Tag: reparations

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s upcoming testimony before Congress will unfold in an arena of political risk — and theater
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/mayor-brandon-johnsons-upcoming-testimony-before-congress-will-unfold-in-an-arena-of-political-risk-and-theater/
— Democrat leaders organize a protest against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/01/at-rally-in-st-charles-protestors-decry-trump-policies-show-support-for-ukraine/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/01/judge-blocks-trump-trans-youth-care-order/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America fora long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/02/column-reverse-discrimination-marlean-ames-page/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/21/heidi-stevens-banning-dei-and-race-based-programs-in-schools-chips-away-at-the-very-mission-of-education/

NBC5
— Pentagon sending about 3,000 more active-duty troops to the US-Mexico border. Already, about 9,200 U.S. troops in total are at the southern border, including 4,200 deployed under federal orders and about 5,000 National Guard troops under the control of governors.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/pentagon-sending-3000-active-duty-troops-us-mexico-border/3686444/
— Zelenskyy’s fiery White House visit gets ‘SNL’ cold open treatment. The sketch featured comedian Mike Myers as billionaire Elon Musk.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/zelenskyys-white-house-visit-snl-cold-open/3686448/
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. To promote reparations, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Blacks that all the problems that Blacks have are caused by Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkEr7AI_JBg
— Trump objected to Zelenskyy’s tone and body language in Oval Office clash, White House says
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-objected-to-zelenskyys-tone-and-body-language-in-oval-office-clash-white-house-says/3686305/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders organize a protest against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZx_r7TE9NY
— Judge rules head of federal watchdog agency fired by Trump must keep job. A judge has ruled the head of a federal watchdog agency must stay in his job, saying President Trump’s bid to remove the special counsel was unlawful. (COMMENT: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel had no problem with my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors taking big adverse actions against me a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination or b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/judge-rules-head-of-federal-watchdog-agency-fired-by-trump-must-keep-job/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders organize a protest against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz0EBtMaqng

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-sanctuary-city-explainer

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Multiple Republicans contemplate challenging Pritzker in 2026 (COMMENT: Aaron Del Mar is mentioned.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-multiple-republicans-contemplate-challenging-pritzker-in-2026/article_dc32bae0-f546-11ef-ab51-779479fadd55.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel must remain in his job, a judge in Washington ruled on Saturday, saying Trump’s bid to remove him was unlawful. (COMMENT: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel had no problem with my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors taking big adverse actions against me a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination or b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-judge-rules-head-of-watchdog-agency-must-keep-his-job-says-trumps-bid-to-oust-him-was-unlawful/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sided with Hampton Dellinger, who leads the Office of Special Counsel, in a legal battle over the president’s authority to oust the head of the independent agency that’s likely headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court. Dellinger sued Trump last month after he was fired, even though the law says special counsels can be removed by the president “only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” Jackson, who was nominated to the bench by Democratic president Barack Obama, quickly reinstated Dellinger in the job while he pursued his case. Jackson rejected the Trump administration’s claims that the special counsel’s removal protections are unconstitutional because they prevent the president from rightfully installing his preferred agency head. The judge said allowing the president to remove the special counsel at will would have a chilling effect on his crucial duties, which include guarding the federal workforce from illegal personnel actions, such as retaliation for whistleblowing. “The Special Counsel is supposed to withstand the winds of political change and help ensure that no government servant of either party becomes the subject of prohibited employment practices or faces reprisals for calling out wrongdoing — by holdovers from a previous administration or by officials of the new one,” Jackson wrote in her decision.)

DAILY ILLINI
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize protests against Trump’s deportation policies. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden’s invasion policies?
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/university-news/protests-strikes/2025/03/01/psl-rally-trumps-deportation-policies/

WHEATON RECORD
— Democrat leaders organize a Wheaton College student protest against Trump
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/03/01/wheaton-prayer-demonstration-trump-tower/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain going to do to help elect Republican candidates on the April 1, 2025 ballot in your precinct? In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I am going to hand-deliver campaign literature from Republican candidates and a marked copy of the sample ballot to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or Independent registered voter. I will use 800 mailing labels to do that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The more of the following that you are, the more that your critics/opponents use DEI against you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. I should write about the following who have used DEI against me the most: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) conservative leaders and activists, and d) religious leaders and activists. Of course, because political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination are illegal, the aforesaid use pretexts. I would focus on the pretexts that they have used to justify their adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you say to those who work against those who share their demographics to curry favor with those who do not share their demographics? What do you say to those who falsely claim to religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give themselves standing to destroy those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican? I should write about my critics/opponents who do the aforesaid. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To harm you, what do your critics/opponents stress about you? My critics/opponents stress a) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, including almost 9 years for IRS, b) that my superiors took many big adverse actions against me and never promoted me beyond GS-13 even though I had 3 job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, c) that my GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and that I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years, d) that so far, in today’s dollars, the Civil Service Retirement System has paid me more than $1.8 million dollars, e) that the federal government continues to pay 72% of my and my wife’s health care insurance premiums, f) that the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), let alone the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) have never asked me to serve as an officer, g) that MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP leaders have taken many big adverse actions against me, h) that Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have taken many big adverse actions against me, i) that many religious and conservative leaders have taken many big adverse actions against me, j) that Illinois Center Right Coalition and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois took big adverse actions against me, k) that many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats, and l) that my demographics are terrible. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

JOHN KASS
— Zelensky the Fool
https://johnkassnews.com/zelensky-the-fool/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Darin LaHood Interviewed on WGN Radio, Blames Putin for Starting the War
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/darin-lahood-interviewed-on-wgn-radio-blames-putin-for-starting-the-way/
— Evidence of Campaign Against Democrats’ Sales Tax in Kane County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/evidence-of-campaign-against-democrats-sales-tax-in-kane-county/
— A Story about Lobbyists That You Won’t Read in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/a-story-about-lobbyists-that-you-wont-read-in-illinois/
— Bribery Makes the Comics
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/bribery-makes-the-comics/
— Minutes from Administrative Services Committee Meeting on Increasing Peter Austin’s Salary to $250,000
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/minutes-from-administrative-services-committee-meeting-on-increasing-peter-austins-salary-to-250000/
— Schakowsky Joins Protest in Chicago
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/01/schakowsky-joins-protest-in-chicago/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ICE has not yet arrested children in school under Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3333502/ice-no-children-arrested-school-education-leaders-trump/

NEW YORK POST
— Jamie Dimon’s woke demons won’t halt JPMorgan’s DEI
https://nypost.com/2025/03/02/business/jamie-dimons-woke-demons-wont-halt-jpmorgans-dei/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Donald Trump and the American Cultural Renaissance
https://amgreatness.com/2025/03/02/donald-trump-and-the-american-cultural-renaissance/

AMERICAN THINKER
— DEI Universities Defy Trump
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/03/dei_universities_defy_trump.html

BREITBART
— Rahm Emanuel on Chicago: We Have ‘Disaster’ on Crime in Some Dem Cities Due to Permissiveness
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/03/01/rahm-emanuel-on-chicago-we-have-disaster-on-crime-in-some-dem-cities-due-to-permissiveness/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Trump Administration Orders Military To Remove All DEI Content (COMMENT: How has DEI impacted you? My Democrat superiors in the federal government used DEI big time to waste my career and to get rid of me. My RINO superiors in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois continue to use DEI big time to get rid of me. I should write about that.)
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/trump-admin-orders-military-to-remove-all-dei-content/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media acts like Democrat leaders pay it to do what it does, namely, demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-claims-media-paid-write-152811489.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Protests erupt at Tesla stores nationwide over Musk’s role in Trump spending cuts
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2025/03/02/protests-erupt-at-tesla-stores-nationwide-over-musks-role-in-trump-spending-cuts/

REUTERS
— Anti-Musk protesters arrested outside New York Tesla dealership
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW556002032025RP1/

MSN
— Hollywood is run by Democrats who promote the Democrat Party platform
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-has-demonized-dei-practices-across-the-us-but-hollywood-will-fight-back-says-sitcom-alum/ar-AA1A3Pso
— Nine arrested at New York Tesla dealership as anti-Musk protests break out
https://www.msn.com/en-ae/money/news/nine-arrested-at-new-york-tesla-dealership-as-anti-musk-protests-break-out/ar-AA1A52H4

NBC NEWS
— ‘SNL’ recreates Trump-Zelenskyy clash, with appearance by Mike Myers as Musk
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/snl-recreates-trump-zelenskyy-clash-appearance-mike-myers-musk-rcna194376
— ACLU sues Trump administration to halt immigrant transfers to Guantanamo
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/aclu-sues-trump-administration-halt-immigrant-transfers-guantanamo-rcna194358

CBS NEWS
— In the room where it happened: Trump advisers recall what led up to Oval Office confrontation
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-advisers-recall-what-led-up-to-oval-office-confrontation-volodymyr-zelenskyy/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy. The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies. (COMMENT: There would be no need for DOGE if Gingrich had reformed and expanded GAO instead of gutting it.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/politics/musk-federal-bureaucracy-takeover.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “How the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office meeting spiraled into chaos.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/01/how-trump-zelensky-oval-office-meeting-spiraled-into-chaos/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly force everyone in America to speak, read, and write Spanish. They want to make it illegal to employ anyone who does not speak, read, and write Spanish.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/03/01/trump-english-official-language-explainer/

USA TODAY
— Peter Navarro: Trump tariffs will save American jobs and level the playing field. Trump’s tariffs on aluminum imports is about far more than a trade battle. It’s a fight for the survival of an essential American industry. (COMMENT: My brother lost manufacturing jobs because of unfair foreign competition.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/02/28/trump-tariffs-aluminum-steel-canada-mexico-economy/80694166007/
— ‘Illegal actions’? Trump tried to remove officials who could save federal workers’ jobs  (COMMENT: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel had no problem with my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors taking big adverse actions against me a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination or b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/28/trump-firing-federal-employees-labor-board/79339420007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The fired officials, all nominated by Democrat Joe Biden and confirmed to fixed terms by the Senate, have sued Trump and his administration in an effort to be reinstated, saying their firings are illegal. Judges have temporarily reinstated two of them. The officials run independent agencies that were designed by Congress to be the only place that federal workers can go to challenge a firing. The firings came right before Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency fired thousands of probationary, early-hire status employees. . .The law created the Office of Special Counsel as an independent agency whose head, the Special Counsel, is nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate to serve a set term but cannot be removed on a whim. The office is designed to be a first stop for federal employees who think they’ve been unlawfully fired, especially as a result of whistleblowing. The Special Counsel can make requests on employees’ behalf to the Merit Systems Protection Board, the same way a prosecutor would make a case to a judge. The three-member board can then decide on whether a firing was wrongful. Presidents nominate board members to terms, and the Senate confirms them, in a similar system designed to be insulated from politics. Permanent workers can also go directly to the Merit Systems Protection Board in order to get a decision on a wrongful firing, but probationary employees can only get there if the Office of Special Counsel represents them.)
— ‘Inseminated person’ vs. ‘mother’? Dems keep proving they’ve lost common sense
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/02/28/inseminated-person-wisconsin-evers/80491973007/
— Trump’s federal workforce cuts: A timeline of firings and court reversals (COMMENT: I should write about Republican GAO workforce cuts 1980-1997.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/01/key-dates-trump-federal-workers-firings/80835324007/
— I’m a veteran and I worked with USAID. It is essential to our national security. Trump and Musk are destroying a vital tool of American soft power – a tool that protects US interests at home and abroad.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/03/01/cutting-usaid-trump-musk-demonizing-patriots/80259032007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Executive Orders Put Trump’s Opponents on Back Foot. Most of president’s efforts remain standing, after advisers rewrote 2017 playbook.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/all-gas-executive-orders-put-trumps-opponents-on-back-foot-ddae594b

INDIA TODAY
— Trump touts ‘record-low’ illegal immigration numbers: Invasion of US is over
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/trump-touts-record-low-illegal-immigration-numbers-invasion-of-us-is-over-2687666-2025-03-02