According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.” Can/will Pritzker further gerrymander Illinois so that no congressional district in Illinois is Republican?
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket. Can/will Pritzker further gerrymander Illinois so that no congressional districts in Illinois are Republican?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/democrats-vow-whatever-it-takes-redistricting-battle/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker says Illinois remap is possible as DNC chair vows to fight Texas GOP efforts ‘tooth and nail.’ Democrats in New York, California and Illinois are threatening to redraw their own maps in retaliation to Republican redistricting efforts in Texas. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket. Can/will Pritzker further gerrymander Illinois so that no congressional district in Illinois is Republican?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/08/05/jb-pritzker-illinois-remap-texas-democrats-greg-abbott
— Chicago Abortion Fund to receive $2 million grant from Cook County. The grant aims to lower barriers to abortion access and provide wraparound services like childcare, transportation and lodging. Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2025/08/05/chicago-abortion-fund-to-receive-2-million-grant-from-cook-county
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/08/04/chicago-immigration-judges-fired-trump-white-house-dick-durbin
DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker says redistricting in Illinois a possibility if Texas goes ahead with remap. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket. Can/will Pritzker further gerrymander Illinois so that no congressional districts in Illinois are Republican?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250805/news/pritzker-says-mid-term-redistricting-in-illinois-a-possibility-if-texas-goes-ahead-with-remap/
ABC7
— Pritzker, DNC chair praise Texas Dems in Illinois as Gov. Abbott calls for their arrest. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-remain-illinois-halt-gop-redistricting-governor-greg-abbott-orders-arrest/17438511/
NBC5
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/what-is-gerrymandering-what-do-illinois-congressional-districts-look-like-what-to-know/3804655/
— Texas redistricting fight leads some to question Illinois’ maps. As Illinois Democrats support Texas lawmakers leaving the state, some Republicans are questioning the Land of Lincoln’s maps. Charlie Wojciechowski explains why.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/video-texas-redistricting-fight-leads-some-to-question-illinois-maps/3805146/
CBS2
— Attorney General Kwame Raoul warns Texas politicians that police can’t just come to Illinois to arrest Democrats. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kwame-raoul-warns-texas-democrats-illinois-arrest/
WGN9
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/are-illinois-democrats-guilty-of-hypocrisy-in-texas-map-battle/
WGN RADIO
— DuPage County to open new crisis center for mental health and substance use care
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/dupage-county-to-open-new-crisis-center-for-mental-health-and-substance-use-care/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker calls Trump a ‘cheater’ as he rallies with Texas Democrats. Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/08/05/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-rallies-with-texas-democrats-in-chicago/85523370007/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The VA wants to end coverage of abortion for US military veterans
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-trump-administration-wants-to-end-abortion-coverage-through-veterans-affairs/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— The Department of Justice has named Chicago, Cook County and the state of Illinois among a list of sanctuary jurisdictions that have “policies, laws, or regulations that impede enforcement of federal immigration laws.”
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/il-named-sanctuary-jurisduction-doj
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-355/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRAIRIAN
— Johnson Doubles Down on Chicago’s Financial Death Spiral
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/johnson-chicago-financial-death-spiral
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Squad’ member Rep. Delia Ramirez puts America second at gathering in Mexico City. Illinois native’s GOP colleague calls for her deportation.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/5/squad-member-rep-delia-ramirez-puts-america-second-leftist-gathering/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Delia Ramirez took the stage at a leftist conference in Mexico City over the weekend and declared that she was more proud of her Guatemalan heritage than her American citizenship. The Illinois Democrat, who attended the Panamerican Congress with fellow members of the House’s left-wing “Squad,” told the crowd in Spanish that she was “a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.” In the U.S., her remarks were met with questions about her allegiance to the voters who elected her and calls for her to be deported. “These Democrats’ comments are despicable and underscore their commitment to putting Americans last,” White House spokesperson Liz Huston said in a statement. “In stark contrast, President Trump is working tirelessly to secure peace deals, deport illegal alien criminals and advance America’s interests at home and abroad.” Ms. Ramirez has seldom been in the political spotlight. She has described herself as the “daughter of working-class Guatemalan immigrants.” She also has boasted that she is the only lawmaker in Congress “in a mixed-status family.” Her husband, Boris, is a Dreamer, or someone brought to the U.S. illegally as a child. Other House Democrats attending the Panamerican Congress, a gathering of leftist politicians from throughout the Americas, included Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania and Jesus G. Garcia of Illinois. The Panamerican Congress concluded with pronouncements condemning the U.S. persecution of migrants and Israel’s aggression in the Gaza Strip. Ms. Ramirez’s speech garnered the most attention in the U.S. Rep. Andrew Ogles, Tennessee Republican, wrote in a post on X: “Denaturalize, deport, and kick her off the Homeland Committee. We know where her allegiances lie.” Rep. Claudia Tenney, New York Republican, said it’s “embarrassing” that the Democratic Party “no longer even pretends to put America first.” Charlie Kirk, founder of the conservative Turning Point USA, said, “Any person who values any other country over America does not belong in Congress. Period.” Ms. Ramirez doubled down on her Mexico City speech with a post Monday on social media. “Honoring my Guatemalan ancestry only strengthens my commitment to America. That is the truth I carry with me always. And it is a truth that many Americans carry with them,” she said. “Anyone who denies our claims on this country simply because we dare to honor our diverse heritage and immigrant roots only exposes how fragile and small-minded their own idea of America really is.” She called the attacks on her “a weak attempt to silence my dissent and invalidate my patriotic criticism of the nativist, white supremacist, authoritarians in government.” “It is the definition of hypocrisy that members of Congress — who betray their oath each day they enable Trump — are attacking me for celebrating my Guatemalan-American roots,” Ms. Ramirez said. The Department of Homeland Security responded to Ms. Ramirez with a quote from former President Theodore Roosevelt: “There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. … Americanism is a matter of the spirit and of the soul. Our allegiance must be purely to the United States. We must unsparingly condemn any man who holds any other allegiance.” Other Squad members have experienced travails similar to Ms. Ramirez’s. Ms. Omar, an immigrant from Somalia, was criticized last year after she said that, according to one translation, she was serving in Congress to “protect the interests of Somalia from inside the U.S. system.” She later said the widely shared translation was wrong and she was actually saying she was advocating for the U.S. to take a particular position in a dispute between Somalia and Ethiopia. Democrats are showing increasing hostility to Mr. Trump and, by extension, the government he controls, particularly concerning immigration. In New Jersey, Rep. LaMonica McIver faces federal charges after a clash with Homeland Security Department agents at a migrant detention facility. The Democrat was captured on video throwing elbows at officers amid a scuffle over whether a local mayor should be allowed access to the detention center. In Mexico City, Ms. Ramirez and her Democratic colleagues were attending the second annual Panamerican Congress. The event is billed as a gathering of delegates from countries “across the hemisphere with an ambitious agenda that ranges from equality to prosperity, solidarity to sovereignty.” Event attendees criticized U.S. immigration policy under Mr. Trump. Gerardo Fernandez Norona, president of the Mexican Senate, talked about the “persecution of migrants in the United States.” He called it “unjust, infamous and incorrect persecution where just for being a migrant, and just for your skin color or nationality, you are persecuted.”)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Justice Department has published a list of cities, counties, and states that identify as “sanctuary” zones or places where law enforcement will not turn over illegal immigrants to federal immigration authorities. Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago are included.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3491161/justice-department-sanctuary-cities-states-list-eradicate/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrats howling at Texas redistrict push should take a look in the mirror. Let’s take a tour of the 13th congressional district in Illinois.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/opinion/dems-furious-at-texas-redistricting-need-to-look-in-the-mirror/
FEDERALIST
— UNACCEPTABLE: Homeland Security Committee Member Delia Ramírez Says She’s Loyal To A Different Homeland
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/05/homeland-security-committee-member-says-shes-loyal-to-a-different-homeland/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The founders knew our republic could not survive if its people — let alone leaders — were filled with foreign attachments. Forty-two years ago, a pregnant Guatemalan woman illegally crossed the Rio Grande River and gave birth to a baby who now has “birthright” citizenship. Today, that child sits in Congress — proudly declaring her allegiance to the country her mother left behind. This is the predictable result of a broken immigration system — one that has allowed the mass importation of both legal and illegal aliens regardless of their capacity or willingness to assimilate into the country. “I am a proud Guatemalan before I am American,” Illinois Democrat Rep. Delia Ramírez said in Spanish during the opening remarks of the second annual Panamerican Congress in Mexico City. Notably, she sits on the House Homeland Security Committee — a committee dedicated to protecting the homeland.)
FOX NEWS
— Bondi DOJ names and shames 35 sanctuary jurisdictions that ‘put American citizens at risk.’ Attorney General Pam Bondi warns of possible legal action against jurisdictions with uncooperative immigration policies. Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago are included.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bondi-doj-names-shames-35-sanctuary-cities-put-american-citizens-risk
NEWSMAX
— DOJ Releases List of Sanctuary Jurisdictions. Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago are included.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/doj-sanctuary-cities-illegal-migrants/2025/08/05/id/1221332/
— Illegals in Sanctuary Cities are ‘Ticking Time Bombs’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/john-torres-ice-migrants/2025/08/05/id/1221316/
— Trump Vows to Work With US Farmers on Migrant Labor
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-migrants-farm-labor/2025/08/05/id/1221333/
TOWNHALL
— Democrat Congresswoman Says She’s More Proud to Be Guatemalan Than American
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2025/08/05/delia-ramirez-n2661419
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-bondi-russia-texas-gerrymander-tariffs-immigration-live-updates-rcna222681
— DNC chair says Texas redistricting will be fought with ‘every option on the table.’ Democrat leaders put more of their eggs in their gerrymander basket.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/texas-democrats-in-illinois-and-party-leaders-rebuke-redistricting-244382277885
WASHINGTON POST
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/05/trump-presidency-news/
NEW YORK SUN
— JP Morgan Once Told Donald Trump He Has 20 Days To Get Out. The president is going to prevent this kind of debanking with an executive order that will punish firms that discriminate against conservatives — or any other groups.
https://www.nysun.com/article/jp-morgan-once-told-donald-trump-he-has-20-days-to-get-out
WGME
— According to the WSJ, “Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.”
https://wgme.com/news/nation-world/illinois-and-texas-democrats-unite-in-chicago-to-oppose-texas-redistricting-plan-republican-party-governor-greg-abbott-trump-administration
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pritzker’s Illinois, Temporary Home to Texas Democrats, Is Gerrymandering Hot Spot. Just three of 17 Illinois congressional districts are represented by Republicans in a state where Trump won 44% of the 2024 vote.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/pritzkers-illinois-temporary-home-to-texas-democrats-is-gerrymandering-hot-spot-1c00cbd0
— Justice Department Slashes List of Sanctuary Jurisdictions to Target. The Trump administration removed a much longer list months ago after some local officials said it contained errors.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/justice-department-slashes-list-of-sanctuary-jurisdictions-to-target-03881cb1
— White House Preps Order to Punish Banks That Discriminate Against Conservatives
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/white-house-preps-order-to-punish-banks-that-discriminate-against-conservatives-8af18854
— Trump’s Firing of BLS Chief Prompts Democrats to Propose Bill Protecting Stats-Agency Heads. It would have been great if Republicans had protected Republican federal employees like me.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/democratic-congressmen-to-propose-bill-to-protect-stats-agency-chiefs-51915619
GUARDIAN
— Trump says Republicans are ‘entitled’ to five more congressional seats in Texas
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/05/texas-republicans-redistricting-maps-trump
GOOGLE AI
— Muscle car definition. A muscle car is generally defined as a high-performance, American-made, two-door coupe or convertible, typically with a powerful V8 engine, designed for straight-line speed and acceleration. They are known for their bold, aggressive styling.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22muscle+car%22+definition
Tag: political
August 5, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/texas-redistrict-democrats-fight-back/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, eventually everyone will be on SNAP.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/knowles-food-insecurity-increasing/
— DNA project hopes to reunite African Americans in Illinois with ancestral relatives in Africa. Will this lead to identifying those who were directly responsible for slavery?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/dna-project-black-americans-africa/
— As last baby boomers reach retirement, they tackle a quest for fulfillment. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Since then, putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters has increasingly been my focus. Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes a) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, c) end my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2010 and 2004, and d) end my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/retirement-bike-riding-baby-boomers/
— John Curran: Illinois Democrats’ delivery tax is a short-term cash grab paid by those who can least afford it
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/opinion-illinois-delivery-tax-general-assembly-cta/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/illinois-queer-farmers-lgbtq/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/04/texas-democrats-quorum-illinois-redistrict-map
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— In downtown Chicago’s condo market, the hits keep coming. In 1978, when I got married, I sold my one bedroom Outer Drive East condo that I had owned for 2 years for a $10,000 gain and bought a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale and a 1978 Chevrolet Chevette.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/downtown-chicago-condos-reflect-markets-price-decline-woes
ABC7
— Texas Democrats remain in Illinois as Gov. Abbott orders their arrest
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-remain-illinois-halt-gop-redistricting-governor-greg-abbott-orders-arrest/17438511/
— State Department may require visa applicants to post bond of up to $15,000 to enter the US
https://abc7chicago.com/post/state-department-may-require-visa-applicants-post-bond-15000-enter-us/17433002/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU43-62wCRk
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-court-judges-terminated-donald-trump-administration-works-cut-down-massive-case-backlog/17434235/
NBC5
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-officials-face-pushback-over-texas-gerrymandering-criticisms/3804336/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders, that is, the mainstream news media, ever-increasingly treat Pat Brady as being the spokesperson for the Illinois Republican Party.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-gerrymandering-texas-redistricting-battle/
— Chicago designated ‘EV Ready.’ What does it mean?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K9-wnnDmjw
WTTW
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/04/texas-governor-threatens-remove-democrats-who-left-illinois-other-states-over-trump
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/pritzker-texas-democrats-redistricting-20801137.php
SHAW LOCAL
— Girls flag football surges in Illinois as hundreds more take the field in year two. More than 200 high schools expected to have teams this fall. My parents had absolutely no interest in football, and neither do I. Does that explain my lack of aggressiveness?
https://www.shawlocal.com/friday-night-drive/2025/08/05/girls-flag-football-surges-in-illinois-as-hundreds-more-take-the-field-in-year-two/
ELMHURST PATCH
— Confusion Over Addison Township Group’s Status
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/confusion-over-addison-township-groups-status
COD COURIER
— Campus Voices Weigh In on Siddiqi’s Plans for College of DuPage
https://codcourier.org/campus-voices-weigh-in-on-siddiqis-plans-for-college-of-dupage/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: She stressed the importance of taking a stand on the college’s long-held values of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). “Last year, when there was pressure to remove DEI language and committees, COD and its Board of Trustees refused to bow to those demands,” Purcell said. “Our values have been here for decades, and it’s critical that the new administration uphold them to protect the college’s reputation.”)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-561/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— BS from Pritzker on Mid-Decade Reapportionment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/08/05/bs-from-pritzker-on-mid-decade-reapportionment/
WIREPOINTS
— What happened to private sector job growth, Gov. Pritzker?
https://wirepoints.org/what-happened-to-private-sector-job-growth-gov-pritzker-wirepoints/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Darin LaHood appears to pass on Illinois Senate run in blow to state GOP hopes
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3490826/darin-lahood-pass-illinois-senate-run-state-gop/
— Abbott says blue-state gerrymandering ‘distorted’ US politics after Democrats flee Texas. How badly have Illinois Democrat leaders gerrymandered the political jurisdictions where you live? I should write about how Democrat and RINO leaders gerrymandered my precinct in 2015.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3490941/greg-abbott-blue-state-gerrymandering-democrats-flee-texas/
BREITBART
— Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump from Quickly Deporting Biden’s Parole Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/04/biden-appointed-judge-blocks-trump-from-quickly-deporting-bidens-parole-migrants/
CENTER SQUARE
— DOJ scraps decree used by Democrats to keep Republicans out of the federal workforce
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_1de8bdce-8e86-4d1e-8297-bb3849644d07.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Federal appeals court upholds Arkansas ban on Critical Race Theory in the classroom. To teach CRT is promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/federal-appeals-court-upholds-arkansas-ban-on-critical-race-theory-in-the-classroom/
DAILY CALLER
— Pulling Kids Out Of DEI Lessons Just Got Easier. To teach DEI is promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/04/exclusive-pulling-kids-out-of-dei-lessons-just-got-easier/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats are protesting what they have been doing forever. Fox News host Sean Hannity calls out Democrats’ ‘big, meaningless political stunt’ in protesting gerrymandering on ‘Hannity.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376556781112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Flight of the Legislators
https://www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-fools/the-flight-of-the-legislators/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democratic Texas Rep. Harold V. Dutton Jr. speaks alongside other Texas democrats during a press conference at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union hall in Warrenville, Ill., August 4, 2025.)
NEWSMAX
— Pritzker Vows to Protect Texas Dems From Arrest
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/jb-pritzker-protect-texas-democrats/2025/08/04/id/1221258/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Economists sound alarm over Trump firing. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, the following did not come to my defense: a) the Association of Government Accountants; I had served on the Executive Committee of its Chicago Chapter for 13 years and b) the Illinois CPA Society; I had served on its membership committee for 8 years.
https://thehill.com/business/5435904-economists-sound-alarm-over-trump-firing/
NBC NEWS
— White House searches for a new BLS chief with ‘credibility’ and ‘experience.’ All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/white-house-search-new-bls-chief-credibility-experience-rcna222910
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/swing-district-republicans-object-texas-redistricting-plan-democrats-t-rcna222972
CBS NEWS
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrat-who-fled-texas-over-redistricting-says-were-willing-to-face-whatever-consequences/
CNN
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/04/politics/gerrymandering-supreme-court-texas
— Are/were you “little-known.” According to my critics/opponents, I have always been “little-known” notwithstanding my having been the subject of a 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/ That article made me very well-known to the Democrats who ran IRS and GAO. They used everything in that article against me that they could. They used the article mainly to paint me as being a grossly overpaid draft avoider. That helped them force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/04/politics/bls-commissioner-trump-firing-decision
REUTERS
— Tesla’s brand loyalty collapsed after Musk backed Trump
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/teslas-brand-loyalty-collapsed-after-musk-backed-trump-data-shows-2025-08-04/
MSN
— Top Trump Official Says Americans on Medicaid Should Replace Deported Farm Workers. I was never a farm worker, but I did do yard work, deliver newspapers, wash dishes, clean golf shoes, chip slag, pump gasoline, and deliver mail.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/top-trump-official-says-americans-on-medicaid-should-replace-deported-farm-workers/ar-AA1IczMz
CNBC
— President Donald Trump said Tuesday that JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, the two largest U.S. banks, previously rejected him as a customer, reviving claims that conservative clients were being unfairly denied accounts.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/05/trump-jpmorgan-chase-bank-of-america-rejected-bank-customer.html
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-files-victim-pam-bondi-2108809
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/us/hochul-new-york-texas-redistricting.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/us/politics/texas-redistricting.html
— Democrat leaders side with Erika McEntarfer against Trump. Republican leaders did not side with me against the Democrats who ran GAO.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/business/trump-bls-firing-economic-reports.html
— Are Democrat leaders moving their eggs from their Epstein basket to their McEntarfer basket?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/opinion/columnists/friedman-trump-labor-firing.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Inside Texas Democrats’ plan to seek refuge with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The potential 2028 presidential candidate has quietly talked with Lone Star State lawmakers for weeks, as he and other ambitious governors seek to ways to join their fight.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/05/illinois-pritzker-texas-democrats-redistricting/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders flood Republican town halls with booing Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/04/mike-flood-donald-trump-town-hall-nebraska/85518190007/
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/04/texas-redistricting-map-congress-trump-takeaways/85508969007/
— Trump praises Sydney Sweeney ad, but does he know American Eagle is super WOKE? Sydney Sweeney may be a registered Republican, but I have discovered that American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. is – and it pains me to write this – incredibly, unconscionably woke.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/05/trump-sydney-sweeney-tweet-american-eagle-ad/85512067007/
— Because GAO audits IRS, my having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, should have been enough for GAO to offer me a transfer at GS-13, currently $117,807/year in 1980. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, GAO offered me a transfer only at GS-9 Step 10 Level, currently $88,808/year, a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars To add insult to injury, GAO ignored/dismissed/belittled that most of what I did for IRS was similar to what I would do for GAO, that I had earned an MBA in 1976, that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2025/07/29/apply-for-job-experience-but-no-degree/85362393007/
WBUR
— According to Democrat leaders, it is not possible to rig jobs numbers. My Democrat superiors in the federal government falsely argued that they did not rigg their employment decisions against me. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have a) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors would not have a) never promoted me beyond GS-12 and disallowed my education deductions in 1978 and my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors would not have a) forced me to resign in 1969 and b) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/08/04/bureau-of-labor-statistics
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/texas-gerrymandering-house-seats-democrats-republicans-congress-f1514f89
BLOOMBERG
— American Eagle Jumps Most Since 2000 After Trump Praises Sydney Sweeney Ad
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/american-eagle-gains-meme-status-with-biggest-jump-since-2000?embedded-checkout=true
POLITICO
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/california-fires-back-at-texas-redistricting-00493314
PBS
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/is-political-gerrymandering-illegal-6-things-to-know-as-texas-dispute-carries-on
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly deny that Trump was elected.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-trying-to-insulate-himself-from-the-will-of-the-public-texas-democrat-says
— My Democrat GAO superiors wasting my career, taking many big adverse actions against me, and forcing me to retire sent a very strong message to those who have the following demographics to not apply to work for GAO: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/firing-of-labor-statistics-head-undermines-trust-in-key-data-ex-trump-official-warns
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/tamara-keith-and-jasmine-wright-on-trumps-bls-firing-and-trust-in-institutions
PEOPLE
— Trump Pits ‘Woke’ Taylor Swift Against Sydney Sweeney
https://people.com/trump-pits-taylor-swift-against-sydney-sweeney-11784508
August 4, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Gov. Abbott orders arrests of Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois to halt GOP redistricting plan
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-plan-staying-illinois-2-weeks-halt-redistricting-gov-greg-abbott-threatens-loss-seats/17426930/
NBC5
— Illinois officials face pushback over Texas gerrymandering criticisms. Critics say Illinois’ maps are just as gerrymandered as Texas’ would be under a proposed law that has sparked controversy.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-officials-face-pushback-over-texas-gerrymandering-criticisms/3804336/
— Rep. Darin LaHood won’t run for Illinois governor, he says. LaHood also revealed he would not run for U.S. Senate.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/rep-darin-lahood-wont-run-for-illinois-governor-he-says/3804440/
— Redistricting clash escalates in Texas after Democrats scatter
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-trade-tariff-texas-redistricting-august-04-2025-live-updates/3804074/
CBS2
— Pritzker says redrawing Illinois district map “on the table” in response to Texas redistricting push
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-illinois-district-map-texas-democrats/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tesla awards CEO Musk millions of shares valued at about $29 billion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/tesla-elon-musk-share/
— Democrats prevent Texas House from moving forward with Trump-backed congressional map
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/texas-house-congressional-map/
— Why dozens of Democrats left Texas and how Republicans want to punish them
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/democrats-texas-republicans/
— Texas Democrats who fled to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort speak out
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/watch-live-texas-democrats/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Public Schools needs $1.6 billion more from the state to provide an adequate education
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/08/04/chicago-public-schools-budget-deficit
— Pritzker’s signature on police pension bill adds pressure for state bailout and city property tax hike. The bill will cost the city $60 million more in 2027, and by 2055, city pension payments will be $750 million higher than they are now. It adds one more big pressure point onto Mayor Brandon Johnson, who already has said he won’t raise property taxes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/08/04/jb-pritzker-police-pension-bill-brandon-johnson-pressure-chicago-budget-state-bailout
DAILY HERALD
— Former GOP official Porter won’t run for Durbin’s Senate seat
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250804/us-congress-politics/gop-official-porter-wont-run-for-durbins-senate-seat/
— ‘We will hide them at our own legal peril’: DuPage Democratic leader pledges to protect Texan lawmakers
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250804/nation-and-world-politics/we-will-hide-them-at-our-own-legal-peril-dupage-democratic-leader-pledges-to-protect-texan-lawmak/
— Geneva woman Jessica Breugelmans running for Republican nomination for state Senate
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250804/news/geneva-woman-running-for-republican-nomination-for-state-senate/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push Blacks to be pot pushers.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/how-black-owned-label-can-help-grow-cannabis-brands-oped
WAND TV
— New DPS policies target students and visitors smelling of marijuana, other ‘distracting’ odors
https://www.wandtv.com/news/education/new-dps-policies-target-students-and-visitors-smelling-of-marijuana-other-distracting-odors/article_3450f262-c6fa-41ce-963a-452589331826.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ahead of the new school year, Decatur Public Schools updated its district policies to emphasize banning marijuana and other “offensive” odors in its facilities. A DPS flyer said that students who come to school smelling like marijuana or other “distracting” odors will be instructed to call home for a change of clothes, or be picked up to change. Visitors who smell of marijuana or other “distracting” odors will be asked to leave the premises. The district justified the changes by saying that marijuana has an odor that causes/triggers allergic reactions, affecting indoor air quality and putting others at risk of getting sick. The district added that marijuana potentially has cancer-causing chemicals that put students, staff and others at risk. That policy went into effect July 1. According to the DPS 61 student code of conduct and parent handbook, those who use marijuana for medical purposes must provide a medical card upon request.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-08-04/professors-calling-for-northwestern-leaders-to-stand-up-to-the-trump-administration-first-listen
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-354/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Top Illinois GOP Donors Sit Out Upcoming Primary
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/sources-top-illinois-gop-donors-sit-out-upcoming-primary.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Gov. Pritzker to Fight Gerrymandering with… More Gerrymandering?
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/08/gov-pritzker-to-fight-gerrymandering-with-more-gerrymandering/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Firing the government’s statically incompetent statisticians. Isn’t it about time? Of course, my Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued that they wasted my career, took adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire because I was incompetent. It is called pretext. But they were frustrated a) by my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) by my passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) by my earning four more job-related professional certifications, and d) by my earning a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/4/firing-governments-statically-incompetent-statisticians/
— Not sorry for immigration enforcement. Without borders, we have no country.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/4/sorry-sorry-immigration-enforcement/
TOWNHALL
— Texas House Approves Arrest Warrants for Democrats Who Fled to Illinois to Block Redistricting Vote
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/08/04/texas-house-approves-arrest-warrants-for-democrats-who-fled-to-illinois-to-block-redistricting-vote-n2661402
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pritzker says Texas Democrats who fled state will be protected amid arrest threats
https://thehill.com/homenews/5434627-redistricting-battle-texas-illinois/
— Redistricting fights explode across US
https://thehill.com/newsletters/evening-report/5435411-texas-redistricting-political-war/
CBS NEWS
— State Department may require some travelers to post $15,000 bond for business or tourism visas
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-department-visa-bond-pilot-program/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Will Slow, but May Not Stop, the Rise of Electric Vehicles
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/business/trump-electric-vehicles.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump moves to bar nearly all abortions at Veterans Affairs hospitals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/04/veterans-va-abortion-trump/
— Democrats are becoming a) more liberal, b) bigger advocates of mass/illegal immigration, and c) less proud to be American.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/04/democratic-party-change-under-trump-polls/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats are ever-increasingly becoming more anti-car, anti-American nameplate car, and anti-American nameplate muscle car.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/americas-love-affair-with-the-car-has-soured-over-money-4b73670f
— China Is Choking Supply of Critical Minerals to Western Defense Companies
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/china-western-defense-industry-critical-minerals-3971ec51
BUSINESS INSIDER
— What does our choice of vehicle reveal about our political preferences?
https://www.businessinsider.com/car-models-owned-by-republicans-democrats-american-politics-jeep-2024-10
CAR BUZZ
— 10 Muscle Cars That Prove America Does It Best. Cars I used to own include a 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint (a poor man’s GTO), 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, and 1969 Dodge Charger SE. Cars I currently own include a 1972 and 2005 Chevrolet Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 2023 Ford Mustang GT Premium, and 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus. Please let me know if you share my interest in any of the aforesaid cars.
https://carbuzz.com/10-muscle-cars-showing-america-does-it-best/
GOOGLE AI
— Republican politicians and car choices
https://www.google.com/search?q=Republican+politicians+and+car+choices
August 1, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Chicago’s budget deficit threatened by pension bill that awaits Pritzker’s signature. My GAO superior who focused on getting rid of me was so furious that I got almost 3 years of full-time Civil Service Retirement System credit while I worked only part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969 that he got Congress to change the law so that now only prorated credit is given.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/chicagos-budget-deficit-threatened-by-pension-bill-that-awaits-pritzkers-signature/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill would boost pension benefits for officers and firefighters hired after 2010 by increasing the cap on pensionable salary and the annual cost-of-living adjustment for pensioners.)
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/01/illinois-joins-lawsuit-challenging-trump-administration-s-efforts-restrict-gender
— Duckworth, Durbin Urge Trump Administration to Reinstate EPA Workers Who Signed ‘Declaration of Dissent.’ I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, had never promoted me beyond GS-13, and had forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats run GAO and IRS. They do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/01/duckworth-durbin-urge-trump-administration-reinstate-epa-workers-who-signed-declaration
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/01/mayors-office-completes-internal-review-of-chicago-police-response-to-june-immigration-raid
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/08/01/illinois-sues-the-trump-administration-to-protect-access-to-gender-affirming-care
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ICE says it has made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 as hiring ramps up. Just kidding, but will Speaker Johnson force GAO to rehire me with backpay. Many of my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire have now retired themselves. My backpay would be $2.4 million ($4.3 salary minus $1.9 Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/ice-hiring-tentative-job-offers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Many of these offers were to ICE officers who retired under President Biden because they were frustrated that they were not allowed to do their jobs,” she said. “Now under President Trump and Secretary Noem, ICE is excited to get back to work to remove rapists, murderers, gang members and pedophiles from our communities.”)
— Casten shouted down at town hall in La Grange, pro-Palestinian protesters removed
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/u-s-rep-sean-casten-pro-palestinian-protesters/
— Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report. I should write about the following who have done the most to remove me as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 because my newsletters have reported Republican defeats: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, pollsters, fundraisers, major donors, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. It is called shooting the messenger who brings the bad news.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/trump-removes-jobs-data/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/judge-pauses-fast-track-deportations/
— Lake County Sheriff Martinez starts to repay county for $157,785 of overpayment of benefits. According to my critics/opponents, my federal salary 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension in today’s dollars since 1997, and my and my wife’s 72% federal healthcare insurance subsidy is much too high. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/lake-co-sheriff-martinez-starts-to-repay-county-for-overpayment-of-benefits/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: All of the extra pay that Martinez received was from the collective bargaining agreement that covers the sheriff’s police officers. The State Board of Accounts contended under state code that Martinez is an officeholder who is not entitled to benefits for police officers negotiated under the collective bargaining agreement.
DAILY HERALD
— Duckworth ever-increasingly makes it clear that she is anti-those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250801/illinois-state-politics/diversity-in-crash-test-dummies-can-save-womens-lives-duckworth-gop-senators-say/
WGN RADIO
— College Visits: What to ask to get the whole picture. In 1966, UIC was the only college that I considered attending. I could afford UIC because my parents could and did provide me with room and board while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and the summers of 1967 and 1968 in between. In 1969, NIU was the only college that I considered transferring to because my parents could and did provide me with room and board weekends during my first semester there and the summer of 1969. I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.
https://wgnradio.com/jobs/career-vision/college-visits-what-to-ask-to-get-the-whole-picture/
WBEZ
— Chicago teens on the job this summer. What summer jobs did you have? I did yard work during the summers of 1962 and 1963. I delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962-1966. I washed dishes during the summer of 1965. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966. I delivered mail during the summers of 1967-1969. My critics/opponents never had to take such jobs because their parents had lots of money, bought them cars, and paid for their college expenses.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/08/01/teenagers-summer-jobs-lifeguard-chuck-e-cheese-international-museum-surgical-science
FOX NEWS
— Hamas should be blamed for the starvation in Gaza
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/hamas-should-blamed-starvation-gaza-says-deputy-state-dept-spokesperson-tommy-pigott-middle-east-special-envoy-steve-witkoff-mike-huckabee
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Plaintiff optimistic, DOJ interested in case against Illinois elections board
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_748c769f-a4b8-463a-b8a1-873b7c66c20a.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A legal case is moving forward against the Illinois State Board of Elections over allegations that the state failed to maintain voter registration lists. Former state Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, said the National Voter Registration Act requires the state to perform list maintenance and remove ineligible voters. U.S. District Court Judge Sara L. Ellis dismissed two plaintiffs from the case last week, but Ives’ group, Breakthrough Ideas, was not dismissed and retains standing as a plaintiff along with Illinois Family Action. The groups filed suit with Judicial Watch attorneys in March of 2024. Ives said it’s obvious that voter lists are not well-maintained in Illinois. “This creates extra costs people should not have to incur and it wastes time as well, not to mention it invites fraud when you do not have cleaned-up voter lists,” Ives told The Center Square. Ives said the dead have voted in Illinois. “I’ve pointed out a couple of dead people that I know casted votes, and there was no adequate explanation for why that occurred. Because they were not cleaned off the voter roll, it invited fraud one way or another. In the state of Illinois, this becomes even more problematic when you have permanent vote by mail,” Ives explained. “So you will have ballots being sent to people that are possibly moved or dead, which makes list maintenance even more important in the state of Illinois.” Ives said 23 Illinois counties with a combined registration list of 980,089 voters reported removing only 100 registrations over a two-year period. “That is an absurdly small number. There is no possible way those counties were conducting a general program that makes an effort to clean up the voter rolls, because only a hundred people died in 23 counties? Nobody believes that, so we know that they’re not doing what they should do,” Ives said. On July 8, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a 15-page statement of interest in the case. “When Illinois voters cast their ballots, they should be confident that their vote is given its due weight, undiluted by ineligible voters,” the statement began. “It is critical to remove ineligible voters from the registration rolls so that elections are conducted fairly, accurately, and without fraud,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in a press release regarding the statement of interest. “Under the NVRA, states have the responsibility to conduct a robust program of list maintenance. The Department of Justice will vigorously enforce those requirements to ensure compliance.” Ives said the case could have ramifications across the country. She said it is possible that the DOJ will file its own lawsuit. As for what’s next, Ives said parties were waiting for a written ruling and it’s possible there could be a hearing later this month. Ives said she suspects there could be a settlement in the case.)
— Youth mental health screenings may have long-term impact, IL legislator warns. Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_61d88fa0-db2a-49ed-8f3a-1ec239a0a422.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois economy declines 2.2% in early 2025, one of biggest drops in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-economy-declines-2-2-in-early-2025-one-of-biggest-drops-in-u-s/
— Illinois government pension crisis worst in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/report-shows-illinois-government-pension-crisis-worst-in-u-s/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ICE is deporting people at record pace: Nearly 1,300 per day
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/1/ice-deporting-people-record-pace-nearly-1300-per-day/
— Democrats’ civility goes out the window so progressives can pretend to be tough
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/1/editorial-democrats-civility-goes-window-progressives-pretend-tough/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats want to unmask the ICE agents they are putting in danger
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3488819/democrats-ice-agents-masks/
NEW YORK POST
— How can socialist Zohran Mamdani revel in his family’s colonial privilege?
https://nypost.com/2025/08/01/opinion/how-can-socialist-zohran-mamdani-revel-in-his-familys-colonial-privilege/
FEDERALIST
— Immigration Crackdown Protects Americans From Murderers And Rapists Biden Released Into The Streets
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/01/immigration-crackdown-protects-americans-from-murderers-and-rapists-biden-released-into-the-streets/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
KVOR
— Illegals Reduce US Workers’ Wages
https://www.kvor.com/2025/08/01/homan-to-newsmax-illegals-reduce-us-workers-wages/
REASON
— The IRS Is Now 25 Percent Smaller (and, Hopefully, Less Dangerous) I should write about those who have used against me the most my having been an IRS employee for almost 9 years 1971-1980.
https://www.aol.com/news/irs-now-25-percent-smaller-110004637.html
July 29, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2025/07/28/judge-blocks-trump-administrations-efforts-to-defund-planned-parenthood
— How dependent is your school district on federal spending?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/07/28/cps-cutting-crossing-guards-for-private-schools-amid-budget-crunch
DAILY HERALD
— The mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats and to reelect Democrats.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250728/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-a-shaky-beginning-another-survey-shows-shortcomings-in-rollout-of-media-liter/
WGN9
— Concerns mount over ICE raids at Fiesta Del Sol festival this weekend
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/concerns-mount-over-ice-raids-at-fiesta-del-sol-festival-this-weekend/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdapkUbQ_uE
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m2_c6ThWLQ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-efforts-defund-planned-parenthood
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for bad weather.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/28/environmental-advocates-rally-against-trump-s-plans-undermine-epa-s-ability-fight
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/28/were-not-shielding-anything-vance-says-of-epstein-files/
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/28/trump-wants-expedited-deposition-from-rupert-murdoch-in-wsj-epstein-suit/
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/28/trump-in-scotland-gives-more-details-about-his-falling-out-with-jeffrey-epstein/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/news/2025-07-28/the-big-beautiful-bill-could-impact-a-students-ability-to-attend-medical-school-first-listen
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-judge-blocks-trump-administrations-efforts-to-defund-planned-parenthood/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/president-trump-gives-details-about-his-falling-out-with-jeffrey-epstein/amp/
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Naperville’s annual India Day Parade and celebration canceled
https://www.nctv17.org/news/napervilles-annual-india-day-parade-and-celebration-canceled/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Don Tracy considers governor bid
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/29/don-tracy-considers-governor-bid-00480953
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 2026 INTRIGUE: A familiar Republican name is eyeing the 2026 governor’s race. Don Tracy, the former chair of the Illinois Republican Party, confirmed to Lee Enterprises’ Brenden Moore that he is actively considering a bid for the state’s top job. “I’m taking a hard look at it,” Tracy told Moore, noting he’s been “making some calls” and that “several people” have urged him to throw his hat into the ring. The potential candidacy comes at a time when the Illinois GOP is in a prolonged wilderness stretch, failing to win a statewide race in nearly a decade. Tracy may be the Republican to change that. He’s a Springfield attorney and businessman with ties to the party’s donor class. And though he stepped down as chair last year, Tracy’s name still carries weight in Republican circles. It wouldn’t be easy. Incumbent Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, a billionaire with virtually unlimited resources and a finely tuned political operation, announced in June that he will seek a third term. The governor has already signaled an aggressive campaign that focuses on attacking extremism. . .State Sen. Sue Rezin, who serves as deputy Republican leader, is returning to the trail. “After a lot of thought and discussions, I have decided to run for reelection to protect taxpayers’ pocketbooks, strengthen public safety and keep and grow good-paying jobs right here at home in the 38th Senate District,” she said in a statement. Rezin has been serving in the General Assembly since 2010.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump is tapping members of the LGBT community for top spots in his administration — despite Dem hysteria. Republican leaders who promote LGBTQ have always had their operatives and their dupes work extremely hard against me. I should write about them.
https://www.aol.com/trump-tapping-members-lgbt-community-131636146.html
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— DOJ Files Complaint Against Judge in Controversial Deportation Case
https://amgreatness.com/2025/07/29/morning-greatness-doj-files-complaint-against-judge-in-controversial-deportation-case/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Not Cutting or Unwinding, Trump is Refocusing Medicaid
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/not_cutting_or_unwinding_trump_is_refocusing_medicaid.html
— Will new DOGE AI break Deep State power? The Deep State is a budget-busting, bureaucratic tyranny, crushing capitalist meritocracy and social values. It is a self-directed, out-of-control monster that fights MAGA tooth and claw.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/will_new_doge_ai_break_deep_state_power.html
— Lindsey Graham: The Deep State RINO saboteur of the America first agenda
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/lindsey_graham_the_deep_state_rino_saboteur_of_the_america_first_agenda.html
BREITBART
— CBS Lost $160 Million on Colbert’s Show; ‘It Was Basically Left-Wing Affirmative Action’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/28/nolte-cbs-lost-160-million-on-colberts-show-it-was-basically-left-wing-affirmative-action/
DAILY CALLER
— Biden Admin Went On Trillion-Dollar Spending Spree Embedding DEI Across Gov’t
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-admin-went-on-trillion-dollar-spending-spree-embedding-dei-across-gov-t-study-says/ar-AA1ACrEq
FOX NEWS
— Civil rights organization declares ‘state of national emergency,’ citing attacks on DEI. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/civil-rights-organization-declares-state-of-national-emergency-citing-attacks-on-dei/ar-AA1JiMnn
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5424700-vance-trump-epstein-files/
— Trump is trying to help GOP avoid messy primary fights. I should write messy GOP primary fights and non-partisan elections. I would focus on those ion ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on those Republican candidates who blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS the most for their defeats.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5421237-trump-influence-republican-primaries/
CNN
— The mainstream news media is nothing more than an arm of the Democrat Party.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/29/politics/trump-scotland-trip-russia-gaza-analysis
— My critics/opponents were always overjoyed when judges and justices ruled against me. I should write about all the lawsuits that I filed. I would focus on the defendants, the charges that I made, and the evidence that I submitted.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/28/politics/boasberg-misconduct-complaint
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yHaS72B8qI
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-murdoch-wall-street-journal-lawsuit-deposition-3d9dbabe52a5d54e0ab7bf57265a39f4
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-turned-down-invitation-epsteins-island-2025-07-28/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAbJergfofo
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-says-his-name-may-have-been-planted-in-jeffrey-epstein-files/ar-AA1JrEj0
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-07-28/trumps-higher-education-crackdown-visa-revocations-dei-bans-lawsuits-and-funding-cuts
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-files-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/arts/television/jimmy-fallon-trump-epstein.html
— Federal employees can display religious items at work, pray in groups while not on duty and encourage co-workers to adopt their faith, according to guidance released Monday by the Office of Personnel Management, which manages the federal civilian workforce. All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, extremely few of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Protestants. Overwhelmingly, they were Catholic or Jewish. None that I know of were Missouri Synod Lutherans like me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/28/federal-workers-religious-expression/
— What percent of those who get food stamps are illegals?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/nyregion/states-sue-trump-administration-over-food-stamp-data.html
— A Clash Over a Promotion Puts Hegseth at Odds With His Generals. My Democrat GAO superiors were beyond furious when a GAO manager promoted me to GS-13, currently $117,807/year, when I was 38 years old in 1986. They forced him to retire in 1987. He had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and he had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS in 1986.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/us/politics/hegseth-pentagon-leadership.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/28/trump-presidency-news-scotland-starmer/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/28/epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-appeal-supreme-court/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/27/ice-student-deportations-trump-school-communities/84190533007/
— Trump administration is telling immigrants ‘Carry your papers.’
https://www.aol.com/trump-administration-telling-immigrants-carry-232510448.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/27/trump-epstein-maxwell-pardon-maga-conspiracy/85360971007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/29/trump-pardon-ghislaine-maxwell-overturn-conviction/85409253007/
— I should write about what my Democrat superiors in the federal government did to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/07/22/employee-engagement-workplace-strategies/85273165007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/23/masked-ice-agents-dox-safety/85315776007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/27/ice-student-deportations-trump-school-communities/84190533007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Anti-DEI Push Is Unraveling College Scholarships. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-trump-s-anti-dei-push-is-unraveling-college-scholarships/ar-AA1I1HlT
— My critics/opponents have always been furious that my wife and I have always saved as much as we could for our retirement.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/401k-withdrawal-emergency-savings-25926369
AMERICA PROGRESS
— My Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise all the disabled employees who they hired.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-war-on-disability/
NPR
— Illegals fight the Trump administration’s new no-bail policy
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/28/g-s1-79972/immigrants-in-the-us-illegally-fight-the-trump-administrations-new-no-bail-policy
SIMPLY PSYCHOLOGY
— A meritocratic society allows those from lower socioeconomic status to aspire to a higher social class, status, and place in the hierarchy. Meritocracy enabled me to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license even though a) neither of my parents attended college, b) my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d)my mother never attended high school, and e) I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents vehemently disagree. According to them, I was able to accomplish the aforesaid because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who share their demographics: liberal, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus those whose parents had lots of money.
https://www.simplypsychology.org/meritocracy.html
POLITICO
— My critics/opponents were always overjoyed when judges and justices ruled against me. I should write about all the lawsuits that I filed. I would focus on the defendants, the charges that I made, and the evidence that I submitted.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/28/james-boasberg-justice-department-complaint-00480938
PBS
— Republicans and independents have warmed on Supreme Court since 2022 abortion ruling
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/republicans-and-independents-have-warmed-on-supreme-court-since-2022-abortion-ruling-poll-says
DEMOCRAT STRATEGIST
— Political Strategy for a Permanent Democratic Majority. To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrats ever-increasingly stereotype them as being marginalized oppressed victims of Republicans: minority, female, younger, veteran, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://thedemocraticstrategist.org/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/2025/07/29/what-doj-letters-uva-say-about-trump-attack-higher-ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/07/29/they-attack-because-higher-ed-strong-not-weak-opinion
NATURE
— To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly stereotype them as being marginalized oppressed victims of Republicans: minority, female, younger, veteran, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00287-6
AUTO GUIDE
— Chevy Gets Serious About An Electric Corvette With New C10 Concept
https://www.autoguide.com/auto/manufacturers/chevrolet/chevy-gets-serious-about-an-electric-corvette-with-new-c10-concept-44623108
GOOGLE AI
— Career limiting. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, what did you do or did not do that limited your career? I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying. I avoided the Vietnam War draft. I delayed majoring in accounting. I did not become a Democrat. I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22career+limiting%22
July 28, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump calls for Kamala Harris, celebrities who endorsed her, like Oprah, Beyoncé, to be prosecuted
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-calls-former-vp-kamala-harris-celebrities-endorsed-like-oprah-beyonce-prosecuted/17338450/
NBC5
— Pritzker signs new gun safety bills, with DOJ opposition emerging to laws
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/pritzker-signs-new-gun-safety-bills-with-doj-opposition-emerging-to-laws/3799637/
WTTW
— Chicago Organizers, Officials Call on ICE to Keep Away From Fiesta del Sol and Other Community Events. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/28/chicago-organizers-officials-call-ice-keep-away-fiesta-del-sol-and-other-community
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker ever-increasingly demonizes, denigrates, and condemns gun owners.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/28/illinois-gun-laws/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/07/28/fiesta-del-sol-organizers-immigrant-ice-arrests
— The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2025/07/28/the-rundown-trump-targets-signs-of-homelessness-not-causes
JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Former Illinois GOP Chair Don Tracy weighs run for governor
https://jg-tc.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_d10557a5-6fe8-561c-8d29-35f32083164c.html
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/carlinville-protesters-stories-illinois-macoupin-20782377.php
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with their illegals against America.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-07-28/immigrants-sue-over-trumps-mandatory-detention-no-bail-policy
BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Did Burr Ridge Mayor Post On Politics In Right Spot? Mayor Gary Grasso announced his candidacy on a page that may be seen as linked to the village government.
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/did-burr-ridge-mayor-post-politics-right-spot
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois GOP chair Kathy Salvi blasts Pritzker’s North Carolina speech
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_593340e7-467c-4407-a396-3e2345cf84dc.html
WIREPOINTS
— Once an Illinois showpiece E.V. maker, bankrupt Lion Electric voids warranties on school buses sold in Illinois and across the U.S.
https://wirepoints.org/once-an-illinois-showpiece-e-v-maker-bankrupt-lion-electric-voids-warranties-on-school-buses-sold-in-illinois-and-across-the-u-s-wirepoints/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats conduct political autopsy but ignore the real cause of death. Party driven by socialism, open borders, and gender ideology heading for more election defeats.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/28/democrats-conduct-political-autopsy-ignore-real-cause-death/
— California’s 2.2 million illegal immigrants constitute a national security crisis.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/28/californias-22-million-illegal-immigrants-constitute-national/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The True Roots of Transgenderism. The pro-family movement is surging back, aiming not just to stop transgenderism—but to roll back the entire LGBT agenda and restore a culture rooted in biology, truth, and tradition.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/07/28/the-true-roots-of-transgenderism/
— Democrats Are Endangering ICE Agents to Support Open Borders
https://amgreatness.com/2025/07/26/democrats-are-endangering-ice-agents-to-support-open-borders/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Law Firm Discrimination
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/law_firm_discrimination_an_insider_s_view.html
— Chicago believes it just scored a huge win over Trump’s lawsuit against ‘sanctuary’ policies – but it’s a hollow victory
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/chicago_believes_it_just_scored_a_huge_win_over_trump_s_lawsuit_against_sanctuary_policies_but_it_s_a_hollow_victory.html
— Major Shipping Line Matson Closes the Hatch on Transport of Electrical Vehicles
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/major_shipping_line_matson_closes_the_hatch_on_transport_of_electrical_vehicles.html
— It’s Time for the Administration To Start Creatively Downsizing The Federal Workforce Again. Democrats run the federal government. They use budget cuts to get rid of any remaining Republican employees.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/it_s_time_for_the_administration_to_start_creatively_downsizing_the_federal_workforce_again.html
BREITBART
— Majority Favor Deporting Migrants in the Country Illegally
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/28/immigration-poll-majority-favor-deporting-migrants-in-the-country-illegally/
COLLEGE FIX
— Drones, cameras, AI: University of Illinois real time crime center raises privacy concerns
https://www.thecollegefix.com/drones-cameras-ai-university-of-illinois-real-time-crime-center-raises-privacy-concerns/
DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Using Time Off To Travel To Red States, Try Convincing People Trump’s Bad
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/25/democrats-time-off-travel-red-states-convincing-people-trump-bad/
— Wealthy Residents Of Maine Resort Town Fret Over Losing Access To Cheap Illegal Labor
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/28/wells-maine-police-department-ice-immigrants-hospitality-economy/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Arrests of Criminal Illegal Aliens Have Made a Real Impact on Public Safety
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/28/exclusive-dhs-celebrates-falling-crime-rates-amid-removal-of-worst-of-the-worst-criminal-illegal-aliens/
FEDERALIST
— Apple Puts America At Risk By Partnering With China
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/28/apple-puts-america-at-risk-by-partnering-with-china/
— Continued Enrollment Slide For Public Schools. Most public schools are now failing in three critical areas that parents care about when deciding on their children’s K-12 education: academic rigor, student discipline, and the campus’ moral influence.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/28/heres-why-new-data-finds-continued-enrollment-slide-for-public-schools/
— ‘Riddled With Errors,’ Dirty Voter Rolls Pose Growing Threat To Election Integrity
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/28/riddled-with-errors-dirty-voter-rolls-pose-growing-threat-to-election-integrity/
— American Birth Rates Drop To Levels Of Civilizational Suicide
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/25/american-birth-rates-rates-drop-to-levels-of-civilizational-suicide/
FOX NEWS
— Dems’ sanctuary policies shield ‘gangbangers,’ harm Latino families, businesses
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-sanctuary-policies-shield-gangbangers-harm-latino-families-businesses-says-hispanic-gop-lawmaker
HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— Electricity Generated from Wind and Solar Cannot Replace Fossil Fuels
https://heartland.org/opinion/electricity-generated-from-wind-and-solar-cannot-replace-fossil-fuels/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Dept. Education Investigates Discrimination Against American-Born Students
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/dept-education-investigates-discrimination-against-american-born-students-after-equal-protection-project-complaints/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Wall Street Journal Poll Finds Lowest Approval for Democratic Party in 35 Years
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/wall-street-journal-poll-finds-lowest-approval-for-democratic-party-in-35-years/
TOWNHALL
— Do Republicans Have a Decent Shot at Defying History in the Midterms?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2025/07/28/early-analysis-do-republicans-have-a-decent-shot-at-defying-history-in-the-midterms-n2661004
— Democrats Are the Physically Broken Party
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/kurtschlichter/2025/07/28/democrats-are-the-physically-broken-party-n2661047
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FED SMITH
— The IRS Is Targeting Federal Workers Over Unpaid Taxes
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/07/24/irs-is-targeting-federal-workers-over-unpaid-taxes/
AGA
— Jeffrey C. Steinhoff. One could compare and contrast Steinhoff’s very successful 40-year GAO career with my failed 18-year GAO career. While both Steinhoff and I are CPAs, Certified Fraud Examiners, and Certified Government Financial Managers, I am also a Certified Internal Auditor, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant and a licensed CPA. While Steinhoff served as a National President of the Association of Government Accountants (AGA), I only served on the Executive Committee of AGA’s Chicago Chapter for 13 years. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. Steinhoff had no interest in me even though a) I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, b) I had earned an MBA in 1976, c) I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and d) I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. I completed those requirements in 1980 and I subsequently earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.
https://www.agacgfm.org/Chapters/Washington-DC-Chapter/OurChapter/Chapter-Awards-2025-Winners.aspx
July 28, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— About your complaints on Trumpian gerrymandering, Gov. Pritzker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/28/gerrymandering-illinois-political-maps-redistricting/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/27/homeless-executive-order-forced-hospitalization-donald-trump-chicago
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/john-slocum
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are racists and that if you are a Republican, your ancestors were Republican, and that the longer that they have been in America, the more that you have benefitted from their racism. What were your ancestors doing in 1919? On my father’s side, they were operating Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they were operating a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/violet-miller
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-its-a-year-of-rapid-change-except-when-it-comes-to-trumps-approval-numbers-ap-norc-polling-finds/
— Democrat leaders decry Trump’s vacations. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government decried the vacations that I earned and took. I earned 13 vacation days per year during my first 3 years, then 20 per year during my next 15 years, and then 26 per year during the rest of the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-trump-once-decried-the-idea-of-presidential-vacations-his-scotland-trip-is-built-around-golf/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— See the articles below concerning Trump making Matthew Lohmeier an Air Force Under Secretary. Like Lohmeie, I fought Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI in the federal government. Since the 1960s, the Democrats who run the federal government have used AA and DEI to make the federal government a hostile work environment for Republicans, to waste the careers of Republicans, and to get rid of Republicans. If Republican Presidents, U.S. Senators, and U.S. Representatives had stopped AA and DEI in the federal government, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Further, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have been able to a) never promote me beyond GS-12, b) disallow my education deductions, and c) disallow my travel vouchers. Further, my Democrat Post Office superiors would not have been able to a) force me to resign and b) disallow my sick leave requests.
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s deportation machine advances despite court hurdles
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3482843/trump-deportation-machine-advances-despite-court-hurdles/
NEW YORK POST
— Anti-DEI ex-Space Force officer Matthew Lohmeier confirmed as Air Force Under Secretary
https://nypost.com/video/anti-dei-ex-space-force-officer-matthew-lohmeier-confirmed-as-air-force-under-secretary/
— Dems are finally speaking up on Mamdani’s sickening embrace of antisemitism — but New York’s leaders remain silent
https://nypost.com/2025/07/26/opinion/dems-are-finally-speaking-up-on-mamdanis-antisemitism-while-new-yorks-leaders-remain-silent/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Graveyard of Progressive Misadventures. Progressive overreach alienated the middle class, replacing working-class roots with elite dogmas—and now the Democrats are reaping the whirlwind they sowed.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/07/28/the-graveyard-of-progressive-misadventures/
BLAZE
— How coveting empowers wokeness, socialism, and cancel culture. Envy is the animating force of all conflict. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were filled with envy. They were envious of the new cars and real estate that I bought. They were envious of the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I earned. They were envious of my wife’s income. According to them, I did not disserve what I had a) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft and b) my wife and I gave up trying to have children.
https://www.theblaze.com/align/how-one-ancient-sin-empowers-wokeness-socialism-and-cancel-culture
BREITBART
— Amnesty for illegals Is treason. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/27/kentucky-gop-senate-candidate-nate-morris-declares-amnesty-for-illegals-is-treason/
— During the last 4 years under Biden, not one Democrat asked for Epstein files.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/27/mullin-last-four-years-under-biden-not-one-dem-asked-for-epstein-files/
DAILY CALLER
— Jay Leno Blasts Late Night Hosts For Partisan Jokes That Alienate Viewers
https://www.aol.com/jay-leno-blasts-night-hosts-154633386.html
FEDERALIST
— Senate Confirms Matthew Lohmeier As Next Under Secretary Of The Air Force
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/24/senate-confirms-matthew-lohmeier-as-next-under-secretary-of-the-air-force/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A former fighter pilot for the Air Force and later the Space Force, Lohmeier was removed from service under the Biden administration in May 2021 after espousing concerns about the military’s embrace of Marxist ideology. The lieutenant colonel specifically criticized the force’s obsession with DEI racism and critical race theory.)
FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary cities ‘make it safe’ for criminal migrants to roam our neighborhoods.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376208068112
— Chicago-based group hosted a summer camp for anti-Trumpers
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376215116112
— Dems’ goal isn’t to make us safer, it’s to create chaos so they can maintain power
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376211923112
— America’s skies are wide open to national security threats drone expert warns
https://www.foxnews.com/us/americas-skies-wide-open-national-security-threats-drone-expert-warns?lid=yb8lbgt38x7i
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Massive Upgrade to DoD: Matthew Lohmeier Confirmed as Under Secretary of the Air Force. Former Air/Space Force Lieutenant Colonel F-15 pilot becomes #2 person in the Air Force, and Legal Insurrection couldn’t be happier.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/massive-upgrade-to-dod-matthew-lohmeier-confirmed-as-under-secretary-of-the-air-force/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The former Space Force Lieutenant Colonel squadron commander who was fired, forced to resign without a pension just before his retirement date, and subjected to a Pentagon Inspector General investigation after publishing his bestselling book, Irresistible Revolution: Marxism’s Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military, which tore the lid off the military’s obsession with DEI and racist and radical “woke” ideologies.)
NEWSMAX
— Blagojevich to Newsmax: ‘Lunatics’ Have Taken Over Democrats’ ‘Asylum’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rod-blagojevich-democrats-left-wing/2025/07/27/id/1220259/
TOWNHALL
— Lohmeier, Fired by Biden for Exposing Pentagon DEI, Confirmed by Senate As Air Force Under Secretary.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/27/lohmeier-fired-by-biden-for-exposing-pentagon-dei-confirmed-by-senate-as-air-force-under-secretary-n2660921
— Media Ignore Trump Successes to Focus on Epstein
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2025/07/28/media-ignore-trump-successes-to-focus-on-epstein-n2661017
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Virtually all, if not all, GAO employees are Democrats. GAO falsely claims to be non-partisan. I should write a book about that. I would use how the Democrats who run GAO treated me as an example. If I had been a Democrat, they would not have forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They would not have kept me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They would not have delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They would not have always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They would not have forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have wasted what I learned working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. They would not have wasted what I learned earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. They would not have wasted what I learned earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. They would not have wasted what I learned to become a licensed CPA.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-administration-violated-law-in-delaying-us-head-start-education-funding-gao-report-finds/ar-AA1JahXB
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://apnews.com/article/harvard-trump-college-governance-dei-635834c9e09e4361f319257ab9fa3724
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Islam.
https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/muslim-leaders-increase-security-after-vandalism-20787509.php
AOL
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly use AI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/trump-signs-executive-order-targeting-004445924.html
MSN
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when Whites, males, older people, Protestants, and German Americans do better than minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, and non-German Americans, it is because they benefit from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, and non-German Americans. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use the aforesaid argument to give more and more and more preference to minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, and non-German Americans. America’s enemies do not want America to be led by Whites, males, older people, Protestants, or German Americans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/equity-is-not-a-handout-it-s-a-head-start-why-fairness-requires-more-than-equality/ar-AA1J7LtR
CBS LOS ANGELES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/jewel-thais-williams-lgbtq-trailblazer-remembered-at-beloved-west-hollywood-venue-catch-one/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/opinion/mamdani-race-college-admissions.html
— Gas Stations Are Adding E.V. Chargers and Reasons to Wait Around
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/business/gas-station-expansion-evs.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/27/justice-epstein-memo-bondi-blanche-patel-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/27/scotland-donald-trump-protests-golf/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— We Won’t Miss Government Media. At NPR and PBS, bias has long been the biggest problem. Let 1,000 podcasts bloom.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/we-wont-miss-government-media-ce321e65
— Antisemitism Moves Into the Political Mainstream. It used to be taboo to say you hated the Jews and wanted to wipe Israel off the map. Not anymore.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/antisemitism-moves-into-the-political-mainstream-13763ea8
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly unite those who are liberal, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time against those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2025/07/27/allyship-is-leadership-why-people-with-power-are-an-untapped-resource/
RAMIREZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more poverty and crime.
https://ramirez.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-ramirez-slams-trumps-efforts-criminalize-neighbors-impacted
DAILY BEAST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Joe Walsh.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-republican-congressman-joe-walsh-unpacks-brutality-behind-south-parks-trump-burn/
GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders use billboards to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/27/medicaid-cuts-billboards-democrats
July 25, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso, an attorney, has announced he would run as a Republican for chairman of the DuPage County Board. Republican candidates increasingly lose elections in DuPage County because Democrats increasingly move into DuPage County to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there.
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-mayor-seeks-higher-office
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The current chairman is Democrat Deb Conroy, who is in her first term. He served on the county board from 2012 to 2018. He has been mayor twice – 2005 to 2012 and since 2019. Historically, Republicans have controlled DuPage’s government. However, that has changed in recent years as Democrats have become more popular in suburbs across the country. In his statement, Grasso described himself as “socially moderate.” But Grasso may have trouble attracting the party’s MAGA wing. In 2022, Grasso lost the Republican race for Congress to MAGA enthusiast Keith Pekau, then Orland Park’s mayor, who went on to lose to Democratic incumbent Sean Casten. In his announcement, Grasso said Burr Ridge was the first to receive busloads of migrants from Chicago without notice or information about them. He said Burr Ridge welcomed the migrants while assuring the community that all were respecting the law. He said he would protect law-abiding, taxpaying immigrants who want to become citizens. But he said he would never offer sanctuary to undocumented immigrants who commit violent or serious crimes. Grasso also promoted his handling of the pandemic. He said he worked with the Village Board to provide stipends to small businesses to pay rents and salaries. He also said he found money to erect tents for restaurants rather than follow an “ill-advised” order to close them. Grasso said he was proud that Burr Ridge did not close or lose one business to COVID. “This is one of several reasons why the Village of Burr Ridge is debt-free today,” the mayor said. In his statement, Grasso noted he was chairman of the county’s 911 board. In that post, he said he led the consolidation of the county’s 21 call centers to two. He announced his Republican candidacy on his Facebook page titled, “Gary Grasso – Mayor of Burr Ridge” and labeled “Public & Government Service.” The Democratic and Republican primaries are March 17.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/24/donald-trump-onetime-friendship-jeffrey-epstein/
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/25/opinion-harvard-university-donald-trump-free-speech/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Tribune lays off 8 from newsroom, including 5 union members. The cuts amount to about 10% of the newsroom. Meanwhile, the owner of the Tribune submitted a bid to buy the Dallas Morning News.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/07/24/chicago-tribune-newsroom-layoffs-alden-global-capital
— Last remnant of Columbus statue being removed from Grant Park as city looks to add ‘rotating art.’ The statue’s pedestal removal Thursday angered the president of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, who called it a betrayal of a deal the committee had with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/07/24/columbus-statue-pedestal-removal-grant-park-rotating-art
— Just like their flock, Catholic priests are deeply divided politically, based on their campaign contributions. The Chicago Sun-Times found that more than 70 Catholic clerics in Illinois collectively gave over $50,000 to political campaigns since 2021. The money was almost evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, with President Donald Trump and his 2024 rival Kamala Harris both recipients. The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/07/25/catholic-priests-illinois-campaign-contributions-donald-trump-kamala-harris-democrats-republicans
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Former Glendale Heights village president accused of forgery, perjury
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250724/crime/former-glendale-heights-village-president-accused-of-forgery-perjury/
— Feds weigh in on lawsuit challenging how Illinois maintains voter registration rolls
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250724/illinois/feds-weigh-in-on-lawsuit-challenging-how-illinois-maintains-voter-registration-rolls/
ABC7
— How Hulk Hogan came to endorse Trump in 2024
https://abc7chicago.com/post/how-hulk-hogan-came-endorse-trump-2024/17277974/
CBS2
— Trump signs executive order aimed at making it easier to remove homeless people from the streets
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-executive-order-homeless-people/
WGN9
— Trump and Hulk Hogan forged a decadeslong bond based on wrestling, reality stardom and politics
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/ap-trump-and-hulk-hogan-forged-a-decadeslong-bond-based-on-wrestling-reality-stardom-and-politics/
FOX32
— CTU calls on governor to ‘Trump-proof’ Illinois and fund education
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1679977
CRAIN’S CHICAG BUSINESS
— Chicago Tribune begins newsroom layoffs in wake of failed buyouts. My Democrat GAO superiors always wanted to get rid of me and my coworkers who shared my demographics. In 1993, when I was 45 years old, they “offered” those like me who had 25 or more years of federal service a $25,000 buyout if we retired early. They succeeded in forcing me to retire 4 years later just before their “offer” expired. I would not have been eligible for regular retirement for another 6 years. Beyond the tremendous negative financial impact of being forced to retire early, it gives your critics/opponents something very big to use against you. They will hint/imply/argue/shout that the real reason why you were forced to retire early is that you are a bad person. Further, the more qualifications that you have, the more that they will hint/imply/argue/shout that the real reason why you were forced to retire early is that you are a bad person. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marketing-media/chicago-tribune-begins-newsroom-layoffs-after-buyouts-fail
WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/rep-raja-krishnamoorthi-we-need-full-disclosure-of-the-epstein-files/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Sooner or later, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be on SNAP.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/07/23/illinoisans-will-see-reduced-snap-benefits-under-big-beautiful-bill/85311267007/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump offers support to Musk’s car company in a surprising post as Tesla stock plunges. President Donald Trump took a break from his bitter public feud with Elon Musk by offering support to Tesla in an early morning post on Truth Social.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-offers-support-to-musks-car-company-in-a-surprising-post-as-tesla-stock-plunges/article_329095a2-843a-550d-a554-cc2fcbd32dd0.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Obama to headline Martha’s Vineyard fundraiser amid Trump administration treason claim
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/obama-to-headline-marthas-vineyard-fundraiser-amid-trump-administration-treason-claim
NPR ILLINOIS
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-24/the-trump-administration-is-drastically-changing-education-in-america-whats-it-mean-for-you
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/most-americans-support-legal-access-to-abortions-in-most-cases-survey/amp/
— Trump signs bill to cancel $9 billion in foreign aid, public broadcasting funding
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-signs-bill-to-cancel-9-billion-in-foreign-aid-public-broadcasting-funding/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trumps-onetime-friendship-with-jeffrey-epstein-is-well-known-and-also-documented-in-records/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/illinois-capitol-news/majority-disapprove-of-trumps-handling-of-epstein-files-emerson-college-polling-survey/amp/
WCIA & WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/most-americans-support-legal-access-to-abortions-in-most-cases-survey/
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/how-us-adults-feel-about-legal-abortion-3-years-after-roe-was-overturned-according-to/article_e79f9e55-bdde-507d-a47a-90564b54413f.html
ILLINOIS TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/illinois-keeps-988-services-for-lgbt-youth-20483503
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America. They see them as being future Democrats.
https://chicagocrusader.com/raoul-praises-court-for-upholding-birthright-citizenship/
CHICAGO READER
— The great divide between Chicago and the rest of Illinois. A report on the state of our uncomfortable union. The Democrats who run Chicago despise/hate a) the rest of Illinois and b) Republicans. Democrats ever-increasingly invade, infiltrate, infest, and destroy a) the rest of Cook County and b) the collar counties.
https://chicagoreader.com/columns-opinion/opinion/divide-chicago-illinois-chris-ware/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois basically has two regions: Chicago and “downstate.” Dense Chicago is reliably Democratic, whereas downstate skews conservative, but rarely enough to flip the electoral switch. The last time Illinois voted in the federal elections for a Republican president was in 1988.)
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Sooner or later, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be on Medicaid. How dependent is your hospital on Medicaid?
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-state-financial-officers-including-illinois-frerichs-claim-medicaid-cuts-will-put-healthcare-into-disarray/
STATE OF ILLINOIS
— Illinois Reinforces Commitment to Pay Transparency and Equity. My Democrat superiors in the federal government were always proud to report that they paid their Democrat employees more than they paid their Republican employees including me. They especially paid my Democrat coworkers more who were minority, female, veteran, and/or younger. They were especially proud to report that they forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1997. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, veteran, and/or younger, they would transferred me in as a GS-13, currently $117.807/year. Because I am a Republican, they did not assign me to audits of IRS and promote me to GS-13 until I was 38 years old in 1986. It is called political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. GAO audits IRS. I had worked IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. All my coworkers who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, veteran, and/or younger and/or b) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/illinois/iisnewsattachments/31501-072425-idol-eprc-reporting-requirement-change.pdf.pdf
DURBIN
— The Only Qualification That President Trump Looks For In His Nominees Is Loyalty To Him And His MAGA Agenda. Durbin took to the Senate floor to denounce President Trump’s extreme and unqualified judicial nominees. The only employee qualifications that my Democrat superiors in the federal government looked for was being Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger. They replaced me with my Democrat Black subordinate when I was 49 years old in 1997. He had less job-related work experience than I had. He had less job-related education than I had. He had one job-related professional certification while I had six. He had no job-related professional license like the one I had.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-on-trumps-extreme-judicial-nominees-the-only-qualification-that-president-trump-looks-for-in-his-nominees-is-loyalty-to-him-and-his-maga-agenda
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-559/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-352/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County’s Biggest Pollical Action Committee: McHenry County GOPAC
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/07/25/mchenry-countys-biggest-polical-action-committee-mchenry-county-gopac/
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois is just treading water, at best
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-is-just-treading-water-at-best-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump creates new classification of non-career federal government worker. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their top priority always was hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. 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 and/or veteran who would take the jobs. Because I failed/refused to become a Democrat, they wasted my career and they got rid of me. My critic/opponents have no problem with the aforesaid.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3475158/trump-new-classification-non-career-federal-government-worker/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In line with Trump’s approach to federal government hiring during his second administration, an emphasis will be placed on loyalty, with the classification providing another opportunity for the president to recruit people who align with his political and policy agenda.)
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin appeals to Supreme Court to allow $783M research-funding cuts over DEI. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/24/us-news/trump-admin-appeals-to-supreme-court-to-allow-783m-research-funding-cuts-over-dei/
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Chicago may be next to cut humanities, language majors. What you majored in says more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. I majored in management, then business, then accounting, and then finance. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight,, I should have majored in accounting first because I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt and I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-chicago-may-be-next-to-cut-humanities-language-majors/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ICE Ramps up Recruiting, Offers $50K Signing Bonuses. My critics/opponents despise/hate past, present, and future federal employees and federal retirees. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/24/ice-ramps-up-recruiting-offers-50k-signing-bonuses/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Locates 13,000 Unaccompanied Minors, Arrests Hundreds Of Sponsors
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-locates-13000-unaccompanied-minors-arrests-hundreds-of-sponsors-report
FOX NEWS
— Student suspended for saying ‘illegal aliens’ in class gets cash, apology from school. Student’s counsel said school board sought to smear the teen’s mother when she attempted to stand up for her son. How strongly do the Democrats who run your school district punish students who say “illegal aliens?”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/student-suspended-saying-illegal-aliens-class-gets-cash-apology-from-school
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Medical School Accreditors Scale Back DEI Requirements After Trump Executive Order
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/medical-school-accreditors-scale-back-dei-requirements-after-trump-executive-order/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5419304-newsom-on-trump-epstein-controversy/
AOL
— Senate Republicans Want To Charge Federal Workers Thousands Of Dollars For Job Security. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign when I was 20 years old in 1969.
https://www.aol.com/senate-republicans-want-charge-federal-163110256.html
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPpbHEtu9IE
ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ in the military.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kbDeVS5sOY
https://abcnews.go.com/US/transgender-air-force-cadets-dream-joining-military-put/story?id=124048051
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-files-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/arts/television/late-night-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/us/politics/epstein-trump-birthday-book.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/us/politics/epstein-files-trump-bondi-justice-department-fbi.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opinion/migration-deportation-sudan-trump.html
— Ever-increasingly, Mamdani represents the Democrat Party.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/nyregion/mamdani-democratic-party.html
— Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly use AI to destroy Republicans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/technology/trump-ai-chatbots-bias.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump order pushes forcible hospitalization of homeless people
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/07/24/trump-homeless-forced-hospitalization-executive-order/
— Trump administration sues New York City for impeding immigration crackdown efforts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/24/trump-presidency-news/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/24/trump-jeffrey-epstein-relationship-controversy-timeline/
— Democrat and RINO leaders use AI to destroy Republicans. Then again, Democrat and RINO leaders use everything to destroy Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/24/trump-ai-woke-executive-order/
— IRS considers eliminating non-English language tax services. To comply with an order making English the official language, Treasury officials say, the IRS may need to get rid of free interpreters and translation services.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/24/irs-non-english-tax-services-trump-administration/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Like Trump, Obama Has Immunity
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-barack-obama-presidential-immunity-2847d7a1
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/jeffrey-epstein-files-pam-bondi-kash-patel-house-gop-donald-trump-todd-blanche-0aa6fa49
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/jeffrey-epstein-birthday-album-included-letters-from-bill-clinton-leon-black-a7cd8cb1
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-approval-rating-poll-july-2025-745b0f5f
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Republicans Must Stop Being Democrat-Lite. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. RINO, Democrat-Lite, and Democrat-plant leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) are anti-conservative and have always a) shouted that conservative candidates cannot win in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton and b) done everything that they could to defeat conservative candidates and to drive conservatives out of the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-the-gops-problem-in-its-strategies-or-its-policies/republicans-must-stop-being-democrat-lite
WASHINGTON POST
— Hulk Hogan was a well-known Trump supporter. Their ties go back 40 years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/24/hulk-hogan-death-trump-maga-wrestlemania/
PBS
— Trump pushes cities to remove homeless people from streets
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-trump-pushes-cities-to-remove-homeless-people-from-streets
MS. MAGAZINE
— Democrats crow about their success in destroying men to get votes from women. How soon will Democrats outlaw muscle cars?
https://msmagazine.com/2025/07/24/ms-magazine-men-masculinity-jackson-katz-special-feature/
July 24, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more LGBTQ, that is, it ever-increasingly destroys traditional marriage and family, that is, it ever-increasingly promotes homelessness.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/23/mayor-brandon-johnson-announces-40-million-to-upgrade-chicagos-homeless-shelters/
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting birthright citizenship. Anticipate/expect that pregnant citizens of foreign countries will ever-increasingly come to America to give birth. Citizens of America who are minority and/or female get tremendous preference.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/23/trump-end-birthright-citizenship/
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/23/epstein-grand-jury-records/
— Stunning rise in antisemitism in Chicago. Democrats run Chicago.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/24/opinion-antisemitism-hate-crime-report-chicago-brandon-johnson/
DAILY HERALD
— Ex-Cook deputy running for DuPage sheriff
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250723/news/ex-cook-deputy-running-for-dupage-sheriff/
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250723/syndicated-columnists/empire-falls-trump-revs-up-the-reign-of-terror-and-its-working/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago dead last among major U.S. metros on building new homes. Under the Democrats, Chicago’s future is bleaker and bleaker, and bleaker.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/chicago-last-among-major-us-metros-new-home-construction
— NASCAR wants to revive the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/sports/nascar-wants-racing-back-joliets-chicagoland-speedway
ABC7
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting birthright citizenship. Anticipate/expect that pregnant citizens of foreign countries will ever-increasingly come to America to give birth. Citizens of America who are minority and/or female get tremendous preference.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-updates-appeals-court-finds-presidents-effort-end-birthright-citizenship-unconstitutional-upholds-block/17265355/
— DuPage County Fair opens Thursday in Wheaton
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dupage-county-fair-opens-thursday-wheaton/17271594/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting birthright citizenship. Anticipate/expect that pregnant citizens of foreign countries will ever-increasingly come to America to give birth. Citizens of America who are minority and/or female get tremendous preference.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/appeals-court-finds-trump-effort-end-birthright-citizenship-unconstitutional/3796644/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting birthright citizenship. Anticipate/expect that pregnant citizens of foreign countries will ever-increasingly come to America to give birth. Citizens of America who are minority and/or female get tremendous preference.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-birthright-citizenship-ruling
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more LGBTQ and b) blame Republicans for problems that LGBTQers have.
https://www.wbez.org/theater-stages/2025/07/22/billie-jean-king-play-chicago-shakespeare-theater-tennis
JOURNAL AND COURIER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/alert-most-us-adults-still-support-legal-20783858.php
WJBC
— N.Y. Gave $600M to Groups Opposing Trump Immigration Plans
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/07/22/n-y-gave-600m-to-groups-opposing-trump-immigration-plans/
WREX
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more LGBTQ and b) blame Republicans for problems that LGBTQers have.
https://www.wrex.com/news/illinois-lawmakers-on-impact-of-988-suicide-hotline-cuts-on-lgbtq-services/article_aa1185fa-d520-44b4-8524-a0d18b6577d2.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Federal housing credit expansion could increase affordable rental units in Illinois. What helped you avoid having to pay rent? For me, it was my earning a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, earning an MBA when I was 27, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earning a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32. That enabled me to buy a new town home when I was 24, buy condos when I was 25 and 27, get married and buy a home when I was 29, and have a home built when I was 35.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/federal-housing-credit-expansion-could-increase-affordable-rental-units-in-illinois-report/
CHICAGO READER
— Cook County state’s attorney stops maintaining lists of discredited cops. Democrats run the federal government. Republicans are always on their lists of discredited employees. Far too many RINOs run Republican organizations in Illinois. Conservatives are always on their lists of discredited members.
https://chicagoreader.com/news/reader-investigative-reports/brady-list-eileen-oneill-burke-cook-county/
POLITICO ILLINOIS & SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders gerrymander.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/24/pritzkers-gerrymander-jab-draws-fire-00473441
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2025/07/24/pritzker-calls-texas-gops-remap-effort-cheating/85350587007/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-558/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-351/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— More Liberal Demonstrations Planned Saturday in Crystal Lake and McHenry
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/07/24/more-liberal-demonstrations-planned-saturday-in-crystal-lake-and-mchenry/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois Democrats’ Power and Cash Leave Republicans Struggling to Compete in 2026
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/07/illinois-democrats-power-and-cash-leave-republicans-struggling-to-compete-in-2026.html
WIREPOINTS
— Broken Chicago public safety pension math: Just $6 B in assets for $68 B in payouts
https://wirepoints.org/broken-chicago-public-safety-pension-math-just-6-b-in-assets-for-68-b-in-payouts-wirepoints/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Have public schools declared war on parental authority?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/23/parents-wage-war-schools-secret-gender-policies-lets-pray-win/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Temporary’ in name only: How TPS allows foreigners to stay in the US for years
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3477164/temporary-in-name-only-tps-program-allows-foreigners-stay-in-us-years/
— The White House is losing GOP support for the nomination of Paul Ingrassia to a key watchdog post, with at least one Senate Republican vowing to oppose him due to his sympathy for Jan. 6 Capitol rioters.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3480427/paul-ingrassia-special-counsel-shaky-ground-jan-6-comments/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin sent 6,000 ICE detainers to NYC — and nearly all of them have been ignored
https://nypost.com/2025/07/23/us-news/trump-admin-sent-6000-ice-detainers-to-nyc-nearly-all-of-them-have-been-ignored/
— Appeals court blocks Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship, upholding lower court order. Anticipate/expect that pregnant citizens of foreign countries will ever-increasingly come to America to give birth. Citizens of America who are minority and/or female get tremendous preference.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/23/us-news/appeals-court-blocks-trumps-effort-to-end-birthright-citizenship-upholding-lower-court-order/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illegals are needed for redistricting purposes
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/23/house-dem-says-quiet-part-out-loud-illegals-are-needed-for-redistricting-purposes-1570167/
BLAZE
— 5 things Trump must do to fulfill his mass deportation mandate
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/5-things-trump-must-do-to-fulfill-his-mass-deportation-mandate
BREITBART
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/bondi-facing-democratic-calls-to-testify-following-report-she-told-trump-she-was-in-epstein-files/
— World’s top court paves way for climate reparations
https://www.breitbart.com/news/icj-begins-handing-down-watershed-climate-opinion/
https://www.breitbart.com/news/the-uns-highest-court-will-decide-wednesday-on-the-climate-obligations-of-countries/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Admin Probes Universities Suspected Of Handing Scholarships To Illegals. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/23/trump-admin-investigating-univerities-giving-illegals-scholarships/
— Appeals Court Upholds Block On Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order. Anticipate/expect that pregnant citizens of foreign countries will ever-increasingly come to America to give birth. Citizens of America who are minority and/or female get tremendous preference.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/23/appeals-court-upholds-block-donald-trump-birthright-citizenship-order/
DAILY SIGNAL
— NY Congresswoman Introduces Bill to Stop Rewarding Children of ‘Lawbreakers’ With US Citizenship
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/23/exclusive-congresswoman-introduces-bill-stop-rewarding-children-lawbreakers-us-citizenship/
FOX NEWS
— Federal appeals court rules against Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling made by a district court in Seattle that described Trump’s executive order as ‘unconstitutional.’ Anticipate/expect that pregnant citizens of foreign countries will ever-increasingly come to America to give birth. Citizens of America who are minority and/or female get tremendous preference.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-appeals-court-rules-against-trumps-birthright-citizenship-executive-order
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Dept. Education Investigates Discrimination Against American-Born Students After Equal Protection Project Complaints. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But they would have admitted foreign-born students instead of me if they could have.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/dept-education-investigates-discrimination-against-american-born-students-after-equal-protection-project-complaints/
NEWSMAX
— 77 Percent Oppose Amnesty; 56 Percent: Deport Every Illegal
https://www.newsmax.com/us/mclaughlin-poll-amnesty-illegals/2025/07/23/id/1219741/
PJ MEDIA
— Colleges in Red States Rebrand DEI and Hide Illegals from ICE
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/23/collegerebrand-dei-and-hide-illegals-from-trump-n4942021
TOWNHALL
— You Won’t Believe This Pro-Abortion Legislation Championed by Democrats
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2025/07/23/you-wont-believe-this-pro-abortion-legislation-championed-by-democrats-n2660843
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Unfathomable Failure of Biden’s $7.5 Billion EV Charger Plan Revealed in GAO Report
https://www.westernjournal.com/unfathomable-failure-bidens-7-5-billion-ev-charger-plan-revealed-government-accountability-office-report/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/24/politics/trumps-epstein-nightmare-worsens-amid-new-revelations-and-a-gop-revolt
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/24/politics/house-republicans-epstein-trump
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Supreme Court allows Trump to remove 3 Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The U.S. Appellate Court for the 7th Circuit allowed my Democrat GAO superiors to remove its Republican employees, including me. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-consumer-product-safety-f0ed5ff2409287440f5067d64031429d
MSNBC
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us7V5cbBQFI
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more LGBTQ and b) blame Republicans for problems that LGBTQers have.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-york-holds-the-line-after-cuts-to-988-suicide-prevention-services-for-lgbtq-youth/ar-AA1JaqGw
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/advocates-call-for-increased-specialized-training-as-988-optional-lgbtq-line-ends/ar-AA1IXXNW
REUTERS
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-was-told-he-is-epstein-files-wall-street-journal-reports-2025-07-23/
NEWSWEEK
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-update-polls-g
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.newsweek.com/video-jeffrey-epstein-talking-about-donald-trump-resurfaces-2103285
ABC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-told-bondi-appeared-multiple-times-epstein-files/story?id=124014441
NBC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/white-house-tightens-grip-jeffrey-epstein-messaging-rcna220615
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/wsj-trump-was-told-he-s-named-in-epstein-files-243736645677
CBS NEWS
— Anticipate/expect that pregnant citizens of foreign countries will ever-increasingly come to America to give birth. Citizens of America who are minority and/or female get tremendous preference.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-unconstitutional-appeals-court/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/us/politics/epstein-democrats-republicans.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/trump-epstein-files-named.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/epstein-trump-republicans.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/trump-epstein-distraction-timeline.html
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/trump-transgender-healthcare-california-hospitals.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Supreme Court allows Trump to remove consumer product safety regulators. The U.S. Appellate Court for the 7th Circuit allowed my Democrat GAO superiors to remove its Republican employees, including me. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/23/supreme-court-consumer-product-safety-regulators-trump/
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/23/trump-doj-epstein-files-political-fallout/
— Trump’s pick to protect federal workers shares a disdain for them. Paul Ingrassia’s nomination to head the Office of Special Counsel is at risk because of his history of scorched-earth rhetoric and extremist associations. I should write about my critics/opponents who distain/despise/hate federal employees and federal retires the most. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/24/special-counsel-trump-paul-ingrassia/
WOAI
— Dems Said Illegals Never Received Medicaid, Now Screaming Over Losing It. What percent of the illegals in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are Medicaid?
https://woai.iheart.com/content/2025-07-22-dems-said-illegals-never-received-medicaid-now-screaming-over-losing-it/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/justice-department-told-trump-name-in-epstein-files-727a8038
— Trump to Tour Federal Reserve, Ramping Up Pressure Campaign on Powell. In rare visit, president will stop by central bank, which is undergoing an extensive $2.5 billion renovation he has criticized. In 1990, my critics/opponents were furious when I got a preferred office in the new 200 West Adams building in the Loop.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/trump-to-tour-federal-reserve-ramping-up-pressure-campaign-on-powell-58df9734
— One Way to Predict Early Career Success. A complex project at a new job can play a pivotal role in how soon you are promoted. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, and coworkers were beyond furious when I got a high-profile developmental assignment when I was 25 years old in 1973. According to them, the assignment should have been given to one of my Democrat coworkers who was minority, female, and/or veteran. My taking graduate evening business courses helped me get the assignment. They were even more furious went I got promoted to GS-12 , currently $99,069/year, because of my performance on the assignment. To punish me, they a) disallowed my travel vouchers and education deductions, b) never promoted me to GS-13, and c) ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. To punish the manager who had gotten me the assignment and who had promoted me, they forced him to transfer to Texas.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/promotion-new-jobs-secret-18655fa1
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters punish Tesla to punish Musk to punish Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/tesla-earnings-q2-tsla-stock-f94405d3
GOOGLE AI
— Age discrimination and reverse discrimination in the accounting profession. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. Because of that, even though I had almost 9 years’ experience working for IRS and more than a year working for GAO when I was 32, the CPA profession, including IRS and GAO, considered me to be far too old to have a successful career in accounting. The accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a minority or a female.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22late+start%22+career
HAMILTON SPECTATOR
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when Whites and men do better than minorities and females, it is because Whites and men discriminate against minorities and females. Of course, that encourages minorities and females to despise/hate Whites and males. Since the 1960s, those above me have given tremendous preference to minorities and to females.
https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/pursuing-meritocracy-could-lead-to-a-very-dark-place/article_2678a575-cf97-5396-927e-f8bbc3f385b2.html
July 23, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protest-calls-cook-county-illinois-shut-down-broadview-ice-facility-alleging-inhumane-conditions/17250357/
— Secret Service one of few federal agencies currently hiring; Chicago field office talks recruitment. One of my best friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent during the 1970s.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/secret-service-few-federal-agencies-hiring-look-changes-president-donald-trump-assassination-attempt/17251198/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/gov-pritzker-discusses-trump-administration-immigration-policies/3795459/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1678881
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Ever-increasingly, everyone in health care in America is more and more and more of the following: citizens for foreign countries, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/23/federal-student-loans-limits-medical-students/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: To advance those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace objective criteria with subjective criteria.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/15/district-204-piloting-weighted-grading/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/07/22/a-family-came-to-chicago-seeking-asylum-he-was-deported-now-she-wants-to-leave
https://chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/chicago-immigration-resource-guide
SHAW LOCAL
— Feds weigh in on lawsuit challenging how Illinois maintains voter registration rolls. Suit alleges Illinois fails to properly maintain registration lists.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/07/23/feds-weigh-in-on-lawsuit-challenging-how-illinois-maintains-voter-registration-rolls/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Democrat leaders use NPR to destroy Republicans.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/npr-illinois-weighs-future-amid-federal-funding-20775396.php
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump. I should write the following who have done the most to promote hatred against me: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, f) those who I have sued and their attorneys, and g) my Democrat superiors in the federal government.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-favorability-has-fallen-among-aapi-adults-since-last-year-aapi-data-ap-norc-poll-finds/
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/07/22/illinois-head-start-providers-confused-after-trump-administration-guidance/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/23/epsteins-shadow-reaches-illinois-00469094
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-557/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-350/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Gov.-run grocery stores are a political arrogance that robs taxpayers
https://wirepoints.org/gov-run-grocery-stores-are-a-political-arrogance-that-robs-taxpayers-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
— A wake-up call for NYC from the Windy City
https://wirepoints.org/a-wake-up-call-for-nyc-from-the-windy-city-wirepoints-on-the-chicago-way-with-john-kass/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you are White and/or male, the less education and/or less money that your parents have and/or had, the more that Affirmative Action and DEI harm you. 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. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. All my potential employers and all my employers were always under tremendous pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote young minorities and young females. Virtually my coworkers who they promoted over me were minorities and/or females who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump slashes 25% of IRS workforce with buyouts, firings of nearly 26,000 agency staff
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/22/trump-slashed-25-irs-workforce/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Fake deportation stories replace fake hate crimes for Democrats
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3478664/fake-deportation-stories-ice-raids-replace-fake-hate-crimes-for-democrats/
NEW YORK POST
— GOP Sen. Jim Banks introduces bill banning wokeness, ‘divisive narratives’ at Smithsonian museums: ‘Stop letting activists rewrite our past’
https://nypost.com/2025/07/22/us-news/new-bill-would-ban-wokeness-at-smithsonian-museums/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Polls, Propaganda, and the Truth About Trump’s Deportation Agenda
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/polls_propaganda_and_the_truth_about_trump_s_deportation_agenda.html
BLAZE
— 5 things Trump must do to fulfill his mass deportation mandate
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/5-things-trump-must-do-to-fulfill-his-mass-deportation-mandate
BREITBART
— Americans Firmly Oppose Amnesty for Illegal Aliens, Back Trump’s Deportation Agenda
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/22/exclusive-poll-americans-firmly-oppose-amnesty-for-illegals-back-deportations/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Here’s How Much Taxpayer Cash the Groups Now Suing Trump Received Under Biden
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/22/ngos-suing-block-trump-reforms-received-1-7b-taxpayer-cash-under-biden/
— Lawsuit Over California School’s Race-Based Scholarships Could Deal Massive Blow to DEI. From what I see, virtually all those who get scholarships are minority and/or female.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/22/lawsuit-over-california-schools-race-based-scholarships-could-deal-massive-blow-dei/
DAILY WIRE
— Soros-Tied Groups Back Republican Bill To Give Amnesty To Millions Of Illegal Aliens. Groups with ties to the Democrat billionaire are cheering on Rep. Salazar’s legislation as they bash the Trump admin’s policies.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/soros-tied-groups-back-republican-bill-to-give-amnesty-to-millions-of-illegal-aliens
FEDERALIST
— The Federal Government Must Prosecute Activists Who Harbor Illegal Immigrants In Cities Like L.A.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/22/the-federal-government-must-prosecute-activists-who-harbor-illegal-immigrants-in-cities-like-l-a/
FOX NEWS
— Trump’s immigration enforcement push results in skyrocketing arrests of criminal illegal aliens
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trumps-immigration-enforcement-push-results-skyrocketing-arrests-criminal-illegal-aliens
— Red state universities admit to rebranding DEI efforts to skirt Trump orders
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375988851112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— ‘Who Will Pick Our Cotton?’: Cory Booker Slammed for Video Promising to Protect Illegal Aliens
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/who-will-pick-our-cotton-cory-booker-slammed-for-video-promising-to-protect-illegal-aliens/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Hunter Biden Lashes Out at Democratic Party Elite for Turning on His Father
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/hunter-biden-lashes-out-at-democratic-party-elite-for-turning-on-his-father/
NEW AMERICAN
— Illegals Staging “Kidnapping,” Deportation Hoaxes to Get Sympathy, Money
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/illegals-staging-kidnapping-deportation-hoaxes-to-get-sympathy-money/
NEWSMAX
— Flag Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-nps-history/2025/07/22/id/1219683/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Such content includes signs about how climate change contributes to rising sea levels at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, exhibits on slavery at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, and language on the imprisonment of Native Americans at Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in St. Augustine, Florida.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HIIL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5414628-democrats-hardball-epstein-files/
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5414632-trump-epstein-controversy/
CNN
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that markets are booming under Trump
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/investing/us-stock-market
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/politics/trump-epstein-maxwell-justice-department-analysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_8p7ffNRDA
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-latest-bid-to-end-epstein-storm-weaponizing-the-federal-government/ar-AA1J6IAd
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-epstein-files-conspiracy-controversy-defense-arguments-maga-rcna220009
NBC NEWS
— What percent become citizens of America for bad reasons?
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/calls-strip-zohran-mamdanis-citizenship-trump-denaturalization-power-rcna216653
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Republicans seek to undermine GAO. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able a) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) to delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) to keep me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Because I was one of GAO’s few remaining Republican employees, my Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich GAO budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/politics/trump-spending-government-accountability-office.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opinion/migration-deportation-sudan-trump.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/arts/television/late-night-trump-epstein.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration pauses student loan forgiveness. I did not get a student loan. If you also did not get a student loan, what if you had gotten one? If I had gotten a student loan, I would have gotten better paying jobs because my GPA would have been higher. I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying. Nevertheless, a) I graduated debt-free from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE and b) I earned enough money to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, pay for graduate evening business courses 1972-1976, buy a new town home University Park in 1972, buy condos in downtown Chicago in 1974 and 1976, pay for graduate evening accounting courses 1976-1980, get married and buy a home in Wheaton with my wife in 1978, etc.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/07/22/trump-administration-student-loan-forgiveness-pause-ibr-plan/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/23/where-are-the-docs-trump-attempts-to-wriggle-out-of-epstein-disclosures/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/07/21/trump-epstein-files-release-maga/85248117007/
BLOOMBERG
— If you are White and/or male, the less education and/or less money that your parents have and/or had, the more that Affirmative Action and DEI harm you. 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. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. All my potential employers and all my employers were always under tremendous pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote young minorities and young females. Virtually my coworkers who they promoted over me were minorities and/or females who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-23/andreessen-is-wrong-about-dei-and-the-working-class
NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198247/trump-epstein-fiasco-ron-wyden
POLITICO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/07/23/house-democrats-jeffrey-epstein-trump-politics-00469042
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/22/democrats-epstein-attack-plans-00468534
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/22/trump-epstein-urges-doj-obama-00467514
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/22/congress/house-gop-huddles-on-epstein-drama-00466738
PBS
— Hunter Biden lashes out at George Clooney, other Democratic ‘elites,’ over Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/hunter-biden-lashes-out-at-george-clooney-other-democratic-elites-over-joe-bidens-2024-campaign
NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/23/nx-s1-5476530/president-trump-deflects-questions-about-epstein-probe-with-accusations-about-obama
WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/07/23/atug-j23.html