FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Italian-American residents blast deal to move Christopher Columbus statue indoors: ‘Hiding history’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/italian-american-chicago-residents-criticize-settlement-move-christopher-columbus-statue-indoors-arrigo-park-little-italy/16323384/
NBC5
— Trump rejects concerns about prices, economic uncertainty as he defends his agenda
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/trump-rejects-concerns-prices-economic-uncertainty-defends-agenda/3737411/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders promote Wisconsin Governor Evers
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tony-evers-donald-trump-border-immigration-threats/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://wgntv.com/news/features/cannabis-entrepreneurs-urge-state-lawmakers-to-enact-industry-reform/
WGN RADIO
— Settlement reached regarding the removal of a Christopher Columbus statue in Arrigo Park
https://wgnradio.com/karen-conti/settlement-reached-regarding-the-removal-of-a-christopher-columbus-statue-in-arrigo-park/
— Retirement planning when you’re on the home stretch. My Democrat GAO destroyed my retirement planning when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and less than what my salary was when I was 24 years old in 1972.
https://wgnradio.com/the-alpha-wealth-hour/retirement-planning-when-youre-on-the-home-stretch/
WBEZ
— Solution for Chicago’s empty office buildings could be microapartments. In 1974, when I was 25 years old, when IRS promoted me to a GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) Revenue Officer job in the Loop, I bought a 650 square foot studio condo in the Outer Drive East building ( https://www.homesbymarco.com/properties/2809824/400_e_randolph_st_1322_chicago_il_60601 ) so that I could walk to/from work and graduate business courses at Loyola. I traded it in to the building’s developer in 1976 for a one bedroom condo. I sold it when I got married in 1978 and we bought a home in Wheaton.
https://www.wbez.org/housing/2025/05/03/solutionchicago-empty-office-buildings-microapartments-gensler-pew-study
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker and AOC: A billionaire and a former bartender emerge as Trump resistance leaders
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/pritzker-ocasio-cortez-trump-resistance/
— How the stock market made back all its losses after Donald Trump escalated the trade war
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/stock-market-trump-trade-war/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/marijuana/2025/05/04/pot-business-owners-relief-regulations-legal-recreational-medical-cannabis
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/alton-trump-protest-illinois-lincoln-douglas-20309437.php
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DeSantis sets pace for GOP governors on immigration.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/4/florida-gov-ron-desantis-sets-pace-gop-governors-immigration/
— Kamala Harris talks party unity while Democrats brawl in leadership vacuum she left
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/4/kamala-harris-talks-party-unity-democrats-brawl-leadership-vacuum/
— MAGA doesn’t need more RINOs
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/4/maga-doesnt-need-rinos/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Proposal would deduct from Illinois paychecks to create new state agency
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/3400469/proposal-illinois-paychecks-new-state-agency/
BREITBART
— Pritzker Angling for 2028 While Taking Aim at Trump with Questionable Attacks
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/04/gov-jb-pritzker-angling-for-2028-while-taking-aim-at-trump-with-questionable-attacks/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Abrego Garcia: The Poster Child for the Left’s Demands of Endless ‘Due Process’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/04/abrego-garcia-the-poster-child-for-the-lefts-demands-of-endless-due-process/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Pritzker and Ocasio-Cortez: A billionaire and a former bartender emerge as Trump resistance leaders. Democrats are looking for the right message and messengers to lead the opposition to President Donald Trump in his second term.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/pritzker-ocasio-cortez-billionaire-former-bartender-emerge-trump-121444008
NBC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders want the next Pope to be anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/pope-francis/cardinal-tagle-philippines-lgbtq-catholics-conclave-rcna203837
MSN & COMMERCIAL APPEAL
— How marginalized are you? According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are marginalized by Republicans: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-s-first-100-days-target-diversity-policies-civil-rights-protections/ar-AA1DUdpR
https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/opinion/columnists/2025/05/01/pope-francis-medicaid-medicare-head-start-social-security/83365758007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump: I’m Not Looking at a Third Term
https://www.wsj.com/video/trump-im-not-looking-at-a-third-term/60F2B9B7-11EF-49A1-80EF-1B30CEFAB647
— The Affirmative Action Myth
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-the-affirmative-action-myth/43875715-6B37-45C5-B000-ED4C67B13C54
INC.
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire those who are the following and b) to get rid of their employees who are the following: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO organizations use DEI a) to not admit those who are the aforesaid and b) to get rid of their members who are the aforesaid.
https://www.inc.com/mandy-gilbert/91183943/91183943
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS
— Pope Francis: Champion of EVs. I recently bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV. Of course, my critics/opponents stress that it is not eligible for a federal rebate because it costs too much, that it weighs 6,000 pounds, and that it can do the quarter mile in 12.6 seconds at 135 MPH..
https://www.autonews.com/technology/mobility/an-pope-francis-electric-vehicle-0424/
MOPAR INSIDERS
— Stellantis to Halt Windsor Charger Production for One Week. 3,800 Workers Temporarily Laid Off as Stellantis Reacts to U.S. Tariff Fallout.
https://moparinsiders.com/stellantis-to-halt-windsor-minivan-and-charger-production-for-one-week/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This is the second time in just over a month that production has been halted at the facility, which builds the Chrysler Pacifica, Chrysler Grand Caravan, Chrysler Voyager, and both the gas-powered Dodge Charger and electric Charger Daytona. Stellantis had previously shut the plant down for two weeks in April to evaluate the impact of new 25% U.S. tariffs on imported vehicles. The tariffs, introduced by the Trump administration on April 3, apply to vehicles with a significant amount of non-U.S. content. They’ve already shaken up the North American auto industry, especially for companies like Stellantis that rely on cross-border production. . .But behind the scenes, it’s clear the broader trade environment is weighing heavily. During the company’s Q1 2025 earnings call, Stellantis CFO Doug Ostermann acknowledged that the automaker is actively looking at relocating some production and supply chains to the U.S. to avoid the steep import duties. “It’s something that we’re working very hard on,” said Ostermann. “To think through how quickly can we make those changes to mitigate any tariff impacts?” Meanwhile, workers at the Windsor plant—many of whom were just called back from a two-week layoff in April—are once again facing an uncertain week ahead. With both minivan and Charger output affected, this could be a sign of bigger shifts coming for Stellantis’ North American operations.)
AUTO EVOLUTION
— 96-Year-Old Kept 1968 Dodge Charger in Storage for 30 Years. I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger in 1968 and owned until it was stolen in 1971. I drove it to Daytona Beach from NIU in 1969 and 1970 for spring breaks. I bought a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T show car in 1994 and owned it until I sold it in 2005 to buy a 2005 Corvette. I bought a new 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max in 2012 and I continue to own it. I recently bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV.
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/96-year-old-kept-1968-dodge-charger-in-storage-for-30-years-his-wife-hated-the-car-250906.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A senior gentleman has been keeping the Dodge Charger in a storage facility for he can’t even remember how long. The car hides under a thick layer of dust that leaves its original color to the imagination. Will it shine and drive again, or should it already be on its way to the scrap yard? The 96-year-old owner of the 57-year-old Dodge Charger is Peter. He has big plans for the car he used to drive and rock the streets with back in the day. He remembers that his wife didn’t like the car. “It was a little louder than necessary,” he recalls. He wants to restore it to its former glory. The time has come for that car to run and drive again. He can’t even remember the last time he drove it, but assumes that it has been in the storage facility for around 30 years. That’s three decades away from the sunlight and off the road. Surprisingly, the tires still hold air and a few more goodies of the era. The Fratzog logo shows up on the dashboard. It is the iconic triangle-like badge that Dodge brought back with the Charger Daytona EV.)
TOP SPEED
— Why The Dodge Charger Daytona Is A Great Weekend Getaway EV. I recently bought a new red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV.
https://www.topspeed.com/ideal-ev-weekday-commutes-weekend-adventures/
MASS MEDIA
— How oppressed are you? According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are oppressed by Republicans: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://umassmedia.com/38691/opinions/the-importance-of-student-activism-in-an-increasingly-oppressive-world/
Tag: poor
April 29, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump marks his first 100 days in office with a rally in Michigan
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-ease-auto-tariffs-faced-us-automakers/16277133/
— Trump pushes back against economic anxieties in ABC interview
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-abc-interview-president-pushes-back-economic-anxieties-says-china-will-eat-tariffs/16279517/
— Wisconsin high court suspends Milwaukee judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities
https://abc7chicago.com/post/wisconsin-supreme-court-suspends-hannah-dugan-judge-arrested-accused-helping-eduardo-flores-ruiz-evade-ice/16280292/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use wokeness/wokeism to get rid of Republicans. Further, those who are anti-conservative, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time use wokeness/wokeism to get rid of those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time.
https://abc7.com/post/trump-100-days-america-faces-woke-divide-president-donald-says-history/16276880/
— Federal workers on DOGE impact during Trump’s first 100 days: ‘We want to come back to work’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-100-days-look-elon-musks-doge-plan-cut-down-government-waste-lay-off-federal-workers/16278493/
— Montgomery Trump loyalists believe tariffs will improve economy, support mass government layoffs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/voters-red-montgomery-illinois-express-support-donald-trump-tariffs-government-cuts-dept-veterans-affairs-more/16280034/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago joins lawsuit to block Trump’s dismantling of federal bureaucracy. The lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of exceeding presidential authority and violating the constitutional separation of powers that gives Congress control of the federal purse strings.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/04/29/chicago-lawsuit-trump-musk-downsize-federal-bureaucracy
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration joins lawsuit against Trump to block federal worker firings
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/29/mayor-brandon-johnson-lawsuit-trump-federal-worker-firings/
— Trump cuts federal programs that promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, programs that promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, that is, he cuts programs that discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/29/hegseth-ending-woke-program/
WGN RADIO
— John Kass: Sounds like Pritzker is ready for a donnybrook
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-sounds-like-jb-pritzker-is-ready-for-a-donnybrook/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Johnson joins lawsuit seeking to prevent Trump’s federal government overhaul
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-mayor-joins-lawsuit-against-trump-government-cuts
CHALK BEAT
— Trump administration launches investigation into Chicago Public Schools’ Black Student Success Plan. Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother attended high school. nevertheless, I got an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class, and got accepted by UIC.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/04/29/trump-administration-investigates-cps-black-student-success-plan/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-295/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS GOP
— 100 Days of WINS
https://illinois.gop/newsroom/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois appellate court justice James Knecht says the arrest of Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan was “reminiscent of King George, Hitler and Mussolini.”
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_aa9631af-36a1-417b-abba-623d07b32a51.html
https://www.ktbs.com/news/national/illinois-judge-slams-arrest-of-wisconsin-judge-as-reminiscent-of-hitler/article_9cbd0816-9042-52d5-b83e-7ff3bdc66b4e.html
https://www.aol.com/news/illinois-judge-slams-arrest-wisconsin-193700543.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— House Republicans propose fees for electric, hybrid cars
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/29/house-republicans-propose-fees-electric-hybrid-cars/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker: The angriest Democrat in the room
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3395273/angriest-democrat-jb-pritzker-in-the-room/
BREITBART
— Trump’s Labor Department to Revoke Federal Funds from States Giving Unemployment Benefits to Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/28/trumps-labor-department-to-revoke-federal-funds-states-giving-unemployment-benefits-illegals/
— Venezuela Prepares Marxist May Day Rallies Demanding Release of U.S.-Deported Tren de Aragua Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2025/04/29/venezuela-prepares-marxist-may-day-rallies-demanding-release-of-u-s-deported-tren-de-aragua-illegals/
CAMPUS REFORM
— UW-Madison lecture to explore how ‘White Innocence’ leads to death of black infants.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/uw-madison-lecture-explore-white-innocence-leads-death-black-infants/27887
DAILY SIGNAL
— Pritzker Calls for ‘Disruption’ to ‘Punish’ Republicans. Hate-filled Democrat and RINO Trump-hating leaders have their operatives and their dupes punish Republicans. They have had their operatives and dupes take many adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/29/jb-pritzker-calls-disruption-punish-republicans/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Delivers 100th Day Achievement Speech in Michigan
https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/live-6pm-april-29-trump-delivers-100th-day-achievement-speech-in-michigan-5848903
— White House Responds to Mexican President After She Calls US Ads ‘Discriminatory’
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/white-house-responds-to-mexican-president-after-she-calls-us-ads-discriminatory-5846987
NEWSMAX
— 66,463 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Trump’s First 100 Days
https://www.newsmax.com/us/ice-criminal-aliens-arrests/2025/04/29/id/1208808/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
–The Democrat Party is the party of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. It is the party of hatred against conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, married people, non-poor people, Protestants, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5272478-jb-pritzker-democratic-party-agenda/
NEW YORK TIMES
— White House Attacks Amazon Over Idea of Showing Tariffs’ Cost
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/trump-amazon-tariffs-prices.html
April 26, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— A Milwaukee County circuit judge was arrested by the FBI over allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade arrest.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan-arrested-fbi-allegedly-helping-undocumented-immigrant-evade-arrest/16247147/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-988-hotline-suicide-prevention-service-lgbtq-youth-would-eliminated-leaked-budget-proposal/16248201/
NBC5
— Who is Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee judge arrested by the FBI? The FBI took Dugan into custody Friday on the courthouse grounds — the same building federal immigration agents entered last week in search of Eduardo Flores-Ruiz.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/who-is-hannah-dugan-milwaukee-judge-arrested-by-the-fbi/3730907/
WTTW
— Stratton Secures Pritzker’s Backing in Senate Bid, Positions Herself as ‘Fighter’ of Trump.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/25/stratton-secures-pritzker-s-backing-senate-bid-positions-herself-fighter-trump
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/24/federal-judge-blocks-trump-yanking-funding-16-sanctuary-cities-counties-ruling-could
WBEZ
— ICE is reversing termination of legal status for international students around U.S.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/04/25/ice-international-students-legal-status-visa-reversal
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: Milwaukee judge arrested in deportation case
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/25/fbi-arresta-a-jueza-de-milwaukee-acusada-de-ayudar-a-un-hombre-a-evadir-a-autoridades-migratorias/
— Who is Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/25/who-is-milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan/
— Kennedy Center’s events scheduled for LGBTQ+ pride celebration canceled. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/25/kennedy-centers-lgbtq-celebration-canceled/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their international students.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/25/illinois-academics-relieved-after-trump-administration-restores-legal-status-of-some-international-students/
— Cutting candy from SNAP won’t fix the bigger problem of growing dependency. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/24/snap-sugar-soda-benefits-ban-health/
— Judge blocks Trump administration from nixing collective bargaining for most federal employees. According to my critics/opponents, federal employees are grossly overpaid, that is, GAO, IRS, and the Post Office grossly overpaid me. In today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) I earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/25/judge-blocks-trump-administration-federal-employees/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/26/trump-trade-war-illinois-soybean-farmers/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want more success in getting Blacks hate Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/25/anti-donald-trump-protests-black-participation
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/04/16/americans-victimhood-doge-cuts-joker-batman-elon-musk-trump-dannagal-young-kevin-arceneaux
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/25/trump-administration-motherhood-marriage-sexual-assault-sexist-ivf-baby-bonus-adultry-mona-charen
— State treasurer offers no-cosigner loans to Illinois students trying to pay for college. The Funding U Illinois No-Cosigner Loan program is open to Illinois residents attending public or private colleges and universities. The fixed annual percentage rate ranges from 7.99% to 9.49%, and the program won’t take a student’s credit score into account. If I had not had to work my way through college, my GPA word have been higher. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/25/education-no-cosigner-loans-college-money
— Casino crime logs show thefts, fights, patrons passing counterfeit bills
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/04/25/casino-crime-illinois-chicago-ballys-rivers-harrahs-gambling
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of helping a man evade immigration agents and is arrested
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250425/crime/fbi-arrests-wisconsin-judge-on-charges-of-obstructing-immigrant-arrest/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Car condo project pitched for Lake Zurich would include clubhouse, luxury car dealership. I should write about Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville and its unit owners. I have attended many events there since its opening. I bought a small unit there in 2020. I sold it and bought a bigger unit in 2023. I sold it and bought a bigger unit this year. If you are interested in muscle cars, especially Corvettes, Chargers, Mustangs, and Thunderbirds, please let me know.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250425/business/car-condo-project-pitched-for-lake-zurich-would-include-clubhouse-luxury-car-dealership/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The developer of the Sanctuary of Lake Zurich residential community wants to build a different kind of condo project in town. Luxury still would be the watchword but these units would be used to store classic and rare cars, some worth millions of dollars. And there is a ready market, says Romeo Kapudija. “It’s shocking to me how many rare cars are out there and how much they’re valued at but this is a very popular business model right now and type of development and they’re selling out across the country,” he explained to the Lake Zurich village board this week during a courtesy review of Luxe Corsa Car Condominiums. . .Kapudija said the market is hot for these types of developments, referencing Iron Gate in Naperville and another planned in Barrington as examples of their popularity. Iron Gate Motor Condos was among the first in Illinois to offer space exclusively for classic, collector or exotic vehicles. Ground was broken on 50 acres near Interstate 88 and Route 59 in 2014. “Proof of concept didn’t exist when I started,” said commercial builder, car enthusiast and founder Tom Burgess. “I had to go out of state and bring in people who could explain it” to city officials. Popularity fueled expansion to include 40,000 square feet of auto-related retail. “It turned into more than just the condos,” he said. “There’s a huge car community in Chicagoland. It’s deep and broad. It’s amazing.”)
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINSS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/sanctuary-cities-win-block-trump-funding-freeze
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/25/nearly-two-thirds-of-americans-disapprove-of-trump-tariffs-with-inflation-a-broad-concern-poll/
STATELINE
— Pritzker criticizes arrest of Wisconsin judge for aiding migrant sought by ICE
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-gov-pritzker-criticizes-arrest-of-wisconsin-judge-for-aiding-migrant-sought-by-ice/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2025-04-25/rep-underwood-says-call-republicans-with-concerns-about-cuts-during-dekalb-town-hall
CITIES 92.9
— IL U.S. Rep. LaHood reacts to protesters’ Medicaid concerns
https://www.cities929.com/2025/04/25/il-u-s-rep-lahood-reacts-to-protesters-medicaid-concerns/
FOX ILLINOIS
— USDA tells states to boost SNAP verification so illegal immigrants don’t get benefits. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/usda-tells-states-to-boost-snap-verification-so-illegal-immigrants-dont-get-benefits-department-of-agriculture-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-food-stamps-taxpayer-benefits-immigration
WAND TV
— Judge blocks Trump administration from nixing collective bargaining for most federal employees. According to my critics/opponents, federal employees are grossly overpaid, that is, GAO, IRS, and the Post Office grossly overpaid me. In today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) I earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-nixing-collective-bargaining-for-most-federal-employees/article_2a462dc8-36e1-5881-aeae-e66095a3053c.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/tariffs-could-devastate-illinois-economy/article_8c48d537-572e-4890-87eb-c115234d14da.html
WIFR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their international students.
https://www.wifr.com/video/2025/04/23/niu-rally-defends-international-students-after-trump-administration-revokes-visas/
WGLT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-04-25/congressman-raises-concerns-about-tariff-chaos-and-uncertainty-during-stop-at-farm-south-of-bloomington
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-how-the-publics-shift-on-immigration-paved-the-way-for-trumps-crackdown/
— As IRS Collections Rise, Clear Start Tax Urges Taxpayers to Take Advantage of the Fresh Start Initiative. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most. In my defense, I would not have become an IRS employee a) if Oldsmobile had not offered me a job in 1971, b) if my Firestone Store boss had not rudely fired me because I accepted that offer, c) if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn its job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint, and d) if I didn’t have to have a job.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/business/press-releases/accesswire/1017175/as-irs-collections-rise-clear-start-tax-urges-taxpayers-to-take-advantage-of-the-fresh-start-initiative/
(COMMENT: With IRS Enforcement Increasing in 2025, Clear Start Tax Reminds Americans They Still Have Time to Resolve Back Taxes Through Relief Programs. As the IRS steps up its collection efforts in 2024, more Americans are receiving notices, facing wage garnishments, or dealing with tax liens. In response, Clear Start Tax is urging taxpayers with unresolved IRS debt to act quickly and explore relief options under the IRS Fresh Start Initiative, a program designed to help individuals and businesses resolve back taxes affordably. The IRS recently announced renewed funding and a more aggressive stance on collections, which means taxpayers who have ignored or delayed addressing their debt could face heavier enforcement actions in the months ahead. The Urgency of Exploring Debt Resolution Programs As IRS collection efforts intensify, it’s critical for taxpayers with unresolved debt to act before enforcement escalates. The IRS Fresh Start Initiative offers structured programs designed to ease that burden, including Offer in Compromise, Installment Agreements, and Currently Not Collectible (CNC) status. These options can reduce penalties, halt wage garnishments or levies, and in many cases, allow taxpayers to resolve their debt for significantly less than the full amount owed.)
WEST CHICAGO
— Call for Community Organization to Coordinate the 2025 West Chicago Mexican Independence Day Festival
https://westchicago.org/news/call-for-community-organization-to-coordinate-the-2025-west-chicago-mexican-independence-day-festival/
CHALKBEAT
— Chicago Public Schools floats hundreds of layoffs as one option to close $529 million budget gap
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/04/25/cps-faces-529-million-budget-deficit/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-293/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker Wants Puppet to Replace Durbin in U.S. Senate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/25/pritizker-wants-puppet-to-replace-durbin-in-u-s-senate/
— Democratic Party State Senator Gets Hung Jury in Bribery Trial
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/25/democratic-party-state-senator-gets-hung-jury-in-bribery-trial/
— Defenders Push for RTA Tax Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/25/defenders-push-for-rta-tax-hike/
— County Board Member Terri Greeno Rebuts County Board Member John Collins’ Rebuttal of Tim Beck’s Take on Now “We Resist” Picketing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/24/county-board-member-terri-greeno-rebuts-county-board-member-john-collins-rebuttal-of-tim-becks-take-on-now-we-resist-picketing/
— Compensation for Home Value Loss Due to Tax Sales Being Litigated against Illinois Counties
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/24/compensation-for-home-value-loss-due-to-tax-sales-being-litigated-against-illinois-counties/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Teachers Union pushes kids to miss school for political rally, protest McDonald’s. According to Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-pushes-kids-to-miss-school-for-political-rally-protest-mcdonalds/
— Vallas: Pritzker, Johnson keep playing Trump card
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-pritzker-johnson-keep-playing-trump-card/
— Parents beware: Chicago Teachers Union contract is anti-student
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/parents-beware-chicago-teachers-union-contract-is-anti-student/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hegseth tells military leaders at Pentagon to review their equal opportunity programs. Democrat leaders reject equal opportunity a) because Democrat leaders want votes from Blacks, Hispanics, and women and b) because when opportunity is equal, Republican White men do better than Democrat Blacks, Hispanics, and women. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats and many were Blacks, Hispanics, and/or women. They all a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from Republican discrimination against Blacks, Hispanics, and women. The aforesaid is race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The aforesaid is racism and sexism.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/25/pete-hegseth-tells-military-leaders-pentagon-review-equal-opportunity/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mexico instructs broadcasters to ban Kristi Noem’s ad on illegal immigration. Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3391499/mexico-instructs-broadcasters-ban-kristi-noem-ad-illegal-immigration/
NEW YORK POST
— School district won’t allow child to graduate over LGBTQ health class. How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://nypost.com/2025/04/25/us-news/school-district-wont-allow-child-to-graduate-over-lgbtq-health-class/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— President Trump just delivered a knockout blow for meritocracy. Democrat leaders reject meritocracy a) because Democrat leaders want votes from Blacks, Hispanics, and women and b) because when opportunity is equal, Republican White men do better than Democrat Blacks, Hispanics, and women. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats and many were Blacks, Hispanics, and/or women. They all a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from Republican discrimination against Blacks, Hispanics, and women. The aforesaid is race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The aforesaid is racism and sexism.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/25/president-trump-just-delivered-a-knockout-blow-for-meritocracy-1538925/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump signed a groundbreaking executive order Thursday eliminating the use of disparate impact theory by the feds. The order “restores the true promise of the Civil Rights Movement—a system that does not differentiate between Americans based on race and where success is determined by individual merit, free from discriminatory practices that prioritize group outcomes over personal achievement.” Disparate impact theory says that any disparity must be the result of discrimination, bigotry, and racism of some kind or another. So for example, if more white people than non-white people pass a firefighter’s exam, then it must be because of racism. Or if more non-white people than white people are pulled over for speeding, that too must be the result of racism and bigotry.)
— New York Times’ fake news headline slammed for fueling media’s information war
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/25/new-york-times-fake-news-headline-slammed-for-fueling-medias-information-war-1538939/
DAILY SIGNAL
— USDA Makes It Tougher for Illegals to Get Food Stamps.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/25/usda-makes-it-tougher-for-illegals-to-get-food-stamps/
DAILY WIRE
— Red States Consider Bills To Push Illegals To Self-Deport. Experts say that mandatory E-Verify policies are one of the most effective ways to prompt illegal alien self-deportations. Democrat and RINO employers vehemently oppose E-Verify. All my employers would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/red-states-consider-bills-to-push-illegals-to-self-deport
FEDERALIST
— The Nonprofit Hijacking America’s 250th Birthday Celebration Is The 1619 Project On Steroids.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/25/the-nonprofit-hijacking-americas-250th-birthday-celebration-is-the-1619-project-on-steroids/
— Three Rogue Judges Block Trump Admin Efforts To Eradicate Discriminatory DEI From Schools
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/25/three-rogue-judges-block-trump-admin-efforts-to-eradicate-discriminatory-dei-from-schools/
FOX BUSINESS
— Lara Trump: We have to cut out this woke ideology from schools
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6371944312112
LIFE NEWS
— More Illinois Women Face Medical Emergencies After Botched Abortions
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/04/25/more-illinois-women-face-medical-emergencies-after-botched-abortions/
MRC TV
— Dems Demand ‘Due Process’ for Illegal Aliens, But Obama Deported 83% Without a Judge
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/dems-demand-due-process-illegals-obama-deported-83-without-judge
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Trump Dismantles Desperate Impact
https://www.oann.com/video/oan-contribution/president-trump-dismantles-desperate-impact/
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— Illinois Lawmakers Push Teachers Unions’ Agenda
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2025/04/23/illinois_lawmakers_push_teachers_unions_agenda_1105991.html
TOWNHALL
— Democrat Chicago Mayor Uses Trump Tariffs As Opportunity to Raise Taxes
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/04/25/chicago-mayor-uses-trump-tariffs-as-opportunity-to-raise-taxes-n2656098
— Trump Admin Demands Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants Exploiting Food Stamp System
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/04/25/trump-administration-demands-crackdown-on-illegal-immigrants-at-grocery-stores-n2656115
— ‘Disparate-Impact Liability Is Dead’ Thanks to New Executive Order
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2025/04/25/disparate-impact-liability-executive-order-n2656073
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5268303-court-ruling-trump-anti-dei-mcmahon-harvard/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint the Pope as having been anti-Trump, that is, as being anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-etc.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-pope-francis-funeral-vatican-rome-italy-9895e156b90aea1dde7f7ea19bf7b3e1
MSNBC
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-civil-rights-act-walk-back-pete-hegseth-rcna202857
MSN
— Democrat leaders reject meritocracy a) because Democrat leaders want votes from Blacks, Hispanics, and women and b) because when opportunity is equal, Republican White men do better than Democrat Blacks, Hispanics, and women. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats and many were Blacks, Hispanics, and/or women. They all a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from Republican discrimination against Blacks, Hispanics, and women. The aforesaid is race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The aforesaid is racism and sexism.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-s-meritocracy-lie-is-coming-for-the-civil-rights-act/ar-AA1DDcOg
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote citizens of foreign countries.
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/04/25/in-first-100-days-trump-tells-migrants-leave-the-united-states-2/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/trump-budget-cuts.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/trump-poll-approval.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/politics/trump-approval-rating.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/us-citizen-deported.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/us/politics/trump-putin-russia-ukraine.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/trump-migrants-due-process.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/upshot/trump-poll-numbers.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/trump-100-days-approval.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/opinion/trump-blackpilled.html
— According to Democrat leaders, the Pope rejected countries, governments, borders, and the rule of law, that is, the Pope was a liberal Democrat who promoted illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/26/thousands-attend-pope-francis-funeral-ceremony-helped-reimagine/
WASHINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/26/trump-independents-second-term-soured/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/26/trump-economy-tariffs-federal-reserve-wall-street/
— Canada as hypothetical 51st state would be a ‘nightmare’ for Trump. Not that Canadians want to join the country anyway.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/26/trump-canada-51st-state-politics/
USA TODAY
— Musk risked Tesla’s health to help our country. We should thank him, not hate him.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/25/tesla-earnings-musk-doge-trump/83230018007/
WJBF
— RINO Removal Project Launches Nationwide Effort to Promote Voter Engagement and GOP Candidate Accountability. All my critics/opponents a) reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform and b) get rid of Republicans like me who support the planks that they reject, that is, they are RINOs.
https://www.wjbf.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/806006349/rino-removal-project-launches-nationwide-effort-to-promote-voter-engagement-and-gop-candidate-accountability/
WHBL
— According to Democrat leaders, the Pope rejected countries, governments, borders, and the rule of law, that is, the Pope was a liberal Democrat who promoted illegal immigration.
https://whbl.com/2025/04/25/how-pope-francis-touched-a-migrants-heart-saying-were-all-the-same-people/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in driving the stock market down to punish Trump and to punish those who voted for him.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/us-economic-sentiment-spending-23d95f36
— Many Big Law Firms Shun Conservative Clients. They denounce Trump for targeting causes he opposes, but they’re guilty of the same thing.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/many-big-law-firms-shun-conservative-clients-politics-attorneys-6bf4db08
— Democrat leaders want the next Pope to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-etc.
https://www.wsj.com/world/the-high-stakes-in-choosing-the-next-pope-1a3d5bc0
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Probationary employees face stricter review process under new executive order. If my Democrat GAO superiors could have used probationary procedures to get rid of me, they would have. My doing the following after I transferred from IRS to GAO in early 1980 frustrated their efforts to get rid of me. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/04/probationary-employees-face-stricter-review-process-under-new-executive-order/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Probationary employees will now have an additional hurdle to clear before they can solidify their federal employment, according to an executive order President Donald Trump signed Thursday evening. Trump’s new order calls for the creation of “Civil Service Rule XI,” which will require agencies to review and actively sign off on probationary workers’ continued employment before they can be moved out of a probationary period. Federal employees are put into probationary periods when they first enter the civil service, or when they begin a new position, for example after getting a promotion. Once a probationary period ends — usually after one or two years of federal service — employees will automatically transition out of probationary status. “Instead of these employees becoming tenured civil servants by default, Rule XI requires agencies to affirmatively certify that finalizing their appointment after their probationary or trial period concludes advances the public interest,” the White House wrote Thursday in a fact sheet detailing the intentions of the executive order. Under current federal regulations, agencies can only remove probationary employees for issues with performance or conduct. Those rules around probationary periods spurred litigation involving the recent mass terminations of tens of thousands of probationary employees. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court blocked an order for the Trump administration to reinstate the probationary employees. Trump’s new executive order, however, adds a new reason that probationary employees can be removed from their jobs. Under the new “Civil Service Rule XI,” agencies can also determine whether a probationary employee should remain in their job based on agency needs and the interest of the public. “It alters the reason for letting a probationer go to include the generic needs and interests of the agency, as opposed to the individual’s performance or conduct,” Debra D’Agostino, an attorney and partner at Federal Practice Group, said in an interview. “It adds this generic reason where the agency can decide that it’s not in the needs or interest of the agency to keep this person.” “Usually, if someone’s not going to satisfy their probation, it’s going to be because of performance or conduct,” Kevin Owen, a partner at Gilbert Employment Law, added. “If the administration is going to start interjecting some sort of ideological component, we’re going to start again sliding into some level of a spoils system here.”)
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— GOP Holds Wide Lead Over Democrats on Immigration.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/gop_holds_wide_lead_over_democrats_on_immigration
INSIDE PHILANTHROPY
— Class Matters Most: So Why Do Foundations Focus More on Race? What class were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/class-matters-most-so-why-do-foundations-focus-more-on-race
April 25, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker to endorse Stratton for US Senate
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/25/gov-pritzker-endorsing-juliana-stratton-for-senate/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/24/sanctuary-city-federal-funding/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination in schools.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/24/cps-moves-ahead-with-a-black-student-success-plan-despite-trump-administration-threats
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/24/robert-crimo-iii-highland-park-murders-sentencing-trump-administration
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/sanctuary-cities-win-block-trump-funding-freeze
— American Bar Association cuts 300 jobs after Justice Department pulls grant funding
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/law/aba-cuts-300-jobs-after-trump-doj-officials-pull-grants
— Illinois among states suing Trump over tariffs, trade policy
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-sues-trump-over-tariffs-trade-policy
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-elected-officials-concerned-fbi-joint-terrorism-task-forces-agents-reassigned-immigration-enforcement/16242916/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1630772
— Those who benefit from cheap foreign labor and from lax foreign regulations oppose tariffs. My brother lost manufacturing jobs in Chicago Heights when his employers moved to Mexico to exploit cheap labor and lax regulations there.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/americans-talk-trump-tariffs-poll
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “research” to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/24/university-research-limbo-trump-administration-pauses-federal-grants
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/24/federal-judge-blocks-trump-yanking-funding-16-sanctuary-cities-counties-ruling-could
WBEZ
— Trump administration is pressuring Illinois universities to end a diversity fellowship. To promote diversity is to promote discrimination.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/04/24/the-trump-administration-is-pressuring-illinois-universities-to-end-a-diversity-fellowship
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination in schools.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/04/24/cps-moves-ahead-with-a-black-student-success-plan-despite-trump-administration-threats
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/columns/2025/04/25/trump-is-throwing-the-american-people-ukraine-to-the-wolves-opinion/83225051007/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Those who benefit from cheap foreign labor and from lax foreign regulations oppose tariffs. My brother lost manufacturing jobs in Chicago Heights when his employers moved to Mexico to exploit cheap labor and lax regulations there.
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/government-politics/article_d55dd88c-feeb-49ae-8b8d-069ea3c6ae5d.html
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination in schools.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/alert-judge-temporarily-halts-white-house-s-20292518.php
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Largest federal employee union, a leading Trump opponent, to lay off more than half of staff. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I worked for it, I might still be a GAO. employee.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-largest-federal-employee-union-a-leading-trump-opponent-to-lay-off-more-than-half-of-staff/
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— JANUARY 12, 2005 FLASHBACK: Ray LaHood Mulling a Run for Illinois Governor. I remember speaking with Ray LaHood before he walked in Wheaton’s 2005 Independence Day parade.
https://www.stlpr.org/other/2005-01-12/ray-lahood-mulling-a-run-for-illinois-governor.
— AUGUST 18, 2005 FLASHBACK: LaHood won’t run for IL Governor. I remember speaking with Ray LaHood before he walked in Wheaton’s 2005 Independence Day parade.
https://www.stlpr.org/other/2005-08-18/lahood-wont-run-for-il-governor
NPR ILLINOIS
— According to my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) become a licensed CPA in 1981, e) etc.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-25/they-say-they-want-americans-to-have-more-babies-whats-beneath-the-surface
CITIES 92.9
— Del Mar: Pritzker plays ‘national politics’ with El Salvador while neglecting Illinois
https://www.cities929.com/2025/04/24/del-mar-pritzker-plays-national-politics-with-el-salvador-while-neglecting-illinois/
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote race based preference giving.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/04/25/cps-school-board-forms-black-student-committee/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The folks who run President Donald Trump’s @RapidResponse47 handle on X posted: “Why won’t @GovPritzker take action to protect his constituents from the dangerous illegal immigrants he’s harboring in his sanctuary cities?”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/04/25/pritzker-to-endorse-stratton-for-senate-00309290
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-499/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-292/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Controversy growing over rule to allow transgender athletes play girls’ sports
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6fa5d122-b40c-4626-a79b-b5aa8d872c37.html
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois isn’t building homes. Housing stock is up less than 1% vs. 2020, nation’s 2nd-worst performance.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-isnt-building-homes-housing-stock-is-up-less-than-1-vs-2020-nations-2nd-worst-performance-wirepoints/
— Durbin leaving provides a chance, however small, to change Illinois’ direction. LaHood being elected on November 3, 2026 would be a big positive change in direction.
https://wirepoints.org/nothing-changes-with-senator-durbin-leaving-illinois-is-still-headed-in-the-wrong-direction-wirepoints-on-with-mike-ferguson-of-newstalkstl/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WHITE HOUSE
— STRENGTHENING PROBATIONARY PERIODS IN THE FEDERAL SERVICE I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. Because my Democrat GAO superiors soon concluded that I would never become a Democrat, they tried to use probationary procedures to get rid of me. But I had already served my probationary period while I had worked for IRS. They tried to get rid of me because I was a Republican even though I had earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-probationary-periods-in-the-federal-service/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: GAO has documented, however, that agencies have not been using probationary and trial periods as effectively as they could to remove appointees whose continued employment is not in the public interest. As a result of this failure to remove poor performers, agencies have often retained and given tenure to underperforming employees who should have been screened out during their probationary period.)
NEW YORK POST
— Trump-appointed judge orders return of second alleged gang banger deported to El Salvador
https://nypost.com/2025/04/24/us-news/trump-appointed-judge-orders-return-of-second-alleged-gang-banger-deported-to-el-salvador/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Trump Issues Order Eliminating Use of Disparate-Impact Liability. The order follows a ban on government affirmative action. How have Democrats used disparate-impact against you? According to Democrats, a test is discriminatory if Whites and men do better on it than Blacks, Hispanics, and females do. Because Whites and men do better on the CPA examination than Blacks, Hispanics, and females, my Democrat and GAO superiors used disparate-impact to stop requiring passing the CPA examination to get hired and promoted. That rendered worthless my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old in 1979. To hire and promote Democrats who were Black, Hispanic, and female, they also stopped requiring other qualifications. That rendered worthless my earning an MBA in business when I was 27, my earning a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32, my earning four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and my earning a master’s degree in finance when I was 48. I should write about the aforesaid. It is called race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-issues-order-eliminating-use-of-disparate-impact-liability/
AMERICAN THINKER
— From ‘Trump is Hitler’ to dark woke?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/from_trump_is_hitler_to_dark_woke.html
CENTER SQUARE
— Immigration policies have improved under Trump
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_c9a77dd3-f55d-4de4-adba-018ea5ddbb9f.html
— Federal regulations cost average American household $16,000 a year
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_2a8ff3aa-9722-4e06-be23-19ccb0582258.html
FEDERALIST
— Trump Admin Targets University Accreditors For Their DEI Activism
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/24/trump-admin-targets-university-accreditors-for-their-dei-activism/
FOX NEWS
— Trump continues fight to take on elite universities. According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-elite universities are worthless, that is, my degrees from IIT (finance-1997), DePaul (accounting-1980), Loyola (business-1976), and NIU (management-1970) are worthless. I should write about my critics/opponents who have degrees from elite universities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQfu6z-mgNw
— Christian family says school district won’t allow daughter to graduate over mandatory LGBTQ health class. How successful have Democrat leaders been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.foxnews.com/media/christian-family-says-school-refusing-allow-daughter-graduate-over-mandatory-lgbtq-health-class
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Newcomers to White House Press Corps Shake Up the Status Quo. “Many of the news organizations that are represented in this room have marched in lock step on false narratives.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/04/newcomers-to-white-house-press-corps-shake-up-the-status-quo/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Brandon Johnson Becomes Increasingly Creative in Assigning Blame
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/brandon-johnson-becomes-increasingly-creative-in-assigning-blame/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump signs executive order to eliminate disparate impact in education and restore meritocracy
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-signs-executive-order-to-restore-the-true-promise-of-the-civil-rights-movement
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Being Tough on Crime Works: New Report Confirms Trump’s Blistering Impact on the Law
https://www.westernjournal.com/tough-crime-works-new-report-confirms-trumps-blistering-impact-law/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5265622-judge-finds-trumps-sanctuary-cities-order-likely-unconstitutional/
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in turning Canadians against Americans.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/canadians-put-trumps-bluster-border-arrests-are-booking-far-fewer-us-v-rcna202943
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/lgbtq-suicide-prevention-hotline-trump-budget-proposal-leak/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint the Pope as having been anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-etc.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-pope-francis-funeral-catholics-relationship-a34cb1f8a6ceb147e2e112cb4e02e32c
MSN
— Durbin steps down: Could Illinois Republicans finally flip the seat?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dick-durbin-steps-down-could-illinois-republicans-finally-flip-the-seat/ar-AA1DuaAT
MSNBC
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-facing-impotence-as-courts-hand-him-loss-after-loss-court-of-public-opinion-no-less-harsh-238316101946
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3HJnD7vUrY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMV48-Qoe2k
NEWSWEEK
— Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ, Democrat leaders call you a Nazi.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-is-pink-triangle-trump-truthing-nazi-era-symbol-sparks-lgbtq-anger/ar-AA1APiaW
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-24/us-judge-orders-return-of-second-migrant-deported-to-el-salvador
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination in schools.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/us/trump-public-school-funds-dei.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/24/trump-order-blocked-voting-citizenship/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/24/judge-rules-second-deportation-case/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/25/pope-francis-trump-relationship-funeral/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/25/polling-poorly-trumps-immigration-abuses-tanking-popular-approval/
USA TODAY
— Musk risked Tesla’s health to help our country. We should thank him, not hate him. Elon Musk, at great personal and professional cost, has devoted his time to finding ways to cut through the bureaucracy and downsize government where it makes sense.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/25/tesla-earnings-musk-doge-trump/83230018007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders use the Civil Rights Act to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/24/trump-order-civil-rights-protections-at-risk/83249915007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/24/trump-approval-rating-dei-target-costco/83242688007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/21/trump-abrego-garcia-ms13-knuckle-tattoos-supreme-court/83188108007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/25/trump-contractors-ice-detentions-deportations/83250623007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Harvard Is an Islamist Outpost. For decades it nurtured resentful leftists, and antisemitism united them in a common cause.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/harvard-is-an-islamist-outpost-fringe-leftist-views-eventually-united-by-antisemitism-42759e15
— Three Times Trump Softened His Stance in the Wake of Market Turmoil. Those who make lots of money exploiting cheap foreign labor and lax regulations in foreign countries oppose tariffs. My brother lost manufacturing jobs in Chicago Heights when his employers moved to Mexico to exploit cheap labor and lax regulations there.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-tariffs-stock-market-trade-war-04-25-2025/card/video-three-times-trump-softened-his-stance-in-the-wake-of-market-turmoil-vxnxxZ7dLMI3feeaVwop
EL PASO TIMES
— Sooner or later, all the countries of the world will officially declare war on America. All the countries of the world want a piece of the America cake, if not the whole cake.
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/immigration/2025/04/25/mexico-senate-votes-to-bar-foreign-propaganda-after-dhs-ad-campaign-trump/83212989007/
WBUR
— Sooner or later, everyone outside of America will claim refugee status in America.
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025/04/24/afghan-refugees-promises-broken-under-trump-immigrations-plans
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DYiX-TG9UmtI
FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://fortune.com/article/trump-plan-proof-of-citizenship-vote-shot-down-judge/
PBS
— Democrat teachers use DEI to make their students good little Democrats, that is, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-married people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-etc.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/judge-blocks-trump-push-to-cut-public-school-funding-over-diversity-programs
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/due_process_for_illegal_immigrants_61_of_democrats_say_yes
April 10, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-tariffs-chicago-business-owners-worried-rising-costs-president-donald-pauses/16150962/
— UIC, Northwestern, U of C students have visas terminated
https://abc7chicago.com/post/7-university-chicago-students-recent-graduates-have-student-exchange-visitor-program-sevp-status-terminated/16149194/
— Under the Democrats, soon, if not already, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-food-banks-worried-ability-meet-need-amid-trump-administrations-cuts-us-department-agriculture/16149767/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-area-residents-brace-for-impact-of-china-tariffs-as-trade-war-escalates/3718508/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpPxLSJ9M0w
— Trump orders probes of two former officials who defied him. Because I opposed my Democrat federal superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination and because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with discrimination in 1988, they disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and1969, forced me to resign in 1969, disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer between agencies in 1980, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/donald-trump-miles-taylor-chris-krebs-executive-orders/3718632/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-tariff-pause-china-illinois-families-industry-agriculture/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trump-pauses-tariffs-for-90-days-on-all-countries-except-china/
WGN9
— Wall Street surges to one of its best days since WWII after Trump pauses most tariffs
https://wgnradio.com/news/markets-tumble-toward-more-big-losses-after-china-retaliates-with-huge-tariff-increase/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use White supremacists to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.wbez.org/2025/04/09/how-much-influence-did-white-supremacist-groups-have-on-chicago-housing
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump budget cuts
https://www.wbez.org/museums/2025/04/09/institute-museum-library-services-funding-kwame-raoul-trump-illinois-library-association-illinois-association-museums-park
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration revokes student visas from U. of C.; students at SIU and U. of I. also targeted.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/trump-administration-revokes-student-visas-from-u-of-c-students-at-siu-and-u-of-i-also-targeted/
— Democratic-led Illinois Supreme Court rejects GOP challenge to legislative maps that kept Democrats in control
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/democratic-led-illinois-supreme-court-rejects-gop-challenge-to-legislative-maps-that-kept-democrats-in-control/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s college fund freezing against him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/trump-administration-funding-freeze-northwestern-university/
— According to Democrats, government exists to take money away from those who have more money and to give that money to those who have less money.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/10/opinion-donald-trump-funding-cuts-tariffs-easter/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/republicans-trump-tariffs/
— Democrat leaders promote Rivian to punish Musk and Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/musk-tesla-backlash-opening-doors-for-ev-startups-like-rivian/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their law firms.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/10/editorial-jenner-block-trump-executive-orders/
— Democrats move to ban January 6 rioters from Chicago work. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in banning me from getting work appropriate for my work experience, master’s degrees, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/chicago-aldermen-ban-jan-6-rioters-city-work/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois State Board of Education rebuffs Trump administration demand to reject DEI in schools. The Education Department said states risk federal funding if they don’t end DEI programs the feds deem illegal. Illinois said it already pledges to comply with anti-discrimination laws. DEI is discrimination. DEI programs give preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, DEI programs discriminate against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/09/illinois-state-board-of-education-rebuffs-trump-administration-demand-to-reject-dei-in-schools
— Trump administration revokes visas for international students in universities across Illinois
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/09/trump-administration-revokes-visas-for-international-students-in-universities-across-illinois
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/09/anti-defamation-league-illinois-hate-crimes-extremism-report
— Northwestern braces for massive cuts that could nearly wipe out all its federal research funding
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/09/northwestern-braces-for-massive-cuts-that-could-nearly-wipe-out-all-its-federal-research-funding
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action and DEI to rid get of Republicans
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/09/trump-administration-edits-history-race-based-black-brown-erasure-smithsonian-ben-jealous
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump budget cuts.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/04/09/institute-museum-library-services-funding-kwame-raoul-trump-illinois-library-association-illinois-association-museums-park
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: DuPage County has rolled out ‘Text-to-911.’ As Democrats ever-increasingly take over DuPage County, crime will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250409/news/dupage-county-has-rolled-out-text-to-911-heres-how-to-use-the-new-service/
CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicagoreader.com/news/dispensary-33-prizker-warehouse-tonys-fresh-market-ctu-cps/
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicagodefender.com/why-illinois-must-honor-emmett-tills-legacy/
SOUTHERN
— Democratic Party ‘doubling down’ on town hall meetings targeting Republican-held districts
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/10/democratic-party-doubling-down-on-town-hall-meetings-targeting-republican-held-districts/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump administration will screen for antisemitic activity in granting immigration benefits. I should write the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in forcing my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-administration-will-screen-for-antisemitic-activity-in-granting-immigration-benefits/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Ever-increasingly, NIU exists to promote the Democrat Party platform. I graduated from NIU in 1970.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2025-04-10/no-change-to-core-values-in-light-of-trumps-challenge-to-dei-says-niu-president
WGLT
— Trump administration revokes visas of some ISU students
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-04-09/trump-administration-revokes-visas-for-some-isu-students
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats in local elections.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/04/09/suburban-gop-aurora-orland-park-municipal-elections-trump-pritzker
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-493/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-286/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago Flips Red says mayors ‘fueled’ city’s collapse with migrant sanctuary
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a5bca7a8-ed66-4ac8-ab13-357708d39bd9.html
— IL Supreme Court ruling against map challenge does Dems’ ‘dirty work,’ GOP says
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_38c9d4dd-2636-4b5b-a161-389feeb83996.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Democrat Party exists to destroy Trump and to destroy everyone who voted for him. The more demographics that you share with Trump, the faster that the Democrat Party will destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that you are, the more that you should do to defend yourself. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— When Democrats take over your state, county, township, municipality, school district, and/or precinct, crime ever-increasingly increases. No-go zones around you will increase. If you elect to stay, you should focus on protecting yourself against crime. Install all the home security devices that you can afford. Avoid leaving your home at night if not stop completely. Consider concealed carry. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What discrimination have you faced and why? What retaliation have you suffered because you complained? Because I opposed my Democrat federal superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination and because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with discrimination in 1988, they disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and1969, forced me to resign in 1969, disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer between agencies in 1980, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans mull higher taxes on wealthiest Americans to pay for other cuts. My critics/opponents have always wanted me to pay more taxes. They stress that I avoided the Vietnam War draft, that I worked for the federal government and especially that I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, that my wife has always had good jobs, and that my wife and I did not have children.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/9/republicans-mull-higher-taxes-wealthiest-americans-pay-cuts/
WASHINGON EXAMINER
— The IRS must get smaller — and smarter. I should write about those who wasted my knowledge of IRS the most. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years. I would focus on my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, Gingrich, Hastert, my Republican U.S. Senators and Representatives, and their staff members.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3376197/irs-must-get-smaller-smarter/
— House budget hawks should continue to fight for spending cuts. How dependent on federal spending are your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3375266/house-budget-hawks-should-fight-another-day-on-spending-cuts/
NEW YORK POST
— Texas university creates ‘the most meritocratic admissions policy’ in the US
https://nypost.com/2025/04/04/us-news/texas-university-argues-college-admissions-policies-are-unjust/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Acting IRS commissioner takes a buy-out in protest because she doesn’t want DHS to know where the illegal aliens are. Democrat leaders do not want Republicans to be federal employees. They certainly did not want me to be a federal employee. They especially did not want me to audit IRS.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/acting_irs_commissioner_takes_a_buy_out_in_protest_because_she_doesn_t_want_dhs_to_know_where_the_illegal_aliens_are.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Conservatives lay into Coney Barrett for joining liberal justices … AGAIN.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/09/conservatives-lay-into-coney-barrett-for-joining-liberal-justices-again-1535098/
BREITBART
— Black Chicagoan Torches Democrats: They Live in Gated Communities While Demanding We Take In Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/09/black-chicagoan-torches-democrats-they-live-in-gated-communities-while-demanding-we-take-in-illegal-aliens/
— CNN’s Jennings to Former MSNBC Host Tiffany Cross: ‘You Got Fired from Your Job — How Relevant Are You?’ My critics/opponents stress the success that they have had getting their operatives and their dupes to take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/04/09/cnns-jennings-to-former-msnbc-host-tiffany-cross-you-got-fired-from-your-job-how-relevant-are-you/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/04/09/sanders-expelling-foreign-students-hurts-ability-to-solve-gaza-climate-we-dont-have-to-hate-china/
— Remittances from U.S. Propping up Nicaragua’s Economic Growth. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They never sent a penny back to Germany, In fact, my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2025/04/09/report-remittances-from-u-s-propping-up-nicaraguas-economic-growth/
— Sanctuary Cities Protected Over 25 Thousand Criminal Illegals from Federal Law in Two Years
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/09/expert-witness-sanctuary-cities-protected-over-25-thousand-criminal-illegals-federal-law-two-years/
— Beijing Claims Pete Hegseth ‘Maliciously Attacking’ China by Visiting Panama
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2025/04/09/beijing-claims-pete-hegseth-maliciously-attacking-china-by-visiting-panama/
— 1 in 4 Job Seekers Could Be AI-Powered Fraudsters by 2028. What helped you get hired? For my Post Office job, it included passing the postal employment test and earning a high school diploma in 1966. For my IRS job, it included my passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earning a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in 1970. For my GAO job, it included my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/04/09/researchers-1-in-4-job-seekers-could-be-ai-powered-fraudsters-by-2028/
— Democrat Leaders Sue to Block Trump from Deporting Alleged Illegal Alien Gangs
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/09/migration-activists-sue-to-block-trump-from-deporting-alleged-illegal-alien-gangs/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump DHS to Fine Illegal Aliens Ordered Deported $998 for Each Day Overstayed. Will wealthy Democrats, Independents, and RINOs step forward and pay those fines for their illegals. How many wealthy Democrats. Independents, and RINOs are there in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, 478 voted for Harris.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/09/trump-dhs-fine-deported-illegals-998-each-day-overstayed/
DAILY WIRE
— The Reason Globalists Undermine Trump’s Deportations of Illegals. Globalists want cheap labor.
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/interview-ryan-girdusky
FEDERALIST
— Conservatives Aren’t ‘Christian Nationalists,’ They’re Just Homesick For America. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, America, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct are ever-increasingly anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-married people, anti-rich people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/10/conservatives-arent-christian-nationalists-theyre-just-homesick-for-america/
— How DEI Left Service Academies In A ‘State Of Decay,’ And How Trump Can Fix It
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/09/how-dei-left-service-academies-in-a-state-of-decay-and-how-trump-can-fix-it/
FOX NEWS
— Illinois Dem says Republicans are scapegoating illegal immigrants with a few ‘tragedies’ Illinois Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García waved away examples of violence committed by illegal immigrants as just “a few crimes.”
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6371283490112
HANNITY
— Thousands of Illegal Migrants Self-Deport Using CBP Home App
https://hannity.com/media-room/see-yourself-out-thousands-of-illegal-migrants-self-deport-using-cbp-home-app-dhs-data/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Southern Illinois University Hit with Civil Rights Complaint for Racial, Sex-Based Discrimination
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/southern-illinois-university-hit-with-civil-rights-complaint-for-racial-sex-based-discrimination/
NEW AMERICAN
— Almost 60 Percent of Leftists Justify Assassinating Trump, Almost 50 Percent Musk
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/poll-almost-60-percent-of-leftists-justify-assassinating-trump-almost-50-percent-musk/
NEWS BUSTERS
— CBS Tells Illegals to Have No Fear, You Have the Full Constitution, JUST Like Citizens. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party Army.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2025/04/09/cbs-tells-illegals-have-no-fear-you-have-full-constitution-just
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-tariffs-live-updates-us-stronger-despite-market/?id=120551033
CNBC
— Dow surges 2,900 points, S&P 500 posts biggest gain since 2008 on Trump tariff reversal
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/stock-market-today-live-updates-.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/10/china-trump-tariffs-live-updates.html
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote illegal immigration.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-administrations-deportations-policy-crushes-us-credibility-rcna200439
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-tariffs-cnn-town-hall-04-10-25/index.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://apnews.com/article/china-us-tariffs-negotiations-f5acfd1ef8f3573f92e8963a8150bdfb
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-u-turns-tariffs-turns-trade-war-heat-china-2025-04-10/
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donald-trump/trump-tariffs-live-china-tells-us-there-are-no-winners-trade-war-2025-04-10/
ABC NEW YORK
— LaHood expresses concerns about tariff impact for farmers
https://abc7ny.com/live-updates/trump-tariff-news-eu-imposes-new-tariffs-us-goods-china-hits-back-increased-84/16148808/entry/16149195/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ask “Can Musk Pull Trump Back From the Tariff Ledge?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/elon-musk-tariffs-trump.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/business/trump-china-tariffs-prices-goods.html
— To discredit you, what do your critics/opponent stress about you? Mine stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, that I got no scholarships, that my UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT GPAs were not great, and that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, my scores were not great,
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/arts/what-is-elon-musks-iq.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans racists
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/04/08/robin-givhan-deported-tattoos/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/10/trump-china-tariffs-imports-stocks-reaction/83014507007/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a ) to not hire Republicans, and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.aei.org/articles/what-did-you-expect-to-happen-how-dei-wound-up-in-trumps-crosshairs/
BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-09/irs-to-lose-billions-in-revenue-if-migrants-stop-filing-taxes
FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://fortune.com/asia/2025/04/10/trump-tariff-pause-china-asia-markets/
HOT AIR
— Blue States Are Gearing Up to Defy Trump’s DEI Order for Schools. Federal Law Trumps State And Local Laws.
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2025/04/09/blue-states-are-gearing-up-to-defy-trumps-dei-order-for-schools-n3801635
POLITICO
— The Democrat Party exists to destroy Trump and to destroy everyone who voted for him. The more demographics that you share with Trump, the faster that the Democrat Party will destroy you. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that you are, the more that you should do to defend yourself.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/10/donald-trump-vulnerabilities-tariffs-budget-00283251
EDUCATION WEEK
— Democratic-Led Cities, States Push Back on Trump’s Threats to Cut School Funding Over DEI. Federal Law Trumps State And Local Laws.
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/democratic-led-cities-states-push-back-on-trumps-threats-to-cut-school-funding-over-dei/2025/04
CONVERSATION
— My critics/opponents have always stressed that I was baptized a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL), raised as a MSL, and confirmed as a MSL.
https://theconversation.com/black-americans-are-more-likely-than-other-racial-groups-to-express-their-faith-in-the-workplace-253203
INDEPENDENT
— Trump accused of ‘market manipulation’ after abrupt U-turn on reciprocal tariffs: President’s 90-day pause sends markets soaring as White House attempts to spin climbdown as latest brilliant maneuver by master dealmaker. The more market volatility, the more money that day traders make.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tariffs-china-live-updates-b2730469.html
WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Democrats are socialists.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/10/uqxn-a10.html
COMMUNIST PARTY USA
— Will there be war with China? Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with Communist China against America.
https://www.cpusa.org/article/will-there-be-war-with-china/
March 27, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders reject Trump order that requires voters to show proof of US citizenship before registering to vote in federal elections.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-election-news-today-voting-rights-groups-urge-local-voters-follow-il-law-despite-presidents-executive-order/16087064/
— Democrat leaders arrange protest in downtown Chicago over possible Trump travel ban
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protest-immigration-advocates-rally-loop-possible-travel-ban-president-donald-trump-administration/16087244/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Hamas
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-initiative-could-use-terror-laws-college-students-protesting-war-gaza-sparks-free-speech-concerns/16087394/
NBC5
— How to get election results in Chicago-area elections Tuesday
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/how-to-get-election-results-in-chicago-area-elections-tuesday/3707107/
CBS2
— Democrats leaders arrange protest in downtown Chicago over possible Trump travel ban
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-immigrant-rights-groups-possible-new-travel-ban/
FOX32
— Trump imposes 25% tariff on imported cars: ‘This is permanent’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/money/trump-tariffs-auto-imports
— Democrats leaders arrange protest in downtown Chicago over possible Trump travel ban
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1614866
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Democrats vow to defend state elections law against Trump executive order
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/26/illinois-democrats-vow-to-defend-state-elections-law-against-trumps-executive-order/
— Democrats ever-increasingly call Republicans racists and sexists. Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone a) that Republicans cause all the problems that minorities and women have, and that because of that, b) minorities and women will forever need massive government assistance. I worked my way through college. I earned three master’s degrees. I earned six professional certifications. I earned a professional license. If a minority or a woman had done that, they would have been infinitely more successful career wise than I was. Ever since the 1960s, my employers have been under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to ever-increasingly give more preference to minorities and to women.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/27/opinion-black-americans-donald-trump-civil-rights/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump cuts $153 million in Illinois public health, substance abuse programs. The Illinois cuts are part of $12 billion in grants that the federal Department of Health and Human Services canceled this week.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/03/26/trump-administration-cuts-illinois-mental-health-and-substance-abuse-programs-28-million
— Race, wealth disparities underlie turnout for ballot questions hitting voters’ wallets. Anticipate/expect that voters want tax increasers that they will not have to pay.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2025/03/26/tax-referendum-race-wealth-disparity-cook-county
— Democrat leaders always want higher taxes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/03/26/illinois-education-funding-poll-public-schools
— Democrat leaders glorify and praise Lake View high school senior Bella Brown. What leadership skills did you show in high school? I showed none. Because I needed money for college, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School and the summer in between. I used the money that I earned and saved to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966 that I used to commute from my parents’ home in Crete to a) summer jobs in 1966, b) classes at UIC 1966-1967, and c) delivering mail in Park Forest 1966-1967.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/03/26/education-bella-brown-national-honor-society-scholarship
DAILY HERALD
— District 200 school board race pits incumbents against challengers questioning middle school projects
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250326/local-politics/district-200-school-board-race-pits-incumbents-against-challengers-questioning-middle-school-project/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— As Trump’s attack sets in, Chicago’s Jenner & Block faces a choice: Fight or fold? GAO is just a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it and/or if Bowsher had reformed GAO and/or successfully fought Gingrich, there would be no need for a DOGE today.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/law/trump-executive-order-forces-hard-choices-jenner-block
— Illinois EV sales surged, fueled by incentives
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-ev-sales-surge-early-2025-fueled-incentives
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders always want higher taxes.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/03/26/new-poll-shows-most-in-illinois-want-more-funding-for-public-schools
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/curious-city/2025/03/26/dnp
WGN RADIO
— The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/how-has-the-trump-administration-affected-illinois/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote the ever-increasingly profane Duckworth.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/03/26/us-senator-tammy-duckworth-calls-pete-hegseth-a-f-liar/82677446007/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Federal workers targeted for DEI-related activities file class action complaint. To promote DEI is to promote discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/politics/article/federal-workers-targeted-for-dei-related-20242710.php
RIVER BENDER
— 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.riverbender.com/news/details/on-equal-pay-day-duckworth-durbin-join-senate-democrats-in-reintroducing-paycheck-fairness-act-to-help-end-wage-discrimination-close-gender-pay-gap-80977.cfm?
WAND TV & PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, Republicans discriminate against non-Republicans, and because of that, non-Republicans cannot succeed without massive government assistance.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/founders-of-black-owned-brands-adapt-their-hopes-and-business-plans-for-a-post-dei/article_9b6c8758-1614-5a7c-baf5-132208171197.html
https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-03-26/senior-issues/facing-funding-hurdles-il-march-for-meals-event-moves-forward/a95992-1
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-276/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrat and RINO candidates in the April 1, 2025 election. How much success have they had doing that in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I should write about their success in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. What do you say to RINO leaders who display yard signs for Democrat and RINO candidates? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I oppose mass/illegal immigration. All of my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have and I had to work my way through college. None of my critics/opponents can say that because they had wealthy parents who bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To promote Affirmative Action, DEI, and/or wokeness/wokeism is to promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www/gopillinois.com
— Democrats ever-increasingly call Republicans racists and sexists. Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone a) that Republicans cause all the problems that minorities and women have, and that because of that, b) minorities and women will forever need massive government assistance. I worked my way through college. I earned three master’s degrees. I earned six professional certifications. I earned a professional license. If a minority or a woman had done that, they would have been infinitely more successful career wise than I was. Ever since the 1960s, my employers have been under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to ever-increasingly give more preference to minorities and to women.
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Another Democrat Uses the “F” Word
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/26/another-democrat-uses-the-f-word/
— Text Reveals Kat Abughazaleh’s Anti-Israel Views
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/26/text-reveals-out-kat-abughazalehs-anti-israeli-views/
— Kat Abughazaleh Upsets the Democratic Party Establishment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/26/kat-abughazaleh-upsets-the-democratic-party-establishment/
— The Key Difference in the Schakowsky v. Abughazaleh Primary Election
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/26/the-key-difference-in-the-schakowsky-v-abughazaleh-primary-election/
— Democrats Shut Off Rep. Jeff Keicher’s Microphone
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/26/democrats-shut-off-rep-jeff-keichers-microphone/
— Lesperance Mails in Support of His Campaign for Nunda Township Road Commissioner Re-Election
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/25/lesperance-mails-in-support-of-his-campaign-for-nunda-township-road-commissioner-re-election/
— 26-Year Old Chicago Resident, TicTok “Influencer” Challenging 80-Year Old Jan Schakowsky
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/25/26-year-old-chicago-resident-tictoc-influencer-challenging-80-year-old-jan-schakowsky/
— Former Nunda Township Clerk Endorses Parrish for Road Commissioner
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/25/former-nunda-township-clerk-endorses-parrish-for-road-commissioner/
— Bill Maher Sems to Say Blue State Dems Too Stupid to Save Themselves, Illinois Set To Lose One or Two Seats in Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/25/bill-maher-sems-to-say-blue-state-dems-too-stupid-to-save-themselves/
— Wilcox Opposes Shopping Bag Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/25/wilcox-opposes-shopping-bag-tax/
— Pharmacies Must Sell One Hundred Needles Upon Request to Anyone Over 18 under Bill That Had No Committee Opposition
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/25/pharmacies-must-sell-one-hundred-needles-upon-request-under-bill-that-had-no-committee-opposition/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The Democratic Party Exposes its True Allegiance. Democrat leaders want their illegals to vote.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/03/opinion-the-democratic-party-exposes-its-true-allegiance.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago aggravated batteries hit 5-year high; 3 in 5 victims are Black
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-aggravated-batteries-hit-5-year-high-3-in-5-victims-are-black/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pritzker puts himself forward as the Democrats’ anti-Trump champion
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/25/jb-pritzker-puts-forward-democrats-anti-trump-champion/
— Why women are struggling with marriage. Finding ‘Mr. Right’ What did you do to make yourself marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 years old in 1978, I had a) earned a job-related bachelor’s degree from NIU when I was 21, b) earned and a job-related master’s degree from Loyola when I was 27 , c) started earning more than $100,000/year in today’s dollars when I was 25, and c) bought a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building when I was 27.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/26/women-struggling-marriage/
— Military academy leaders find ‘woke’ classes after combing through curriculum for DEI violations
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/26/military-academy-leaders-find-handful-possibly-woke-courses-offered/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin bars illegal migrants and non-permanent residents from receiving taxpayer-backed mortgages. I got my first mortgage when I was 24 years old in 1972. I there had been as much pressure back then to give mortgages to illegals as there is now, I might not have gotten that mortgage.
https://nypost.com/2025/03/26/us-news/trump-admin-bars-illegal-migrants-and-non-permanent-residents-from-receiving-taxpayer-backed-mortgages/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— If Judges Can Stymie the Will of the People, We Don’t Have a Democracy Anymore. The Trump administration is right: Judge Boasberg has no authority to direct the national security operations of the United States.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/if-judges-can-stymie-the-will-of-the-people-we-dont-have-a-democracy-anymore/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Hegseth boards plane flanked by two ‘bada**’ women, and the politically correct capitulation tour continues
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/hegseth_boards_plane_flanked_by_two_bada_women_and_the_politically_correct_capitulation_tour_continues.html
BLAZE
— GOP torches NPR, PBS for political bias amid public funding scrutiny
https://www.theblaze.com/news/gop-torches-npr-pbs-for-political-bias-amid-public-funding-scrutiny
BREITBART
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote the ever-increasingly profane Duckworth.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/03/26/dem-sen-tammy-duckworth-calls-for-pete-hegseth-to-resign-fking-liar/
CHRISTIANITY TODAY
— Religious Employers in Illinois May Be Compelled to Hire Abortion-Related Employees
https://www.christianitydaily.com/news/employers-in-illinois-may-be-compelled-to-hire-abortion-employees.html
COLLEGE FIX
— No-whites-allowed Illinois scholarship program for future professors under fire. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a stupid son of rich parents because I never got any scholarships. In my defense, I have stressed a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) that my mother never attended high school, and e) that I had to work my way through college.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/no-whites-allowed-illinois-scholarship-program-for-future-professors-under-fire/
DAILY CALLER
— Companies Backing Out Of Supporting Several Major Gay Pride Events Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/26/companies-backing-out-of-supporting-several-major-gay-pride-events-amid-trumps-dei-crackdown/
FOX NEWS
— Migrants abusing the asylum system have slowed down dramatically
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6370602052112
LIFE NEWS
— Illinois Pro-Life March Calls Pritzker the Most Radically Pro-Abortion Governor in America
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/03/26/illinois-pro-life-march-calls-jb-pritzker-the-most-radically-pro-abortion-governor-in-america/
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— K-12 Is Getting More Woke, Not Less
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2025/03/26/k-12_is_getting_more_woke_not_less_1100069.html
TOWNHALL
— Trump Admin Needs to Reverse Biden Wokeness and Weaponization
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2025/03/27/government-needs-to-root-out-wokeness-all-the-way-down-to-the-root-n2654509
— Rogue Judges Are a Threat to Democracy
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeremyfrankel/2025/03/26/gill-comments-on-boasberg-n2654516
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Trump’s immigration policies find support as he expands crackdown
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-immigration-policies-find-support-he-expands-crackdown-2025-03-26/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-Filled Trump-Hating Trump-Haters Say That Trump Is Taking The Law Into His Own Hands.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/opinion/trump-judges-congress.html
FOX NASHVILLE
— PBS and NPR exist to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwYQHJEb5to
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Supreme Court, Race and Redistricting. The Justices have a chance to stop racial gerrymanders. Illinois Democrats horribly gerrymandered Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District to favor Hispanics.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/louisiana-v-callais-supreme-court-redistricting-racial-gerrymanders-brett-kavanaugh-23a099a3
BLOOMBERG
— Pritzker Is Ready to Brawl Through 2028
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-27/jb-pritzker-illinois-governor-is-ready-to-brawl-through-2028
BARRON’S
— Democrat And RINO Leaders Say That New Cars Could Become Luxury Purchase as Trump Tariffs Threaten Jump in Domestic Prices. I was able to buy a new car when I was 17 years old in 1966 with money that I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage for 18 months.
https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-032725/card/new-cars-could-become-luxury-purchase-as-trump-tariffs-threaten-jump-in-domestic-prices-cVEhyHjttRIWsf0LJ5IE
NPR
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, tariffs on auto makers will not bring manufacturing back. I worked on an automotive assembly line in Belvidere in early 1970.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5341796/will-trump-new-tariffs-on-auto-makers-bring-manufacturing-back
AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Democrats ever-increasingly call Republicans racists and sexists. Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone a) that Republicans cause all the problems that minorities and women have, and that because of that, b) minorities and women will forever need massive government assistance. I worked my way through college. I earned three master’s degrees. I earned six professional certifications. I earned a professional license. If a minority or a woman had done that, they would have been infinitely more successful career wise than I was. Ever since the 1960s, my employers have been under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to ever-increasingly give more preference to minorities and to women.
http://www.gopillinois.com
https://prospect.org/civil-rights/2025-03-27-trumps-simple-racism/
LGBTQ NATION
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasing destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/donald-trumps-anti-dei-crusade-takes-a-page-straight-from-the-authoritarian-playbook/
DAILY MAIL
— DeSantis reveals bombshell plan to replace undocumented migrant workers. All of my employers would have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me if they could have and I had to work my way through college. None of my critics/opponents can say that because they had wealthy parents who bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14541435/Ron-DeSantis-bombshell-plan-replace-undocumented-migrant-workers.html
GUARDIAN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) paint today’s Democrats as being Union soldiers in the Civil War and b) paint today’s Republicans as being Confederate soldiers in the Civil War. While all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois and they all were Republicans.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/27/confederacy-trump-republican
March 25, 2025 CORRECTED
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBNUE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use veterans to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/24/military-veterans-trump/
— Trump administration asks Supreme Court to halt judge’s order to rehire probationary federal workers. After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would have fired me if I had not already served my probational period working for IRS 1971-1980. My doing the following helped me survive for almost 18 years working for my Democrat GAO superiors: a) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, and d) earning four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/24/trump-administration-supreme-court-to-halt-judges-order-to-rehire-probationary-federal-workers/
— Democratic voters want more of everything. My Democrat GAO coworkers and subordinates ever-increasingly demanded that my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors get rid of GAO’s Republican employees, and especially those like me who conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/24/opinion-democrats-want-new-leadership/
— Federal workers on edge as Trump plans to shrink government and cut services proceed. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980 -1997, because of ever-increasing Gingrich budget cuts, Democrat GAO employers were more than on the edge, they were more and more and more full of hatred against the agency’s few remaining Republican employees. They ever-increasingly punished me because of Gingrich budget cuts.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/25/federal-office-space-workers-chicago/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/19/immigration-crackdown-brews-cps-fear/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/03/24/school-bathrooms-policies-transgender-students-donald-trump-sun-times-cuts-editorials-lawyers-law
NBC5
— FBI launches Tesla threats task force: ‘This is domestic terrorism.’ What do the Tesla owners in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct say about this? How many are getting rid of their Teslas?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/fbi-launches-tesla-threats-task-force/3705192/
— Aurora mayoral candidates clash over new casino, Irvin’s alignment with Trump. I am aligned with conservative principles and the Republican Party platform, but not with any individual Republican candidate, elected official, party leader, major donor, etc.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/aurora-mayoral-candidates-clash-over-new-casino-irvins-alignment-with-trump/3705357/
— Pritzker teases Trump over Colorado portrait controversy
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/pritzker-trump-colorado-portrait-controversy/3705323/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-demands-removal-portrait-colorado-capitol-distorted/3705020/?os=v%5B0%5D&ref=app&=1
WGN9
— Where Illinois and its counties rank among most excessive drinkers. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote booze.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlQ1N7zwVjk
WTTW
— Critics Accuse Richard Irvin’s Supporters of Underhanded Campaign Tactics in Aurora Mayoral Election. I should write about the unhanded tactics that my critics/opponents have had their operative and their dupes use against me.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/24/critics-accuse-richard-irvin-s-supporters-underhanded-campaign-tactics-aurora-mayoral
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/24/retired-lt-col-jennifer-pritzker-trump-s-attempt-ban-transgender-troops-military
https://www.pbs.org/video/retired-lt-col-jennifer-pritzker-on-trumps-efforts-to-ban-trans-troops-qutesn/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Delia Ramirez to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/24/us-rep-delia-ramirez-says-she-will-continue-push-back-against-president-donald-trump-s
WGN RADIO
— Trump administration Monday asked the Supreme Court to block an order forcing the government to rehire thousands of workers fired as part of President Trump’s effort to drastically reduce the size of the federal workforce. Will Duckworth, Durbin, and Ramirez rehire me? The Democrats who ran GAO fired me because of Gingrich budget cuts.
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-intervene-in-rehiring-of-federal-workers/amp/
SOUTHERN
— FBI investigating after multiple incendiary devices found at Tesla dealership in Texas
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/25/fbi-investigating-after-multiple-incendiary-devices-found-at-tesla-dealership-in-texas/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Trump administration asks Supreme Court to halt judge’s order to rehire probationary federal workers. After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would have fired me if I had not already served my probational period working for IRS 1971-1980. My doing the following helped me survive for almost 18 years working for my Democrat GAO superiors: a) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, and d) earning four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-halt-20237834.php
WAND TV
— Come back or move on? Fired federal workers face choices now that a judge wants them rehired. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1997 fired me, that is, they forced me to retire. By doing that, they flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) working for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) working for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master/s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, d) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, e) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) my earning four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/come-back-or-move-on-fired-federal-workers-face-choices-now-that-a-judge-wants/article_f6e853e0-4b23-5384-af60-f762fb1c2871.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to seek answers to those questions and to study the impacts of the firings, arguing that removing people from critical areas of government — such as air travel, wildland firefighting, infectious disease control, nuclear security and veterans’ health care — has put the county’s health and safety at risk. In a letter to Warren and other Democratic senators, the federal office said it accepted their request to review the firings.
25 NEWS NOW
— Illinois House committee approves bill requiring Arab American history for elementary, high school. For Democrat teachers, to teach the history of something is to promote that something. Democrat teachers promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, they promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Because my parents sent me to Protestant parochial schools, I escaped the aforesaid.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/03/24/illinois-house-committee-approves-bill-requiring-arab-american-history-elementary-high-school/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Mike Huckabee, Trump’s pick to be Israel ambassador, to face senators as war in Gaza restarts
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-mike-huckabee-trumps-pick-to-be-israel-ambassador-to-face-senators-as-war-in-gaza-restarts/
— Trump administration cancels at least 68 grants focused on LGBTQ health questions. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-trump-administration-cancels-at-least-68-grants-focused-on-lgbtq-health-questions/
— Trump campaign manager sues the Daily Beast over stories on how much he earned. I should write about my critics/opponents who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as being overpaid.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/entertainment-news/ap-trump-campaign-manager-sues-the-daily-beast-over-stories-on-how-much-he-earned/
— New York Times denounces Trump’s ‘intimidation tactics’ against reporters. I should write about those Republican candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and major donors who have intimidates me the most.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-new-york-times-denounces-trumps-intimidation-tactics-against-reporters/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats in Trump-won districts call on party to rebrand. Democrat leaders in districts Harris-won districts want the party to double down on promoting more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-24/democrats-in-trump-won-districts-call-on-party-to-rebrand
— Democrat judge contends that Nazis got more due process than Trump deportees did.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-24/judge-contends-nazis-got-more-due-process-than-trump-deportees-did
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-481/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-274/
— Pritzker challenges LaHood to defend Medicaid to his constituents. What percent are on Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/24/pritzker-challenges-lahood-to-defend-medicaid-to-his-constituents/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Upcoming ‘New Illinois’ convention to split state driven by rural, urban divide. Will Cook County stay Illinois and the rest of the state become ‘New Illinois?’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a5c82042-cb19-45de-b3fe-7068ab7ad5cc.html
(COMMENT: The divide between rural and urban areas in Illinois is one of the main drivers of many looking to split the state in two. G.H. Merritt is chairman of New Illinois, a group that plans their seventh constitutional convention next weekend in Bloomington. The movement aims to make a new state out of most of Illinois, excluding Cook County. “When you have a very large group of people that is disenfranchised, that is going to cause division and I think separating states maybe would help people get along better,” Merritt told The Center Square. Merritt said a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court ruling effectively allowed a state’s largest populated area to dictate politics for the rest of the state. “When you take a state that already has a history of corruption and you apply Reynolds v. Sims to that, that causes all the power to be concentrated like that, that opens the door for no accountability, opens the door for more corruption,” Merritt said. Among similar movements in other states around the country, Indiana recently created a commission to investigate absorbing counties that want to split from Illinois. “Their economy in Northwest Indiana is so tied into the economy of Chicago that if Chicago goes the way of Detroit … that is going to adversely affect them,” said Merritt. Merritt doesn’t expect Indiana’s effort to succeed, as it requires cooperation from Illinois Democrats. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Indiana’s efforts were a “stunt.” One element impacting many to move toward separating the state into two is the state’s finances. Illinois’ pension debt is among the worst in the country and the state’s residents pay among the highest taxes in the country. “People look at this on the surface and think it’s a Democrat versus Republican thing, that is not the way we see it at all,” Merritt said. “It is an urban versus rural, small town and suburban thing.” Among the “grievances” New Illinois has published on their website are: Lack of representative government, extreme gerrymandering, violation of Second Amendment rights and “the government of Illinois is a tyranny.” The New Illinois Convention is Friday evening, April 4, and all day Saturday, April 5, at the Chateau Hotel and Convention Center in Bloomington.)
WIREPOINTS
— Dolton School District 148, where just 7% of kids are proficient in math, rewards superintendent with $480K salary
https://wirepoints.org/an-illinois-school-district-where-just-7-of-kids-are-proficient-in-math-rewards-superintendent-with-480k-salary-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What has your Republican Precinct Committeeman done to help elect Republicans on April 1, 2025? Yesterday, using 800 mailing labels and 400 envelopes, I finished hand-delivering Republican campaign literature and sample ballots to the 400 residences (375 homes and 25 low-income apartments) in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one Republican or one Independent voter. My precinct having three different ballot styles complicated matters. I divided my precinct into five zones. It took me three+ hours to walk each zone. While I walked my precinct, I got a measure of the success that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters have had promoting more hatred against Trump. Republican Precinct Committeemen are lightning rods for that hatred. 478 in my precinct voted for Harris. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Democrat leaders, to be American is to be anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— For Democrat teachers, to teach the history of something is to promote that something. Democrat teachers promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, they promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Because my parents sent me to Protestant parochial schools, I escaped the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www/gopillinois.com
— Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has asked GAO to study the impacts of federal employee firings. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1997 fired me, that is, they forced me to retire. By doing that, they flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) working for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) working for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master/s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, d) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, e) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) earning four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What has helped you survive attempts to fire you? After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would have fired me if I had not already served my probational period working for IRS 1971-1980. My doing the following helped me survive for almost 18 years working for my Democrat GAO superiors: a) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, and d) my earning four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— For Democrat teachers, to teach the history of something is to promote that something. Democrat teachers promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, they promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Because my parents sent me to Protestant parochial schools, I escaped the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin moves to crack down on illegal migrants living in public housing: ‘wasteful misappropriation’ of taxpayer money
https://nypost.com/2025/03/24/us-news/trump-admin-moves-to-crack-down-on-illegal-migrants-living-in-public-housing/
BREITBART
— Transgender Americans aim to block Trump’s passport policy change
https://www.breitbart.com/news/transgender-americans-aim-to-block-trumps-passport-policy-change/
DAILY CALLER
— Left Shops For ‘Easy Judges’ Who Will Gum Up Process To Keep Illegals In US
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/24/paul-mauro-illegal-migrants-left/
FEDERALIST
— Red States Are Paying For California’s Illegal Aliens’ Health Care
https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/24/red-states-are-paying-for-californias-illegal-aliens-health-care/
FOX NEWS
— GOP moves to authorize Trump to wage war on cartels through military force. ‘These are not ragtag bands of low-level lawbreakers but organized criminal enterprises that profit off death and addiction.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-gop-moves-authorize-trump-wage-war-cartels-through-military-force
— Sanctuary policies fuel Latin American gangs smuggling drugs, endangering Americans
https://www.foxnews.com/us/sanctuary-policies-fuel-latin-american-gangs-smuggling-drugs-endangering-americans-former-dea-agent
— Canada can expect a ‘tsunami of illegal immigrants’ thanks to Trump policies.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/canada-can-expect-tsunami-illegal-immigrants-thanks-trump-policies-professor-warns
NEWSMAX
— HUD for Americans Only
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/scott-turner-hud-funds/2025/03/24/id/1204179/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump’s tariffs are bringing US manufacturing jobs home
https://thepostmillennial.com/trumps-tariffs-are-bringing-us-manufacturing-jobs-home
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders deny that Whites are persecuted in South Africa.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-whites-south-africa-us-fdef8e9d4d2186227f75b817d8e1d7eb
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump on Greenland.
https://apnews.com/article/greenland-future-trump-arctic-independence-denmark-minerals-4711a83c4490de99638db32029b668c9
CNN
— Trump says any country buying Venezuelan oil will face a 25% tariff. Constructively, Venezuela has declared war on America. When a country illegally sends its citizens illegally into a country, it has constructively declared war on that country.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/business/trump-venezuela-oil-tariffs/index.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders want/demand that powerful law firms fight Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/opinion/trump-law-firms.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow federal worker firings. The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO allowed my Democrat GAO superiors to fire me, that is, to force me to retire, to retaliate against me for my being I an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/24/supreme-court-fired-probationary-workers-trump/
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly acts as an arm of the Democrat Party.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/03/24/nih-funding-iwo-jima-dei/
LOCAL 10
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use veterans against Trump.
https://www.local10.com/news/politics/2025/03/24/military-veterans-are-becoming-the-face-of-trumps-government-cuts-and-democrats-resistance/
AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against conservative Jews.
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-03-25-merchant-of-menace-trump-and-the-jews/
GUARDIAN
— According to Democrat leaders, to be American is to be anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/24/trump-us-constitution
— National Endowment for the Arts has always promoted LGBTQ.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/mar/25/trump-attack-lgbtq-arts-funding
March 24, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders want more Pritzker, that is, they want more demonization, denigration, and condemnation of Trump and of those who share Trump’s demographics. Trump is conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/24/jb-pritzker-third-term-national-ambition/
— Politicians join postal workers to oppose Trump administration plans to strip USPS of independence
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/23/usps-privatization-rally-donald-trump/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump picks Brian Burch for Vatican ambassador
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/24/daywatch-trump-picks-chicago-area-man-for-vatican-ambassador/
— Disruption and disorder are undermining renewed civic engagement
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/24/editorial-disruption-and-disorder-are-undermining-renewed-civic-engagement/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/24/editorial-donald-trump-economy-recession/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Letter carriers rally against privatization amid sweeping job cuts at Postal Service. Dozens of letter carriers gathered in Federal Plaza Sunday afternoon to protest the Trump administration’s threats to the U.S. Postal Service.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/03/23/letter-carriers-rally-against-privatization-amid-sweeping-job-cuts-at-postal-service
— Champaign abortion doctor left fetus parts in woman’s body, lawsuit alleges. Dr. Keith Reisinger-Kindle performed an abortion on an Indiana patient in 2023. Her lawsuit alleges he perforated her intestine, leaving parts of the fetus in her body. The suit also alleges the doctor told her to take Tylenol and laxatives when she complained of cramps.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2025/03/23/champaign-abortion-doctor-lawsuit
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/03/23/immigrant-health-care-illinois-pritzker-budget-cut
ABC7
— Postal workers rally downtown Chicago against reported plan to privatize USPS. Who do you know who has worked for the Post Office? The Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. They gambled and lost that I would become a Democrat. They disapproved of my being a Vietnam War draft avoider, conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, Crete resident since 1948, and new car owner. I used my 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint to deliver mail 1966-1967, then my 1968 Oldsmobile 442 1967-1968, and then my 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1969. I had bought my Pontiac with money that I earned washing dishes part-time 1964-1966. To get rid of me, they disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969 by falsely arguing that I was not available to work enough part-time hours. I was available to work every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, holiday, and every day NIU was not in session.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-usps-letter-carriers-rally-federal-plaza-trumps-reported-plan-privatize-united-states-postal-service/16073787/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSgBanIKOf8
NBC5
— Two Chicago Democrats both eyeing presidential run
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxECcwP3CYA
CBS2
— Chicago postal workers rally against any efforts to dismantle USPS
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-postal-workers-efforts-dismantle-usps/
FOX32
— New Illinois law mandates availability of halal, kosher meals in state-run facilities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfUVDOejFmQ
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing get Democrats to harm Tesla to harm Musk to harm Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/03/23/tesla-takedown-protesters-gold-coast-elon-musk-federal-cuts
JOURNAL COURIER
— Voters express frustration over cuts, chide congresswoman for skipping Jacksonville town hall
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/mary-miller-town-hall-medicaid-20233909.php
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— 2 months into Trump’s second administration, the news industry faces challenges from all directions. The mainstream news industry is an arm of the Democrat Party.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-2-months-into-trumps-second-administration-the-news-industry-faces-challenges-from-all-directions/
NPR ILLINOIS
— An 1883 Act is protecting federal workers from DOGE’s firing spree. Democrat and RINO leaders reject the Pendleton Act. For them, government exists to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats and RINOs.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-23/an-1883-act-is-protecting-federal-workers-from-doges-firing-spree
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Starting in 1883, there came a series of reforms, culminating in the Pendleton Act, which established civil service and a merit system for persons competing for jobs. . .The Pendleton Act banned the hiring of relatives, donors and other supporters for a certain class of federal jobs that required special knowledge or skills. It also banned the firing of employees for political reasons. At first, the act covered just 10% of federal jobs, but it expanded to encompass the vast majority.)
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-24/could-legal-weed-make-you-sick-heres-how-california-tries-to-keep-it-safe
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Dominoes if Durbin doesn’t run
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/24/dominoes-if-durbin-doesnt-run-00244530
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-480/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Illinois DOGE Profile: $700K per year to the Black Researchers Collective
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/670629169-illinois-doge-profile-700k-per-year-to-the-black-researchers-collective
WIREPOINTS
— 633 days and counting: State of Illinois sets all-time national record on delinquency delivering audited financial statements
https://wirepoints.org/633-days-and-counting-state-of-illinois-sets-all-time-national-record-on-delinquency-delivering-audited-financial-statements-wirepoints/
— Lawmakers should focus on fixing the failures of public schools, not taking over homeschooling
https://wirepoints.org/lawmakers-should-focus-on-fixing-the-failures-of-public-schools-not-taking-over-homeschooling-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Sunday Funnies
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/23/sunday-funnies-9/
— Pritzker Unable to Buy Presidential Love, One Percenter a Two Percenter
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/23/pritzker-unable-to-buy-presidential-love-one-percenter-a-two-percenter/
— Northwest Herald Bias Showing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/23/northwest-herald-bias-showing/
— Marengo Council Candidate Endorsed by Democrats Didn’t Seek or Approve It
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/22/marengo-council-candidate-endorsed-by-democrats-didnt-seek-or-approve-it/
— State Democrats Aiming at Non-Partisan Victories
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/22/state-democrats-aiming-at-non-partisan-victories/– Crystal Lake Democrats Make Endorsements in Non-Partisan Races
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/22/crystal-lake-democrats-make-endorsements-in-non-partisan-races/
— Looking at Illinois Jobs and Population Decline Since Pritzker Has Been Governor
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/22/looking-at-illinois-jobs-and-population/
— Second Pot Shop Offers Gummies for Blood Donation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/23/second-pot-shop-offers-gummies-for-blood-donation/
— Nunda Township Supervisor-Elect Mike Shorten Announces Endorsements
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/23/nunda-township-supervisor-elect-mike-shorten-announces-endorsements/
— Former McHenry County Assistant State’s Attorney Brendan Pierard Has Law License Suspended
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/24/former-mchenry-county-assistant-states-attorney-brendan-pierard-has-law-license-suspended/
— County Board Preparing to Appoint Fire Protection District Trustees
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/24/county-board-preparing-to-appoint-fire-protection-district-trustees/
— Data Center Problems for Current Water and Electric Users
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/24/data-center-problems-for-current-water-and-electric-users/
— A Republican Reflects on Democrats
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/24/a-republican-reflects-on-democrats/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP Funds Mailer Opposing Trump Delegate as State Party Remains Target in Federal Postal Service Investigation
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/03/il-gop-funds-mailer-opposing-trump-delegate-as-state-party-remains-target-in-federal-postal-service-investigation.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Musk threatens lawsuit against former lawmaker for calling him a Nazi. My critics/opponents have always stressed that I am 100% German American and that I am Protestant. In my defense, I have always stressed a) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, b) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and c) that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/22/musk-threatens-lawsuit-former-lawmaker-calling-nazi/
— AOC would have ‘lot of support’ in N.Y. primary challenge against Schumer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/23/ro-khanna-ocasio-cortez-would-lot-support-primary-challenge-schumer/
— Education Secretary Linda McMahon says she supports ‘more money’ for students with special needs. I did not have any special needs, but I had partial red/green color blindness, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I could not run because I had a bone disease.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/23/linda-mcmahon-education-secretary-says-supports-money-students/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Last year, the U.S. government made at least $162 billion in improper payments, according to GAO’s Kristin Kociolek who also told a House oversight subcommittee that the government was defrauded of $233 billion to $521 billion per year between 2018 and 2022. The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-washington-briefing/3349412/congress-tries-stop-fraudulent-improper-spending/
BREITBART
— ICE Arrest 31 Illegals at Cockfight in Puerto Rico
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/23/ice-arrest-31-illegals-at-cockfight-in-puerto-rico/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Admin Tells Hundreds Of Thousands Of Biden-Paroled Aliens In U.S. To Leave. The Trump administration is stripping legal status provided to over half-a-million aliens under the CHNV parole program.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-tells-hundreds-of-thousands-of-biden-paroled-aliens-in-u-s-to-leave
— IRS May Help ICE Track Down Illegal Aliens For Deportation. The IRS and Department of Homeland Security are reportedly close to an agreement that would allow ICE agents to crosscheck data with the tax agency.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/irs-may-help-ice-track-down-illegal-aliens-for-deportation
FREE PRESS
— Delia Ramirez Wants to Lead the New Resistance
https://www.thefp.com/p/delia-ramirez-new-democrat-resistance-donald-trump
TOWNHALL
— IRS Will Soon Be Aiding Trump’s Mass Deportation Efforts
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/03/23/this-federal-agency-will-soon-be-aiding-trumps-mass-deportation-efforts-n2654326
— Judges are Wrong to Obstruct President Trump from Deporting Illegal Immigrants
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottpowell/2025/03/24/judges-are-wrong-to-obstruct-president-trump-from-deporting-illegal-immigrants-n2654341
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use veterans to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://thehill.com/opinion/5208485-trump-diversity-military/
CBS NEWS
— Nobody hurt after man drives car into protesters outside a Florida Tesla dealership
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-drives-car-into-protesters-outside-a-tesla-dealership-nobody-hurt-sheriff-says/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Tuskegee Airmen to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://dbrnews.com/news/article_29ec4f65-3279-5ace-ab62-4da3faf08ce6.html
MSN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use minorities and veterans to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-and-hegseth-are-dishonoring-black-and-latino-veterans-service/ar-AA1BjKB3
NEW YORK TIMES
— Ever-increasingly, the New York Times exists to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/opinion/target-black-boycott.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Bernie Sanders
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/opinion/bernie-sanders-rallies-anger.html
— Canadians Turn on Tesla, and It Becomes Physical. More than 80 Teslas were damaged in Hamilton, Ontario, the police said, amid other acts of vandalism against the company owned by Elon Musk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/world/canada/tesla-canada-musk-trump-tariffs.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/world/americas/migrants-panama-trump-stranded.html
USA TODAY
— Big sponsors cancel support for Pride parades, but LGBTQ+ groups remain determined
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/23/lgbtq-groups-pride-parades-sponsorship-loss/82548767007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/23/immigrant-women-hell-on-earth-trump-ice-detention/82029368007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/21/unaccompanied-minors-lose-legal-representation/82600503007/
— Cannabis users under 50 are 6 times more likely to have a heart attack
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2025/03/21/cannabis-users-heart-attack-risk/82574623007/
— Federal jobs were seen as a gateway to the middle class for Black America, then came DOGE. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I got and all the promotions that I got should have given to Blacks instead of me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/24/defund-black-federal-jobs-trump-musk-doge/81751847007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump, the Public and the Alien Enemies Act. Ordinary Americans may not find it so hard to believe there has been a ‘predatory incursion.’
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-the-public-and-the-alien-enemies-act-1fa85227
— Tim Walz Takes Joy in Tesla Stock Drop. Harris’s running mate is filled with twisted resentment of Musk.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/tim-walz-takes-joy-in-tesla-stock-drop-musk-resentment-politics-726fd8f1
FORBES
— Ever-increasingly, Forbes exists to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/omerawan/2025/03/23/trump-administrations-attack-on-dei-threatens-health-for-everyone/
TIPP INSIGHTS
— Illinois Sued Over Law That Could Force Pro-Life Groups To Hire Abortion Advocates
https://tippinsights.com/illinois-sued-over-law-that-could-force-pro-life-groups-to-hire-abortion-advocates/
FEDERAL NEW NETWORK
— What’s wrong with the federal hiring process? The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Park Forest Post office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. My qualifications for the Post Office job included my passing the postal employment examination and my earning high school diploma in 1966. My qualifications for the IRS job included my passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. My qualifications for the GAO job included my earning a job-related master’s degree in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt bin 1979.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2017/03/whats-wrong-with-the-federal-hiring-process/
AUTO GUIDE
— Powered By Politics, Tesla Owners Can’t Sell Their Cars Fast Enough
https://www.autoguide.com/auto/category/electric-cars/powered-by-politics-tesla-owners-can-t-sell-their-cars-fast-enough-44617633
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrats been in making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-hitler-lgbtq-transgender-government-websites-erased_n_67ddf235e4b0c549954933c5
March 15, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Scum,’ ‘crooked’ elections and ‘corrupt’ media. What Donald Trump said inside the Justice Department.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/14/what-trump-said-inside-the-justice-department/
— University of Chicago under investigation as part of Trump’s anti-DEI initiative (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/14/universities-investigated-for-dei/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Dems split on bill to avert government shutdown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/03/14/illinois-democrats-shutdown-federal-budget-vote-reaction-durbin-duckworth-casten
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders get Black faith leaders to threaten corporations if they do not restore DEI. Democrat and RINO corporations use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://chicagodefender.com/black-faith-leaders-to-corporations-restore-dei-or-lose-our-business/
ABC7
— Appeals court allows Trump to enact anti-DEI executive orders
https://abc7chicago.com/post/appeals-court-lifts-blocks-trumps-orders-restricting-diversity-equity-inclusion-programs/16024964/
NBC5
— Appeals court lifts blocks on Trump’s orders restricting DEI programs (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/appeals-court-lifts-blocks-on-trumps-orders-restricting-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-programs/3698406/
CBS2
— Chicago area food pantries, farmers say federal funding cuts causing ‘sense of panic’ (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, more and more and more will be dependent on food pantries.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-food-pantries-farmers-federal-funding-cuts-panic/
FOX32
— Chicago university under investigation in Trump’s anti-DEI campaign (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-university-under-investigation-trumps-anti-dei-campaign
— Trump Tower protests: 150 Mahmoud Khalil supporters storm Midtown building; 90+ arrested (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mahmoud Khalil and what he does.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/students-storm-trump-tower-support
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSIONESS
— Trump administration targets University of Chicago over DEI (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/uchicago-investigated-trump-administration
WBEZ
— Trump takes aim at Chicago again — this time with a federal task force on antisemitism (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mahmoud Khalil and what he does.)
https://www.wbez.org/city-hall/2025/03/14/federal-task-force-antisemitism-schools-campus-chicago-brandon-johnson-bondi-justice-department
— Trans people facing gender-affirming care bans flee to Illinois, shield law states (COMMENT: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.)
https://www.wbez.org/lgbtq/2025/03/14/trans-people-facing-gender-affirming-care-bans-flee-to-illinois-shield-law-states
STATELINE
— Illinois GOP introduce bills to reduce property taxes and address migration issues
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-republicans-propose-property-tax-bills/
RIVER BENDER
— Pritzker, Stratton, Statements On Government Funding Bill In Congress (COMMENT: What about statements in opposition?)
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/pritzker-stratton-statements-on-government-funding-bill-in-congress-80607.cfm
WJBC
— In remarks to teachers union, Pritzker lashes out at Trump’s education cuts (COMMENT: Few objected to Gingrich’s dramatic GAO budget cuts. My Democrat GAO superiors used those cuts along with the following to waste my career and to get rid of me: Affirmative Action, DEI, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and the veterans preference.)
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/03/14/in-remarks-to-teachers-union-pritzker-lashes-out-at-trumps-education-cuts/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump reclaims a DOJ reshaped in his wake (COMMENT: Biden shaped his DOJ. All presidents shape their DOJs. The DOJ that Bush shaped 2000-2008 sided with GAO in Diersen v. GAO. My critics/opponents have always stressed that. To side with GAO is promote Affirmative Action, DEI, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and the veterans’ preference.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-14/trump-reclaims-a-justice-department-reshaped-in-his-wake
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Most disapprove of Trump’s approach to Ukraine, Russia
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/most-disapprove-of-trumps-approach-to-ukraine-russia-survey/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump calls European Union ‘nasty’ for its treatment of American businesses
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-calls-european-union-nasty-for-its-treatment-of-american-businesses
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-268/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals Working for Congress?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/03/illegals_working_for_congress.html
BREITBART
— Trump Administration to Modernize IRS, Make Agency ‘Most Efficient and Effective’ for Taxpayers (COMMENT: Democrat IRS and GAO leaders do not want Republicans to audit IRS. They certainly did not want me to audit IRS. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of that almost 18 years that I worked for GAO 1980-1997. They did that even though I had a) worked for IRS for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, b) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master/s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997, c) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, and e) earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/03/14/trump-admin-to-modernize-irs-make-agency-most-efficient-and-effective-for-taxpayers/
— Actor John Cusack Compares Trump Buying a Tesla to Hitler, Calls Musk ‘Only Immigrant I Wanted Deported’
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/03/14/actor-john-cusack-compares-trump-buying-a-tesla-to-hitler-calls-musk-only-immigrant-i-wanted-deported/
— Trump touts law-and-order vision, sounds off on past grievances with DOJ, FBI
https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-touts-law-and-order-vision-sounds-off-on-past-grievances-with-doj-fbi/
FOX NEWS
— Trump rallies support for ‘tough on crime’ agenda at DOJ visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J1u244Kv_8
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Vance booed by Kennedy Center crowd in wake of Trump takeover
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/14/vice-president-jd-vance-booed-kennedy-center-crowd-wake-trump/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Pentagon Schools Instruct Use of Minecraft to Promote DEI Trojan Horse (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/03/14/pentagon-schools-instruct-use-minecraft-promote-dei-trojan-horse/
FEDERALIST SOCIETY
— FOID Cards and the Second Amendment at the Illinois Supreme Court
https://fedsoc.org/scdw/foid-cards-and-the-second-amendment-at-the-illinois-supreme-court
FOX NEWS
— Reparations fight hits Congress as GOP looks to defund new DC task force. DC is expected to form a slavery reparations task force this year.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/reparations-fight-hits-congress-gop-looks-defund-new-dc-task-force
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Appeals court allows Trump administration to enforce ban on DEI programs, for now (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/appeals-court-allows-trump-administration-enforce-ban-dei-programs-now-rcna196551
REUTERS
— Countries considered for Trump’s potential new travel ban (COMMENT: What do say to countries a) that despise/hate America and/or b) that illegally send their citizens into American and/or illegally keep their citizens in America to destroy America?)
https://www.reuters.com/world/countries-considered-trumps-potential-new-travel-ban-2025-03-15/
MSN
— ‘Chilling’: NYT reveals list of words banned by Trump’s ‘anti-woke’ initiatives
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/chilling-nyt-reveals-list-of-words-banned-by-trump-s-anti-woke-initiatives/ar-AA1AvE2k
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/us/politics/trump-order-voice-of-america.html
— Appeals Court Lets Trump’s DEI Crackdown Proceed (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/us/politics/trump-dei-court-ruling.html
— Draft List for New Travel Ban Proposes Trump Target 43 Countries. A draft circulating inside the administration lists three tiers of countries whose citizens may face restrictions on entering the United States. (COMMENT: Based on their actions, far too many who come to America despise/hate Americans who are Jewish, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. All those who come to America illegally and/or stay in America illegally a) want/need/demand massive government assistance, b) lack education and/or job skills, and/or have severe financial, health, and/or other problems.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/us/politics/trump-travel-ban.html
— Trump Administration Expels South Africa’s Ambassador to the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had lashed out on social media over comments critical of President Trump that the ambassador had made to a think tank in Johannesburg.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/us/politics/south-africa-ambassador-marco-rubio.html
— Trump Tries to Use White South Africans as Cautionary Tale. The president and his allies accuse South Africa of discriminating against and killing white people, and warn that it could happen in America if attempts to promote diversity aren’t stopped. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/world/africa/south-africa-whites-trump.html
USA TODAY
— Trump talks tough on antisemitism while Musk reposts vile Hitler excuse
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/03/15/elon-musk-hitler-trump-antisemitism/82408339007/
BLOOMBERG
— A Fair Workplace? Not Everywhere. (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO employers do not treat their employees who are the following fairly: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The more of the aforesaid that their employees are, the more unfairly that Democrat and RINO employers treat them.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/1999-04-26/a-fair-workplace-not-everywhere
STARS & STRIPES
— ‘What’s happening to veterans is not right’: Thousands attend rally on National Mall to protest cuts to jobs, services (COMMENT: During all the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they always protected their Democrat employees who were veterans from the adverse impacts of Republican budget cuts.)
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-03-14/veterans-rally-national-mall-17143611.html
NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER
— What is it like to argue before the Supreme Court? (COMMENT: I argued Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, in 1996. SEE: https://casetext.com/case/diersen-v-chicago-car-exchange and https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-7th-circuit/1385001.html I should write about the material factual errors in the decision. I argued Diersen v. GAO before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2000-2005. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf I should write about the material factual errors in the decision.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZhxlH18iHg
POLITICO
— Trump calls for imprisoning his opponents in bellicose speech at Justice Department. For more than an hour, he delivered an insult-laden speech that shattered the traditional notion of DOJ independence. (COMMENT: Biden shaped his DOJ. All presidents shape their DOJs. The DOJ that Bush shaped 2000-2008 sided with GAO in Diersen v. GAO. My critics/opponents have always stressed that. To side with GAO is promote Affirmative Action, DEI, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and the veterans preference.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/14/trump-doj-speech-prison-opponents-00231438
March 2, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s upcoming testimony before Congress will unfold in an arena of political risk — and theater
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/mayor-brandon-johnsons-upcoming-testimony-before-congress-will-unfold-in-an-arena-of-political-risk-and-theater/
— Democrat leaders organize a protest against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/01/at-rally-in-st-charles-protestors-decry-trump-policies-show-support-for-ukraine/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/01/judge-blocks-trump-trans-youth-care-order/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America fora long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/column-reverse-discrimination-marlean-ames-page/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/21/heidi-stevens-banning-dei-and-race-based-programs-in-schools-chips-away-at-the-very-mission-of-education/
NBC5
— Pentagon sending about 3,000 more active-duty troops to the US-Mexico border. Already, about 9,200 U.S. troops in total are at the southern border, including 4,200 deployed under federal orders and about 5,000 National Guard troops under the control of governors.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/pentagon-sending-3000-active-duty-troops-us-mexico-border/3686444/
— Zelenskyy’s fiery White House visit gets ‘SNL’ cold open treatment. The sketch featured comedian Mike Myers as billionaire Elon Musk.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/zelenskyys-white-house-visit-snl-cold-open/3686448/
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. To promote reparations, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Blacks that all the problems that Blacks have are caused by Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkEr7AI_JBg
— Trump objected to Zelenskyy’s tone and body language in Oval Office clash, White House says
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-objected-to-zelenskyys-tone-and-body-language-in-oval-office-clash-white-house-says/3686305/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders organize a protest against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZx_r7TE9NY
— Judge rules head of federal watchdog agency fired by Trump must keep job. A judge has ruled the head of a federal watchdog agency must stay in his job, saying President Trump’s bid to remove the special counsel was unlawful. (COMMENT: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel had no problem with my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors taking big adverse actions against me a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination or b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/judge-rules-head-of-federal-watchdog-agency-fired-by-trump-must-keep-job/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders organize a protest against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz0EBtMaqng
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-sanctuary-city-explainer
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Multiple Republicans contemplate challenging Pritzker in 2026 (COMMENT: Aaron Del Mar is mentioned.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-multiple-republicans-contemplate-challenging-pritzker-in-2026/article_dc32bae0-f546-11ef-ab51-779479fadd55.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel must remain in his job, a judge in Washington ruled on Saturday, saying Trump’s bid to remove him was unlawful. (COMMENT: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel had no problem with my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors taking big adverse actions against me a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination or b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-judge-rules-head-of-watchdog-agency-must-keep-his-job-says-trumps-bid-to-oust-him-was-unlawful/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sided with Hampton Dellinger, who leads the Office of Special Counsel, in a legal battle over the president’s authority to oust the head of the independent agency that’s likely headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court. Dellinger sued Trump last month after he was fired, even though the law says special counsels can be removed by the president “only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” Jackson, who was nominated to the bench by Democratic president Barack Obama, quickly reinstated Dellinger in the job while he pursued his case. Jackson rejected the Trump administration’s claims that the special counsel’s removal protections are unconstitutional because they prevent the president from rightfully installing his preferred agency head. The judge said allowing the president to remove the special counsel at will would have a chilling effect on his crucial duties, which include guarding the federal workforce from illegal personnel actions, such as retaliation for whistleblowing. “The Special Counsel is supposed to withstand the winds of political change and help ensure that no government servant of either party becomes the subject of prohibited employment practices or faces reprisals for calling out wrongdoing — by holdovers from a previous administration or by officials of the new one,” Jackson wrote in her decision.)
DAILY ILLINI
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize protests against Trump’s deportation policies. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden’s invasion policies?
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/university-news/protests-strikes/2025/03/01/psl-rally-trumps-deportation-policies/
WHEATON RECORD
— Democrat leaders organize a Wheaton College student protest against Trump
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/03/01/wheaton-prayer-demonstration-trump-tower/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain going to do to help elect Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct? In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I am going to hand-deliver campaign literature from Republican candidates and a marked copy of the sample ballot to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or Independent registered voter. I will use 800 mailing labels to do that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The more of the following that you are, the more that your critics/opponents use DEI against you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. I should write about the following who have used DEI against me the most: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) conservative leaders and activists, and d) religious leaders and activists. Of course, because political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination are illegal, the aforesaid use pretexts. I would focus on the pretexts that they have used to justify their adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you say to those who work against those who share their demographics to curry favor with those who do not share their demographics? What do you say to those who falsely claim to religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give themselves standing to destroy those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican? I should write about my critics/opponents who do the aforesaid. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To harm you, what do your critics/opponents stress about you? My critics/opponents stress a) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, including almost 9 years for IRS, b) that my superiors took many big adverse actions against me and never promoted me beyond GS-13 even though I had 3 job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, c) that my GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and that I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years, d) that so far, in today’s dollars, the Civil Service Retirement System has paid me more than $1.8 million dollars, e) that the federal government continues to pay 72% of my and my wife’s health care insurance premiums, f) that the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), let alone the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) have never asked me to serve as an officer, g) that MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP leaders have taken many big adverse actions against me, h) that Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have taken many big adverse actions against me, i) that many religious and conservative leaders have taken many big adverse actions against me, j) that Illinois Center Right Coalition and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois took big adverse actions against me, k) that many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats, and l) that my demographics are terrible. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
JOHN KASS
— Zelensky the Fool
https://johnkassnews.com/zelensky-the-fool/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Darin LaHood Interviewed on WGN Radio, Blames Putin for Starting the War
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/darin-lahood-interviewed-on-wgn-radio-blames-putin-for-starting-the-way/
— Evidence of Campaign Against Democrats’ Sales Tax in Kane County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/evidence-of-campaign-against-democrats-sales-tax-in-kane-county/
— A Story about Lobbyists That You Won’t Read in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/a-story-about-lobbyists-that-you-wont-read-in-illinois/
— Bribery Makes the Comics
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/bribery-makes-the-comics/
— Minutes from Administrative Services Committee Meeting on Increasing Peter Austin’s Salary to $250,000
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/minutes-from-administrative-services-committee-meeting-on-increasing-peter-austins-salary-to-250000/
— Schakowsky Joins Protest in Chicago
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/schakowsky-joins-protest-in-chicago/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ICE has not yet arrested children in school under Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3333502/ice-no-children-arrested-school-education-leaders-trump/
NEW YORK POST
— Jamie Dimon’s woke demons won’t halt JPMorgan’s DEI
https://nypost.com/2025/03/02/business/jamie-dimons-woke-demons-wont-halt-jpmorgans-dei/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Donald Trump and the American Cultural Renaissance
https://amgreatness.com/2025/03/02/donald-trump-and-the-american-cultural-renaissance/
AMERICAN THINKER
— DEI Universities Defy Trump
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/03/dei_universities_defy_trump.html
BREITBART
— Rahm Emanuel on Chicago: We Have ‘Disaster’ on Crime in Some Dem Cities Due to Permissiveness
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/03/01/rahm-emanuel-on-chicago-we-have-disaster-on-crime-in-some-dem-cities-due-to-permissiveness/
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Trump Administration Orders Military To Remove All DEI Content (COMMENT: How has DEI impacted you? My Democrat superiors in the federal government used DEI big time to waste my career and to get rid of me. My RINO superiors in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois continue to use DEI big time to get rid of me. I should write about that.)
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/trump-admin-orders-military-to-remove-all-dei-content/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media acts like Democrat leaders pay it to do what it does, namely, demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-claims-media-paid-write-152811489.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Protests erupt at Tesla stores nationwide over Musk’s role in Trump spending cuts
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2025/03/02/protests-erupt-at-tesla-stores-nationwide-over-musks-role-in-trump-spending-cuts/
REUTERS
— Anti-Musk protesters arrested outside New York Tesla dealership
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW556002032025RP1/
MSN
— Hollywood is run by Democrats who promote the Democrat Party platform
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-has-demonized-dei-practices-across-the-us-but-hollywood-will-fight-back-says-sitcom-alum/ar-AA1A3Pso
— Nine arrested at New York Tesla dealership as anti-Musk protests break out
https://www.msn.com/en-ae/money/news/nine-arrested-at-new-york-tesla-dealership-as-anti-musk-protests-break-out/ar-AA1A52H4
NBC NEWS
— ‘SNL’ recreates Trump-Zelenskyy clash, with appearance by Mike Myers as Musk
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/snl-recreates-trump-zelenskyy-clash-appearance-mike-myers-musk-rcna194376
— ACLU sues Trump administration to halt immigrant transfers to Guantanamo
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/aclu-sues-trump-administration-halt-immigrant-transfers-guantanamo-rcna194358
CBS NEWS
— In the room where it happened: Trump advisers recall what led up to Oval Office confrontation
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-advisers-recall-what-led-up-to-oval-office-confrontation-volodymyr-zelenskyy/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy. The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies. (COMMENT: There would be no need for DOGE if Gingrich had reformed and expanded GAO instead of gutting it.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/politics/musk-federal-bureaucracy-takeover.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “How the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office meeting spiraled into chaos.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/01/how-trump-zelensky-oval-office-meeting-spiraled-into-chaos/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly force everyone in America to speak, read, and write Spanish. They want to make it illegal to employ anyone who does not speak, read, and write Spanish.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/03/01/trump-english-official-language-explainer/
USA TODAY
— Peter Navarro: Trump tariffs will save American jobs and level the playing field. Trump’s tariffs on aluminum imports is about far more than a trade battle. It’s a fight for the survival of an essential American industry. (COMMENT: My brother lost manufacturing jobs because of unfair foreign competition.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/02/28/trump-tariffs-aluminum-steel-canada-mexico-economy/80694166007/
— ‘Illegal actions’? Trump tried to remove officials who could save federal workers’ jobs (COMMENT: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel had no problem with my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors taking big adverse actions against me a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination or b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/28/trump-firing-federal-employees-labor-board/79339420007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The fired officials, all nominated by Democrat Joe Biden and confirmed to fixed terms by the Senate, have sued Trump and his administration in an effort to be reinstated, saying their firings are illegal. Judges have temporarily reinstated two of them. The officials run independent agencies that were designed by Congress to be the only place that federal workers can go to challenge a firing. The firings came right before Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency fired thousands of probationary, early-hire status employees. . .The law created the Office of Special Counsel as an independent agency whose head, the Special Counsel, is nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate to serve a set term but cannot be removed on a whim. The office is designed to be a first stop for federal employees who think they’ve been unlawfully fired, especially as a result of whistleblowing. The Special Counsel can make requests on employees’ behalf to the Merit Systems Protection Board, the same way a prosecutor would make a case to a judge. The three-member board can then decide on whether a firing was wrongful. Presidents nominate board members to terms, and the Senate confirms them, in a similar system designed to be insulated from politics. Permanent workers can also go directly to the Merit Systems Protection Board in order to get a decision on a wrongful firing, but probationary employees can only get there if the Office of Special Counsel represents them.)
— ‘Inseminated person’ vs. ‘mother’? Dems keep proving they’ve lost common sense
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/02/28/inseminated-person-wisconsin-evers/80491973007/
— Trump’s federal workforce cuts: A timeline of firings and court reversals (COMMENT: I should write about Republican GAO workforce cuts 1980-1997.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/01/key-dates-trump-federal-workers-firings/80835324007/
— I’m a veteran and I worked with USAID. It is essential to our national security. Trump and Musk are destroying a vital tool of American soft power – a tool that protects US interests at home and abroad.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/03/01/cutting-usaid-trump-musk-demonizing-patriots/80259032007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Executive Orders Put Trump’s Opponents on Back Foot. Most of president’s efforts remain standing, after advisers rewrote 2017 playbook.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/all-gas-executive-orders-put-trumps-opponents-on-back-foot-ddae594b
INDIA TODAY
— Trump touts ‘record-low’ illegal immigration numbers: Invasion of US is over
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/trump-touts-record-low-illegal-immigration-numbers-invasion-of-us-is-over-2687666-2025-03-02