Tag: POT

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Trump tariffs reinstated by appeals court for now
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-tariffs-reinstated-by-appeals-court-for-now/3756338/

FOX32
— Trump tariffs reinstated by appeals court
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1649490

WGN9
— Cannabis is bad for your heart
https://wgntv.com/news/trending/smoke-it-or-eat-it-cannabis-is-bad-for-your-heart-new-research-shows/

WTTW
— Democrat leaders promote assisted suicide
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/29/illinois-bill-would-allow-terminally-ill-adults-end-their-lives-medical-assistance

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Larry Hoover ‘deserves to be in prison,’ Chicago FBI boss says of Gangster Disciples founder as lawyers praise Trump choice.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/29/larry-hoover-trump-fbi-boss/
— Democrat leaders use Chinese students to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/29/chinese-students-visa/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that police are racist.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/05/30/traffic-stops-black-drivers-illinois-public-universities-campus-police-departments

DAILY HERALD
— ‘Huge opportunity’ or ‘stealing’ from suburbs? Senate debates funding plan to save transit
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250529/transportation/huge-opportunity-or-stealing-from-the-suburbs-senate-debates-funding-plan-to-save-transit/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give preference to international students, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against American students.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/trump-move-chinese-visas-could-impact-chicago-universities

STATELINE
— Gun owners in Illinois face $10K fine if weapon is stolen and used in a crime. Under the Democrats, poverty and crime ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/gun-owners-in-illinois-face-10k-fine-if-weapon-is-stolen-and-used-in-a-crime/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2025/05/29/proposed-edible-tasting-room-for-dekalb-dispensary-gets-early-support/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-30/federal-workers-keep-americas-farms-healthy-what-now-under-trump

HOMEWOOD/FLOSSMOOR PATCH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBT in Homewood/Flossmoor
https://patch.com/illinois/homewood-flossmoor/homewood-flossmoor-pride-fest-set-celebrate-diversity-inclusion

IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Chinese students over American students.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/uncertain-future-for-chinese-students-cause-concern-at-uiuc/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-523/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-315/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— The pension sweetener bill is yet another reminder that lawmakers don’t care about ordinary Illinoisans. Because State of Illinois employees are overwhelmingly Democrat, Illinois Democrats politicians defend and promote them.  Because federal employees are overwhelmingly Democrat, Illinois Republican politicians demonize, denigrate, and condemn them.
https://wirepoints.org/the-pension-sweetener-bill-is-yet-another-reminder-that-lawmakers-dont-care-about-ordinary-illinoisans-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
—  The sanctuary counties in Illinois that Trump just put on notice include DuPage County ( https://www.newsweek.com/sanctuary-cities-counties-states-trump-admin-just-put-notice-2078759 ). Is your county on the list? The following Illinois counties are on the list: Adams, Alexander; Bond, Boone, Bureau, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Cook, Crawford, Cumberland, DeKalb, Dewitt, Douglas, DuPage, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Greene, Grundy, Hancock, Hardin, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jackson, Jersey, Jo Daviess, Johnson, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, Lake, LaSalle, Lawrence, Lee, Livingston, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Massac, McDonough, McLean, Mercer, Menard, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Perry, Piatt, Pike, Pope, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Richland, Rock Island, Saint Clair, Saline, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Stark, Stephenson, Tazewell, Union, Vermilion, Wabash, Warren, Washington, Wayne, White, Whiteside County, Will, Williamson, Winnebago, and Woodford. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on Civil Service protections? Trump wants to cut them. Were it not for Civil Service protections, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 a) would not have hired me, b) would have done more to waste my career and to get rid of me, c) would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, 1974, or 1986, d) would have taken even more/bigger adverse actions against me, and e) would have gotten rid of me sooner than they did. They hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. My qualifications include a) passing the postal employment test and earning a high school diploma in 1966, b) passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, c) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) earning a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German America, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that all their problems are caused by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Pritzker ever-increasing drives those who are the following out of Illinois, out of DuPage County, out of Milton Township, out of Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and out of my precinct: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. 478 voted for Harris in my precinct. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly stress that Trump is not a lawyer. How much legal training have you had and how much legal experience do you have? I got lots of legal training and experience while I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, and for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. Further, I got lots of legal experience serving as an active member in a class action lawsuit and pursuing lawsuits pro se. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were younger, minority, and/or female, my superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly lowered their hiring, retention, and promotion standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree (1970) and three job-related master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), b) my six job-related professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and c) my job-related professional license (1981). All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were younger than me, minority, and/or female. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents stress the most to hint/imply/argue/shout that you benefitted from slavery? Mine stress that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In my defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois and that a) on my father’s side, they first worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses in Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store and b) on my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border and then bought that farm. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Constructively, if not literally, Democrat and RINO leaders rank those who are under them. The more of the following that you are, the more points that they give you: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German America, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. The more of the following that you do, the more points that they give you: glorify and praise them, pander to them, serve as one of their operatives or dupes, cover up their wrongdoing, and/or give them money. Of course, Democrat and RINO leaders give me no points. I should write about Democrat and RINO leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Uber/Lyft and Real Estate Transfer Taxes Proposed to Bail Out CTA
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/29/uber-lyft-and-real-estate-transfer-taxes-proposed-to-bail-out-cta/
— Sosnowski Introduces Bill to Allow Switch of Casino Sites
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/29/sosnowski-introduces-bill/
— Four-Year Community College Degree Legislation Still Alive, But Severely Limited
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/29/four-year-community-college-degree-legislation-still-alive-but-severely-limited/
— Dems Advance Gun Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/29/dems-advance-gun-bill/
— DeWitte Notes Dems’ Revision of Shift from RTA to NITA (Northern Illinois Transit Authority) Takes Power from Suburbs
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/29/dewitte-notes-dems-revision-of-shift-from-rta-to-nita-northern-illinois-transit-authority-takes-power-from-suburbs/
— McLaughlin Bill for Privately-Financed Statue of Pope Leo IV on Capitol Grounds Stuck in Committee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/28/mclaughlin-bill-for-privately-financed-statue-of-pope-leo-iv-on-capitol-grounds-stuck-in-committee/
— Ness Goes after Trump
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/28/ness-goes-after-trump/
— Senate Republicans on Electric Rates
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/28/senate-republicans-on-electric-rates/
— Ugasta’s Views on Democrats’ Budget
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/28/ugastas-views-on-democrats-budget/
— Johnsburg’s Kirk Donald Running for Re-Election as Vice Chairman of the McHenry County Republican Party
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/28/johnsburgs-kirk-donald-running-for-re-election-as-vice-chairman-of-the-mchenry-county-republican-party/
— Cook County Homeowners Beginning to Feel the Pain the Rest of Have All Along & How State Law Gives Cook County Homeowners Tax Breaks Not Seen in the Other 101 Counties
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/28/cook-county-homeowners-beginning-to-feel-the-pain-the-rest-of-have-all-along-how-cook-county-homeowners-get-tax-breaks-not-seen-in-the-other-101-counties/
— For Those Interested in a Deep Dive into What DODE Did…
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/27/for-those-interested-in-a-deep-dive-into-what-dode-did/
— Casten Endorses Biss for Algonquin Township Congressman
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/27/casten-endorse-biss-for-algonquin-township-congressman/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Assisted Suicide Passes House, Moves to Senate
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/assisted-suicide-passes-house-moves-to-senate/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS releases name-and-shame sanctuary list with more than 600 states, cities, counties. DuPage County is in the list.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/29/dhs-releases-name-shame-sanctuary-list-600-states-cities-counties/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago’s government-by-racism is failing
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3424244/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-race-comments/
— Trump administration orders ICE to more than triple number of daily arrests
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3425621/trump-ice-triple-arrests/

NEW YORK POST
— ICE shakes up agency with ‘leadership realignment’ in push for a ‘minimum’ of 3,000 migrant arrests per day
https://nypost.com/2025/05/29/us-news/ice-shakes-up-leadership-amid-push-for-3000-migrant-arrests-per-day/

AFPI
— Massive Scale of Chinese Illegal Immigration Threatens National Security
https://www.americafirstpolicy.com/issues/massive-scale-of-chinese-illegal-immigration-threatens-national-security

CENTER SQUARE
— ICE calling law enforcement in all counties to help with deportation efforts
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_efdabd74-5fba-4c22-a3ec-1f8fef4ef79d.html

COLLEGE FIX
— K-12 schools spent $19 million in federal tax dollars on ‘restorative justice,’ ‘equitable grading.’ What depressed your GPA? For me, it was my spending far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/k-12-schools-spent-19-million-in-federal-tax-dollars-on-restorative-justice-equitable-grading/

DAILY CALLER
— Washington’s Spending Party Continues As Elon Musk Bids Farewell To Swamp
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/29/washingtons-spending-party-elon-musk-bids-farewell-swamp/
— FBI Tells Employees No ‘Pride’ Activities On Company Time. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors ever-increasingly required their employees to attend more DEI training and events. When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Democrat Black subordinate who ran the office’s Black events.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/29/fbi-employees-no-pride-activites-company-time-june/

EPOCH TIMES
— State Department Says It Will Expand Scrutiny of All Chinese Visa Holders in US. The department has already paused new student visa interviews worldwide and is preparing to revoke visas for Chinese nationals currently in the United States.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/state-department-says-it-will-expand-scrutiny-of-all-chinese-visa-holders-in-us-5865198

FOX NEWS
— Chicago mayor calls DOGE ‘an act of war,’ compares second Trump term to Third Reich. ‘You have a president that is cutting off medicine and food [and] working to erase culture,’ Brandon Johnson claimed
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-mayor-calls-doge-an-act-war-compares-second-trump-term-third-reich

NEWSMAX
— Harvard’s Standards Have Dropped. To hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were younger, minority, and/or female, my superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly dropped their hiring, retention, and promotion standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree (1970) and three job-related master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), b) my six job-related professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and c) my job-related professional license (1981). All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, less education than I had, no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were younger than me, minority, and/or female.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/alan-dershowitz-harvard-dei/2025/05/29/id/1212899/

PJ MEDIA
— The Education Department and the Demise of Our Schooling
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/05/29/the-education-dept-intellectual-silliness-and-the-demise-of-our-schooling-n4940257

TOWNHALL
— Chaos Erupts Outside Immigration Court As Protesters Clash With Police
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/05/29/police-arrest-dozens-protesting-outside-immigration-court-in-manhattan-n2657815
— Democrats and Their DEI Albatrosses
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2025/05/30/democrats-and-their-dei-albatrosses-n2657857

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Karl Rove: Trump tariffs could cost GOP their majorities
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5325112-karl-rove-trump-tariffs-could-cost-gop-their-majorities/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— What do your critics/opponents stress the most to hint/imply/argue/shout that you benefitted from slavery? Mine stress that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In my defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois and that a) on my father’s side, they first worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses in Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store and b) on my mother’s side, they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border and then bought that farm.
https://apnews.com/article/harvard-university-slave-photos-d9c01b7926bba2a686ff325617e93ce9

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give preference to international students, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against American students.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/universities-seek-lure-us-bound-students-amid-trump-crackdown-2025-05-30/

NEWSWEEK
— The Sanctuary Cities, Counties and States the Trump Admin Just Put on Notice. DuPage County is on the list.
https://www.newsweek.com/sanctuary-cities-counties-states-trump-admin-just-put-notice-2078759
— Levi’s ever-increasingly promotes more DEI and LGBTQ.
https://www.newsweek.com/levis-pride-collection-dei-programs-2078557

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give preference to international students, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against American students.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/29/us/harvard-trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/us/politics/chinese-students-rattled-by-trump-plan-to-aggressively-revoke-visas.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote China.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/us/politics/trump-china-visas-tariffs.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give preference to international students, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against American students.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/29/chinese-students-data-visa/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/05/29/harvard-international-students-hearing/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have they been 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. 478 in my precinct voted for Harris.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/05/29/pew-lgbtq-poll-transgender-acceptance-trump/6498f882-3c95-11f0-912d-d5f4792db3e4_story.html

USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and stress that he is not a lawyer. How much legal training have you had and how much legal experience do you have? I got lots of legal training and experience while I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, and for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. Further, I got lots of legal experience serving as an active member in a class action lawsuit and pursuing lawsuits pro se.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/28/trump-due-process-deportations/83824951007/
— Trump lashes out at judges on tariffs, blames Federalist Society for bad legal advice
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/29/donald-trump-federalist-society-judges-tariffs-attacks/83933632007/

TAMPA FREE PRESS
— Florida Attracts Wave Of Newcomers As California, New York, & Illinois See Resident Exodus. Pritzker ever-increasing drives those who are the following out of Illinois, out of DuPage County, out of Milton Township, out of Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and out of my precinct: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. 478 voted for Harris in my precinct.
https://www.tampafp.com/florida-attracts-wave-of-newcomers-as-california-new-york-illinois-see-resident-exodus/

FORBES
— If Trump’s Tariffs Raise Prices Or Are Perceived To, GOP Will Be Hurt In Midterms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdn-0d7mI-w

PBS
— Trump administration pressures ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ by publishing list of places ‘deliberately obstructing’ immigration enforcement
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-administration-pressures-sanctuary-jurisdictions-by-publishing-list-of-places-deliberately-obstructing-immigration-enforcement

FED SMITH
— Important Changes to Proposed Benefits Cuts in House-Passed Spending Bill. Trump wants to cut Civil Service protections. Were it not for Civil Service protections, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 a) would not have hired me, b) would have done more to waste my career and to get rid of me, c) would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, 1974, or 1986, d) would have taken even more/bigger adverse actions against me, and e) would have gotten rid of me sooner than they did. They hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. My qualifications include a) passing the postal employment test and earning a high school diploma in 1966, b) passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, c) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) earning a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/05/28/important-changes-to-proposed-benefits-cuts-in-house-passed-spending-bill/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Election for At-Will Employment  The provision for new hires to elect at-will employment remains in the legislation as well. Newly hired federal employees could opt to become at-will employees in exchange for a lower contribution rate to FERS (the standard 4.4%). This would be an irrevocable decision per the language of the legislation as currently written. However, if employees were to choose to keep their Civil Service protections, they would pay an additional 5% contribution rate to FERS (9.4% total for most federal employees). Federal employees who opt to become at-will employees could face adverse actions, including removal, without notice or the right to appeal the action. Per the language of the bill as currently written, they “may be subject to an adverse action up to and including removal, without notice or right to appeal, by the head of the agency at which the individual is employed for good cause, bad cause, or no cause at all.”)

INSIDE HIGHTER ED
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give preference to international students, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against American students.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/international-students-us/2025/05/30/trump-targets-chinese-students-harsh-blow-higher

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German America, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time that all their problems are caused by 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.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/black-and-empowered/202505/finding-compassion-in-the-darkness-of-racism-and-discrimination

AMAZON
— Proud to be Woke. My critics/opponents act like they are proud to be woke. That is, they discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.amazon.com/Politically-Well-Informed-Socialist-Proud/dp/B0BY2LFD7S

TIMES OF INDIA
— IIT has the highest percentage of international students. IIT admitted me in 1992. But it would have admitted an international student instead of me if it could have.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/which-us-university-has-the-highest-percentage-of-international-students-well-its-not-harvard/articleshow/121513373.cms