August 9, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats cannot win unless they gerrymander. Most gerrymandering is done to create more minority districts. Look at Illinois 3rd Congressional District.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/09/texas-democrats-illinois-rainbow-push-hq-redistricting
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/09/illinois-texas-trump-pritzker-gerrymandering-alden-loury

DAILY HERALD
— ‘What more could the governor do?’: Illinois lawmakers doubt state’s districts could be more gerrymandered
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250809/illinois-state-politics/what-more-could-the-governor-do-illinois-lawmakers-doubt-states-districts-could-be-more-gerryma/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Illinois is one of the most gerrymandered states in the country,” said Republican state Rep. Martin McLaughlin of Barrington Hills. “What more could the governor do?” . . . Senate Republican Leader John Curran of Downers Grove accused Pritzker of “meddling in other states’ redistricting issues for national press coverage.” “He should be working to increase voter choice here in Illinois by calling for fair maps like he pledged when running for office,” Curran said. . . Illinois’ current congressional map was drawn to give Democrats an edge in nearly all of the state’s 17 districts, even though roughly 41% of the state’s voters supported Trump in the 2020 election and 44% of voters did so in 2024. Likewise, Trump carried 88 of Illinois’ 102 counties in 2020 and again in 2024. The gerrymandering is particularly obvious in the West and Northwest suburbs, where some districts curl through a dozen or more communities in multiple counties like ribbons in the wind. Curran said it’d be “impossible” to gerrymander the map more than it already has been. “Gerrymandering weakens our democracy and removes choice from voters,” Curran said. “It should be ended throughout the country — starting here in Illinois.”)

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Those who illegally bring children into America illegally should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-administration-asks-judge-to-end-policy-on-protections-for-immigrant-children-in-custody/article_7768a439-53c4-521e-be43-70ac6bcdfdd5.html

WAND TV
— IL Freedom Caucus members blame Pritzker, Biden for skyrocketing electric bills
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-freedom-caucus-members-blame-pritzker-biden-for-skyrocketing-electric-bills/article_e4faf09e-3abf-4bb5-b0c8-2960b0d49e9f.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Who are your enemies? They are those who have taken adverse actions against you. I should write about my enemies.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-08/justice-department-escalates-its-campaign-against-trumps-perceived-political-enemies

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois newsrooms receive $4 million from state through tax credits. My direct competitors are beyond furious that I have the time, money, experience, ability, and motivation needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out every morning free of charge and without any advertising or donation requests. I should write about my direct competitors who have their operatives and their dupes do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending the newsletters out and b) to stop everyone from reading them.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-newsrooms-receive-4-million-from-state/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Jil Tracy argues IL should honor TX warrants for absconding Dems
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_64210fc0-f2cb-4e62-a5c8-3916c15bf866.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The depraved success of Hamas propaganda
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3494721/depraved-success-hamas-propaganda/
— The census should ask about citizenship
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3494535/census-immigrants-citizenship-trump-house-apportionment-constitution/

NEW YORK POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Because Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot, it is fair to ask them if they use pot and if they say yes, how much, and if they say no, why not.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/09/us-news/trump-eyes-reclassifying-marijuana-as-less-dangerous-drug-report/
— Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic Socialists of America comrades push ‘abolition’ of traditional family
https://nypost.com/2025/08/09/us-news/dsa-leaders-tapping-into-mandanis-popularity-to-push-abolition-of-traditional-family/
— Why racial discrimination is so deeply institutionalized in US higher education
https://nypost.com/2025/08/09/opinion/why-racial-discrimination-is-so-deeply-institutionalized-in-us-higher-education/

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Personal Responsibility, Not Victimhood, Is the Path to Success. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/personal-responsibility-not-victimhood-is-the-path-to-success/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Canada’s prime minister tells Canadians to get their news from state-controlled media. Of course, my critics/opponents do not anyone to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/canada_s_prime_minister_tells_canadians_to_get_their_news_from_state_controlled_media.html

BREITBART
— Trump Quashes Joe Biden’s ‘Quiet Amnesty’ for Illegal Aliens as DHS Reopens Deportation Cases
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/09/trump-quashes-joe-bidens-quiet-amnesty-illegal-aliens-dhs-reopens-deportation-cases/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Yale grad credits success to conservative values. My parents and teachers promoted conservative values. That put me on track to earn a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/yale-grad-credits-success-to-conservative-values/10953

DAILY WIRE
— ‘America Is Not A Short-Term Thing’: Lawmakers Urge Young Republicans Take Up The Fight. Over a thousand young conservatives gathered in Nashville for the largest National Young Republican Convention in decades. If I had been involved in Republican politics when I was young, a) the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/america-is-not-a-short-term-thing-lawmakers-urge-young-republicans-take-up-the-fight

FEDERALIST
— Blue-State Governors Harbor Texas Fugitives To Help Democrats Get Control Of Congress
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/08/blue-state-governors-harbor-texas-fugitives-to-help-democrats-get-control-of-congress/

FOX NEWS
— Illinois gov JB Pritzker lambasted for new ‘disastrous policy’ requiring mental health screenings for kids
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-lambasted-new-disastrous-policy-requiring-mental-health-screenings-kids

NEWSMAX
— DEI Under Another Name Is Not Reform
https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/choice-discrimination-harvard/2025/08/09/id/1221864/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— America’s white majority is aging out. Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/4138228-americas-white-majority-is-aging-out/

ABC NEWS
— The easiest way to understand gerrymandering is through the lens of two basic techniques: cracking and packing. Cracking splits groups of disfavored voters among multiple districts. With their electoral strength divided, cracked groups struggle to elect their preferred candidates in any of the districts because they are too small a share of the electorate to be effective. Packing is the opposite of cracking. With packing, map drawers cram members of disfavored groups or parties into as few districts as possible. The packed groups are able to elect their preferred candidates by overwhelming margins, but their voting strength is weakened everywhere else. These techniques are not mutually exclusive — both may be deployed by map drawers to engineer a decided partisan advantage. Illinois 3rd Congressional District is an example Hispanic packing.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/closely-congressional-delegations-reflect-people-vote-124488387
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/militias-hate-groups-grow-response-minority-population-boom/story?id=16370136

CNN
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/23/politics/race-immigration-replacement-theory-demographics
https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/14/politics/kfile-steve-king-prediction

REUTERS
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/what-is-the-great-replacement-what-are-its-origins-2022-05-16/

NEW YORK TIMES
— To Tackle Poverty, We Need to Focus on Personal Responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/01/05/does-the-us-need-another-war-on-poverty/to-tackle-poverty-we-need-to-focus-on-personal-responsibility
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/30/opinion/letters/whites-replacement-theory.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/22/us/white-americans-minority-population.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/business/economy/trump-election-ethnic-diverse-whites.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/us/politics/capitol-riot-study.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/white-minority-population.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/world/asia/sri-lanka-populism-ethnic-tensions.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/22/nyregion/minorities-a-majority-in-new-york.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/16/white-americans-speak-against-great-replacement-theory/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/06/buffalo-shooting-replacement-theory-violence-whites-blacks-terrorism/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/census-minority-babies-are-now-majority-in-united-states/2012/05/16/gIQA1WY8UU_story.html

USA TODAY
— The key to success? Personal responsibility. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://www.today.com/parents/key-success-personal-responsibility-wbna6847246
— Trump accounts give newborns $1,000. It could transform generational wealth in US. I was born in 1948. Adjusted for inflation, $1,000 today was $70  in 1948.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/08/08/trump-accounts-kids-investment-economy/85547265007/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— EPA terminates federal union contracts, effective immediately. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, c) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/unions/2025/08/epa-terminates-federal-union-contracts-effective-immediately/

WASHINGTONIAN
— One my greatest regrets in life is my counting on civil service protections. I ever-increasingly came to realize that the more of the following that federal employees are, the fewer civil service protections that they have: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-union member, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonian.com/2025/08/06/displaced-federal-employees-have-legal-options-heres-what-to-know/

CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/white-supremacy-returned-mainstream-politics/

ATLANTIC
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/06/myth-majority-minority-america/619190/

PBS & NPR
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-is-great-replacement-theory-and-how-does-it-fuel-racist-violence
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/17/1099223012/how-the-replacement-theory-went-mainstream-on-the-political-right

OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY
— Two Americas, Redux. Are Red and Blue states even part of the same country anymore? Ever-increasingly, elected officials who represent me in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton are not Republican.
https://outsidethebeltway.com/two-americas-redux/

LAW 360
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/2374835

BROOKINGS
— The US will become ‘minority white’ in 2045, Census projects. Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-us-will-become-minority-white-in-2045-census-projects/

PEW RESEARCH
— Future immigration will change the face of America by 2065. Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2015/10/05/future-immigration-will-change-the-face-of-america-by-2065/
https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2020/09/23/the-changing-racial-and-ethnic-composition-of-the-u-s-electorate/
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2012/05/17/explaining-why-minority-births-now-outnumber-white-births/

FOREIGN POLICY
— Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/22/us-white-majority-minority-nation-demographic-change/

GUARDIAN
— Gen Z will be last generation with white majority in US. Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring minorities in from foreign countries.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/08/gen-z-americans-white-majority-study

August 9, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— ‘ICE Academy’ training materials for warrantless arrests challenged in Chicago court. I should write about the 6 months of training that IRS gave me in 1971 to be a GS-7 (currently $55,850/year) Revenue Officer. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=IRS+%22revenue+officer%22+training    Democrats run IRS and Democrats run GAO. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO In 1980 after working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/immigration-customs-enforcements-ice-academy-training-materials-warrantless-arrests-challenged-chicago-court/17476470/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While in the Chicago area Friday, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem touted her department is in the midst of a hiring surge, with more than 80,000 applications received in the past week. To meet the demand, Noem said training at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Academy that once took up to a year to complete could be hastened to a matter of weeks, if the applicant has the relevant training and experience. The ABC7 I-Team had a rare look at some of the ICE Academy training materials for new agents that immigrant rights advocates say is concerning and their lawyers argue is illegal.)
— Trump offers $50M for Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro arrest. The Trump administration accused Maduro of being one of the world’s largest narco-traffickers.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-offers-50m-venezuela-president-nicols-maduro-arrest-accuses-being-worlds-largest-narco-traffickers/17474129/

RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Because Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot, it is fair to ask them if they use pot and if they say yes, how much, and if they say no, why not.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/loan-applications-for-all-cannabis-social-equity-licensees-set-to-open-august-11th-85158.cfm

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who wants to be the next chairman of the Illinois Republican Party? Leading a political organization is a thankless job. I served as an officer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) 2003-2007 and as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly blamed ICRC and TAPROOT for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct suffered. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes not only end my aforesaid roles, they destroyed the aforesaid organizations. I should write about my critics/opponents. They demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being too conservative. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois. They have always been Democrat plants who have always done everything they could to destroy Republicans, and sooner or later, they will proudly proclaim that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASINGTON TIMES
— Trump hunts for colleges still using race in student selection. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But because of my bad demographics, I doubt that they would admit me today.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/8/trump-orders-colleges-prove-ended-race-based-admissions/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Indiana goes all-in to help ICE arrest, detain, and deport illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3495104/indiana-helps-ice-deport-illegal-immigrants-speedway-slammer/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Great Gerrymandering War Of 2025
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/the_great_gerrymandering_war_of_2025.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Adam Schiff says quiet part out loud about Dems needing illegals to win. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/08/adam-schiff-says-quiet-part-out-loud-about-dems-needing-illegals-to-win-1574766/

BREITBART
— Catholic Bishops Compare ICE Deportations to Nazis and Slave Catchers. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success invading, infiltrating, infesting, and conquering religion.
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2025/08/08/catholic-bishops-compare-ice-deportations-to-nazis-and-slave-catchers/
— Andrew Cuomo Calls on Socialist Zohran Mamdani to ‘Move Out’ of His Rent Stabilized Apartment. The only rent that I have ever paid was while I was a student at NIU 1969-1970.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/08/andrew-cuomo-calls-on-socialist-zohran-mamdani-to-move-out-of-his-rent-stabilized-apartment/

COLLEGE FIX
— Trump orders more oversight of federal grants after funds went to drag shows, DEI
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-orders-more-oversight-of-federal-grants-after-funds-went-to-drag-shows-dei/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— There Are 50 Million Illegal Aliens in the USA. We Can and Must Deport Them All. Here Are the Top 10 Ways for President Trump To Make It Happen Efficiently and Quickly.
https://www.creators.com/read/wayne-allyn-root/08/25/there-are-50-million-illegal-aliens-in-the-usa-we-can-and-must-deport-them-all-here-are-the-top-10-ways-for-president-trump-to-make-it-happen-efficiently-and-quickly

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Moves To Keep Leftists From Pilfering Tax Dollars For Radical Agendas
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/08/trump-move-liberals-left-pilfering-tax-dollars-radical-agendas/

DAILY SIGNAL
— DEI Will Implode. Here’s Why. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used DEI the most to destroy me. I would focus on a) my Democrat superiors in the federal government and b) past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party; Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, pollsters, fundraisers, major donors, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers;  conservative leaders; and religious leaders. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/08/how-trump-broke-the-dei-machine/
— The DEI Scam is Falling Apart, and Trump Broke It.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lh2dQrU1kA

FEDERALIST
— Education Dept. Demands Receipts From Universities That Do Affirmative Action Under The Table. Democrats and RINOs have always crowed about their giving preference to those who are Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/08/education-dept-demands-receipts-from-universities-that-do-affirmative-action-under-the-table/
— Trump Order Targets Self-Appointed ‘Experts’ Funneling Tax Dollars To Leftist Pet Projects
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/08/trump-order-targets-self-appointed-experts-funneling-tax-dollars-to-leftist-pet-projects/

ICE
— ICE Houston arrests more than 350 gang members in past 6 months who illegally entered US over 1,400 times, been convicted of nearly 1,700 criminal offenses. Among those arrested were convicted murderers, child predators, thieves, and arsonists and an alien who illegally entered the US 40 times.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-houston-arrests-more-350-gang-members-past-6-months-who-illegally-entered-us-over

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— To promote wokeness is to promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/can-wokeness-be-defeated/amp/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Gerrymandering Wars Have Begun. Threats have been exchanged, and now we wait until someone pulls the trigger.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/08/begun-the-gerrymandering-wars-have/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Pot pushers ever-increasingly push Trump to push pot. The more pot that you use, the less that you accomplish in life. If I had used pot, I would not have been able a) to earn a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) to earn six professional certifications, or c) to earn a professional license. If I had used pot, a) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, b) Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970, c) IRS would not have hired me in 1971 or promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, and d) GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986. If I had used pot, would not have been able to get married in 1978.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/trump-marijuana-reclassify-dea

NEWSWEEK
— Redistricting Wars: Map Shows How Many Seats Could Change Before Midterms
https://www.newsweek.com/redistricting-map-midterm-election-2026-gerrymandering-republicans-democrats-states-2110170

MSN
— ‘Worrying time for Irish in US’ as Trump makes good on illegals promise
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/worrying-time-for-irish-in-us-as-trump-makes-good-on-illegals-promise/ar-AA1Jq43p

MSNBC
— Why the Air Force is denying early retirement for longtime transgender service members. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to not come to work.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/air-force-denying-early-retirement-longtime-transgender-service-member-rcna223839

NBC NEWS
— Air Force revokes approved retirement for trans service members. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to not come to work.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/air-force-revokes-approved-retirement-trans-service-members-complete-u-rcna223876

NEW YORK TIMES
— Air Force Denies Early Retirement for Transgender Men and Women. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to not come to work.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/politics/air-force-transgender-service-members-early-retirement.html
— More Turmoil at I.R.S. as Trump Ends Chief’s Short Tenure. Democrats run IRS. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, they were ever-increasingly angry against Nixon and Ford. They took their ever-increasing anger against Nixon and Ford out against me, one of their very few Republican employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/politics/trump-billy-long-irs-commissioner.html
— Mexico ever-increasingly makes it clear that it is anti-American. Will Mexico side with America’s enemies in WWIII?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/world/americas/mexico-trump-military-cartels.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration weighs military actions against drug cartels
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/08/trump-mexico-pentagon-drug-cartels/

NEW YORK SUN
— Trump’s New Census Could Spell Trouble for Democrats, Like Ocasio-Cortez and Jeffries, in Districts With Many Non-Citizens. The number of blue state members of Congress is swelled by the constitutional requirement that the decennial census include an ‘actual enumeration’ of the population. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army. During their First Civil War, Democrats failed to get foreign countries to join them. But Democrats are succeeding during their Second Civil War.
https://www.nysun.com/article/trumps-new-census-could-spell-trouble-for-democrats-like-ocasio-cortez-and-jeffries-in-districts-with-many-non-citizens
— Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Collapses Under Weight of Its Own Paradoxes, Even Before President Trump’s Order Banning It. Half of all Americans no longer approve of racial and gender preferences. My critics/opponents have always promoted race and gender based preference giving. I should write about my critics/opponents and the reasons why they promote race and gender based preference giving.
https://www.nysun.com/article/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-collapses-under-weight-of-its-own-paradoxes-even-before-president-trumps-order-banning-it

USA TODAY
— From Bibles to prayer groups: What Trump’s new religion memo for federal workers means. The memo provides guidance on religious expression for federal workers. Backers say it mirrors Clinton-era policies. But to others, the overtly Christian language raises First Amendment concerns. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually none of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Protestant and none that knew of were Missouri Synod Lutheran like me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/07/trump-religion-federal-employees/85516547007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Is Right on ‘Debanking’  Regulators have abused their power to cut off political opponents. What does your bank think of those who share your demographics?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-debanking-executive-order-bank-examiners-biden-obama-operation-choke-point-8396e49d
— How the West Was Really Won. If I had ever ran for a government office, my opponent would have used against me that all my ancestors immigrated from what is now German during the 1840s and 1850s, that on my father’s side they homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete township, and that on my mother’s side, they sharecropped 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-undiscovered-country-review-into-the-west-13866720
— Trump Takes a Destructive Turn Against India. He has a point about New Delhi’s relationship with Russia, but 50% tariffs are a counterproductive policy. https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-takes-a-destructive-turn-against-india-tariffs-d77a2a79
— Living in Zohran Mamdani’s America. How did socialism rise from the dead, and what can freedom-loving Americans do about it? Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. According to Democrat leaders, you cannot survive in America, let alone succeed in America, without massive government assistance, and especially if you are a minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if your ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/living-in-zohran-mamdanis-america-44ea8b90
— Gerrymandering Is Deepening America’s Political Divide. Less than 20% of Americans live in a state where the minority party has a meaningful voice in governance. In Illinois, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less voice that you have in governance: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly I have no voice in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/us-gerrymandering-political-divide-a2a83a28

ATLANTIC
— Democrats cannot win without massive gerrymandering.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/lawlessness-fbi-against-texas-democrats/683804/

BRITANNICA
— American Civil War – Emancipation, Slavery, Union. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in their Democrat Army. During their First Civil War, Democrats failed to get foreign countries to join them. But Democrats are succeeding during their Second Civil War.
https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War/The-Emancipation-Proclamation

GOOGLE AI
— Peers play a significant role in an individual’s life, influencing success, happiness, and overall well-being. I should write about the impact that my childhood peers had on me. I would focus on my childhood friends and classmates. Further, because one could argue that the most relevant criteria to use to measure one’s success in life is the success of one’s peers, I would focus on the successes that my childhood peers have had.
https://www.google.com/search?q=peers+success+life
— Living on one paycheck. Since I got married when I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have always been furious that my wife and I have always lived on just one of our paychecks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who are not married, b) whose spouse has little or no income, and/or c) who decry the tremendous amount of time and money needed to raise children. Initially, my wife and I lived on just one of our paychecks because we intended to have children. But because we gave up trying to have children because of our fertility problems, we then lived on just one of our paychecks to save more for our retirement.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22living+on+one+paycheck%22

August 6, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Words matter when you’re elected to represent America, Congresswoman Ramirez
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-words-matter-elected-represent-100000284.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL When a member of Congress publicly declares allegiance to another country over the United States, it’s bound to raise eyebrows — and for good reason. That’s what happened when U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez, speaking at an event in Mexico City, said: “I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.” Ramirez, whose district stretches from DuPage County to Chicago’s Northwest Side, has since attempted to clarify her intent, saying on X that “honoring my Guatemalan ancestry only strengthens my commitment to America.”)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/texas-california-trump/
— Dangerous car crashes are being perpetuated by cannabis.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/06/column-car-crash-weed-new-buffalo-michigan-washington/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Hamas.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/06/opinion-israel-gaza-palestinians-jewish-harm/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. JB Pritzker riffs on his wealth and staying out of prison in Stephen Colbert appearance. Stephen Colbert told Pritzker he’d be the first Democratic governor in Illinois to finish two terms by next January, because “a lot of them end up in the hoosegow.” Pritzker said, “It’s extraordinary to stay out of prison.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/08/06/gov-jb-pritzker-stephen-colbert-late-show
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2025/07/28/chicago-queen-utica-drag-race-alum-project-runway-ethan-mundt

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250806/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-political-power-plays-as-texas-redistricting-farce-unfolds-in-the-suburbs-we/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1686131
— Trump threatens to take federal control of DC
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-threatens-federal-control-dc-edward-coristine-attacked
— Trump targets visa overstays with $15,000 bond policy. The buyer of my Iron Gate Motor Condo forced me to put $10,000 in escrow to give me up to 5 days to get my vehicles out after closing.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1686211
—  The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed the Clintons for testimony regarding Epstein
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/comer-subpoenas-clintons-trumps-doj-house-oversights-epstein-probe

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/05/texas-democrats-continue-hold-out-illinois-amid-redistricting-fight-we-are-standing

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/08/05/rapid-response-team-helps-families-find-trans-health-care-in-illinois

WMBQ
— Republican eyes run for state’s top office. Ted Dabrowski is strongly considering a run for governor.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-eyes-run-for-state-s-top-office/vi-AA1JTio3

IPM NWSROOM
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/gov-pritzker-says-illinois-remap-is-possible-as-dnc-chair-vows-to-fight-texas-gop-efforts-tooth-and-nail/

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Pritzker says redistricting Illinois could happen if Texas continues push. How fast could Pritzker redistrict Illinois so that no Republican will ever be elected to Congress in Illinois ever again? Republican Trump got 44% of the vote in Illinois in 2024.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/05/texas-illinois-pritzker-redistricting-abbott-democrats-republicans-trump

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, who oversees the suburban areas where the Texans have been holing up, said he’s fielded calls nonstop from the public wanting to know why he hasn’t arrested the Texas visitors. “I tell them it’s because this is a civil case. They aren’t criminals,” Mendrick, a Republican running for governor of Illinois, told your Playbook host. “People hear the rhetoric and that’s when the calls come in.” We wonder if one of those calls came from the Illinois Freedom Caucus, which issued a statement Tuesday calling for Pritzker “to focus on Illinois instead of harboring Texas fugitives.” . . . With Richard Porter deciding not to run for U.S. Senate, watch for former GOP Chair Don Tracy to jump in. He’s also considered a run for governor. We’ll surely find out by next week when Republicans gather for the annual Republicans Day rally at the Fair on Aug. 14. Republican Ted Dabrowski continues to talk like a governor candidate.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-562/
— A Naperville woman has accused DuPage County GOP Chair Kevin Coyne of alleged bullying and sexual harassment
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/06/isabel%E2%80%99s-morning-briefing-562/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County GOP chairman Kevin Coyne: ‘No state has done more to make a mockery of the map drawing process’ than Illinois
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/674224333-dupage-county-gop-chairman-no-state-has-done-more-to-make-a-mockery-of-the-map-drawing-process-than-illinois

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ramirez is my U.S. Representative because Illinois Democrat leaders gerrymandered a congressional district to elect her. Ramirez represents only those who share her demographics: anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, minority, female, younger, non-Methodist, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois hosting Texas Dems worried about gerrymandering? What hypocrisy.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-hosting-texas-dems-worried-about-gerrymandering-what-hypocrisy-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
— There simply aren’t enough new, good jobs in Illinois
https://wirepoints.org/there-simply-arent-enough-new-good-jobs-in-illinois-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Texas Republicans give Democrats until Friday to return to the Legislature or lose their seats
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/5/texas-republicans-give-democrats-three-days-return-legislature-lose/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Beto O’Rourke’s PAC Funded Texas Dems’ Private Jet to Illinois. O’Rourke, who has lost campaigns for governor, president, and Senate, helped finance a similar walkout in 2021.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/now-we-know-beto-orourkes-pac-funded-texas-dems-private-jet-to-illinois/

NEW YORK POST
— Key Trump national security roles left vacant due to Dem obstruction — leaving US vulnerable to threats
https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/us-news/key-trump-national-security-roles-left-vacant-due-to-dem-obstruction-leaving-us-vulnerable-to-threats/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Ramirez declares her loyalty to Guatemala first at a Mexican leftist gathering
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/rep_delia_ramirez_calls_herself_a_proud_guatemalan_first_at_mexican_leftist_gathering.html

BREITBART
— Dem TX Rep Says Illinois’ Gerrymandering Is Different Because It’s Legal
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/04/dem-tx-rep-illinois-gerrymandering-is-different-because-its-legal/
— Trump says “We Want to Take Care of Our American Workers.” But what about Americans who ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take bad jobs like I did? I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped more gasoline, collected delinquent federal taxes, and audited federal agencies. My critics/opponent ever-increasingly make it clear that they would never have stooped to take the jobs that I took. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/05/trump-olympics-eo-signing-dropoff-foreign-born-workers/
— Trump Deputies Declare Crackdown on Migrant Marriage Fraud
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/05/trump-deputies-declare-crackdown-on-migrant-marriage-fraud/

DAILY CALLER
— Anchor Baby Congresswoman Ramirez Admits To Treason
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/05/rooke-anchor-baby-congresswoman-treason-daca-dreamer-delia-ramirez-illegal-immigration-mexico-city-summit/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Noem Announces ‘Speedway Slammer’ Illegal-Alien Detention Center in Indiana
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/05/noem-announces-speedway-slammer-illegal-alien-detention-center-indiana/

FEDERALIST
— 41 Planned Parenthood Facilities And Counting Set To Close As Trump Defunds Abortion Giant
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/05/41-planned-parenthood-facilities-and-counting-set-to-close-as-trump-defunds-abortion-giant/

FOX NEWS
— Social media erupts after Ramirez makes ‘shocking’ comment about America during overseas trip. Ramirez defended her comment in a statement.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/social-media-erupts-after-house-dem-makes-shocking-comment-about-america-overseas-trip
— Ramirez doubles down amid firestorm of criticism over Guatemalan loyalty: ‘I am both Chapina and American’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-doubles-down-amid-firestorm-criticism-guatemalan-loyalty-both-chapina-american
https://www.aol.com/dem-doubles-down-amid-firestorm-101618605.html

LEGAL INSURRECTON
— Ramirez Doubles Down on ‘Proud Guatemalan Before I’m an American’ Comments. Ramirez also described America as a country out of the freaking 1500s, accusing it of prioritizing ‘imperialism, militarization, conquest, control, competition in its attempt at domination.’
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/house-democrat-doubles-down-on-proud-guatemalan-before-im-an-american-comments/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Ramirez says she is proudly Guatemalan
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/congresswoman-delia-ramirez-forfeited-her-guatemalan-ness/

NEWSMAX
— Ramirez Draws Ire Over Guatemala Pride Comment
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/delia-ramirez-guatemala-immigration/2025/08/05/id/1221309/

PJ MEDIA
— Canadian Wokies Can Choose Only Male or Female on U.S. Travel Cards
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/08/05/canadian-wokies-can-choose-only-male-or-female-to-enter-us-n4942426

POST MILLENNIAL
— Columbia, Brown universities to disclose affirmative action admissions data in Trump deal. Data will be broken down by “race, color, grade point average and performance on standardized tests.” All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://thepostmillennial.com/columbia-brown-universities-to-disclose-affirmative-action-admissions-data-in-trump-deal

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Ramirez Tries to Play Victim After Admitting Her First Allegiance Lies with a Foreign Country
https://www.westernjournal.com/democratic-rep-tries-play-victim-admitting-first-allegiance-lies-foreign-country/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— MAGA Calls for Ramirez To Be Deported Over Guatemala Comments
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-deport-democratic-representative-delia-ramirez-guatemala-2108921

CNN
— Trump reignites threat to take over DC
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/politics/trump-federal-take-over-dc-doge-coristine-assault
— 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 wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money. They had their operatives and their dupes a) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024 and b) end my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. They have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I should write about them.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/politics/video/laura-loomer-hunt-for-disloyalty-trump-vrtc

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump threatens federal takeover of DC
https://apnews.com/article/washington-dc-crime-assault-doge-05aaaeb09d106ca1af673b46e89d60e1
— Trump: FBI ‘may have to’ help bring Texas Democrats back to the state
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx_Bfsvs_Zg

REUTERS
— Trump suggests Vance is his likely heir apparent in 2028
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-suggests-vance-is-his-likely-heir-apparent-2028-2025-08-06/
— Trump urges Texas Republicans to redraw map for partisan gain. Democratic governors threaten retaliation in other states. Mid-decade redistricting could shift power balance in Congress.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-led-texas-redistricting-gambit-ignites-national-arms-race-control-congress-2025-08-05/
— White House to target banks as Trump claims discrimination
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-target-banks-trump-claims-discrimination-2025-08-05/

MSN
— Democrat leaders side with Ramirez against America
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/who-is-delia-ramirez-illinois-democrat-congresswoman-who-said-she-is-a-guatemalan-before-an-american/ar-AA1JUoe6
— Trump Gets Sharp Response After Saying He’ll Let Deported Farm Workers Back Into US, ‘They’re Very Very Special People.” I never did farm work. But I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped more gasoline, collected delinquent federal taxes, and audited federal agencies.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-gets-sharp-response-after-saying-hell-let-deported-farm-workers-back-into-us-theyre-very-very-special-people/ar-AA1JXxih?ocid=TobArticle

MSNBC
— Reporter explains: How the WH press corps has changed in Trump 2.0. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used Jeff Gannon  (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Gannon ) against me the most.
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/reporter-explains-how-the-wh-press-corps-has-changed-in-trump-2-0-244401733992

AOL
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/trump-dismantling-eeoc-civil-rights-224211238.html

NBC NEWS
— Trump threatens federal control of D.C.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-threatens-federal-control-dc-attack-doge-staffer-coristine-rcna223293

CBS NEWS
— Trump floats federal takeover of D.C.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-doge-staffer-edward-coristine-injured-in-attempted-carjacking-trump-federal-takeover-of-d-c/

WASHINGTON POST
— Abbott sues to remove Democratic leader amid election map fight. Abbott filed his lawsuit as other top Republicans raised the prospect of intensifying law enforcement actions against Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/05/texas-democrats-redistricting-maps-abbott-trump/
— Trump says Republicans are ‘entitled’ to 5 more seats in Texas redistricting
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/05/trump-presidency-news/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote foreign students over American students.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/06/international-students-visas-trump-uk-dubai/95f94f06-727a-11f0-84e0-485bb531abeb_story.html
— Trump threatens federal takeover of Washington D.C. Musk also says D.C. should be taken over.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/05/trump-doge-worker-washington-dc-crime/

USA TODAY
— Trump says FBI ‘may have to’ force Democratic lawmakers back to Texas
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/05/donald-trump-fbi-texas-democratic-lawmakers-arrest-redistricting/85531774007/
— Democrats have devolved into a clown show. No wonder polls show voters prefer GOP.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/04/trump-vance-republicans-democrats-harris-future/85462114007/
— MAGA’s next leader? Trump says Vance is ‘most likely’ to lead in 2028
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/05/donald-trump-jd-vance-2028-presidential-election-maga/85533490007/
— Trump says 2028 Olympic athletes will be tested to prevent transgender competitors
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/05/donald-trump-2028-olympics-los-angeles-transgender-testing/85531661007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/05/texas-gop-trump-pritzker-redistricting-cheating-democracy/85523447007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Democratic Protectorate of Illinois. Few do partisan gerrymanders better than Springfield liberals.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/illinois-democrats-gerrymandering-texas-lawmakers-j-b-pritzker-9720b2be?mod=opinion_lead_pos3
— Pritzker on Possible Illinois Remap: ‘Everything Is On the Table’  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.wsj.com/video/gov-pritzker-on-possible-illinois-remap-everything-is-on-the-table/40EE39FA-CD6A-465E-87DA-5FE881E42316
— Kill Jews, Get Your Own State. A Hamas leader says new global recognition for Palestinian statehood is a reward for the Oct. 7 massacre.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ghazi-hamad-hamas-palestinian-state-israel-2290c711
— Racial Gerrymanders in the Dock. The Supreme Court will hear what could be a voting rights landmark.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/racial-gerrymanders-in-the-dock-31f93146

FORBES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly defend their gerrymandering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ocgpu2b1xQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSCTzZy_HoM

BUSINESS INSIDER
— China’s ‘social credit’ system ranks citizens and punishes them with throttled internet speeds and flight bans if the Communist Party deems them untrustworthy. According to my critics/opponents, I am untrustworthy. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-social-credit-system-punishments-and-rewards-explained-2018-4

NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrat leaders side with Ramirez against America
https://newrepublic.com/post/198824/dhs-attacks-democratic-lawmaker-delia-ramirez-spanish

AXIOS
—  Democrat leaders say that the debate over who can farm America’s land has been historically linked to racism, xenophobia and, oftentimes, exploitation of farmers of color. I was the dishwasher for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I was the only White male who washed dishes for the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights. My critics/opponents have always used that against me big time. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my dishwashing proves that I am an unmitigated loser and/or that I took a job that should have been given to Black women.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/05/trump-farmland-workers-racial-stereotypes

August 5, 2025 Evening Edition

According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.” Can/will Pritzker further gerrymander Illinois so that no congressional district in Illinois is Republican?

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket. Can/will Pritzker further gerrymander Illinois so that no congressional districts in Illinois are Republican?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/democrats-vow-whatever-it-takes-redistricting-battle/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker says Illinois remap is possible as DNC chair vows to fight Texas GOP efforts ‘tooth and nail.’  Democrats in New York, California and Illinois are threatening to redraw their own maps in retaliation to Republican redistricting efforts in Texas.  Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket. Can/will Pritzker further gerrymander Illinois so that no congressional district in Illinois is Republican?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/08/05/jb-pritzker-illinois-remap-texas-democrats-greg-abbott
— Chicago Abortion Fund to receive $2 million grant from Cook County. The grant aims to lower barriers to abortion access and provide wraparound services like childcare, transportation and lodging.  Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2025/08/05/chicago-abortion-fund-to-receive-2-million-grant-from-cook-county
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/08/04/chicago-immigration-judges-fired-trump-white-house-dick-durbin

DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker says redistricting in Illinois a possibility if Texas goes ahead with remap. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket. Can/will Pritzker further gerrymander Illinois so that no congressional districts in Illinois are Republican?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250805/news/pritzker-says-mid-term-redistricting-in-illinois-a-possibility-if-texas-goes-ahead-with-remap/

ABC7
— Pritzker, DNC chair praise Texas Dems in Illinois as Gov. Abbott calls for their arrest. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-remain-illinois-halt-gop-redistricting-governor-greg-abbott-orders-arrest/17438511/

NBC5
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/what-is-gerrymandering-what-do-illinois-congressional-districts-look-like-what-to-know/3804655/
— Texas redistricting fight leads some to question Illinois’ maps. As Illinois Democrats support Texas lawmakers leaving the state, some Republicans are questioning the Land of Lincoln’s maps. Charlie Wojciechowski explains why.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/video-texas-redistricting-fight-leads-some-to-question-illinois-maps/3805146/

CBS2
— Attorney General Kwame Raoul warns Texas politicians that police can’t just come to Illinois to arrest Democrats. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kwame-raoul-warns-texas-democrats-illinois-arrest/

WGN9
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/are-illinois-democrats-guilty-of-hypocrisy-in-texas-map-battle/

WGN RADIO
— DuPage County to open new crisis center for mental health and substance use care
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/dupage-county-to-open-new-crisis-center-for-mental-health-and-substance-use-care/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker calls Trump a ‘cheater’ as he rallies with Texas Democrats. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/08/05/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-rallies-with-texas-democrats-in-chicago/85523370007/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The VA wants to end coverage of abortion for US military veterans
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-trump-administration-wants-to-end-abortion-coverage-through-veterans-affairs/

ILLINOIS PATCH
—  The Department of Justice has named Chicago, Cook County and the state of Illinois among a list of sanctuary jurisdictions that have “policies, laws, or regulations that impede enforcement of federal immigration laws.”
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/il-named-sanctuary-jurisduction-doj

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-355/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CHICAGO CONTRAIRIAN
— Johnson Doubles Down on Chicago’s Financial Death Spiral
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/johnson-chicago-financial-death-spiral

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Squad’ member Rep. Delia Ramirez puts America second at gathering in Mexico City. Illinois native’s GOP colleague calls for her deportation.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/5/squad-member-rep-delia-ramirez-puts-america-second-leftist-gathering/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Delia Ramirez took the stage at a leftist conference in Mexico City over the weekend and declared that she was more proud of her Guatemalan heritage than her American citizenship. The Illinois Democrat, who attended the Panamerican Congress with fellow members of the House’s left-wing “Squad,” told the crowd in Spanish that she was “a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.” In the U.S., her remarks were met with questions about her allegiance to the voters who elected her and calls for her to be deported. “These Democrats’ comments are despicable and underscore their commitment to putting Americans last,” White House spokesperson Liz Huston said in a statement. “In stark contrast, President Trump is working tirelessly to secure peace deals, deport illegal alien criminals and advance America’s interests at home and abroad.” Ms. Ramirez has seldom been in the political spotlight. She has described herself as the “daughter of working-class Guatemalan immigrants.” She also has boasted that she is the only lawmaker in Congress “in a mixed-status family.” Her husband, Boris, is a Dreamer, or someone brought to the U.S. illegally as a child. Other House Democrats attending the Panamerican Congress, a gathering of leftist politicians from throughout the Americas, included Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania and Jesus G. Garcia of Illinois. The Panamerican Congress concluded with pronouncements condemning the U.S. persecution of migrants and Israel’s aggression in the Gaza Strip. Ms. Ramirez’s speech garnered the most attention in the U.S. Rep. Andrew Ogles, Tennessee Republican, wrote in a post on X: “Denaturalize, deport, and kick her off the Homeland Committee. We know where her allegiances lie.” Rep. Claudia Tenney, New York Republican, said it’s “embarrassing” that the Democratic Party “no longer even pretends to put America first.” Charlie Kirk, founder of the conservative Turning Point USA, said, “Any person who values any other country over America does not belong in Congress. Period.” Ms. Ramirez doubled down on her Mexico City speech with a post Monday on social media. “Honoring my Guatemalan ancestry only strengthens my commitment to America. That is the truth I carry with me always. And it is a truth that many Americans carry with them,” she said. “Anyone who denies our claims on this country simply because we dare to honor our diverse heritage and immigrant roots only exposes how fragile and small-minded their own idea of America really is.” She called the attacks on her “a weak attempt to silence my dissent and invalidate my patriotic criticism of the nativist, white supremacist, authoritarians in government.” “It is the definition of hypocrisy that members of Congress — who betray their oath each day they enable Trump — are attacking me for celebrating my Guatemalan-American roots,” Ms. Ramirez said. The Department of Homeland Security responded to Ms. Ramirez with a quote from former President Theodore Roosevelt: “There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. … Americanism is a matter of the spirit and of the soul. Our allegiance must be purely to the United States. We must unsparingly condemn any man who holds any other allegiance.” Other Squad members have experienced travails similar to Ms. Ramirez’s. Ms. Omar, an immigrant from Somalia, was criticized last year after she said that, according to one translation, she was serving in Congress to “protect the interests of Somalia from inside the U.S. system.” She later said the widely shared translation was wrong and she was actually saying she was advocating for the U.S. to take a particular position in a dispute between Somalia and Ethiopia. Democrats are showing increasing hostility to Mr. Trump and, by extension, the government he controls, particularly concerning immigration. In New Jersey, Rep. LaMonica McIver faces federal charges after a clash with Homeland Security Department agents at a migrant detention facility. The Democrat was captured on video throwing elbows at officers amid a scuffle over whether a local mayor should be allowed access to the detention center. In Mexico City, Ms. Ramirez and her Democratic colleagues were attending the second annual Panamerican Congress. The event is billed as a gathering of delegates from countries “across the hemisphere with an ambitious agenda that ranges from equality to prosperity, solidarity to sovereignty.” Event attendees criticized U.S. immigration policy under Mr. Trump. Gerardo Fernandez Norona, president of the Mexican Senate, talked about the “persecution of migrants in the United States.” He called it “unjust, infamous and incorrect persecution where just for being a migrant, and just for your skin color or nationality, you are persecuted.”)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Justice Department has published a list of cities, counties, and states that identify as “sanctuary” zones or places where law enforcement will not turn over illegal immigrants to federal immigration authorities.  Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago are included.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3491161/justice-department-sanctuary-cities-states-list-eradicate/

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats howling at Texas redistrict push should take a look in the mirror. Let’s take a tour of the 13th congressional district in Illinois.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/opinion/dems-furious-at-texas-redistricting-need-to-look-in-the-mirror/

FEDERALIST
— UNACCEPTABLE: Homeland Security Committee Member Delia Ramírez Says She’s Loyal To A Different Homeland
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/05/homeland-security-committee-member-says-shes-loyal-to-a-different-homeland/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The founders knew our republic could not survive if its people — let alone leaders — were filled with foreign attachments. Forty-two years ago, a pregnant Guatemalan woman illegally crossed the Rio Grande River and gave birth to a baby who now has “birthright” citizenship. Today, that child sits in Congress — proudly declaring her allegiance to the country her mother left behind. This is the predictable result of a broken immigration system — one that has allowed the mass importation of both legal and illegal aliens regardless of their capacity or willingness to assimilate into the country. “I am a proud Guatemalan before I am American,” Illinois Democrat Rep. Delia Ramírez said in Spanish during the opening remarks of the second annual Panamerican Congress in Mexico City. Notably, she sits on the House Homeland Security Committee — a committee dedicated to protecting the homeland.)

FOX NEWS
— Bondi DOJ names and shames 35 sanctuary jurisdictions that ‘put American citizens at risk.’  Attorney General Pam Bondi warns of possible legal action against jurisdictions with uncooperative immigration policies. Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago are included.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bondi-doj-names-shames-35-sanctuary-cities-put-american-citizens-risk

NEWSMAX
— DOJ Releases List of Sanctuary Jurisdictions. Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago are included.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/doj-sanctuary-cities-illegal-migrants/2025/08/05/id/1221332/
— Illegals in Sanctuary Cities are ‘Ticking Time Bombs’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/john-torres-ice-migrants/2025/08/05/id/1221316/
— Trump Vows to Work With US Farmers on Migrant Labor
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-migrants-farm-labor/2025/08/05/id/1221333/

TOWNHALL
— Democrat Congresswoman Says She’s More Proud to Be Guatemalan Than American
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2025/08/05/delia-ramirez-n2661419

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-bondi-russia-texas-gerrymander-tariffs-immigration-live-updates-rcna222681
— DNC chair says Texas redistricting will be fought with ‘every option on the table.’ Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/texas-democrats-in-illinois-and-party-leaders-rebuke-redistricting-244382277885

WASHINGTON POST
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/05/trump-presidency-news/

NEW YORK SUN
— JP Morgan Once Told Donald Trump He Has 20 Days To Get Out. The president is going to prevent this kind of debanking with an executive order that will punish firms that discriminate against conservatives — or any other groups.
https://www.nysun.com/article/jp-morgan-once-told-donald-trump-he-has-20-days-to-get-out

WGME
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://wgme.com/news/nation-world/illinois-and-texas-democrats-unite-in-chicago-to-oppose-texas-redistricting-plan-republican-party-governor-greg-abbott-trump-administration

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/pritzkers-illinois-temporary-home-to-texas-democrats-is-gerrymandering-hot-spot-1c00cbd0
— Justice Department Slashes List of Sanctuary Jurisdictions to Target. The Trump administration removed a much longer list months ago after some local officials said it contained errors.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/justice-department-slashes-list-of-sanctuary-jurisdictions-to-target-03881cb1
— White House Preps Order to Punish Banks That Discriminate Against Conservatives
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/white-house-preps-order-to-punish-banks-that-discriminate-against-conservatives-8af18854
— Trump’s Firing of BLS Chief Prompts Democrats to Propose Bill Protecting Stats-Agency Heads. It would have been great if Republicans had protected Republican federal employees like me.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/democratic-congressmen-to-propose-bill-to-protect-stats-agency-chiefs-51915619

GUARDIAN
— Trump says Republicans are ‘entitled’ to five more congressional seats in Texas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/05/texas-republicans-redistricting-maps-trump

GOOGLE AI
— Muscle car definition. A muscle car is generally defined as a high-performance, American-made, two-door coupe or convertible, typically with a powerful V8 engine, designed for straight-line speed and acceleration. They are known for their bold, aggressive styling.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22muscle+car%22+definition

August 5, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/texas-redistrict-democrats-fight-back/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, eventually everyone will be on SNAP.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/knowles-food-insecurity-increasing/
— DNA project hopes to reunite African Americans in Illinois with ancestral relatives in Africa. Will this lead to identifying those who were directly responsible for slavery?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/dna-project-black-americans-africa/
— As last baby boomers reach retirement, they tackle a quest for fulfillment. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Since then, putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters has increasingly been my focus. Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes a) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, c) end my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2010 and 2004, and d) end my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/retirement-bike-riding-baby-boomers/
— John Curran: Illinois Democrats’ delivery tax is a short-term cash grab paid by those who can least afford it
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/opinion-illinois-delivery-tax-general-assembly-cta/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/illinois-queer-farmers-lgbtq/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/04/texas-democrats-quorum-illinois-redistrict-map

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— In downtown Chicago’s condo market, the hits keep coming. In 1978, when I got married, I sold my one bedroom Outer Drive East condo that I had owned for 2 years for a $10,000 gain and bought a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale and a 1978 Chevrolet Chevette.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/downtown-chicago-condos-reflect-markets-price-decline-woes

ABC7
— Texas Democrats remain in Illinois as Gov. Abbott orders their arrest
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-remain-illinois-halt-gop-redistricting-governor-greg-abbott-orders-arrest/17438511/
— State Department may require visa applicants to post bond of up to $15,000 to enter the US
https://abc7chicago.com/post/state-department-may-require-visa-applicants-post-bond-15000-enter-us/17433002/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU43-62wCRk
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-court-judges-terminated-donald-trump-administration-works-cut-down-massive-case-backlog/17434235/

NBC5
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-officials-face-pushback-over-texas-gerrymandering-criticisms/3804336/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders, that is, the mainstream news media, ever-increasingly treat Pat Brady as being the spokesperson for the Illinois Republican Party.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-gerrymandering-texas-redistricting-battle/
— Chicago designated ‘EV Ready.’ What does it mean?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K9-wnnDmjw

WTTW
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/04/texas-governor-threatens-remove-democrats-who-left-illinois-other-states-over-trump

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/pritzker-texas-democrats-redistricting-20801137.php

SHAW LOCAL
— Girls flag football surges in Illinois as hundreds more take the field in year two. More than 200 high schools expected to have teams this fall. My parents had absolutely no interest in football, and neither do I. Does that explain my lack of aggressiveness?
https://www.shawlocal.com/friday-night-drive/2025/08/05/girls-flag-football-surges-in-illinois-as-hundreds-more-take-the-field-in-year-two/

ELMHURST PATCH
— Confusion Over Addison Township Group’s Status
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/confusion-over-addison-township-groups-status

COD COURIER
— Campus Voices Weigh In on Siddiqi’s Plans for College of DuPage
https://codcourier.org/campus-voices-weigh-in-on-siddiqis-plans-for-college-of-dupage/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: She stressed the importance of taking a stand on the college’s long-held values of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). “Last year, when there was pressure to remove DEI language and committees, COD and its Board of Trustees refused to bow to those demands,” Purcell said. “Our values have been here for decades, and it’s critical that the new administration uphold them to protect the college’s reputation.”)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-561/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— BS from Pritzker on Mid-Decade Reapportionment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/08/05/bs-from-pritzker-on-mid-decade-reapportionment/

WIREPOINTS
— What happened to private sector job growth, Gov. Pritzker?
https://wirepoints.org/what-happened-to-private-sector-job-growth-gov-pritzker-wirepoints/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Darin LaHood appears to pass on Illinois Senate run in blow to state GOP hopes
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3490826/darin-lahood-pass-illinois-senate-run-state-gop/
— Abbott says blue-state gerrymandering ‘distorted’ US politics after Democrats flee Texas. How badly have Illinois Democrat leaders gerrymandered the political jurisdictions where you live? I should write about how Democrat and RINO leaders gerrymandered my precinct in 2015.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3490941/greg-abbott-blue-state-gerrymandering-democrats-flee-texas/

BREITBART
— Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump from Quickly Deporting Biden’s Parole Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/04/biden-appointed-judge-blocks-trump-from-quickly-deporting-bidens-parole-migrants/

CENTER SQUARE
— DOJ scraps decree used by Democrats to keep Republicans out of the federal workforce
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_1de8bdce-8e86-4d1e-8297-bb3849644d07.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Federal appeals court upholds Arkansas ban on Critical Race Theory in the classroom. To teach CRT is promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/federal-appeals-court-upholds-arkansas-ban-on-critical-race-theory-in-the-classroom/

DAILY CALLER
— Pulling Kids Out Of DEI Lessons Just Got Easier. To teach DEI is promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/04/exclusive-pulling-kids-out-of-dei-lessons-just-got-easier/

FOX NEWS
— Democrats are protesting what they have been doing forever. Fox News host Sean Hannity calls out Democrats’ ‘big, meaningless political stunt’ in protesting gerrymandering on ‘Hannity.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376556781112

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Flight of the Legislators
https://www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-fools/the-flight-of-the-legislators/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democratic Texas Rep. Harold V. Dutton Jr. speaks alongside other Texas democrats during a press conference at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union hall in Warrenville, Ill., August 4, 2025.)

NEWSMAX
— Pritzker Vows to Protect Texas Dems From Arrest
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/jb-pritzker-protect-texas-democrats/2025/08/04/id/1221258/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Economists sound alarm over Trump firing. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, the following did not come to my defense: a) the Association of Government Accountants; I had served on the Executive Committee of its Chicago Chapter for 13 years and b) the Illinois CPA Society; I had served on its membership committee for 8 years.
https://thehill.com/business/5435904-economists-sound-alarm-over-trump-firing/

NBC NEWS
— White House searches for a new BLS chief with ‘credibility’ and ‘experience.’ All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/white-house-search-new-bls-chief-credibility-experience-rcna222910
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/swing-district-republicans-object-texas-redistricting-plan-democrats-t-rcna222972

CBS NEWS
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrat-who-fled-texas-over-redistricting-says-were-willing-to-face-whatever-consequences/

CNN
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/04/politics/gerrymandering-supreme-court-texas
— Are/were you “little-known.” According to my critics/opponents, I have always been “little-known” notwithstanding my having been the subject of a 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/  That article made me very well-known to the Democrats who ran IRS and GAO. They used everything in that article against me that they could. They used the article mainly to paint me as being a grossly overpaid draft avoider. That helped them force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/04/politics/bls-commissioner-trump-firing-decision

REUTERS
— Tesla’s brand loyalty collapsed after Musk backed Trump
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/teslas-brand-loyalty-collapsed-after-musk-backed-trump-data-shows-2025-08-04/

MSN
— Top Trump Official Says Americans on Medicaid Should Replace Deported Farm Workers. I was never a farm worker, but I did do yard work, deliver newspapers, wash dishes, clean golf shoes, chip slag, pump gasoline, and deliver mail.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/top-trump-official-says-americans-on-medicaid-should-replace-deported-farm-workers/ar-AA1IczMz

CNBC
— President Donald Trump said Tuesday that JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, the two largest U.S. banks, previously rejected him as a customer, reviving claims that conservative clients were being unfairly denied accounts.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/05/trump-jpmorgan-chase-bank-of-america-rejected-bank-customer.html

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-files-victim-pam-bondi-2108809

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/us/hochul-new-york-texas-redistricting.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/us/politics/texas-redistricting.html
— Democrat leaders side with Erika McEntarfer against Trump. Republican leaders did not side with me against the Democrats who ran GAO.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/business/trump-bls-firing-economic-reports.html
— Are Democrat leaders moving their eggs from their Epstein basket to their McEntarfer basket?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/opinion/columnists/friedman-trump-labor-firing.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Inside Texas Democrats’ plan to seek refuge with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The potential 2028 presidential candidate has quietly talked with Lone Star State lawmakers for weeks, as he and other ambitious governors seek to ways to join their fight.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/05/illinois-pritzker-texas-democrats-redistricting/

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders flood Republican town halls with booing Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/04/mike-flood-donald-trump-town-hall-nebraska/85518190007/
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/04/texas-redistricting-map-congress-trump-takeaways/85508969007/
— Trump praises Sydney Sweeney ad, but does he know American Eagle is super WOKE?  Sydney Sweeney may be a registered Republican, but I have discovered that American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. is – and it pains me to write this – incredibly, unconscionably woke.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/05/trump-sydney-sweeney-tweet-american-eagle-ad/85512067007/
— Because GAO audits IRS, my having 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, should have been enough for GAO to offer me a transfer at GS-13, currently $117,807/year in 1980. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, GAO offered me a transfer only at GS-9 Step 10 Level, currently $88,808/year, a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars  To add insult to injury, GAO ignored/dismissed/belittled that most of what I did for IRS was similar to what I would do for GAO, that I had earned an MBA in 1976, that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2025/07/29/apply-for-job-experience-but-no-degree/85362393007/

WBUR
— According to Democrat leaders, it is not possible to rig jobs numbers. My Democrat superiors in the federal government falsely argued that they did not rigg their employment decisions against me. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have a) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors would not have a) never promoted me beyond GS-12 and disallowed my education deductions in 1978 and my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors would not have a) forced me to resign in 1969 and b) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/08/04/bureau-of-labor-statistics

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/texas-gerrymandering-house-seats-democrats-republicans-congress-f1514f89

BLOOMBERG
— American Eagle Jumps Most Since 2000 After Trump Praises Sydney Sweeney Ad
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/american-eagle-gains-meme-status-with-biggest-jump-since-2000?embedded-checkout=true

POLITICO
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/california-fires-back-at-texas-redistricting-00493314

PBS
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/is-political-gerrymandering-illegal-6-things-to-know-as-texas-dispute-carries-on
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly deny that Trump was elected.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-trying-to-insulate-himself-from-the-will-of-the-public-texas-democrat-says
— My Democrat GAO superiors wasting my career, taking many big adverse actions against me, and forcing me to retire sent a very strong message to those who have the following demographics to not apply to work for GAO: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/firing-of-labor-statistics-head-undermines-trust-in-key-data-ex-trump-official-warns
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/tamara-keith-and-jasmine-wright-on-trumps-bls-firing-and-trust-in-institutions

PEOPLE
— Trump Pits ‘Woke’ Taylor Swift Against Sydney Sweeney
https://people.com/trump-pits-taylor-swift-against-sydney-sweeney-11784508

August 4, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Gov. Abbott orders arrests of Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois to halt GOP redistricting plan
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-plan-staying-illinois-2-weeks-halt-redistricting-gov-greg-abbott-threatens-loss-seats/17426930/

NBC5
— Illinois officials face pushback over Texas gerrymandering criticisms. Critics say Illinois’ maps are just as gerrymandered as Texas’ would be under a proposed law that has sparked controversy.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-officials-face-pushback-over-texas-gerrymandering-criticisms/3804336/
— Rep. Darin LaHood won’t run for Illinois governor, he says. LaHood also revealed he would not run for U.S. Senate.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/rep-darin-lahood-wont-run-for-illinois-governor-he-says/3804440/
— Redistricting clash escalates in Texas after Democrats scatter
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-trade-tariff-texas-redistricting-august-04-2025-live-updates/3804074/

CBS2
— Pritzker says redrawing Illinois district map “on the table” in response to Texas redistricting push
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-illinois-district-map-texas-democrats/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tesla awards CEO Musk millions of shares valued at about $29 billion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/tesla-elon-musk-share/
— Democrats prevent Texas House from moving forward with Trump-backed congressional map
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/texas-house-congressional-map/
— Why dozens of Democrats left Texas and how Republicans want to punish them
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/democrats-texas-republicans/
— Texas Democrats who fled to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort speak out
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/watch-live-texas-democrats/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Public Schools needs $1.6 billion more from the state to provide an adequate education
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/08/04/chicago-public-schools-budget-deficit
— Pritzker’s signature on police pension bill adds pressure for state bailout and city property tax hike. The bill will cost the city $60 million more in 2027, and by 2055, city pension payments will be $750 million higher than they are now. It adds one more big pressure point onto Mayor Brandon Johnson, who already has said he won’t raise property taxes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/08/04/jb-pritzker-police-pension-bill-brandon-johnson-pressure-chicago-budget-state-bailout

DAILY HERALD
— Former GOP official Porter won’t run for Durbin’s Senate seat
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250804/us-congress-politics/gop-official-porter-wont-run-for-durbins-senate-seat/
— ‘We will hide them at our own legal peril’: DuPage Democratic leader pledges to protect Texan lawmakers
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250804/nation-and-world-politics/we-will-hide-them-at-our-own-legal-peril-dupage-democratic-leader-pledges-to-protect-texan-lawmak/
— Geneva woman Jessica Breugelmans running for Republican nomination for state Senate
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250804/news/geneva-woman-running-for-republican-nomination-for-state-senate/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push Blacks to be pot pushers.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/how-black-owned-label-can-help-grow-cannabis-brands-oped

WAND TV
— New DPS policies target students and visitors smelling of marijuana, other ‘distracting’ odors
https://www.wandtv.com/news/education/new-dps-policies-target-students-and-visitors-smelling-of-marijuana-other-distracting-odors/article_3450f262-c6fa-41ce-963a-452589331826.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ahead of the new school year, Decatur Public Schools updated its district policies to emphasize banning marijuana and other “offensive” odors in its facilities.  A DPS flyer said that students who come to school smelling like marijuana or other “distracting” odors will be instructed to call home for a change of clothes, or be picked up to change. Visitors who smell of marijuana or other “distracting” odors will be asked to leave the premises.  The district justified the changes by saying that marijuana has an odor that causes/triggers allergic reactions, affecting indoor air quality and putting others at risk of getting sick. The district added that marijuana potentially has cancer-causing chemicals that put students, staff and others at risk. That policy went into effect July 1.  According to the DPS 61 student code of conduct and parent handbook, those who use marijuana for medical purposes must provide a medical card upon request.)

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-08-04/professors-calling-for-northwestern-leaders-to-stand-up-to-the-trump-administration-first-listen

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-354/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Top Illinois GOP Donors Sit Out Upcoming Primary
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/sources-top-illinois-gop-donors-sit-out-upcoming-primary.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Gov. Pritzker to Fight Gerrymandering with… More Gerrymandering?
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/08/gov-pritzker-to-fight-gerrymandering-with-more-gerrymandering/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Firing the government’s statically incompetent statisticians. Isn’t it about time? Of course, my Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued that they wasted my career, took adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire because I was incompetent. It is called pretext. But they were frustrated a) by my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) by my passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) by my earning four more job-related professional certifications, and d) by my earning a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/4/firing-governments-statically-incompetent-statisticians/
— Not sorry for immigration enforcement. Without borders, we have no country.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/4/sorry-sorry-immigration-enforcement/

TOWNHALL
— Texas House Approves Arrest Warrants for Democrats Who Fled to Illinois to Block Redistricting Vote
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/08/04/texas-house-approves-arrest-warrants-for-democrats-who-fled-to-illinois-to-block-redistricting-vote-n2661402

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Pritzker says Texas Democrats who fled state will be protected amid arrest threats
https://thehill.com/homenews/5434627-redistricting-battle-texas-illinois/
— Redistricting fights explode across US
https://thehill.com/newsletters/evening-report/5435411-texas-redistricting-political-war/

CBS NEWS
— State Department may require some travelers to post $15,000 bond for business or tourism visas
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-department-visa-bond-pilot-program/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Will Slow, but May Not Stop, the Rise of Electric Vehicles
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/business/trump-electric-vehicles.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump moves to bar nearly all abortions at Veterans Affairs hospitals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/04/veterans-va-abortion-trump/
— Democrats are becoming a) more liberal, b) bigger advocates of mass/illegal immigration, and c)  less proud to be American.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/04/democratic-party-change-under-trump-polls/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats are ever-increasingly becoming more anti-car, anti-American nameplate car, and anti-American nameplate muscle car.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/americas-love-affair-with-the-car-has-soured-over-money-4b73670f
— China Is Choking Supply of Critical Minerals to Western Defense Companies
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/china-western-defense-industry-critical-minerals-3971ec51

BUSINESS INSIDER
— What does our choice of vehicle reveal about our political preferences?
https://www.businessinsider.com/car-models-owned-by-republicans-democrats-american-politics-jeep-2024-10

CAR BUZZ
— 10 Muscle Cars That Prove America Does It Best. Cars I used to own include a 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint (a poor man’s GTO), 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, and 1969 Dodge Charger SE. Cars I currently own include a 1972 and 2005 Chevrolet Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2023 Ford Mustang GT Premium, and 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus. Please let me know if you share my interest in any of the aforesaid cars.
https://carbuzz.com/10-muscle-cars-showing-america-does-it-best/

GOOGLE AI
— Republican politicians and car choices
https://www.google.com/search?q=Republican+politicians+and+car+choices

August 1, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

WGN9
— Chicago’s budget deficit threatened by pension bill that awaits Pritzker’s signature. My GAO superior who focused on getting rid of me was so furious that I got almost 3 years of full-time Civil Service Retirement System credit while I worked only part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969 that he got Congress to change the law so that now only prorated credit is given.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/chicagos-budget-deficit-threatened-by-pension-bill-that-awaits-pritzkers-signature/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill would boost pension benefits for officers and firefighters hired after 2010 by increasing the cap on pensionable salary and the annual cost-of-living adjustment for pensioners.)

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/01/illinois-joins-lawsuit-challenging-trump-administration-s-efforts-restrict-gender
— Duckworth, Durbin Urge Trump Administration to Reinstate EPA Workers Who Signed ‘Declaration of Dissent.’  I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, had never promoted me beyond GS-13, and had forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats run GAO and IRS. They do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/01/duckworth-durbin-urge-trump-administration-reinstate-epa-workers-who-signed-declaration

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/01/mayors-office-completes-internal-review-of-chicago-police-response-to-june-immigration-raid
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/08/01/illinois-sues-the-trump-administration-to-protect-access-to-gender-affirming-care

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ICE says it has made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 as hiring ramps up. Just kidding, but will Speaker Johnson force GAO to rehire me with backpay. Many of my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire have now retired themselves. My backpay would be $2.4 million ($4.3 salary minus $1.9 Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/ice-hiring-tentative-job-offers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Many of these offers were to ICE officers who retired under President Biden because they were frustrated that they were not allowed to do their jobs,” she said. “Now under President Trump and Secretary Noem, ICE is excited to get back to work to remove rapists, murderers, gang members and pedophiles from our communities.”)
— Casten shouted down at town hall in La Grange, pro-Palestinian protesters removed
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/u-s-rep-sean-casten-pro-palestinian-protesters/
— Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report. I should write about the following who have done the most to remove me as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 because my newsletters have reported Republican defeats: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, pollsters, fundraisers, major donors, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. It is called shooting the messenger who brings the bad news.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/trump-removes-jobs-data/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/judge-pauses-fast-track-deportations/
— Lake County Sheriff Martinez starts to repay county for $157,785 of overpayment of benefits. According to my critics/opponents, my federal salary 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension in today’s dollars since 1997, and my and my wife’s 72% federal healthcare insurance subsidy is much too high. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/lake-co-sheriff-martinez-starts-to-repay-county-for-overpayment-of-benefits/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: All of the extra pay that Martinez received was from the collective bargaining agreement that covers the sheriff’s police officers. The State Board of Accounts contended under state code that Martinez is an officeholder who is not entitled to benefits for police officers negotiated under the collective bargaining agreement.

DAILY HERALD
— Duckworth ever-increasingly makes it clear that she is anti-those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250801/illinois-state-politics/diversity-in-crash-test-dummies-can-save-womens-lives-duckworth-gop-senators-say/

WGN RADIO
— College Visits: What to ask to get the whole picture. In 1966, UIC was the only college that I considered attending. I could afford UIC because my parents could and did provide me with room and board while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and the summers of 1967 and 1968 in between. In 1969, NIU was the only college that I considered transferring to because my parents could and did provide me with room and board weekends during my first semester there and the summer of 1969. I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.
https://wgnradio.com/jobs/career-vision/college-visits-what-to-ask-to-get-the-whole-picture/

WBEZ
— Chicago teens on the job this summer. What summer jobs did you have? I did yard work during the summers of 1962 and 1963. I delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962-1966. I washed dishes during the summer of 1965. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966. I delivered mail during the summers of 1967-1969. My critics/opponents never had to take such jobs because their parents had lots of money, bought them cars, and paid for their college expenses.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/08/01/teenagers-summer-jobs-lifeguard-chuck-e-cheese-international-museum-surgical-science

FOX NEWS
— Hamas should be blamed for the starvation in Gaza
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/hamas-should-blamed-starvation-gaza-says-deputy-state-dept-spokesperson-tommy-pigott-middle-east-special-envoy-steve-witkoff-mike-huckabee

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Plaintiff optimistic, DOJ interested in case against Illinois elections board
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_748c769f-a4b8-463a-b8a1-873b7c66c20a.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A legal case is moving forward against the Illinois State Board of Elections over allegations that the state failed to maintain voter registration lists. Former state Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, said the National Voter Registration Act requires the state to perform list maintenance and remove ineligible voters. U.S. District Court Judge Sara L. Ellis dismissed two plaintiffs from the case last week, but Ives’ group, Breakthrough Ideas, was not dismissed and retains standing as a plaintiff along with Illinois Family Action. The groups filed suit with Judicial Watch attorneys in March of 2024. Ives said it’s obvious that voter lists are not well-maintained in Illinois. “This creates extra costs people should not have to incur and it wastes time as well, not to mention it invites fraud when you do not have cleaned-up voter lists,” Ives told The Center Square. Ives said the dead have voted in Illinois. “I’ve pointed out a couple of dead people that I know casted votes, and there was no adequate explanation for why that occurred. Because they were not cleaned off the voter roll, it invited fraud one way or another. In the state of Illinois, this becomes even more problematic when you have permanent vote by mail,” Ives explained. “So you will have ballots being sent to people that are possibly moved or dead, which makes list maintenance even more important in the state of Illinois.” Ives said 23 Illinois counties with a combined registration list of 980,089 voters reported removing only 100 registrations over a two-year period. “That is an absurdly small number. There is no possible way those counties were conducting a general program that makes an effort to clean up the voter rolls, because only a hundred people died in 23 counties? Nobody believes that, so we know that they’re not doing what they should do,” Ives said. On July 8, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a 15-page statement of interest in the case. “When Illinois voters cast their ballots, they should be confident that their vote is given its due weight, undiluted by ineligible voters,” the statement began. “It is critical to remove ineligible voters from the registration rolls so that elections are conducted fairly, accurately, and without fraud,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in a press release regarding the statement of interest. “Under the NVRA, states have the responsibility to conduct a robust program of list maintenance. The Department of Justice will vigorously enforce those requirements to ensure compliance.” Ives said the case could have ramifications across the country. She said it is possible that the DOJ will file its own lawsuit. As for what’s next, Ives said parties were waiting for a written ruling and it’s possible there could be a hearing later this month. Ives said she suspects there could be a settlement in the case.)
— Youth mental health screenings may have long-term impact, IL legislator warns. Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_61d88fa0-db2a-49ed-8f3a-1ec239a0a422.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois economy declines 2.2% in early 2025, one of biggest drops in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-economy-declines-2-2-in-early-2025-one-of-biggest-drops-in-u-s/
— Illinois government pension crisis worst in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/report-shows-illinois-government-pension-crisis-worst-in-u-s/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ICE is deporting people at record pace: Nearly 1,300 per day
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/1/ice-deporting-people-record-pace-nearly-1300-per-day/
— Democrats’ civility goes out the window so progressives can pretend to be tough
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/1/editorial-democrats-civility-goes-window-progressives-pretend-tough/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats want to unmask the ICE agents they are putting in danger
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3488819/democrats-ice-agents-masks/

NEW YORK POST
— How can socialist Zohran Mamdani revel in his family’s colonial privilege?
https://nypost.com/2025/08/01/opinion/how-can-socialist-zohran-mamdani-revel-in-his-familys-colonial-privilege/

FEDERALIST
— Immigration Crackdown Protects Americans From Murderers And Rapists Biden Released Into The Streets
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/01/immigration-crackdown-protects-americans-from-murderers-and-rapists-biden-released-into-the-streets/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

KVOR
— Illegals Reduce US Workers’ Wages
https://www.kvor.com/2025/08/01/homan-to-newsmax-illegals-reduce-us-workers-wages/

REASON
— The IRS Is Now 25 Percent Smaller (and, Hopefully, Less Dangerous)  I should write about those who have used against me the most my having been an IRS employee for almost 9 years 1971-1980.
https://www.aol.com/news/irs-now-25-percent-smaller-110004637.html

July 29, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2025/07/28/judge-blocks-trump-administrations-efforts-to-defund-planned-parenthood
— How dependent is your school district on federal spending?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/07/28/cps-cutting-crossing-guards-for-private-schools-amid-budget-crunch

DAILY HERALD
— The mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats and to reelect Democrats.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250728/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-a-shaky-beginning-another-survey-shows-shortcomings-in-rollout-of-media-liter/

WGN9
— Concerns mount over ICE raids at Fiesta Del Sol festival this weekend
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/concerns-mount-over-ice-raids-at-fiesta-del-sol-festival-this-weekend/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdapkUbQ_uE

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m2_c6ThWLQ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-efforts-defund-planned-parenthood

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for bad weather.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/28/environmental-advocates-rally-against-trump-s-plans-undermine-epa-s-ability-fight

SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/28/were-not-shielding-anything-vance-says-of-epstein-files/
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/28/trump-wants-expedited-deposition-from-rupert-murdoch-in-wsj-epstein-suit/
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/28/trump-in-scotland-gives-more-details-about-his-falling-out-with-jeffrey-epstein/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/news/2025-07-28/the-big-beautiful-bill-could-impact-a-students-ability-to-attend-medical-school-first-listen

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-judge-blocks-trump-administrations-efforts-to-defund-planned-parenthood/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/president-trump-gives-details-about-his-falling-out-with-jeffrey-epstein/amp/

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Naperville’s annual India Day Parade and celebration canceled
https://www.nctv17.org/news/napervilles-annual-india-day-parade-and-celebration-canceled/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Don Tracy considers governor bid
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/29/don-tracy-considers-governor-bid-00480953
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 2026 INTRIGUE: A familiar Republican name is eyeing the 2026 governor’s race. Don Tracy, the former chair of the Illinois Republican Party, confirmed to Lee Enterprises’ Brenden Moore that he is actively considering a bid for the state’s top job. “I’m taking a hard look at it,” Tracy told Moore, noting he’s been “making some calls” and that “several people” have urged him to throw his hat into the ring. The potential candidacy comes at a time when the Illinois GOP is in a prolonged wilderness stretch, failing to win a statewide race in nearly a decade. Tracy may be the Republican to change that. He’s a Springfield attorney and businessman with ties to the party’s donor class. And though he stepped down as chair last year, Tracy’s name still carries weight in Republican circles. It wouldn’t be easy. Incumbent Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, a billionaire with virtually unlimited resources and a finely tuned political operation, announced in June that he will seek a third term. The governor has already signaled an aggressive campaign that focuses on attacking extremism. . .State Sen. Sue Rezin, who serves as deputy Republican leader, is returning to the trail. “After a lot of thought and discussions, I have decided to run for reelection to protect taxpayers’ pocketbooks, strengthen public safety and keep and grow good-paying jobs right here at home in the 38th Senate District,” she said in a statement. Rezin has been serving in the General Assembly since 2010.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Trump is tapping members of the LGBT community for top spots in his administration — despite Dem hysteria. Republican leaders who promote LGBTQ have always had their operatives and their dupes work extremely hard against me. I should write about them.
https://www.aol.com/trump-tapping-members-lgbt-community-131636146.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— DOJ Files Complaint Against Judge in Controversial Deportation Case
https://amgreatness.com/2025/07/29/morning-greatness-doj-files-complaint-against-judge-in-controversial-deportation-case/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Not Cutting or Unwinding, Trump is Refocusing Medicaid
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/not_cutting_or_unwinding_trump_is_refocusing_medicaid.html
— Will new DOGE AI break Deep State power? The Deep State is a budget-busting, bureaucratic tyranny, crushing capitalist meritocracy and social values. It is a self-directed, out-of-control monster that fights MAGA tooth and claw.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/will_new_doge_ai_break_deep_state_power.html
— Lindsey Graham: The Deep State RINO saboteur of the America first agenda
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/lindsey_graham_the_deep_state_rino_saboteur_of_the_america_first_agenda.html

BREITBART
— CBS Lost $160 Million on Colbert’s Show; ‘It Was Basically Left-Wing Affirmative Action’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/28/nolte-cbs-lost-160-million-on-colberts-show-it-was-basically-left-wing-affirmative-action/

DAILY CALLER
— Biden Admin Went On Trillion-Dollar Spending Spree Embedding DEI Across Gov’t
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-admin-went-on-trillion-dollar-spending-spree-embedding-dei-across-gov-t-study-says/ar-AA1ACrEq

FOX NEWS
— Civil rights organization declares ‘state of national emergency,’ citing attacks on DEI. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/civil-rights-organization-declares-state-of-national-emergency-citing-attacks-on-dei/ar-AA1JiMnn

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5424700-vance-trump-epstein-files/
— Trump is trying to help GOP avoid messy primary fights. I should write messy GOP primary fights and non-partisan elections. I would focus on those ion ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on those Republican candidates who blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS the most for their defeats.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5421237-trump-influence-republican-primaries/

CNN
— The mainstream news media is nothing more than an arm of the Democrat Party.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/29/politics/trump-scotland-trip-russia-gaza-analysis
— My critics/opponents were always overjoyed when judges and justices ruled against me. I should write about all the lawsuits that I filed. I would focus on the defendants, the charges that I made, and the evidence that I submitted.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/28/politics/boasberg-misconduct-complaint
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yHaS72B8qI

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-murdoch-wall-street-journal-lawsuit-deposition-3d9dbabe52a5d54e0ab7bf57265a39f4

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-turned-down-invitation-epsteins-island-2025-07-28/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAbJergfofo

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-says-his-name-may-have-been-planted-in-jeffrey-epstein-files/ar-AA1JrEj0

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-07-28/trumps-higher-education-crackdown-visa-revocations-dei-bans-lawsuits-and-funding-cuts

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-files-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/arts/television/jimmy-fallon-trump-epstein.html
— Federal employees can display religious items at work, pray in groups while not on duty and encourage co-workers to adopt their faith, according to guidance released Monday by the Office of Personnel Management, which manages the federal civilian workforce. All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, extremely few of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Protestants. Overwhelmingly, they were Catholic or Jewish. None that I know of were Missouri Synod Lutherans like me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/28/federal-workers-religious-expression/
— What percent of those who get food stamps are illegals?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/nyregion/states-sue-trump-administration-over-food-stamp-data.html
— A Clash Over a Promotion Puts Hegseth at Odds With His Generals. My Democrat GAO superiors were beyond furious when a GAO manager promoted me to GS-13, currently $117,807/year, when I was 38 years old in 1986. They forced him to retire in 1987. He had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and he had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS in 1986.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/us/politics/hegseth-pentagon-leadership.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/28/trump-presidency-news-scotland-starmer/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/28/epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-appeal-supreme-court/

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/27/ice-student-deportations-trump-school-communities/84190533007/
— Trump administration is telling immigrants ‘Carry your papers.’
https://www.aol.com/trump-administration-telling-immigrants-carry-232510448.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/27/trump-epstein-maxwell-pardon-maga-conspiracy/85360971007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/29/trump-pardon-ghislaine-maxwell-overturn-conviction/85409253007/
— I should write about what my Democrat superiors in the federal government did to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/07/22/employee-engagement-workplace-strategies/85273165007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/23/masked-ice-agents-dox-safety/85315776007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/27/ice-student-deportations-trump-school-communities/84190533007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Anti-DEI Push Is Unraveling College Scholarships. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-trump-s-anti-dei-push-is-unraveling-college-scholarships/ar-AA1I1HlT
— My critics/opponents have always been furious that my wife and I have always saved as much as we could for our retirement.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/401k-withdrawal-emergency-savings-25926369

AMERICA PROGRESS
— My Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise all the disabled employees who they hired.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-war-on-disability/

NPR
— Illegals fight the Trump administration’s new no-bail policy
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/28/g-s1-79972/immigrants-in-the-us-illegally-fight-the-trump-administrations-new-no-bail-policy

SIMPLY PSYCHOLOGY
— A meritocratic society allows those from lower socioeconomic status to aspire to a higher social class, status, and place in the hierarchy. Meritocracy enabled me to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license even though a) neither of my parents attended college, b) my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d)my mother never attended high school, and e) I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents vehemently disagree. According to them, I was able to accomplish the aforesaid because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who share their demographics: liberal, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus those whose parents had lots of money.
https://www.simplypsychology.org/meritocracy.html

POLITICO
— My critics/opponents were always overjoyed when judges and justices ruled against me. I should write about all the lawsuits that I filed. I would focus on the defendants, the charges that I made, and the evidence that I submitted.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/28/james-boasberg-justice-department-complaint-00480938

PBS
— Republicans and independents have warmed on Supreme Court since 2022 abortion ruling
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/republicans-and-independents-have-warmed-on-supreme-court-since-2022-abortion-ruling-poll-says

DEMOCRAT STRATEGIST
— Political Strategy for a Permanent Democratic Majority. To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrats ever-increasingly stereotype them as being marginalized oppressed victims of Republicans: minority, female, younger, veteran, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://thedemocraticstrategist.org/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/2025/07/29/what-doj-letters-uva-say-about-trump-attack-higher-ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/07/29/they-attack-because-higher-ed-strong-not-weak-opinion

NATURE
— To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly stereotype them as being marginalized oppressed victims of Republicans: minority, female, younger, veteran, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00287-6

AUTO GUIDE
— Chevy Gets Serious About An Electric Corvette With New C10 Concept
https://www.autoguide.com/auto/manufacturers/chevrolet/chevy-gets-serious-about-an-electric-corvette-with-new-c10-concept-44623108

GOOGLE AI
— Career limiting. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, what did you do or did not do that limited your career? I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying. I avoided the Vietnam War draft. I delayed majoring in accounting. I did not become a Democrat. I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22career+limiting%22

July 28, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump calls for Kamala Harris, celebrities who endorsed her, like Oprah, Beyoncé, to be prosecuted
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-calls-former-vp-kamala-harris-celebrities-endorsed-like-oprah-beyonce-prosecuted/17338450/

NBC5
— Pritzker signs new gun safety bills, with DOJ opposition emerging to laws
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/pritzker-signs-new-gun-safety-bills-with-doj-opposition-emerging-to-laws/3799637/

WTTW
— Chicago Organizers, Officials Call on ICE to Keep Away From Fiesta del Sol and Other Community Events. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/28/chicago-organizers-officials-call-ice-keep-away-fiesta-del-sol-and-other-community

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker ever-increasingly demonizes, denigrates, and condemns gun owners.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/28/illinois-gun-laws/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/07/28/fiesta-del-sol-organizers-immigrant-ice-arrests
— The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2025/07/28/the-rundown-trump-targets-signs-of-homelessness-not-causes

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Former Illinois GOP Chair Don Tracy weighs run for governor
https://jg-tc.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_d10557a5-6fe8-561c-8d29-35f32083164c.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/carlinville-protesters-stories-illinois-macoupin-20782377.php

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with their illegals against America.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-07-28/immigrants-sue-over-trumps-mandatory-detention-no-bail-policy

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Did Burr Ridge Mayor Post On Politics In Right Spot?  Mayor Gary Grasso announced his candidacy on a page that may be seen as linked to the village government.
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/did-burr-ridge-mayor-post-politics-right-spot

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois GOP chair Kathy Salvi blasts Pritzker’s North Carolina speech
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_593340e7-467c-4407-a396-3e2345cf84dc.html

WIREPOINTS
— Once an Illinois showpiece E.V. maker, bankrupt Lion Electric voids warranties on school buses sold in Illinois and across the U.S.
https://wirepoints.org/once-an-illinois-showpiece-e-v-maker-bankrupt-lion-electric-voids-warranties-on-school-buses-sold-in-illinois-and-across-the-u-s-wirepoints/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats conduct political autopsy but ignore the real cause of death. Party driven by socialism, open borders, and gender ideology heading for more election defeats.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/28/democrats-conduct-political-autopsy-ignore-real-cause-death/
— California’s 2.2 million illegal immigrants constitute a national security crisis.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/28/californias-22-million-illegal-immigrants-constitute-national/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The True Roots of Transgenderism. The pro-family movement is surging back, aiming not just to stop transgenderism—but to roll back the entire LGBT agenda and restore a culture rooted in biology, truth, and tradition.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/07/28/the-true-roots-of-transgenderism/
— Democrats Are Endangering ICE Agents to Support Open Borders
https://amgreatness.com/2025/07/26/democrats-are-endangering-ice-agents-to-support-open-borders/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Law Firm Discrimination
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/law_firm_discrimination_an_insider_s_view.html
— Chicago believes it just scored a huge win over Trump’s lawsuit against ‘sanctuary’ policies – but it’s a hollow victory
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/chicago_believes_it_just_scored_a_huge_win_over_trump_s_lawsuit_against_sanctuary_policies_but_it_s_a_hollow_victory.html
— Major Shipping Line Matson Closes the Hatch on Transport of Electrical Vehicles
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/major_shipping_line_matson_closes_the_hatch_on_transport_of_electrical_vehicles.html
— It’s Time for the Administration To Start Creatively Downsizing The Federal Workforce Again. Democrats run the federal government. They use budget cuts to get rid of any remaining Republican employees.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/it_s_time_for_the_administration_to_start_creatively_downsizing_the_federal_workforce_again.html

BREITBART
— Majority Favor Deporting Migrants in the Country Illegally
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/28/immigration-poll-majority-favor-deporting-migrants-in-the-country-illegally/

COLLEGE FIX
— Drones, cameras, AI: University of Illinois real time crime center raises privacy concerns
https://www.thecollegefix.com/drones-cameras-ai-university-of-illinois-real-time-crime-center-raises-privacy-concerns/

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Using Time Off To Travel To Red States, Try Convincing People Trump’s Bad
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/25/democrats-time-off-travel-red-states-convincing-people-trump-bad/
— Wealthy Residents Of Maine Resort Town Fret Over Losing Access To Cheap Illegal Labor
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/28/wells-maine-police-department-ice-immigrants-hospitality-economy/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Arrests of Criminal Illegal Aliens Have Made a Real Impact on Public Safety
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/28/exclusive-dhs-celebrates-falling-crime-rates-amid-removal-of-worst-of-the-worst-criminal-illegal-aliens/

FEDERALIST
— Apple Puts America At Risk By Partnering With China
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/28/apple-puts-america-at-risk-by-partnering-with-china/
— Continued Enrollment Slide For Public Schools. Most public schools are now failing in three critical areas that parents care about when deciding on their children’s K-12 education: academic rigor, student discipline, and the campus’ moral influence.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/28/heres-why-new-data-finds-continued-enrollment-slide-for-public-schools/
— ‘Riddled With Errors,’ Dirty Voter Rolls Pose Growing Threat To Election Integrity
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/28/riddled-with-errors-dirty-voter-rolls-pose-growing-threat-to-election-integrity/
— American Birth Rates Drop To Levels Of Civilizational Suicide
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/25/american-birth-rates-rates-drop-to-levels-of-civilizational-suicide/

FOX NEWS
— Dems’ sanctuary policies shield ‘gangbangers,’ harm Latino families, businesses
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-sanctuary-policies-shield-gangbangers-harm-latino-families-businesses-says-hispanic-gop-lawmaker

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— Electricity Generated from Wind and Solar Cannot Replace Fossil Fuels
https://heartland.org/opinion/electricity-generated-from-wind-and-solar-cannot-replace-fossil-fuels/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Dept. Education Investigates Discrimination Against American-Born Students
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/dept-education-investigates-discrimination-against-american-born-students-after-equal-protection-project-complaints/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Wall Street Journal Poll Finds Lowest Approval for Democratic Party in 35 Years
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/wall-street-journal-poll-finds-lowest-approval-for-democratic-party-in-35-years/

TOWNHALL
— Do Republicans Have a Decent Shot at Defying History in the Midterms?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2025/07/28/early-analysis-do-republicans-have-a-decent-shot-at-defying-history-in-the-midterms-n2661004
— Democrats Are the Physically Broken Party
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/kurtschlichter/2025/07/28/democrats-are-the-physically-broken-party-n2661047

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

FED SMITH
— The IRS Is Targeting Federal Workers Over Unpaid Taxes
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/07/24/irs-is-targeting-federal-workers-over-unpaid-taxes/

AGA
— Jeffrey C. Steinhoff.  One could compare and contrast Steinhoff’s very successful 40-year GAO career with my failed 18-year GAO career. While both Steinhoff and I are CPAs, Certified Fraud Examiners, and Certified Government Financial Managers, I am also a Certified Internal Auditor, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant and a licensed CPA. While Steinhoff served as a National President of the Association of Government Accountants (AGA), I only served on the Executive Committee of AGA’s Chicago Chapter for 13 years. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. Steinhoff had no interest in me even though a) 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, b) I had earned an MBA in 1976, c) I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and d) I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. I completed those requirements in 1980 and I subsequently earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.
https://www.agacgfm.org/Chapters/Washington-DC-Chapter/OurChapter/Chapter-Awards-2025-Winners.aspx

July 28, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— About your complaints on Trumpian gerrymandering, Gov. Pritzker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/28/gerrymandering-illinois-political-maps-redistricting/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/27/homeless-executive-order-forced-hospitalization-donald-trump-chicago
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/john-slocum
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are racists and that if you are a Republican, your ancestors were Republican, and that the longer that they have been in America, the more that you have benefitted from their racism. What were your ancestors doing in 1919? On my father’s side, they were operating Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they were operating a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/violet-miller

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-its-a-year-of-rapid-change-except-when-it-comes-to-trumps-approval-numbers-ap-norc-polling-finds/
— Democrat leaders decry Trump’s vacations. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government decried the vacations that I earned and took. I earned 13 vacation days per year during my first 3 years, then 20 per year during my next 15 years, and then 26 per year during the rest of the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-trump-once-decried-the-idea-of-presidential-vacations-his-scotland-trip-is-built-around-golf/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— See the articles below concerning Trump making Matthew Lohmeier an Air Force Under Secretary. Like Lohmeie, I fought Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI in the federal government. Since the 1960s, the Democrats who run the federal government have used AA and DEI to make the federal government a hostile work environment for Republicans, to waste the careers of Republicans, and to get rid of Republicans. If Republican Presidents, U.S. Senators, and U.S. Representatives had stopped AA and DEI in the federal government, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Further, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have been able to a) never promote me beyond GS-12, b) disallow my education deductions, and c) disallow my travel vouchers. Further, my Democrat Post Office superiors would not have been able to a) force me to resign and b) disallow my sick leave requests.
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s deportation machine advances despite court hurdles
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3482843/trump-deportation-machine-advances-despite-court-hurdles/

NEW YORK POST
— Anti-DEI ex-Space Force officer Matthew Lohmeier confirmed as Air Force Under Secretary
https://nypost.com/video/anti-dei-ex-space-force-officer-matthew-lohmeier-confirmed-as-air-force-under-secretary/
— Dems are finally speaking up on Mamdani’s sickening embrace of antisemitism — but New York’s leaders remain silent
https://nypost.com/2025/07/26/opinion/dems-are-finally-speaking-up-on-mamdanis-antisemitism-while-new-yorks-leaders-remain-silent/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Graveyard of Progressive Misadventures. Progressive overreach alienated the middle class, replacing working-class roots with elite dogmas—and now the Democrats are reaping the whirlwind they sowed.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/07/28/the-graveyard-of-progressive-misadventures/

BLAZE
— How coveting empowers wokeness, socialism, and cancel culture. Envy is the animating force of all conflict. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were filled with envy. They were envious of the new cars and real estate that I bought. They were envious of the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I earned. They were envious of my wife’s income. According to them, I did not disserve what I had a) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft and b) my wife and I gave up trying to have children.
https://www.theblaze.com/align/how-one-ancient-sin-empowers-wokeness-socialism-and-cancel-culture

BREITBART
— Amnesty for illegals Is treason. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/27/kentucky-gop-senate-candidate-nate-morris-declares-amnesty-for-illegals-is-treason/
— During the last 4 years under Biden, not one Democrat asked for Epstein files.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/27/mullin-last-four-years-under-biden-not-one-dem-asked-for-epstein-files/

DAILY CALLER
— Jay Leno Blasts Late Night Hosts For Partisan Jokes That Alienate Viewers
https://www.aol.com/jay-leno-blasts-night-hosts-154633386.html

FEDERALIST
— Senate Confirms Matthew Lohmeier As Next Under Secretary Of The Air Force
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/24/senate-confirms-matthew-lohmeier-as-next-under-secretary-of-the-air-force/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A former fighter pilot for the Air Force and later the Space Force, Lohmeier was removed from service under the Biden administration in May 2021 after espousing concerns about the military’s embrace of Marxist ideology. The lieutenant colonel specifically criticized the force’s obsession with DEI racism and critical race theory.)

FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary cities ‘make it safe’ for criminal migrants to roam our neighborhoods.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376208068112
— Chicago-based group hosted a summer camp for anti-Trumpers
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376215116112
— Dems’ goal isn’t to make us safer, it’s to create chaos so they can maintain power
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376211923112
— America’s skies are wide open to national security threats drone expert warns
https://www.foxnews.com/us/americas-skies-wide-open-national-security-threats-drone-expert-warns?lid=yb8lbgt38x7i

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Massive Upgrade to DoD: Matthew Lohmeier Confirmed as Under Secretary of the Air Force. Former Air/Space Force Lieutenant Colonel F-15 pilot becomes #2 person in the Air Force, and Legal Insurrection couldn’t be happier.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/massive-upgrade-to-dod-matthew-lohmeier-confirmed-as-under-secretary-of-the-air-force/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The former Space Force Lieutenant Colonel squadron commander who was fired, forced to resign without a pension just before his retirement date, and subjected to a Pentagon Inspector General investigation after publishing his bestselling book, Irresistible Revolution: Marxism’s Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military, which tore the lid off the military’s obsession with DEI and racist and radical “woke” ideologies.)

NEWSMAX
— Blagojevich to Newsmax: ‘Lunatics’ Have Taken Over Democrats’ ‘Asylum’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rod-blagojevich-democrats-left-wing/2025/07/27/id/1220259/

TOWNHALL
— Lohmeier, Fired by Biden for Exposing Pentagon DEI, Confirmed by Senate As Air Force Under Secretary.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/27/lohmeier-fired-by-biden-for-exposing-pentagon-dei-confirmed-by-senate-as-air-force-under-secretary-n2660921
— Media Ignore Trump Successes to Focus on Epstein
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2025/07/28/media-ignore-trump-successes-to-focus-on-epstein-n2661017

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

REUTERS
— Virtually all, if not all, GAO employees are Democrats. GAO falsely claims to be non-partisan. I should write a book about that. I would use how the Democrats who run GAO treated me as an example. If I had been a Democrat, they would not have forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They would not have kept me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They would not have delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They would not have always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They would not have forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have wasted what I learned working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.  They would not have wasted what I learned earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. They would not have wasted what I learned earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. They would not have wasted what I learned to become a licensed CPA.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-administration-violated-law-in-delaying-us-head-start-education-funding-gao-report-finds/ar-AA1JahXB

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://apnews.com/article/harvard-trump-college-governance-dei-635834c9e09e4361f319257ab9fa3724
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Islam.
https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/muslim-leaders-increase-security-after-vandalism-20787509.php

AOL
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly use AI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/trump-signs-executive-order-targeting-004445924.html

MSN
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when Whites, males, older people, Protestants, and German Americans do better than minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, and non-German Americans, it is because they benefit from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, and non-German Americans. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use the aforesaid argument to give more and more and more preference to minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, and non-German Americans. America’s enemies do not want America to be led by Whites, males, older people, Protestants, or German Americans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/equity-is-not-a-handout-it-s-a-head-start-why-fairness-requires-more-than-equality/ar-AA1J7LtR

CBS LOS ANGELES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/jewel-thais-williams-lgbtq-trailblazer-remembered-at-beloved-west-hollywood-venue-catch-one/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/opinion/mamdani-race-college-admissions.html
— Gas Stations Are Adding E.V. Chargers and Reasons to Wait Around
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/business/gas-station-expansion-evs.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/27/justice-epstein-memo-bondi-blanche-patel-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/27/scotland-donald-trump-protests-golf/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— We Won’t Miss Government Media. At NPR and PBS, bias has long been the biggest problem. Let 1,000 podcasts bloom.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/we-wont-miss-government-media-ce321e65
— Antisemitism Moves Into the Political Mainstream. It used to be taboo to say you hated the Jews and wanted to wipe Israel off the map. Not anymore.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/antisemitism-moves-into-the-political-mainstream-13763ea8

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly unite those who are liberal, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time against those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2025/07/27/allyship-is-leadership-why-people-with-power-are-an-untapped-resource/

RAMIREZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more poverty and crime.
https://ramirez.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-ramirez-slams-trumps-efforts-criminalize-neighbors-impacted

DAILY BEAST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Joe Walsh.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-republican-congressman-joe-walsh-unpacks-brutality-behind-south-parks-trump-burn/

GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders use billboards to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/27/medicaid-cuts-billboards-democrats