FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Italian-American residents blast deal to move Christopher Columbus statue indoors: ‘Hiding history’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/italian-american-chicago-residents-criticize-settlement-move-christopher-columbus-statue-indoors-arrigo-park-little-italy/16323384/
NBC5
— Trump rejects concerns about prices, economic uncertainty as he defends his agenda
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/trump-rejects-concerns-prices-economic-uncertainty-defends-agenda/3737411/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders promote Wisconsin Governor Evers
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tony-evers-donald-trump-border-immigration-threats/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://wgntv.com/news/features/cannabis-entrepreneurs-urge-state-lawmakers-to-enact-industry-reform/
WGN RADIO
— Settlement reached regarding the removal of a Christopher Columbus statue in Arrigo Park
https://wgnradio.com/karen-conti/settlement-reached-regarding-the-removal-of-a-christopher-columbus-statue-in-arrigo-park/
— Retirement planning when you’re on the home stretch. My Democrat GAO destroyed my retirement planning when they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and less than what my salary was when I was 24 years old in 1972.
https://wgnradio.com/the-alpha-wealth-hour/retirement-planning-when-youre-on-the-home-stretch/
WBEZ
— Solution for Chicago’s empty office buildings could be microapartments. In 1974, when I was 25 years old, when IRS promoted me to a GS-12 (currently $99,069/year) Revenue Officer job in the Loop, I bought a 650 square foot studio condo in the Outer Drive East building ( https://www.homesbymarco.com/properties/2809824/400_e_randolph_st_1322_chicago_il_60601 ) so that I could walk to/from work and graduate business courses at Loyola. I traded it in to the building’s developer in 1976 for a one bedroom condo. I sold it when I got married in 1978 and we bought a home in Wheaton.
https://www.wbez.org/housing/2025/05/03/solutionchicago-empty-office-buildings-microapartments-gensler-pew-study
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker and AOC: A billionaire and a former bartender emerge as Trump resistance leaders
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/pritzker-ocasio-cortez-trump-resistance/
— How the stock market made back all its losses after Donald Trump escalated the trade war
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/04/stock-market-trump-trade-war/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/marijuana/2025/05/04/pot-business-owners-relief-regulations-legal-recreational-medical-cannabis
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/alton-trump-protest-illinois-lincoln-douglas-20309437.php
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DeSantis sets pace for GOP governors on immigration.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/4/florida-gov-ron-desantis-sets-pace-gop-governors-immigration/
— Kamala Harris talks party unity while Democrats brawl in leadership vacuum she left
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/4/kamala-harris-talks-party-unity-democrats-brawl-leadership-vacuum/
— MAGA doesn’t need more RINOs
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/4/maga-doesnt-need-rinos/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Proposal would deduct from Illinois paychecks to create new state agency
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/3400469/proposal-illinois-paychecks-new-state-agency/
BREITBART
— Pritzker Angling for 2028 While Taking Aim at Trump with Questionable Attacks
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/04/gov-jb-pritzker-angling-for-2028-while-taking-aim-at-trump-with-questionable-attacks/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Abrego Garcia: The Poster Child for the Left’s Demands of Endless ‘Due Process’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/04/abrego-garcia-the-poster-child-for-the-lefts-demands-of-endless-due-process/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Pritzker and Ocasio-Cortez: A billionaire and a former bartender emerge as Trump resistance leaders. Democrats are looking for the right message and messengers to lead the opposition to President Donald Trump in his second term.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/pritzker-ocasio-cortez-billionaire-former-bartender-emerge-trump-121444008
NBC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders want the next Pope to be anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-non-veteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/pope-francis/cardinal-tagle-philippines-lgbtq-catholics-conclave-rcna203837
MSN & COMMERCIAL APPEAL
— How marginalized are you? According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are marginalized by Republicans: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-s-first-100-days-target-diversity-policies-civil-rights-protections/ar-AA1DUdpR
https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/opinion/columnists/2025/05/01/pope-francis-medicaid-medicare-head-start-social-security/83365758007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump: I’m Not Looking at a Third Term
https://www.wsj.com/video/trump-im-not-looking-at-a-third-term/60F2B9B7-11EF-49A1-80EF-1B30CEFAB647
— The Affirmative Action Myth
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-the-affirmative-action-myth/43875715-6B37-45C5-B000-ED4C67B13C54
INC.
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire those who are the following and b) to get rid of their employees who are the following: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO organizations use DEI a) to not admit those who are the aforesaid and b) to get rid of their members who are the aforesaid.
https://www.inc.com/mandy-gilbert/91183943/91183943
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS
— Pope Francis: Champion of EVs. I recently bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV. Of course, my critics/opponents stress that it is not eligible for a federal rebate because it costs too much, that it weighs 6,000 pounds, and that it can do the quarter mile in 12.6 seconds at 135 MPH..
https://www.autonews.com/technology/mobility/an-pope-francis-electric-vehicle-0424/
MOPAR INSIDERS
— Stellantis to Halt Windsor Charger Production for One Week. 3,800 Workers Temporarily Laid Off as Stellantis Reacts to U.S. Tariff Fallout.
https://moparinsiders.com/stellantis-to-halt-windsor-minivan-and-charger-production-for-one-week/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This is the second time in just over a month that production has been halted at the facility, which builds the Chrysler Pacifica, Chrysler Grand Caravan, Chrysler Voyager, and both the gas-powered Dodge Charger and electric Charger Daytona. Stellantis had previously shut the plant down for two weeks in April to evaluate the impact of new 25% U.S. tariffs on imported vehicles. The tariffs, introduced by the Trump administration on April 3, apply to vehicles with a significant amount of non-U.S. content. They’ve already shaken up the North American auto industry, especially for companies like Stellantis that rely on cross-border production. . .But behind the scenes, it’s clear the broader trade environment is weighing heavily. During the company’s Q1 2025 earnings call, Stellantis CFO Doug Ostermann acknowledged that the automaker is actively looking at relocating some production and supply chains to the U.S. to avoid the steep import duties. “It’s something that we’re working very hard on,” said Ostermann. “To think through how quickly can we make those changes to mitigate any tariff impacts?” Meanwhile, workers at the Windsor plant—many of whom were just called back from a two-week layoff in April—are once again facing an uncertain week ahead. With both minivan and Charger output affected, this could be a sign of bigger shifts coming for Stellantis’ North American operations.)
AUTO EVOLUTION
— 96-Year-Old Kept 1968 Dodge Charger in Storage for 30 Years. I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger in 1968 and owned until it was stolen in 1971. I drove it to Daytona Beach from NIU in 1969 and 1970 for spring breaks. I bought a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T show car in 1994 and owned it until I sold it in 2005 to buy a 2005 Corvette. I bought a new 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max in 2012 and I continue to own it. I recently bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV.
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/96-year-old-kept-1968-dodge-charger-in-storage-for-30-years-his-wife-hated-the-car-250906.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A senior gentleman has been keeping the Dodge Charger in a storage facility for he can’t even remember how long. The car hides under a thick layer of dust that leaves its original color to the imagination. Will it shine and drive again, or should it already be on its way to the scrap yard? The 96-year-old owner of the 57-year-old Dodge Charger is Peter. He has big plans for the car he used to drive and rock the streets with back in the day. He remembers that his wife didn’t like the car. “It was a little louder than necessary,” he recalls. He wants to restore it to its former glory. The time has come for that car to run and drive again. He can’t even remember the last time he drove it, but assumes that it has been in the storage facility for around 30 years. That’s three decades away from the sunlight and off the road. Surprisingly, the tires still hold air and a few more goodies of the era. The Fratzog logo shows up on the dashboard. It is the iconic triangle-like badge that Dodge brought back with the Charger Daytona EV.)
TOP SPEED
— Why The Dodge Charger Daytona Is A Great Weekend Getaway EV. I recently bought a new red 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus EV.
https://www.topspeed.com/ideal-ev-weekday-commutes-weekend-adventures/
MASS MEDIA
— How oppressed are you? According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are oppressed by Republicans: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://umassmedia.com/38691/opinions/the-importance-of-student-activism-in-an-increasingly-oppressive-world/
Tag: Republican
May 3, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Illinois officials react to death of embattled former Gov. George Ryan
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-officials-gov-jb-pritzker-democrats-republicans-react-death-embattled-former-governor-george-ryan/16305092/
— Kankakee pays tribute to native George Ryan after death of former Illinois governor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4foWxiVu7oE
NBC5
— Here’s what your monthly student loan bill could be under a new Republican plan
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/heres-what-your-monthly-student-loan-bill-could-be-under-a-new-republican-plan/3735367/
WGN9
— Family, friends remember Former Illinois Governor George Ryan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uydDXos3x1s
FOX32
— Trump admin ramping up investigations into Chicago-area public schools
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1634987
— Democrat leaders say “Trump pushes deep spending cuts as tariffs poised to hit everyday purchases.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkcopjljTuU
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sB_GJlLI78
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump’s Justice Department sues Illinois over E-Verify worker privacy provisions feds say interfere with immigration enforcement
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/trumps-justice-department-sues-illinois-over-worker-privacy-provisions-feds-say-interfere-with-immigration-enforcement/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The United States has preeminent authority to regulate the administrative processes governing Form I-9 (federal employment eligibility verification forms) documentation and inspection, and E-Verify,” the Justice Department wrote. “Illinois therefore has no authority to enforce laws that obstruct or otherwise conflict with federal immigration enforcement efforts by imposing additional regulations, requirements, and possible sanctions on employers that seek to participate in the federal ‘E-Verify’ program.”)
— Pritzker mocks his weight, tells TV host Jimmy Kimmel he’s undecided on third term.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/gov-jb-pritzker-mocks-his-weight-tells-tv-host-jimmy-kimmel-hes-undecided-on-third-term/
— Former Chicago Blackhawks player Patrick Kane sells Trump Tower condo for $2.11M. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Trump. In 1978, I made a $10,000 profit when I sold my Outer Drive East condo. That is about $50,000 in today’s dollars.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/02/blackhawks-patrick-kane-trump-tower-condo/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kane has taken a nearly $1 million loss on the 69th-floor condo. He first listed it for $3 million in May 2024, and he cut his asking price to $2.7 million in November and then to $2.5 million in February. He struck a deal to sell the unit on March 12.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Here’s how Trump’s order to cut federal funding to NPR and PBS could impact Illinois. His order seeking to cut off funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting affects about 1,500 stations, including Chicago’s WBEZ and WTTW. But it’s likely headed for the courts or for drama in Congress.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/05/02/trump-executive-order-cut-federal-funding-npr-pbs-illinois
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/art/2025/05/02/the-first-homosexuals-exhibit-wrightwood-695-chicago-museum
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Stratton
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250503/news/strattons-top-priority-in-senate-campaign-fighting-back-against-trump/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Leaders recall Ryan’s successes, flaws
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250502/illinois-state-politics/im-sure-he-felt-that-all-his-life-leaders-recall-ryans-successes-flaws/
— Krishnamoorthi leads panel at Harper College on value of public service careers under attack from DOGE. Democrats run the federal government. My critics/opponents disapprove of, if not despise, if not hate my getting the federal jobs and promotions that I did. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969. They were furious when IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and when GAO promoted me in 1986. According to my critics/opponents, Democrats should have gotten those jobs and promotions, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250502/news/krishnamoorthi-leads-panel-at-harper-college-on-value-of-public-service-careers-under-attack-from-do/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/uchicago-faculty-push-proactive-defense-amid-trump-blitz
— George Ryan governed — and lived — with empathy. What do George Ryan and Jim Ryan supporters think of you? They despise, if not hate me. They blame their problems on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. I should write about them. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/george-ryan-remembered-hedy-ratner
— Patrick Kane loses nearly $1 million in Trump Tower condo sale. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying Trump. In 1978, I made a $10,000 profit when I sold my Outer Drive East condo. That is about $50,000 in today’s dollars.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/patrick-kane-loses-nearly-1m-trump-tower-condo-sale
— Democrat leaders say “Amid Trump attacks on higher ed, UChicago faculty want to see more from leadership.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/uchicago-faculty-push-proactive-defense-amid-trump-blitz
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight all Trump’s cuts.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-02/trump-cuts-demolish-agency-focused-on-toxic-chemicals-and-workplace-hazards
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois lawmakers mark 50th anniversary of Vietnam War’s end
https://www.cities929.com/2025/05/02/illinois-lawmakers-mark-50th-anniversary-of-vietnam-wars-end/
WREX
— Vietnam Veterans to be honored in event marking 50th anniversary of the end of war
https://www.wrex.com/news/vietnam-veterans-to-be-honored-in-event-marking-50th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-war/article_7009c2b0-c01e-4e1f-b7b3-03525f5e33ca.html
WJBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had organized protests against Biden.
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/05/02/on-may-day-thousands-march-for-immigrant-labor-women-and-lgbtq-rights/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Tim Cook says Trump tariffs could cost Apple more than $900M in June quarter
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/tim-cook-says-trump-tariffs-could-cost-apple-more-than-900m-in-june-quarter/
— Trump says he’ll strip Harvard of tax-exempt status. Most, if not virtually all, tax-exempt organizations exist to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-says-hell-strip-harvard-of-tax-exempt-status/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use May Day to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/on-may-day-thousands-march-for-immigrant-labor-women-and-lgbtq-rights/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-297/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do George Ryan and Jim Ryan supporters think of you? They despise, if not hate me. They blame their problems on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. I should write about them. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Sadly, there are far too many reasons to not help elect candidates. Far too often, the more that you do to help elect a candidate, if that candidate is defeated, you will be blamed for their defeat. I have done much to help elect Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I should write about those that have suffered defeats and that I have been blamed the most for their defeats. They blame what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and what I did as a leader of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2000-2012, Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and Pat O’Malley’s Milton Township gubernatorial primary campaign 2001-2002. They following lead the blaming, that is, the following lead the scapegoating: major donors, fundraisers, political consultants, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
WIREPOINTS
— Illinoisans avoid nation’s 7th-highest gas prices whenever they can. My brother used to drive from Crete to Indiana to fill up.
https://wirepoints.org/illinoisans-avoid-the-states-7th-highest-gas-prices-whenever-they-can-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Feds seek to strike down IL law that threatens employers for using E-Verify
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/671128992-feds-seek-to-strike-down-il-law-that-threatens-employers-for-using-e-verify
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump proposes cuts of $163 billion in new budget, seeks sharp increase in defense
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/2/donald-trump-proposes-cuts-163-billion-new-budget-seeks-sharp/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Wait until you see what’s coming’: Homan delivers ominous message for those harboring illegals.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/02/wait-until-you-see-whats-coming-homan-delivers-ominous-message-for-those-harboring-illegals-1540674/
BLAZE
— Trump’s DOJ files lawsuit against Illinois for restricting E-Verify, a program meant to bar illegal alien workers
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-lawsuit-illinois-everify-law
CHRISTIAN POST
— Over a dozen Christian leaders urge Trump to protect Afghan Christians from deportation
https://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-leaders-tell-trump-not-to-deport-afghan-christians.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Rightly Defunded PBS and NPR’s Long History of Anti-Conservative, Pro-Leftist Content
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/02/trump-rightly-defunded-pbs-nprs-long-history-anti-conservative-leftist-content/
DAILY WIRE
— Here’s What Trump’s Team Wants To Accomplish In the Next 100 Days
https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-trumps-team-wants-to-accomplish-in-the-next-100-days
FEDERALIST
— Here Are 12 Reasons Why NPR And PBS Deserved To Be Defunded
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/02/here-are-12-reasons-why-npr-and-pbs-deserved-to-be-defunded/
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump is defunding Biden’s ‘woke and weaponized’ bureaucracy
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6372231045112
FOX NEWS
— Musk: It was essential for Trump to win to ensure the US remained great
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6372228946112
MRC TV
— Trump’s Deporting Illegals, and Pro-Crime Leftists Can’t Stand It
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/trumps-deporting-illegals-and-pro-crime-leftists-cant-stand-it
— The First 100 Days Of Media Rage!
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/eric-scheiner/first-100-days-media-rage-wacky-mole
NEWSMAX
— Somber White House Video Highlights Angel Parents
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigration-angel-parents-white-house/2025/05/02/id/1209338/
TOWNHALL
— Trump Eliminates Another Vestige of Racial Discrimination— the Fraud of Disparate Impact. Of all the many tests that I have taken, fewer Blacks, Hispanics, and/or females a) took those tests than I did and b) fewer passed those tests than I did. According to my critics/opponents, that was because I benefitted from discrimination against Blacks, Hispanics, and/or females. In my defense, 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, and I had to work my way through college. The many tests that I took and pasted enabled me a) to earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, c) to get hired by the Post Office when I was 18, by IRS when I was 22, and by GAO when I was 31, and d) to get promoted by IRS when I was 23, 24, and 25 and by GAO when I was 38..
https://townhall.com/columnists/print/2656399
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump proposes steep cuts in first budget request of second term
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5279446-trump-proposes-steep-cuts-in-first-budget-request-of-second-term/
NEWSWEEK
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls-2067414
MSN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasing promote more hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cannot-unify-with-evil-here-s-what-really-drives-evangelicals-support-for-trump/ar-AA1DMnIt
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-waited-for-trump-to-crumble-now-they-re-starting-to-fight-back/ar-AA1E5zVp
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/new-poll-shocker-majority-of-americans-now-view-donald-trump-as-a-dangerous-dictator-amid-mounting-public-concern/ar-AA1E3Pje
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/trump-s-100-day-approval-rating-hits-historic-low-new-poll-reveals/ar-AA1DSXat
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/no-floor-for-trump-s-approval-rating-cnn-analysts-detail-data-that-s-scaring-the-white-house/ar-AA1E3ZLP
REUTERS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-deflects-blame-economy-contraction-says-be-patient-2025-04-30/
ABC NEWS
— Steelmaker Cleveland Cliffs to idle 3 steel plants in Pennsylvania and Illinois
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/steelmaker-cleveland-cliffs-idle-3-steel-plants-pennsylvania-121415395
NBC NEWS
— White House brings conspiracy theorists, former Trump officials and a family friend to its ‘influencer briefings’ A review of attendees to the first three influencer briefings shows an overwhelming right-leaning guest list.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/white-house-influencer-briefings-conspiracy-theorists-rcna204437
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Communist China.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Could Apple Exist Without Its Ties to China? Probably Not. The world’s most valuable company has become so reliant on Chinese suppliers and sales that it would be worth half as much or less without them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/technology/apple-china-tariffs.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to keep Republicans out of parades. I should write about those Democrat and RINO leaders in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have had the most success in keeping Republicans out of Wheaton Independence Day parades. I would focus on those who succeed in ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades in 2021, a role that I had since 2005.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/01/birthday-bash-president-donald-trump-and-army-plan-june-14-parade/83401058007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/03/trump-lowest-approval-rating-president-unpopular/83345826007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/01/is-trump-winning-dei-fight/83368731007/
COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Duckworth and Durbin ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.commercial-news.com/news/state_news/duckworth-durbin-reintroduction-equality-act-to-ban-discrimination-against-lgbtq-americans/article_ba7e2a82-6eca-4738-9588-fc87e3aaf857.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Tragedy of Affirmative Action. Blacks were making rapid progress before the 1960s. Racial preferences didn’t help, and if anything they slowed the improvement.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-tragedy-of-affirmative-action-black-mobility-racial-preferences-merit-b1ca70e3
— The End of the Free College Lunch. The GOP begins to rein in student loans and forgiveness plans.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/house-republicans-higher-education-reform-reconciliation-bill-student-loans-colleges-7bfcd3c8
— Most, if not virtually all, tax-exempt organizations promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-officials-explore-ways-of-challenging-tax-exempt-status-of-nonprofits-94ff0c6e
POLITICO
— Trump’s budget asks Congress for unprecedented federal funding cuts. The request for obliterating many domestic programs sets up a clash with Congress ahead of the Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/02/trumps-budget-asks-congress-00323256
— More than 15,000 USDA employees take Trump’s offer to resign. Their departures will affect how the department administers food safety and nutrition programs, conducts research and offers services to farmers.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/03/more-than-15000-employees-resign-agriculture-department-trump-00324834
April 30, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— US Dept. of Education investigating allegations of racial discrimination at Chicago Public Schools. CPS Black Student Success Plan committee head defends plan to close equity gap.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-department-education-investigating-chicago-public-schools-allegations-racial-discrimination-black-students-success-plan/16288280/
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly drive everything down to destroy Trump and to destroy those who voted for Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-economy-expected-have-slowed-sharply-start-trumps-2nd-term/16284211/
NBC5
— 2 measles cases confirmed in Chicago area, one involving O’Hare Airport
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/2-measles-cases-confirmed-in-chicago-area-one-involving-ohare-airport/3734673/
CBS2
— U.S. Department Education investigates Chicago Public Schools over Black Student Success Plan
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/department-education-chicago-public-schools-black-student-success-plan/
— University of Chicago students’ visas reactivated as Trump administration redefines policy
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/university-of-chicago-foreign-students-visas-reactivated-trump/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker urges Democrats to protest at GOP congressional offices in response to President Donald Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/30/pritzker-trump-fight-congressional-offices/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. They voted for Democrat candidates on April 1, 2025.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/30/trump-republicans-doge-tariffs-100-days-democrats-schumer-jeffries-s-e-cupp
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s top cannabis companies lost millions amid industry slide. Instead of smoking pot, a) I earned a bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, b) I earned six professional certifications, and c) I earned a professional license.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/chicago-cannabis-companies-lost-millions-2024
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/04/30/chicago-and-illinois-have-had-a-rough-first-100-days-of-trump
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Harris and more hatred against Trump.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2025/04/30/strattons-top-priority-in-senate-campaign-fighting-back-against-trump/83377503007/
SOUTHERN
— https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2025/04/30/strattons-top-priority-in-senate-campaign-fighting-back-against-trump/83377503007/Kamala Harris steps back into limelight as Trump celebrates his first 100 days
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/30/kamala-harris-steps-back-into-limelight-as-trump-celebrates-his-first-100-days/
RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth Slams VA Official for Refusing to Commit to Rehiring Veterans Crisis Line Workers Fired by Elon Musk’s DOGE. What if my Republican U.S. Senator, my Republican U.S. Congressman, and/or the Speaker of the House had demanded that GAO rehire me?
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-slams-va-official-for-refusing-to-commit-to-rehiring-veterans-crisis-line-workers-fired-by-elon-musks-doge-81978.cfm?
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/trumps-100-days-pritzker-calls-for-mass-mobilization-as-he-grows-his-national-profile/
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/strattons-top-priority-in-senate-campaign-fighting-back-against-trump/
ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— The Illinois CPA Society is conducting a survey to help early-career professionals be successful. The accounting profession was not interested in me a) because I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27 years old in 1976, b) because I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, d) because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32, and e) because I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. Further my GPA was not that great, and while I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, my scores on the four parts of the examination were not that great. Further, the accounting profession has always been under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/icpastalentsurvey
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-briefing-6/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly exists to ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago, Cook County continue resistance of DOJ’s sanctuary lawsuit
https://www.starvedrock.media/news/state/watch-chicago-cook-county-continue-resistance-of-dojs-sanctuary-lawsuit/article_7033f265-5a47-50f4-935c-f1489c6f363c.html
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Judge: Chicago cops don’t have constitutional right to fair, unbiased investigations when accused of misconduct
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/671084688-judge-chicago-cops-don-t-have-constitutional-right-to-fair-unbiased-investigations-when-accused-of-misconduct
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Public Schools teachers hired before 2017 only pay 2% of the required employee contribution for their pensions. The other 7% is picked up by the district, costing $135 million in 2025. I paid 7% of all my federal salary into the Civil Service Retirement System.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-public-schools-hits-taxpayers-twice-with-pension-pickups/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s tariffs are saving our factory from moving overseas. His new trade policies are long overdue.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/30/trumps-tariffs-saving-factory-moving-overseas/
BREITBART
— Transportation Secretary: ‘We Are Not Going to Fund Your Projects’ If You Give Licenses to Illegals, Have DEI Policies.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/30/transportation-secretary-we-are-not-going-to-fund-your-projects-if-you-give-licenses-to-illegals-have-dei-policies/
CENTER SQUARE
— New York GOP headquarters defaced with Nazi imagery
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-center-square-509740/3986032548938-new-york-gop-headquarters-defaced-with-nazi-imagery
FEDERALIST
— Trump Admin Investigates Chicago Public Schools For Racial Discrimination
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/30/trump-admin-investigates-chicago-public-schools-for-racial-discrimination/
NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Ties Trump’s Push for More Kids to ‘White Supremacy’ The only kinds of marriage that Democrat leaders promote are interracial and LGBTQ.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/04/30/msnbc-ties-trumps-push-more-kids-white-supremacy
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pritzker’s ‘mad as hell’ moment marks a turning point for Dems
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5273067-jb-pritzkers-mad-as-hell-moment-marks-a-turning-point-for-dems/
NEWSWEEK
— Anti-Trump ‘May Day’ Protesters Issue Urgent Alert on Executive Orders
https://www.newsweek.com/anti-trump-protesters-urgent-alert-executive-orders-2065994
KWQC
— Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBcmydXy2PI
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Would Democrats Do Without Trump? Campaign ‘buzz‘ attends undistinguished pols who excoriate the president. This column continues to search in vain for a success story in progressive governance. Meanwhile yet another failing governor of a struggling state is creating media excitement with promises of partisan belligerence.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-would-democrats-do-without-trump-b7aef659
ADVOCATE
— Pritzker ever-increasingly encourages children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/jb-pritzker-defends-trans-kids
NEW AGE
— India to ask Caste status in next census for first time in decades. What Caste were you born into? My critics/opponents have always painted me as being lower Caste. They stress a) that neither of my parents attended college, b) that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) that he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) that my mother never attended high school, e) that I had to work my way through college, f) that none of my degrees are from Ivy League universities, g) that I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, h) that I have been a federal retiree for almost 28 years, i) that I never earned more than $153,151/year in today’s dollars, and j) that I am Protestant and German American.
https://www.newagebd.net/post/south-asia/263751/india-to-ask-caste-status-in-next-census-for-first-time-in-decades
April 29, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump marks his first 100 days in office with a rally in Michigan
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-ease-auto-tariffs-faced-us-automakers/16277133/
— Trump pushes back against economic anxieties in ABC interview
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-abc-interview-president-pushes-back-economic-anxieties-says-china-will-eat-tariffs/16279517/
— Wisconsin high court suspends Milwaukee judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities
https://abc7chicago.com/post/wisconsin-supreme-court-suspends-hannah-dugan-judge-arrested-accused-helping-eduardo-flores-ruiz-evade-ice/16280292/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use wokeness/wokeism to get rid of Republicans. Further, those who are anti-conservative, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time use wokeness/wokeism to get rid of those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors had been in America for a long time.
https://abc7.com/post/trump-100-days-america-faces-woke-divide-president-donald-says-history/16276880/
— Federal workers on DOGE impact during Trump’s first 100 days: ‘We want to come back to work’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-100-days-look-elon-musks-doge-plan-cut-down-government-waste-lay-off-federal-workers/16278493/
— Montgomery Trump loyalists believe tariffs will improve economy, support mass government layoffs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/voters-red-montgomery-illinois-express-support-donald-trump-tariffs-government-cuts-dept-veterans-affairs-more/16280034/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago joins lawsuit to block Trump’s dismantling of federal bureaucracy. The lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of exceeding presidential authority and violating the constitutional separation of powers that gives Congress control of the federal purse strings.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/04/29/chicago-lawsuit-trump-musk-downsize-federal-bureaucracy
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration joins lawsuit against Trump to block federal worker firings
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/29/mayor-brandon-johnson-lawsuit-trump-federal-worker-firings/
— Trump cuts federal programs that promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, programs that promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, that is, he cuts programs that discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/29/hegseth-ending-woke-program/
WGN RADIO
— John Kass: Sounds like Pritzker is ready for a donnybrook
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-sounds-like-jb-pritzker-is-ready-for-a-donnybrook/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Johnson joins lawsuit seeking to prevent Trump’s federal government overhaul
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/chicago-mayor-joins-lawsuit-against-trump-government-cuts
CHALK BEAT
— Trump administration launches investigation into Chicago Public Schools’ Black Student Success Plan. Were you viewed as being college material? I was not. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother attended high school. nevertheless, I got an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class, and got accepted by UIC.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/04/29/trump-administration-investigates-cps-black-student-success-plan/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-295/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS GOP
— 100 Days of WINS
https://illinois.gop/newsroom/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois appellate court justice James Knecht says the arrest of Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan was “reminiscent of King George, Hitler and Mussolini.”
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_aa9631af-36a1-417b-abba-623d07b32a51.html
https://www.ktbs.com/news/national/illinois-judge-slams-arrest-of-wisconsin-judge-as-reminiscent-of-hitler/article_9cbd0816-9042-52d5-b83e-7ff3bdc66b4e.html
https://www.aol.com/news/illinois-judge-slams-arrest-wisconsin-193700543.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— House Republicans propose fees for electric, hybrid cars
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/29/house-republicans-propose-fees-electric-hybrid-cars/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker: The angriest Democrat in the room
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3395273/angriest-democrat-jb-pritzker-in-the-room/
BREITBART
— Trump’s Labor Department to Revoke Federal Funds from States Giving Unemployment Benefits to Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/28/trumps-labor-department-to-revoke-federal-funds-states-giving-unemployment-benefits-illegals/
— Venezuela Prepares Marxist May Day Rallies Demanding Release of U.S.-Deported Tren de Aragua Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2025/04/29/venezuela-prepares-marxist-may-day-rallies-demanding-release-of-u-s-deported-tren-de-aragua-illegals/
CAMPUS REFORM
— UW-Madison lecture to explore how ‘White Innocence’ leads to death of black infants.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/uw-madison-lecture-explore-white-innocence-leads-death-black-infants/27887
DAILY SIGNAL
— Pritzker Calls for ‘Disruption’ to ‘Punish’ Republicans. Hate-filled Democrat and RINO Trump-hating leaders have their operatives and their dupes punish Republicans. They have had their operatives and dupes take many adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/29/jb-pritzker-calls-disruption-punish-republicans/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Delivers 100th Day Achievement Speech in Michigan
https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/live-6pm-april-29-trump-delivers-100th-day-achievement-speech-in-michigan-5848903
— White House Responds to Mexican President After She Calls US Ads ‘Discriminatory’
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/white-house-responds-to-mexican-president-after-she-calls-us-ads-discriminatory-5846987
NEWSMAX
— 66,463 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Trump’s First 100 Days
https://www.newsmax.com/us/ice-criminal-aliens-arrests/2025/04/29/id/1208808/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
–The Democrat Party is the party of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. It is the party of hatred against conservatives, Republicans, Americans, Whites, males, older people, married people, non-poor people, Protestants, German Americans, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5272478-jb-pritzker-democratic-party-agenda/
NEW YORK TIMES
— White House Attacks Amazon Over Idea of Showing Tariffs’ Cost
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/trump-amazon-tariffs-prices.html
April 26, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— A Milwaukee County circuit judge was arrested by the FBI over allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade arrest.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan-arrested-fbi-allegedly-helping-undocumented-immigrant-evade-arrest/16247147/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-988-hotline-suicide-prevention-service-lgbtq-youth-would-eliminated-leaked-budget-proposal/16248201/
NBC5
— Who is Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee judge arrested by the FBI? The FBI took Dugan into custody Friday on the courthouse grounds — the same building federal immigration agents entered last week in search of Eduardo Flores-Ruiz.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/who-is-hannah-dugan-milwaukee-judge-arrested-by-the-fbi/3730907/
WTTW
— Stratton Secures Pritzker’s Backing in Senate Bid, Positions Herself as ‘Fighter’ of Trump.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/25/stratton-secures-pritzker-s-backing-senate-bid-positions-herself-fighter-trump
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/24/federal-judge-blocks-trump-yanking-funding-16-sanctuary-cities-counties-ruling-could
WBEZ
— ICE is reversing termination of legal status for international students around U.S.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/04/25/ice-international-students-legal-status-visa-reversal
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: Milwaukee judge arrested in deportation case
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/25/fbi-arresta-a-jueza-de-milwaukee-acusada-de-ayudar-a-un-hombre-a-evadir-a-autoridades-migratorias/
— Who is Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/25/who-is-milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan/
— Kennedy Center’s events scheduled for LGBTQ+ pride celebration canceled. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/25/kennedy-centers-lgbtq-celebration-canceled/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their international students.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/25/illinois-academics-relieved-after-trump-administration-restores-legal-status-of-some-international-students/
— Cutting candy from SNAP won’t fix the bigger problem of growing dependency. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/24/snap-sugar-soda-benefits-ban-health/
— Judge blocks Trump administration from nixing collective bargaining for most federal employees. According to my critics/opponents, federal employees are grossly overpaid, that is, GAO, IRS, and the Post Office grossly overpaid me. In today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) I earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/25/judge-blocks-trump-administration-federal-employees/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/26/trump-trade-war-illinois-soybean-farmers/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want more success in getting Blacks hate Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/25/anti-donald-trump-protests-black-participation
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/04/16/americans-victimhood-doge-cuts-joker-batman-elon-musk-trump-dannagal-young-kevin-arceneaux
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/25/trump-administration-motherhood-marriage-sexual-assault-sexist-ivf-baby-bonus-adultry-mona-charen
— State treasurer offers no-cosigner loans to Illinois students trying to pay for college. The Funding U Illinois No-Cosigner Loan program is open to Illinois residents attending public or private colleges and universities. The fixed annual percentage rate ranges from 7.99% to 9.49%, and the program won’t take a student’s credit score into account. If I had not had to work my way through college, my GPA word have been higher. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/25/education-no-cosigner-loans-college-money
— Casino crime logs show thefts, fights, patrons passing counterfeit bills
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/04/25/casino-crime-illinois-chicago-ballys-rivers-harrahs-gambling
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of helping a man evade immigration agents and is arrested
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250425/crime/fbi-arrests-wisconsin-judge-on-charges-of-obstructing-immigrant-arrest/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Car condo project pitched for Lake Zurich would include clubhouse, luxury car dealership. I should write about Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville and its unit owners. I have attended many events there since its opening. I bought a small unit there in 2020. I sold it and bought a bigger unit in 2023. I sold it and bought a bigger unit this year. If you are interested in muscle cars, especially Corvettes, Chargers, Mustangs, and Thunderbirds, please let me know.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250425/business/car-condo-project-pitched-for-lake-zurich-would-include-clubhouse-luxury-car-dealership/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The developer of the Sanctuary of Lake Zurich residential community wants to build a different kind of condo project in town. Luxury still would be the watchword but these units would be used to store classic and rare cars, some worth millions of dollars. And there is a ready market, says Romeo Kapudija. “It’s shocking to me how many rare cars are out there and how much they’re valued at but this is a very popular business model right now and type of development and they’re selling out across the country,” he explained to the Lake Zurich village board this week during a courtesy review of Luxe Corsa Car Condominiums. . .Kapudija said the market is hot for these types of developments, referencing Iron Gate in Naperville and another planned in Barrington as examples of their popularity. Iron Gate Motor Condos was among the first in Illinois to offer space exclusively for classic, collector or exotic vehicles. Ground was broken on 50 acres near Interstate 88 and Route 59 in 2014. “Proof of concept didn’t exist when I started,” said commercial builder, car enthusiast and founder Tom Burgess. “I had to go out of state and bring in people who could explain it” to city officials. Popularity fueled expansion to include 40,000 square feet of auto-related retail. “It turned into more than just the condos,” he said. “There’s a huge car community in Chicagoland. It’s deep and broad. It’s amazing.”)
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINSS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/sanctuary-cities-win-block-trump-funding-freeze
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/25/nearly-two-thirds-of-americans-disapprove-of-trump-tariffs-with-inflation-a-broad-concern-poll/
STATELINE
— Pritzker criticizes arrest of Wisconsin judge for aiding migrant sought by ICE
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-gov-pritzker-criticizes-arrest-of-wisconsin-judge-for-aiding-migrant-sought-by-ice/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2025-04-25/rep-underwood-says-call-republicans-with-concerns-about-cuts-during-dekalb-town-hall
CITIES 92.9
— IL U.S. Rep. LaHood reacts to protesters’ Medicaid concerns
https://www.cities929.com/2025/04/25/il-u-s-rep-lahood-reacts-to-protesters-medicaid-concerns/
FOX ILLINOIS
— USDA tells states to boost SNAP verification so illegal immigrants don’t get benefits. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/usda-tells-states-to-boost-snap-verification-so-illegal-immigrants-dont-get-benefits-department-of-agriculture-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-food-stamps-taxpayer-benefits-immigration
WAND TV
— Judge blocks Trump administration from nixing collective bargaining for most federal employees. According to my critics/opponents, federal employees are grossly overpaid, that is, GAO, IRS, and the Post Office grossly overpaid me. In today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151/year. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) I earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-nixing-collective-bargaining-for-most-federal-employees/article_2a462dc8-36e1-5881-aeae-e66095a3053c.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/tariffs-could-devastate-illinois-economy/article_8c48d537-572e-4890-87eb-c115234d14da.html
WIFR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their international students.
https://www.wifr.com/video/2025/04/23/niu-rally-defends-international-students-after-trump-administration-revokes-visas/
WGLT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-04-25/congressman-raises-concerns-about-tariff-chaos-and-uncertainty-during-stop-at-farm-south-of-bloomington
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-how-the-publics-shift-on-immigration-paved-the-way-for-trumps-crackdown/
— As IRS Collections Rise, Clear Start Tax Urges Taxpayers to Take Advantage of the Fresh Start Initiative. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most. In my defense, I would not have become an IRS employee a) if Oldsmobile had not offered me a job in 1971, b) if my Firestone Store boss had not rudely fired me because I accepted that offer, c) if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn its job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint, and d) if I didn’t have to have a job.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/business/press-releases/accesswire/1017175/as-irs-collections-rise-clear-start-tax-urges-taxpayers-to-take-advantage-of-the-fresh-start-initiative/
(COMMENT: With IRS Enforcement Increasing in 2025, Clear Start Tax Reminds Americans They Still Have Time to Resolve Back Taxes Through Relief Programs. As the IRS steps up its collection efforts in 2024, more Americans are receiving notices, facing wage garnishments, or dealing with tax liens. In response, Clear Start Tax is urging taxpayers with unresolved IRS debt to act quickly and explore relief options under the IRS Fresh Start Initiative, a program designed to help individuals and businesses resolve back taxes affordably. The IRS recently announced renewed funding and a more aggressive stance on collections, which means taxpayers who have ignored or delayed addressing their debt could face heavier enforcement actions in the months ahead. The Urgency of Exploring Debt Resolution Programs As IRS collection efforts intensify, it’s critical for taxpayers with unresolved debt to act before enforcement escalates. The IRS Fresh Start Initiative offers structured programs designed to ease that burden, including Offer in Compromise, Installment Agreements, and Currently Not Collectible (CNC) status. These options can reduce penalties, halt wage garnishments or levies, and in many cases, allow taxpayers to resolve their debt for significantly less than the full amount owed.)
WEST CHICAGO
— Call for Community Organization to Coordinate the 2025 West Chicago Mexican Independence Day Festival
https://westchicago.org/news/call-for-community-organization-to-coordinate-the-2025-west-chicago-mexican-independence-day-festival/
CHALKBEAT
— Chicago Public Schools floats hundreds of layoffs as one option to close $529 million budget gap
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/04/25/cps-faces-529-million-budget-deficit/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-293/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker Wants Puppet to Replace Durbin in U.S. Senate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/25/pritizker-wants-puppet-to-replace-durbin-in-u-s-senate/
— Democratic Party State Senator Gets Hung Jury in Bribery Trial
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/25/democratic-party-state-senator-gets-hung-jury-in-bribery-trial/
— Defenders Push for RTA Tax Hike
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/25/defenders-push-for-rta-tax-hike/
— County Board Member Terri Greeno Rebuts County Board Member John Collins’ Rebuttal of Tim Beck’s Take on Now “We Resist” Picketing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/24/county-board-member-terri-greeno-rebuts-county-board-member-john-collins-rebuttal-of-tim-becks-take-on-now-we-resist-picketing/
— Compensation for Home Value Loss Due to Tax Sales Being Litigated against Illinois Counties
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/24/compensation-for-home-value-loss-due-to-tax-sales-being-litigated-against-illinois-counties/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Teachers Union pushes kids to miss school for political rally, protest McDonald’s. According to Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-pushes-kids-to-miss-school-for-political-rally-protest-mcdonalds/
— Vallas: Pritzker, Johnson keep playing Trump card
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-pritzker-johnson-keep-playing-trump-card/
— Parents beware: Chicago Teachers Union contract is anti-student
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/parents-beware-chicago-teachers-union-contract-is-anti-student/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hegseth tells military leaders at Pentagon to review their equal opportunity programs. Democrat leaders reject equal opportunity a) because Democrat leaders want votes from Blacks, Hispanics, and women and b) because when opportunity is equal, Republican White men do better than Democrat Blacks, Hispanics, and women. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats and many were Blacks, Hispanics, and/or women. They all a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from Republican discrimination against Blacks, Hispanics, and women. The aforesaid is race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The aforesaid is racism and sexism.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/25/pete-hegseth-tells-military-leaders-pentagon-review-equal-opportunity/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mexico instructs broadcasters to ban Kristi Noem’s ad on illegal immigration. Constructively, Mexico has declared war on America.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3391499/mexico-instructs-broadcasters-ban-kristi-noem-ad-illegal-immigration/
NEW YORK POST
— School district won’t allow child to graduate over LGBTQ health class. How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?
https://nypost.com/2025/04/25/us-news/school-district-wont-allow-child-to-graduate-over-lgbtq-health-class/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— President Trump just delivered a knockout blow for meritocracy. Democrat leaders reject meritocracy a) because Democrat leaders want votes from Blacks, Hispanics, and women and b) because when opportunity is equal, Republican White men do better than Democrat Blacks, Hispanics, and women. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats and many were Blacks, Hispanics, and/or women. They all a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from Republican discrimination against Blacks, Hispanics, and women. The aforesaid is race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The aforesaid is racism and sexism.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/25/president-trump-just-delivered-a-knockout-blow-for-meritocracy-1538925/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Donald Trump signed a groundbreaking executive order Thursday eliminating the use of disparate impact theory by the feds. The order “restores the true promise of the Civil Rights Movement—a system that does not differentiate between Americans based on race and where success is determined by individual merit, free from discriminatory practices that prioritize group outcomes over personal achievement.” Disparate impact theory says that any disparity must be the result of discrimination, bigotry, and racism of some kind or another. So for example, if more white people than non-white people pass a firefighter’s exam, then it must be because of racism. Or if more non-white people than white people are pulled over for speeding, that too must be the result of racism and bigotry.)
— New York Times’ fake news headline slammed for fueling media’s information war
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/25/new-york-times-fake-news-headline-slammed-for-fueling-medias-information-war-1538939/
DAILY SIGNAL
— USDA Makes It Tougher for Illegals to Get Food Stamps.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/25/usda-makes-it-tougher-for-illegals-to-get-food-stamps/
DAILY WIRE
— Red States Consider Bills To Push Illegals To Self-Deport. Experts say that mandatory E-Verify policies are one of the most effective ways to prompt illegal alien self-deportations. Democrat and RINO employers vehemently oppose E-Verify. All my employers would have hired illegals instead of me if they could have.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/red-states-consider-bills-to-push-illegals-to-self-deport
FEDERALIST
— The Nonprofit Hijacking America’s 250th Birthday Celebration Is The 1619 Project On Steroids.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/25/the-nonprofit-hijacking-americas-250th-birthday-celebration-is-the-1619-project-on-steroids/
— Three Rogue Judges Block Trump Admin Efforts To Eradicate Discriminatory DEI From Schools
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/25/three-rogue-judges-block-trump-admin-efforts-to-eradicate-discriminatory-dei-from-schools/
FOX BUSINESS
— Lara Trump: We have to cut out this woke ideology from schools
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6371944312112
LIFE NEWS
— More Illinois Women Face Medical Emergencies After Botched Abortions
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/04/25/more-illinois-women-face-medical-emergencies-after-botched-abortions/
MRC TV
— Dems Demand ‘Due Process’ for Illegal Aliens, But Obama Deported 83% Without a Judge
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/dems-demand-due-process-illegals-obama-deported-83-without-judge
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Trump Dismantles Desperate Impact
https://www.oann.com/video/oan-contribution/president-trump-dismantles-desperate-impact/
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— Illinois Lawmakers Push Teachers Unions’ Agenda
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2025/04/23/illinois_lawmakers_push_teachers_unions_agenda_1105991.html
TOWNHALL
— Democrat Chicago Mayor Uses Trump Tariffs As Opportunity to Raise Taxes
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/04/25/chicago-mayor-uses-trump-tariffs-as-opportunity-to-raise-taxes-n2656098
— Trump Admin Demands Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants Exploiting Food Stamp System
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/04/25/trump-administration-demands-crackdown-on-illegal-immigrants-at-grocery-stores-n2656115
— ‘Disparate-Impact Liability Is Dead’ Thanks to New Executive Order
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2025/04/25/disparate-impact-liability-executive-order-n2656073
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5268303-court-ruling-trump-anti-dei-mcmahon-harvard/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint the Pope as having been anti-Trump, that is, as being anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-etc.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-pope-francis-funeral-vatican-rome-italy-9895e156b90aea1dde7f7ea19bf7b3e1
MSNBC
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-civil-rights-act-walk-back-pete-hegseth-rcna202857
MSN
— Democrat leaders reject meritocracy a) because Democrat leaders want votes from Blacks, Hispanics, and women and b) because when opportunity is equal, Republican White men do better than Democrat Blacks, Hispanics, and women. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats and many were Blacks, Hispanics, and/or women. They all a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. According to them, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from Republican discrimination against Blacks, Hispanics, and women. The aforesaid is race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The aforesaid is racism and sexism.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-s-meritocracy-lie-is-coming-for-the-civil-rights-act/ar-AA1DDcOg
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote citizens of foreign countries.
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/04/25/in-first-100-days-trump-tells-migrants-leave-the-united-states-2/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/trump-budget-cuts.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/trump-poll-approval.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/politics/trump-approval-rating.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/us-citizen-deported.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/us/politics/trump-putin-russia-ukraine.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/trump-migrants-due-process.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/upshot/trump-poll-numbers.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/trump-100-days-approval.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/opinion/trump-blackpilled.html
— According to Democrat leaders, the Pope rejected countries, governments, borders, and the rule of law, that is, the Pope was a liberal Democrat who promoted illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/26/thousands-attend-pope-francis-funeral-ceremony-helped-reimagine/
WASHINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/26/trump-independents-second-term-soured/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/26/trump-economy-tariffs-federal-reserve-wall-street/
— Canada as hypothetical 51st state would be a ‘nightmare’ for Trump. Not that Canadians want to join the country anyway.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/26/trump-canada-51st-state-politics/
USA TODAY
— Musk risked Tesla’s health to help our country. We should thank him, not hate him.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/25/tesla-earnings-musk-doge-trump/83230018007/
WJBF
— RINO Removal Project Launches Nationwide Effort to Promote Voter Engagement and GOP Candidate Accountability. All my critics/opponents a) reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform and b) get rid of Republicans like me who support the planks that they reject, that is, they are RINOs.
https://www.wjbf.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/806006349/rino-removal-project-launches-nationwide-effort-to-promote-voter-engagement-and-gop-candidate-accountability/
WHBL
— According to Democrat leaders, the Pope rejected countries, governments, borders, and the rule of law, that is, the Pope was a liberal Democrat who promoted illegal immigration.
https://whbl.com/2025/04/25/how-pope-francis-touched-a-migrants-heart-saying-were-all-the-same-people/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in driving the stock market down to punish Trump and to punish those who voted for him.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/us-economic-sentiment-spending-23d95f36
— Many Big Law Firms Shun Conservative Clients. They denounce Trump for targeting causes he opposes, but they’re guilty of the same thing.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/many-big-law-firms-shun-conservative-clients-politics-attorneys-6bf4db08
— Democrat leaders want the next Pope to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-etc.
https://www.wsj.com/world/the-high-stakes-in-choosing-the-next-pope-1a3d5bc0
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Probationary employees face stricter review process under new executive order. If my Democrat GAO superiors could have used probationary procedures to get rid of me, they would have. My doing the following after I transferred from IRS to GAO in early 1980 frustrated their efforts to get rid of me. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/04/probationary-employees-face-stricter-review-process-under-new-executive-order/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Probationary employees will now have an additional hurdle to clear before they can solidify their federal employment, according to an executive order President Donald Trump signed Thursday evening. Trump’s new order calls for the creation of “Civil Service Rule XI,” which will require agencies to review and actively sign off on probationary workers’ continued employment before they can be moved out of a probationary period. Federal employees are put into probationary periods when they first enter the civil service, or when they begin a new position, for example after getting a promotion. Once a probationary period ends — usually after one or two years of federal service — employees will automatically transition out of probationary status. “Instead of these employees becoming tenured civil servants by default, Rule XI requires agencies to affirmatively certify that finalizing their appointment after their probationary or trial period concludes advances the public interest,” the White House wrote Thursday in a fact sheet detailing the intentions of the executive order. Under current federal regulations, agencies can only remove probationary employees for issues with performance or conduct. Those rules around probationary periods spurred litigation involving the recent mass terminations of tens of thousands of probationary employees. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court blocked an order for the Trump administration to reinstate the probationary employees. Trump’s new executive order, however, adds a new reason that probationary employees can be removed from their jobs. Under the new “Civil Service Rule XI,” agencies can also determine whether a probationary employee should remain in their job based on agency needs and the interest of the public. “It alters the reason for letting a probationer go to include the generic needs and interests of the agency, as opposed to the individual’s performance or conduct,” Debra D’Agostino, an attorney and partner at Federal Practice Group, said in an interview. “It adds this generic reason where the agency can decide that it’s not in the needs or interest of the agency to keep this person.” “Usually, if someone’s not going to satisfy their probation, it’s going to be because of performance or conduct,” Kevin Owen, a partner at Gilbert Employment Law, added. “If the administration is going to start interjecting some sort of ideological component, we’re going to start again sliding into some level of a spoils system here.”)
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— GOP Holds Wide Lead Over Democrats on Immigration.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/gop_holds_wide_lead_over_democrats_on_immigration
INSIDE PHILANTHROPY
— Class Matters Most: So Why Do Foundations Focus More on Race? What class were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/class-matters-most-so-why-do-foundations-focus-more-on-race
April 23,2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— RESTORING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND MERITOCRACY
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/restoring-equality-of-opportunity-and-meritocracy/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US Sen. Dick Durbin says he won’t run for sixth term. I remember, as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, distributing campaign literature and getting sign locations in my precinct for Durbin’s Republican opponents Curran in 2020, Oberweis in 2014, Sauerberg in 2008, and Durkin in 2002. Further, I remember, as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, doing that for Duckworth’s opponent Salvi in 2022, for Kirk in 2016 and 2010, and Keyes in 2004. Because they all were statewide races, my critics/opponents had a harder time blaming me and blaming my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Republican defeats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/23/us-sen-dick-durbin-says-he-wont-run-for-sixth-term/
— Democrat leaders say that orders to leave the country — some for US citizen — sow confusion among immigrants
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/23/orders-to-leave-the-country-some-for-us-citizen-sow-confusion-among-immigrants/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Senate race to replace Durbin boasts ‘at least a dozen’ serious contenders
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/23/dick-durbin-senate-reelection-decision-krishnamoorthi-underwood-stratton
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Durbin’s retirement sets off a stampede — and a massive generational shift in Illinois politics
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/dick-durbin-retirement-sets-race-open-seats-illinois
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The GOP appears less poised to field a competitive Senate candidate in what is now a heavily Democratic state, but there has been some discussion about Richard Porter, an attorney who serves as the state’s Republican national committeeman. Also being touted by some Republicans is Rep. Ray LaHood, who represents Peoria and other downstate areas.)
— Durbin makes it official: He won’t seek re-election
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/dick-durbin-will-not-seek-re-election-senate
ABC7
— Illinois among 12 states suing Trump administration to stop tariff policy
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-among-12-states-suing-president-donald-trumps-administration-stop-tariff-policy/16232793/
— Trump administration looking at $5K ‘baby bonus’ to incentivize public to have more children
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-looking-baby-bonus-incentivize-public-have-more-children/16231863/
FOX32
— Trump says he’ll reduce tariffs against China ‘substantially’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1629873
WTTW
— Long-Stalled Push for Reparations in Chicago Moving Forward
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/23/slow-moving-push-reparations-chicago-moving-forward-johnson-says
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Under the Democrats, sooner or later, everyone will be on Medicaid.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/04/23/illinois-families-brace-for-possible-medicaid-cuts/82673254007/
STATELINE & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kilmar Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-deportation-el-salvador/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-administration-is-still-resisting-the-judges-orders-in-abrego-garcia-deportation-case/
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— The 10 Pols Who Could Replace Dick Durbin
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/february-2024/the-10-pols-who-could-replace-dick-durbin/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When U.S. senator Peter Fitzgerald announced his retirement in 2004, 16 candidates ran to succeed him. “Don’t you think it would be cool to be a senator?” one remarked. (Barack Obama, a state senator at the time, won — you might have heard of him.) . . . 5. Darin LaHood
The GOP will run a candidate, too, and LaHood is likely to be it. The last two times an Illinois Republican won a Senate race were 1998 and 2010 — nonpresidential years when a Democrat was in the White House, which seems to indicate that a Joe Biden reelection would help LaHood. (The Democrats also ran weak candidates those years.) Of the three Illinois Republicans in Congress, LaHood, elected to the House in 2015, is the most moderate. He’s from Peoria, which is Middle America personified. “He’s a guy who is politically disciplined and has not alienated the base,” says a conservative activist. “He can appeal to independents, too. He’s not a crazy MAGA.” Democrats would attack LaHood on abortion (he opposes) and voting with Trump on issues such as repealing Obamacare. He needs “to keep the race on economics and the lack of federal leadership, particularly with the border crisis,” the activist says.)
ILLINOIS TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/arts-culture/trump-immigration-actions-are-only-latest-in-white-supremacy-tradition-20072014
PRITIZKER
— Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred.
https://gov.illinois.gov/news/press-release.31180.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Question of the day: If LaHood does run for US Senate, what do you believe are his chances in both the primary and the general?
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/23/question-of-the-day-3727/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-291/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGOLAND JOURNAL
— Aaron Del Mar Returns as Cook County GOP Chairman After Overwhelming Vote
https://thechicagolandjournal.com/aaron-del-mar-returns-as-cook-county-gop-chairman-after-overwhelming-vote/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— LaHood Campaign Says Durbin Retirement “Long Overdue”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/23/lahood-campaign-says-durbin-retirement-long-overdue/
— Durbin Retiring, Second Tier Dems Ready for Fight
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/23/durbin-retiring-second-tier-dems-ready-for-fight/
— Second Old Illinois Member of Congress–Jan Schakowsky–Says Bye-Bye, People Lining Up
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/23/second-old-illinois-member-of-congress-jan-schakowsky-says-bye-bye/
— Month after Characterizing Trump to Nazis Pritzker Calls for End to Hate Crimes, Reports Big Hike Since Biden Took Office
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/23/month-after-characterizing-trump-to-nazis-pritzker-calls-for-end-hate-crimes-big-hike-since-biden-took-office/
— Passenger Pot Citation in Cary after Car Stopped for Missing Headlight, Bill To End Smell Test Passes Illinois Senate (with Roll Call)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/23/passenger-pot-citation-in-cary/
— McHenry Awarded $771,000 to Revitalize Riverside Drive, Woodstock Gets $1 Million for Opera House Block
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/23/mchenry-awarded-771000-to-revitalize-riverside-drive-woodstock-gets-1-million-for-opera-house-block/
— State Claims 6 to 1 Benefit from Subsidizing Filming
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/22/state-claims-6-to-1-benefit-from-subsidizing-filming/
— Randi Freese Reports McHenry County Share of Most Recent Opioid Settlement Unknown at This Point
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/22/randi-freese-reports-mchenry-county-share-of-most-recent-opioid-settlement-unknown-at-this-point/
— Illinois Pot Taxes Drive Pot Shop Growth in SW Michigan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/22/illinois-pot-taxes-drive-growth-in-sw-michigan/
— Trump-Endorsed Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Bryon Donalds Speaking to State GOP Fundraiser Friday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/21/trump-endorsed-florida-gubernatorial-candidate-bryon-donalds-speaking-to-state-gop-fundraiser-friday/
— Details on Walgreen’s Whistleblower Opioid Settlement
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/23/details-on-walgrens-whistleblower-opioid-settlement/
— Congressional Dems Vote to Keep Taxing Tips
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/23/congressional-dems-vote-to-keep-taxing-tips/
— Court Shuts Down Rockford Abortion Clinic
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/23/court-shuts-down-rockford-abortion-clinic/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— An abortion clinic operating in a residential neighborhood in Illinois lost its legal fight with neighbors after a state court reversed the facility’s zoning approval.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/23/neighbors-win-court-battle-home-based-abortion-clinic/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Britain bans French philosopher who conceptualized the ‘great replacement’ theory, from entering country
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/britain_bans_french_philosopher_who_conceptualized_the_great_replacement_theory_from_entering_country.html
BREITBART
— Americans Overwhelmingly Side with Trump on Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/04/23/poll-americans-overwhelmingly-side-with-trump-on-deportations/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Durbin Announces Retirement, Leaving a Power Vacuum
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/23/prospect-durbins-retirement-shakes-up-illinois-democrats/
FOX NEWS
— If we can’t deport illegals, here’s how we can make it impossible to stay
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/david-marcus-we-cant-deport-illegals-heres-how-we-can-make-impossible-stay
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Durbin retirement tees up competitive Senate primary in Illinois
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5263818-dick-durbin-retirement-senate/
NEWSWEEK
— Who Might Run for Dick Durbin’s Soon-to-Be Vacant Senate Seat?
https://www.newsweek.com/dick-durbin-retirement-potential-candidates-illinois-senate-2063156
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the Republican side, Representative Darin LaHood also told NOTUS he would not “close the door” on a Senate run. “I’ve had a lot of people encourage me to think about doing it,” he told the publication.)
CNN
— Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in Senate, announces he won’t seek reelection.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/23/politics/dick-durbin-senate-retirement
CBS NEWS
— Trump signs executive order to influence college accreditation process
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-to-eliminate-woke-ideology-in-college-accreditation-process/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Durbin, No. 2 Senate Democrat, to Retire After 44 Years in Congress
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/dick-durbin-retires-senate.html
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/politics/trump-approval-rating.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in manipulating/dominating young people
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/23/trump-presidency-news/
POLITICO
— Durbin was first elected to the Senate in 1996, succeeding Democratic Sen. Paul Simon. In the primary that year, Durbin defeated Pat Quinn, who would later become governor of Illinois. In the general election that year, Durbin defeated Al Salvi, the husband of Kathy Salvi, who now chairs the Illinois Republican Party.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/dick-durbin-retiring-from-senate-illinois-00305833
WIKIPEDIA
— 2026 United States Senate election in Illinois
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois
(FROM THE POSTING: Republican primary: Declared: John Goodman, former police officer ( https://goodmanforillinois.com/meet-john/ ). Publicly expressed interest: Darin LaHood, U.S. Representative from Illinois’s 16th congressional district (2015–present) Potential: Jim Durkin, former minority leader of the Illinois House of Representatives (2013–2023) from the 82nd district (2006–2023) and 44th district (1995–2003), Mary Miller, U.S. Representative from Illinois’s 15th congressional district (2021–present). Declined: Mike Bost, U.S. Representative from Illinois’s 12th congressional district (2015–present))
April 17, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Durbin’s slow fundraising fuels speculation about his political future
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/16/us-sen-dick-durbins-slow-fundraising-fuels-speculation-about-his-political-future/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Democrats await decisions from Durbin, Pritzker that will spark high-stakes political shuffle. For now, candidates are anxiously awaiting word from both Gov. JB Pritzker and Sen. Dick Durbin, but the behind-the-scenes jockeying is in full force.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/16/illinois-democrats-dick-durbin-jb-pritzker-cook-county-pre-slating
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/16/homeland-security-trump-el-salvador-prison-due-process-migrants-venezuelan-deported-jacob-sullum
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kilmar Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kilmar-abrego-garcia-doj-appeal-ruling-ordering-return-mistakenly-deported-man-el-salvador/16186959/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders use Home Alone 2 director to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/home-alone-2-director-speaks-on-president-trumps-cameo-in-film-i-cant-cut-it/3723090/
FOX32
— Chicago OKs ban on Jan. 6 rioters from city jobs. Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors banned me not only from federal jobs, but from all jobs that were appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-ban-jan-6-rioters-city-jobs
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1626128
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/16/chicago-appearance-fed-chair-jerome-powell-warns-tariff-sparked-uncertainty-and-asserts
WBEZ
— Chair of Illinois Republican Party on tariffs, deportations, and what’s ahead
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/04/16/chair-of-illinois-republican-party-on-tariffs-deportations-and-whats-ahead
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Durbin to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/16/us-sen-dick-durbin-calls-trumps-tariffs-reckless/83090317007/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/video_3b626a2a-2426-521f-9885-bb05c5c03dda.html
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders use Home Alone 2 director to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/15/home-alone-2-director-calls-donald-trump-cameo-a-curse-wish-it-was-gone/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump administration issues order to stop construction on New York offshore wind project
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-administration-issues-order-to-stop-construction-on-new-york-offshore-wind-project/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Under the Democrats, soon, if not already, everyone in healthcare will be citizens of foreign countries, liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-04-16/new-medical-license-pathway-for-international-doctors-could-alleviate-illinois-shortage
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s budget cuts against him. The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more homelessness.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-16/trump-administration-has-gutted-an-agency-that-coordinates-homelessness-policy
DAILY LINE
— Raoul defends requested $15 million budget increase amidst legal challenges to Trump
https://www.thedailyline.com/raoul-defends-requested-15-million-budget-increase-legal-challenges-trump-administration
ADVOCATE
— Democrat teachers ever-increasingly promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, they ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. Anticipate/expect that more and more and more of the students in your school district will be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.advocate.com/news/chicago-teachers-union-lgbtq-inclusion
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/04/16/saturday-anti-trump-administration-protests-chicago-50501
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois is a net taker of federal money…Indianans and Floridians are paying for our failures
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-is-a-net-taker-of-federal-money-indianans-and-floridians-are-paying-for-our-failures-wirepoints-on-the-shaun-thompson-show/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct, how wany voted for Harris in the November 5, 2024 election and how many voted for Democrats in the April 1, 2025 election? If you are a registered Republican voter, what do those Democrat voters think of you? What do they blame you for? According to them, you put Trump in office. Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media ever-increasingly a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and everything that Trump says and does and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that local Democrats should punish local Republicans to punish Trump. If you are a Republican registered voter, anticipate/expect that local Democrats will ever-increasingly ostracize you if not take adverse actions against you. What are the following doing to defend/advance Trump: a) the leaders of your Republican township and county party organizations, b) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, c) Republican elected officials in your area, and d) conservative and religious leaders and activists in your area? – Dave Diersen
http://www-gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Three Ahead by Virtue of Write-In Votes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/16/three-ahead-by-virtue-of-write-in-votes/
— Pritzker Skips McHenry County in Pre-Apprenticeship Grants
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/15/pritzker-skips-mchenry-county-in-pre-apprenticeship-grants/
— McHenry Mayor Wayne Jett Spends $67,689.82 in Romp to Victory
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/15/mchenry-mayor-wayne-jett-spends-67689-82-in-romp-to-victory/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— America’s educational free fall continues. Our children are paying the price as they enter adulthood.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/16/americas-educational-free-fall-continues/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Schools are evading Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3382676/schools-evading-trump-anti-dei-executive-order-parents-defending-education-report/
NEW YORK POST
— Proposed bill taking aim at IRS would strip agency of guns, ammo
https://nypost.com/2025/04/16/us-news/proposed-bill-taking-aim-at-irs-would-strip-agency-of-guns-ammo/
BREITBART
— Democrats Seek to Conduct ‘Welfare Checks’ on Illegal Aliens Deported to El Salvador
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/16/democrats-seek-to-conduct-welfare-checks-deported-illegals-in-el-salvador/
— ‘He’s Already Home’: White House Slams Efforts to Return Deported Salvadoran Illegal Migrant
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/04/16/hes-already-home-white-house-slams-efforts-return-deported-salvadoran-illegal-migrant/
CENTER SQUARE
— Trump’s goal to end taxes on Social Security benefits gets bipartisan support
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_eaf6d013-96af-4e1c-a267-377e37a059a0.html
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Blocks Illegals From Receiving Social Security After Biden Let 2 Million Enroll. The move aims to remove monetary incentives for illegal aliens to come to the United States.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-blocks-illegals-from-receiving-social-security-after-biden-let-2-million-enroll
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Anti-Israel Activists Still Pushing Poisonous Ethnic Studies Curriculum in California
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/04/anti-israel-activists-still-pushing-poisonous-ethnic-studies-curriculum-in-california/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— New Yorkers Cheer as ICE Rounds up Same Criminal Illegals Democrats Defend to the Death
https://www.westernjournal.com/new-yorkers-cheer-ice-rounds-criminal-illegals-democrats-defend-death/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-17/u-s-stocks-drop-as-nvidia-slides-and-the-fog-of-trumps-trade-war-thickens
CNN
— Democrat colleges ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/us/federal-funding-harvard-demands-trump/index.html
— Trump blasts Fed Chair Powell, saying his ‘termination cannot come fast enough’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/economy/trump-fed-chair-powell-termination/index.html
CBS NEWS
— Army delivered armored combat vehicles to southern border ahead of Trump’s order authorizing military to occupy federal land
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/army-delivered-armored-combat-stryker-vehicles-southern-border-fort-bliss-el-paso-texas/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/guantanamo-trump-migrants-without-criminal-records/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Sanders and AOC ever-increasingly speak for Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/bernie-sanders-aoc-trump-democrats.html
— I.R.S. Is Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status. Harvard exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/trump-irs-harvard.html
— Trump and DOGE Are Planning Deregulation at a Massive Scale
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/politics/trump-doge-regulations.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/world/americas/trump-migrants-deportations.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/tattoos-gangs-tren-de-aragua-immigration.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/opinion/china-us-trump-xi-tariffs.html
— Democrat educators ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/briefing/trump-targets-k-12.html
— Trump Lashes Out at Fed Chair for Not Cutting Rates Faster.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/business/economy/trump-jerome-powell-fed.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump wants to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status. Harvard exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/04/16/harvard-tax-trump-irs-law/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/16/trump-harvard-tax-exempt-irs/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/16/trump-china-tariffs-emanuel-weaker/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/16/powell-inflation-trump-tariffs-economy/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/16/california-sues-trump-tariffs-newsom/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/16/nvidia-amd-china-trump-chips/
— Trump’s war on wind goes further than expected as it stops New York project
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/04/16/offshore-wind-new-york-trump/
— Education in America ever-increasingly exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/16/trump-harvard-columbia-universities-higher-ed/
USA TODAY
— Tesla is under attack, why Americans are abandoning the brand and Elon Musk. What do Molotov cocktails, protests, and mass share selloffs all have in common? They’re all being used against Tesla because of its CEO’s affiliation to the administration.
https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/money/cars/2025/04/15/elon-musk-and-tesla-american-car-brand-attack/83045305007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies—and Their Mothers. The world’s richest man juggles more than a dozen children and ‘harem drama’ along with running his companies and advising Trump. He recently took a paternity test in a battle with one woman over money and privacy.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elon-musk-children-mothers-ashley-st-clair-grimes-dc7ba05c
— Democrat and RINO leaders side with Harvard against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/video/white-house-trump-wants-to-see-harvard-apologize/083F8004-5188-44CE-8248-2AADE5281EB9
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-gets-trump-fatigue-trade-economy-policy-politics-41109d6d
BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-17/xi-urges-asian-family-unity-as-trump-pressures-trade-partners
DAILY SHOW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Duckworth to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcCsm3wKStk
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Ever-increasingly, education exists in America to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/diversity-equity/2025/04/17/can-universities-still-diversify-faculty-hiring
CAR SCOOPS & CAR AND DRIVER & HOT CARS & TORQUE NEWS & THE DRIVE
— Why is so much hatred being promoted against the 2025 Dodge Charger R/T? What are the demographics of those who buy the car? I bought a new 1969 Charger SE in 1968 and owned it until it was stolen in 1971. I bought a 1968 Charger R/T collector car in 1994 and sold it to buy a new 2005 Corvette in 2005. I bought a new 2013 Charger R/T Max in 2012 and I continue to own it. I recently bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger R/T Plus.
https://www.carscoops.com/2025/04/dodge-desperate-to-move-charger-daytona-evs-prays-6500-discount-might-lure-buyers/
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a64412261/2024-dodge-charger-daytona-ev-test/
https://www.hotcars.com/charger-ev-prices-tank-dodge-hits-panic-button/
https://www.torquenews.com/3768/2025-dodge-charger-daytona-adds-new-blue-color-fans-want-know-when-they-can-get-hemi
https://www.thedrive.com/news/dodges-new-charger-daytona-website-looks-like-a-promo-cd-rom-from-1999
April 13, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use international students to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-immigration-news-more-500-international-student-visas-revoked-donald-trump-admin-expands-reasons-deportation/16160825/
FOX32
— 3 Chicago universities suspend DEI scholarship after DOJ deems it unconstitutional. My critics/opponents have always used my not getting scholarships to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me a) as being stupid and b) as having had filthy rich parents.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/3-chicago-universities-suspend-dei-scholarship-after-doj-deems-unconstitutional
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago voters’ Trump aversion doesn’t mean they’ll warm to Brandon Johnson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/editorial-donald-trump-brandon-johnson-popularity/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/12/apple-iphones-trumps-trade-war-china/
— The Smithsonian exists to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/smithsonian-race-trump-executive-order/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/trump-coal-power-plants-climate-change/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for gun violence.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/13/opinion-gun-violence-orgins-chicago/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders crow about their success in defeating Republican township candidates. I should compare and contrast the eight Democrat Milton Township candidates who won with their eight Republican opponents who lost. For the April 1 election, what if Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders had promoted Trump’s policies as strongly as Democrat candidates, elected officials, and party leaders demonized, denigrated, and condemned Trump’s policies?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250412/news/suburban-blue-wave-hits-township-races/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Suburban Democratic leaders say anger over the policies of President Donald Trump’s administration helped spur voters to action. “The best way to go against Trump and Musk is to put Democrats in office,” said Mark Guethle, chairman of the Democratic Party of Kane County. He said the township wins will help Democrats build a bench of candidates for future races for higher office. “Eventually, those people move up,” Guethle said. . .DuPage GOP leader Kevin Coyne said Republican candidates “ran good campaigns” but faced a “perfect storm of issues,” including an infusion of cash from the Democratic Party of Illinois to help bolster their candidates, the Trump factor, a demographic shift in the state as Republicans leave Illinois and being outpaced by Democrats in vote-by-mail ballots. . .McCollum, however, pointed to Election Day tallies and noted the majority of Democrats in contested races fared better when just looking at in-person Election Day vote tallies. He argued the bigger issue in the local races was Trump. . .Newly elected township officials plan to use these wins to focus on issues such as mental health care or other social assistance programs — services Democratic leaders fear may suffer under Trump’s administration.)
— Tariffs could cost them. They’re still standing by Trump. My standing by the Republican Party platform has cost me dearly. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250412/economy/tariffs-could-cost-them-theyre-still-standing-by-trump/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders say “Trump goes with his gut and the world goes along for the ride. President Donald Trump likes keeping people on edge waiting for his next move, and that’s been clear when it comes to his tariffs.”
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-goes-with-his-gut-and-the-world-goes-along-for-the-ride/article_8158766a-b4aa-58ac-980b-a513cc030345.html
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://chicagocrusader.com/president-preckwinkle-unveils-next-phase-of-guaranteed-income/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO law firms ever-increasingly work against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-13/trump-attacks-on-law-firms-begin-to-chill-pro-bono-work-on-causes-he-doesnt-like
WHEATON RECORD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in infiltrating, infesting, and conquering religious organizations.
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/04/12/wheaton-federal-immigration-policy-changes/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JEFF BERKOWITZ
— Pritzker, he can Run, but he can’t Hide: 7 years of failure to address IL’s massive unfunded pension. Yet, he is running for re-election & Pres? So many questions, so few answers.
https://jeffberkowitz208.substack.com/p/gov-pritzker-he-can-run-but-he-cant
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Heavily opposed Homeschool Act stalls in Illinois House before deadline
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_bff34020-59f7-499c-a438-f1a34385a9dd.html
— Pritzker indicates he’s in favor of expanding nuclear power in Illinois
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6909b767-c7a3-452b-be77-32b1508d93a4.html
— Measure seeks to expose family ties in IL government to prevent conflicts
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_671890c1-4b96-4e82-8fba-c14fbb220408.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democrats Should Congratulate Themselves for Making It Impossible for Relatives of Detained Illegal Immigrants To Visit Them Locally
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/11/democrats-should-congratulate-themselves-for-making-it-impossible-for-relatives-of-detained-illegal-immigrants-to-visit-them-locally/
— Schakowsky Attends Last Saturday’s Protest, But Not in Algonquin, Criticizes GOP -Controlled Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/12/schakowsky-attends-last-saturdays-protest-but-not-in-algonquin-criticizes/
— Homeschool Government Regulation Bill Did Not Pass the House This Week
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/12/home-school-government-regulation-bill-did-not-pass-the-house-this-week/
— Redlight Camera Bribery Trial Reveals Numbers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/12/redlight-camera-bribery-trials-continue/
— Chevron Fights California’s High Gas Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/12/chevron-fights-californias-high-gas-tax/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WHITE HOUSE
— Memorandum from the White House Physician
https://www.whitehouse.gov/news/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DEI policies threaten medical excellence. To promote more Democrats, Democrat leaders have always lowered standards.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/3377826/ben-carson-dei-policies-threaten-medical-excellence/
— Republicans should address welfare’s work disincentives in budget reconciliation
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3378333/gop-should-address-welfare-work-disincentives-budget-reconciliation/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump attends UFC fights in Florida with star-studded cast — and receives insane applause while entering arena
https://nypost.com/2025/04/12/us-news/trump-set-to-attend-ufc-314-in-miami-with-fbi-director-others/
— Sen. Bernie Sanders delivers ranting speech at Coachella festival as Trump thrills UFC crowd in Florida
https://nypost.com/2025/04/13/us-news/coachella-2025-bernie-sanders-delivers-ranting-speech-at-festival-as-trump-thrills-ufc-crowd-in-florida/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Oakland decides to clean up graffiti — by fining the victims
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/oakland_decides_to_clean_up_graffiti_by_fining_the_victims.html
— Real ID wouldn’t be needed if state systems weren’t so corrupted with illegals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/real_id_wouldn_t_be_needed_if_state_systems_weren_t_so_corrupted_with_illegals.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden admin ‘devised a scheme’ to fly in illegals, give them access to vote
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/12/stephen-miller-biden-admin-devised-a-scheme-to-fly-in-illegals-give-them-access-to-vote-1535993/
— Dem campaign to blame Trump for plane crashes runs into a brick wall. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/04/12/dem-campaign-to-blame-trump-for-plane-crashes-runs-into-a-brick-wall-1536063/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— New Data Reveal the Scale of Biden’s Immigration Surge
https://cis.org/Oped/New-Data-Reveal-Scale-Bidens-Immigration-Surge
DAILY CALLER
— Conservatives Shut Out By ‘Big Law’ Have Little Sympathy As Firms Face Major Upset Under Trump
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/12/conservatives-big-law-firms-upset-trump/
— Hegseth Is Restoring Meritocracy At The Defense Department. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) 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 and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/12/opinion-hegseth-is-restoring-meritocracy-at-the-defense-department-vanessa-battaglia/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump State Department Axes $25M Pro-LGBTQ ‘Global Equality Fund’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/12/trump-state-department-axes-25m-pro-lgbtq-global-equality-fund/
FOX NEWS
— Duckworth says that Trump purges high-performing military officers. My Democrat GAO superiors purged me. My Black subordinate who they replaced me with a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had one professional certification while I had six, and d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-tammy-duckworth-why-trumps-pattern-purging-our-highest-performing-military-officers-dangerous
— Trump orders military to take control of federal land at southern border. A narrow, 60-foot-deep strip at the border within the Roosevelt Reservation would became a ‘military installation.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-orders-military-control-federal-lands-southern-border
— SNL compares Trump to Jesus in Easter sketch mocking economy and faith: ‘Donald Jesus Trump’ SNL’s cold open called the president ‘Donald Jesus Trump,’ taking aim at religion and tariffs.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/snl-compares-trump-jesus-easter-sketch-mocking-economy-faith
— Trump, Tariffs and the New World Order. Under the Democrats and RINOs, America was becoming ever-increasingly dependent on China and on other foreign countries.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6371406985112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— U.S. Military Opposition to the Trump Administration A Matter of Concern
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/04/starrs-town-hall-u-s-military-opposition-to-the-trump-administration-a-matter-of-concern/amp/
NEWS BUSTERS
— PBS and NPR Delight LGBTQ Propagandists
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2025/04/12/public-broadcasting-watch-pbs-and-npr-delight-lgbtq-propagandists
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump tariff plans bring concern about prices, financial impact, but GOP base sees jobs long-term
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-trump-tariffs-13-04-2025/
NBC NEWS
— ‘SNL’ compares Trump to Jesus punishing money collectors after stocks’ historic week
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/-snl-compares-trump-to-jesus-punishing-money-collectors-after-stocks-historic-week-237253189955
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/12/politics/video/roy-wood-jr-amber-ruffin-trump-china-tariffs-hignfy-digvid
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders are not only anti-America, they are anti-Britain
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/world/europe/how-brexit-a-startling-act-of-economic-self-harm-foreshadowed-trumps-tariffs.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/us/politics/trump-tariffs-trade-war-china.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010102777/how-trumps-shifting-tariffs-could-accelerate-a-recession.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/04/12/one-million-deportations-goal/
FOX ORLANDO
— Former VP Kamala Harris could make political comeback. 478 in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton voted for Harris.
https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/1624131
FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://fortune.com/asia/2025/04/12/can-us-china-trade-survive-trump-tariffs/
FORBES
— Democrat leaders promote Casten to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzsY_Rg9_p4
FAST COMPANY
— Democrat leaders say “Changing jobs no longer pays—and might not for a while thanks to tariffs. Typically job hopping is the quickest way to keep your salary growing. But for the first time in more than a decade, that’s no longer the case.”
https://www.fastcompany.com/91312559/changing-jobs-no-longer-pays-and-might-not-for-a-while-thanks-to-tariffs
— Democrat leaders say “Trump’s tariffs will have near-immediate effects on hiring and jobs. President Trump’s tariffs could upend the labor market—negatively impacting businesses and workers alike, say experts.”
https://www.fastcompany.com/91311660/trumps-tariffs-will-have-near-immediate-effects-on-hiring-and-jobs
CONSULTING
— McKinsey pressures staff to get promoted or get lost. Democrat and RINO employers and organizations use up-or-out to get rid of their Republican employees and members, and especially those who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. In Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, virtually all employers and organizations are Democrat or RINO.
https://www.consulting.us/news/10481/mckinsey-pressures-staff-to-get-promoted-or-get-lost
GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/13/what-does-china-really-think-about-trump-they-know-about-humiliation-and-wont-take-it-from-him
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/12/make-america-make-again-trumps-tariffs-will-only-be-manufacturing-pipe-dreams
ECONOMIC TIMES
— US eyes 1 million deportations as Trump ramps up immigration agenda
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/latest-updates/us-eyes-1-million-deportations-as-trump-ramps-up-immigration-agenda/articleshow/120248623.cms
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/china-urges-usa-to-take-big-step-as-beijing-sends-direct-tariffs-message-to-washington-will-president-donald-trump-comply/articleshow/120256012.cms
April 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Supreme Court allows Trump to terminate 16,000 probationary federal workers. Democrats run IRS and GAO. When I transferred from IRS to GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious that they could not immediately terminate me because I had already served my probationary period at IRS.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-allows-trump-terminate-16000-probationary-federal-workers/16144669/
— AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists. I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write about Republican leaders who have barred me from their events since then. I would focus on those who had me thrown out of their events.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ap-lawsuit-white-house-ban-judge-trevor-mcfadden-rules-donald-trumps-government-cant-bar-associated-press-journalists/16146124/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/fact-check-trump-misleads-on-transgender-issues/3717199/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s tariffs.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/local-leaders-react-to-trump-administrations-tariffs-impact-on-chicago/3717296/
CBS2
— White House says Trump open to negotiating tariffs as 104% tariff on China set to begin
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/white-house-says-trump-open-to-negotiating-tariffs-as-104-tariff-on-china-set-to-begin/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s tariffs.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/white-house-keeps-world-guessing-as-clock-ticks-down-to-trumps-new-tariffs/
FOX32
— Trump: Tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals coming ‘shortly’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-tariffs-imported-pharmaceuticals-coming-shortly
— Some DePaul University scholarships are discriminatory. Did you get a scholarship? I did not. Since 1966, my critics/opponents have used that to demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as a) being stupid and b) having filthy rich parents.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/depaul-scholarship-discrimination-complaint
— Trump tariffs: Some big-name automakers no longer shipping to US
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1621775
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Northwestern University says Trump administration to freeze $790 million in funding
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/northwestern-university-trump-admininistration-federal-funding-freeze/
— Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/supreme-court-federal-workers/
— Brian Burch, Chicago-area man up for Vatican ambassador, defends recent cuts to US foreign aid
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/vatican-ambassador-nominee/
— US stocks dive after another stunning reversal as uncertainty reigns about Trump’s tariffs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/us-stocks-trump-tariffs/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/supreme-court-deportation-ruling/
— The Democrat Party exists to promote more hatred not only against Trump, but against all those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/column-democrats-cory-booker-speech-protests-washington/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/cpd-striving-for-diversity-on-the-force-but-results-depend-on-how-new-officers-are-counted/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Police make 3 more firearm-related arrests at Naperville Topgolf lot, up to 7 for the year
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/naperville-topgolf-firearm-gun-police-parking-cannabis-arrests/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. How much success have Democrat leaders had so far turning those around you into stoners?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250408/news/elgin-could-get-its-second-recreational-cannabis-dispensary/
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250409/syndicated-columnists/holocaust-denial-trumps-assault-on-dei-is-an-affront-to-american-history/
— Wheaton OKs municipal grocery tax, as Lombard, other towns look to follow suit
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250408/news/wheaton-oks-municipal-grocery-tax-as-lombard-other-towns-look-to-follow-suit/
— Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers. After my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, a low level Democrat GAO Personnel Office employee hinted that he might be able to get me reinstated. But my Democrat GAO superiors had made it clear that if did not retire, they would make the next 6 years until I would be eligible for regular retirement a living hell for me. They promised to demote me and to give me adverse transfers, bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations and evaluations, and even worse things. They could easily do that because GAO was not unionized.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250408/nation-and-world-politics/supreme-court-blocks-order-requiring-trump-administration-to-reinstate-thousands-of-federal-workers/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How unions can navigate the Trump years. I should write about my critics/opponents who are the most anti-union. They stress that while I was a union member, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU and an MBA from Loyola and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/trump-administration-calls-union-strategies-opinion
BLOOMINGTOM PATAGRAPH
— Charlie Kirk draws mixed crowd of more than 700 at Illinois State University. If Kirk spoke in your county, in your township, or in your municipality, how many would attend? How many in support of Kirk. How many in opposition of Kirk?
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/article_c3340704-50a5-4fd9-88d9-7800d7cb221b.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/china-says-it-will-fight-to-the-end-after-trump-threatens-to-impose-still-more/article_aeaa3d24-02d0-563f-af11-41f3e43116fb.html
CHAMPAIHN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & WQAD & WAND TV
–Illinois Democrat legislators ever-increasingly pass bills that promote abortion and dependency on government.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/politics/illinois-house-approves-new-abortion-protection-plan-to-ease-college-admissions-student-teacher-stipends/article_dfa475dd-3864-44be-8080-2900c3f807ae.html
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/il-house-approves-new-abortion-protection-plan-ease-college-admissions-capitol-news/526-09b3ffc5-c9ef-4a40-9896-0e3ded71757b
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-house-democrats-pass-bill-requiring-contraception-medication-abortion-at-public-college-health-centers/article_ec5ba4f0-4649-4a07-9933-31e1770fc06a.html
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.bnd.com/opinion/article303681606.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump’s election order could jeopardize ‘hundreds of thousands’ of future mail ballots
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-08/trumps-election-order-could-jeopardize-hundreds-of-thousands-of-future-mail-ballots
— Democrat and RINO leaders stress Trump’s age and attack his health.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-09/trump-is-getting-a-physical-what-will-be-included-in-the-report
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Pot destroys you
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/business/press-releases/cision/20250408LA59568/most-cannabis-users-want-healthier-munchies-cbd-oracle-survey-finds/
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF DUPAGE COUNTY
— Township Annual Meetings I should write a book about what I have done since 1999 to help elect and to reelect Republican Milton Township officials. I would focus on those officials who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DIMPzHIOK9z/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-492/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-285/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCNENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Thomas More Society Comments on Rockford Court Victory in Which McHenry County’s 1st Way Pregnancy Center Was a Plaintiff
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/08/thomas-more-society-comments-on-rockford-court-victory-in-which-mchenry-countys-1sr-way-pregnancy-center-was-a-plaintiff/
— McLaughlin Holding Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/08/mclaughlin-holding-fundraiser/
— CORRECTION: Algonquin Township Clerk Maureen Huff Passed Over for Lake in the Hills Sanitary District Trustee Appointment BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT LIVE IN THE DISTRICT
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/07/algonquin-township-clerk-maureen-huff-passed-over-for-lake-in-the-hills-sanitary-district-trustee-appointment/
— Local GOP Feature Darin Bailey as Main Lincoln Day Speaker
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/07/local-gop-feature-darin-bailey-as-main-lincoln-day-speaker/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— More than 900K migrants who entered US with Biden-era CBP One app told to ‘self-deport’
https://nypost.com/2025/04/08/us-news/more-than-900k-migrants-who-entered-us-with-biden-era-cbp-one-app-told-to-self-deport/
— Head of IRS to resign in protest as agency inks deal to share tax data on illegal immigrants with DHS
https://nypost.com/2025/04/09/us-news/irs-commissioner-melanie-krause-quits-post-after-dhs-deal-to-share-tax-data-on-illegal-immigrants/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Rep. Jasmine Crockett calls on illegals to pick her cotton because ‘we done picking cotton’ I never picked cotton, but I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped more gasoline, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/rep_jasmine_crockett_calls_on_illegals_to_pick_her_cotton_because_we_done_picking_cotton.html
BREITBART
— Trump’s DHS Signs Deal with IRS to More Easily Locate Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/08/report-trump-s-dhs-signs-deal-irs-more-easily-locate-illegal-aliens/
— Why Trump Haters Keep Getting Caught Red Handed as They Vandalize Tesla EVs
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/04/08/why-trump-haters-keep-getting-caught-red-handed-as-they-vandalize-tesla-evs/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Justices Hand Trump National Security Win That Protects Public From Illegal Alien Criminals
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/08/justices-hand-trump-national-security-win-that-protects-public-illegal-alien-criminals/
DAILY WIRE
— See The Staggering Number Of Illegals Who Got Social Security Numbers Under Joe Biden. “No interview. No proof of identity, just put it in the mail.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/see-the-staggering-number-of-illegals-who-got-social-security-numbers-under-joe-biden
FOX NEWS
— Up to 1M migrants who used Biden’s CBP One app ordered to deport by Trump admin
https://www.foxnews.com/us/up-1m-migrants-who-used-bidens-cbp-one-app-ordered-deport-trump-admin
NEWSMAX
— Trump Plans to Fine Migrants $998 a Day for Failing to Leave
https://www.newsmax.com/us/illegals-migrants-deportation/2025/04/08/id/1206056/
ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Trump Admin To Fine Undocumented Migrants $1K Daily For Ignoring Deportation Orders
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/trump-admin-to-fine-undocumented-migrants-1k-daily-for-ignoring-deportation-orders/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Trump admin revokes legal status for migrants who entered the U.S. on Biden-era CBP One app
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-admin-revokes-legal-status-migrants-entered-us-biden-era-cbp-one-rcna200177
NEW YORK TIMES
— I.R.S. Agrees to Share Migrants’ Tax Information With ICE. The agreement is a major departure from the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to gain the trust of migrants and encourage them to file their taxes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/politics/irs-ice-tax-data-deal.html
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving the stock market down to destroy Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/business/economy/stock-market-economy-trump-tariffs.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The Democrat Party exists to promote more hatred not only against Trump, but against all those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/08/donald-trump-elon-musk-nationwide-protest-responses/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/herald-tribune/20250408/281715505440830?srsltid=AfmBOooRWgH1Bk-5JzQrIbYM4rs2MGU7Rbxf4ydv1b3egBpLqO5U02ta
NPR
— Migrants who entered the U.S. via CBP One app should leave ‘immediately,’ DHS says
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/g-s1-58984/cbp-one-app-migrants-dhs-border
April 8, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Downers Grove police investigating over 20 commercial burglaries in area
https://abc7chicago.com/post/downers-grove-police-investigating-20-commercial-burglaries-butterfield-road-ogden-avenue-retail-corridors/16140454/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use foreign students to promote more hatred against Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/student-visas-being-revoked-several-college-students-us-including-south-sudanese-passport-holders/16139991/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt13qInmVbI
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-administration-tariffs-stock-market-netanyahu-april-07-2025-live-updates/3715350/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump-defends-tariffs-and-market-volatility/3716437/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/as-tariffs-roil-stock-market-is-there-a-safe-way-to-invest-experts-weigh-in/3716120/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyOGWtHaNpk
FOX32
— Democrat leaders use a Chicago boutique owner to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1621218
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/07/tens-thousands-illinoisans-take-streets-protest-trump-musk-agenda
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use libraries to promote more hatred against Trump
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/07/how-federal-funding-cuts-libraries-could-impact-illinois-communities
— I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors. They all had children. They all strongly decried the significant time and cost needed to raise their children. Their spouses had limited or no earning potential. According to them, because my wife and I did not have children, we had tremendous unfair advantages over them. According to them, if my wife and I had children, a) I never would have been able to pass the CPA or Certified Internal Auditor examinations, become a licensed CPA, earn master’s degrees in accounting or finance, or earn four more job-related professional certifications and b) my wife never would have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree in finance or earn as much money as she did. Further, according to them, we never would have been able to have a home built, buy collector cars, etc.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/07/column-new-mothers-rushing-back-congress-part-job-should-it-be
WLS AM
— Illinois House Passes Bill to Allow Abortion Pills
https://www.wlsam.com/2025/04/07/illinois-house-passes-bill-to-allow-abortion-pills/
WGN RADIO
— Growing opposition from House conservatives threatens to derail Trump’s agenda
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/growing-opposition-from-house-conservatives-threatens-to-derail-trumps-agenda/amp/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Supreme Court lifts order blocking deportations under 18th century wartime law
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/07/supreme-court-deportations-18th-century-law/
— An uproar in Hyde Park and Kenwood over an old hotel turned into a homeless shelter
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/06/editorial-homeless-shelter-hyde-park/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/07/trump-global-markets-tariffs/
— Bob Kustra: A shiny floor gives away corruption in Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/opinion-illinois-corruption-rule-of-law/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/recovery-home-funding/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Federal judge rules part of Illinois ‘right of conscience’ abortion law is unconstitutional. The plaintiffs had argued that the law imposed unconstitutional conditions — forcing anti-abortion advocates to talk about “benefits” of abortion that they do not believe in. They also argued that abortion counseling would “encourage the procedure.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/07/illinois-right-of-conscience-abortion-law-federal-judge-ruling-unconstitutional
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/04/07/illinois-medicaid-cuts-children-health-musk-trump-senator-richard-dick-durbin
— Democrat leaders use a Chicago gynecologist to promote more hatred against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health-medicine/2025/04/07/fulbright-funding-cut-uganda-africa-trump-nicole-williams
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him
https://chicago.suntimes.com/economy/2025/04/07/panic-stock-market-wall-street-monday-tariff
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/04/08/ending-sexual-violence-prevention-rape-consent-gender-equality-trump-cuts-rachel-jackson-gordon
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/08/cook-county-board-president-toni-preckwinkle-guaranteed-income-pilot-program
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Judge rules Illinois ‘conscience act’ can’t require abortion speech
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/judge-rules-illinois-conscience-act-cant-require-abortion-speech
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Canadians to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.wbez.org/business/2025/04/07/canadians-tourism-chicago-trump-summer-tourist-season
STATELINE
— Federal court overturns Illinois law requiring pro-life centers to promote abortion
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-abortion-law-struck/
SHAW LOCAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/04/06/northern-illinois-hands-off-protests-rally-thousands-against-government-overreach/
WAND TV
— Illinois House Passes Bill to Allow Abortion Pills
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-house-passes-bill-ensuring-access-to-medication-abortion-amid-uncertainty-with-trumps-fda/article_fb8ce1f6-a4ed-43f5-afca-69a1ace988df.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use federal employees to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-07/they-had-left-their-dei-roles-trump-still-fired-them
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use humanities funding to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-04-07/abrupt-1-million-loss-for-illinois-humanities-after-trump-cuts-funding
WQAD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/tens-of-thousands-illinoisans-protest-trump-musk-agenda-capitol-news/526-cb2a4b10-e0c5-4d55-932d-14076f83086d
HINSDALE & ELHURST PATCH
— Will Hinsdale D86 Answer Trump DEI Mandate? The administration requires school systems to sign letters certifying they do not “advantage one’s race” over another. What about your school district? My critics/opponents have always given tremendous preference to those who are moderate/liberal, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://patch.com/illinois/hinsdale/will-hinsdale-d86-answer-trump-dei-mandate
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/will-elmhurst-d205-answer-trump-dei-mandate
WHEATON RECORD
— According to Democrat leaders, GOD wants Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, GOD wants race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/04/07/religiously-exempt-from-dei-changes/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/tens-of-thousands-of-illinoisans-take-to-the-streets-to-protest-trump-and-musk-agenda/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-284/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN BIVER
— The Lame Excuses for Failure from the Illinois Republican Conservative Complex
https://johnbiver.com/the-lame-excuses-for-failure-from-the-illinois-republican-conservative-complex/
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois increasingly surrounded by school choice states
https://wirepoints.org/school-choice-is-spreading-like-crazy-for-a-reason-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
— Manteno voters delivered new blow to Gotion’s battery plant project linked to CCP
https://wirepoints.org/manteno-voters-delivered-new-blow-to-gotions-battery-plant-project-linked-to-ccp-wirepoints/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s war on woke marches on
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3372565/trump-war-on-woke-continues/
NEW YORK POST
— Start talking trade deals, Mr. President — and end the tariff meltdown.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/07/opinion/start-talking-trade-deals-mr-president-and-end-the-tariff-meltdown/
CHRISTIAN POST
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/most-immigrants-vulnerable-to-deportation-are-christian-report.html
NEWSMAX
— Illinois House Passes Bill to Allow Abortion Pills.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mifepristone-safety-abortion/2025/04/07/id/1206032/
— Trump will win on ‘merits and the substantive power’ to deport illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNQHch243UY
TOWNHALL
— ‘Liberation Day’ Evens the Playing Field, But Targeted Approach is Needed to Win Trade War with China
https://townhall.com/columnists/gavinwax/2025/04/08/liberation-day-evens-the-playing-field-but-targeted-approach-is-needed-to-win-trade-war-with-china-n2655139
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump threatens to impose an additional 50% tariff on China. Democrat and RINO leaders, that is, globalists, ever-increasingly side with foreign counties against America.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-china-50-percent-tariff-retaliatory/
— Luna reaches deal with Johnson after standoff over remote votes for new parents. I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors. They all had children. They all strongly decried the significant time and cost needed to raise their children. Their spouses had limited or no earning potential. According to them, because my wife and I did not have children, we had tremendous unfair advantages over them. According to them, if my wife and I had children, a) I never would have been able to pass the CPA or Certified Internal Auditor examinations, become a licensed CPA, earn master’s degrees in accounting or finance, or earn four more job-related professional certifications and b) my wife never would have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree in finance or earn as much money as she did. Further, according to them, we never would have been able to have a home built, buy collector cars, etc.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anna-paulina-luna-mike-johnson-proxy-voting-new-parents/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Globalism is a) making America more and more and more dependent on foreign countries and b) exploiting cheap foreign labor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/opinion/globalization-collapse.html
— Can Musk Pull Trump Back From the Tariff Ledge? Musk has been criticizing Trump’s tariff policy — and publicly. Could there be a strategy? Democrat and RINO leaders, that is, globalists, ever-increasingly side with foreign counties against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/elon-musk-tariffs-trump.html
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/opinion/trump-k-12-education.html
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat and RINO leaders fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/trump-administration-immigrant-detention-facilities-services.html?searchResultPosition=1
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/opinion/tren-de-aragua-venezuela-maduro.html
WASHINGTON POST
— China says it will not be intimidated by Trump’s tariff ‘blackmail. Democrat and RINO leaders, that is, globalists, ever-increasingly side with foreign counties against America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/07/trump-tariffs-china-asia-europe-markets/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with foreign counties against America.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/08/tariff-man-vs-the-world/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/07/what-to-know-about-hands-off-protests-in-illinois-cities-springfield-rockford-chicago/82972209007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with foreign counties against America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/04/06/trump-tarriff-impact/82964313007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/06/trump-biden-migrants-legal-status-border-crisis/82740159007/
SPRINGFIELD NEWS LEADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2025/04/07/springfield-mo-rally-refugees-uplifted-welcomed-faith-leaders/82966195007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, everything in America is made by foreign countries.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-iphone-production-china-tariffs-6cc37f40
— Globalists oppose tariffs
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/auto-industry-tariffs-china-cars-ford-stellantis-tesla-donald-trump-ef7e235a
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trade-is-a-two-way-street-tariffs-policy-economics-global-2f2b5f2a
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-trump-wants-tariffs-trade-policy-personal-power-e61a1368
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-is-trashing-americas-global-good-name-foreign-policy-tariffs-trade-economy-b2d63350
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/calling-trumps-bluff-on-reciprocal-tariffs-trade-economy-vietnam-70bdc47b
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-win-win-exit-strategy-for-trump-on-tariffs-offer-reciprocal-free-trade-fbfbedb1
— Trump Gives Democrats a Voting Gift. They can’t wait to use his recent executive order for a federal election takeover.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-gives-democrats-a-voting-gift-executive-order-federal-election-takeover-6f335394
— Democrat and RINO leaders fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/kilmar-armando-abrego-garcia-trump-administration-supreme-court-paula-xinis-pam-bondi-d2d394e7
FORBES
— The Workplace Gap: Supporting Parents Of School-Aged Children. I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors. They all had children. They all strongly decried the significant time and cost needed to raise their children. Their spouses had limited or no earning potential. According to them, because my wife and I did not have children, we had tremendous unfair advantages over them. According to them, if my wife and I had children, a) I never would have been able to pass the CPA or Certified Internal Auditor examinations, become a licensed CPA, earn master’s degrees in accounting or finance, or earn four more job-related professional certifications and b) my wife never would have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree in finance or earn as much money as she did. Further, according to them, we never would have been able to have a home built, buy collector cars, etc.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinecarter/2025/02/05/the-workplace-gap-supporting-parents-of-school-aged-kids-and-teens/
NPR
— All my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they all promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Further, all my critics/opponents have always promoted the aforesaid.
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5348922
POLITICO
— Andy Beshear has some advice for Dems on hammering Trump over tariffs
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/08/andy-beshear-trump-tariffs-interview-031819
LGBTQ NATION
— LGBTQers ever-increasingly take the lead in promoting more hatred against Trump
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/the-fallout-tariffs-is-overwhelming-all-the-other-damage-donald-is-causing/