FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/texas-redistrict-democrats-fight-back/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, eventually everyone will be on SNAP.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/knowles-food-insecurity-increasing/
— DNA project hopes to reunite African Americans in Illinois with ancestral relatives in Africa. Will this lead to identifying those who were directly responsible for slavery?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/dna-project-black-americans-africa/
— As last baby boomers reach retirement, they tackle a quest for fulfillment. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Since then, putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters has increasingly been my focus. Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes a) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, b) end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, c) end my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2010 and 2004, and d) end my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/retirement-bike-riding-baby-boomers/
— John Curran: Illinois Democrats’ delivery tax is a short-term cash grab paid by those who can least afford it
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/05/opinion-illinois-delivery-tax-general-assembly-cta/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/04/illinois-queer-farmers-lgbtq/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/04/texas-democrats-quorum-illinois-redistrict-map
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— In downtown Chicago’s condo market, the hits keep coming. In 1978, when I got married, I sold my one bedroom Outer Drive East condo that I had owned for 2 years for a $10,000 gain and bought a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale and a 1978 Chevrolet Chevette.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/downtown-chicago-condos-reflect-markets-price-decline-woes
ABC7
— Texas Democrats remain in Illinois as Gov. Abbott orders their arrest
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-remain-illinois-halt-gop-redistricting-governor-greg-abbott-orders-arrest/17438511/
— State Department may require visa applicants to post bond of up to $15,000 to enter the US
https://abc7chicago.com/post/state-department-may-require-visa-applicants-post-bond-15000-enter-us/17433002/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU43-62wCRk
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-court-judges-terminated-donald-trump-administration-works-cut-down-massive-case-backlog/17434235/
NBC5
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-officials-face-pushback-over-texas-gerrymandering-criticisms/3804336/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders, that is, the mainstream news media, ever-increasingly treat Pat Brady as being the spokesperson for the Illinois Republican Party.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-gerrymandering-texas-redistricting-battle/
— Chicago designated ‘EV Ready.’ What does it mean?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K9-wnnDmjw
WTTW
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/04/texas-governor-threatens-remove-democrats-who-left-illinois-other-states-over-trump
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/pritzker-texas-democrats-redistricting-20801137.php
SHAW LOCAL
— Girls flag football surges in Illinois as hundreds more take the field in year two. More than 200 high schools expected to have teams this fall. My parents had absolutely no interest in football, and neither do I. Does that explain my lack of aggressiveness?
https://www.shawlocal.com/friday-night-drive/2025/08/05/girls-flag-football-surges-in-illinois-as-hundreds-more-take-the-field-in-year-two/
ELMHURST PATCH
— Confusion Over Addison Township Group’s Status
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/confusion-over-addison-township-groups-status
COD COURIER
— Campus Voices Weigh In on Siddiqi’s Plans for College of DuPage
https://codcourier.org/campus-voices-weigh-in-on-siddiqis-plans-for-college-of-dupage/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: She stressed the importance of taking a stand on the college’s long-held values of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). “Last year, when there was pressure to remove DEI language and committees, COD and its Board of Trustees refused to bow to those demands,” Purcell said. “Our values have been here for decades, and it’s critical that the new administration uphold them to protect the college’s reputation.”)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-561/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— BS from Pritzker on Mid-Decade Reapportionment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/08/05/bs-from-pritzker-on-mid-decade-reapportionment/
WIREPOINTS
— What happened to private sector job growth, Gov. Pritzker?
https://wirepoints.org/what-happened-to-private-sector-job-growth-gov-pritzker-wirepoints/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Darin LaHood appears to pass on Illinois Senate run in blow to state GOP hopes
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3490826/darin-lahood-pass-illinois-senate-run-state-gop/
— Abbott says blue-state gerrymandering ‘distorted’ US politics after Democrats flee Texas. How badly have Illinois Democrat leaders gerrymandered the political jurisdictions where you live? I should write about how Democrat and RINO leaders gerrymandered my precinct in 2015.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3490941/greg-abbott-blue-state-gerrymandering-democrats-flee-texas/
BREITBART
— Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump from Quickly Deporting Biden’s Parole Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/04/biden-appointed-judge-blocks-trump-from-quickly-deporting-bidens-parole-migrants/
CENTER SQUARE
— DOJ scraps decree used by Democrats to keep Republicans out of the federal workforce
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_1de8bdce-8e86-4d1e-8297-bb3849644d07.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Federal appeals court upholds Arkansas ban on Critical Race Theory in the classroom. To teach CRT is promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/federal-appeals-court-upholds-arkansas-ban-on-critical-race-theory-in-the-classroom/
DAILY CALLER
— Pulling Kids Out Of DEI Lessons Just Got Easier. To teach DEI is promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/04/exclusive-pulling-kids-out-of-dei-lessons-just-got-easier/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats are protesting what they have been doing forever. Fox News host Sean Hannity calls out Democrats’ ‘big, meaningless political stunt’ in protesting gerrymandering on ‘Hannity.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376556781112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Flight of the Legislators
https://www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-fools/the-flight-of-the-legislators/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democratic Texas Rep. Harold V. Dutton Jr. speaks alongside other Texas democrats during a press conference at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union hall in Warrenville, Ill., August 4, 2025.)
NEWSMAX
— Pritzker Vows to Protect Texas Dems From Arrest
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/jb-pritzker-protect-texas-democrats/2025/08/04/id/1221258/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Economists sound alarm over Trump firing. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, the following did not come to my defense: a) the Association of Government Accountants; I had served on the Executive Committee of its Chicago Chapter for 13 years and b) the Illinois CPA Society; I had served on its membership committee for 8 years.
https://thehill.com/business/5435904-economists-sound-alarm-over-trump-firing/
NBC NEWS
— White House searches for a new BLS chief with ‘credibility’ and ‘experience.’ All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/white-house-search-new-bls-chief-credibility-experience-rcna222910
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/swing-district-republicans-object-texas-redistricting-plan-democrats-t-rcna222972
CBS NEWS
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrat-who-fled-texas-over-redistricting-says-were-willing-to-face-whatever-consequences/
CNN
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/04/politics/gerrymandering-supreme-court-texas
— Are/were you “little-known.” According to my critics/opponents, I have always been “little-known” notwithstanding my having been the subject of a 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/ That article made me very well-known to the Democrats who ran IRS and GAO. They used everything in that article against me that they could. They used the article mainly to paint me as being a grossly overpaid draft avoider. That helped them force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/04/politics/bls-commissioner-trump-firing-decision
REUTERS
— Tesla’s brand loyalty collapsed after Musk backed Trump
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/teslas-brand-loyalty-collapsed-after-musk-backed-trump-data-shows-2025-08-04/
MSN
— Top Trump Official Says Americans on Medicaid Should Replace Deported Farm Workers. I was never a farm worker, but I did do yard work, deliver newspapers, wash dishes, clean golf shoes, chip slag, pump gasoline, and deliver mail.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/top-trump-official-says-americans-on-medicaid-should-replace-deported-farm-workers/ar-AA1IczMz
CNBC
— President Donald Trump said Tuesday that JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, the two largest U.S. banks, previously rejected him as a customer, reviving claims that conservative clients were being unfairly denied accounts.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/05/trump-jpmorgan-chase-bank-of-america-rejected-bank-customer.html
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-files-victim-pam-bondi-2108809
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/us/hochul-new-york-texas-redistricting.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/us/politics/texas-redistricting.html
— Democrat leaders side with Erika McEntarfer against Trump. Republican leaders did not side with me against the Democrats who ran GAO.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/business/trump-bls-firing-economic-reports.html
— Are Democrat leaders moving their eggs from their Epstein basket to their McEntarfer basket?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/opinion/columnists/friedman-trump-labor-firing.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Inside Texas Democrats’ plan to seek refuge with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The potential 2028 presidential candidate has quietly talked with Lone Star State lawmakers for weeks, as he and other ambitious governors seek to ways to join their fight.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/05/illinois-pritzker-texas-democrats-redistricting/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders flood Republican town halls with booing Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/04/mike-flood-donald-trump-town-hall-nebraska/85518190007/
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/04/texas-redistricting-map-congress-trump-takeaways/85508969007/
— Trump praises Sydney Sweeney ad, but does he know American Eagle is super WOKE? Sydney Sweeney may be a registered Republican, but I have discovered that American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. is – and it pains me to write this – incredibly, unconscionably woke.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/08/05/trump-sydney-sweeney-tweet-american-eagle-ad/85512067007/
— Because GAO audits IRS, my having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, should have been enough for GAO to offer me a transfer at GS-13, currently $117,807/year in 1980. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, GAO offered me a transfer only at GS-9 Step 10 Level, currently $88,808/year, a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars To add insult to injury, GAO ignored/dismissed/belittled that most of what I did for IRS was similar to what I would do for GAO, that I had earned an MBA in 1976, that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2025/07/29/apply-for-job-experience-but-no-degree/85362393007/
WBUR
— According to Democrat leaders, it is not possible to rig jobs numbers. My Democrat superiors in the federal government falsely argued that they did not rigg their employment decisions against me. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have a) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors would not have a) never promoted me beyond GS-12 and disallowed my education deductions in 1978 and my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors would not have a) forced me to resign in 1969 and b) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/08/04/bureau-of-labor-statistics
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/texas-gerrymandering-house-seats-democrats-republicans-congress-f1514f89
BLOOMBERG
— American Eagle Jumps Most Since 2000 After Trump Praises Sydney Sweeney Ad
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/american-eagle-gains-meme-status-with-biggest-jump-since-2000?embedded-checkout=true
POLITICO
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/california-fires-back-at-texas-redistricting-00493314
PBS
— Democrat gerrymandering in Illinois is a leading example of gerrymandering.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/is-political-gerrymandering-illegal-6-things-to-know-as-texas-dispute-carries-on
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly deny that Trump was elected.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-trying-to-insulate-himself-from-the-will-of-the-public-texas-democrat-says
— My Democrat GAO superiors wasting my career, taking many big adverse actions against me, and forcing me to retire sent a very strong message to those who have the following demographics to not apply to work for GAO: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/firing-of-labor-statistics-head-undermines-trust-in-key-data-ex-trump-official-warns
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/tamara-keith-and-jasmine-wright-on-trumps-bls-firing-and-trust-in-institutions
PEOPLE
— Trump Pits ‘Woke’ Taylor Swift Against Sydney Sweeney
https://people.com/trump-pits-taylor-swift-against-sydney-sweeney-11784508
Tag: protestant
August 3, 2025 Evening Edition
How badly have Pritzker and Illinois Democrat legislators jerrymandered your congressional district? I should write about their 3rd Congressional District.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Texas Democrats fleeing to Illinois to block congressional maps; some to appear with Pritzker Sunday.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-house-democrats-plan-flee-state-try-stop-proposed-congressional-maps-appear-illinois-gov-jb-pritzker/17420791/
NBC5
— Texas Democrats head to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting. In an extraordinary move to counter Republican redistricting in Texas, dozens of Democrats in the state House are landing in Illinois to deny a quorum.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/texas-democrats-illinois-republicans-redistricting/3803982/
CBS2
— Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP’s redistricting plan.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/texas-democratic-legislators-flee-state-to-protest-gops-redistricting-plan/
FOX32
— Texas Democrats flee to Illinois in bid to block vote on redrawn House map backed by Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/texas-democrats-flee-illinois-bid-block-vote-redrawn-house-map-backed-trump
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/texas-house-democrats-flee-to-chicago-over-congressional-redistricting/
— Co-living buildings offer ‘attainable luxury’ for Chicago’s young professionals. Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 25 in 1974, when IRS promoted me to a $99,069/year in today’s dollars job in the Loop, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East Building and I walked to work and to graduate business courses at Loyola. In 1976, when my salary was $105,675/year in today’s dollars, I traded that studio condo in to the building’s developer for a one bedroom condo and I walked to graduate accounting courses at DePaul. I had bought a new town home in University Park in 1972. I lived in it full-time 1972-1974, part-time 1974-1976, and then I rented it out until I sold it in 1984.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/co-living-buildings-chicago-straits-row/
— Smithsonian denies White House pressure to remove President Donald Trump impeachment references. I filed Diersen v. GAO in 1998 (SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) knowing full-well that my chance getting a settlement, let alone winning, was bleak. Everything was stacked against me. But I filed anyway to get my facts and my arguments on the record.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/02/smithsonian-trump-impeachment/
— The emerging schism within the Democratic Party
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/opinion-democrats-schism-abundance-agenda/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Texas Democrat legislators flee to Illinois to block Trump-backed GOP redistricting plan. The walkout, which Texas Democrats called an “extraordinary and necessary step,” came a day after a House panel advanced a congressional map that would add five new Republican districts next year.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/03/texas-democrats-flee-to-illinois-to-block-trump-backed-gop-redistricting-plan
WGN RADIO
— The more of the following that you are, the more that you should anticipate/expect that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://wgnradio.com/the-alpha-wealth-hour/getting-through-blind-spots-in-your-retirement-plan/
WCIA
— BLS commissioner reacts to Trump firing. GAO works for Congress. I should write about how my Republican U.S. Senators and my Republican U.S. Representatives reacted to my Democrat GAO superiors a) forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delaying my promotions and never promoting me beyond GS-13, c) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) forcing me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/bls-commissioner-reacts-to-trump-firing/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Former Milton Township Supervisor John Monino Signed Illegal Traffic Enforcement Contract
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2025/08/former-milton-township-supervisor-signed-illegal-traffic-enforcement-contract/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The Washington Post’s ‘fact checker’ Glenn Kessler finally throws in the towel. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I increasingly worked as a fact checker. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22fact+checker%22+gao
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/3/washington-posts-fact-checker-glenn-kessler-finally-throws-towel/
— E-Verify, a choke point for stopping illegal immigrant employment in America. Big business and weak politicians are blocking the tool that protects U.S. jobs.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/3/e-verify-choke-point-stopping-illegal-immigrant-employment-america/
— Why the left’s education agenda leaves children illiterate. Time for a new path rooted in discipline, choice and phonics.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/3/lefts-education-agenda-leaves-chilldren-illiterate/
— Time for conservatives to kick antisemites out. Many, if not most of my Democrat Chicago office GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemites. They were furious when I volunteered to work for the office’s leading Jewish GS-15 (currently $163,749-$195,200/year) manager. She put them to shame. She had an MBA from the University of Chicago. She had passed the CPA examination on her first attempt. She was attractive. She was young. She was wealthy. She was demanding. She wanted all her employees to have a graduate degree in finance. I got her appointed to the IIT board of directors for its master’s degree program in financial markets and trading that I completed in 1997. Nevertheless, she played a big role in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/3/time-conservatives-kick-antisemites/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How Democratic presidential hopefuls are positioning themselves for 2028
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3489632/how-democratic-presidential-hopefuls-are-positioning-themselves-for-2028/
— The Trump economy is delivering for American workers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3488698/trump-economy-delivering-for-american-workers/
BREITBART
— Woke Gestapo Target ‘Registered Republican’ Sydney Sweeney for Thoughtcrime
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/08/03/nolte-woke-gestapo-target-registered-republican-sydney-sweeney-for-thoughtcrime/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Unless Faculties Are Rebalanced, Deals Struck With Universities Will Not Effectuate Long-Term Change. “I completely agree that getting the federal government involved in hiring decisions at universities is a bad idea, but it’s a less bad idea than what the current situation is…. [W]hat we’ve seen over the last 30 years is they’ve destroyed the system. They have spent 30 to 40 years only hiring their own.” The entire federal government needs to be rebalanced. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/unless-faculties-are-rebalanced-deals-struck-with-universities-will-not-effectuate-long-term-change/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— India indicates it will keep buying Russian oil despite Trump’s threats
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/world/article/india-indicates-it-will-keep-buying-russian-oil-20799376.php
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/us/politics/chinese-stay-flee-united-states-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/03/latino-republicans-immigration-trump-law-abiding-ice/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/03/afghanistan-immigrants-trump-deportations/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Unemployed Americans Endure Longer Job Searches in a Cooling Market
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/unemployed-americans-endure-longer-job-searches-in-a-cooling-market-4ab9fce3
NEWSBREAK
— Sydney Sweeney Is A Registered Republican. I have always been a Republican. I should write about how my critics/opponents have always used that against me. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government.
https://www.newsbreak.com/whiskey-riff-510620/4154235137037-sydney-sweeney-is-a-registered-republican-sparks-another-liberal-meltdown-on-heels-of-american-eagle-ad
GOOGLE AI
— Up-or-out Who do you know who has been harmed by up-or-out? I should write about why my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12 and why my Democrat GAO superiors delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22up-or-out%22
— Adverse actions Who do you know who has had adverse actions taken against them? I should write about why my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took adverse actions against me.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22adverse+actions%22
— Pay cut Who do you know who has taken a pay cut? I should write about why my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22pay+cut%22
— Pay- for-performance Who do you know who was under pay-for-performance (PFP)? I should write about why my Democrat GAO superiors always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22pay-for-performance%22
— Forced retirement Who do you know who was forced to retire early? I should write about why my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997
.https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Forced+retiement%22
— Career limiting Who do you know who has taken career limiting actions? Should write about the actions that I took and why my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors limited my career because of that.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22career+limiting%22
— Civil Service protections Who do you know who was not protected by Civil Service protections? I should write about why I was not protected by Civil Service protections.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22civil+service+protections%22
August 1, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville Halal Fest expects to bring about 20,000 attendees to Frontier Park this weekend
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/30/chicagoland-halal-fest-naperville-diversity/
— Democrat leaders promote Biden.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/31/joe-biden-national-bar-association/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders promote Biden.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/07/31/biden-trump-president-chicago-speech-national-bar-association-gala-immigrants
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to create good little Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/07/31/trump-deal-northwestern-univeristy-dei-antisemitism-funding-frozen
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics. How successful have Democrat leaders been doing that in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/31/zohran-mamdani-young-democrats-progressives-s-e-cupp
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Mexican Independence Day Festival to return to West Chicago after hiatus
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250731/festivals-and-fairs/mexican-independence-day-festival-to-return-to-west-chicago-after-hiatus/
— ‘Building bridges’: Naperville Halal Fest connects businesses with burgeoning market
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250731/business/building-bridges-halal-fest-connects-businesses-with-burgeoning-market/
ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Johnson implementing hiring freeze for city through end of 2025 amid budget crisis. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, the agency was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes because of Gingrich budget cuts. GAO is just a shell of what it once was.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-implementing-hiring-freeze-city-end-2025-amid-budget-crisis/17379048/
NBC5
— Giannoulias pushes for changes in how Illinois auto insurance rates are calculated. Of course, according to Democrat leaders, those who have demographics that vote for Democrats are paying too much for auto insurance. Those demographics are liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-married, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7f-CXhraao
— Illinois becomes first state to require mental health screenings for students. Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-becomes-first-state-to-require-mental-health-screenings-for-students/3802933/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/31/fiesta-del-sol-kicks-pilsen-organizers-say-they-plan-protect-attendees-ice-activity
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/31/living-and-working-in-america-the-new-reality-for-refugees-and-asylum-seekers
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote foreign students.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/07/30/student-visa-changes-creating-fear-chaos-among-people-hoping-to-study-in-america
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/government/2025/07/31/illinois-senators-call-for-release-of-the-epstein-files/85458840007/
NPR ILLINOIS
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to create good little Democrats.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2025-07-31/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-heightens-uncertainty-for-colleges-and-universities
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/protestors-rally-against-lahood/
— Democrat leaders shout at Democrats that Republicans discriminate against Democrats.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-how-americans-views-of-racial-discrimination-have-shifted-since-2021-according-to-ap-norc-polling/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Biden.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/08/01/biden-sounds-the-alarm-in-chicago-00488175
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois ranks in the top 5 worst or bottom 5 best in every metric. It’s time to change that.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-ranks-in-the-top-5-worst-or-bottom-5-best-in-every-metric-its-time-to-change-that-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
JOHN KASS
— The Faustian Bargain of Rock and Roll. Do drugs make musicians more creative?
https://johnkassnews.com/the-faustian-bargain-of-rock-and-roll/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— No more diversity statements: DOJ guidance draws line on ‘unlawful DEI’. Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/31/justice-department-releases-guidance-explaining-unlawful-dei/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The many problems with driver’s licenses for illegal aliens
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/the_many_problems_with_driver_s_licenses_for_illegal_aliens.html
BLAZE
— MAGA’s biggest threat isn’t Democrats — it’s internal sabotage
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/blaze-news-tonight/magas-biggest-threat-isnt-democrats-its-internal-sabotage
BREITBART
— Windmill Delusions and Nuclear Solutions: Trump’s Energy Agenda and How to Learn from Europe’s Mistakes
https://web.breitbart.com/videos/windmill-delusions-and-nuclear-solutions-trump-s-energy-agenda-and-how-to-learn-from-europe-s-mistakes
CAMPUS REFORM
— ICE offers $110k incentives to college recruits under Trump expansion
https://www.campusreform.org/article/ice-offers-110k-incentives-college-recruits-trump-expansion/28368
CENTER SQUARE
— Bill would require transparency of foreign influence in K-12 schools. There were no foreign influences on me while I attended grade school and high school.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f979ebde-3fc9-49b5-a30e-5efbd665c692.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left’s Hitler Derangement Syndrome
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/30/stop-dishonoring-my-murdered-relatives-by-comparing-trump-to-hitler/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— DHS Launches $600 Million Grant Program for State Detention Centers
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/07/31/dhs-600-million-dollar-grant-state-detention-centers
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani reveals in resurfaced video how one of his ‘greatest victories’ benefitted illegal immigrants. Zohran Mamdani has pledged to fight for illegal immigrants if he is elected mayor.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-reveals-resurfaced-video-how-greatest-victories-benefitted-illegal-immigrants
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is ‘in over his head’ running the city, Blagojevich lodges
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376416811112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Is Right to Point the Finger at Hamas for Gaza Woes
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/07/trump-is-right-to-point-finger-at-hamas-for-gaza-woes/
PJ MEDIA
— Leftist Squeamishness on Admitting the Crimes of Illegals and Jihadis
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/07/31/leftist-squeamishness-on-admitting-illegals-jihadis-crimes-n4942278
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Trump Gets Backlash Over RNC Chair Endorsement: An LGBT ‘Ally’ Who ‘Just Tried to Pass Amnesty’
https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-gets-backlash-rnc-chair-endorsement-lgbt-ally-just-tried-pass-amnesty/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— ICE says it has made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 as hiring ramps up
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/politics/article/ice-says-it-has-made-tentative-job-offers-to-more-20796627.php
MSN
— DEI rollbacks are having an impact on hiring practices. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/dei-rollbacks-are-having-an-impact-on-hiring-practices/ar-AA1JFRks
https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2025/07/31/dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-trump-hiring-jobs.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC ended my career in the automotive industry. Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted when I was 22 years old in 1971 because Oldsmobile agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Stores boss fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/andrea-lucas-equal-employment-opportunity-commission.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump brings back presidential physical fitness test canceled by Obama. By the time I got to eight grade, I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green colorblindness.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/31/trump-physical-fitness-test-returns/
USA TODAY
— To get more votes, Democrat and RINO candidates promise more government handouts.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/31/hawley-rebate-checks-trump-tariffs/85430292007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charities.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/07/30/trump-cuts-legal-services-rural-america/85340070007/
HEARTFORD COURANT
— Trump plans to revive the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren. By the time I got to eight grade, I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green colorblindness.
https://www.courant.com/2025/07/31/trump-presidential-fitness-test/
FAST COMPANY
— Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party exists to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91377373/trumps-ftc-spreading-lies-about-trans-people-kosa
HIGHER ED DRIVE
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to create good little Democrats.
https://www.highereddive.com/news/justice-department-threatens-federal-funding-colleges-dei-policies/756510/
BROOKINGS
— Democrat and RINO leaders use AI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/trumps-executive-orders-politicize-ai/
July 29, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2025/07/28/judge-blocks-trump-administrations-efforts-to-defund-planned-parenthood
— How dependent is your school district on federal spending?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/07/28/cps-cutting-crossing-guards-for-private-schools-amid-budget-crunch
DAILY HERALD
— The mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats and to reelect Democrats.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250728/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-a-shaky-beginning-another-survey-shows-shortcomings-in-rollout-of-media-liter/
WGN9
— Concerns mount over ICE raids at Fiesta Del Sol festival this weekend
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/concerns-mount-over-ice-raids-at-fiesta-del-sol-festival-this-weekend/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdapkUbQ_uE
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m2_c6ThWLQ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-efforts-defund-planned-parenthood
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for bad weather.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/28/environmental-advocates-rally-against-trump-s-plans-undermine-epa-s-ability-fight
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/28/were-not-shielding-anything-vance-says-of-epstein-files/
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/28/trump-wants-expedited-deposition-from-rupert-murdoch-in-wsj-epstein-suit/
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/28/trump-in-scotland-gives-more-details-about-his-falling-out-with-jeffrey-epstein/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/news/2025-07-28/the-big-beautiful-bill-could-impact-a-students-ability-to-attend-medical-school-first-listen
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-judge-blocks-trump-administrations-efforts-to-defund-planned-parenthood/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/president-trump-gives-details-about-his-falling-out-with-jeffrey-epstein/amp/
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Naperville’s annual India Day Parade and celebration canceled
https://www.nctv17.org/news/napervilles-annual-india-day-parade-and-celebration-canceled/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Don Tracy considers governor bid
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/29/don-tracy-considers-governor-bid-00480953
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 2026 INTRIGUE: A familiar Republican name is eyeing the 2026 governor’s race. Don Tracy, the former chair of the Illinois Republican Party, confirmed to Lee Enterprises’ Brenden Moore that he is actively considering a bid for the state’s top job. “I’m taking a hard look at it,” Tracy told Moore, noting he’s been “making some calls” and that “several people” have urged him to throw his hat into the ring. The potential candidacy comes at a time when the Illinois GOP is in a prolonged wilderness stretch, failing to win a statewide race in nearly a decade. Tracy may be the Republican to change that. He’s a Springfield attorney and businessman with ties to the party’s donor class. And though he stepped down as chair last year, Tracy’s name still carries weight in Republican circles. It wouldn’t be easy. Incumbent Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, a billionaire with virtually unlimited resources and a finely tuned political operation, announced in June that he will seek a third term. The governor has already signaled an aggressive campaign that focuses on attacking extremism. . .State Sen. Sue Rezin, who serves as deputy Republican leader, is returning to the trail. “After a lot of thought and discussions, I have decided to run for reelection to protect taxpayers’ pocketbooks, strengthen public safety and keep and grow good-paying jobs right here at home in the 38th Senate District,” she said in a statement. Rezin has been serving in the General Assembly since 2010.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump is tapping members of the LGBT community for top spots in his administration — despite Dem hysteria. Republican leaders who promote LGBTQ have always had their operatives and their dupes work extremely hard against me. I should write about them.
https://www.aol.com/trump-tapping-members-lgbt-community-131636146.html
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— DOJ Files Complaint Against Judge in Controversial Deportation Case
https://amgreatness.com/2025/07/29/morning-greatness-doj-files-complaint-against-judge-in-controversial-deportation-case/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Not Cutting or Unwinding, Trump is Refocusing Medicaid
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/not_cutting_or_unwinding_trump_is_refocusing_medicaid.html
— Will new DOGE AI break Deep State power? The Deep State is a budget-busting, bureaucratic tyranny, crushing capitalist meritocracy and social values. It is a self-directed, out-of-control monster that fights MAGA tooth and claw.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/will_new_doge_ai_break_deep_state_power.html
— Lindsey Graham: The Deep State RINO saboteur of the America first agenda
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/lindsey_graham_the_deep_state_rino_saboteur_of_the_america_first_agenda.html
BREITBART
— CBS Lost $160 Million on Colbert’s Show; ‘It Was Basically Left-Wing Affirmative Action’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/28/nolte-cbs-lost-160-million-on-colberts-show-it-was-basically-left-wing-affirmative-action/
DAILY CALLER
— Biden Admin Went On Trillion-Dollar Spending Spree Embedding DEI Across Gov’t
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-admin-went-on-trillion-dollar-spending-spree-embedding-dei-across-gov-t-study-says/ar-AA1ACrEq
FOX NEWS
— Civil rights organization declares ‘state of national emergency,’ citing attacks on DEI. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/civil-rights-organization-declares-state-of-national-emergency-citing-attacks-on-dei/ar-AA1JiMnn
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5424700-vance-trump-epstein-files/
— Trump is trying to help GOP avoid messy primary fights. I should write messy GOP primary fights and non-partisan elections. I would focus on those ion ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on those Republican candidates who blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS the most for their defeats.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5421237-trump-influence-republican-primaries/
CNN
— The mainstream news media is nothing more than an arm of the Democrat Party.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/29/politics/trump-scotland-trip-russia-gaza-analysis
— My critics/opponents were always overjoyed when judges and justices ruled against me. I should write about all the lawsuits that I filed. I would focus on the defendants, the charges that I made, and the evidence that I submitted.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/28/politics/boasberg-misconduct-complaint
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yHaS72B8qI
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-murdoch-wall-street-journal-lawsuit-deposition-3d9dbabe52a5d54e0ab7bf57265a39f4
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-turned-down-invitation-epsteins-island-2025-07-28/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAbJergfofo
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-says-his-name-may-have-been-planted-in-jeffrey-epstein-files/ar-AA1JrEj0
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-07-28/trumps-higher-education-crackdown-visa-revocations-dei-bans-lawsuits-and-funding-cuts
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-files-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/arts/television/jimmy-fallon-trump-epstein.html
— Federal employees can display religious items at work, pray in groups while not on duty and encourage co-workers to adopt their faith, according to guidance released Monday by the Office of Personnel Management, which manages the federal civilian workforce. All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, extremely few of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Protestants. Overwhelmingly, they were Catholic or Jewish. None that I know of were Missouri Synod Lutherans like me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/28/federal-workers-religious-expression/
— What percent of those who get food stamps are illegals?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/nyregion/states-sue-trump-administration-over-food-stamp-data.html
— A Clash Over a Promotion Puts Hegseth at Odds With His Generals. My Democrat GAO superiors were beyond furious when a GAO manager promoted me to GS-13, currently $117,807/year, when I was 38 years old in 1986. They forced him to retire in 1987. He had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and he had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS in 1986.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/us/politics/hegseth-pentagon-leadership.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/28/trump-presidency-news-scotland-starmer/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/28/epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-appeal-supreme-court/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/27/ice-student-deportations-trump-school-communities/84190533007/
— Trump administration is telling immigrants ‘Carry your papers.’
https://www.aol.com/trump-administration-telling-immigrants-carry-232510448.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/27/trump-epstein-maxwell-pardon-maga-conspiracy/85360971007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/29/trump-pardon-ghislaine-maxwell-overturn-conviction/85409253007/
— I should write about what my Democrat superiors in the federal government did to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/07/22/employee-engagement-workplace-strategies/85273165007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/23/masked-ice-agents-dox-safety/85315776007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/27/ice-student-deportations-trump-school-communities/84190533007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Anti-DEI Push Is Unraveling College Scholarships. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not getting any scholarships. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-trump-s-anti-dei-push-is-unraveling-college-scholarships/ar-AA1I1HlT
— My critics/opponents have always been furious that my wife and I have always saved as much as we could for our retirement.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/401k-withdrawal-emergency-savings-25926369
AMERICA PROGRESS
— My Democrat GAO superiors assigned me to supervise all the disabled employees who they hired.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-war-on-disability/
NPR
— Illegals fight the Trump administration’s new no-bail policy
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/28/g-s1-79972/immigrants-in-the-us-illegally-fight-the-trump-administrations-new-no-bail-policy
SIMPLY PSYCHOLOGY
— A meritocratic society allows those from lower socioeconomic status to aspire to a higher social class, status, and place in the hierarchy. Meritocracy enabled me to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license even though a) neither of my parents attended college, b) my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d)my mother never attended high school, and e) I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents vehemently disagree. According to them, I was able to accomplish the aforesaid because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who share their demographics: liberal, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus those whose parents had lots of money.
https://www.simplypsychology.org/meritocracy.html
POLITICO
— My critics/opponents were always overjoyed when judges and justices ruled against me. I should write about all the lawsuits that I filed. I would focus on the defendants, the charges that I made, and the evidence that I submitted.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/28/james-boasberg-justice-department-complaint-00480938
PBS
— Republicans and independents have warmed on Supreme Court since 2022 abortion ruling
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/republicans-and-independents-have-warmed-on-supreme-court-since-2022-abortion-ruling-poll-says
DEMOCRAT STRATEGIST
— Political Strategy for a Permanent Democratic Majority. To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrats ever-increasingly stereotype them as being marginalized oppressed victims of Republicans: minority, female, younger, veteran, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://thedemocraticstrategist.org/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/2025/07/29/what-doj-letters-uva-say-about-trump-attack-higher-ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/07/29/they-attack-because-higher-ed-strong-not-weak-opinion
NATURE
— To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly stereotype them as being marginalized oppressed victims of Republicans: minority, female, younger, veteran, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00287-6
AUTO GUIDE
— Chevy Gets Serious About An Electric Corvette With New C10 Concept
https://www.autoguide.com/auto/manufacturers/chevrolet/chevy-gets-serious-about-an-electric-corvette-with-new-c10-concept-44623108
GOOGLE AI
— Career limiting. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, what did you do or did not do that limited your career? I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying. I avoided the Vietnam War draft. I delayed majoring in accounting. I did not become a Democrat. I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22career+limiting%22
July 28, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— About your complaints on Trumpian gerrymandering, Gov. Pritzker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/28/gerrymandering-illinois-political-maps-redistricting/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/27/homeless-executive-order-forced-hospitalization-donald-trump-chicago
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more mass/illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/john-slocum
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are racists and that if you are a Republican, your ancestors were Republican, and that the longer that they have been in America, the more that you have benefitted from their racism. What were your ancestors doing in 1919? On my father’s side, they were operating Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they were operating a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/violet-miller
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-its-a-year-of-rapid-change-except-when-it-comes-to-trumps-approval-numbers-ap-norc-polling-finds/
— Democrat leaders decry Trump’s vacations. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government decried the vacations that I earned and took. I earned 13 vacation days per year during my first 3 years, then 20 per year during my next 15 years, and then 26 per year during the rest of the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-trump-once-decried-the-idea-of-presidential-vacations-his-scotland-trip-is-built-around-golf/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— See the articles below concerning Trump making Matthew Lohmeier an Air Force Under Secretary. Like Lohmeie, I fought Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI in the federal government. Since the 1960s, the Democrats who run the federal government have used AA and DEI to make the federal government a hostile work environment for Republicans, to waste the careers of Republicans, and to get rid of Republicans. If Republican Presidents, U.S. Senators, and U.S. Representatives had stopped AA and DEI in the federal government, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Further, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have been able to a) never promote me beyond GS-12, b) disallow my education deductions, and c) disallow my travel vouchers. Further, my Democrat Post Office superiors would not have been able to a) force me to resign and b) disallow my sick leave requests.
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s deportation machine advances despite court hurdles
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3482843/trump-deportation-machine-advances-despite-court-hurdles/
NEW YORK POST
— Anti-DEI ex-Space Force officer Matthew Lohmeier confirmed as Air Force Under Secretary
https://nypost.com/video/anti-dei-ex-space-force-officer-matthew-lohmeier-confirmed-as-air-force-under-secretary/
— Dems are finally speaking up on Mamdani’s sickening embrace of antisemitism — but New York’s leaders remain silent
https://nypost.com/2025/07/26/opinion/dems-are-finally-speaking-up-on-mamdanis-antisemitism-while-new-yorks-leaders-remain-silent/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Graveyard of Progressive Misadventures. Progressive overreach alienated the middle class, replacing working-class roots with elite dogmas—and now the Democrats are reaping the whirlwind they sowed.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/07/28/the-graveyard-of-progressive-misadventures/
BLAZE
— How coveting empowers wokeness, socialism, and cancel culture. Envy is the animating force of all conflict. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were filled with envy. They were envious of the new cars and real estate that I bought. They were envious of the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I earned. They were envious of my wife’s income. According to them, I did not disserve what I had a) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft and b) my wife and I gave up trying to have children.
https://www.theblaze.com/align/how-one-ancient-sin-empowers-wokeness-socialism-and-cancel-culture
BREITBART
— Amnesty for illegals Is treason. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/27/kentucky-gop-senate-candidate-nate-morris-declares-amnesty-for-illegals-is-treason/
— During the last 4 years under Biden, not one Democrat asked for Epstein files.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/27/mullin-last-four-years-under-biden-not-one-dem-asked-for-epstein-files/
DAILY CALLER
— Jay Leno Blasts Late Night Hosts For Partisan Jokes That Alienate Viewers
https://www.aol.com/jay-leno-blasts-night-hosts-154633386.html
FEDERALIST
— Senate Confirms Matthew Lohmeier As Next Under Secretary Of The Air Force
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/24/senate-confirms-matthew-lohmeier-as-next-under-secretary-of-the-air-force/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A former fighter pilot for the Air Force and later the Space Force, Lohmeier was removed from service under the Biden administration in May 2021 after espousing concerns about the military’s embrace of Marxist ideology. The lieutenant colonel specifically criticized the force’s obsession with DEI racism and critical race theory.)
FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary cities ‘make it safe’ for criminal migrants to roam our neighborhoods.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376208068112
— Chicago-based group hosted a summer camp for anti-Trumpers
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376215116112
— Dems’ goal isn’t to make us safer, it’s to create chaos so they can maintain power
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6376211923112
— America’s skies are wide open to national security threats drone expert warns
https://www.foxnews.com/us/americas-skies-wide-open-national-security-threats-drone-expert-warns?lid=yb8lbgt38x7i
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Massive Upgrade to DoD: Matthew Lohmeier Confirmed as Under Secretary of the Air Force. Former Air/Space Force Lieutenant Colonel F-15 pilot becomes #2 person in the Air Force, and Legal Insurrection couldn’t be happier.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/massive-upgrade-to-dod-matthew-lohmeier-confirmed-as-under-secretary-of-the-air-force/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The former Space Force Lieutenant Colonel squadron commander who was fired, forced to resign without a pension just before his retirement date, and subjected to a Pentagon Inspector General investigation after publishing his bestselling book, Irresistible Revolution: Marxism’s Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military, which tore the lid off the military’s obsession with DEI and racist and radical “woke” ideologies.)
NEWSMAX
— Blagojevich to Newsmax: ‘Lunatics’ Have Taken Over Democrats’ ‘Asylum’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rod-blagojevich-democrats-left-wing/2025/07/27/id/1220259/
TOWNHALL
— Lohmeier, Fired by Biden for Exposing Pentagon DEI, Confirmed by Senate As Air Force Under Secretary.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/27/lohmeier-fired-by-biden-for-exposing-pentagon-dei-confirmed-by-senate-as-air-force-under-secretary-n2660921
— Media Ignore Trump Successes to Focus on Epstein
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2025/07/28/media-ignore-trump-successes-to-focus-on-epstein-n2661017
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Virtually all, if not all, GAO employees are Democrats. GAO falsely claims to be non-partisan. I should write a book about that. I would use how the Democrats who run GAO treated me as an example. If I had been a Democrat, they would not have forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They would not have kept me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They would not have delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They would not have always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They would not have forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have wasted what I learned working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. They would not have wasted what I learned earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. They would not have wasted what I learned earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. They would not have wasted what I learned to become a licensed CPA.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-administration-violated-law-in-delaying-us-head-start-education-funding-gao-report-finds/ar-AA1JahXB
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://apnews.com/article/harvard-trump-college-governance-dei-635834c9e09e4361f319257ab9fa3724
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Islam.
https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/muslim-leaders-increase-security-after-vandalism-20787509.php
AOL
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly use AI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/trump-signs-executive-order-targeting-004445924.html
MSN
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, when Whites, males, older people, Protestants, and German Americans do better than minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, and non-German Americans, it is because they benefit from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, and non-German Americans. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use the aforesaid argument to give more and more and more preference to minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, and non-German Americans. America’s enemies do not want America to be led by Whites, males, older people, Protestants, or German Americans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/equity-is-not-a-handout-it-s-a-head-start-why-fairness-requires-more-than-equality/ar-AA1J7LtR
CBS LOS ANGELES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/jewel-thais-williams-lgbtq-trailblazer-remembered-at-beloved-west-hollywood-venue-catch-one/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/opinion/mamdani-race-college-admissions.html
— Gas Stations Are Adding E.V. Chargers and Reasons to Wait Around
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/business/gas-station-expansion-evs.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/27/justice-epstein-memo-bondi-blanche-patel-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/27/scotland-donald-trump-protests-golf/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— We Won’t Miss Government Media. At NPR and PBS, bias has long been the biggest problem. Let 1,000 podcasts bloom.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/we-wont-miss-government-media-ce321e65
— Antisemitism Moves Into the Political Mainstream. It used to be taboo to say you hated the Jews and wanted to wipe Israel off the map. Not anymore.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/antisemitism-moves-into-the-political-mainstream-13763ea8
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly unite those who are liberal, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time against those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2025/07/27/allyship-is-leadership-why-people-with-power-are-an-untapped-resource/
RAMIREZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more poverty and crime.
https://ramirez.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-ramirez-slams-trumps-efforts-criminalize-neighbors-impacted
DAILY BEAST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Joe Walsh.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-republican-congressman-joe-walsh-unpacks-brutality-behind-south-parks-trump-burn/
GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders use billboards to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/27/medicaid-cuts-billboards-democrats
July 23, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protest-calls-cook-county-illinois-shut-down-broadview-ice-facility-alleging-inhumane-conditions/17250357/
— Secret Service one of few federal agencies currently hiring; Chicago field office talks recruitment. One of my best friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent during the 1970s.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/secret-service-few-federal-agencies-hiring-look-changes-president-donald-trump-assassination-attempt/17251198/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/gov-pritzker-discusses-trump-administration-immigration-policies/3795459/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1678881
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Ever-increasingly, everyone in health care in America is more and more and more of the following: citizens for foreign countries, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/23/federal-student-loans-limits-medical-students/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: To advance those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace objective criteria with subjective criteria.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/15/district-204-piloting-weighted-grading/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/07/22/a-family-came-to-chicago-seeking-asylum-he-was-deported-now-she-wants-to-leave
https://chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/chicago-immigration-resource-guide
SHAW LOCAL
— Feds weigh in on lawsuit challenging how Illinois maintains voter registration rolls. Suit alleges Illinois fails to properly maintain registration lists.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/07/23/feds-weigh-in-on-lawsuit-challenging-how-illinois-maintains-voter-registration-rolls/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Democrat leaders use NPR to destroy Republicans.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/npr-illinois-weighs-future-amid-federal-funding-20775396.php
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump. I should write the following who have done the most to promote hatred against me: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, f) those who I have sued and their attorneys, and g) my Democrat superiors in the federal government.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-favorability-has-fallen-among-aapi-adults-since-last-year-aapi-data-ap-norc-poll-finds/
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/07/22/illinois-head-start-providers-confused-after-trump-administration-guidance/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/23/epsteins-shadow-reaches-illinois-00469094
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-557/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-350/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Gov.-run grocery stores are a political arrogance that robs taxpayers
https://wirepoints.org/gov-run-grocery-stores-are-a-political-arrogance-that-robs-taxpayers-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
— A wake-up call for NYC from the Windy City
https://wirepoints.org/a-wake-up-call-for-nyc-from-the-windy-city-wirepoints-on-the-chicago-way-with-john-kass/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you are White and/or male, the less education and/or less money that your parents have and/or had, the more that Affirmative Action and DEI harm you. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. All my potential employers and all my employers were always under tremendous pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote young minorities and young females. Virtually my coworkers who they promoted over me were minorities and/or females who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump slashes 25% of IRS workforce with buyouts, firings of nearly 26,000 agency staff
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/22/trump-slashed-25-irs-workforce/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Fake deportation stories replace fake hate crimes for Democrats
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3478664/fake-deportation-stories-ice-raids-replace-fake-hate-crimes-for-democrats/
NEW YORK POST
— GOP Sen. Jim Banks introduces bill banning wokeness, ‘divisive narratives’ at Smithsonian museums: ‘Stop letting activists rewrite our past’
https://nypost.com/2025/07/22/us-news/new-bill-would-ban-wokeness-at-smithsonian-museums/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Polls, Propaganda, and the Truth About Trump’s Deportation Agenda
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/07/polls_propaganda_and_the_truth_about_trump_s_deportation_agenda.html
BLAZE
— 5 things Trump must do to fulfill his mass deportation mandate
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/5-things-trump-must-do-to-fulfill-his-mass-deportation-mandate
BREITBART
— Americans Firmly Oppose Amnesty for Illegal Aliens, Back Trump’s Deportation Agenda
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/22/exclusive-poll-americans-firmly-oppose-amnesty-for-illegals-back-deportations/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Here’s How Much Taxpayer Cash the Groups Now Suing Trump Received Under Biden
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/22/ngos-suing-block-trump-reforms-received-1-7b-taxpayer-cash-under-biden/
— Lawsuit Over California School’s Race-Based Scholarships Could Deal Massive Blow to DEI. From what I see, virtually all those who get scholarships are minority and/or female.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/22/lawsuit-over-california-schools-race-based-scholarships-could-deal-massive-blow-dei/
DAILY WIRE
— Soros-Tied Groups Back Republican Bill To Give Amnesty To Millions Of Illegal Aliens. Groups with ties to the Democrat billionaire are cheering on Rep. Salazar’s legislation as they bash the Trump admin’s policies.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/soros-tied-groups-back-republican-bill-to-give-amnesty-to-millions-of-illegal-aliens
FEDERALIST
— The Federal Government Must Prosecute Activists Who Harbor Illegal Immigrants In Cities Like L.A.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/22/the-federal-government-must-prosecute-activists-who-harbor-illegal-immigrants-in-cities-like-l-a/
FOX NEWS
— Trump’s immigration enforcement push results in skyrocketing arrests of criminal illegal aliens
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trumps-immigration-enforcement-push-results-skyrocketing-arrests-criminal-illegal-aliens
— Red state universities admit to rebranding DEI efforts to skirt Trump orders
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375988851112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— ‘Who Will Pick Our Cotton?’: Cory Booker Slammed for Video Promising to Protect Illegal Aliens
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/07/who-will-pick-our-cotton-cory-booker-slammed-for-video-promising-to-protect-illegal-aliens/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Hunter Biden Lashes Out at Democratic Party Elite for Turning on His Father
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/hunter-biden-lashes-out-at-democratic-party-elite-for-turning-on-his-father/
NEW AMERICAN
— Illegals Staging “Kidnapping,” Deportation Hoaxes to Get Sympathy, Money
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/illegals-staging-kidnapping-deportation-hoaxes-to-get-sympathy-money/
NEWSMAX
— Flag Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-nps-history/2025/07/22/id/1219683/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Such content includes signs about how climate change contributes to rising sea levels at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina, exhibits on slavery at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, and language on the imprisonment of Native Americans at Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in St. Augustine, Florida.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HIIL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5414628-democrats-hardball-epstein-files/
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5414632-trump-epstein-controversy/
CNN
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that markets are booming under Trump
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/investing/us-stock-market
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/politics/trump-epstein-maxwell-justice-department-analysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_8p7ffNRDA
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-latest-bid-to-end-epstein-storm-weaponizing-the-federal-government/ar-AA1J6IAd
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-epstein-files-conspiracy-controversy-defense-arguments-maga-rcna220009
NBC NEWS
— What percent become citizens of America for bad reasons?
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/calls-strip-zohran-mamdanis-citizenship-trump-denaturalization-power-rcna216653
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Republicans seek to undermine GAO. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able a) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) to delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) to keep me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Because I was one of GAO’s few remaining Republican employees, my Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich GAO budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/us/politics/trump-spending-government-accountability-office.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opinion/migration-deportation-sudan-trump.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/arts/television/late-night-trump-epstein.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration pauses student loan forgiveness. I did not get a student loan. If you also did not get a student loan, what if you had gotten one? If I had gotten a student loan, I would have gotten better paying jobs because my GPA would have been higher. I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying. Nevertheless, a) I graduated debt-free from NIU when I was 21 years old in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE and b) I earned enough money to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, pay for graduate evening business courses 1972-1976, buy a new town home University Park in 1972, buy condos in downtown Chicago in 1974 and 1976, pay for graduate evening accounting courses 1976-1980, get married and buy a home in Wheaton with my wife in 1978, etc.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/07/22/trump-administration-student-loan-forgiveness-pause-ibr-plan/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/23/where-are-the-docs-trump-attempts-to-wriggle-out-of-epstein-disclosures/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/07/21/trump-epstein-files-release-maga/85248117007/
BLOOMBERG
— If you are White and/or male, the less education and/or less money that your parents have and/or had, the more that Affirmative Action and DEI harm you. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. All my potential employers and all my employers were always under tremendous pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote young minorities and young females. Virtually my coworkers who they promoted over me were minorities and/or females who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-23/andreessen-is-wrong-about-dei-and-the-working-class
NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198247/trump-epstein-fiasco-ron-wyden
POLITICO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/07/23/house-democrats-jeffrey-epstein-trump-politics-00469042
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/22/democrats-epstein-attack-plans-00468534
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/22/trump-epstein-urges-doj-obama-00467514
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/22/congress/house-gop-huddles-on-epstein-drama-00466738
PBS
— Hunter Biden lashes out at George Clooney, other Democratic ‘elites,’ over Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/hunter-biden-lashes-out-at-george-clooney-other-democratic-elites-over-joe-bidens-2024-campaign
NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put all their eggs in their Epstein basket.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/23/nx-s1-5476530/president-trump-deflects-questions-about-epstein-probe-with-accusations-about-obama
WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/07/23/atug-j23.html
July 18, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Trump administration hands over Medicaid data to ICE. What percent of illegals are on Medicaid?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/17/afternoon-briefing-trump-administration-hands-over-medicaid-data-to-ice/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/17/chicago-set-as-flagship-city-for-good-trouble-protests-planned-across-the-country-thursday-against-trump/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/17/cicero-resident-stopped-unmarked-agents/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/18/chicago-history-july-18/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/18/opinion-immigrant-rights-chicago-poll/
— Democracy thrives on competition. Run for office. The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINOs leaders discourage you from running: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/18/opinion-elections-candidates-democracy-illinois-gop/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/live/chicago-good-trouble-protest-john-lewis-trump
— City Council members pushing to legalize video gambling — at Chicago airports or even citywide. I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton. Subsequently, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/07/17/city-council-legalize-video-gambling-chicago-airports-citywide
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/17/jeffrey-epstein-list-maga-pam-bondi-s-e-cupp
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250717/news/good-trouble-lives-on-rally-draws-hundreds-in-elgin/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Argonne and Fermi may dodge DOGE budget cuts. GAO’s Chicago office was not able to dodge Gingrich’s GAO budget cuts. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Previously, they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. The forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/technology/argonne-fermilab-may-avoid-budget-cuts-energy-chief-says
ABC7
— Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE. What percent of illegals are on Medicaid?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-gain-access-medicaid-recipients-personal-data-agreement-department-homeland-security-trump-admin/17165162/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPYWw45Zxzo
NBC5
— WSJ says Trump sent Epstein a ‘bawdy’ 50th birthday letter. Trump to sue.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-sent-jeffrey-epstein-bawdy-50th-birthday-letter-wsj/3792338/
— Democrat leaders have always used PBS and NPR to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pbs-npr-fundings-cuts-now-head-to-trumps-desk-how-will-public-radio-tv-in-illinois-be-impacted/3792533/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/lgbtq-crisis-support-hotline-shutdown/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-good-trouble-protests-trump-rally
— What kind of “help” do you need/want/demand from the federal government? The biggest “help” that I needed, but that I did not get, was protection against political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/americans-trump-policies-helped-them-poll
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lgbtq-youth-support-option-ends-on-national-crisis-line-after-trump-administration-cuts
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/17/illinois-will-continue-providing-lgbtq-youth-support-988-suicide-prevention-hotline-amid
— Number of Unhoused Chicagoans Dropped 60% But Remains at All-Time High. The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/17/number-unhoused-chicagoans-dropped-60-remains-all-time-high-survey-found
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders use public media to promote more hated against Republicans
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2025/07/17/the-rundown-illinois-public-media-stations-brace-for-cuts
https://www.wbez.org/nation-world/2025/07/17/public-media-senate-cuts-npr-pbs
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER & MORRIS HERALD NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests.
https://www.sj-r.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2025/07/17/good-trouble-lives-on-rally-at-the-illinois-capitol-see-photos/85266878007/
https://www.shawlocal.com/morris-herald-news/2025/07/17/people-gather-in-morris-to-make-good-trouble-by-protesting-trump-administration-policies/
SOUTHERN
— Musk floods X with posts attacking Trump over Epstein
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/17/its-a-cover-up-musk-floods-x-with-posts-attacking-trump-over-epstein/
STATELINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-maintains-lgbtq-youth-support-on-988-hotline-amid-federal-cuts/
WMBD
— Number of Illinois jobs reach record high in June. What percent of the jobs in Illinois are bad jobs, that is, what percent are the jobs that my critics/opponents would never stoop to take?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/number-illinois-jobs-reach-record-212616651.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-347/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Zohran Mamdani blowing away the competition in Democrats’ free-for-all. How many Democrats in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct would vote for Mamdani?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/17/zohran-mamdani-blowing-away-competition-democrats-free/
— Trump orders release of grand jury transcripts from Epstein case
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/17/trump-orders-release-epstein-grand-jury-transcripts/
— Trump says salacious Epstein letter attributed to him is ‘fake,’ and plans lawsuit against WSJ
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/17/trump-epstein-letter-wall-street-journal-attributed-fake-plans/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump creates new classification of non-career federal government worker. My Democrat superiors in the federal government put advancing the Democrat Party platform above all else, that is, they put wasting the careers of and getting rid of their Republican employees above all else. They certainly wasted my career and got rid of me. I should write about that.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3475158/trump-new-classification-non-career-federal-government-worker/
— The true cost of today’s ‘free’ public education
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3469115/the-true-cost-of-todays-free-public-education/
NEW YORK POST
— Bondi, Burgum tour Alcatraz as Trump wants to ‘renovate and reopen’ notorious island prison
https://nypost.com/2025/07/17/us-news/bondi-and-burgum-tour-alcatraz-as-trump-seeks-to-renovate-and-reopen-notorious-island-prison/
BREITBART
— Chicago Medical Center ‘Pauses’ Transgender Treatment for Minors After Trump’s Executive Order
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2025/07/17/chicago-medical-center-pauses-transgender-treatment-for-minors-after-trumps-executive-order/
— Trump’s Deputies Use Medicaid Data to Help ICE Find Migrants. How many illegals are on Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/07/17/trumps-deputies-use-medicaid-data-to-help-ice-find-migrants/
DAILY CALLER
— Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee is introducing a bill Thursday to codify President Donald Trump’s executive order to restore equal opportunity and meritocracy in the workplace. Lee’s Restoring Equal Opportunity Act seeks to remove “disparate impact” on minorities in civil rights law, putting equality of opportunity rather than equality of outcome. According to my critics/opponents, when those who have demographics that vote for Republicans do better than those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, it because Republicans discriminate against Democrats. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/17/mike-lee-disparate-impact-workplace-trump-executive-order/
— Liberal Groups Aim To Make Immigration Courts Safe Haven For Illegals
https://ijr.com/liberal-groups-aim-to-make-immigration-courts-safe-haven-for-illegals/
DAILY WIRE
— Republicans Just Launched An Open Revolt Against Trump’s Deportation Operation. Yes, we have multiple prominent Republicans declaring that illegal aliens are not, in fact, criminals.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-just-launched-an-open-revolt-against-trumps-deportation-operation
— Annoying Libs Just Don’t Learn: The Biggest Ways Dems Have Fallen Right Back Into Wokeness. Liberals are doubling down on all of the things that sent them to the woodshed on November 5, 2024.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/annoying-libs-just-dont-learn-the-biggest-ways-dems-have-fallen-right-back-into-wokeness
WESTERN JOURNAL
— White House Lining Up Replacement for RINO Senator Who Keeps Opposing Trump Bills. I should write about leaders of the following who have done the most to defeat conservative candidates, that is, who have done the most to defeat Republican candidates: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.
https://www.westernjournal.com/white-house-lining-replacement-rino-senator-keeps-opposing-trump-bills/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— House passes Trump’s $9 billion DOGE cuts package. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need do DOGE.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/18/politics/house-trump-doge-cuts-bill
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/18/politics/video/988-lgbtq-youth-crisis-lifeline-vrtc
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump fires Maurene Comey. My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire. I should write about that.
https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/national-news/ap-us-news/ap-fear-is-the-tool-of-a-tyrant-fired-federal-prosecutor-maurene-comey-tells-colleagues/
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/immigrant-father-us-30-years-challenging-warrantless-ice-arrests-rcna219277
— Congress to hand Trump billions to recruit more ICE agents
https://www.aol.com/congress-set-hand-trump-billions-211624975.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Congress Agrees to Claw Back Foreign Aid and Public Broadcast Funds
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/us/politics/senate-vote-trump-bill-pbs-npr-foreign-aid.html
— How diverse is your precinct? My DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton is extremely diverse in terms of household income, housing values, and household net worth.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/25/nyregion/nyc-mayor-election-results-map-mamdani-cuomo.html
— Not that I could have gotten a student loan, but my working my way through college instead of getting a student loan enabled me to a) graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE, b) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, c) pay for graduate business and accounting courses 1972-1980, d) buy a new town home University Park in 1972, d) buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, e) buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976, f) get married in 1978, f) buy a home in Wheaton with my wife in 1978, g) etc.
https://www.nytiges.com/2025/07/15/your-money/student-loans/student-loan-repayment-plans.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07/17/good-trouble-protests-john-lewis-trump/
— Trump tells Justice to seek release of Epstein grand jury testimony. White House tries to calm political furor over the Epstein case as Trump threatens to sue Wall Street Journal over new allegation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/17/trump-epstein-grand-jury-testimony/
— White House defends handling of Epstein files, chides press for coverage
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/17/trump-presidency-news/
— White House shares diagnosis in rare acknowledgment of Trump’s age. Trump has chronic venous insufficiency, White House physician says, a diagnosis common in people over 70. How old are you? I am 76. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used my age against me the most.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/17/trump-health-chronic-venous-insufficiency/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/07/18/antisemitism-task-force-dei-universities-trump/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— WSJ says Trump sent lewd birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein; president vows to sue
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-17/trump-denies-sending-epstein-lewd-message-drawing
— ICE is gaining access to trove of Medicaid records. How many illegals are on Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-17/ice-getting-access-to-medicaid-records-sparks-new-fears-across-california
BOSTON GLOBE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/17/metro/black-america-in-state-of-emergency-report-says/
USA TODAY
— PBS, NPR push liberal propaganda. Trump is right to cut their funding.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/18/trump-npr-pbs-defunded-budget-cuts/85255733007/
— Trump is right to shrink our government. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need do DOGE.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/17/trump-federal-government-layoffs-state-department-education/85245671007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2025/07/17/good-trouble-protests-july-17-trump-live/85207089007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/16/trump-no-bond-policy-immigration-detainees-ice/85207175007/
SLATE
— College Isn’t for Everyone. Let’s Stop Pretending It Is. When you were in high school, were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. Nevertheless, I took college preparatory courses. I got an ACT score of 24. I graduated in the upper 20% of my class. I got accepted by UIC. My father often decried his not having a college degree.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/03/college-isnt-for-everyone-lets-stop-pretending-it-is.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump. Thumps says it is fake.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-letter-we-have-certain-things-in-common-f918d796
— Of the 50 elements deemed critical to the American economy and national security by the U.S. Geological Survey, the United States is 100% dependent on foreign suppliers for 12 of them and is more than 50% reliant on non-domestic sources for another 29. Democrat and RINO leaders have no problem with that.
https://deloitte.wsj.com/sustainable-business/how-the-united-states-can-enhance-critical-minerals-supply-7dc347e8
— Congress Approves Trump’s Plan Clawing Back Foreign Aid, Public Media Funding. House follows Senate in passing measure rescinding $9 billion of federal spending.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/senate-passes-bill-to-cancel-funds-for-foreign-aid-public-media-20ddf921
— The Economics of DIY. I have always done more DIY than my peers.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-diy-and-opportunity-cost-for-americans-f6fbf17d
MOTLEY FOOL
— Laid off in your 60s? Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you should anticipate/expect that you will be gotten rid of: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/07/13/laid-off-60s-social-security-unemployment/84746588007/
DUCKWORTH
— Did your father earn enough money so that your mother could stay home and raise you? Because my father did, my critics/opponents have always used that to paint me as being filthy rich. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. Because of that, I had to work my way through college. What was your mother’s earning potential? My mother’s earning potential was very limited because she never attended high school.
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-durbin-help-reintroduce-bill-to-help-families-get-the-affordable-child-care-they-need
July 17, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/shane-gillis-trump-epstein-files-2025-espys-monologue/3791309/
WGN9
— Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfs0XMqGg3E
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that if businesses owned by minorities, women, people with disabilities, and veterans do not get contracts, it is because of discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/17/opinion-illinois-contract-procurement-job-creation-minorities/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois leaders blast State Farm as it hikes home insurance rates
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/07/16/illinois-leaders-attack-state-farm-as-it-hikes-home-insurance-rates
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad, including bad weather.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250716/nation-and-world-politics/noaa-was-developing-tool-to-help-communities-prepare-for-extreme-rainfall-trump-officials-stopped-i/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250716/nation-and-world-politics/trump-slams-his-own-supporters-who-are-angered-over-how-his-team-has-handled-the-epstein-case/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2025/07/16/rush-medical-center-halts-gender-affirming-care-for-new-patients-under-18
WGLT
— Democrat leaders had no problem when inflation raged under Biden.
https://www.wglt.org/2025-07-16/inflation-picks-up-in-june-as-trumps-tariffs-start-to-impact-prices
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-tries-to-blame-others-as-tensions-rise-around-handling-of-epstein-case/
FOX ILLINOIS
— GOP lawmaker pushes for policy fix to border crisis
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/gop-pushes-for-policy-fix-to-border-crisis-non-governmental-organizations-faith-illegal-immigration-biden-administration-grants-work-facilitate-republicans
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During a fiery House Homeland Security Committee hearing Wednesday, Republicans accused non-governmental organizations– many of which were faith-based groups– of incentivizing illegal immigration during the Biden administration by providing services or support to migrants, even though many of the same Republicans voted to fund grants that helped facilitate their work. During the hearing titled “An Inside Job: How NGOs Facilitated the Biden Border Crisis,” Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., accused many of the NGOs of acting as a “launching pad for mass illegal immigration.” “FEMA provided grants to numerous NGOs, many of whom were operating at the southwest border,” Guest said. “These groups spent billions of taxpayers’ dollars.”)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-553/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Richard Porter Visits McHenry County Executive Committee Meeting
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/07/17/richard-porter-visits-mchenry-county-executive-committee-meeting/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREITBART
— Trump Signs Law Classifying Fentanyl-Related Substances as Schedule I Drugs
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/16/trump-signs-law-classifying-fentanyl-related-substances-schedule-one-drugs/
DAILY WIRE
— Congresswoman Mary Miller Says Pornography Is ‘A Rot In Our Culture’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/congresswoman-mary-miller-says-pornography-is-a-rot-in-our-culture
FEDERALIST
— Leftist Bureaucrats In Charge Of Government-Run Media Refuse Peaceful Transition Of Power
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/16/leftist-bureaucrats-in-charge-of-government-run-media-refuse-peaceful-transition-of-power/
FOX NEWS
— Illinois’ population is aging ‘faster’ than the rest of the country. Under Pritzker, if you are young, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is in Illinois: conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/news/illinois-population-aging-faster-rest-000045392.html
NEWSMAX
— Majority of Deportees Pose a Threat
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tom-homan-immigration-ice/2025/07/16/id/1219012/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/lgbtq-crisis-lifeline-hotline/2025/07/16/id/1218983/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Trump Administration Deports ‘Uniquely Barbaric’ Migrants to Little-Known Nation
https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-administration-deports-uniquely-barbaric-migrants-little-known-nation/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump administration is considering possible changes to its immigration enforcement policy as it relates to farm and hospitality workers. Ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take the bad jobs that I took. My critics/opponents cannot say that. Their parents had lots of money. They bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://thehill.com/immigration/5405518-homan-hints-trump-farm-worker-policy-is-coming/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5402940-lgbtq-lifeline-988-hotline-closure-the-trevor-project-suicide-mental-health-trump-cuts/
CNN
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/politics/trump-powell-epstein-poll-numbers-analysis
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSAwo11A3Z4
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2025-07-17/nationwide-protests-planned-against-trumps-immigration-crackdown-and-health-care-cuts
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUmdFmAmHoM
— Trump holds signing ceremony for the HALT Fentanyl Act
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/watch-live-trump-holds-signing-ceremony-for-the-halt-fentanyl-act-243343941517
NEW YORK TIMES
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-files-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/politics/republicans-congress-trump-epstein.html
— My critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. They falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/politics/university-virginia-president-trump-dei-jefferson-council.html
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/business/trump-dei-race-gender-mental-health.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/politics/trump-political-enemies-evil.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/opinion/immigration-trump-ice-raids.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/16/trump-epstein-obama-biden-comey-democrats-conspiracies/5a3b8b6a-6293-11f0-bf70-56d8888ebb94_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/17/hud-section-8-vouchers-congress-budget-cuts/e153b408-62c3-11f0-bf70-56d8888ebb94_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/17/hud-section-8-vouchers-trump-budget-cuts/bcd06c34-62c3-11f0-bf70-56d8888ebb94_story.html
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/16/trump-dei-george-mason-university/
USA TODAY
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, there is no such thing as “illegal.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2025/07/16/why-trump-immigration-policies-are-unconstitutional-illegal-immigrants-opinion/84640831007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/17/mike-pence-donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-files/85251255007/
— The Trump administration is telling organizations working to prevent teen pregnancy that they must stop teaching content that doesn’t align with the administration’s views on transgender people and parental rights or they’ll risk losing their federal funding.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/15/lgbtq-teen-pregnancy-program-trump/85190050007/
WCBM
— Here’s the House Republican Who Wants Amnesty for Illegals. My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://wcbm.com/national-headline/heres-the-house-republican-who-wants-amnesty-for-illegals/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Can Anything Save the Democrats? As 2026 approaches, they’re disliked, divided and devoid of effective leaders.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/can-anything-save-the-democrats-election-voters-midterms-2026-3bfb36fe
— Mamdani and the Left’s Alliance With Radical Islam. He won’t impose Shariah on New York, but his views give plenty of reason for legitimate concern.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/mamdani-and-the-lefts-alliance-with-radical-islam-new-york-mayor-658b68ad
— Dividing Doctors by Race. A new report shows racial preferences continue at medical schools. Ever-increasingly, everyone in healthcare is a citizen of a foreign country, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or has ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/medical-schools-racial-preferences-do-no-harm-report-62470941
FORTUNE
— High income taxpayers in California and New York set for a SALT windfall in 2026. My critics opponents were furious a) that I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 because I itemized and b) that my wife and I paid less federal income tax 1978-2017 because we itemized. I should write about that.
https://fortune.com/2025/07/16/salt-cap-california-new-york-trump-tax-bill/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— IRS is building a vast system to share millions of taxpayers’ data with ICE. Illegals use phony Social Security numbers.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/07/irs-building-vast-system-share-millions-taxpayers-data-ice/406739/
PHYS
— According to my critics/opponents, a) they owe all their successes to meritocracy and b) I owe all my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-scholar-meritocracy-schools-redefine-purpose.html
July 11, 2025 Evening Edition
NRCC
— “Defund ICE, Fund Illegals” – The New Democrat Motto
https://www.nrcc.org/2025/07/11/defund-ice-fund-illegals-the-new-democrat-motto/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Additional security at Glen Ellyn pool following ‘unruly’ teen take over
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/glen-ellyn-teen-takeover-pool-police-chicago-naperville/
— State Farm lowers the homeowners insurance boom on Illinoisans. The good neighbor people are about to vacuum hundreds more out of your wallet if you own a home they insure.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/editorial-state-farm-homeowners-insurance-premiums/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/oak-park-gender-affirming-care/
— What vacations did you take when you were young? My critics/opponents have always used against me my having taken vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, etc. They stress that my peers were dying in Vietnam.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/gen-z-micro-vacation-pto-retirement/
— Will County Board member Julie Berkowicz, a Naperville Republican, has announced plans to run in the 2026 primary for the state senate seat representing District 21, which covers portions of Will and DuPage counties.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/berkowicz-will-board-naperville-senate-ellman/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration and dependency on government
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/07/11/head-start-will-be-cut-off-for-immigrants-without-legal-status-trump-administration-says
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/07/11/illinois-head-start-trump-immigrants-ban-aclu-child-care
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250711/local-politics/immigrants-can-learn-about-their-rights-at-wheeling-library/
— Inmate death prompts changes at DuPage County jail
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250711/news/inmate-death-prompts-changes-at-dupage-county-jail/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries, b) flood America with them, and c) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250711/nation-and-world-politics/how-us-views-of-immigration-have-changed-since-trump-took-office-according-to-gallup-polling/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ventura-county-california-immigration-raids-jaime-garcia-life-support-injury-during-camarillo-raid-family-says/17071639/
— What the next election cycle means for Illinois Democrats as several Congressional seats open up
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-midterm-elections-what-election-cycle-means-illinois-democratic-party-several-congressional-open/17073610/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-area-food-pantries-federal-snap-cuts/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/protesters-clash-with-agents-at-ice-raid-on-southern-california-cannabis-farm/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/11/how-trump-s-immigration-crackdown-could-impact-illinois-farming-industry
WGLT
— State Farm says Pritzker’s rate hike claims are ‘factually incorrect’ political rhetoric
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-07-11/state-farm-says-pritzkers-rate-hike-claims-are-factually-incorrect-political-rhetoric
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Undocumented minors found amid raid of California cannabis farm
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/undocumented-minors-found-amid-raid-of-california-cannabis-farm-dhs-says/amp/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/snap-cuts-illinois-vulnerable-residents/
SOUTHERN & WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://thesouthern.com/life-entertainment/health/illinois-hospitals-fear-massive-cuts-under-trump-domestic-policy-law/article_9bcfc289-d382-5624-8896-2216e6a5eed6.html
https://www.wandtv.com/news/federal-budget-cuts-will-hurt-local-hospitals/article_cd797a81-8df2-4481-9cc8-bcf594e4af22.html
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois State Police graduates largest cadet class in 25 years. The first 6 months that I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer in 1971 was classroom training in the Loop. According to Google AI: key areas of Revenue Officer training include: “Tax Law and Procedures: This is fundamental, encompassing various aspects of tax law, regulations, and IRS procedures applicable to individuals and businesses. Business Law: Revenue officers may need to understand business law principles to navigate legal and financial situations encountered during their work. Investigative Techniques: They are trained in investigative methods to uncover discrepancies, errors, or potential fraud in tax filings. Collections Procedures: A significant part of the role involves working with taxpayers to discuss payment options and resolve delinquent tax accounts, according to ZipRecruiter. Training covers various collection strategies and techniques. Negotiation and Communication: Since they interact with taxpayers to discuss sensitive financial matters, revenue officers must possess strong negotiation and communication skills, says ZipRecruiter. Training often focuses on developing these interpersonal abilities. Ongoing Development: Revenue officers are expected to engage in continuous learning to stay abreast of changes in tax laws and regulations, industry trends, and best practices. In essence, IRS revenue officer training prepares individuals to effectively apply tax law, investigate tax-related issues, negotiate with taxpayers, and collect delinquent taxes in a professional and ethical manner.” In today’s dollars, my salary was $55,850/year.
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-state-police-graduates-largest-cadet-class-in-25-years
IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://ipmnewsroom.org/champaign-urbana-residents-unite-for-be-the-light-protest/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-343/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Time to end federal union bosses’ monopoly over the government workforce. I was a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/10/time-end-federal-union-bosses-monopoly-government-workforce/
— Radical left campaigns and failed education system fuel generational divide over patriotism. Teaching American pride matters more than ever in divided times.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/10/radical-left-campaigns-failed-education-system-fuel-generational/
— Left-wing activists exploit Texas flood tragedy to push a political agenda
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/10/editorial-left-wing-activists-exploit-texas-flood-tragedy-push/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Left’s obsession with illegal immigration gets weirder
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3468882/left-obsession-illegal-immigration-raids-weird/
— Where did all the male role models go?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3465832/where-did-male-role-models-go/
NEW YORK POST
— James Carville blasts Democrats for continuing to alienate men with ‘future is female’ talk
https://nypost.com/2025/07/10/media/carville-pans-democrats-for-continuing-to-alienate-men-with-future-is-female-talk/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Zohran Mamdani Reveals the Absurdity of Affirmative Action
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/zohran-mamdani-reveals-the-absurdity-of-affirmative-action/
BREITBART
— ICE Arrests 30,000 Illegals in June — the Most in at Least Half a Decade
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/11/report-ice-arrests-over-30k-illegals-june-most-at-least-half-decade/
EPOCH TIMES
— Tariff Windfall Drives Surprise $27 Billion US Budget Surplus in June. A record-high tariff haul in June fueled a rare budget surplus—and set the stage for even bigger collections ahead.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/tariff-windfall-drives-surprise-27-billion-us-budget-surplus-in-june-588624
FOX NEWS
— LA Mayor Bass provides cash payments to illegals, issues order to thwart immigration enforcement. White House slams move as ‘pathetic’ stunt while immigration operations continue targeting criminal illegal immigrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/la-mayor-bass-provides-cash-payments-illegals-issues-order-thwart-immigration-enforcement
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
PEW RESEARCH
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/07/11/with-trump-back-in-office-people-in-mexico-view-the-us-much-more-negatively/
July 11, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Pritzker hammers State Farm, calls for legislative action after rate hike
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/pritzker-hammers-state-farm-seeks-legislative-action-after-rate-hike/3787077/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/10/vickroy-medicaid-column-cuts-poor-vulnerable/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders decry the problems that DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek is causing them. Who will the Republican candidate be to run for that office next year?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/11/illinois-attorney-general-investigation-of-dupage-county-clerk-a-concern-for-countys-democratic-growth/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The mainstream news media exists to promote more hatred against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/10/donald-trump-pirate-dictators-media-free-press-lawsuits-threats-s-e-cupp
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH TWO PICTURES: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250710/nation-and-world-politics/we-cant-fill-the-gap-food-banks-say-they-cant-overcome-federal-cuts/
— Conservatives are asking Trump for another big tax cut. My critics/opponents have always wanted me to pay more taxes. They stress that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. They stress that I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years including almost 9 years for IRS. They stress that my wife and I gave up trying to have children. They stress that my wife had good jobs. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250710/article/conservatives-are-asking-trump-for-another-big-tax-cut/
WBEZ & SHAW LOCAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2025/07/11/meals-on-wheels-senior-citizens-illinois-trump-tax-bill-medicaid-snap
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/07/10/illinois-hospitals-fear-massive-cuts-under-trump-domestic-policy-law/
RIVER BENDER
— Public broadcasting exists a) to promote the Democrat Party platform, b) to elect and reelect Democrats, and c) to defeat Republicans.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/durbin-speaks-against-president-trumps-efforts-to-strip-public-broadcasting-of-federal-funding-84221.cfm
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/trumps-spending-bill-makes-devastating-cuts-across-k12-higher-education-84219.cfm
WGLT
— Pritzker attacks State Farm over 27% homeowners insurance rate increase
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-07-10/pritzker-attacks-state-farm-over-27-homeowners-insurance-rate-increase
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250710/nation-and-world-politics/we-cant-fill-the-gap-food-banks-say-they-cant-overcome-federal-cuts/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Tax-by-mile bill stalls in Illinois.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/07/11/illinois-lawmakers-eye-tax-by-mile-measure-but-stalls-again/84437815007/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government. How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been promoting dependency on government 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.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/snap-cuts-illinois-vulnerable-residents/
WREX & EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— How dependent on Medicaid is your hospital?
https://www.wrex.com/news/illinois-news/illinois-hospitals-fear-massive-cuts-under-trump-domestic-policy-law/article_4380b0b4-678c-43c1-8741-bcb4f3a76730.html
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/illinois-hospitals-fear-massive-cuts-under-trump-domestic-policy-law/article_501e8d04-e4ca-4b9d-89ab-5716dade49d8.html
WAND TV
— Trump says Canada’s role in US fentanyl crisis justifies 35% tariffs on Canadian goods
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/the-latest-trump-says-canada-s-role-in-us-fentanyl-crisis-justifies-35-tariffs-on/article_0beabbee-52e9-563b-a1a8-3bf3ef87ac5b.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-549/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker’s ambition is to carry the far-left flag across the entire nation
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzkers-ambition-is-to-carry-the-far-left-flag-across-the-entire-nation-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
— Illinoisans pay top dollar again for just 50 new jobs promised by Pure Lithium
https://wirepoints.org/illinoisans-pay-top-dollar-again-for-just-50-new-jobs-promised-by-pure-lithium-wirepoints-quickpoint/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders want to limit the sale of hemp because it cuts into their sale of pot
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_96353aab-8aff-4524-b7f5-5d9978933896.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Noem deserves praise for ending left-wing indoctrination program at DHS
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3467693/noem-praise-ending-indoctrination-program-dhs/
BREITBART
— Netanyahu: TikTok Promotes ‘the Worst anti-American and anti-Israeli Propaganda’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/10/netanyahu-tiktok-promotes-the-worst-anti-american-and-anti-israeli-propaganda/amp/
— White House: $40 Billion in Benefit Programs Protected from Illegals Under Trump EO
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/07/10/white-house-40-billion-in-benefit-programs-protected-from-illegals-under-trump-eo/
— Trump’s Education Department Ends Free Tuition for Illegal Immigrants
https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2025/07/10/trumps-education-dept-ends-free-tuition-for-illegal-immigrants/
FEDERALIST
— Pentagon Pulls Promotion Of Admiral Who Allowed Drag Shows After Federalist Inquiry
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/10/pentagon-pulls-promotion-of-admiral-who-allowed-drag-shows-after-federalist-inquiry/
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— After Four Years of Open Borders, Top Security Officials Warn that Terrorist Sleeper Cells Could Be Awakening
https://www.fairus.org/after-four-years-open-borders-top-security-officials-warn-terrorist-sleeper-cells-could-be
NEWSMAX
— Trump’s Legislative Agenda Targets Socialist Machine
https://www.newsmax.com/revjimharden/medicine-trump-democrats/2025/07/10/id/1218315/
— Trump Praised by Native Group for Defending Redskins Name
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-naga-redskins/2025/07/10/id/1218347/
— USDA Drops Race, Sex Rules in Farm Programs
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/usda-farmer-race/2025/07/10/id/1218260/
PJ MEDIA
— Those ‘Hard-Working, Law-Abiding’ Illegals Who Steal Identities of Americans and Ruin Their Lives
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/07/10/those-hard-working-law-abiding-illegals-who-steal-the-identities-of-americans-and-ruin-their-lives-n4941615
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Black Lives Matter Organization Spends Juneteenth Demanding White People ‘Pay Reparations.’ According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that you should pay: American, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/black-lives-matter-organization-spends-juneteenth-demanding-white-people-pay-reparations/ar-AA1H7Caa
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Trump has a very inconsistent view of job qualifications. What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. For the Post Office job, I had passed the postal employment examination and earned a high school diploma in 1966. For the IRS job, I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970. For the GAO job, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/politics/trumps-warped-view-of-job-qualifications-what-matters
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump administration opens investigation into Minnesota’s affirmative action policy. All my potential employers and all my employers were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to hire, to retain, and to promote young minorities and young females. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, c) my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and d) my 1981 job-related professional license. All my minority and/or female coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. All my White and/or male coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats were less qualified than I was and promoted Affirmative Action and DEI big time, that is, they promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination big time.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-opens-investigation-minnesota-222024940.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump administration said Thursday that it has opened an investigation into whether a Minnesota state agency’s newly updated affirmative action policy violates civil rights laws. The Minnesota Department of Human Services’ policy requires supervisors to provide a “hiring justification when seeking to hire a non-underrepresented candidate.” Supervisors who don’t comply can be disciplined, even fired. The Department of Justice said in a statement that the policy “seems to be part of a broader effort by the state to engage in race- and sex-based employment practices in its ‘affirmative action’ objectives.”
NEWSWEEK
— What Happened to Democrats’ Patriotism? Democrats are ever-increasingly anti-American, anti-American military, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-married people, anti-non-poor-people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsweek.com/what-happened-democrats-patriotism-opinion-2096032
NBC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry Trump’s success in deporting their illegals
https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/us-immigration-tracker-follow-arrests-detentions-border-crossings-rcna189148
CBS NEWS
— State Department to start layoffs in coming days, cutting U.S. staff by 15%. I should write about Gingrich’s success in gutting GAO. I like to think that I was collateral damage. But was I? If I was collateral damage, Gingrich would have come to my defense.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-department-trump-administration-start-layoffs-in-coming-days/
— For Democrats, education exists to create good little Democrats.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-administration-warns-harvard-may-risk-losing-accreditation/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: F.B.I. Is Using Polygraphs to Test Officials’ Loyalty. All my Democrat superiors in the federal government were extremely loyal to the Democrat Party platform, that is, they promoted the following big time: race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/politics/fbi-polygraph-kash-patel.html
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/trump-science-nih-grants-dei-cuts.html
USA TODAY
— Teens face hiring chill as they hunt for summer jobs. My critics/opponents have made it very clear that they would never have stooped to take the summer jobs that I did. I did yard work during the summers of 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966.
I washed dishes during the summer of 1965. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966. I delivered mail during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/07/01/teens-cooling-summer-job-market/84375300007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and illegal immigration
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/10/medicaid-cuts-trump-farms-migrant-deportation/84519946007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders decry that Trump says that illegals can’t access Head Start and other programs. Ever since I was 5 years old in 1953, because my parents sent me to kindergarten at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete, my critics/opponents have used that to paint my parents as having been filthy rich and that I have always been tremendously advantaged. They have always ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact that I had to work my way through college. They stress that I did not get any scholarships like they did.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-administration-says-immigrants-in-country-illegally-cant-access-head-start-other-programs-653709cd
BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders say markets embolden Trump on tariffs, stoking fear he’ll go too far
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/markets-embolden-trump-on-tariffs-stoking-fear-he-ll-go-too-far
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL & WASHINGTON CENTER FOR EQUITABLE GROWTH & CONVERSATION
— As more and more and more Americans fail/refuse to take the bad jobs that I took, should more work permits be issued for those jobs? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. My critics/opponents have made it very clear that they would never have stooped to take the bad jobs that I took.
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/social-policy/are-bad-jobs-dead-ends-or-steppingstones-better-things
https://equitablegrowth.org/americas-job-quality-crisis-and-how-to-revive-workers-pay-dignity-job-advancement-and-economic-well-being/
https://theconversation.com/not-all-insecure-work-has-to-be-a-bad-job-research-shows-job-design-can-make-a-big-difference-257642
DEMOCRACY DOCKET
— DOJ Jumps Into Another Anti-Voting Lawsuit
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/doj-jumps-into-another-anti-voting-lawsuit/
AXIOS
— MAGA on “amnesty watch” as Trump weighs migrant worker protections. As more and more and more Americans fail/refuse to take the bad jobs that I took, should more work permits be issued for those jobs? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. My critics/opponents have made it very clear that they would never have stooped to take the bad jobs that I took.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/10/trump-amnesty-illegal-immigration-workers
INSIDE EDUCATION
— For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. Minorities and females are more likely to become Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2025/07/11/rates-admitted-students-who-are-black-hispanic-have
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Homan issues defiant warning to Anti-ICE protesters who show up at his home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MqaIlnDJ1k
GUARDIAN
— When a university degree won’t get you a decent job or home. What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job related professional license. My critics/opponents use the aforesaid against me. They stress that I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars and that I was forced to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/may/15/when-a-university-degree-wont-get-you-a-decent-job-or-home