Tag: Republican

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville lags far behind other towns in protecting historic buildings. DD: Too many historic buildings in my hometown of Crete have been torn down including the Crete Hardware Store that my grandfather operated at the northeast corner of Main and Exchange where I lived with my parents in an apartment above it 1948-1953. SEE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/214492231934655/posts/5573842849332873/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/25/report-naperville-preservation-historic-protection-landmark/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s political megadonors crack the nation’s top 50.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-pritzker-uihlein-griffin-political-donations-20260625/

SOUTHERN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/06/25/pritzker-signs-bill-protecting-medical-records-for-abortion-patients-in-illinois/

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push reparations. Because Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations, Blacks have already received many trillions of dollars in reparations.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/reparations-commissions-asks-illinoisians-22320496.php

MORRIS HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who have less money than others that Republicans caused that.
https://www.shawlocal.com/morris-herald-news/2026/06/24/working-class-people-weve-had-it-rough-lahoods-democratic-challenger-tells-voters-in-morris/

WAND TV
— Illinois launches America 250 website, events celebrating state history. DD: During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany. They always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois/illinois-launches-america-250-website-events-celebrating-state-history/article_75fbc74a-d0b2-4640-93ba-389e5930da16.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-544/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Teachers Union-style political agenda may come to your school district.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-style-political-agenda-may-come-to-your-school-district/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The Truth About America’s Housing Crisis.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/the-truth-about-americas-housing-crisis.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Activist judges strike again this week, nullifying the will of the voters.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/25/activist-judges-strike-week-nullifying-voters/
— Kinzinger launches PAC backing anti-Trump candidates.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/25/former-rep-adam-kinzinger-launches-pac-backing-anti-trump-candidates/
— Trump administration gives details about vandalism at the Reflecting Pool.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/25/trump-administration-gives-details-vandalism-reflecting-pool/
— House probes IRS failure to nab tax dodgers in federal workforce; more than $6 billion owed. DD: Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. I have always been a Republican. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. GAO works for Congress. GAO audits IRS. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year and the last 3 years of which for IRS’s Special Procedures Staff. I transferred to GAO in 1980 after I had earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. To transfer, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, currently $89,702/year. They succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS’s Collection Division for my entire almost 18-year GAO career. I was assigned to audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years 1986-1988 only because the GAO Manager who had arranged my transfer got back into power. But they forced him to retire in 1987. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 should have offered me a promotion to GS-13 to transfer. They should have always assigned me to audits of IRS’s Collection Division. But, of course, not to audits of my IRS superiors who had taken big adverse actions against me. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/25/house-probes-irs-failure-nab-tax-dodgers-federal-workforce-6-billion/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over 571,000 federal employees owe $6.3 billion in taxes. The delinquency rate among federal workers is increasing despite IRS warnings. The House Oversight Committee is questioning IRS enforcement efforts. The IRS can garnish wages and pensions for unpaid taxes. More than 571,000 current and retired federal employees owe $6.3 billion in taxes, a delinquency rate that has been increasing steadily despite threatening letters from the IRS. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee wants to know why the IRS and other federal agencies haven’t cracked down harder on tax scofflaws within their ranks or moved to seize their wages and pensions through an existing enforcement program. In a letter sent Thursday to IRS Chief Executive Officer Frank J. Bisignano, the GOP-led panel asked the agency to turn over data showing the IRS’s efforts to recover unpaid taxes, whether they’ve used wage and pension garnishment, and if they were successful at bringing any of the money into the Treasury. A recent report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) paints a bleak picture of enforcement when it comes to federal workers. It found the number of federal employees delinquent on their taxes had increased by a staggering 43% since 2021 and that 215,000 U.S. government workers — 6.9% of the total workforce — were delinquent on their federal taxes in 2024 alone. The report also found  50,000 federal employees and retirees failed to file any tax returns at all, among them 14,000 repeat non-filers who earned federal salaries of $100,000 or more. At least 122 federal workers did not file a tax return for eight or more years, the inspector general found.  A third of all non-filers were U.S. Postal Service workers. Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, Kentucky Republican, plans to crack down on the federal government’s apparent lack of enforcement. “With TIGTA’s report showing continuous increases in tax noncompliance among current and former federal employees, the Committee is concerned that this trend will continue unless IRS, the Executive Branch and Congress act now to proactively curb noncompliance with federal tax laws,” he wrote to Mr. Bisignano. Failure to file a tax return is a federal crime, but the IRS’s efforts to enforce the law among federal workers have largely failed. Last summer, the IRS mailed 427,000 delinquency notification letters to federal employees and retirees that, according to Mr. Comer, encouraged the scofflaws to voluntarily resolve their outstanding tax bills. Within a month of the notifications, only 59,000 people who received the letters made a payment, and just 4,700 paid all of the taxes they owed. In total, the IRS recovered only $58 million in delinquent tax payments from the federal workforce, which is less than 1% of the total owed by all federal workers and retirees. “This data demonstrates that the majority of noncompliant federal employees ignored the IRS letters and failed to resolve their tax liabilities in a timely manner or at all,” Mr. Comer wrote. The federal government has additional enforcement avenues for these scofflaws beyond sending friendly letters encouraging compliance. The Federal Payment Levy Program authorizes the IRS to garnish up to 15% of federal employee salaries and retiree pensions to recover unpaid taxes. Mr. Comer asked the IRS to turn over the number of non-filers referred to the Federal Payment Levy Program and the amount of tax money recovered, the number of wage garnishment requests for unpaid taxes made to the Bureau of Fiscal Service, the number of employees and pensioners “who had federal payments or salaries levied” and the amount of money recovered. Mr. Comer asked the IRS to turn over the data by July 9 and to agree to a staff-level briefing on IRS enforcement of federal workers’ tax compliance. Under the law, the Treasury Department can hold its own employees accountable for tax delinquencies. The audit said that was probably a factor in the department having a relatively low delinquency rate of just 2.4%. The law, however, prohibits the IRS from sharing tax information outside the Treasury, so other departments struggle to crack down on workers who duck paying their federal taxes. The loophole leads to weak enforcement, Mr. Comer said. “It seems unlikely that employees who are already failing to pay or to file taxes for years in violation of federal laws would voluntarily identify themselves to their employing agencies,” Mr. Comer said.)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Anti-Trump Republican Kinzinger unveils new PAC targeting GOP ‘enablers’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4625047/kinzinger-pac-targeting-gop-enablers/
— Over 30 socialists have won primaries this year.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4624938/over-30-socialists-won-primaries-2026-elections/
— Border Patrol hits record-high 21,471 agents following Trump hiring surge.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/national-security/4624768/border-patrol-hits-record-high-agents-hiring-surge/
— DOJ unveils $3 billion ‘BIDEN’ fund for states fighting to close borders.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4624589/doj-unveils-3-billion-biden-fund-states-fighting-to-close-borders-john-cornyn/
— The Democratic establishment fueled the socialist hate it is now lamenting.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4625328/democratic-establishment-fueled-socialist-hate-new-york-primary-elections/

NEW YORK POST
— Pull the plug on ‘activist classroom’ rules indoctrinating our kids.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/25/opinion/pull-the-plug-on-activist-classrooms-indoctrinating-our-kids/

DAILY CALLER
— The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a non-citizen has to physically enter the boundaries of the U.S. in order to have “arrived in” the country for purposes of asylum. In a 6-3 decision Thursday morning, the Supreme Court ruled, “An alien standing in Mexico does not ‘arriv[e] in the United States’ by attempting, and failing, to set foot in this country.” The majority opinion holds, “An alien ‘arrives in the United States’ only when he crosses the border.” This ruling will enable President Donald Trump’s administration to turn illegal aliens back before they cross the U.S. border.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/06/25/samuel-alito-supreme-court-rules-illegals-outside-us-not-arrive-trump-border-enforcement/

PJ MEDIA
— Woke Wednesday: All the Brutal, Globalist Tyranny That’s Fit to Mock.
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2026/06/24/woke-wednesday-all-the-brutal-globalist-tyranny-thats-fit-to-mock-n4954341

WESTERN JOURNAL
— After making opposition to voter ID requirements a plank of the Democratic Party platform, the Obama Presidential Library must be evil racists, massive hypocrites, or maybe even both.
https://www.westernjournal.com/obama-presidential-library-betrays-black-visitors-issues-wildly-racist-demand-website-least-told-racist/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Visitors and anyone checking the website were met with an interesting bit of information about their visit — you must show a valid photo ID to enter. The website policy reads, “Must be able to provide proof of residency. Be prepared to show proof of residency at the Museum with a valid photo ID, Illinois driver’s license, state ID, or city-issued ID. Guardians must be able to provide proof of residency for accompanying children.” Isn’t requiring a photo ID racist? Won’t this keep poor, ignorant black Americans who supposedly can’t acquire one from visiting? It’s a shocking discovery, to say the least. Could it be that Democrats actually see the merit in requiring ID for certain situations and only push for this insanity in our elections to enable fraud? ID is not controversial among the American people.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— MBA Pay Is Drifting Down—and So Is Demand for the Degree. The starting median salary for MBAs this year is projected to fall to $120,000 from $125,000 in 2025. DD: I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled that. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $106,731/year. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled that. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $113,402/year.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/m-b-a-pay-is-drifting-downand-so-is-demand-for-the-degree-e8fa692e
— Supreme Court Hands Trump Double Victory on Immigration Enforcement.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/supreme-court-hands-trump-double-victory-on-immigration-enforcement-700f7a23

POLITICO
— Supreme Court allows immigration officials to turn away asylum seekers at the border.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/25/asylum-seekers-mexico-border-trump-administration-00975589