 Reasons Why NPR And PBS Deserved To Be Defunded’
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/12-reasons-why-npr-and-pbs-deserved-be-defunded
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCITED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-hud-fair-housing-trump-lgbtq-turner-915634741f56f3d5ea265e316cd396bb
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation and for everything else that is bad. What do your critics/opponents blame you for? My critics/opponents blame me for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. 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 biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://apnews.com/article/cost-coalition-group-bipartisan-trump-harris-inflation-e9c8b000ff751458d49b3089672cb570
— Child care in the Capitol: As more women run for office, some are bringing their kids
https://www.shorelinemedia.net/ludington_daily_news/videos/child-care-in-the-capitol-as-more-women-run-for-office-some-are-bringing-their/video_d45f0797-5a3a-5920-8e21-34133f3759a6.html
MSNBC
— Massive ‘No Kings’ protest expected to rain on Donald Trump’s (military) parade. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Obama and against Biden?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vwhKYDuOsw
MSN
— Pence criticizes Trump’s tariffs, stance on Russia in CNN interview
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pence-criticizes-trump-s-tariffs-stance-on-russia-in-cnn-interview/ar-AA1Eey0m
— “Americans are going to see consequences”: Pence breaks with Trump on tariffs, deportations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/americans-are-going-to-see-consequences-pence-breaks-with-trump-on-tariffs-deportations/ar-AA1EdGea
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly sue Trump because of his spending cuts. To what extent are the following dependent on federal spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? To what extent are you, your neighbors, your friends, and your relatives dependent on federal spending?
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/us/unions-cities-nonprofits-sue-to-block-trump-workforce-cuts/ar-AA1DQyVF
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Battles Academia, but Especially the Ivy League. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless..
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/us/politics/trump-ivy-league.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in making foreign countries hate America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/business/tariffs-europe-boycott-american-goods.html?searchResultPosition=1
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/world/canada/global-elections-trump.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/05/05/connie-britton-the-motherhood-single-moms-hallmark/83324634007/
— Seriously delinquent student loan borrowers hit record high and climbing
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2025/05/05/delinquent-student-loans-credit-scores-collections-resume/83412433007/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Jockeying for a new pope already has started. Democrat leaders want a Pope who will promote the anti-Catholic Democrat Party platform.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/02/cardinals-jockey-for-pope-before-conclave/83355920007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Trump Administration Threatens Schools With Student-Loan Restrictions. Nearly 10 million borrowers could soon be in default, and the Education Department wants to hold schools responsible.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-administration-threatens-schools-with-student-loan-restrictions-864f244f
FED SMITH
— Total Federal Compensation 5% Higher Than Private Sector at All Education Levels But Lags at Higher Levels. Federal employees with a professional degree or doctorate earned 24 percent less, on average, than their private-sector counterparts. To demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as having been grossly overpaid, my critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2024/04/29/cbo-report-total-federal-employee-compensation-higher-than-private-sector/
https://www.fedsmith.com/2022/10/28/average-federal-employee-salaries-with-benefits/
THE NATION
— The Case for Meritocracy. How have your critics/opponents used meritocracy against you? My critics/opponents stress a) that my ACT score was only 24, b) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, c) that I got no scholarships, d) that it took me 4 years to earn an MBA and my GPA was not that great, e) that while I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, my scores on its four parts were not that great, f) that it took me 4 years to earn a master’s degree in accounting and my GPA was not that great, g) that while I became a licensed CPA, it was not until I was 32, h) that it took me 5 years to earn a master’s degree in finance and my GPA was not that great, i) that none of degrees were from Ivy League universities, j) that notwithstanding my degrees, certifications, and license, my superiors in the federal government took many big adverse actions against me, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, and k) my superiors in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, etc. took many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.nation.com.pk/06-May-2025/the-case-for-meritocracy
May 5, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— When does Illinois’ gas tax increase, and what decides how much it goes up?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/when-does-illinois-gas-tax-increase-and-what-decides-how-much-it-goes-up/3737450/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-takes-credit-for-good-parts-of-economy-blames-bad-parts-on-biden/3737382/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/protesters-hold-may-the-4th-resistance-event-in-daley-plaza/
— Trump says he’ll reopen Alcatraz, order 100% tariff on foreign movies
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trump-says-hell-reopen-alcatraz-order-100-tariff-on-foreign-movies/
— 3 dead, 6 hurt in Chicago weekend shootings
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-shootings-may-2-to-5/
CBS2 & CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders want due process, but only for past, present, and future Democrat voters. My Democrat GAO superiors denied me due process when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Democrat judges and justices denied me due process in Diersen v. GAO by granting GAO summary judgement, that is, by denying me my 7th Amendment rights.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trump-says-hes-unsure-whether-citizens-non-citizens-in-u-s-deserve-due-process/
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-in-a-new-interview-says-he-doesnt-know-if-he-backs-due-process-rights/article_d49d3224-ce57-59ad-9811-4c578803127c.html
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-04/during-tv-interview-president-trump-questions-due-process-rights-of-u-s-residents
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/walk-from-aurora-to-elgin-puts-focus-on-experience-of-immigrants/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “arts” to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/editorial-national-endowment-arts-grants-trump/
— Illinois is Uncle Sam’s piggy bank again. But Pritzker must follow the law.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/editorial-illinois-is-uncle-sams-piggy-bank-again-but-gov-jb-pritzker-must-follow-the-law/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their foreign students and b) promote more hatred against Jews.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/05/05/trump-pro-palestinian-activists-jailing-deporting-immigrants-chinese-asian-american-rick-baldoz
WAND TV
— Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz prison
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-says-he-will-reopen-alcatraz-prison/article_21657477-4cc7-588f-9e25-d9a7d9e2b4a0.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their judicial branch against Trump.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/america-s-long-history-of-checks-and-balances-is-being-tested-by-trump-like-rarely/article_2b84824d-f4b4-5579-b0a9-611436295987.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats run education in America. Under them, college students ever-increasingly take college courses a) that are not job-related and/or b) that depend on government spending. What were your majors? Mine were business (1966-1976), accounting (1976-1980), and finance (1992-1997). If I could do it over again, I would have majored in accounting first because I was able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-04/how-the-trump-administration-has-impacted-these-college-seniors-career-plans
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give more and more and more preference to their foreign students.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-04/trump-administration-confirms-targeting-international-students-with-minor-offenses
WIFR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/05/04/rockford-protesters-search-unified-message-against-trump-administration/
LOCAL 4 NEWS
— Pritzker ever-increasingly discourages those who are the following from visiting Illinois: 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.youtube.com/watch?v=94rgnLz9B84
EFFINGHAM RADIO
— To what extent are your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct dependent on foreign countries and on their citizens?
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2025/05/05/illinois-celebrates-world-trade-month/
CHICAGO MAROON
— College Republicans Reflect on Trump’s First 100 Days in Office. If I had been active in Republican politics, a) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, b) IRS would not have hired me in 1971, and c) GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://chicagomaroon.com/47308/news/ucdems-and-college-republicans-reflect-on-trumps-first-100-days-in-office/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning edition
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-505/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— The Real Scandal in Bally’s Chicago Deal: Exploiting Minorities While Pretending to Help
https://wirepoints.org/the-real-scandal-in-ballys-chicago-deal-exploiting-minorities-while-pretending-to-help-wirepoints/
— Illinois increasingly surrounded by school choice states. Gov. Abbott signs universal school choice into Texas law.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-increasingly-surrounded-by-school-choice-states-gov-abbott-signs-universal-school-choice-into-texas-law-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Libs of TikTok Pick Up Craig Wilcox Brandon Johnson Critique
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/04/libs-of-tiktok-pick-up-craig-wilcox-brandon-johnson-critique/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— The NYT bemoans that Trump has cut over $800 million in spending on LGBTQ+ health issues
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/05/the_nyt_bemoans_that_trump_has_cut_over_800_million_in_spending_on_lgbtq_health_issues.html
BLAZE
— Trump and Musk tag-team to deflate the woke power structure
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/trump-and-musk-tag-team-to-deflate-the-woke-power-structure
CAMPUS REFORM
— These colleges received $300M+ in donations for DEI
https://www.campusreform.org/article/colleges-received-300m-donations-dei-/27888
COLLEGE FIX
— Trump DOE investigates Chicago-area district over ‘privilege walks,’ racist lessons
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-doe-investigates-chicago-area-district-over-privilege-walks-racist-lessons/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Asylum Seekers Primarily Responsible for Large Spike in Homelessness
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/05/study-asylum-seekers-primarily-responsible-for-large-spike-in-homelessness/
FOX NEWS
— ICE leader scolds sanctuary cities resisting Trump’s deportation laws
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DUvGOyZNNRrA
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Americans are looking at these campuses, like Harvard, and saying, why are we paying for this?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/americans-are-looking-at-these-campuses-like-harvard-and-saying-why-are-we-paying-for-this/amp/
PJ MEDIA
— Dear Democrats, We the People Have Had Enough of Your Illegal Immigrants’ Violence
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2025/05/05/the-morning-briefing-dear-democrats-we-the-people-have-had-enough-of-your-illegal-immigrants-violence-n4939467
POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump admin slashes NIH research funding for LGBTQ health issues
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-admin-slashes-nih-research-funding-for-lgbtq-health-issues
TOWNHALL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get Whites to hate their own ancestors and to revile their accomplishments as being ill-gotten. This self-hatred has been the root of the modern decline of the West, and could very well ultimately lead to the end of Western civilization as we know it.
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2025/05/05/race-and-the-biggest-mass-psyop-in-human-history-n2656525
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump confirms he offered to send troops into Mexico, but says Sheinbaum ‘so scared of the cartels she can’t walk’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5282312-trump-tariffs-us-troops-mexico-sheinbaum-cartels/
ABC NEWS
— Trump threatens tariff on all movies produced abroad
https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates-trump-threatens-100-tariff/?id=121461146
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) fight deportation of their illegals and b) do not want sheriffs to work with ICE.
https://www.newsweek.com/sheriff-trump-admin-intimidating-police-ice-collaboration-2067799
— Which US Cities Canceled Cinco de Mayo Parades Amid Immigration Crackdown
https://www.newsweek.com/cinco-de-mayo-parades-canceled-immigration-chicago-2067809
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— A former bartender emerges as a Trump resistance leader. Are you in politics? If so, what did you do before that? I audited federal agencies 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. I collected delinquent taxes 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 earned a CPA license. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://apnews.com/article/pritzker-trump-ocasio-cortez-democrats-resistance-message-9d4f7868892629e34df7ea1e29dc0b34
MSN
— Lara Trump confronts Elon Musk over allegiance to her father-in-law, Donald. My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to coverup their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lara-trump-confronts-elon-musk-over-allegiance-to-her-father-in-law-donald/ar-AA1E7wHI
REUTERS
— Those who have benefitted the most from Biden’s giving them the most preference are consider moving to Europe.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fearful-trump-some-americans-look-make-life-europe-2025-05-04/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/health/trump-administration-slashes-research-into-lgbtq-health.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000010122048/how-trumps-cuts-are-stifling-lgbtq-health-research.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use “democracy” to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/05/trump-pro-democracy-global-cuts/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/05/transgender-hud-fair-housing-trump-lgbtq-turner/48a02a2e-2971-11f0-a724-3bc879c9f843_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trumps-wants-judges-who-will-skip-trials-before-deportation/2025/05/05/6143206b-cff5-4a71-b9b2-19b443d87464_video.html
— The U.S. welcomed Indian students. Under Trump, they fear for their future. U.S. colleges host more than 300,000 students from India. As the Trump administrations targets foreign students for deportation, many are rethinking their plans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/05/india-student-visas-revoked-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/05/pritzker-president-trump-resistance/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/05/american-democracy-under-trump/
USA TODAY
— Trump’s national parks proposal: Cut $1 billion, transfer many sites to states
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/04/trump-budget-proposal-cuts-to-parks/83428514007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discredit Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/04/trump-interview-abc-time-mental-decline/83391080007/
— Average Americans struggle with savings. Many continue to live paycheck to paycheck. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been grossly overpaid. In my defense, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) I earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/01/americans-one-crisis-away-from-homelessness/83388068007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat 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.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/05/03/conclave-smoke-signals-chimney-stoves/83429402007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/05/05/the-next-pope-odds-rise-parolin-tangle/83415163007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Is Harvard Complying With the Tax Code? Section 501(c)(3) bars campaigning and makes clear propaganda isn’t the same as education.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-harvard-complying-with-the-tax-code-exemption-political-educational-speech-b4a24ed4
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will cause a recession, and even worse things, to destroy Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/video/trump-says-hes-not-worried-about-a-recession/DB83B00E-5E69-42DE-A0DE-82A2D6898BB5
— The Politics of EVs Have Changed. Thirty-five Democrats joined the GOP to repeal California’s EV mandate. I recently bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV. What is your attitude toward EVs and toward those who buy them?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-politics-of-evs-has-changed-house-vote-california-waiver-1f951a68
— Democrat 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.wsj.com/opinion/the-world-needs-a-second-john-paul-ii-venezuela-cuba-nicaragua-human-rights-9f3c08a4
— Government Should Fund Religious Schools. The Establishment Clause was a barrier, but recent decisions have changed that. My parents had a lot less money because they a) sent a me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod and b) sent my brother to Trinity 1958-1961 and then to Hope 1962-1968. Because of that, I had to work my way through college 1966-1970.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/government-should-fund-religious-schools-f50922dc
— New AI tools give users insight on how skills in one field can transfer to a different one. When I was 31 years old in 1980, I transferred from IRS to GAO. My Democrat and IRS and GAO superiors outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically ignored, dismissed, and belittled the many skills that I had gained working for IRS for almost 9 years that would transfer directly to what I would do for GAO. In addition, they ignored, dismissed, and belittled a) my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) my passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and d) the fact that GAO audits IRS. They outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically used the aforesaid to force me to take $23,472/year pay cut to transfer. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/your-money-matters/not-sure-whats-next-for-your-career-ask-ai/2e83d12c-6538-4272-81c2-ec2362e39d16
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to get more votes from their five million student loan deadbeats.
https://www.businessinsider.com/five-years-student-debt-relief-suddenly-over-trump-default-collections-2025-5
BUZZFEED
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Constitution to destroy Republicans.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelabramwell/donald-trumps-comment-about-upholding-the-constitution
THE AGE
— ‘The reckoning is here’: Have the Democrats found a billionaire of their own (Pritzker) to take down Trump?
https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/when-you-see-a-danger-you-yell-top-democrat-unleashes-call-to-arms-against-trump-20250429-p5luxp.html
GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s attacks on the Democrat news media. I should write about those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have attacked me and attacked my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most. I would focus on those who 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 dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/05/patsy-widakuswara-voice-of-america-lawsuit-trump-administration-press-freedom