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: retirement
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 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 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 1, 2025
Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use international students to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-immigration-news-concern-local-colleges-us-student-visa-revoked-southern-illinois-university-enrollee/16113193/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders say “ICE and IRS: Unholy alliance or border saviors.”
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/ice-and-irs-unholy-alliance-or-border-saviors/3710504/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump executive orders to promote more hatred against him..
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-executive-orders-tariffs-march-31-2025-live-updates/3709767/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-gov-pritzker-declares-march-31-as-transgender-day-of-visibility/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use postal workers to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/31/postal-workers-union-pushes-back-potential-usps-cuts-and-outlines-impact-illinois
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump budget cuts to promote more hatred against him.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/31/illinois-cook-county-public-health-officials-say-federal-funding-cuts-came-little-notice
WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ask “Why it’s important to vote in local elections.”
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/why-its-important-to-vote-in-local-elections/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump executive orders to promote more hatred against him.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/dr-hartman-trump-is-trying-to-whitewash-history/
https://wgnradio.com/news/trump-says-hes-not-joking-about-a-third-term-republicans-insist-he-is/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Tesla to promote more hatred against Musk to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/31/protests-elon-musk-tesla/
— Democrat ever-increasingly use Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/31/trump-legal-protections-venezuelans/
— Democrat ever-increasingly use bad weather to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/31/tornado-season-weather-service-cuts/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for antisemitism.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/31/amid-trump-administration-crackdown-on-campus-antisemitism-northwestern-reports-dip-in-incidents/
— Democrat leaders say Trump is stronger on immigration and weaker on trade.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/31/trump-immigration-trade/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs to promote more hatred against him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/01/trump-tariffs-steel-aluminum/
— Paul Vallas: The decline in Black teachers has nothing to do with CPS’ evaluation system
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/01/opinion-chicago-decline-black-teachers/
— Democrat leaders use joint World Cup to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/01/us-canada-mexico-world-cup/
— Democrat leaders say Illinois becomes first state to mandate halal, kosher meals be available in public institutions such as schools
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/01/halal-kosher-meals-schools/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs to promote more hatred against him.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2025/03/31/trump-liberation-day-tariffs-eu-korea-brazil-coming-heres-what-mean-for-you
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders say “Guide to voting in the suburbs Tuesday: Polling places, ID rules, write-ins and more.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250331/news/guide-to-voting-in-the-suburbs-tuesday-polling-places-id-rules-write-ins-and-more/
— Democrat leaders make endorsements in April 1 elections
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250319/endorsements/a-summary-of-daily-herald-endorsements-in-april-1-elections/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders do not want any of their illegals to be deported.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trumps-michael-jordan-jersey-immigration-guidance-challenged
— Democrat leaders have their law firms work against Trump.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-daily-gist/chicago-law-firm-pushes-back-against-trump
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/opinion-stop-autocratic-attacks-legal-profession
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/business/2025/04/01/illinois-eagle-closes-springfield-office-still-publishing-online/82745002007/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders say State Sen. Michael Hastings, a Democrat from Frankfort, won his last two elections. Now he’s filed lawsuits against defeated Republicans that charge they led a “smear campaign” against him.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/jim-dey-state-senator-taking-former-opponents-to-court/article_9a9088de-1a74-45dc-9db5-7f97d3291918.html
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving the stock market down to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/31/markets-jittery-as-trumps-liberation-day-tariffs-loom/
HERALD NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s executive orders to promote more hatred against him.
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/03/28/joliet-activists-to-join-nationwide-protest-against-trump-musk-on-april-5/
OUR QUAD CITIES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/march-31-officially-designated-transgender-day-of-visibility-in-illinois/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-transgender-athletes-protected-from-discrimination-despite-trumps-orders
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Green Card holders and travelers to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-01/green-card-holders-travelers-caught-in-trumps-immigration-crackdown
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders do not want any of their illegals to be deported.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-administration-deports-more-migrants-to-salvadoran-prison/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use disabled people to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2025-03-31/intellectual-and-developmental-disability-services-brace-for-potential-medicaid-cuts
IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/how-is-the-trans-community-faring-under-the-trump-administration
CHICAGO MAROON
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for antisemitism.
https://chicagomaroon.com/46758/news/uchicago-to-investigate-faculty-members-posters-for-alleged-antisemitism/
CWB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders acknowledge that Streeterville alderman encourages residents to demand mayoral action on teen takeovers.
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/03/arrest-made-in-march-9-teen-trend-shooting-as-alderman-calls-on-mayor-to-take-action.html
STATE OF ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://gov.illinois.gov/news/press-release.31087.html
https://www.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/illinois/iisnewsattachments/31087-3.31.25-illinois-recognizes-march-31st-as-transgender-day-of-visibility-final-002.pdf.pdf
CAPITOL FAX
— Democrat leaders say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-486/
— Democrat leaders say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/31/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-279/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Illinoisans hit by nation’s 9th-worst economic growth, 3rd-worst wage gains
https://wirepoints.org/fresh-2024-data-illinoisans-hit-by-nations-9th-worst-economic-growth-3rd-worst-wage-gains-wirepoints/
— The six-figure salaries of school superintendents turn into massive pensions when they retire. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is a) only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and b) less than what my salary was in 1972.
https://wirepoints.org/the-six-figure-salaries-of-school-superintendents-turn-into-massive-pensions-when-they-retire-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To what extend did your teachers make you woke, that is, to what extent did they make you anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-nonveteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? My teachers did none of the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump DHS sued for requiring illegal immigrants to register with government
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3364657/trump-dhs-sued-requiring-illegal-immigrants-register-government/
NEW YORK POST
— Illegal border crossings hit stunning new low in March, down 94% in a year because migrants are ‘scared there are consequences now’
https://nypost.com/2025/03/31/us-news/illegal-border-crossing-for-march-hit-stunning-new-low/
BLAZE
— Florida sheriff’s deputies make feds’ jobs easier by catching illegal aliens by the truckful
https://www.theblaze.com/news/florida-sheriff-s-deputies-make-feds-jobs-easier-by-catching-illegal-aliens-by-the-truckful
BREITBART
— Musk: ‘Tesla Takedown’ Events Are ‘Paid Protests’ Funded and Organized by Trump Haters
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/03/31/elon-musk-tesla-takedown-events-are-paid-protests-funded-and-organized-by-trump-haters/
— Tariffs: Economic ‘liberation’ or straitjacket?
https://www.breitbart.com/news/tariffs-economic-liberation-or-straitjacket/
— CBS Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans Support Trump’s Mass Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/03/31/cbs-poll-nearly-6-in-10-americans-support-trumps-mass-deportations/
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— With New Agreements, the Trump Administration Expands its Whole-of-Government Approach to Combatting Illegal Immigration. Yes, but virtually all federal employees are Democrats.
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/trump-whole-government-approach-illegal-immigration
FOX NEWS
— Chicago alderman slams the murder capital’s ‘disregard for human life’ The city was named the US murder capital for the 13th year in a row.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-alderman-slams-murder-capitals-disregard-human-life
— SCOTUS must stop leftist judges’ lawless sabotage of Trump agenda. District judges are causing a Constitutional crisis with partisan overreach.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/scotus-must-stop-leftist-judges-lawless-sabotage-trump-agenda
— Colleges in ICE’s deportation crosshairs shelled out discounts, financial aid to illegal immigrants. Trump admin’s immigration crackdown has so far affected Columbia, Tufts, among others.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/colleges-ices-deportation-crosshairs-spent-years-courting-illegals-discounts-financial-aid-gop-rep
NEW AMERICAN
— Trump Terminates Parole for Some 530,000 “Migrants” Whom Biden Imported
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/trump-terminates-parole-for-some-530000-migrants-whom-biden-imported/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5221094-trans-day-of-visibility-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5224628-trump-administration-cutting-funds-planned-parenthood/
— Democrat ever-increasingly use bad weather to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5220484-trump-energy-policy-global-warming/
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/us/pride-month-protests-lgbtq/index.html
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump budget cuts to promote more hatred against him.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-college-university-leaders-funding-threatened-federal-level/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ask “Do Americans Approve of President Trump?”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders say “As Trump Squeezes the Immigrant Work Force, Employers Seek Relief. Businesses that rely on immigrants are pushing for legislation to ensure an adequate, legal flow of laborers from abroad as deportations ramp up.” If they could have, all my employers would have hired immigrants instead of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/business/economy/trump-immigrant-workers-visas.html
— Democrat leaders say “America Has Never Been Wealthier. Here’s Why It Doesn’t Feel That Way.” Everyone in politics, government, and journalism should be required to disclose where their money came from. Recently, my money came from inheritance. Before that, Social Security since 2010, CSRS pension since 1997, GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, Firestone Stores 1970-1972, Chrysler in 1970, Post Office 1966-1969, John’s Sinclair, Thrall Car, and Flossmoor Country Club in 1966, S.S. Kresge 1964-1966, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, and doing yard work 1962-1964.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/business/economy/wealth-cash-inequality.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders say that Trump says that the ultimate fruits of tariffs will be worth the pain.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/31/trump-tariffs-benefits-costs/82700560007/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use postal employees to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/30/postal-service-changes-doge-musk/82696231007/
KENTUCKY LANTERN
— Democrat leaders say top Democrats in Congress are asking GAO to open an investigation into whether the Trump administration violated federal law by freezing funding for several programs.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/01/repub/democrats-ask-congressional-watchdog-agency-to-probe-trumps-funding-freezes/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders say Trump Doesn’t Need Congress to Cut Waste. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-doesnt-need-congress-to-cut-waste-courts-law-63db5289
— Democrat leaders say “Trump Takes On the Judges.”
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-trump-takes-on-the-judges/5276BB29-B0CE-436B-BF19-100A413AB2F9
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders say “The Democrats Who Are Fighting—and Winning—Against Trump in Court. State attorneys general have brought 11 lawsuits against the president and his administration; strategy carries political risk.”
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-democrats-lawsuits-states-8b765117
— Democrat leaders say “A $6 Trillion Trump Tax Increase? Navarro says tariffs will raise $600 billion a year for the government, but he says this is a tax cut.”
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-tariffs-peter-navarro-6-trillion-tax-increase-2e5cc39d
— Democrat leaders say “Retire at 65? It’s More Like 62. People are overly optimistic about how much they can work later in life.” If your employer is Democrat or RINO, anticipate/expect that the more of the following that you are, the sooner that you will be forced to retire: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/retire-at-65-its-more-like-62-d5f943c4
BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders get Chicago’s retired teachers to question pension’s Tesla holdings.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-31/tesla-stock-plunge-raises-questions-for-chicago-teachers-pensions?srnd=phx-businessweek
NATION
— Democrats a) run the federal government and b) use the federal government to destroy Republicans.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/doge-white-supremacy-racism/
March 31, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/march-trans-equality-held-downtown-chicago-supports-members-lgbtq-community-ahead-transgender-day-visibility/16107997/
— Trump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term as president
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-politics-donald-trump-says-hes-considering-ways-serve-third-term-president-united-states/16107562/
— Trump’s promised ‘Liberation Day’ of tariffs is coming. Here’s what it could mean for you. ‘I couldn’t care less because if the prices on foreign cars go up, they’re going to buy American cars,’ Trump said of auto tariffs. https://abc7chicago.com/post/tariffs-trump-how-presidents-liberation-day-car-more-could-impact-us-economy/16107094/
NBC5
— Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ of tariffs to start this week
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-executive-orders-tariffs-march-31-2025-live-updates/3709767/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/rally-for-trans-visibility-scheduled-for-sunday-afternoon-in-downtown-chicago/
WTTW
— Democrat leaders, that is, LGBTQ leaders, ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/30/transgender-people-are-about-1-us-population-why-have-they-become-political-lightning
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/30/trans-rights-protest-downtown-chicago/
— Trump roars down multiple paths of retribution as he vowed. Some targets yield while others fight
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/30/trump-retribution-executive-orders/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders a) promote more and more and more government spending and b) shout that you will die without it.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/31/tornado-season-weather-service-cuts/
— To be anti-conservative is to be anti-Republican. Jim Edgar has always been anti-conservative. That is why Democrat and RIN leaders have always promoted him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/31/column-jim-edgar-governor-statesmanship-shaw/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term as president
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/03/30/trump-says-hes-considering-ways-to-serve-a-third-term-as-president
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/30/gay-chicago-firefighters-cfd-show-daniel-kyri
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: They were fired in the name of efficiency based on ‘a lie.’ Then the VA paid them not to work. Democrats run the federal government. GAO audits federal agencies including IRS. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. To get rid of me when I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire and b) forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $5,565/month, or $66,780/year for life, or $1.8 million so far in today’s dollars to not work, that is, to not audit federal agencies. Democrats run the federal government. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. I have always been a Republican. In 1997, I was a licensed CPA. In addition, I was a Certified Internal Auditor and I had four other job-related professional certifications. I had three job-related master’s degrees. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/03/30/elon-musk-doge-federal-probationary-workers-firings-north-chicago-va-hospital-donald-trump
— ALL OF THE FRON PAGE: To donate to the Chicago Sun-Times is to donate to the Democrat Party.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/become-a-member
WBEZ
— Chicago law firm Jenner & Block sues to block Trump executive order. A blistering order from President Donald Trump accused the powerhouse firm of “obvious partisan representations.” The firm calls it a presidential effort to silence opponents.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/03/30/jenner-block-trump-executive-order-chicago-law-firm
SHAW LOCAL
— Democrats run DuPage County. They want more housing for those who vote for Democrats. Those who vote for Democrats have financial, health, and/or other problems, lack education and/or job skills, and/or are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/2025/03/17/how-dupage-county-could-expand-affordable-housing/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Despite president’s order, Illinois won’t require voter proof of citizenship
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/illinois-voters-citizenship-proof-trump-order-20248654.php
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article303029984.html
FOX2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use veterans to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaK-r9Qg414
WIFR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wifr.com/2025/03/30/rockford-joins-transgender-day-visibility-with-rally-supporting-trans-rights/
WCIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly arrange more protests against Trump.
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/hundreds-in-urbana-come-out-to-protest-trump/
NPR ILLINOIS
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-29/scholars-say-trump-administration-is-trying-to-erase-americas-non-white-history
IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly arrange more protests against Trump.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/rally-for-democracy-attracts-over-200-protests-trump-administration-in-downtown-urbana/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Durbin pokes at Musk’s undue influence
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/31/durbin-pokes-at-musks-undue-influence-00260051
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/31/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-485/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Lawyers PAC funnels over $1 million to Illinois Democrats
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f8d6254d-1d4a-40ba-a307-d42747ce823a.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrats run the federal government. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. GAO audits federal agencies including IRS. To get rid of me when I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $5,565/month, or $66,780/year, or $1.8 million so far in today’s dollars to not work. I have always been a Republican. In 1997, I was a licensed CPA and a Certified Internal Auditor, Fraud Examiner, Government Financial Manager, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant. I had master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— UAW President Shawn Fain applauds Trump auto tariffs, says they will bring back jobs to U.S.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/30/shawn-fain-uaw-president-applauds-trump-auto-tariffs-says-bring-back/
— Musk invited to CIA to discuss government efficiency. GAO is supposed to focus on promoting government efficiency. If Gingrich had reformed GAO during the 1980s and 1990s instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/30/elon-musk-invited-cia-discuss-government-efficiency/
DAILY WIRE
— House To Again Vote On Bill Requiring Voters Prove Citizenship. The SAVE Act passed the lower chamber last year, but never got a vote in the Senate.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-to-again-vote-on-bill-requiring-voters-prove-citizenship
TOWNHALL
— Trump Admin Moves to Cut Federal Funds for ‘Sanctuary’ Cities
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/03/30/rump-admin-to-withhold-federal-funds-from-sanctuary-cities-n2654697
WORLD
— The canceled pro-lifer. An Illinois county decides to insult the memory of Rep. Henry Hyde.
https://wng.org/opinions/the-cancelled-pro-lifer-1743402071
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Americans want Trump’s focus more on prices, not tariffs; most approve of deportation efforts
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/opinion-poll-trump-economy-tariffs-deportation-immigration/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status. The United States has banned most refugees, including 20,000 people who were already ready to travel to the United States before Trump took office. But Trump is making one exception. White South Africans seeking asylum in America should be advised that when the next Democrat President is elected, they will be the first to be gotten rid of.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/politics/trump-south-africa-white-afrikaners-refugee.html
— The unemployment rate for college graduates has risen faster than for other workers over the past few years. How worried should they be? To hire, retain, and promote more young minorities and more young females, my superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly lowered standards. Because I am a White male, that ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/business/economy/white-collar-layoffs.html
— Trump’s Budget Chief Aims to Wield an Ax, Not a Scalpel, on Agencies and Programs. Democrats run the federal government. They use Republican budget cuts to get rid of their Republican employee.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/us/politics/trump-budget-cuts-russell-vought.html
WASHINGTON POST
— States rush to hire federal workers out of work after DOGE cuts. As the Trump administration’s cuts to federal agencies left tens of thousands of workers in limbo, state and local governments began to recruit them. Democrat and RINO employers do not want to hire Republicans. After the Democrats who ran GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, the following did want to hire me: other federal agencies, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/03/30/state-governments-hiring-doge-cuts/
USA TODAY
— Trans Day of Visibility is Monday. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/30/trans-visibility-day-2025-transgender-people/82703517007/
— My Democrat GAO superiors blamed their problems on their children. According to them, if my wife and I had children, I would never had been able to do the following: a) pass the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, b) become a licensed CPA, c) earn four more job-related professional certifications, or d) earn two job-related master’s degrees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/03/31/declining-birth-rate-parenting-kids-forum/82565786007/
— According to Democrat leaders, tattoos are an ineffective form of ID
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/28/dhs-fbi-documents-question-tattoos-identification-tren-de-aragua/82695605007/
POLITICO
— The more that Hispanics vote for Republicans, the faster that Democrat leaders will dump them.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/30/latino-voters-trump-ticket-splitting-028498
DAILY KOS
— Soon, if not already, everyone in healthcare in America will be a citizen of a foreign country, liberal/moderate, LGBTQ, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/30/2311665/-Amid-plummeting-diversity-at-medical-schools-a-warning-of-DEI-crackdown-s-chilling-effect
LATIN TIMES
— Musk Claims Democrats Are Using IRS Refund ‘Fraud Payments’ to ‘Attract and Retain Illegal Immigrants in the USA’ “That’s why they are so opposed to DOGE stopping this!” Musk added.
https://www.latintimes.com/elon-musk-claims-democrats-using-irs-refund-fraud-payments-attract-retain-illegal-immigrants-579544
LGBTQ NATION
— Pritzker ever-increasingly destroys those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/governor-stands-with-trans-kids-wont-take-soul-sucking-path-of-sacrificing-their-rights/
NDTV
— The Trump administration has paused Green Card processing for certain immigrants, including approved refugees. With Indian asylum seekers in the U.S. rising from 9,000 in 2018 to 51,000 in 2023—a 466% increase—this move could leave many in limbo. How will it impact Indians?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B36PhbHzAcU
March 8, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Volunteer work is the best remedy for our anxious times (COMMENT: What volunteer work do you do? I spend 15+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars every year putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out every day. Those newsletters promote the Republican Party platform. What motivates you to do the volunteer work that you do? For me, it is filling the tremendous void in communication from the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO). The IRP should be doing what I do for Illinois Republicans daily. The DCRCC and MTRO should be doing what I do for DuPage County and Milton Township Republicans at least weekly. Political organizations exist to help elect candidates in their jurisdictions who can and will defend and advance their platform. Democrat organizations do not have to do what I do because the mainstream news media promotes the Democrat Party platform.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/03/07/volunteer-work-kindness-best-remedy-anxiety-polarizing-times-culture-wars-happiness-carol-larson
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County unveils plans to replace Heritage Gallery in Wheaton (COMMENT: The Democrats who have invaded and conquered DuPage County despise/hate Republicans. They want drive all Republicans out of DuPage County.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250307/news/dupage-county-unveils-plans-to-replace-heritage-gallery-in-wheaton/
— Hundreds rallied Thursday at the Capitol in Springfield to voice their opposition to a bill that would require oversight of families who home-school their children (COMMENT: Democrats hate home schooling because Democrats use education to make students good little Democrats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250308/news/l/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump budget cuts.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/stand-science-rally-thousands-federal-plaza-chicago-oppose-trump-administration-research-funding-cuts/15989395/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump budget cuts.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-farmers-food-pantries-hit-hard-by-trumps-budget-cuts/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump budget cuts.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1604992
WTTW
— Illinois Joins Lawsuit Seeking to Halt ‘Illegal’ Mass Firings of Federal Workers and Thrust Into Unemployment, Axed Federal Workers Face Relatives Who Celebrate Their Firing (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress that virtually no one came to my defense when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was grossly overpaid ($153,151/year in today’s dollars) and that I must be an extremely bad employee because I was forced to retire even though I had three job-related master’s degrees (1997, 1980, and 1976), six job-related professional certifications (1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979), and a job-related professional license (1981).)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/07/illinois-joins-lawsuit-seeking-halt-illegal-mass-firings-federal-workers
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/07/thrust-unemployment-axed-federal-workers-face-relatives-who-celebrate-their-firing
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts to the IRS threaten to cost more than DOGE will ever save (COMMENT: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112.280/year. My Democrat IRS superiors took adverse actions against me and wasted my career. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980. To waste my GAO career and to get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, except for 3 years 1986-1988.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/03/07/doges-cuts-irs-threaten-cost-more-than-doge-saves
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump wants to gut HUD. Illinois can’t afford to lose it. (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO during the 1990s instead of gutting it, there would no need for DOGE today.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/illinois-cant-afford-lose-hud-under-trump-opinion
FOX ILLINOIS
— DOGE’s power curbed amid reports of tension within Trump Administration
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/doges-power-curbed-amid-reports-of-tension-within-trump-administration-elon-musk-marco-rubio-sean-duffy-cabinet-trump-agency-democrats-finances
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-07/trump-freeze-on-resettlement-funding-leaves-new-refugees-scrambling-to-adjust-in-u-s
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-263/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To end Affirmative Action and DEI is to end a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How would your life been different if Democrats had not had Affirmative Action and DEI to use against Republicans? For me, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year, long before I was 40 years old. I had three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a job-related professional license (CPA). None of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me had anything close to that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your attitude toward fired federal employees? My critics/opponents stress that virtually no one came to my defense when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My critics/opponents hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was grossly overpaid ($153,151/year in today’s dollars) and that I must be an extremely bad employee because I was forced to retire even though I had three job-related master’s degrees (1997, 1980, and 1976), six job-related professional certifications (1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979), and a job-related professional license (1981). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— A big reason why I got virtually no sympathy when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 was that that I immediately started getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension of $66,780/year in today’s dollars and that the federal government continues to pay 72% of my and my wife’s health care premiums. But in today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $153,151, and therefore, I suffered a $86,371/year or 56% loss of income. But virtually everyone accepted back then and continues to accept the hinting/implying/arguing/shouting from my critics/opponents that I was grossly overpaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. If you accept that, you can understand why my employers had such a hard time recruiting and retaining women for those jobs and why they gave the women who they did hire so much preference over men. With Affirmative Action and DEI, the women who they hired could always get better jobs elsewhere. All the women who my employers promoted over me 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 that I had. They were all Democrat, minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If Republicans had reformed GAO instead of gutting it while I worked for it 1980-1997, I would have been promoted into its Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year. But instead, the Democrats who ran GAO wasted my career and got rid of me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— RINOs want Trump to fail, that is, RINOs want America to fail. RINOs are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-those who have more money than they have, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. I should write about the biggest RINOs in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Astounding Social Security Bonus! (COMMENT: My Social Security ($3,000/year) is only about a third of what it should be ($9,000/year) because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension ($67,000/year). Because Biden signed a law that ended that reduction, I will get about $6,000 for 2024 and $750/month instead of $250/month starting this year.)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/astounding-social-security-bonus/
— Congressman Darin LaHood Questions Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/congressman-darin-lahood-questions-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson/
— Opioid Deaths Up in McHenry County, While State Sees Downturn
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/opioid-deaths-up-in-mchenry-county-while-state-sees-downturn/
— Oakland Hills Dares Hold an “EASTER” Egg Hunt
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/oakland-hills-dares-hold-an-easter-egg-hunt/
— New State Senator Darby Hills Sends First Newsletter
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/new-state-senator-darby-hills-sends-first-newsletter/
— More Concern for Data Centers Electric Use
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/07/more-concern-for-data-centers-electric-use/
WIREPOINTS
— Emanuel shouldn’t get a pass just because Lightfoot was bad and Johnson is even worse.
https://wirepoints.org/rahm-emanuel-shouldnt-get-a-pass-just-because-lightfoot-was-bad-and-mayor-johnson-is-even-worse-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinoisans pay nation’s highest combined state, local taxes
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/report-illinoisans-pay-nations-highest-combined-state-local-taxes/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HB2827 Threatens Homeschool Freedom—Fight Back Before It’s Too Late!
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/03/hb2827-threatens-homeschool-freedom-fight-back-before-its-too-late.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DEI and deviancy: Wealth doesn’t always buy protection.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3311108/dei-and-deviancy-wealth-doesnt-always-buy-protection/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Three FEMA supervisors fired after probe of directive to skip homes with Trump signs
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/03/08/three-fema-supervisors-fired-after-probe-of-directive-to-skip-homes-with-trump-signs-1527711/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Education Department Launches ‘End DEI’ Portal for K-12 Discrimination Reporting (COMMENT: To end DEI is to end a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/03/06/education-department-launches-end-dei-portal-for-k-12-discrimination-reporting/
EPOCH TIMES
— US Stopping All Federal Funding to South Africa (COMMENT: As discrimination against Whites in America diminishes because of Trump, more White South Africans may want to immigrate to America.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/us-stopping-all-federal-funding-to-south-africa-trump-5821808
FOX NEWS
— Obama Presidential Center: DEI-linked firm’s racial lawsuit blasted as baseless ‘smears’ Engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti was accused of racially discriminating against a Black-owned subcontractor after criticizing their work.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-presidential-center-dei-linked-firms-racial-lawsuit-blasted-baseless-smears
NATIONAL REVIEW
— DEI Meets an IED (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly do everything that they can to keep DEI, that is, to keep a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2025/04/dei-meets-an-ied/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSNBC
— Trump’s outreach to white South Africans isn’t (just) about Elon Musk. The president’s offer for white farmers to leave post-apartheid South Africa and gain U.S. citizenship says a lot about how he views America. (COMMENT: As discrimination against Whites in America diminishes because of Trump, more White South Africans may want to immigrate to America.)
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-elon-musk-south-africa-rcna195340
MSN
— IRS worker laid off by DOGE had received just 1 paycheck before getting fired (COMMENT: A big reason why I got virtually no sympathy when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 was that that I immediately started getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension of $66,780/year in today’s dollars and that the federal government continues to pay 72% of my and my wife’s health care premiums. But in today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $153,151, and therefore, I suffered a $86,371/year or 56% loss of income. But virtually everyone accepted back then and continues to accept the hinting/implying/arguing/shouting from my critics/opponents that I was grossly overpaid.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/taxes/we-are-the-easy-targets-irs-worker-laid-off-by-doge-had-received-just-1-paycheck-before-getting-fired/ar-AA1At9AV
CBS NEWS
— Some migrants hoping to cross U.S. border consider turning back due to Trump crackdown
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-mexico-border-migrants-trump-crackdown/
NEW YORK TIMES
— I’m a Rust Belt Democrat From a Swing District. Anti-Tariff Absolutism Is a Mistake.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/opinion/tariffs-democrats-mexico.html
— Asked if U.S. Needs Education Department, Its Head Says ‘No’ (COMMENT: For Democrats, the Department of Education exists to crank out good little Democrats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/education-department-mcmahon-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The 10 Republicans who could be Trump’s heir apparent in 2028. Vice President JD Vance is the obvious and prohibitive frontrunner, but here’s who else could be in the mix.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/08/10-republicans-who-could-be-trumps-heir-apparent-2028/
— For some federal workers, Trump and Musk offer a career springboard (COMMENT: If Republicans had reformed GAO instead of gutting it while I worked for it 1980-1997, I would have been promoted into its Senior Executive Service, currently $195,200/year. But instead, the Democrats who ran GAO wasted my career and got rid of me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/08/trump-musk-doge-workforce/
USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/07/canada-tariffs-affect-us-goods/81799529007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats Are Busy Fighting Over What to Fight Over. Progressives want confrontation while moderates fear that will turn off the centrist voters who can put them back in power.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democrat-party-strategy-progressive-moderates-13e8df10
— RINOs want Trump to fail, that is, RINOs want America to fail. RINOs are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-those who have more money than they have, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. I should write about the biggest RINOs in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/snap-out-of-it-democrats-trump-congressional-address-showed-they-wont-win-for-a-long-time-1757d3c4
— Trump Is Overturning the World Order That America Built. As the president embraces Putin, longtime allies are starting to view the U.S. not just as unreliable but as a possible threat to their own security.
https://www.wsj.com/world/trump-is-overturning-the-world-order-that-america-built-10981637?page=1
FORBES
— Democrat and RNO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2025/03/07/trump-immigration-policy-ending–protection-for-18-million-immigrants/
WRAL
— Dismantling modern DEI policies will hurt women in corporate culture, especially in heavily male-centric organizations, experts warn. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. If you accept that, you can understand why my employers had such a hard time recruiting and retaining women for those jobs and why they gave the women who they did hire so much preference over men. With Affirmative Action and DEI, the women who they hired could always get better jobs elsewhere. All the women who my employers promoted over me 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 that I had. They were all Democrat, minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wral.com/business/women-workforce-dei-policies-change-corporate-america-march-2025/
March 4, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Pritzker SLAMS Trump, drops hints for 2028 run as Democrats look for leadership (COMMENT: Pritzker is far to the left of Harris.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRRuZ2qaXtA
— Census Bureau under Trump seeks permission to delete questions about gender identity. Trump has targeted transgender and nonbinary people with a series of executive orders since he returned to office.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/census-bureau-under-trump-seeks-permission-delete-questions-gender-identity/3687917/
— Stocks tank as Trump says tariffs will start Tuesday
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/daily-open-stocks-tank-as-trump-says-tariffs-will-start-tuesday/3687825/
— Trump dashes hopes for last-minute Canada and Mexico deal ahead of 25% tariffs
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-dashes-hope-for-last-minute-canada-and-mexico-deal-ahead-of-25-tariffs/3687449/
— Trump promises ‘big’ impacts ahead of joint address to Congress. The president took to Truth Social to offer a preview of the speech, which will take place Tuesday.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-joint-address-to-congress-president-offers-preview/3687572/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote concerns about tariffs
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/chicago-small-business-owners-concerned-over-trumps-tariffs-on-mexican-imports/
WTTW
— Chicago’s Sanctuary City Protections Face Crucible Moment as Mayor Brandon Johnson Set to Testify Before Congress
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/04/chicago-s-sanctuary-city-protections-face-crucible-moment-mayor-brandon-johnson-set
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Here are some goods in the crosshairs of Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/03/tariff-goods-mexico-canada-china-2/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, more and more and more people will be on Medicaid. Beyond overwhelmingly, those on Medicaid vote for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/03/03/medicaid-cuts-republicans-health-care-doom-millions-illinois-pritzker
DAILY HERALD
— Des Plaines council cutting city clerk’s oversight of staff
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250303/local-politics/des-plaines-council-cutting-city-clerks-oversight-of-staff/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— As Trump tariffs move from threat to reality, these Chicago industries brace for the impact
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-tariffs-hit-chicago-manufacturing-pharma-tech
SOUTHERN
— Trump will face dozens of fired bureaucrats at joint address Tuesday (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997, that is, they forced me to retire. What if my U.S. Congressman Henry Hyde and my U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald had invited me to Congressional addresses? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Hyde, Fitzgerald, and Hastert sided with GAO against me.)
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/04/trump-will-face-dozens-of-fired-bureaucrats-at-joint-address-tuesday/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats bringing fired federal workers to Trump speech
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/democrats-bringing-fired-federal-workers-to-trump-speech/
WGLT
— Musk moves to cancel leases for federal offices across Illinois (COMMENT: Outstandingly, the last 8 years that I worked for GAO 1990-1997 were in new space in the new 200 West Adams building in the Loop.)
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2025-03-03/elon-musks-doge-moves-to-cancel-leases-for-federal-offices-across-illinois
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-466/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— The cost of illegal migrant healthcare… it’s billions instead of millions. But that’s typical of Illinois budgeting.
https://wirepoints.org/the-cost-of-illegal-migrant-healthcare-its-billions-instead-of-millions-but-thats-typical-of-illinois-budgeting-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/
— Mayor Emanuel suddenly cares about Chicago’s “streets, schools and finances?” Here’s his record.
https://wirepoints.org/mayor-emanuel-suddenly-cares-about-chicagos-streets-schools-and-finances-heres-his-record-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Trump got elected by promising to defend and advance the Republican Party platform if elected. What does that platform say about Ukraine, about tariffs, about spending cuts, about firing federal employees, about Canada, about Greenland, about etc.? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If I had sought to be on Musk’s DOGE team, I would have stressed that a) I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, d) I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrat veterans, and at times, most, if not virtually all of them were. My Democrat superiors stressed to them that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. They stressed to them if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to a) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29. b) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, d) pass on my first attempt the CPA examination when I was 30 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, e) become a licensed CPA when I was 32, or f) get married when I was 29. My Democrat superiors succeeded in getting my Democrat superiors and supervisors to who were veterans to take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Why did America lose the Vietnam War? SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22lost+the+Vietnam+war%22 According to my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government, America lost the Vietnam War because far too many Republicans like me who not only did not enlist, but who avoided the draft. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997, that is, they forced me to retire. What if my U.S. Congressman Henry Hyde and my U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald had invited me to Congressional addresses? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Hyde, Fitzgerald, and Hastert sided with GAO against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you work for the federal government, your superiors and supervisors know everything about you, including your and your spouse’s income, assets, liabilities, dependents, etc. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates always painted themselves as be grossly underpaid and suffering tremendous financial hardships. Most commonly, they stressed the tremendous cost of raising their children. They were filled with envy and they were furious that my wife had a good job and that we gave up trying to have children, that we did not adopt, and that we did not become foster parents. I should write about that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Overwhelmingly, Republicans view federal employees negatively. Why is that? Virtually all federal employees are Democrats, and many of them are minority, female, and/or veteran. I am Republican, White, male, and non-veteran, but nevertheless, I survived as a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years. To demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me, my Republican critics/opponents stress that I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I have been a federal retiree since 1997. They especially stress that I was an IRS employee 1971-1980. I should write about why Republicans view federal employees negatively. I would stress how my Democrat superiors treated me. I would stress the many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me that they never would never had taken against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to my critics/opponents who are not past, present, or future government employees, government is the employer of last resort, that is, government employees are those who are so bad that they cannot get a job in the private sector. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who could not get a government job if they tried to because they lack qualifications, because they cannot pass a background investigation, or because of even worse things. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Refocusing U.S. military: Why identity politics has no place in national defense. Defending our nation is not meant to be a social club.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/3/refocusing-us-military-identity-politics-place-national-defense/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Why Illinois and the U.S. are broke
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/why_illinois_and_the_u_s_are_broke.html
BREITBART
— Trump Warns U.S. Against Becoming ‘Like Europe’ With Mass Migration (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders are ever-increasingly replacing those in America who vote for Republicans with those who vote for Democrats.)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/03/03/trump-warns-u-s-against-becoming-like-europe-with-mass-migration/
FEDERALIST
— Trump’s Success Proves Democrats And Weak Republicans Were Holding Border Security Hostage
https://thefederalist.com/2025/03/03/trumps-success-proves-democrats-and-weak-republicans-were-holding-border-security-hostage/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
AOL
— Many federal employees are veterans. They’re terrified. (COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrat veterans, and at times, most, if not virtually all of them were. My Democrat superiors stressed to them that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. They stressed to them if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to a) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29. b) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, d) pass on my first attempt the CPA examination when I was 30 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32, e) become a licensed CPA when I was 32, or f) get married when I was 29. My Democrat superiors succeeded in getting my Democrat superiors and supervisors to who were veterans to take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.)
https://www.aol.com/trumps-sweeping-doge-driven-cuts-093002133.html
— Musk Claims To Know The Net Worths Of Federal Employees – But How? (COMMENT: If you work for the federal government, your superiors and supervisors know everything about you, including your and your spouse’s income, assets, liabilities, dependents, etc. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates always painted themselves as be grossly underpaid and suffering tremendous financial hardships. Most commonly, they stressed the tremendous cost of raising their children. They were filled with envy and they were furious that my wife had a good job and that we gave up trying to have children, that we did not adopt, and that we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.aol.com/musk-claims-know-net-worths-223621481.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “We do find it sort of rather odd that, you know, there are quite a few people in the bureaucracy who have, ostensibly, a salary of a few hundred thousand dollars but somehow managed to accrue tens of millions of dollars in net worth,” he said. In reality, only 3% of the 2.4 million federal employees make more than $200,000 a year, while half make between $50,000 and $110,000 a year, according to government figures. Further, workers who have made six figures for a number of years could easily be worth seven figures, particularly those in their 50s or 60s who have been saving for retirement for decades and have considerable equity in their homes. But Musk’s assertion raises the more fundamental question about how he would know the financial situations of federal employees.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— China Retaliates Against Trump Tariffs With Levies on U.S. Food
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/04/us/tariffs-us-canada-mexico-china
— The People Carrying Out Musk’s Plans at DOGE (COMMENT: If I had sought to be on Musk’s DOGE team, I would have stressed that a) I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year, c) I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, d) I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and e) I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/27/us/politics/doge-staff-list.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The New York Times identified more than 50 people within the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a group formed by Elon Musk that in a short few weeks has radically upended federal agencies. Few members have formal Washington experience. Many are software engineers. All seem to have a clear mandate: Shrink and disrupt the federal government. Mr. Musk’s team has taken aim at more than 20 agencies while gaining access to sensitive government data systems. But the full extent of its reach or ambitions is unclear. Much of the team’s operations are opaque, and most of its personnel have not been disclosed by the Trump administration, and it is unclear exactly how large the operation is. Through executive order, President Trump moved the team from the Office of Management and Budget, where it had been housed as the United States Digital Service since its founding, into the White House — a transition that effectively shielded its work from open records laws that could give the public insight into its operations. The list below includes some of Mr. Musk’s allies; engineers — many of whom are young men — with backgrounds in artificial intelligence; former employees; and others who have helped the operation. Several have recently deleted their social media accounts after their names appeared in news reports.)
— Departures Are Draining Agencies of Expertise. Trump’s effort to remake the government is a direct challenge to a decades-long effort to build a civil service stocked with experts. Critics say it will backfire. (COMMENT: My coworkers who my Democrat GAO superiors did not force to retire were Democrats who 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 had no professional license like the one I had and/or were a) minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/us/politics/federal-workers-scientists-firings-trump.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage assimilation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/us/politics/trump-english-official-language.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in the military.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/us/transgender-military-ban-trump-hegseth.html
— Struggling With Errors, DOGE Deletes Billions More From List of Savings. For the second time in a week, Elon Musk’s government overhaul effort updated its “wall of receipts” to remove mistakes that inflated its success.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/us/politics/doge-musk-contracts-wall.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s speech to Congress has the ingredients for an explosive event. The president addresses restless lawmakers Tuesday after six weeks of working aggressively to slash their power.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/04/trump-speech-second-term-congress/
— No one knows what will finally stop Trump. So Black leaders are trying everything. Resistance to the president should include lawsuits, boycotts, marches — and not forgetting history.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/03/03/trump-opposition-black-leaders/
USA TODAY
— How DOGE’s email to federal employees was ripped from private sector playbook
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/24/musk-doge-federal-layoffs-private-sector-inspiration/79075752007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Tariffs on Canada and Mexico Take Effect, With Added Duties on China. Beijing hits back with retaliatory tariffs and other measures after U.S. imposes additional 10% duties on China.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-stock-market-today-03-04-2025
— Trump Takes the Dumbest Tariff Plunge. He says the 25% levies on Mexico and Canada will begin Tuesday. Stocks fall.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-takes-the-dumbest-tariff-plunge-5da57946
— Just When We Need Them, the Media’s Credibility Hits Bottom. Journalists harrumph at Trump’s actions, but no one cares anymore. I say that with no satisfaction.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/just-when-we-need-them-the-medias-credibility-hits-bottom-79b11b8f
BARRON’S
— Trump’s Tariffs Will Send Inflation Higher, Hurt Exporters
https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-030425/card/trump-s-tariffs-will-send-inflation-higher-hurt-exporters-e4sxiO7RcFzoVmD88EBN
TIME
— These Are the Guests Democrats and Republicans Are Bringing to Trump’s Speech Tonight (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me in 1997, that is, they forced me to retire. What if my U.S. Congressman Henry Hyde and my U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald had invited me to Congressional addresses? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Hyde, Fitzgerald, and Hastert sided with GAO against me.)
https://time.com/7264128/trump-joint-session-congress-2025-guests-democrats-republicans-schumer-johnson/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fired federal workers. Medicaid recipients who could lose their healthcare under proposed budget cuts. A small business owner who may be affected by new tariffs. These are some of the people who will attend President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday night, brought as guests by Democratic lawmakers seeking to highlight the human cost of the administration’s sweeping policy changes. For decades, lawmakers have used invited guests to put a human face on policy debates, underscoring the real-world consequences of decisions made in Washington. This year, as Trump touts what he calls a “historic transformation” of the federal government, Democrats are countering with stories of disruption and hardship—stories they hope will resonate beyond the chamber’s walls.)
NATION
— Your Government Owes You a Job. The federal government can easily afford a job guarantee program, becoming our employer of last resort. (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents who are not past, present, or future government employees, government is the employer of last resort, that is, government employees are those who are so bad that they cannot get a job in the private sector. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who could not get a government job if they tried to because they lack qualifications, because they cannot pass a background investigation, or because of even worse things.)
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/your-government-owes-you-job/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Ever-increasingly, since 1965, Democrats and RINOs have ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/trump-revokes-workplace-discrimination-rules-203613130.html
AXIOS
— Some Dems plot to disrupt Trump’s speech to Congress
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/04/trump-congress-address-democrats-disrupt-plan
GOOGLE AI
— Why did America lose the Vietnam War? According to my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government, America lost the Vietnam War because far too many Republicans like me who not only did not enlist, but who avoided the draft.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22lost+the+Vietnam+war%22
INDEPENDENT
— U.S. forecast to enter recession after Trump crashes markets with tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-news-tariffs-canada-mexico-zelensky-musk-updates-b2708278.html
February 25, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— Sick Politicians Want Killers, Rapists Roaming Our Streets
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/sick-politicians-want-killers-rapists-roaming-our-streets/
— Statement on Trump White House Victory Against the Associated Press
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/02/statement-on-trump-white-house-victory-against-the-associated-press/
— New Poll Shows Massive Support for President Trump and His Agenda
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/new-poll-shows-massive-support-for-president-trump-and-his-agenda/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Federal employees may get more demands to justify their work at Elon Musk’s direction
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-backs-musk-he-roils-federal-workforce-demands-threats/15953583/
— Is Mayor Brandon Johnson is ready to defend Chicago’s sanctuary city law to Congress?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ex-congressman-luis-guttierez-questions-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-is-ready-defend-sanctuary-city-law-congress/15954965/
— Rudy Giuliani satisfies Fulton County election workers’ $148 million defamation case
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rudy-giuliani-satisfies-fulton-county-election-workers-148-million-defamation-case/15952884/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Search for next US attorney in Chicago underway, again, in dramatically changed landscape (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always stressed that my Republican U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald appointed U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald who sided with my Democrat GAO superiors in Diersen v. GAO. Previously, Peter Fitzgerald also appointed Amy St. Eve to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois who also sided with my Democrat GAO superiors. To side with my Democrat GAO superiors is to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/search-for-next-us-attorney-in-chicago-underway-again-in-dramatically-changed-landscape/
— Democrat leaders always hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are responsible for racist graffiti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/officials-promise-immediate-consequences-after-racist-graffiti-found-at-oak-park-and-river-forest-high-school/
— Social Security says higher payments are on the way for millions of former public workers
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/social-security-payments/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 3.2 million Social Security recipients who received pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public service jobs will soon see a boost in their benefits. Most people will receive their one-time retroactive payment by the end of March, and new monthly payments will begin in April, the agency says. The Social Security Administration announced it would immediately begin processing retroactive payments and will send increased monthly payments to people affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset, which were rescinded in the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act that former President Joe Biden signed into law last year. The Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset limited Social Security benefits for recipients if they got retirement payments from other sources, including public retirement programs from a state or local government. Advocates say the Social Security Fairness Act rights a decades-old disparity, though it also puts a strain on Social Security Trust Funds, which face a looming insolvency crisis.)
— Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company’s diversity programs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/apple-diversity-programs-2/
— Federal employees may get more demands to justify their work at Elon Musk’s direction
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/federal-employees-elon-musk/
— Elon Musk renews threat to fire federal workers despite pushback from various agencies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/elon-musk-federal-workers/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rep. LaHood calls Trump policies a ‘priority’ as he opens search for new top federal prosecutor. The Peoria Republican also noted that the Northern District of Illinois has gone more than 22 months without a confirmed U.S. attorney.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/02/25/lahood-opens-u-s-attorney-search-by-calling-trump-policies
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that rump is a Nazi. To hint/imply/argue/shout that someone is a Nazi in America today is like hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that someone is a Jew in Germany in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/02/25/pritzker-trump-comparison-nazi-hitler-academic-commentary
— With intensifying assaults on the press, is it time for a ‘NATO for news’? To protect the free press in America, we need to agree that “an attack on one is an attack on all.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/02/24/president-donald-trump-assault-press-news-media-associated-press-ap-nato-news-jim-friedlich
DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton College in political, religious crosshairs over congratulating Trump appointee
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250225/news/wheaton-college-in-political-religious-crosshairs-over-congratulating-trump-appointee/
— Some GOP lawmakers start to call out DOGE — carefully
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250225/nation-and-world-politics/some-gop-lawmakers-start-to-call-out-doge-carefully/
— College of DuPage to host College Poll Worker Recruitment Summit April 11
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250224/submitted-content/college-of-dupage-to-host-college-poll-worker-recruitment-summit-april-11/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Who will be Chicago’s next U.S. attorney? Rep. LaHood is taking applications.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/darin-lahood-kicks-search-chicagos-us-attorney
SHAW LOCAL
— White House says it ‘will decide’ which news outlets cover Trump, rotating some traditional ones
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/02/25/white-house-says-it-will-decide-which-news-outlets-cover-trump-rotating-some-traditional-ones/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company’s diversity programs
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/alert-apple-shareholders-reject-proposal-to-20186932.php
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DeSantis talks up his wife as next Florida governor. Here’s what to know about Casey.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-as-desantis-talks-up-his-wife-as-next-florida-governor-heres-what-to-know-about-casey/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Rollback of diversity efforts leaves teachers wondering about effects on Black History Month
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-02-25/rollback-of-diversity-efforts-leaves-teachers-wondering-about-effects-on-black-history-month
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Pritzker positions himself at forefront of Trump opposition by invoking Nazis’ rise to power
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzker-positions-himself-at-forefront-of-trump-opposition-by-invoking-nazis-rise-to-power/
— Lawsuit threatens Illinois minority teachers scholarship. Conservative group seeks to overturn race-based financial aid. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawsuit-threatens-illinois-minority-teachers-scholarship/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Edgar disses Trump
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/25/edgar-battles-cancer-disses-trump-00205911
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-255/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Milena McConchie, Wife of Recently Resigned State Senator Dan McConchie Succumbs to Cancer from Chernobyl Radiation, R.I.P.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/milena-mcconchie-wife-of-recently-resigned-state-senator-dan-mcconchie-succumbs-to-cancer-from-chernobyl-radiation-r-i-p/
— Carbondale Retreats To Keep Sidewalk Counseling Case Out of U.S. Supreme Court
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/carbondale-retreats-to-keep-sidewalk-counseling-case-out-of-u-s-supreme-court/
— Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy “My Way or the Highway” Funk Mails Out Newsletter Right Before Election Day
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/algonquin-township-supervisor-randy-my-way-or-the-highway-funk-mails-out-newsletter-right-before-election-day/
— Schakowsky Continues Picketing Agencies Musk Targets
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/schakowsky-continues-picketing-agencies-musk-targets/
— Federal Gun Dealer Takedown
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/federal-gun-dealer-takedown/
— State Reps Reick and Keicher Set Tele-Town Hall Meeting February 26th
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/state-reps-reick-and-keicher-set-tele-town-hall-meeting-february-26th/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS warns illegal immigrants to self-deport
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/25/dhs-warns-illegal-immigrants-self-deport/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago keeps electing Democrats to disastrous results
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3329826/chicago-keeps-electing-democrats-disastrous-results/
— Hospitals conducting transgender procedures on children supported by billions in taxpayer dollars
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3329731/hospitals-transgender-procedures-children-billions-taxpayer-dollars/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump administration ends use of controversial app to allow migrants to fly without ID
https://nypost.com/2025/02/25/us-news/trump-administration-ends-use-of-app-to-allow-migrants-to-board-flights-without-id/
CITY JOURNAL
— How Universities Get Away With Hiring Radicals. Fellow-to-faculty programs have seeded academia with activists.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/universities-fellow-to-faculty-programs-activists
DAILY WIRE
— Nearly 100 Illegals Captured In Colony Ridge Deportation Raids. Border Czar Tom Homan said “several child sexual predators” were arrested in the Texas development.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-100-illegals-captured-in-colony-ridge-deportation-raids
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Homan Wants to Double ICE Footprint in Sanctuary Cities. Musk Is Helping Him Get There.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tom-homan-wants-to-double-ice-footprint-in-sanctuary-cities-elon-musk-is-helping-him-get-there/
NEWS BUSTERS
— The View Celebrates Black History Month By Promoting Discredited 1619 Project
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/02/25/view-celebrates-black-history-month-promoting-discredited
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— DHS Secretary Noem Says She Discovered Some Officials ‘Tipping Off’ Illegals About Deportation Plans: ‘They Will Be Fired’
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/dhs-secretary-noem-says-she-discovered-some-officials-tipping-off-illegals-about-deportation-plans-they-will-be-fired/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Poetic Justice: Obama Library Delayed – Discrimination Lawsuits, Environmental Injunctions, Enrichment Allegations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/poetic-justice-obama-library-delayed-discrimination-lawsuits-environmental-injunctions-enrichment-allegations/ar-AA1zCG31
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Federal workers urge congressional lawmakers to reverse job cuts
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-workers-urge-congressional-lawmakers-to-reverse-job-cuts/
— Case surge from fired federal workers jams federal board
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/case-surge-from-fired-federal-workers-jams-merit-systems-protection-board/
NTD
— House Hearing on ‘The Government Accountability Office’s 2025 High-Risk List’
https://www.ntd.com/live-1-pm-et-house-hearing-on-the-government-accountability-offices-2025-high-risk-list_1049779.html
WASHINGTON POST
— What has Trump done today?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/trump-administration-actions/
USA TODAY
— Trump pitches $5 million gold card path to citizenship for foreign investors
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/02/25/trump-pitches-gold-card-path-to-citizenship-for-foreign-investors/80355877007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Proposes Fines, Prison Time for Migrants Who Don’t Join Registry. Administration plans to establish registration website as soon as this week.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-immigration-migrant-registry-jail-time-95c405a7
POLITICO
— White House says it will determine which reporters have access to the president
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/trump-white-house-press-pool-access-00206001
PBS
— Elon Musk may direct more demands on federal employees to justify their work
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/elon-musk-may-direct-more-demands-on-federal-employees-to-justify-their-work
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Is Trump Acting Like a Dictator? 74% of Democrats Say So
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/is_trump_acting_like_a_dictator_74_of_democrats_say_so
February 24, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The few Republicans who still oppose Trump, including former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, gather in search of a path to oppose him. (COMMENT: To what extent do Republican leaders in your area oppose Trump? What are they doing to oppose Trump? Why do they oppose Trump?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/24/republicans-oppose-trump/
ABC7
— Pfleger church flying American flag upside-down: ‘America is under distress’ (COMMENT: Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/father-michael-pfleger-flies-american-flag-upside-down-outside-saint-sabina-church-gresham-chicago/15952293/
FOX32
— Pfleger protests Trump administration with upside-down American flag (COMMENT: Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-pastor-protests-trump-administration-upside-down-american-flag
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders push for reparations. Anticipate/expect that to get more votes from voters who are the following, Democrat leaders will push for reparations for them: other minorities, females, young people, LGBTQers, those who have less money than others, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1598130
WBEZ
— Trump’s cozying up to Russia comes as ‘slap in the face’ to Ukrainian Americans in Chicago
https://www.wbez.org/nation-world/2025/02/24/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-war-third-anniversary-chicago-ukrainians
WGN RADIO
— DeSantis talks up his wife as next Florida governor and takes a shot at Trump’s pick
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-desantis-promotes-his-wife-as-next-florida-governor-and-takes-a-shot-at-trumps-pick/
OUR QUAD CITIES
— Pritzker’s proposal to fund resources for the homeless in Illinois (COMMENT: Under Illinois Democrats and under Illinois RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase in Illinois.)
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/gov-pritzkers-proposal-to-fund-resources-for-the-homeless-in-illinois/
WSIU
— Democrat leaders have protesters call on LaHood to oppose Trump’s cuts to health care, food assistance
https://www.wsiu.org/state-of-illinois/2025-02-24/protesters-call-on-lahood-to-oppose-trump-cuts-to-healthcare-food-assistance
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump administration backs off requiring response to “What did you do last week?” email
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-24/trump-administration-backs-off-requiring-response-to-what-did-you-do-last-week-email
— Federal agencies still can’t agree on ‘What did you do last week?’ email
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-24/federal-agencies-still-cant-agree-on-what-did-you-do-last-week-email
WAND TV
— Judge rejects immediately restoring AP’s access to White House but urges government to reconsider. A federal judge on had refused to immediately order the White House to restore The Associated Press’ access to presidential events, saying the news organization had not shown it had suffered irreparable harm in the matter. (COMMENT: AP treats Trump unfairly. But I have never treated Republican candidates, elected officials, or party leaders unfairly.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/judge-rejects-immediately-restoring-aps-access-to-white-house-but-urges-government-to-reconsider/article_a64e49e8-c5db-55f0-8948-b150240eb30b.html
ILLINOIS PATCH
— Pritzker Refuses To ‘Bend The Knee’ As Trump Says ‘Long Live The King’ The Illinois governor also drew parallels between Nazi Germany and the modern political climate. (COMMENT: To be America’s next president, Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump, that is, to be America’s next president, Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against those who voted for Trump including the 2.4 million in Illinois.)
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/pritzker-compares-trump-king-says-he-wont-bend-knee
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-254/
— Poll: Mayor Johnson’s re-elect in crowded field is 8 percent; Just 7 percent view him favorably, 80 percent unfavorably
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/24/poll-mayor-johnsons-re-elect-in-crowded-field-is-8-percent-just-7-percent-view-him-favorably-80-percent-unfavorably/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Immigration group received over $63 million in Illinois taxpayer funds in 7 months
https://www.aol.com/news/immigration-group-received-over-63-150000603.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Echoing My Continuing Concern that Data Centers Will Endanger Electric Supply to Homeowners and Businesses
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/echoing-my-continuing-concern-that-data-centers-will-endanger-electric-supply-to-homeowners-and-businesses/
— Time to Build Another Nuclear Power Plant in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/time-to-build-another-nuclear-power-plant-in-illinois/
— The Censures of Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy Funk – Part 8
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/the-censures-of-algonquin-township-supervisor-randy-funk-part-8/
— Marengo Set To Impose Grocery Sales Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/marengo-set-to-impose-grocery-sales-tax/
— Fox River Grove Moving Ahead with Downtown Development
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/fox-river-grove-moving-ahead-with-downtown-development/
— Third Mailer from Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Danijela Sandberg
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/third-mailer-from-algonquin-township-highway-commissioner-danijela-sandberg/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel to Clear Out Illegal Aliens
https://amgreatness.com/2025/02/24/new-york-citys-roosevelt-hotel-to-clear-out-illegal-aliens/
BREITBART
— Poll: Support for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Totally Collapses
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/24/poll-support-for-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-totally-collapses/
— Houston 15-Year-Old Shoots Mom, Sister After Eating ‘Bunch’ of Marijuana Edibles
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/02/23/police-houston-15-year-old-shoots-mom-sister-marijuana-edibles/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Federal agencies can ignore “What did you do last week?” email, Trump administration says
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-doge-email-federal-employees-opm-directive-accomplishments/
CNN
— Musk’s new message: Elon Musk said tonight that federal workers who do not respond to a weekend email asking them to justify their jobs will be given another opportunity “subject to the discretion of the President” and warned that they would still be fired if they didn’t reply a second time. Hours earlier, the Office of Personnel Management notified government agencies that responding to Musk’s email, which President Donald Trump praised as “pretty ingenious,” was voluntary.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-news-02-24-25/index.html
— Setback for AP: A federal judge declined today to temporarily restore the Associated Press’ access to some of Trump’s events, the Oval Office and Air Force One.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-news-02-24-25/index.html
WASHJINGTON POST
— What has Trump done today?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/trump-administration-actions/
— Trump administration tells agencies they can ignore Musk order on email reply. The Office of Personnel Management told HR officials that employees wouldn’t be let go for not replying to an email asking what they did last week.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/24/musk-email-government-confusion/
DENVER POST
— SBA administrator orders regional offices to exit “sanctuary cities” like Denver
https://www.denverpost.com/2025/02/24/sba-administrator-regional-headquarters-exit-denver/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Backs Musk’s Email Asking Federal Workers to List Accomplishments. Agencies issue conflicting guidance on whether to comply with the request.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-says-workers-who-dont-respond-to-musks-email-risk-being-fired-27c2e9e4
BARRON’S
— Illegals who were invited in by Democrat and RINO leaders return home.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/their-dreams-dashed-by-trump-migrants-make-return-journey-home-8c6ff17b
PBS
— Federal workers sue over Elon Musk’s threat to fire them if they don’t explain their accomplishments (COMMENT: I sued my Democrat GAO superiors over their threats if I did not take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf They made it clear to me that if I did not take their “offer,” they would make my next 6 years until I would be eligible for regular retirement a living hell for me. The least of which they would do would be to demote me and to give me adverse transfers. Previously, they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and forced to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS. GAO was not unionized; it did not unionize until 2007.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-workers-sue-over-elon-musks-threat-to-fire-them-if-they-dont-explain-their-accomplishments