FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders say “Academics in Chicago sound the alarm on ‘viewpoint discrimination’ as government targets student protesters.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/13/student-activism-crackdown-viewpoint-discrimination/
— Democrat leaders say “Pritzker and Illinois educators condemn Trump’s cuts at Department of Education.” (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, very few condemned Gingrich’s GAO budget cuts. Gingrich cut GAO’s budget 15 percent in 1996 and 10 percent in 1997. SEE: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-OCG-96-4/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-OCG-96-4.pdf )
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/13/pritzker-department-education-trump/
— Democrat leaders say “Trump Justice Department sends letter to Mayor Brandon Johnson about alleged antisemitism on campuses.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/13/trump-justice-department-letter-chicago-antisemitism-campuses/
— Democrat leaders acknowledge “City of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools are fighting over dangerous levels of indebtedness. Same taxpayers are on the hook, either way.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/editorial-city-chicago-chicago-public-100000624.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders say “Trump administration wants us to believe only white men make military great. The administration is trying to rewrite history by deleting references to the Tuskegee Airmen, women and others with milestone achievements in the military.” (COMMENT: Republicans oppose Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they oppose race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/13/trump-administration-deletes-women-black-men-minorities-from-military-history-tuskegee-ben-jealous
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders say “Trump takes aim at Chicago again — this time with a federal task force on antisemitism.” (COMMENT: I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors who forced their Jewish employees to do their dirty work. I would focus on my Democrat GAO superiors who punished me the most a) because in 1990, I volunteered to work for their group that was led by GAO’s most prominent Chicago office Jewish manager and b) because I continuing to work for her. In 1997, they forced her and my other two Jewish GAO Chicago Office superiors to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/03/13/federal-task-force-antisemitism-schools-campus-chicago-brandon-johnson-bondi-justice-department
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Jews
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/03/13/northwestern-faculty-and-students-say-efforts-to-appease-trump-chill-free-speech
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/13/mahmoud-khalil-has-rights
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/13/trump-tariffs-taxes-burden-poor-middle-class-steel-alcohol-canada-marc-morial
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote criminals and crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/03/13/formerly-incarcerated-people-seeking-jobs-need-clean-slate-law-illinois-johnathon-bush
DAILY HERALD
— Scott A. Brown: 2025 candidate for Wheaton City Council North District
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250314/local-politics/scott-a-brown-2025-candidate-for-wheaton-city-council-north-district/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago Sun-Times editorial page editor leaving as buyout deadline looms (COMMENT: I sued my Democrat GAO superiors over their threats if I did not take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf They made it clear to me that if I did not take their “offer,” they would make my next 6 years until I would be eligible for regular retirement a living hell for me. The least of which they would do would be to demote me and to give me adverse transfers. Previously, they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and forced to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS. GAO was not unionized; it did not unionize until 2007.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marketing-media/lorraine-forte-departing-chicago-sun-times-amid-buyouts
NBC5
— Federal agencies are under a Thursday deadline to turn over plans to the Office of Personnel Management on how they plan to reduce the size of their respective agencies, including through reductions in workforce. A federal judge ruled Thursday that thousands of probationary employees who were abruptly terminated last month must be re-instated. (COMMENT: Democrats run GAO. I have saved voluminous records of what my Democrat GAO superiors did to deal with Gingrich budget cuts 1980-1997. They used Gingrich’s budget cuts along with Affirmative Action, DEI, up-or-out, subjectivity in their personnel systems, etc. to get rid of their Republican employees like me who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I would not have survived for almost 18 years if I had not a) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, c) earn a job-related professional license in 1981.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/federal-agencies-face-deadline-proposed-cuts-layoffs/3697147/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/watch-chicago-chefs-attempt-worlds-largest-cannabis-infused-pizza-for-pi-day/3696841/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders say “Numerous Chicago employees let go in cuts to U.S. Dept. of Education Office of Civil Rights.” (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, the Chicago news media did not report on Democrat success in using Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of GAO employees in its Chicago office like me who were Republican.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-employees-cuts-dept-education-civil-rights/
— Democrat leaders say “Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs denounces 3 a.m. protest at his house.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-treasurer-michael-frerichs-protest-house/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/we-will-not-let-you-harm-our-children-illinois-educators-react-to-dismantling-of-department-of-education/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ask “Could Illinois be the first state in the nation to legalize prostitution?” and crow that “Lawmakers in Illinois are debating a bill that would create a “Sex Workers Bill of Rights.” (COMMENT: How successful might Democrat leaders be getting your children to major in sex work in college and become professional prostitutes?)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1608014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyBYnvjtqKI
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-politics
— Democrat leaders say “Pritzker pushes back on Trump’s education cuts.” (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Extremely few pushed back against Gingrich GAO budget cuts during that time.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnkYpfLtfZs
— Democrat leaders say “‘DOGE bags in Washington’: Gov. Pritzker addresses Illinois educators on federal education cuts.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/doge-bags-in-washington-gov-pritzker-addresses-illinois-educators-on-federal-education-cuts
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders say “Chicago attorneys accuse federal agents of violating immigrants’ rights and take legal action.”
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/03/13/chicago-attorneys-accuse-federal-agents-of-violating-immigrants-rights-and-take-legal-action
— Democrat leaders say “Northwestern faculty and students say efforts to appease Trump chill free speech.”
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/03/13/northwestern-faculty-and-students-say-efforts-to-appease-trump-chill-free-speech
STATELINE
— Democrat leaders acknowledge that “Nearly half of cannabis users think driving high doesn’t impair skills.”
https://www.mystateline.com/news/cannabis-users-driving-high/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders say “President Trump’s attempts to shrink government target civil rights efforts.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-13/president-trumps-attempts-to-shrink-government-target-civil-rights-efforts
WCIA
— Democrat leaders ask “Could IL townships be dissolved?” and say “Bills supporting the decision are resurfacing, but some oppose the idea.”
https://www.wcia.com/news/could-il-townships-be-dissolved-bills-supporting-the-decison-are-resurfacing-but-some-oppose-the-idea/
NEWS BREAK
— Illinois clarifies no local laws can restrict homeless camping in public areas (COMMENT: Democrat leaders would love to set up a big homeless camp in the Prairie Path Park ( https://www.wheaton.il.us/747/Prairie-Path-Park ) in my precinct.)
https://www.newsbreak.com/mystateline-com-wtvo-wqrf-1589920/3854313830110-illinois-clarifies-no-local-laws-can-restrict-homeless-camping-in-public-areas
POLITICO
— Chicago in Trump’s sights, again
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/14/chicago-in-trumps-sights-again-00230531
CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-474/
— Democrat leaders say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-267/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MILTON TOWNSHIP REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
— Statement to the Residents of Milton Township from Chairman of Milton Township Republican Organization Jeff Castle
https://miltongop.org/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: What if Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of cutting its budget, including 15 percent in 1996 and 10 percent in 1997? ANSWERS: a) there would be no need for DOGE today, b) my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, c) I might still be a GAO employee, d) my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, keep me off audits of IRS, delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, or force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, and e) GAO would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, by the time I was 40 years old in 1988. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— If Pritzker Were a Federal Employee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/12/if-pritzker-were-a-federal-employee/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To JB Pritzker: Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager, the people of Illinois. Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation. Sincerely, The Illinois Republican Party P.S. We’re pretty sure you aren’t going to respond, so here are some suggestions: Compared Republicans to Nazis – A desperate, disgusting attack to distract from his own failures. Classy. Went on MSNBC for a Love Fest – Instead of working for Illinois families, he spent his time trying to impress liberal elites. Pushed More Tax Hikes – Because clearly, Illinois families and businesses just aren’t paying enough already. Doubled Down on Sanctuary Policies – Inviting even more illegal immigrants to Illinois while ignoring the financial and safety crisis it creates. Continued Pretending to Be President – Instead of fixing Illinois, he’s out there demanding that Trump and Congress listen to him. Delusional. Meanwhile, Illinois Republicans are focused on REAL solutions: Fighting for lower taxes and economic growth, Protecting our communities from crime and lawlessness, Standing with President Trump to secure our borders, Stopping Pritzker’s radical policies before they do even more damage)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/12/illinois-coerced-utilities-dei-report/
— DeVore Says He’s Going RINO Hunting, May Be Seeking to Take Out the Only Local Republican State Representative Who Can Pass a Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/13/devore-says-hes-going-rino-hunting-seeking-to-take-out-the-only-local-republican-state-representative-who-can-pass-a-bill/
— McHenry County Assistant Transportation Director Scott Hennings Testifies Against Giving Chicago Total Control of RTA
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/13/mchenry-county-assistant-transportation-director-scott-henning-testifies-against-giving-chicago-total-control-of-rta/
— Reick Promotes Witness Slip Filing on Home Schooling Regulation Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/13/reick-promotes-witness-slip-filing-on-home-schooling-regulation-bill/
— No Bobcat Hunting in McHenry County and Much of Eastern Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/12/no-bobcat-hunting-in-mchenry-county/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump is not delivering for his voters
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3346197/trump-not-delivering-for-his-voters/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Illinois Runs a Scholarship That Excludes White Applicants. It Could Get the State’s Top Universities Defunded. Experts say the program, which includes Northwestern and the University of Chicago, is patently unlawful. (COMMENT: According to Democrat leaders and to RINO leaders, Republicans marginalize and oppress students who are the following, and that is why they should get scholarships: Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have an ancestor who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.)
https://freebeacon.com/campus/illinois-runs-a-scholarship-that-excludes-white-applicants-it-could-get-the-states-top-universities-defunded/
NEW YORK POST
— Tesla terrorism only reveals the Left’s impotence
https://nypost.com/2025/03/13/opinion/tesla-terrorism-only-reveals-the-lefts-impotence/
CATHOLIC VOICE
— Biden spent ‘staggering’ $1 trillion on DEI programs (COMMENT: How successful was Biden in using DEI to promote more hatred against those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct who are Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have in America for a long time? I should write about Biden’s success in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. I will get a measure of Biden’s success in my precinct when I hand-deliver Republican campaign literature and sample ballots to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter.)
https://catholicvote.org/biden-spent-staggering-1-trillion-on-dei-programs-study-finds/
CENTER SQUARE
— Lawmakers propose banning all federal labor unions (COMMENT: I was a federal union member for almost 12 years. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized before 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_2289d674-003a-11f0-b149-8f0333472fb8.html
FEDERALIST
— 7 Trump Orders Congress Should Codify To Keep Wokeness Out Of The Military
https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/14/7-trump-orders-congress-should-codify-to-keep-wokeness-out-of-the-military/
FOX NEWS
— Illinois Democrat lawmaker pushes bill to legalize attacks on police for people having mental health episode. Critics say the bill would embolden those who attack police.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-dem-lawmaker-pushes-bill-legalize-attacks-police-people-having-mental-health-episode
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrat leaders say “DOGE proposes cutting IRS workforce by a total of nearly 20%.” (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980. If I was still an IRS employee, they would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.komu.com/news/nationworld/doge-proposes-cutting-irs-workforce-by-a-total-of-nearly-20/article_75a2c451-4da5-5326-9abb-d7273d7ef24f.html
— Democrat leaders say “Protesters arrested after storming Trump Tower to demand release of Mahmoud Khalil.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/us/mahmoud-khalil-protesters-arrested-trump-tower/index.html
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders say Trump to invoke wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to carry out deportations to Guantanamo
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-alien-enemies-act-1798-deportations-guantanamo/
— Democrat leaders say “USPS to cut 10,000 workers through voluntary early retirement program.” I worked for the Democrats who ran USPS 1966-1969. If I was still a USPS employee, they would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/usps-cut-10000-workers-elon-musks-doge/
— Democrat leaders say chief counsel is demoted and replaced with DOGE ally
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andrew-de-mello-irs-william-paul-doge-trump/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH FOUR PHOTOS: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/pageoneplus/quote-of-the-day-leaders-standing-up-to-trump-widen-their-support-at-home.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/opinion/america-trump-europe.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders say “Judges order Trump officials to offer jobs back to thousands of fired workers.” (COMMENT: If you were forced to retire early, would you take a reinstatement offer? After my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, a low-level employee in GAO’s personnel office hinted verbally that he might be able to get me reinstated. I asked that he put the terms in writing, but he never did. To force me to retire, my Democrat GAO superiors made it clear to me that if I did not, they would make my next 6 years until I would be eligible for regular retirement a living hell for me. According to them, they would demote me, give me adverse transfers, give me bad job assignments, give me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, and even worse things. Previously, they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 years, and forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer to GAO from IRS when I was 31 years old in 1980. Previously, they had focused on making all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates despise me, if not hate me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, White, male, older, draft-avoider, Protestant, German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, a Crete resident 1948-1972, a Wheaton resident since 1978, and an IRS employee 1971-1980. They stressed that my wife had a good job, that we had no children or other dependents, that we had a home built in Wheaton in 1984, that we had no debts, that we owned two collector cars, etc. If GAO had been unionized, my GAO superiors would not have been able to take the aforesaid adverse actions against me that they did.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/03/13/trump-probationary-federal-worker-firings-judge-ruling/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders say “How Trump and Musk have sought greater control over federal employees.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/12/trump-musk-impact-federal-workforce/82235676007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders say: Make the U.S. Civil Service Effective Again (COMMEMT: Democrats run the federal government. They do everything that can to not hire Republicans and to get rid of Republican employees, and especially those who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. To accomplish the aforesaid, they use Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they use race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. They use up-or-out and the subjectivity in their personnel policies. They ever-increasingly lower hiring, retention, and promotions standards.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/make-the-u-s-civil-service-effective-again-efficiency-flexibility-states-b71fe701
— How low will Democrat leaders drive stocks down?
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-inflation-dow-nasdaq-sp500-03-13-2025
GAO
— 1996 FLASHBACK: DEMOCRAT LEADERS SAY: GAO’s DOWNSIZING EFFORTS (COMMENT: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Gingrich cut GAO’s budget 15 percent in 1996 and 10 percent in 1997.)
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-OCG-96-4/pdf/GAOREPORTS-T-OCG-96-4.pdf )
(FROM THE REPORT: Last year, the Congress directed a 25 percent reduction in our funding—15 percent to be accomplished in fiscal year 1996 and an additional 10 percent in fiscal year 1997. Because nearly 80 percent of our budget pays for salaries and personnel-related costs, we reached the unavoidable conclusion that the agency could not absorb these reductions without significantly downsizing our workforce. In response to this budget situation, the Comptroller General established a team of senior level managers to assess the impact of the funding reductions and develop a plan for achieving these reductions. In July 1995, the Comptroller General approved the team’s plan to reduce GAO’s workforce by about 850 employees over 14 months. Under the plan, GAO’s workforce would be reduced to about 3,500 by the beginning of fiscal year 1997. The goal of the plan was to achieve large reductions in a way that would avoid major disruptions in our workplace, while leaving us with the skills required to carry out our mission and maintain current production levels.)
POLITICO
— Democrat leaders say “Tens of thousands of fired federal workers must be reinstated immediately, judge rules. U.S. District Judge William Alsup described the mass firings as a “sham” strategy by the government’s central human resources office.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/fired-federal-probationary-employees-court-ruling-00228721
Tag: political
March 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada, including 250% tax on dairy (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use everything that Trump says and does against him.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-threatens-new-tariffs-canada-including-250-tax-dairy/15992544/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more gender based preference giving.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF5ujLyO_7E
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Something should be done’: Illinois Democratic lawmakers hear from public frustrated about President Donald Trump’s initiatives (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use everything that Trump says and does against him.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/09/something-should-be-done-illinois-democratic-lawmakers-hear-from-public-frustrated-about-president-donald-trumps-initiatives/
— Hundreds gather to criticize Trump, Musk’s spending cuts at ‘Takedown Tesla’ protest (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use everything that Trump says and does against him.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/08/hundreds-gather-to-criticize-trump-musks-spending-cuts-at-takedown-tesla-protest/
— FEMA cancels classes at national fire training academy amid federal funding cuts (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use everything that Trump says and does against him.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/08/fema-national-fire-training-academy/
— Five years ago, COVID gripped the world in fear. Now local scientists, doctors warn Trump’s policies are weakening public health. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use everything that Trump says and does against him.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/09/five-years-later-pandemic-response-fears-return/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Purdue star blows whistle on Illinois’ ‘Orange Krush’ fans, alleging racist comments directed at brother, 13. The teams played Friday night at State Farm Center.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/college-sports/2025/03/08/purdue-boilermakers-trey-kaufman-renn-illinois-fans-racist-state-farm-center
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more preference for women.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250308/nation-and-world-politics/we-wont-be-silent-hundreds-show-support-for-international-womens-day-in-geneva/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Democrats lost in the wilderness of their own making (COMMENT: From what I see, Democrat leaders plan on winning again by promoting even more a) dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and nation origin discrimination. From what I see, Democrat leaders plan on winning again by promoting even more hatred against Trump, against the 77 million who voted for Trump, and especially against those who share Trump’s demographics. Trump is conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, German American, and his ancestor have been in America for a long time.)
https://johnkassnews.com/democrats-lost-in-the-wilderness-of-their-own-making/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Rep. Martin McLaughlin, R-Barrington, says Illinois’ liberal policies are to blame for the state’s poor demographic showing.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7a35b4be-fb9a-11ef-8f9c-e3450e6997a2.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to the following who state that they are Republican, but who ever-increasingly paint themselves as being moderate/centrist, RINO, Democrat Lite, anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican: candidates, elected officials, and party leaders? Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— In your precinct, how many voted for Harris? 478 voted for Harris in my precinct. Who do the hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in your precinct take their hatred of Trump out against? Anticipate/expect it will be against their Republican Precinct Committeeman. I will get a measure of that hatred while I hand-deliver Republican campaign literature and marked sample ballots for the April 1, 2025 election to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent voter. – Dave Diersen
http://gopillinois.com
— How dependent on government spending are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? As Democrats move into DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, more and more and more are dependent of government spending. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Republicans and their Republican Party platform create prosperity and safety. Democrats and their Democrat Part platform create poverty and crime. Republicans created a prosperous DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. But as Democrats ever-increasingly move in and take over, poverty and crime increase. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The less money that your parents have/had, the less money that you have, the less protection that you have against political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I had to work my through college. My father never made more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. The more of the following that you are, the more that you will be forced to pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. If my parents had not sent me Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools, I never would have been able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, earn a bachelor’s degree, earn three master’s degrees, earn six professional certifications, and earn a professional license. – Dave Diersen
http:///www.gopillinois.com
— All during the almost 18 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they ever-increasingly fought Republican-led budget cuts. I was one of the last Republicans who GAO hired. My Democrat GAO superiors took their hatred against Republicans out on me. They took many adverse actions against me and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that. SEE: NBC NEWS: “You lose all hope: Federal workers gripped by mental health instability amid Trump cuts. In interviews with NBC News, many federal workers shared stories of overwhelming stress, personal crises, rapid weight loss, panic attacks and more” at https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/federal-workers-gripped-mental-health-instability-trump-cuts-rcna194485 – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Employers have an extremely low opinion of federal employees. Democrats run the federal government. Democrats despise/hate Republicans. I should write about that. The longer that you are a federal employee, the more impossible it is to get a job in the private sector. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been an unemployed federal retiree for more than 27 years. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school classmate had not asked me to join him taking the postal employment test. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 a) if I had not taken the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 as backstop if I could not get a job in the private sector and b) if my Firestone Store boss had not rudely fired me in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. SEE: MSN: Nearly 12,000 federal employees file unemployment claims in DC at https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/nearly-12-000-federal-employees-file-unemployment-claims-in-dc/ar-AA1AtTS5 – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What has harmed your Republican Precinct Committeeman’s credibility? My credibility has been harmed big time by the many big adverse action that the following have taken against me since 1999. 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) conservative and religious leaders and activists, d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, and e) Republican donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, campaign volunteers, etc. I should write about the aforesaid. I would focus on the aforesaid who continue to have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on the aforesaid who continue to have their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I took delivery of my red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV yesterday. If you share my interest in the car, please let me know. I owned a 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1971. Some at NIU called me “Daytona Dave” because I drove it to Daytona Beach for the 1969 and 1970 spring breaks. SEE: TOP SPEED: 10 Ways The Dodge Charger Daytona EV Will Change Muscle Cars Forever at https://www.topspeed.com/how-dodge-charger-daytona-ev-change-muscle-cars-forever/ FROM THE ARTICLE: “The Dodge Charger Daytona name carries a legacy of power, performance, and bold design. First introduced in 1969 as a revolutionary muscle car built for NASCAR dominance, the original Daytona became an icon, breaking records and turning heads with its striking aerodynamic design. Over the decades, the Daytona has symbolized Dodge’s relentless pursuit of speed and innovation.” – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic politicians continue race-baiting hysteria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3341274/democratic-politicians-continue-race-baiting-hysteria/
— Democrats kneel for criminals but won’t stand for a child cancer survivor
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3340576/democrats-kneel-criminals-wont-stand-child-cancer-survivor-dj-daniel/
— DOGE must audit and disarm the IRS (COMMENT: GAO audits IRS. Democrats run GAO and IRS and do not want Republicans employees. Nevertheless, I worked for IRS for almost 9 years for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3340559/department-of-government-efficiency-must-audit-disarm-irs/
— The less money that your parents have/had, the less money that you have, the less protection that you have against political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I had to work my through college. My father never made more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. The more of the following that you are, the more that you will be forced to pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3311108/dei-and-deviancy-wealth-doesnt-always-buy-protection/
NEW YORK POST
— Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn alleges Illinois fans hurled racist taunts at family
https://nypost.com/2025/03/08/sports/purdues-trey-kaufman-renn-alleges-illinois-fans-hurled-racist-taunts/
— Some House members have mental faculties so diminished they can no longer do their jobs — and others voting drunk, high: lawmakers
https://nypost.com/2025/03/08/us-news/some-house-members-have-mental-faculties-so-diminished-they-can-no-longer-do-their-jobs-and-others-voting-drunk-high-lawmakers/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Does mourning brutally murdered children who are white mean you are a ‘white supremacist?’ Some leftists think so.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/does_mourning_brutally_murdered_children_who_are_white_mean_you_are_a_white_supremacist_some_leftists_think_so.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, everything that Trump says and does creates economic worries.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/us-economic-worries-mount-as-trump-implements-tariffs-cuts-workforce-and-freezes-spending/ar-AA1AuInz
— What do you say to the following who state that they are Republican, but who ever-increasingly paint themselves as being moderate/centrist, RINO, Democrat Lite, anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican: candidates, elected officials, and party leaders? Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-opposition-principles-first-076bf16a73a9c66f10ad3a2fbc0df1c1
MSN
— ‘Cruel and Disrespectful’: Musk’s Ultimatum To Federal Workers Sparks Backlash (COMMENT: If I was still a federal employee, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cruel-and-disrespectful-musk-s-ultimatum-to-federal-workers-sparks-backlash/ss-AA1AfHY1
— Nearly 12,000 federal employees file unemployment claims in DC (COMMENT: Employers have an extremely low opinion of federal employees. Democrats run the federal government. Democrats despise/hate Republicans. I should write about that. The longer that you are a federal employee, the more impossible it is to get a job in the private sector. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been an unemployed federal retiree for more than 27 years. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school classmate had not asked me to join him taking the postal employment test. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 a) if I had not taken the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 as backstop if I could not get a job in the private sector and b) if my Firestone Store boss had not rudely fired me in 1971 because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/nearly-12-000-federal-employees-file-unemployment-claims-in-dc/ar-AA1AtTS5
YAHOO
— Millions of Americans will get a Social Security boost thanks to new law — find out if (and when) you’ll get paid (COMMENT: Yesterday, Social Security deposited $3,237.90 into my checking account for 2024. Great, but I hoped that it would have been more.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/millions-americans-social-security-boost-103400386.html
ABC NEWS
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, everything that Trump says and does harms everyone.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/funding-cuts-could-harm-global-efforts-to-fight-tuberculosis-who-warns/ar-AA1AoKkh
NBC NEWS
— ‘You lose all hope’: Federal workers gripped by mental health instability amid Trump cuts. In interviews with NBC News, many federal workers shared stories of overwhelming stress, personal crises, rapid weight loss, panic attacks and more. (COMMENT: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they fought Republican-led budget cuts. I was one of the last Republicans who GAO hired. My Democrat GAO superiors took their hatred against Republicans out on me. They took many adverse actions against me and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/federal-workers-gripped-mental-health-instability-trump-cuts-rcna194485
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/activists-march-for-lgbtq-shows-at-kennedy-center/3862284/
CBS NEWS
— DHS administering lie detector tests to employees in effort to find leakers
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dhs-lie-detector-tests-employees-leakers-immigration-raids/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say that “Musk Is Making Republicans Sweat and Giving Democrats a New Target.” (COMMENT: How dependent on government spending are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-politics.html
— State Republicans Eager to Climb on Cost-Cutting Bandwagon
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/us/state-doge-oklahoma.html
— Democrats say “Chaos at the V.A.: Inside the DOGE Cuts Disrupting the Veterans Agency.” (COMMENT: How dependent on government spending are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/us/politics/veterans-affairs-doge-cuts.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Republican Medicaid cuts could shutter rural hospitals, maternity care.” (COMMENT: How dependent on government spending are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/03/08/medicaid-cuts-rural-hospitals/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/03/09/trump-mexico-asylum-migrants-refugees/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-03-09/donald-trump-race-gender-dei-pete-hegseth-cq-brown-college-military-amazon-target-boycott-robin-abcarian
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks, and at everyone else, that Trump is a racist.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/03/08/trump-dei-black-people-fight-racism-civil-rights/81609951007/
HUFFINGTON POST
— How many of those on Medicaid voted for Trump and why?
https://www.aol.com/gop-sen-josh-hawley-warns-110010376.html
NEW YORKER
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/03/09/trump-mexico-asylum-migrants-refugees/
DAILY KOS
— Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. GAO audits IRS. Democrats run GAO and IRS. Nevertheless, I worked for IRS for almost 9 years for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/3/8/2308932/-Trump-through-Musk-uses-government-waste-race-handout-code-words-to-destroy-it-for-tax-cut
GUARDIAN
— Democrats say that “Chaos on campuses as schools warn Trump cuts could harm US for decades.” (COMMENT: How dependent on government spending are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/08/trump-universities-higher-education-cuts
TIMES
— More Americans seeking asylum in Ireland since Trump’s comeback. Growing political unease in the United States has led many people to seek sanctuary in stable EU countries.
https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/more-americans-seeking-asylum-in-ireland-since-trumps-comeback-57kngc03j
March 8, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Volunteer work is the best remedy for our anxious times (COMMENT: What volunteer work do you do? I spend 15+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars every year putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out every day. Those newsletters promote the Republican Party platform. What motivates you to do the volunteer work that you do? For me, it is filling the tremendous void in communication from the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO). The IRP should be doing what I do for Illinois Republicans daily. The DCRCC and MTRO should be doing what I do for DuPage County and Milton Township Republicans at least weekly. Political organizations exist to help elect candidates in their jurisdictions who can and will defend and advance their platform. Democrat organizations do not have to do what I do because the mainstream news media promotes the Democrat Party platform.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/03/07/volunteer-work-kindness-best-remedy-anxiety-polarizing-times-culture-wars-happiness-carol-larson
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County unveils plans to replace Heritage Gallery in Wheaton (COMMENT: The Democrats who have invaded and conquered DuPage County despise/hate Republicans. They want drive all Republicans out of DuPage County.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250307/news/dupage-county-unveils-plans-to-replace-heritage-gallery-in-wheaton/
— Hundreds rallied Thursday at the Capitol in Springfield to voice their opposition to a bill that would require oversight of families who home-school their children (COMMENT: Democrats hate home schooling because Democrats use education to make students good little Democrats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250308/news/l/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump budget cuts.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/stand-science-rally-thousands-federal-plaza-chicago-oppose-trump-administration-research-funding-cuts/15989395/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump budget cuts.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-farmers-food-pantries-hit-hard-by-trumps-budget-cuts/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump budget cuts.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1604992
WTTW
— Illinois Joins Lawsuit Seeking to Halt ‘Illegal’ Mass Firings of Federal Workers and Thrust Into Unemployment, Axed Federal Workers Face Relatives Who Celebrate Their Firing (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress that virtually no one came to my defense when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was grossly overpaid ($153,151/year in today’s dollars) and that I must be an extremely bad employee because I was forced to retire even though I had three job-related master’s degrees (1997, 1980, and 1976), six job-related professional certifications (1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979), and a job-related professional license (1981).)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/07/illinois-joins-lawsuit-seeking-halt-illegal-mass-firings-federal-workers
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/07/thrust-unemployment-axed-federal-workers-face-relatives-who-celebrate-their-firing
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts to the IRS threaten to cost more than DOGE will ever save (COMMENT: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112.280/year. My Democrat IRS superiors took adverse actions against me and wasted my career. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. To waste my GAO career and to get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, except for 3 years 1986-1988.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/03/07/doges-cuts-irs-threaten-cost-more-than-doge-saves
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump wants to gut HUD. Illinois can’t afford to lose it. (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO during the 1990s instead of gutting it, there would no need for DOGE today.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/illinois-cant-afford-lose-hud-under-trump-opinion
FOX ILLINOIS
— DOGE’s power curbed amid reports of tension within Trump Administration
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/doges-power-curbed-amid-reports-of-tension-within-trump-administration-elon-musk-marco-rubio-sean-duffy-cabinet-trump-agency-democrats-finances
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-07/trump-freeze-on-resettlement-funding-leaves-new-refugees-scrambling-to-adjust-in-u-s
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-263/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To end Affirmative Action and DEI is to end a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How would your life been different if Democrats had not had Affirmative Action and DEI to use against Republicans? For me, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, long before I was 40 years old. I had three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a job-related professional license (CPA). None of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me had anything close to that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your attitude toward fired federal employees? My critics/opponents stress that virtually no one came to my defense when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was grossly overpaid ($153,151/year in today’s dollars) and that I must be an extremely bad employee because I was forced to retire even though I had three job-related master’s degrees (1997, 1980, and 1976), six job-related professional certifications (1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979), and a job-related professional license (1981). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— A big reason why I got virtually no sympathy when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 was that that I immediately started getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension of $66,780/year in today’s dollars and that the federal government continues to pay 72% of my and my wife’s health care premiums. But in today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $153,151, and therefore, I suffered a $86,371/year or 56% loss of income. But virtually everyone accepted back then and continues to accept the hinting/implying/arguing/shouting from my critics/opponents that I was grossly overpaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. If you accept that, you can understand why my employers had such a hard time recruiting and retaining women for those jobs and why they gave the women who they did hire so much preference over men. With Affirmative Action and DEI, the women who they hired could always get better jobs elsewhere. All the women who my employers promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one that I had. They were all Democrat, minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If Republicans had reformed GAO instead of gutting it while I worked for it 1980-1997, I would have been promoted into its Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year. But instead, the Democrats who ran GAO wasted my career and got rid of me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— RINOs want Trump to fail, that is, RINOs want America to fail. RINOs are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-those who have more money than they have, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. I should write about the biggest RINOs in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Astounding Social Security Bonus! (COMMENT: My Social Security ($3,000/year) is only about a third of what it should be ($9,000/year) because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension ($67,000/year). Because Biden signed a law that ended that reduction, I will get about $6,000 for 2024 and $750/month instead of $250/month starting this year.)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/astounding-social-security-bonus/
— Congressman Darin LaHood Questions Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/congressman-darin-lahood-questions-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson/
— Opioid Deaths Up in McHenry County, While State Sees Downturn
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/opioid-deaths-up-in-mchenry-county-while-state-sees-downturn/
— Oakland Hills Dares Hold an “EASTER” Egg Hunt
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/oakland-hills-dares-hold-an-easter-egg-hunt/
— New State Senator Darby Hills Sends First Newsletter
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/new-state-senator-darby-hills-sends-first-newsletter/
— More Concern for Data Centers Electric Use
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/more-concern-for-data-centers-electric-use/
WIREPOINTS
— Emanuel shouldn’t get a pass just because Lightfoot was bad and Johnson is even worse.
https://wirepoints.org/rahm-emanuel-shouldnt-get-a-pass-just-because-lightfoot-was-bad-and-mayor-johnson-is-even-worse-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinoisans pay nation’s highest combined state, local taxes
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/report-illinoisans-pay-nations-highest-combined-state-local-taxes/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HB2827 Threatens Homeschool Freedom—Fight Back Before It’s Too Late!
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/03/hb2827-threatens-homeschool-freedom-fight-back-before-its-too-late.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DEI and deviancy: Wealth doesn’t always buy protection.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3311108/dei-and-deviancy-wealth-doesnt-always-buy-protection/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Three FEMA supervisors fired after probe of directive to skip homes with Trump signs
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/03/08/three-fema-supervisors-fired-after-probe-of-directive-to-skip-homes-with-trump-signs-1527711/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Education Department Launches ‘End DEI’ Portal for K-12 Discrimination Reporting (COMMENT: To end DEI is to end a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/03/06/education-department-launches-end-dei-portal-for-k-12-discrimination-reporting/
EPOCH TIMES
— US Stopping All Federal Funding to South Africa (COMMENT: As discrimination against Whites in America diminishes because of Trump, more White South Africans may want to immigrate to America.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/us-stopping-all-federal-funding-to-south-africa-trump-5821808
FOX NEWS
— Obama Presidential Center: DEI-linked firm’s racial lawsuit blasted as baseless ‘smears’ Engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti was accused of racially discriminating against a Black-owned subcontractor after criticizing their work.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-presidential-center-dei-linked-firms-racial-lawsuit-blasted-baseless-smears
NATIONAL REVIEW
— DEI Meets an IED (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly do everything that they can to keep DEI, that is, to keep a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2025/04/dei-meets-an-ied/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSNBC
— Trump’s outreach to white South Africans isn’t (just) about Elon Musk. The president’s offer for white farmers to leave post-apartheid South Africa and gain U.S. citizenship says a lot about how he views America. (COMMENT: As discrimination against Whites in America diminishes because of Trump, more White South Africans may want to immigrate to America.)
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-elon-musk-south-africa-rcna195340
MSN
— IRS worker laid off by DOGE had received just 1 paycheck before getting fired (COMMENT: A big reason why I got virtually no sympathy when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 was that that I immediately started getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension of $66,780/year in today’s dollars and that the federal government continues to pay 72% of my and my wife’s health care premiums. But in today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $153,151, and therefore, I suffered a $86,371/year or 56% loss of income. But virtually everyone accepted back then and continues to accept the hinting/implying/arguing/shouting from my critics/opponents that I was grossly overpaid.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/taxes/we-are-the-easy-targets-irs-worker-laid-off-by-doge-had-received-just-1-paycheck-before-getting-fired/ar-AA1At9AV
CBS NEWS
— Some migrants hoping to cross U.S. border consider turning back due to Trump crackdown
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-mexico-border-migrants-trump-crackdown/
NEW YORK TIMES
— I’m a Rust Belt Democrat From a Swing District. Anti-Tariff Absolutism Is a Mistake.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/opinion/tariffs-democrats-mexico.html
— Asked if U.S. Needs Education Department, Its Head Says ‘No’ (COMMENT: For Democrats, the Department of Education exists to crank out good little Democrats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/education-department-mcmahon-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The 10 Republicans who could be Trump’s heir apparent in 2028. Vice President JD Vance is the obvious and prohibitive frontrunner, but here’s who else could be in the mix.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/08/10-republicans-who-could-be-trumps-heir-apparent-2028/
— For some federal workers, Trump and Musk offer a career springboard (COMMENT: If Republicans had reformed GAO instead of gutting it while I worked for it 1980-1997, I would have been promoted into its Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year. But instead, the Democrats who ran GAO wasted my career and got rid of me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/08/trump-musk-doge-workforce/
USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/07/canada-tariffs-affect-us-goods/81799529007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats Are Busy Fighting Over What to Fight Over. Progressives want confrontation while moderates fear that will turn off the centrist voters who can put them back in power.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democrat-party-strategy-progressive-moderates-13e8df10
— RINOs want Trump to fail, that is, RINOs want America to fail. RINOs are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-those who have more money than they have, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. I should write about the biggest RINOs in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/snap-out-of-it-democrats-trump-congressional-address-showed-they-wont-win-for-a-long-time-1757d3c4
— Trump Is Overturning the World Order That America Built. As the president embraces Putin, longtime allies are starting to view the U.S. not just as unreliable but as a possible threat to their own security.
https://www.wsj.com/world/trump-is-overturning-the-world-order-that-america-built-10981637?page=1
FORBES
— Democrat and RNO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2025/03/07/trump-immigration-policy-ending–protection-for-18-million-immigrants/
WRAL
— Dismantling modern DEI policies will hurt women in corporate culture, especially in heavily male-centric organizations, experts warn. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. If you accept that, you can understand why my employers had such a hard time recruiting and retaining women for those jobs and why they gave the women who they did hire so much preference over men. With Affirmative Action and DEI, the women who they hired could always get better jobs elsewhere. All the women who my employers promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one that I had. They were all Democrat, minority, 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.wral.com/business/women-workforce-dei-policies-change-corporate-america-march-2025/
March 6, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn tariffs.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/trumps-tariffs-explainer/
— The historic Crown Point Courthouse saw one of several demonstrations organized across 50 states ahead of President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress Tuesday evening.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/region-residents-join-nationwide-demonstrations-on-eve-of-trump-speech-in-congress/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/lake-countys-congressmen-give-trump-speech-the-cold-shoulder-he-stands-for-only-one-thing-himself/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/06/opinion-homelessness-criminalization-grants-pass-camping-bans-illinois-legislation/
— Early voting for April 1 election begins Friday in Kane County
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/early-voting-for-april-1-election-begins-friday-in-kane-county-officials-say/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly a) promote the hate-filled Trump-hating Mayor of Chicago and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump..
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/05/brandon-johnson-sanctuary-city-hearing-chicago-house-oversight-committee
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn tariffs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/small-business/2025/03/05/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-illinois-businesses-facing-scary-times
— Robert Crimo III signs trial waiver ‘Donald Trump’ after pleading guilty to Highland Park parade shooting. Experts say his guilty plea should stand. “He can sign Mickey Mouse or Donald Trump,” said Richard Kling, a law professor at Kent College of Law. What matters, he said, is that there is a transcript of Crimo orally pleading guilty, which Crimo did Monday.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/highland-park-parade-shooting/2025/03/05/highland-park-parade-shooting-robert-crimo-trial-waiver-donald-trump
DAILY HERALD
— Early voting ahead of April 1 election begins Friday for some, March 17 for others (COMMENT: As a Republican Precinct Committeeman, I will use 805 mailing labels to hand-deliver Republican campaign literature and marked sample ballots to the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican or one Independent voter.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250305/local-politics/early-voting-ahead-of-april-1-election-begins-friday-for-some-march-17-for-others/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Lisle mayor, trustees at odds over police chief hiring process (COMMENT: How did you get your jobs? The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, younger, or veteran who would take the job. For the Post Office job, I had passed the postal employment examination and I had earned a high school diploma. For the IRS job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU. For the GAO job, I had earned an MBA from Loyola, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250305/news/lisle-mayor-trustees-at-odds-over-police-chief-hiring-process/
NBC5
— Appeals court allows Trump to remove Office of Special Counsel (OSC) ethics watchdog Hampton Dellinger — for now (COMMENT: OSC did not come to my defense when my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took many big adverse actions against me a) because I blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit when I was 40 years old in 1988 that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/appeals-court-allows-trump-administration-to-remove-federal-ethics-watchdog/3689910/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The Special Counsel’s job is to look into and expose unethical or unlawful practices directed at federal civil servants, and to help ensure that whistleblowers who disclose fraud, waste, and abuse on the part of government agencies can do so without suffering reprisals,”)
— DOGE recommends closing multiple Social Security offices across the U.S., including in Illinois. The proposed closure comes after reports that the Social Security Administration is preparing to lay off least 7,000 people from its workforce. (COMMENT: My Medicare is more than my Social Security. That may explain why I did not get a SSA-1099. But the Social Security website would not let me request one and no one answered at Social Security after hours of being in hold.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/doge-recommends-closing-multiple-social-security-offices-across-the-u-s-including-in-illinois/3689639/
FOX32
— LaHood calls Johnson ‘tone deaf’ to needs of Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DTtTNdlAl7lA
SOUTHERN
— Trump administration hit with over 100 lawsuits since inauguration
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/06/trump-administration-hit-with-over-100-lawsuits-since-inauguration/
RIVER BENDER
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/trump-administration-cuts-funding-for-grants-that-support-illinois-farmers-and-food-banks-80297.cfm?
STATELINE
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-gov-pritzker-warns-1-million-may-lose-health-care-coverage-if-medicaid-funding-cut/
CLINTON JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn tariffs.
https://theclintonjournal.com/stories/tariffs-on-illinois-largest-trading-partners,86466
WAND TV
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/legislative-leaders-urge-illinois-gop-congressional-delegation-to-vote-against-medicaid-cuts/article_88944766-fa08-11ef-b1f9-632b456fc219.html
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Appeals court rules that Trump can remove head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC). OSC did not come to my defense when my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took many big adverse actions against me a) because I blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit when I was 40 years old in 1988 that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-03-05/trump-administration-can-remove-head-of-federal-watchdog-agency-appeals-court-rules
(FROM THE ARTICLE: OSC is responsible for guarding the federal workforce from illegal personnel actions, such as retaliation for whistleblowing. It investigates whistleblower claims of reprisal, can pursue disciplinary action against employees who punish whistleblowers and provides a channel for employees to disclose government wrongdoing.)
AXIOS CHICAGO
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are dependent on federal spending?
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/03/05/house-budget-medicaid-cuts-illinois
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Brandon Johnson gets a D.C. grilling
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/06/brandon-johnson-v-darin-lahood-00215402
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-468/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— One of the first targets for an Illinois DOGE? Chicago’s 20 nearly-empty, failing schools. Here’s the 2025 list.
https://wirepoints.org/one-of-the-first-targets-for-an-illinois-doge-chicagos-20-nearly-empty-failing-schools-heres-the-2025-list-wirepoints/
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Illinois officials have the constitutional authority to essentially thumb their nose at federal immigration agents and complicate federal efforts to locate and remove illegal immigrants, according to a new filing from Illinois’ state attorney general. (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject the rule of law.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/670297274-new-filing-illinois-has-constitutional-authority-to-ignore-immigration-law-complicate-deportations
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Democrat-led mainstream news media ever-increasingly spins negatively everything that Trump says and does. – Dave Diersen
http://gopillinois.com
— All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were the aforesaid and a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Office of Special Counsel’s (OSC) job is to look into and expose unethical or unlawful practices directed at federal civil servants, and to help ensure that whistleblowers who disclose fraud, waste, and abuse on the part of government agencies can do so without suffering reprisals, But OSC did not come to my defense when my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took many big adverse actions against me a) because I blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit when I was 40 years old in 1988 that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Oberweis Tries for Congress Again (COMMENT: I did much to help Oberweis win general elections. Of course, my critics/opponents always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at him that I caused all his defeats. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/05/oberweis-tries-for-congress-again/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Declares ‘America is Back’ as House Speaker Removes Rep. Al Green for Disrupting Presidential Speech to Congress
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/03/trump-declares-america-is-back-as-house-speaker-removes-rep-al-green-for-disrupting-presidential-speech-to-congress.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
U.S. HOUSE
— Sanctuary Mayors Refuse to Change Policies That Obstruct Federal Immigration Enforcement and Protect Dangerous Criminal Aliens
https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-sanctuary-mayors-refuse-to-change-policies-that-obstruct-federal-immigration-enforcement-and-protect-dangerous-criminal-aliens/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats are delusional in their open embrace of illegals
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/6/democrats-delusional-open-embrace-illegals/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump’s triumphant vision as America’s renewal shines in historic address
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/trump_s_triumphant_vision_as_america_s_renewal_shines_in_historic_address.html
BREITBART
— Trump Reforms Yield Several Arrests of Illegal Aliens Taking American Jobs
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/05/trump-reforms-yield-several-arrests-illegals-taking-american-jobs/
— The more demographics that you have that vote for Republicans and the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more hatred that Democrat and RINO leaders promote against you.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/05/there-is-no-america-without-migrants-says-democrat-attorney-general/
DAILY CALLER
— Soaring Levels Of Non-English Speaking Students May Be Driving National Reading Test Scores Into Ground (COMMENT: Delay in dumping German held my ancestors back big time. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. Yet, all my grandparents still spoke German. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/05/soaring-levels-of-non-english-speaking-students-may-be-driving-national-reading-test-scores-into-ground/
FOX BUSINESS
— Mayors gave ‘woke wonderment’ and ‘double-talk’
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6369653272112
FOX NEWS
— DNC hires new top exec with long history of pushing racial grievances, leftist ideology. Roger Lau previously worked for progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dnc-hires-new-top-exec-with-long-history-pushing-racial-grievances-leftist-ideology?lid=4j232h861vbo
— Republican, independent voters react positively to Trump declaring US ‘woke no longer’ Democrats in the focus groups tests did not react at all favorably to Trump’s statements during his address to Congress.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/republican-independent-voters-react-positively-trump-declaring-us-woke-no-longer
GREG GIROUX
— Former Illinois state Sen. Jim Oberweis (R), who relocated to SW Florida after close loss to Rep. Lauren Underwood (D) in 2020, filed papers to seek #FL19 seat Rep. Byron Donalds (R) is giving up to run for governor. (COMMENT: I did much to help Oberweis win general elections. Of course, my critics/opponents always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at him that I caused all his defeats. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://x.com/greggiroux/status/1897388737275031939
JAMES A. FUREY
— Education bureaucrats lower standards in the name of ‘equity’ and call it progress. In reality, they are condemning students, particularly the most vulnerable, to a lifetime of limited opportunity. (COMMENT: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were the aforesaid and a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://x.com/JamesAFurey/status/1897400171593654726
JIM OBERWEIS FOR CONGRESS
https://votejimo.com/
NEWSMAX
— Sanctuary City Mayors ‘Put Illegals First’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/james-comer-chicago-denver/2025/03/05/id/1201616/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US
https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-trump-plans-revoke-legal-111130604.html
NEWSWEEK
— Sanctuary City Hearing Descends Into Chaos: ‘This Is My Right!’ (COMMENT: How strongly are your county, county district, township, municipality, municipal district, school district, and precinct sanctuaries for illegals?)
https://www.newsweek.com/sanctuary-city-hearing-james-comer-ayanna-pressley-chaos-2040235
C-SPAN
— Trump Praises Efforts to End DEI “Woke” Policies in Defense Dept.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5155812/president-trump-praises-efforts-end-dei-woke-policies-defense-dept
CBS NEWS
— Highland Park parade shooter signed “Donald Trump” on trial waiver rather than his own name after guilty plea
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/highland-park-parade-shooter-donald-trump-name-document/
NEW YORK TIMES
— More Than 70 Million Americans Are on Medicaid. This Is Where They Live. (COMMENT: How many are on Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? Why are they on Medicaid?)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/27/us/politics/medicaid-enrollment.html
— There Is No Musk Exception in the Constitution
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/opinion/elon-musk-trump-constitution.html
— ‘Hamilton’ Cancels Kennedy Center Run Over Trump’s Takeover. “We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” said the show’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/theater/hamilton-kennedy-center-trump-miranda.html
WASHINGTON POST
— D.C. U.S. attorney tells Georgetown he won’t hire from any school with ‘DEI’ (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to lower standards for Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/03/05/dc-us-attorney-ed-martin-georgetown-law-dei/
— The Democratic fight over how to respond to Trump has already begun (COMMENT: I wonder what the hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will shout at me as I hand-deliver sample ballots and Republican campaign literature in my precinct.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/05/democrats-trump-speech-reaction-debate/
USA TODAY
— Canadian province leader threatens to cut off energy to 3 US states, imposes 25% surcharge
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/04/ontario-canada-tariff-retaliation-energy-states/81350351007/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/04/trump-dei-backlash-explained/81170427007/
NEW YORKER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-many-immigrants-will-die-in-us-custody
FINANCIAL REVIEW
— All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were the aforesaid and a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/workplace/gender-data-shows-any-lack-of-meritocracy-is-working-in-favour-of-men-20250225-p5lf18
PRESS AND GUIDE & NEWS HERALD
— Today in history: John Belushi’s death shocks hometown of Wheaton
https://www.pressandguide.com/2025/03/05/today-in-chicago-history-john-belushis-death-shocks-the-city/
https://www.thenewsherald.com/2025/03/05/today-in-chicago-history-john-belushis-death-shocks-the-city/
March 5, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Johnson defends spending on migrant crisis during Capitol Hill hearings
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-defends-spending-migrant-crisis-during-sanctuary-city-hearings-washington-dc/15981771/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson testifies in DC at sanctuary city hearing
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-set-testify-washington-dc-sanctuary-city-hearing/15979555/
— Trump issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas to release all remaining hostages held in Gaza
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-issues-last-warning-hamas-release-remaining-hostages-held-gaza/15981541/
— Trump administration plans to fire over 70K employees at Department of Veterans Affairs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trumps-administration-planning-fire-70k-employees-us-department-veterans-affairs-memo-shows/15981426/
— ‘Partisan and divisive’: House leadership on Trump’s joint address
https://abc7chicago.com/post/democrats-republicans-react-president-trumps-joint-address-congress/15980125/
— Illinois legislative revenue estimate more than $700M lower than Gov. Pritzker’s proposed budget
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-legislative-revenue-estimate-737-million-lower-governor-jb-pritzkers-proposed-state-budget/15982106/
NBC5
— House Republicans seek to censure Rep. Al Green after interrupting Trump’s speech
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/house-republicans-seek-to-censure-rep-al-green-after-interrupting-trumps-speech/3689903/
— LaHood questions Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson during testimony before Congress
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/il-rep-darin-lahood-questions-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-during-testimony-before-congress/3689776/
CBS2
— Mayor Brandon Johnson defends Chicago’s immigration policies on Capitol Hill; “Chicago is and always has been a proud city of immigrants.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/after-prep-mayor-johnson-testify-capitol-hill-immigration/
FOX32
— Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers opening statement in sanctuary cities hearing
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DliSvuXQIHh8
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson defends Chicago’s sanctuary laws in GOP-led congressional hearing
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/mayor-brandon-johnson-congress-committee-sanctuary-laws/
— Democrat leaders say “Trump uses Democrats as stooges at address to Congress” and ask “When will the party learn some common sense?”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/editorial-donald-trump-uses-democrats-as-stooges-at-state-of-the-union-when-will-the-party-learn-some-common-sense/
— City begins rehousing efforts for Gompers Park homeless encampment residents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/chicago-rehousing-efforts-gompers-park-homeless/
— Aurora mayoral candidates Richard Irvin, John Laesch to answer questions at upcoming forum (COMMENT: While I was the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005 -2012, far too many Republican candidates objected to my asking them after their speeches that if elected, would they defend and advance all the planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/aurora-mayoral-candidates-richard-irvin-john-laesch-to-answer-questions-at-upcoming-forum/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Heavily-scripted Mayor Brandon Johnson survives congressional hot seat on Chicago’s sanctuary city policy
https://chicago.suntimes.com/brandonjohnson/2025/03/05/chicago-sanctuary-city-brandon-johnson-testimony-updates-file
DAILY HERALD
— ‘Insulting and disrespectful’: Suburban Democratic lawmakers slam Trump’s address to Congress
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250305/us-congress-politics/insulting-and-disrespectful-suburban-democratic-lawmakers-slam-trumps-address-to-congress/
— Illinois lawmakers boycott, bring pointed guests to Trump speech
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250304/nation-and-world-politics/illinois-lawmakers-boycott-bring-pointed-guests-to-trump-speech/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Brandon Johnson argues sanctuary city law keeps Chicago safer in high-profile House testimony
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-defends-chicagos-sanctuary-city-law-dc
SOUTHERN
— Trump, Musk raise questions about whether nation’s gold at Fort Knox has been stolen
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/05/trump-musk-raise-questions-about-whether-nations-gold-at-fort-knox-has-been-stolen/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Volunteers help fired federal workers re-enter the job market (COMMENT: No one helped me or my Republican GAO coworkers who were fired because of Republican-led budget cuts during the 1980s and 1990s.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-05/volunteers-help-fired-federal-workers-re-enter-the-job-market
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Republicans push for special master in Illinois redistricting lawsuit
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/republicans-push-for-special-master-in-illinois-redistricting-lawsuit#
KDHL RADIO
— Cannabis Edible Sends Illinois Teen To Emergency Room
https://kdhlradio.com/ixp/722/p/cannabis-edible-illinois/
WHEATON
— Women of Wheaton (COMMENT: What About Men of Wheaton?)
https://www.wheaton.il.us/1069/Women-of-Wheaton
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-261/
— Underutilized CPS schools driving up costs
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/05/report-underutilized-cps-schools-driving-up-costs/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— It all comes out in the wash. As time goes on, it becomes all the more clear that all my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican reject many, most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Antics at speech highlight Democrats’ Trump problem
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/5/antics-speech-highlight-democrats-trump-problem/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Chicago Mayor: Sanctuary Policies Make Cities Safer Because ‘Undocumented Immigrants Come Forward To Report Crimes’
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/chicago-mayor-sanctuary-policies-make-cities-safer-because-undocumented-immigrants-come-forward-to-report-crimes/
BREITBART
— Biden Quadrupled Unvetted Immigration Through Parole Program Abuse
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/05/report-biden-quadrupled-unvetted-immigration-through-parole-program-abuse/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— USDA employees fired en masse by Trump administration reinstated (COMMENT: I was among the more than 3,000 GAO employees who Republicans fired during the 1980s and 1990s. What if we had been reinstated?)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/usda-employees-fired-reinstatement/index.html
NBC NEWS
— Trump grants automakers a 1-month exemption on tariffs; Vance visits southern border
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/live-blog/live-updates-trump-vance-musk-doge-immigration-russia-ukraine-rcna194067
CBS NEWS
— JD Vance touts Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration in Texas
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/jd-vance-touts-trump-administrations-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration-in-texas/
— House Speaker Mike Johnson’s chief of staff arrested for DUI after Trump speech
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-johnson-chief-of-staff-hayden-haynes-arrested-dui-trump-speech/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Chicago’s Mayor Pushes Back as Republicans Attack Immigration Policies
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/us/brandon-johnson-chicago-mayor-sanctuary-city-hearing.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Americans don’t love Trump’s methods on Ukraine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/05/americans-dont-love-trumps-methods-ukraine/
— Trump administration plans 15 percent cut to VA workforce (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO during the 1980s and 1998s, Republicans cut half its workforce.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/05/veterans-affairs-cut-employees-trump-doge/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Tariff Concerns Paralyze Businesses, Raising Uncertainty
https://www.wsj.com/video/trump-tariff-concerns-paralyze-businesses-raising-uncertainty/9883E3CA-F5B0-4DB2-A2FB-0845198B7542
INDEPENDENT
— Speaker Mike Johnson’s chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump’s speech
https://www.yahoo.com/news/speaker-mike-johnson-chief-staff-213942800.html
March 4, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— Excerpts from President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress
https://www.whitehouse.gov/news/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hundreds gather in Daley Plaza Tuesday to protest Trump in ‘pro-democracy’ rally
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/04/hundreds-gather-daley-plaza-protest/
— Effort to house Gompers Park homeless moving forward
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/04/gompers-park-homeless-mayor-brandon-johnson/
— Trudeau slams Trump’s tariffs, says US is appeasing Putin while launching a trade war against Canada
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/04/trudeau-trump-tariffs-putin/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration puts several major Chicago federal buildings up for sale. The properties listed for sale Tuesday include two iconic high-rise towers in the Loop: the Kluczynski and Metcalfe federal buildings.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/03/04/donald-trump-general-services-administration-sale-chicago-federal-buildings
— Lead Madigan prosecutor leaving U.S. attorney’s office after more than two decades. It’s unclear what prompted the departure of Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet Bhachu. The news comes in the early days of President Donald Trump’s new administration, but also less than three weeks after a jury found Madigan guilty of a bribery conspiracy and other crimes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-corruption-trials/2025/03/04/lead-madigan-prosecutor-leaving-u-s-attorney-office
DAILY HERALD
— Demonstrators across 50 states look to unify a disparate opposition to Trump and his sweeping agenda
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250304/nation-and-world-politics/demonstrators-across-50-states-look-to-unify-a-disparate-opposition-to-trump-and-his-sweeping-agenda/
— Trump’s trade war draws swift retaliation as Mexico, Canada and China impose tariffs on the US
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250304/business/us-tariffs-take-effect-mexico-canada-and-china-retaliate-with-their-own-tariffs-on-the-us/
NBC5
— After taking down Mike Madigan, top Chicago prosecutor is taking Trump buyout. Amar Bhachu is considered a tough-as-nails questioner and an advocate for ethics, justice and cleaning up Chicago’s halls of power.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/after-taking-down-mike-madigan-top-chicago-prosecutor-is-taking-trump-buyout/3688730/
CBS2
— Questions remain about immigration enforcement in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-speech-congress-immigration-enforcement-chicago/
WGN9
— Chicago’s history as a sanctuary city spans 40 years, 7 presidents and 5 mayors
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicagos-history-as-a-sanctuary-city-spans-40-years-7-presidents-and-5-mayors/
— Quigley, Schakowsky, Casten did not attend President Trump’s joint address to Congress Tuesday evening.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-representatives-to-skip-president-trumps-address-to-congress/
FOX32
— IRS could cut up to half of its 90,000-person workforce
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/irs-workforce-cuts-trump-administration
— ACLU of Illinois: Hearing on sanctuary cities is about ‘much more than immigration policy’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/aclu-illinois-hearing-sanctuary-cities-is-about-much-more-than-immigration-policy
— LaHood: Congress will vote on DOGE cuts
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-republican-doge-cuts
WBEZ
— Venezuelans in Chicago face Trump’s decision to end protected status. Many intend to stay in the U.S. But uncertainty from losing the status is putting pressure on business owners and straining relationships.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/03/04/venezuelans-in-chicago-face-trumps-decision-to-end-protected-status
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump seeks to put 443 federal properties up for sale — including 11 in Chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-seeks-put-443-federal-properties-sale
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-the-irs-is-drafting-plans-to-cut-as-much-as-half-of-its-90000-person-workforce-ap-sources-say/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Trump administration ends reimbursements for Illinois food programs. USDA funds are part of nearly $2 billion being withheld from Illinois, Pritzker says. (COMMENT: To what extent are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct dependent on food programs?)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/trump-administration-ends-reimbursements-for-illinois-food-programs/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-260/
— A month later, ICE still won’t reveal who it arrested in Chicago
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/04/a-month-later-ice-still-won%e2%80%99t-reveal-who-it-arrested-in-chicago/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois legislators differ on Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canada, Mexico
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e0dba010-f939-11ef-b6d1-e365c30349d5.html
— Illinois Republicans pleased redistricting lawsuit moving forward
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_5ff3f8f4-f93d-11ef-a1ed-532e1f5769a9.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans cheer, Democrats stand still as Trump walks in for joint address to Congress
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/4/republicans-cheer-democrats-stand-still-trump-walks-joint-address/
— White House says fired veterans among federal workers are ‘perhaps’ not fit for the jobs (COMMENT: If I was still working for the federal government, my many superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were veterans would be beyond furious. They would kill me figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/4/white-house-says-fired-veterans-among-federal-workers-perhaps-fit/
— Trump’s personnel office walks back order to fire probationary employees
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/4/trumps-personnel-office-walks-back-order-fire-probationary-employees/
NEW YORK POST
— United Auto Workers union praises Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico
https://nypost.com/2025/03/04/us-news/united-auto-workers-union-praises-trumps-tariffs-on-canada-and-mexico/
FOX NEWS
— Illinois educators turn our kids into political pawns in war against Trump. Rooftop Revelations: It was no surprise when I learned that the Illinois State Superintendent told districts to defy Trump’s orders to dismantle DEI.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/illinois-educators-turn-our-kids-political-pawns-war-against-trump
— Activist gives illegal migrants heads up about ICE raids
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369572924112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump’s Early Success at the Border Exposes Biden Lies
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/trumps-early-success-at-the-border-exposes-biden-lies/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED P{RESS
— Trump touts Elon Musk and DOGE in joint address to Congress
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-address-congress-updates
ABC NEWS
— Republicans target 4 ‘sanctuary’ cities as Trump pushes mass deportations (COMMENT: The list includes Chicago.)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/republicans-target-4-sanctuary-cities-trump-pushes-mass-119421896
NBC NEWS
— Trump addresses Congress as his policy overhaul tests the economy and key alliances. The Russia-Ukraine war and U.S. tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China are likely to be among the focuses of President Donald Trump’s speech, which began at 9:20 p.m. ET.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-administration-speech-congress-live-updates-rcna194006
NBC WASHINGTON
— Democrat and RINO leaders stress difficulties in deporting their illegals.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/immigration-courts-clogged-for-years-as-trump-vows-to-deport-millions-more/3858328/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Chinese Company to Single Workers: Get Married or Get Out (COMMENT: According to my Democrat GAO superiors, if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA in 1981, d) earn additional job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) earn a master’s degree in finance in 1997. None of my Democrat GAO superiors had anything close to the number of job-related degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I had. They all decried the time and money needed to raise children. According to them, my not having children gave me a tremendous unfair advantage over them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/world/asia/china-marriage-companies-childbirth.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The ideal worker at the Chinese chemical manufacturer, according to the internal memo, is hardworking, virtuous and loyal. And — perhaps most important — willing to have children for the good of the country. That was the message that the company, Shandong Shuntian Chemical Group, sent to unmarried employees recently, in a notice that spread widely on social media. It instructed them to start families by Sept. 30, or else. “If you cannot get married and start a family within three quarters, the company will terminate your labor contract,” the memo said.)
KHOU
— Congressman Al Green from Houston removed from Trump’s speech to joint session of Congress. The president was addressing Congress when Green disrupted the speech.
https://www.khou.com/article/news/politics/al-green-trump-speech-removed/285-5ef5f2c9-76e7-471d-adcf-2db10c1041ef
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Addresses Joint Session of Congress. The president sets his agenda for Ukraine, inflation, deportations and other issues, including the shrinking of the federal government.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-speech-congress-joint-session
March 3, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Hundreds rally for Ukraine in downtown Chicago after shouting match between Trump, Zelenskyy (COMMENT: If you, if your parents, if your grandparents, or if any of your ancestors are/were from Ukraine, what are you doing about this, what are you going to do about this? All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ukraine-chicago-protest-today-demonstrators-rally-justice-heated-donald-trump-volodymyr-zelenskyy-meeting/15970169/
— Proposed Medicaid cuts could put nearly 1M Illinois residents at risk of losing coverage. A Humboldt Park Health official said people can expect much longer wait times in the emergency room if the cuts are approved.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/medicaid-illinois-chicago-protest-today-proposed-cuts-held-humboldt-park-health/15966039/
NBC5
— ‘Reverse Robin Hood scam’ or windfall for middle class? Lawmakers debate Trump tax plan extensions. (COMMENT: My critics/opponent have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should pay more federal taxes. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/reverse-robin-hood-scam-or-windfall-for-middle-class-lawmakers-debate-trump-tax-plan-extensions/3687002/
CBS2
— Emotions run high at rally for Ukraine in Chicago’s Daley Plaza
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/emotions-run-high-at-rally-for-ukraine-in-chicagos-daley-plaza/
— More than 1,000 protest for Ukraine, lambaste President Trump in downtown Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protest-for-ukraine-lambaste-president-trump-downtown-chicago/
FOX32
— Chicago mayor to be ‘held accountable’ for sanctuary policies in Capitol Hill hearing, GOP reps say
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/republican-chicago-johnson-hearing
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicagoans rally in support of Ukraine after Zelenskyy’s contentious meeting with Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/chicago-ukraine-rally/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more opposition to Republican budget cuts. While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, there was virtually no opposition to Republicans cutting GAO’s budget.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/federal-employment-cuts-to-national-park-service-other-agencies-draw-sharp-criticism-here/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/chicago-guatemalans-community/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/fear-of-ice-arrests-keeping-customers-at-home-immigrant-owned-businesses-in-aurora-say-the-streets-were-so-lonely/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/northbrook-celebrates-diversity-with-cultural-fair/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage assimilation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/03/opinion-multilingualism-us-spanish/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Musk’s DOGE moves to cancel leases for federal offices across Illinois. The Trump administration is aiming to unload half the buildings the government owns and cancel 50% of leases for offices across the country.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/03/03/elon-musk-doge-leases-federal-offices-illinois
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Reflecting history: County board considering update to DuPage Heritage Gallery
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250302/news/reflecting-history-county-board-considering-update-to-dupage-heritage-gallery/
— District 207 candidates oppose Trump plans to abolish U.S. Education Department, use public funds for private schools (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents who have used against me the most my attending a) Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and b) Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250228/local-politics/district-207-candidates-oppose-trump-plans-to-abolish-u-s-education-department-use-public-funds-fo/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Nothing new about financial mismanagement in Illinois
https://www.yahoo.com/news/editorial-nothing-financial-mismanagement-illinois-155100049.html
OUR QUAD CITIES
— Illinois governor plays Nazi Trump card
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/illinois-governor-plays-nazi-trump-card/
— Democrat leaders not only oppose cutting federal spending for those who vote for Democrats, they want that spending to be increased. Those who vote for Democrats include those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, are in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, and criminals.
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/whats-ahead-as-illinois-lawmakers-push-to-stop-medicaid-cuts/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump is not the first U.S. President to lose patience with Zelenskyy reports show
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-is-not-the-first-us-president-to-lose-patience-with-zelenskyy-reports-show-volodymyr-former-president-joe-biden-jd-vance-oval-office-russia-ukraine-war-foreign-aid
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump’s speech to Congress comes as he wields vast power almost daring lawmakers, courts to stop him
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-speech-to-congress-comes-as-he-wields-vast-power-almost-daring-lawmakers-courts-to-stop-him/
— Trump’s past speeches to Congress asked them to pass his agenda. Now, he’s willing to go it alone. (COMMENT: Trump got elected by promising to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-past-speeches-to-congress-asked-them-to-pass-his-agenda-now-hes-willing-to-go-it-alone/
WSIU
— Democrats say “What Putin thinks of the tensions between Trump and Zelenskyy.”
https://www.wsiu.org/2025-03-03/what-putin-thinks-of-the-tensions-between-trump-and-zelenskyy
WCIA
— Conan O’Brien swipes at Trump with ‘Anora’ joke: Americans ‘excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian’
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/conan-obrien-swipes-at-trump-with-anora-joke-americans-excited-to-see-somebody-finally-stand-up-to-a-powerful-russian/
WAND TV
— Following Trump’s lead, his allies lash out at Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and suggest he may need to resign
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/following-trumps-lead-his-allies-lash-out-at-ukraines-zelenskyy-and-suggest-he-may-need/article_56d77fe3-1f42-5d25-88d5-3626b63a97ed.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Foreign students say the threat of Trump’s executive orders is getting real
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-03/foreign-students-say-the-threat-of-trumps-executive-orders-is-getting-real
— Democrat leaders say “Majorities say state of the union is not strong, and Trump is rushing change.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-03/poll-majorities-say-state-of-the-union-is-not-strong-and-trump-is-rushing-change
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— How Northwestern has responded to Trump’s anti-DEI orders
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/03/03/campus/the-daily-explains-how-northwestern-has-responded-to-trumps-anti-dei-orders/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders say “What’s at stake if we lose sanctuary city laws.”
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/03/03/sanctuary-city-chicago-immigration-house-hearing
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Former Gov. Bruce Rauner is among Republicans looking at Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency with a bit of nostalgia, uncertainty and caution. In an interview, Rauner acknowledged the challenges of trimming government. “There are all kinds of restrictions and union rules and regulatory rules for what you can do as an executive versus what needs legislative or other approvals, including union approvals and employee approvals,” he said. “It was very, very, very tough to shrink.” . . . Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump’s funding freeze, will host Lauri Morrison-Frichtl during the president’s speech before Congress on Tuesday. Morrison-Frichtl is executive director of the Illinois Head Start Association, which has been affected by the freeze. Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) will bring Eric Rodriguez for Trump’s speech. Rodriguez is a disabled Army veteran who works at the Hines VA Hospital and is concerned about Trump’s cuts to veterans’ services and the rights of unionized federal employees, according to Garcia’s team.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/03/this-week-is-going-to-be-viral-00206948
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders not only oppose cutting federal spending for those who vote for Democrats, they want that spending to be increased. Those who vote for Democrats include those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, are in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, and criminals. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gpoillinois.com
— The Democrat mainstream news media, that is, Democrat leaders, ever-increasingly spins everything against Trump and against the 77 million who voted for Trump. The more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Democrats assume that you voted for Trump. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Trump is following Gingrich’s policy of gutting of federal agencies instead of reforming them. While Gingrich was a U.S. Representative 1979-1999, and especially while he was the Speaker of the House 1995-1999, he became ever-increasingly critical of GAO. He cut GAO’s budget in relative terms, and increasingly, in absolute terms. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE today. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Were you a bad employee? My critics/opponents ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that I must have been an extremely bad employee because my superiors in the federal government took so many big adverse actions against me. They stress that my GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old EVEN THOUGH I had earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrats have invited fired federal employees to Trump’s congressional address. The move comes as lawmakers hear from constituents over President Trump’s and Elon Musk’s efforts to slash federal spending and cull the civil service ranks. My Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997, that is, they forced me to retire. What if my U.S. Congressman Henry Hyde and my U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald had invited me to Congressional addresses? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Hyde and Fitzgerald sided with GAO against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What would your critics/opponents stress to Trump and to his supporters to turn them against you? My critics/opponents would stress that I am not a team player, that is, that I have not ever been and that I will never be blindly loyal to any individual, that is, that I am instead loyal to conservative principles and to the Republican Party platform. Further, they would stress that I cannot be manipulated or dominated and that I refuse orders to a) glorify, praise, demonize, denigrate, or condemn people, b) pander to people, c) serve as an operative or dupe for anyone, d) coverup wrongdoing, and e) give money to anyone. No offense to Trump or to his supporters, but I take the aforesaid as a badge of honor. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Since 2000, as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, I have served as a conservative Republican political and government news and commentary aggregator. Of course, my critics/opponents do not want me to influence anything. That is why they a) ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2004 and 2010, b) ended my bid to serves as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, c) ended my service as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member in 2004, d) almost got Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, e) ended my ICRC Steering Committee membership in 2007, f) ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, g) ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, h) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, i) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and j) ended my Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee membership in 2024. I should write about my critic/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Willful indifference to cost: Illinois’ noncitizen healthcare scandal is worse than new audit shows
https://wirepoints.org/willful-indifference-to-cost-illinois-noncitizen-healthcare-scandal-is-worse-than-new-audit-shows-wirepoints/
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Illinois Commits to Using Schools to Harm and Indoctrinate Minors
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/02/28/illinois-commits-to-using-schools-to-harm-and-indoctrinate-minors
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois Schools to Trump: We’re Keeping DEI, Even If It Costs Millions!
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/03/illinois-schools-to-trump-were-keeping-dei-even-if-it-costs-millions.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing the civilian workforce at the Pentagon to respond to the Office of Personnel Management’s request for a list of their accomplishments for the past week. (COMMENT: My accomplishments last week include my putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters with links to 500 articles.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/2/defense-secretary-directs-civilian-employees-comply-opm-request/
— Islam is killing Germany. To survive, Europe must return to its roots.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/2/islam-killing-germany/
— Trump Is right: Fire bad federal employees and reward good ones (COMMENT: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that I must have been an extremely bad employee because my superiors in the federal government took so many big adverse actions against me. They stress that my GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old EVEN THOUGH I had earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/2/trump-right-fire-bad-federal-employees-reward-good-ones/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Hollywood’s decline is an American tragedy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3334133/hollywood-decline-is-an-american-tragedy/
NEW YORK POST
— Vance family moved to ‘undisclosed location’ after hundreds of pro-Ukraine protesters swarm ski resort ahead of vacation
https://nypost.com/2025/03/01/us-news/jd-vances-visit-to-vermont-ski-resort-interrupted-by-pro-ukraine-demonstrators-after-zelensky-exchange/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Fonda disproves the adage age brings wisdom
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/fonda_disproves_the_adage_age_brings_wisdom.html
CAMPUS REFORM
— ‘LGBTQ+ words for elementary students’: 10 ways Maine’s Department of Education spends its money
https://www.campusreform.org/article/lgbtq-words-elementary-students-10-ways-maines-department-education-spends-money-/27577
FOX NEWS
— Illinois GOP chair Kathy Salvi unleashes on governor for ‘grandstanding’ with special demand of Trump admin. ‘Governor Pritzker is grandstanding for his 2028 run for president instead of focusing on the mess that he’s left with us in Illinois,’ she said.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blue-state-gop-chair-unleashes-governor-grandstanding-demand-trum-admin
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump’s Worthy Effort to Rein In ‘Independent’ Agencies (COMMENT: GAO is supposed to be an independent agency, but instead, it is an arm of the Democrat Party. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE today.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/trumps-worthy-effort-to-rein-in-independent-agencies/
NEWSMAX
— Zelenskyy Should Work With Trump to End Ukraine War
https://www.newsmax.com/drlucjaswiatkowskicannon/zelenskyy-trump-ukraine/2025/02/26/id/1200577/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Wheaton College Alumni Send Clear Message on School’s Woke Drift
https://www.westernjournal.com/christian-college-alumni-send-clear-message-schools-woke-drift/
— Canada Spent $320 Million to Fuel Anti-Christian Hate But Came Up Empty-Handed
https://www.westernjournal.com/canada-spent-320-million-fuel-anti-christian-hate-came-empty-handed/
— Have We Become the Party of Handouts?
https://www.westernjournal.com/become-party-handouts/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Elon Musk Is South African. We Shouldn’t Forget It. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my hometown of Crete where I lived 1948-1972. They stress that while I lived there, it was overwhelmingly Lutheran and German American.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/opinion/elon-musk-south-africa.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. Soon, if not already, Democrat and RINO employers will officially a) not hire you unless you hate Trump and b) fire you if you do not hate Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/opinion/trumps-masculinity-democrats.html
— Democrats Invite Fired Federal Workers to Trump’s Congressional Address. The move comes as lawmakers hear from constituents over President Trump’s and Elon Musk’s efforts to slash federal spending and cull the civil service ranks. (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997, that is, they forced me to retire. What if my U.S. Congressman Henry Hyde and my U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald had invited me to Congressional addresses? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Hyde and Fitzgerald sided with GAO against me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/us/politics/democrats-trump-federal-workers.html
— Trump and the press
https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/render?campaign_id=9
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s opponents decry a sweeping crackdown on free speech. In an effort to stamp out “woke” racial and gender messages, critics say, the president is running afoul of the First Amendment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/02/trump-free-speech-censorship/
— Tariffs on Canada, Mexico to take effect Tuesday barring Trump reprieve
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/03/trump-presidency-news/
— A closer look at DEI and veterans’ preference (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I got and all the promotions that I got should have been given to veterans instead of me because I avoided the Vietnam War draft. I should write about that.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/03/dei-preference-veterans-military-families/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump is surrendering a century’s worth of U.S. global power in a matter of weeks
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-03-03/trump-ukraine-russia-global-power
USA TODAY
— Trump orders additional troops, armored vehicles to southern border
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/01/pentagon-troops-armored-vehicles-southern-border/80972784007/
— Dismantling agencies and firing workers: How Trump is redefining relations with Congress and courts. Trump has adopted a theory from former Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia that presidents control the entire executive branch. (COMMENT: Trump is following Gingrich’s policy of gutting of federal agencies instead of reforming them. While Gingrich was a U.S. Representative 1979-1999, and especially while he was the Speaker of the House 1995-1999, he became ever-increasingly critical of GAO. He cut GAO’s budget in relative terms and increasingly in absolute terms. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE today.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/02/president-trump-unitary-executive-branch-congress/80517757007/
CBS NEWS
— Trudeau to bring up Trump’s threat to annex Canada in meeting with King Charles
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trudeau-meeting-king-charles-trump-annex-threat/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Despite federal deadline, N.Y. colleges make few changes to DEI programs
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/02/despite-federal-deadline-ny-colleges-make-few-changes-to-dei-programs/
BOSTON GLOBE
— Musk and Trump aren’t just decimating the federal workforce. They’re denigrating it. (COMMENT: Overwhelmingly, Republicans view federal employees negatively. Why is that? I have always been a Republican. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years. To demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me, my Republican critics/opponents have always stressed that I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I have been a federal retiree since 1997. They stress that I was an IRS employee 1971-1980. I should write about my Republican critics/opponents.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/02/opinion/doge-federal-workforce-layoffs/
MIAMI HERALD
— Democrats Denounce Their Own Party: ‘Over-the-Top Wokeism’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-denounce-their-own-party-over-the-top-wokeism/ss-AA1A6goG
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Some of Illinois Wants to Join Indiana
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-some-of-illinois-wants-to-join-indiana/04100582-95B9-4BA1-B267-3BC902D84795
— FRONT PAGE: ‘Garage Mahals’ Are Driving Neighbors Nuts. When a regular garage isn’t big enough, Minnesotans turn to luxury storage spaces. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents despise/hate cars, and especially American nameplate cars, and more especially muscle cars, and even more especially Corvettes. I have owned my 1972 Corvette since I bought it new in 1971. If I sought a political office or a government office, my critics/opponents would stress the Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville that I used to own, the one that I own now, and the one that I am buying.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/garage-mahal-man-cave-car-barn-storage-shed-45681baa
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With his three-car garage in this Minneapolis suburb already full, Bret Bailey had to keep his racing Porsche in a trailer outside through brutal Minnesota winters. Then one March, as he prepared for a race, Bailey discovered the wheels of the trailer had frozen to the ground. “For two weeks, I’m throwing salt out there,” said the 64-year-old retired IT manager. Now, Bailey is part of a man-cave-meets-Storage Wars revolution spreading across the country. He keeps his two Porsches, Ferrari, custom Harley, dune buggy and racing trailer in a nearly 2,700-square-foot space outfitted like a sleek European car dealership. It sports a tequila bar, heated floors, bathroom with a shower, giant TV, leather sofa, stack of racing tires and a car lift. He’s among 100 owners in a complex of garage condos called Chanhassen AutoPlex whose car shows attract thousands of people on summer weekends. When a regular garage just isn’t big enough to stash all their cars, boats, snowmobiles, RVs or even quilting gear and golf simulators, some people turn to luxury storage spaces where they can be close to their toys with all the comforts of home. Call them car barns, barndominiums, toy sheds, garage mahals or shouses (for shop houses), they are a big hit in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.)
FORBES
— DOJ Civil Rights Chief Nominee Harmeet Dhillon Decries Affirmative Action In College Admissions (COMMENT: If Affirmative Action pressure had been stronger when I was young, minorities and females would have been admitted instead of me. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class and my ACT score was only 24. If qualified minorities and females had applied in 1966, UIC would have admitted them instead of me. The same for NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKtKDNN0L0Q
INC.
— To get more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that women are superior to men.
https://www.inc.com/stephanie-mehta/this-banks-board-is-78-percent-female-but-dont-credit-dei/91154397
REASON
— Mass Firings Aren’t Meritocracy
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mass-firings-aren-t-meritocracy/ar-AA1zZEcv
PEW RESARCH CENTER
— No consensus on who comes to mind when Americans are asked to name a news influencer (COMMENT: Since 2000, as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, I have served as a conservative Republican political and government news and commentary aggregator. Of course, my critics/opponents do not want me to influence anything. That is why they a) ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2004 and 2010, b) ended my bid to serves as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, c) ended my service as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member in 2004, d) almost got Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, e) ended my ICRC Steering Committee membership in 2007, f) ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, g) ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, h) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, i) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and j) ended my Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee membership in 2024.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/19/no-consensus-on-who-comes-to-mind-when-americans-are-asked-to-name-a-news-influencer/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: About one-in-five U.S. adults (21%) say they regularly get news from news influencers on social media, according to our recent study. The study is part of the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. But because the idea of “news influencers” is relatively new, we also wanted to know who Americans are thinking of when they hear the term. So in an open-ended question, we asked U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from news influencers to name the first one who comes to mind for them. In response, half named a person (as opposed to an organization or entity) or gave no response. The 425 people they named reflect a wide range of backgrounds – from journalists to opinion commentators to politicians to content creators. Most of these people fit the definition of news influencers in our larger study – that is, people with large followings on social media who regularly post about news or politics. The influencers our respondents most often named include Philip DeFranco (volunteered by 3%), Tucker Carlson (2%), Ben Shapiro (2%), V Spehar from Under the Desk News (2%) and Carlos Eduardo Espina (2%).)
DAILY MAIL
— Trump shocks as he makes huge concession to Russia
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/trump-shocks-as-he-makes-huge-concession-to-russia/ss-AA1A8EKk
March 2, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s upcoming testimony before Congress will unfold in an arena of political risk — and theater
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/mayor-brandon-johnsons-upcoming-testimony-before-congress-will-unfold-in-an-arena-of-political-risk-and-theater/
— Democrat leaders organize a protest against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/01/at-rally-in-st-charles-protestors-decry-trump-policies-show-support-for-ukraine/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/01/judge-blocks-trump-trans-youth-care-order/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America fora long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/column-reverse-discrimination-marlean-ames-page/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/21/heidi-stevens-banning-dei-and-race-based-programs-in-schools-chips-away-at-the-very-mission-of-education/
NBC5
— Pentagon sending about 3,000 more active-duty troops to the US-Mexico border. Already, about 9,200 U.S. troops in total are at the southern border, including 4,200 deployed under federal orders and about 5,000 National Guard troops under the control of governors.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/pentagon-sending-3000-active-duty-troops-us-mexico-border/3686444/
— Zelenskyy’s fiery White House visit gets ‘SNL’ cold open treatment. The sketch featured comedian Mike Myers as billionaire Elon Musk.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/zelenskyys-white-house-visit-snl-cold-open/3686448/
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. To promote reparations, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Blacks that all the problems that Blacks have are caused by Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkEr7AI_JBg
— Trump objected to Zelenskyy’s tone and body language in Oval Office clash, White House says
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-objected-to-zelenskyys-tone-and-body-language-in-oval-office-clash-white-house-says/3686305/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders organize a protest against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZx_r7TE9NY
— Judge rules head of federal watchdog agency fired by Trump must keep job. A judge has ruled the head of a federal watchdog agency must stay in his job, saying President Trump’s bid to remove the special counsel was unlawful. (COMMENT: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel had no problem with my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors taking big adverse actions against me a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination or b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/judge-rules-head-of-federal-watchdog-agency-fired-by-trump-must-keep-job/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders organize a protest against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz0EBtMaqng
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-sanctuary-city-explainer
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Multiple Republicans contemplate challenging Pritzker in 2026 (COMMENT: Aaron Del Mar is mentioned.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-multiple-republicans-contemplate-challenging-pritzker-in-2026/article_dc32bae0-f546-11ef-ab51-779479fadd55.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel must remain in his job, a judge in Washington ruled on Saturday, saying Trump’s bid to remove him was unlawful. (COMMENT: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel had no problem with my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors taking big adverse actions against me a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination or b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-judge-rules-head-of-watchdog-agency-must-keep-his-job-says-trumps-bid-to-oust-him-was-unlawful/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sided with Hampton Dellinger, who leads the Office of Special Counsel, in a legal battle over the president’s authority to oust the head of the independent agency that’s likely headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court. Dellinger sued Trump last month after he was fired, even though the law says special counsels can be removed by the president “only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” Jackson, who was nominated to the bench by Democratic president Barack Obama, quickly reinstated Dellinger in the job while he pursued his case. Jackson rejected the Trump administration’s claims that the special counsel’s removal protections are unconstitutional because they prevent the president from rightfully installing his preferred agency head. The judge said allowing the president to remove the special counsel at will would have a chilling effect on his crucial duties, which include guarding the federal workforce from illegal personnel actions, such as retaliation for whistleblowing. “The Special Counsel is supposed to withstand the winds of political change and help ensure that no government servant of either party becomes the subject of prohibited employment practices or faces reprisals for calling out wrongdoing — by holdovers from a previous administration or by officials of the new one,” Jackson wrote in her decision.)
DAILY ILLINI
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize protests against Trump’s deportation policies. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden’s invasion policies?
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/university-news/protests-strikes/2025/03/01/psl-rally-trumps-deportation-policies/
WHEATON RECORD
— Democrat leaders organize a Wheaton College student protest against Trump
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/03/01/wheaton-prayer-demonstration-trump-tower/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain going to do to help elect Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct? In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I am going to hand-deliver campaign literature from Republican candidates and a marked copy of the sample ballot to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or Independent registered voter. I will use 800 mailing labels to do that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The more of the following that you are, the more that your critics/opponents use DEI against you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. I should write about the following who have used DEI against me the most: 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) conservative leaders and activists, and d) religious leaders and activists. Of course, because political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination are illegal, the aforesaid use pretexts. I would focus on the pretexts that they have used to justify their adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you say to those who work against those who share their demographics to curry favor with those who do not share their demographics? What do you say to those who falsely claim to religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give themselves standing to destroy those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican? I should write about my critics/opponents who do the aforesaid. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To harm you, what do your critics/opponents stress about you? My critics/opponents stress a) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, including almost 9 years for IRS, b) that my superiors took many big adverse actions against me and never promoted me beyond GS-13 even though I had 3 job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, c) that my GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and that I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years, d) that so far, in today’s dollars, the Civil Service Retirement System has paid me more than $1.8 million dollars, e) that the federal government continues to pay 72% of my and my wife’s health care insurance premiums, f) that the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), let alone the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) have never asked me to serve as an officer, g) that MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP leaders have taken many big adverse actions against me, h) that Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have taken many big adverse actions against me, i) that many religious and conservative leaders have taken many big adverse actions against me, j) that Illinois Center Right Coalition and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois took big adverse actions against me, k) that many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats, and l) that my demographics are terrible. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
JOHN KASS
— Zelensky the Fool
https://johnkassnews.com/zelensky-the-fool/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Darin LaHood Interviewed on WGN Radio, Blames Putin for Starting the War
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/darin-lahood-interviewed-on-wgn-radio-blames-putin-for-starting-the-way/
— Evidence of Campaign Against Democrats’ Sales Tax in Kane County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/evidence-of-campaign-against-democrats-sales-tax-in-kane-county/
— A Story about Lobbyists That You Won’t Read in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/a-story-about-lobbyists-that-you-wont-read-in-illinois/
— Bribery Makes the Comics
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/bribery-makes-the-comics/
— Minutes from Administrative Services Committee Meeting on Increasing Peter Austin’s Salary to $250,000
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/minutes-from-administrative-services-committee-meeting-on-increasing-peter-austins-salary-to-250000/
— Schakowsky Joins Protest in Chicago
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/schakowsky-joins-protest-in-chicago/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ICE has not yet arrested children in school under Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3333502/ice-no-children-arrested-school-education-leaders-trump/
NEW YORK POST
— Jamie Dimon’s woke demons won’t halt JPMorgan’s DEI
https://nypost.com/2025/03/02/business/jamie-dimons-woke-demons-wont-halt-jpmorgans-dei/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Donald Trump and the American Cultural Renaissance
https://amgreatness.com/2025/03/02/donald-trump-and-the-american-cultural-renaissance/
AMERICAN THINKER
— DEI Universities Defy Trump
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/03/dei_universities_defy_trump.html
BREITBART
— Rahm Emanuel on Chicago: We Have ‘Disaster’ on Crime in Some Dem Cities Due to Permissiveness
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/03/01/rahm-emanuel-on-chicago-we-have-disaster-on-crime-in-some-dem-cities-due-to-permissiveness/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Trump Administration Orders Military To Remove All DEI Content (COMMENT: How has DEI impacted you? My Democrat superiors in the federal government used DEI big time to waste my career and to get rid of me. My RINO superiors in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois continue to use DEI big time to get rid of me. I should write about that.)
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/trump-admin-orders-military-to-remove-all-dei-content/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media acts like Democrat leaders pay it to do what it does, namely, demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-claims-media-paid-write-152811489.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Protests erupt at Tesla stores nationwide over Musk’s role in Trump spending cuts
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2025/03/02/protests-erupt-at-tesla-stores-nationwide-over-musks-role-in-trump-spending-cuts/
REUTERS
— Anti-Musk protesters arrested outside New York Tesla dealership
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW556002032025RP1/
MSN
— Hollywood is run by Democrats who promote the Democrat Party platform
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-has-demonized-dei-practices-across-the-us-but-hollywood-will-fight-back-says-sitcom-alum/ar-AA1A3Pso
— Nine arrested at New York Tesla dealership as anti-Musk protests break out
https://www.msn.com/en-ae/money/news/nine-arrested-at-new-york-tesla-dealership-as-anti-musk-protests-break-out/ar-AA1A52H4
NBC NEWS
— ‘SNL’ recreates Trump-Zelenskyy clash, with appearance by Mike Myers as Musk
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/snl-recreates-trump-zelenskyy-clash-appearance-mike-myers-musk-rcna194376
— ACLU sues Trump administration to halt immigrant transfers to Guantanamo
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/aclu-sues-trump-administration-halt-immigrant-transfers-guantanamo-rcna194358
CBS NEWS
— In the room where it happened: Trump advisers recall what led up to Oval Office confrontation
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-advisers-recall-what-led-up-to-oval-office-confrontation-volodymyr-zelenskyy/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy. The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies. (COMMENT: There would be no need for DOGE if Gingrich had reformed and expanded GAO instead of gutting it.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/politics/musk-federal-bureaucracy-takeover.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “How the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office meeting spiraled into chaos.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/01/how-trump-zelensky-oval-office-meeting-spiraled-into-chaos/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly force everyone in America to speak, read, and write Spanish. They want to make it illegal to employ anyone who does not speak, read, and write Spanish.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/03/01/trump-english-official-language-explainer/
USA TODAY
— Peter Navarro: Trump tariffs will save American jobs and level the playing field. Trump’s tariffs on aluminum imports is about far more than a trade battle. It’s a fight for the survival of an essential American industry. (COMMENT: My brother lost manufacturing jobs because of unfair foreign competition.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/02/28/trump-tariffs-aluminum-steel-canada-mexico-economy/80694166007/
— ‘Illegal actions’? Trump tried to remove officials who could save federal workers’ jobs (COMMENT: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel had no problem with my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors taking big adverse actions against me a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination or b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/28/trump-firing-federal-employees-labor-board/79339420007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The fired officials, all nominated by Democrat Joe Biden and confirmed to fixed terms by the Senate, have sued Trump and his administration in an effort to be reinstated, saying their firings are illegal. Judges have temporarily reinstated two of them. The officials run independent agencies that were designed by Congress to be the only place that federal workers can go to challenge a firing. The firings came right before Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency fired thousands of probationary, early-hire status employees. . .The law created the Office of Special Counsel as an independent agency whose head, the Special Counsel, is nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate to serve a set term but cannot be removed on a whim. The office is designed to be a first stop for federal employees who think they’ve been unlawfully fired, especially as a result of whistleblowing. The Special Counsel can make requests on employees’ behalf to the Merit Systems Protection Board, the same way a prosecutor would make a case to a judge. The three-member board can then decide on whether a firing was wrongful. Presidents nominate board members to terms, and the Senate confirms them, in a similar system designed to be insulated from politics. Permanent workers can also go directly to the Merit Systems Protection Board in order to get a decision on a wrongful firing, but probationary employees can only get there if the Office of Special Counsel represents them.)
— ‘Inseminated person’ vs. ‘mother’? Dems keep proving they’ve lost common sense
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/02/28/inseminated-person-wisconsin-evers/80491973007/
— Trump’s federal workforce cuts: A timeline of firings and court reversals (COMMENT: I should write about Republican GAO workforce cuts 1980-1997.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/01/key-dates-trump-federal-workers-firings/80835324007/
— I’m a veteran and I worked with USAID. It is essential to our national security. Trump and Musk are destroying a vital tool of American soft power – a tool that protects US interests at home and abroad.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/03/01/cutting-usaid-trump-musk-demonizing-patriots/80259032007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Executive Orders Put Trump’s Opponents on Back Foot. Most of president’s efforts remain standing, after advisers rewrote 2017 playbook.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/all-gas-executive-orders-put-trumps-opponents-on-back-foot-ddae594b
INDIA TODAY
— Trump touts ‘record-low’ illegal immigration numbers: Invasion of US is over
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/trump-touts-record-low-illegal-immigration-numbers-invasion-of-us-is-over-2687666-2025-03-02
February 26, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Mayor Johnson to defend Chicago’s sanctuary city status in Washington (COMMENT: To be a Democrat or a RINO is to promote more illegal immigration.)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-johnson-to-defend-chicagos-sanctuary-city-status-in-washington/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Dolton Trustee Jason House declares victory over Tiffany Henyard in mayoral primary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/dolton-mayor-tiffany-henyard-far-behind-challenger-jason-house-in-democratic-primary/
— ReSet Party declares victory over incumbents in Homer Township Republican primary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/homer-township-reset-claims-victory/
— What we know about primary elections in Chicago’s suburbs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/26/daywatch-what-we-know-about-primary-elections-in-chicagos-suburbs/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker and Illinois Dems say the state is being shorted $1.9B by Trump
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzker-illinois-democrats-say-trump-withholding-funds
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker panders to working-class voters by saying that the system is rigged against them. Of course, he hints/implies/argues/shouts that Republicans do the rigging.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/02/26/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-system-is-rigged-toward-the-wealthy/80316143007/
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Pritzker takes the lead nationally calling Trump a Nazi. Because of Pritzker, the more demographics that you share with Trump, the more danger that you are in. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article300989979.html
SOUTHERN
— Musk’s whirlwind approach sparks rift in the White House and in Trump’s orbit
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/02/25/musks-whirlwind-approach-sparks-rift-in-the-white-house-and-in-trumps-orbit-sources/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Illegal migrant hotels in the spotlight with taxpayers footing the bill
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/illegal-migrant-hotels-in-the-spotlight-taxpayers-footing-the-bill-nancy-mace-alien-removal-not-resort-stays-act-ice-deportation
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump introduces a green card for the rich: the gold card
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-25/trump-introduces-a-green-card-for-the-rich-the-gold-card
WREX
— Rockford leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wrex.com/news/rockford-city-council-committee-votes-to-keep-all-people-are-welcome-sign/article_d562e5f4-f330-11ef-90d6-f32ca480598b.html
FOX2
— Illinois schools will continue to teach LGBTQ+ history despite warning from feds (COMMENT: Democrats do not teach LGBTQ+ history, they promote LGBTQ+.)
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/illinois-schools-will-continue-to-teach-lgbtq-history-despite-warning-from-feds/amp/
LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Long Live The King? Trump Grabs For Power (COMMENT: How soon will the Democrats who run Loyola revoke my 1976 MBA?)
https://loyolaphoenix.com/2025/02/long-live-the-king-trump-grabs-for-power/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker tries prying back $2B in frozen fed funds
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/26/pritzker-slams-trump-over-2b-in-frozen-funds-00206170
CAPITOL FAX
— Local results: Balich slate swept out in Homer Township; Henyard trounced in Dolton; Durbin candidate fails to make Aurora runoff; Dominick, Jackson win in Cicero and Riverdale
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/26/local-results-balich-slate-swept-out-in-homer-township-henyard-trounced-in-dolton-durbin-candidate-fails-to-make-aurora-runoff-dominick-jackson-win-in-cicero-and-riverdale/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-462/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Beyond the Nazi accusations. What you should know about Gov. Pritzker’s budget address.
https://wirepoints.org/beyond-the-nazi-accusations-the-many-deflections-in-gov-pritzkers-2026-budget-address-wirepoints/
— Wondering how Illinois’ projected $3.2 billion budget deficit disappeared?
https://wirepoints.org/wondering-how-illinois-projected-3-2-billion-budget-deficit-disappeared-wirepoints-quickpoint/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois State Board of Education not complying with Trump’s DEI orders. Despite declining enrollment, ISBE asking for more tax dollars.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a02aeec2-f3cb-11ef-a77e-97097912fca1.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “Integrity Team” Wins Control of Algonquin Township, Dado Wins for Supervisor, Danijela Sandberg Re-Elected Road Commissioner, Medendorp Wins Clerkship, Allied Trustees Victorious
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/integrity-team-win-control-of-algonquin-township-dado-wins-for-supervisor-danijela-sandberg-re-elected-road-commissioner-medendorp-wins-clerkship-allied-trustees-victorious/
— Mike Shorten Wipes Out Incumbent Nunda Township Supervisor Leda Bobera-Drain
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/mike-shorten-wipes-out-incumbent-nunda-township-supervisor-leda-drain/
— Algonquin Township Fuzzy Maps of Who Won Where for Supervisor and Road Commissioner
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/algonquin-township-fuzzy-maps-of-who-won-where/
— Fuzzy Map of Nunda Township Precincts Where Mike Shorten and Leda Barbora-Drain Won for Supervisor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/nunda-township-fuzzy-map-of-precincts-where-mike-shorten-and-leda-barbora-drain-won-for-supervisor/
— Three Percent Turnout Decide All But One Township Official in Algonquin, Grafton and Nunda Townships
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/three-percent-turnout-decide-all-but-one-township-official-in-algonquin-grafton-and-nunda-townships/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I should write about my high-profile critics/opponents who stress that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who have taken many big anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican actions. I would focus on those whose many big anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican actions have been highlighted the most by the Democrat news media. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because I included links to reports of their actions in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. My high-profile critics/opponents want/expect/demand that I coverup their wrongdoing. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on unions and grievances? I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors took many big adverse actions against me. If GAO had been unionized, I would have filed grievances. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, b) gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done any of the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Hegseth became a Second Lieutenant in 2003, Captain in 2011, and Major in 2014. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as having been a failed federal employee. But I became a) a GS-7 in 1971; that is equivalent to Second Lieutenant, b) a GS-9 in 1972, that is equivalent to First Lieutenant, c) a GS-11 in 1973, that is equivalent to Captain, d) a GS-12 in 1974, that is equivalent to Major, and e) a GS-13 in 1986, that is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint themselves as being champions for those who are marginalized if not oppressed, that is, that they are champions for those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, pregnant, non-rich, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What has frustrated your job searches? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That, along with the previous adverse actions that they had taken against me, my having opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and my demographics defeated my search for a job appropriate for my work experience, professional certifications, and my professional license. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrats say that DOGE is turning into a Democratic candidate recruitment tool. How dependent on federal spending are the voters in America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? From what I see, the more of the following that voters are, the more dependent that they are on federal spending: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, pregnant, non-rich, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc. According to Democrats, those who are the aforesaid are discriminated against, marginalized, and oppressed by Republicans. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Self-deport’: Noem vows to flex immigration laws on the books but never enforced
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/25/dhs-warns-illegal-immigrants-self-deport/
NEW YORK POST
— Ex-Navy SEAL Rep. Dan Crenshaw fumes over Tucker Carlson in hot-mic moment
https://nypost.com/2025/02/25/us-news/ex-navy-seal-rep-dan-crenshaw-fumes-over-tucker-carlson-in-hot-mic-moment-ill-f-king-kill-him/
BREITBART
— Pritzker: Trump Ignoring Courts, ‘Disobeying’ Constitution Like Early Nazi Days
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/02/25/pritzker-trump-ignoring-courts-disobeying-constitution-like-early-nazi-days/
CHRONICLES MAGAZINE
— Henry Hyde’s Monuments
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/henry-hydes-monuments/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Planning To Create Registry For Illegal Aliens. The plan utilizes an old immigration law that was designed to catch suspected communists.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-planning-to-create-registry-for-illegal-aliens-report
FEDERALIST
— Illinois Democrat Bill Would Legalize Women Selling Their Bodies For Money
https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/26/illinois-democrat-bill-would-legalize-women-selling-their-bodies-for-money/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump to Launch ‘Gold Card’ Visas That Would Grant Residency for $5 Million. The new visa will grant green card privileges and a path to citizenship. ‘Wealthy people will be coming into our country,’ the president said. (COMMENT: What do wealthy people think of you? I should write about my critics/opponents who are wealthy.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-to-launch-gold-card-visas-that-would-grant-residency-for-5-million-5816329
FOX NEWS
— Noem announces DHS registry for illegal aliens in US that will require them to be fingerprinted. DHS secretary announces plans to fully enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act enacted in 1952.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-announces-dhs-registry-illegal-aliens-us-require-fingerprinted
— Top Trump official moves to block illegal immigrants from receiving food stamps
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-trump-official-moves-block-illegal-immigrants-from-receiving-food-stamps-follow-law-full-stop
NEWSMAX
— Trump Plan: Fines, Prison For Illegals Not Part of Registry
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-illegal-immigration/2025/02/25/id/1200480/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump Ending Benefits to Illegals Is a Game Changer
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2025/02/26/trump_ending_benefits_to_illegals_is_a_game_changer_641824.html
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— Illinois Students Are Struggling. Lowering Standards Masks the Crisis.
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2025/02/25/illinois_students_are_struggling_lowering_standards_masks_the_crisis_1093921.html
TOWNHALL
— Biden Policy Fast-Tracked Illegals Through Airport Security Lines
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/02/25/biden-policy-fast-tracked-illegals-through-airport-security-lines-n2652815
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The mainstream news media acts like the Democrat Party is paying it to spin everything against Republicans and for Democrats.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-claims-media-paid-write-152811489.html
REUTERS
— Democrats say “Musk to attend Trump cabinet meet as workers brace for more uncertainty.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-attend-trump-cabinet-meet-workers-brace-more-uncertainty-2025-02-26/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Fired federal workers hunt for new jobs but struggle (COMMENT: What has frustrated your job searches? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. That, along with the previous adverse actions that they had taken against me, my having opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and my demographics defeated my search for a job appropriate for my work experience, professional certifications, and my professional license. I should write about the aforesaid.)
https://apnews.com/article/doge-firings-layoffs-federal-government-workers-musk-57671a76f22d5398a3c794e29e350082
— Trump administration creates registry for immigrants who are in the US illegally
https://apnews.com/article/illegal-immigrant-registry-trump-border-enforcement-37ce7a345c1617ce3a9427e0ef755021
NEW YORK TIMES
— Hegseth Returns to Guantánamo, This Time as Defense Secretary. Hegseth served at the U.S. Navy base as a National Guard Second Lieutenant. The base is now being used to hold some migrants who face deportation. (COMMENT: Hegseth became a Second Lieutenant in 2003, Captain in 2011, and Major in 2014. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as having been a failed federal employee. But I became a) a GS-7 in 1971; that is equivalent to Second Lieutenant, b) a GS-9 in 1972, that is equivalent to First Lieutenant, c) a GS-11 in 1973, that is equivalent to Captain, d) a GS-12 in 1974, that is equivalent to Major, and e) a GS-13 in 1986, that is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/pete-hegseth-guantanamo-bay.html
USA TODAY
— 1,400 more VA employees laid off in Trump’s latest purge of federal workers (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans got rid of more than 3,000 of its employees, that is, they got rid of more than half of its employee. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/25/more-layoffs-veterans-department/80303826007/
— Democrats ask “When did the party of ‘family values’ stop caring about having moral leaders?” (COMMENT: I should write about my high-profile critics/opponents who stress that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who have taken many big anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican actions. I would focus on those whose many big anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican actions have been highlighted the most by the Democrat news media. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because I included links to reports of their actions in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. My high-profile critics/opponents want/expect/demand that I coverup their wrongdoing.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/02/24/trump-musk-republicans-immoral-family-values/78925358007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Conservatism is rooted in a philosophy of personal responsibility. How you conduct yourself as an individual matters. Living your life in line with conservative principles pays dividends far more often than cheating and lying your way through relationships and politics. . .People pretend that personal and political lives are separate. They’re not. The two facets, political and personal, are interconnected. As the GOP has embraced men who have conducted themselves poorly in their personal lives, the party’s commitment to conservative political principles have crumbled.)
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint themselves as being champions for those who are marginalized if not oppressed, that is, that they are champions for those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, pregnant, non-rich, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/02/23/jane-fonda-sag-awards-speech-trump/79899116007/
— ‘Reverse discrimination’ case comes to Supreme Court as DEI is under siege. At issue: have courts created an extra hurdle for discrimination claims made by the member of a majority group? It comes amid a raging battle over DEI programs.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/26/supreme-court-case-dei-reverse-discrimination/80052848007/
— Democrats say “MAGA roars as Trump GOP critics fret in the wilderness.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/26/donald-trump-maga-cpac-2025/79612255007/
BARRON’S
— Tesla Has Lost $400 Billion In Value During Trump Presidency. What the Charts Say Comes Next.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/tesla-stock-value-trump-eb339749
POLITICO
— ‘Furious and looking for action’: DOGE is turning into a Democratic candidate recruitment tool. More than 2,000 people reached out to an organization that recruits people to run for office in the last week. (COMMENT: How dependent on federal spending are the voters in America, Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? From what I see, the more of the following that voters are, the more dependent that they are on federal spending: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, pregnant, non-rich, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/recruit-federal-workers-run-for-office-022064
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— It’s Becoming Rarer for Federal Agencies and Employees to Settle Over Adverse Actions And employees who take their cases to a judge are increasingly losing. (COMMENT: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors took many big adverse actions against me. If GAO had been unionized, I would have filed grievances. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, b) gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done any of the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.)
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2020/01/its-becoming-rarer-federal-agencies-and-employees-settle-over-adverse-actions/162813/
GUARDIAN
— To get more votes from minorities and females, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites and men.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/26/donald-trump-straight-white-men-diversity-kemi-badenoch-business-multiculturalism-economy
February 25, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— Sick Politicians Want Killers, Rapists Roaming Our Streets
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/sick-politicians-want-killers-rapists-roaming-our-streets/
— Statement on Trump White House Victory Against the Associated Press
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/02/statement-on-trump-white-house-victory-against-the-associated-press/
— New Poll Shows Massive Support for President Trump and His Agenda
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/new-poll-shows-massive-support-for-president-trump-and-his-agenda/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Federal employees may get more demands to justify their work at Elon Musk’s direction
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-backs-musk-he-roils-federal-workforce-demands-threats/15953583/
— Is Mayor Brandon Johnson is ready to defend Chicago’s sanctuary city law to Congress?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ex-congressman-luis-guttierez-questions-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-is-ready-defend-sanctuary-city-law-congress/15954965/
— Rudy Giuliani satisfies Fulton County election workers’ $148 million defamation case
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rudy-giuliani-satisfies-fulton-county-election-workers-148-million-defamation-case/15952884/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Search for next US attorney in Chicago underway, again, in dramatically changed landscape (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always stressed that my Republican U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald appointed U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald who sided with my Democrat GAO superiors in Diersen v. GAO. Previously, Peter Fitzgerald also appointed Amy St. Eve to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois who also sided with my Democrat GAO superiors. To side with my Democrat GAO superiors is to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/search-for-next-us-attorney-in-chicago-underway-again-in-dramatically-changed-landscape/
— Democrat leaders always hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are responsible for racist graffiti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/officials-promise-immediate-consequences-after-racist-graffiti-found-at-oak-park-and-river-forest-high-school/
— Social Security says higher payments are on the way for millions of former public workers
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/social-security-payments/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 3.2 million Social Security recipients who received pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public service jobs will soon see a boost in their benefits. Most people will receive their one-time retroactive payment by the end of March, and new monthly payments will begin in April, the agency says. The Social Security Administration announced it would immediately begin processing retroactive payments and will send increased monthly payments to people affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset, which were rescinded in the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act that former President Joe Biden signed into law last year. The Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset limited Social Security benefits for recipients if they got retirement payments from other sources, including public retirement programs from a state or local government. Advocates say the Social Security Fairness Act rights a decades-old disparity, though it also puts a strain on Social Security Trust Funds, which face a looming insolvency crisis.)
— Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company’s diversity programs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/apple-diversity-programs-2/
— Federal employees may get more demands to justify their work at Elon Musk’s direction
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/federal-employees-elon-musk/
— Elon Musk renews threat to fire federal workers despite pushback from various agencies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/elon-musk-federal-workers/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rep. LaHood calls Trump policies a ‘priority’ as he opens search for new top federal prosecutor. The Peoria Republican also noted that the Northern District of Illinois has gone more than 22 months without a confirmed U.S. attorney.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/02/25/lahood-opens-u-s-attorney-search-by-calling-trump-policies
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that rump is a Nazi. To hint/imply/argue/shout that someone is a Nazi in America today is like hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that someone is a Jew in Germany in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/02/25/pritzker-trump-comparison-nazi-hitler-academic-commentary
— With intensifying assaults on the press, is it time for a ‘NATO for news’? To protect the free press in America, we need to agree that “an attack on one is an attack on all.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/02/24/president-donald-trump-assault-press-news-media-associated-press-ap-nato-news-jim-friedlich
DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton College in political, religious crosshairs over congratulating Trump appointee
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250225/news/wheaton-college-in-political-religious-crosshairs-over-congratulating-trump-appointee/
— Some GOP lawmakers start to call out DOGE — carefully
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250225/nation-and-world-politics/some-gop-lawmakers-start-to-call-out-doge-carefully/
— College of DuPage to host College Poll Worker Recruitment Summit April 11
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250224/submitted-content/college-of-dupage-to-host-college-poll-worker-recruitment-summit-april-11/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Who will be Chicago’s next U.S. attorney? Rep. LaHood is taking applications.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/darin-lahood-kicks-search-chicagos-us-attorney
SHAW LOCAL
— White House says it ‘will decide’ which news outlets cover Trump, rotating some traditional ones
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/02/25/white-house-says-it-will-decide-which-news-outlets-cover-trump-rotating-some-traditional-ones/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company’s diversity programs
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/alert-apple-shareholders-reject-proposal-to-20186932.php
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DeSantis talks up his wife as next Florida governor. Here’s what to know about Casey.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-as-desantis-talks-up-his-wife-as-next-florida-governor-heres-what-to-know-about-casey/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Rollback of diversity efforts leaves teachers wondering about effects on Black History Month
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-02-25/rollback-of-diversity-efforts-leaves-teachers-wondering-about-effects-on-black-history-month
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Pritzker positions himself at forefront of Trump opposition by invoking Nazis’ rise to power
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzker-positions-himself-at-forefront-of-trump-opposition-by-invoking-nazis-rise-to-power/
— Lawsuit threatens Illinois minority teachers scholarship. Conservative group seeks to overturn race-based financial aid. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawsuit-threatens-illinois-minority-teachers-scholarship/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Edgar disses Trump
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/25/edgar-battles-cancer-disses-trump-00205911
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-255/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Milena McConchie, Wife of Recently Resigned State Senator Dan McConchie Succumbs to Cancer from Chernobyl Radiation, R.I.P.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/milena-mcconchie-wife-of-recently-resigned-state-senator-dan-mcconchie-succumbs-to-cancer-from-chernobyl-radiation-r-i-p/
— Carbondale Retreats To Keep Sidewalk Counseling Case Out of U.S. Supreme Court
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/carbondale-retreats-to-keep-sidewalk-counseling-case-out-of-u-s-supreme-court/
— Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy “My Way or the Highway” Funk Mails Out Newsletter Right Before Election Day
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/algonquin-township-supervisor-randy-my-way-or-the-highway-funk-mails-out-newsletter-right-before-election-day/
— Schakowsky Continues Picketing Agencies Musk Targets
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/schakowsky-continues-picketing-agencies-musk-targets/
— Federal Gun Dealer Takedown
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/federal-gun-dealer-takedown/
— State Reps Reick and Keicher Set Tele-Town Hall Meeting February 26th
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/state-reps-reick-and-keicher-set-tele-town-hall-meeting-february-26th/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS warns illegal immigrants to self-deport
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/25/dhs-warns-illegal-immigrants-self-deport/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago keeps electing Democrats to disastrous results
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3329826/chicago-keeps-electing-democrats-disastrous-results/
— Hospitals conducting transgender procedures on children supported by billions in taxpayer dollars
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3329731/hospitals-transgender-procedures-children-billions-taxpayer-dollars/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump administration ends use of controversial app to allow migrants to fly without ID
https://nypost.com/2025/02/25/us-news/trump-administration-ends-use-of-app-to-allow-migrants-to-board-flights-without-id/
CITY JOURNAL
— How Universities Get Away With Hiring Radicals. Fellow-to-faculty programs have seeded academia with activists.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/universities-fellow-to-faculty-programs-activists
DAILY WIRE
— Nearly 100 Illegals Captured In Colony Ridge Deportation Raids. Border Czar Tom Homan said “several child sexual predators” were arrested in the Texas development.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-100-illegals-captured-in-colony-ridge-deportation-raids
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Homan Wants to Double ICE Footprint in Sanctuary Cities. Musk Is Helping Him Get There.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tom-homan-wants-to-double-ice-footprint-in-sanctuary-cities-elon-musk-is-helping-him-get-there/
NEWS BUSTERS
— The View Celebrates Black History Month By Promoting Discredited 1619 Project
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/02/25/view-celebrates-black-history-month-promoting-discredited
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— DHS Secretary Noem Says She Discovered Some Officials ‘Tipping Off’ Illegals About Deportation Plans: ‘They Will Be Fired’
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/dhs-secretary-noem-says-she-discovered-some-officials-tipping-off-illegals-about-deportation-plans-they-will-be-fired/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Poetic Justice: Obama Library Delayed – Discrimination Lawsuits, Environmental Injunctions, Enrichment Allegations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/poetic-justice-obama-library-delayed-discrimination-lawsuits-environmental-injunctions-enrichment-allegations/ar-AA1zCG31
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Federal workers urge congressional lawmakers to reverse job cuts
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-workers-urge-congressional-lawmakers-to-reverse-job-cuts/
— Case surge from fired federal workers jams federal board
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/case-surge-from-fired-federal-workers-jams-merit-systems-protection-board/
NTD
— House Hearing on ‘The Government Accountability Office’s 2025 High-Risk List’
https://www.ntd.com/live-1-pm-et-house-hearing-on-the-government-accountability-offices-2025-high-risk-list_1049779.html
WASHINGTON POST
— What has Trump done today?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/trump-administration-actions/
USA TODAY
— Trump pitches $5 million gold card path to citizenship for foreign investors
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/02/25/trump-pitches-gold-card-path-to-citizenship-for-foreign-investors/80355877007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Proposes Fines, Prison Time for Migrants Who Don’t Join Registry. Administration plans to establish registration website as soon as this week.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-immigration-migrant-registry-jail-time-95c405a7
POLITICO
— White House says it will determine which reporters have access to the president
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/trump-white-house-press-pool-access-00206001
PBS
— Elon Musk may direct more demands on federal employees to justify their work
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/elon-musk-may-direct-more-demands-on-federal-employees-to-justify-their-work
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Is Trump Acting Like a Dictator? 74% of Democrats Say So
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/is_trump_acting_like_a_dictator_74_of_democrats_say_so