Tag: political

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders continue to use George Floyd to promote more hatred against Republicans and against police.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rev-al-sharpton-young-activist-reflect-social-justice-impacts-george-floyds-death-5-years-later/16520771/

CBS2
— Chicago Jewish leaders warn of dangerous trend, announce increased security measures after deadly D.C. shooting. Democrats run Chicago.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-jewish-leaders-washington-dc-shooting/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s budget cuts
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/05/24/health-social-services-cuts-israel-gaza-holocaust-trump-black-students-jim-gardiner-rahm-jan-6-sox

DAILY HERALD
— Dan and Ada Rice’s legacy lives on in revamped Danada House
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250523/news/its-a-castle-dan-and-ada-rices-legacy-lives-on-in-revamped-danada-house/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump is set to give the commencement address to West Point graduates
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-president-donald-trump-is-set-to-give-the-commencement-address-to-west-point-graduates/

WBEZ
— Under the Democrats, more and more and more will be on Medicaid
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/05/23/how-medicaid-cuts-from-congress-could-affect-every-cook-county-resident

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more and more and more interracial marriage
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/23/g-s1-68211/loving-day-virginia-interracial-marriage

CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout a) that Republicans cause Black crime and b) that police are racist.
https://mailchi.mp/chicagoreader/arrest-rates-drop-when-shooting-victims-are-black?e=c968c7978e

CHOOSE CHICAGO
— Choose Chicago Foundation Announces Largest-Ever Class of Scholarship Recipients. Did you get a scholarship? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes.
https://www.choosechicago.com/press-media/press-releases/choose-chicago-foundation-announces-largest-ever-class-of-scholarship-recipients/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— State GOP Chair Salvi applauds Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2025/05/23/state-gop-chair-salvi-applauds-trumps-big-beautiful-bill/

WIREPOINTS
— The Bloomington area is at the very bottom of the country for economic growth. Other Illinois metros are almost as bad.
https://wirepoints.org/the-bloomington-area-is-at-the-very-bottom-of-the-country-for-economic-growth-other-illinois-metros-are-almost-as-bad-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What did Biden do? Biden made it clear that the next Democrat President would use DEI get rid of non-Democrats once and for all, and especially non-Democrats who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. That is why Trump got elected. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— DEI forces Americans who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time to first see themselves as being members of the aforesaid groups instead of first seeing themselves as being Americans. Further, DEI forces those who are members of the aforesaid groups to see themselves as being victims of those who are not members of the aforesaid groups. I am not a member any of the aforesaid groups. The more of the aforesaid groups that my critics/opponents are, the more/bigger adverse actions that they have taken against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are members of the following groups that they are marginalized by those who are not members of the following groups, that is, that all their problems are caused by those who are not: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I am not a member any of the aforesaid groups. The more of the aforesaid groups that my critics/opponents are, the more/bigger adverse actions that they have taken against me.  – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, by definition, a) only Whites can be racist and b) only non-Whites can be victims of racism. Further, according to Democrat and RINO leaders, by definition, only men can be sexists, only older people can be ageist, and only heterosexuals, Protestants, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time can be bigoted. Further, according to Democrat and RINO leaders, by definition, a) those who are the aforesaid can never be the victims of discrimination and b) because I am all of the aforesaid, by definition, I have never been discriminated against. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) 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 and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. I should write about the aforesaid. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who do you know who is/was an internal auditor? When I was 32 years old in 1981, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination on my first attempt and I became a licensed CPA. Only about 20% of those who take the CIA examination pass it on their first attempt and very few, if not extremely few, CPAs become licensed CPAs. My Democrat GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled the aforesaid. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. I had worked for GAO for a year. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.  I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. Only about 20% of those who take the CPA examination pass it on their first attempt. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Auditees have always challenged internal auditors’ objectivity. I have always been a Republican. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. GAO audits IRS. The Democrats who ran IRS and GAO back then did not want Republicans to audit IRS. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS until early 1986. But then, in late 1988, they succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for the rest of my GAO career. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Supreme Court is deciding Trump’s Agency Firings.  In Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), federal courts ruled that the Democrats who ran GAO during the 1980s and 1990s could legally waste the careers of and force to retire their employees a) because they became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) because they complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination, and/or c) because they were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I was all of the aforesaid. Further, federal courts ruled that having three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license was no defense.

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Indiana to explore redrawing state line with Illinois despite opposition from Pritzker
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/23/indiana-explore-redrawing-state-line-illinois-despite-opposition-gov/
— OMB Director Russ Vought slams GAO for calling pause of funding EV charging program ‘illegal’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/23/omb-director-russ-vought-slams-gao-calling-pause-funding-ev-charging/

AMAC
— DEI: The Real Threat to American Unity. DEI forces Americans who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time to first see themselves as being members of the aforesaid groups instead of first seeing themselves as being Americans. Further, DEI forces those who are members of the aforesaid groups to see themselves as being victims of those who are not members of the aforesaid groups. I am not a member any of the aforesaid groups. The more of the aforesaid groups that my critics/opponents are, the more/bigger adverse actions that they have taken against me.
https://amac.us/better-for-america-podcast/unmasking-dei-dr-carol-swain-on-the-real-threat-to-american-unity/

BREITBART
— Noem Gives Fiery Response to Dismissal of Illegals’ Gitmo Lawsuit
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/05/23/suck-it-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-gives-fiery-response-to-dismissal-of-illegals-gitmo-lawsuit/
— Trump’s DHS Pressures Thousands of Illegal Aliens to Self-Deport with Billions in Fines
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/23/trump-pressures-thousands-of-illegals-to-self-deport-with-billions-in-fines/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Media Hypocrisy on Afrikaner Refugees
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/23/media-hypocrisy-afrikaner-refugees/
— Here’s How the SPLC Suggests ‘White Christian Supremacy’ Is Taking Over the Government
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/23/heres-how-splc-suggests-white-christian-supremacy-is-taking-over-government/

FOX NEWS
— Sen Mike Lee accuses Chicago mayor — who called Trump a ‘monster’ — of ‘bragging about’ violating the law. DOJ launches probe to examine whether Chicago is engaging in race-based discrimination. In Diersen v. GAO, GAO argued that it treated me the way that Congress wanted it to, that is, that it followed Affirmative Action law, that is, that it gave preference to its Democrat employees who were minority and/or female, that is, that it discriminated against its Republican employees who were White and/or male.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sen-mike-lee-accuses-chicago-mayor-who-called-trump-monster-bragging-about-violating-law

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Richard Porter: Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” Will Make Midterms Harder for Democrats
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/23/richard_porter_trumps_one_big_beautiful_bill_makes_midterms_harder_for_democrats.html

TOWNHALL
— From Hate Crime Hoax to Handshake Settlement — Jussie Smollett Walks Away
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/05/23/jussie-smolletts-to-pay-50000-to-settle-fake-hate-crime-lawsuit-n2657553

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Trump to address West Point graduates following DEI crackdown. The school removed diversity related curriculum after Trump order.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-address-west-point-graduates-dei-crackdown/story?id=122116685

CNN
— Trump’s IRS layoffs will lead to billions in lost tax revenue as agency sheds auditors. GAO audits IRS. Gingrich’s gutting of GAO instead of reforming it resulted in billions if not trillions of not only lost tax revenue, but trillions of dollars in fraud, waste, and abuse. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/21/politics/irs-staffing-cuts-revenue-loss-trump-dg
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/irs-doge-cuts-layoffs-31-percent-auditors-tax-revenue-impact/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/23/world/harvard-international-students-trump-intl

MSNBC
— White House eyes primaries for GOP members who opposed the Trump agenda megabill. The president seems less interested in persuading GOP members like Thomas Massie and Warren Davidson and more interested in threatening them. I should write about those who continue to punish me the most for my supporting Pat O’Malley in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary. They continue to blame me for Jim Ryan’s defeat in 2002. In my defense, I did everything that I could to help Jim Ryan win the general election.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gop-primaries-gop-republicans-house-2026-rcna208759

NEW YORK TIMES
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Immigrant arrests at courthouses signal new tactic in Trump’s deportation push. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been instructed to arrest people immediately after a judge has ordered them to be deported or after prosecutors move to drop their cases.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/05/23/immigration-court-arrests-ice-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/23/trump-harvard-international-students/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/23/harvard-international-students-trump/
— Judge extends order blocking Trump’s mass federal worker layoffs. A federal judge said the president needs to seek congressional cooperation for such widespread changes. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used my having been a federal employee for almost 30 years and my being a federal retiree for almost 28 years against me the most.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/23/federal-workers-trump-administration-layoffs-block-extended/

SACRAMENTO OBSERVER
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are members of the following groups that they are marginalized by those who are not members of the following groups, that is, that all their problems are caused by those who are not: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I am not a member any of the aforesaid groups. The more of the aforesaid groups that my critics/opponents are, the more/bigger adverse actions that they have taken against me.
https://sacobserver.com/2025/05/trump-administration-inequality-effects/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Supreme Court Showdown on Trump’s Agency Firings.  In Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), federal courts ruled that the Democrats who ran GAO during the 1980s and 1990s could legally waste the careers of and force to retire their employees a) because they became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) because they complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination, and/or c) because they were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I was all of the aforesaid. Further, federal courts ruled that having three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license was no defense.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/humphreys-executor-supreme-court-nlrb-mspb-gwynne-wilcox-cathy-harris-donald-trump-5f40818b
— Democrat leaders continue to use George Floyd to promote hatred against Republicans and against police.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/george-floyds-death-almost-consumed-america-in-revolution-fdb9d785
— Race, Hiring and Chicago’s Mayor. Brandon Johnson brags about diversity. The Justice Department launches an investigation. My Democrat superiors in the federal government bragged about their success in meeting/exceeding their Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, targets, and goals, that is, they bragged about their success in getting rid of their employees like me who were Republican, white, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/brandon-johnson-donald-trump-chicago-hiring-dei-investigation-harmeet-dhillon-7d38d7b5
— Woke Education Is Going Strong, Even in Middle America. Schools in Wauwatosa, Wis., embrace far-left fads from ‘gender identity’ to ‘restorative justice.’ Democrat teachers focus on cranking out good little Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/woke-education-is-going-strong-even-in-middle-america-schools-sexuality-gender-5d1ccd11

RECORD
— Trump to speak at West Point graduation
https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/local/2025/05/23/west-point-graduation-when-trump-will-speak-protests-planned/83770478007/

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD
— Democrat leaders use government to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/05/24/who-gains-from-the-promises-trump-keeps-letter/

REASON MAGAZINE
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, by definition, a) only Whites can be racist and b) only non-Whites can be victims of racism. Further, according to Democrat and RINO leaders, by definition, only men can be sexists, only older people can be ageist, and only heterosexuals, Protestants, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time can be bigoted. Further, according to Democrat and RINO leaders, by definition, a) those who are the aforesaid can never be the victims of discrimination and b) because I am all of the aforesaid, by definition, I have never been discriminated against. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. I should write about the aforesaid. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination.
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/05/18/bigotry-hypocrisy-and-trumps-admission-of-afrikaner-refugees/

AUTO NEWS
— Dodge says it’s eliminating Canada-made Charger Daytona R/T for 2026 because of tariffs. I just bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T. I am one of 1,266 who did during the first 3 months of this year. Please let me know if you share my interest in the car. I own a 2013 Charger R/T Max. I owned a 1968 Charger R/T show car 1994-2005. I owned a 1969 Charger SE 1968-1971.
https://www.autonews.com/stellantis/an-dodge-charger-daytona-rt-dropped-0519/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The electric Charger Daytona, which is made in Canada, began arriving at dealerships in January as a 2024 model in two varieties: the R/T and the higher-end Scat Pack. The 670-hp Scat Pack, which starts at $75,185 with shipping, will be the only electric Charger available as a 2026 model. Mopar Insiders first reported the decision to eliminate the R/T, which starts at $61,590 with shipping. “Production of the Dodge Charger Daytona R/T is postponed for the 2026 model year as we continue to assess the effects of U.S. tariff policies,” Dodge CEO Matt McAlear said in a statement. “The Charger’s flexible, multi-energy STLA Large platform allows us to focus on the Charger Daytona Scat Pack’s performance as the world’s quickest and most powerful muscle car, add the new four-door model to the Charger mix for the 2026 model year and lean into the new Charger SIXPACK models that will launch in the second half of the year.” Sign up to get our monthly Done Deals newsletter focused on the latest dealership transactions and insights into the buy-sell market. The Charger is produced at Windsor Assembly Plant in Ontario along with the Chrysler Pacifica and Voyager minivans for the U.S. market. It also builds the Pacifica and Grand Caravan for the Canadian market. The plant shut down for two weeks in April, just hours after President Donald Trump imposed 25 percent duties on vehicles imported to the U.S. The Daytona made up 65 percent of Charger sales in the U.S. in the first quarter with 1,947 deliveries. Stellantis is still selling off remaining ICE versions of the previous Charger model, which saw production in Brampton, Ont., end in 2023. The Daytona is available only as a coupe, but it will get a four-door variant this year. The gasoline-powered Sixpack models are slated to debut this year as well, in two-door and four-door configurations.)

JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY
— Internal pressures challenge internal auditors’ objectivity. I have always been a Republican. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. GAO audits IRS. The Democrats who ran IRS and GAO back then did not want Republicans to audit IRS. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS until early 1986. But then, in late 1988, they succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for the rest of my GAO career.
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/issues/2015/jun/internal-audit-objectivity/

PWC
— The evolving role of Internal Auditors. When I was 32 years old in 1981, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) examination on my first attempt and I became a licensed CPA. Only about 20% of those who take the CIA examination pass it on their first attempt and very few, if not extremely few, CPAs become licensed CPAs. My Democrat GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled the aforesaid. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. I had worked for GAO for a year. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.  I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. Only about 20% of those who take the CPA examination pass it on their first attempt. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976.
https://www.pwc.com/mt/en/publications/other/the-evolving-role-of-internal-auditors.html

GUARDIAN
— To get more and more and more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint White Republicans as being White supremacists.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/24/trump-threat-far-right-white-supremacist