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June 15, 2025

Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media ever-increasingly flood the streets with their protestors

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/14/chicago-no-kings-protest/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/14/no-kings-lake-county/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/14/1200-join-orland-park-no-kings-rally/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/14/thousands-take-to-the-streets-saturday-to-protest-trump-at-napervilles-no-kings-rally/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/14/army-parade-trump-birthday/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/14/anti-trump-no-kings-protest-draws-large-peaceful-crowd-in-geneva-people-are-mad/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/15/column-donald-trump-immigrants-ice-alex-padilla-page/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/live/2025/06/14/chicago-protests-no-kings-trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/06/14/no-kings-protests-donald-trump-daley-plaza-evanston-oak-park

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250614/news/local-no-kings-protests-held-across-the-suburbs-saturday/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250614/nation-and-world-politics/protesters-crowd-into-streets-parks-and-plazas-at-anti-trump-no-kings-demonstrations-across-us/
— Arrest warrant issued for Huntley Trump store owner for missing court on suspended license misdemeanor
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250613/news/arrest-warrant-issued-for-huntley-trump-store-owner-for-missing-court-on-suspended-license-misdemean/

ABC7
— Trump speaks at massive military parade across National Mall
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-military-parade-live-stream-massive-national-mall-250th-anniversary/16751567/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/no-kings-day-protests-chicago-suburbs-today-rallies-ice-raids-trumps-military-parade-dc-armys-250th/16747973/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-administration-gives-personal-data-illinois-immigrant-medicaid-enrollees-deportation-officials/16744453/
— Trump curbs immigration enforcement at farms. My ancestors operated farms themselves. They did not use illegals. I spent many days during the 1950s and early 1960s at my grandparents’ farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-raids-pres-donald-trump-curbs-immigration-enforcement-farms-meatpacking-plants-hotels-restaurants/16752002/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/thousands-demonstrate-1-arrested-after-no-kings-protest-in-chicago/3768495/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/demonstrators-rally-and-march-in-chicago-as-part-of-no-kings-protests-nationwide/3768484/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/no-kings-protests-expected-in-chicago-area-nationwide-heres-what-to-know/3768261/
— Democrat leaders continue to use Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/is-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday-heres-what-to-know-as-the-date-approaches/3768478/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/no-kings-protest-chicago-saturday-what-to-know/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/live-updates-no-kings-protests-chicago

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/no-kings-protests-held-in-chicagoland-as-demonstrators-march-nationwide/

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/14/anti-trump-no-kings-protests-kick-chicago-across-country-tens-thousands-expected-gather

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.rrstar.com/picture-gallery/news/2025/06/14/womens-march-rockfords-no-kings-protest-draws-2000-see-photos/84206787007/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2025/06/14/were-sick-of-everything-trumps-doing-hundreds-join-no-kings-protest-in-dekalb/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/trump/2025/06/14/a-no-kings-protest-took-place-at-the-capitol-in-springfield/84149398007/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/protesters-crowd-into-streets-parks-and-plazas-at-anti-trump-no-kings-demonstrations-across-us/article_28b9e8d6-4ab0-51fc-b17e-91375427bc2c.html
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/photo-gallery-no-kings-rally-in-urtbana/collection_103b1b5a-f4a4-489d-aab5-8c72aaccbf3f.html

BELLEVIEW NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/community/belleville/article308505255.html

DAIL EGYPTION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://dailyegyption.com/121482/news/gallery-thousands-gather-in-carbondale-to-celebrate-pride-protest-trump/

ILLINOIS VALLEY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley/2025/06/14/demonstrators-in-princeton-voice-opposition-to-trumps-policies-at-no-kings-rally/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/protest-military-army-trump-parade-no-kings-nationwide-donald-celebration-dc-maryland-virginia-rally-protest-rally-army-navy-military-parade-president-no-kings-near-me-refuse-facism-deportations

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/springfield-il/2025-06-14/anti-trump-protest-held-in-downtown-springfield
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less welcome that you are: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who been in America for a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-14/whos-welcome-in-the-us

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-06-14/trumps-immigration-response-poses-political-risks

WGLT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-06-14/no-kings-rally-draws-large-crowd-to-downtown-bloomington
https://www.wglt.org/2025-06-14/anti-trump-no-kings-protests-flood-american-streets-ahead-of-military-parade

WSIL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/many-protest-in-carbondale-as-part-of-no-kings-movement/article_6dbb31ed-7044-4836-a8d7-a90d50d10df5.html

WIFR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.wifr.com/2025/06/15/no-kings-rally-brings-2k-protestors-downtown-rockford/

WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/photos-of-anti-trump-no-kings-demonstrations-across-the-us/article_750f92a8-cea8-58d8-90c7-b5842a526b31.html

25 NEWS NOW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/06/14/large-crowd-gathers-bloomingtons-no-kings-day-rally-counter-trumps-military-parade/

IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://ipmnewsroom.org/photos-thousands-protest-in-no-kings-rally-in-urbana/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/14/chicagos-no-kings-march-draws-thousands-to-protest-president-donald-trump-live-blog/

ELMHURST PATCH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-protest-trump-has-got-go

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Krishnamoorthi perverted migrant sanctuary hearing into grossly dishonest rally for Pritzker and Illinois
https://wirepoints.org/congressman-krishnamoorthi-perverted-migrant-sanctuary-hearing-into-grossly-dishonest-rally-for-pritzker-and-illinois-wirepoints/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Large protests in Chicago area feature participants trained to protest peacefully
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_750deb57-12a6-422d-843d-8a726a4e95c2.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WHITE HOUSE
— RESTORING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND MERITOCRACY To promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI is to destroy equal opportunity and meritocracy. Since the 1960s, those above me have used AA and DEI to ever-increasing give more preference to Democrats and to RINOs who are minority, female, and or younger. That rendered worthless my job-related a) bachelor’s degree (1970), b) three master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), c) six professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and d) professional license (1981).
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/restoring-equality-of-opportunity-and-meritocracy/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Police hunting for former Walz appointee suspected of shooting Minnesota lawmakers
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/14/police-hunting-former-walz-appointee-suspected-gunning-minnesota/
— ‘No Kings’ protest fliers found in car of man suspected of shooting Minnesota lawmakers
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/14/no-kings-protest-fliers-found-car-man-suspected-shooting-minnesota/

NEW YORK POST
— Massive ‘No Kings’ protesters sweep New York City and across US amid celebration of Army’s 250th bday
https://nypost.com/2025/06/14/us-news/massive-no-kings-protesters-sweep-new-york-city-and-across-us-amid-celebration-of-armys-250th-bday/
— Army celebrates 250th birthday live updates: Trump, Vance in the stands for US Army’s big 250th birthday celebration.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/14/us-news/no-kings-protest-against-trump-in-nyc-live-updates/
— Democrat and RINO leaders will use AI to get rid of Republicans once and for all
https://nypost.com/2025/06/14/opinion/why-ai-not-dei-could-be-societys-great-equalizer/

BLAZE
— Behind the rainbow curtain: Who is funding the trans agenda targeting kids?
https://www.theblaze.com/align/behind-the-rainbow-curtain-who-is-funding-the-trans-agenda-targeting-kids

DAILY WIRE
— Masked Protesters Surround Seattle ICE Office With Agents And Detained Illegals Inside. “Federal and local police deploy tear gas, crowd control munitions on Antifa anti-ICE rioters outside ICE Seattle field office.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/masked-protesters-surround-seattle-ice-office-with-agents-and-detained-illegals-inside

FOX NEWS
— White House slams ‘utter failure’ of anti-Trump protests as America celebrates Army’s historic milestone
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-slams-utter-failure-anti-trump-protests-america-celebrates-armys-historic-milestone

TOWNHALL
— Consequences of Sanctuary Cities Come Home to Roost
https://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2025/06/13/consequences-of-sanctuary-cities-come-home-to-roost-n2658784

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/no-kings-demonstrators-protest-president-trump-during-army-parade/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://apnews.com/article/no-kings-protest-trump-philadelphia-los-angeles-immigration-raids-a3b67d23733cd060f8d01aef1e391dbf
— Trump curbs immigration enforcement at farms. My ancestors operated farms themselves. They did not use illegals. I spent many days during the 1950s and early 1960s at my grandparents’ farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-arrests-pause-hotels-restaurants-farms-aa8f503a8d6d797021a70601e6a1d918

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/14/us/gallery/no-kings-protests

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/protests-middle-east-bad-weather-may-rain-trumps-military-parade-2025-06-14/
https://www.reuters.com/pictures/47-signs-anti-trump-no-kings-protests-2025-06-14/

MSN
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in manipulating/dominating religious leaders
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pope-leos-first-us-bishop-calls-on-priests-to-escort-asylum-seekers-to-court-people-of-faith-stand-with-immigrants/ar-AA1GFzBc
— Social Security Breaks Records: Retirees’ Checks Hit $2K for the First Time. My critics/opponents remain furious that I get Social Security. But I paid into Social Security for more than 10 years while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, and pumped more gasoline.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/social-security-breaks-records-retirees-checks-hit-2k-for-the-first-time/ar-AA1GEBl3
— Religion in flux: Islam surges, Christianity shrinks; Hinduism holds steady. My critics/opponents stress that while their churches flourish, my Hope Lutheran church in Park Forest ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/282920624709/ ) no longer exists. I attended Hope Lutheran Grade School 1961-1962 and I was confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran in 1962.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/religion-in-flux-islam-surges-christianity-shrinks-hinduism-holds-steady/ar-AA1GqmZm

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTUTE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/protests-cities-no-kings.html

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/14/no-kings-protests-photos/84205672007/

FORTUNE
— According to my critics/opponents, all the problems that those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGHTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time are caused by those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who been in America for a long time.
https://fortune.com/2025/02/25/dei-attacks-diversity-inclusion-equity-economy/

FAST COMPANY
— 6 necessary skills that every leader should have. My coworkers who my superiors promoted over me a) were manipulated/dominated by my superiors, b) glorified and praised my superiors, c) pandered to my superiors, d) served as operatives and as dupes for my superiors, and/or e) covered up my superiors’ wrong doing. My coworkers who were promoted the fastest/highest a) excelled at the aforesaid and/or b) excelled at destroying employees who shared my demographics.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91343438/these-are-the-6-necessary-skills-that-every-leader-should-have

BUSINESS BECAUSE
— Career Success. According to my critics/opponents, federal employees are not successful unless they make GS-13 ($117,807) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200) by age 40. Since 1973, my critics/opponents have stressed that I did not make GS-13 until I was 38 and that I never made GS-14. In my defense, extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. The following frustrated my making the aforesaid promotion deadlines: a) I avoided the Vietnam Warr draft, b) I did not become a Democrat, c) I did not major in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970, d) I was not a minority, female, or veteran, e) I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, f) I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40, g) I did not earn an MBA until I was 27, h) I did not take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30, i) I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, j) I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination util I was 32, and k) I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32.
https://www.businessbecause.com/news/in-the-news/8805/genz-future-career-success

POLITICO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/14/no-kings-protest-trump-00406243

NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put citizens of foreign countries ahead of citizens of America
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5423532
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-06-14/anti-trump-no-kings-protests-flood-american-streets-ahead-of-military-parade

PBS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/protesters-gather-across-the-u-s-at-nationwide-anti-trump-no-kings-rallies

HAGERTY
— The state of the muscle car market is strong. Please let me know if you share my interest in muscle cars. I own a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T Plus, 2023 Ford Mustang GT Premium, 2013 Charger R/T Max, 2005 Chevrolet Corvette, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, and 1972 Corvette. Previously, I owned a 1994 Thunderbird, 1990 Thunderbird LX, 1969 Charger SE, 1968 Charger R/T, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, and 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/market-trends/hagerty-insider/insider-insight-the-state-of-the-muscle-car-market-is-strong/

June 14, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protest-saturday-no-kings-ice-raids-donald-trump-administration-could-draw-thousands-daley-plaza/16740066/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ34D8rVRKA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://abc7chicago.com/post/onyx-medical-wellness-health-clinic-focused-serving-lgbtq-community-open-week-south-shore/16744444/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/no-kings-protest-chicago-saturday-what-to-know/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republicans, some Democrats and even ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich weigh in on ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s sentence
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/13/madigan-sentencing-reaction-blagojevich/

SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/13/what-to-know-about-no-kings-day-protests-across-us-to-counter-trumps-military-parade/

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/anti-authoritan-protests-saturday-across-state-including-des-plaines-mount-prospect-arlington-heights/

WIFR
— LaHood: Ending sanctuary city polices is in Illinois’ best interest
https://www.wifr.com/2025/06/13/rep-lahood-ending-sanctuary-city-polices-is-illinois-best-interest/

WSIU
— Bost warns of potential protests in southern Illinois this weekend
https://www.wsiu.org/community-updates/2025-06-13/u-s-rep-mike-bost-warns-of-potential-protests-in-southern-illinois-this-weekend

CWB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/06/board-up-crews-hired-weddings-canceled-in-preparation-for-anti-trump-rally-in-the-loop.html

IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use reparations to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://ipmnewsroom.org/a-dialogue-on-repairing-community-through-local-reparations/

ELMHURST PATCH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/anti-trump-protest-set-elmhurst

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Tech giants including Oracle, Lockheed Martin quietly fund Trump’s military parade
https://nypost.com/2025/06/13/business/oracle-amazon-lockheed-martin-quietly-funding-trumps-military-parade/
— Ram admitted it screwed up by killing a legacy American-made engine known for its raw power — and is revved up to bring it back after facing major backlash. The automaker had discontinued the beloved HEMI V-8 engine from its 2025 Ram trucks as part of a “woke” pivot by the since-ousted CEO of parent company Stellantis Carlos Tavares. But new Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis, who came out of retirement last year, offered up a mea culpa over the decision to pull the plug on the engine that powered the top-selling truck for decades. My 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max has a HEMI.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/13/business/ram-ceo-tim-kuniskis-apologizes-for-ditching-gas-powered-engine/

AMERICA THINKER
— Trump may have softened his stance on deportations, particularly as it relates to farm workers and hotel workers. . .President Trump — no!
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/if_trump_sympathizes_with_some_illegal_aliens_out_there.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://abcnews.go.com/US/transgender-navy-pilot-barred-service-reflects-patriotism-ahead/story?id=122777463

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/ice-protests-live-updates-weekend-rallies-planned-nationwide-rcna212809

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://apnews.com/article/no-kings-protest-trump-philadelphia-los-angeles-immigration-raids-a3b67d23733cd060f8d01aef1e391dbf

REUTERS
— Trump approves Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion purchase of US Steel
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-steel-shares-slip-nippon-steel-faces-trumps-hurdle-over-control-2025-06-13/

MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzKIHfCTaLk

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders get veterans to protest against Trump
https://www.newsweek.com/veterans-arrested-capitol-grounds-eve-dc-parade-trump-birthday-2085482

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries. The abrupt pivot on an issue at the heart of Mr. Trump’s presidency suggested his broad immigration crackdown was hurting industries and constituencies he does not want to lose.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/politics/trump-ice-raids-farms-hotels.html
— Democrat leaders side with Iran against Israel
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/politics/trump-republicans-iran-israel.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/politics/trump-military-parade-israel-iran.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010216915/why-trumps-immigration-crackdown-defines-the-right.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/13/trump-california-iran-israel-military-parade-protest/402ebc04-4855-11f0-9210-87ee82efcc80_story.html
— Democrat leaders oppose the army parade
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/06/13/army-parade-trump-politics/
— Democrat leaders side with Iran against Israel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/13/israel-attack-iran-trump-failure/
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting academics to hate Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/13/anti-fascist-manifesto-intellectuals-trump/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-13/bass-takes-direct-aim-at-trump-over-immigration-raids

MIAMI HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article308521490.html

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/06/13/military-parade-trump-no-kings-protests/84172997007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/13/more-protests-under-trump/84112391007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The U.S. Can Rise to the Chinese Challenge. Since the end of the Cold War, America has let its nonmilitary instruments of power atrophy. Trump has a chance to revive them.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-u-s-can-rise-to-the-chinese-challenge-foreign-policy-asia-c397790b
— Mass Deportation . . . Except at Hotels? Trump says businesses report losing ‘very good, long time workers.’ How about changing policy?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-mass-deportation-immigrants-business-vincent-scardina-2c81f53a
— My critics/opponents hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were far-right if not extremist groups that caused Republicans to lose elections. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and I served as an ICRC officer 2003-2007. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT and ICRC. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/no-kings-protest-proud-boys-df066df0

FORBES
— Ever-increasing everyone in healthcare is a Democrat, citizen of a foreign country, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or has ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawhitford/2025/06/13/trumps-visa-ban-is-barring-new-foreign-doctors-from-entering-us/

FAST COMPANY
— Democrat leaders continue to use George Floyd to promote more hatred against Republicans and against police.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91345010/five-years-after-george-floyds-murder-performative-dei-is-dead-what-comes-next-george-floyd-performative-dei

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats and they are ever-increasingly minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestor who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2024/12/federal-workforce-generally-more-diverse-us-population-gaps-persist/401546/

REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://reason.com/2025/06/13/the-trump-administration-just-created-hundreds-of-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants/

NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/13/nx-s1-5432842/protests-expected-this-weekend-as-well-as-an-army-parade-in-d-c

PROGESSIVE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout that those who have demographics that vote for Republican candidates marginalize those who have demographics that vote for Democrat and RINO candidates. Demographics that vote for Republican candidates include: conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Democrat candidates include: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and have ancestors who have not been in America for a lone time.
https://progressive.org/op-eds/trump-puts-marginalized-people-at-risk-taher-20250613/

ATLANTIC
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/06/trump-mass-deportations-spectacle/683187/

JD SUPRA
— “Reverse Discrimination” Cases Subject to Same Evidentiary Standard Says Supreme Court. I charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination In Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ). Because I did that, the judges and justices in the lawsuit held me to a higher evidentiary standard. They ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my evidence. If they had not done that, I would have won.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/reverse-discrimination-cases-subject-to-7758902/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: DuPage GOP to launch vote-by-mail pilot program to combat Democratic strides
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/12/dupage-naperville-republican-democrat-vote-mail/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To date, significantly more Democratic primary voters are on the county’s permanent vote-by-mail list, DuPage County Chief Deputy Clerk Adam Johnson. As of Wednesday, there was a total of 98,413 voters on the county’s permanent vote-by-mail list, according to Johnson. That number divides into voters who have opted to receive mail-ballots for general elections only and those who have requested to also receive primary ballots, he said. The latter is how the county can glean the partisan divide in its vote-by-mail program as voters must request either a Democratic or Republican primary ballot. Current numbers show that 47,110 Democratic primary voters have signed up for the program compared to 19,525 Republican voters, Johnson said. Those totals have also grown since the 2022 primary election, which was the first in which the permanent vote-by-mail program was offered. In 2022, there were 20,482 Democratic primary voters compared to 8,009 Republican voters.)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/12/chicago-protest-trump-ice-immigration-arrests/
— Chicago’s Springfield delegation socks it to the city’s taxpayers with reckless pension bill. Who do you know who is in line to get a pension or is getting a pension? Ever-increasingly, they are demonized, denigrated, and condemned. I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. I have been getting a CSRS pension since I was 49 in 1997. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. In my defense, if my Democrat GAO superiors had not forced me to retire, I might still be working for GAO and paying into the CSRS. Constructively, so far, in today’s dollars, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced CSRS to pay me $1.85 million to stop me from working for GAO.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/13/editorial-springfield-lawmakers-police-fire-pensions/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/12/hundreds-rally-again-in-chicago-against-trump-ice
— While you were in high school and college, what did you do during your summer “vacations” I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, and delivered mail.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/06/12/chicago-public-schools-last-day-summer-vacation

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250612/news/secretary-of-state-mount-prospect-improperly-shared-license-plate-reader-data-in-texas-abortion-cas/

ABC7
— Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rainbow-push-coalition-civil-rights-leaders-rally-state-street-loop-chicago-protest-target-scaling-back-dei/16734382/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o85Q1cvuvl0
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/no-kings-protest-chicago-ice

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/06/12/tps-losing-legal-status-chicago-immigrants-limbo

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-533/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

DUPAGE GOP
— DuPage GOP Kickoff Event
https://www.facebook.com/DuPageGOP

JOHN KASS
— Democrats Unmask Themselves at Riots Open Summer of Love 2.0
https://johnkassnews.com/democrats-unmask-themselves-at-summer-of-love-2-0-riots/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois millionaires are taking their money, philanthropy and talent elsewhere
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-millionaires-are-taking-their-money-philanthropy-and-talent-elsewhere-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AMERICAN THINKER
— If ICE raids persist, there will be ‘nobody’ left to nanny the children and mow the lawns. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, etc. My critics/opponents cannot say that. Their parents bought them cars, paid their college expenses, got them jobs, etc. I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/karen_bass_says_if_ice_raids_persist_there_will_be_nobody_left_to_nanny_the_children_and_mow_the_lawns.html

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Strips Legal Status From Over Half A Million Migrants, Tells Them To Self-Deport
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-strips-legal-status-from-over-half-a-million-migrants-tells-them-to-self-deport
— Trump Signals ‘Changes Are Coming’ To Immigration Enforcement As Farmers, Businesses Complain. Trump added that the United States must deport criminals while also protecting farmers.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signals-changes-are-coming-to-immigration-enforcement-as-farmers-businesses-complain

FEDERALIST
— By Promoting Amnesty For Illegal Workers, Trump Is Selling Out ‘America First’ For Cheap Labor
https://thefederalist.com/2025/06/12/by-promoting-amnesty-for-illegal-workers-trump-is-selling-out-america-first-for-cheap-labor/

FEDERALIST SOCIETY
— Disparate Impact and the Future of Equal Opportunity. According to my critics/opponents, because I got better scores on tests than minorities and females, those tests were racist and sexist. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/podcasts/explainer-episode-90-disparate-impact-and-the-future-of-equal-opportunity

FOX NEWS
— Dem senators propose bill to punish El Salvador for ‘collusion’ with Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-senators-propose-bill-punish-el-salvador-collusion-trump
— We should stand unequivocally with Israel, says Sen. Ted Cruz
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6374213310112

NEWSMAX
— N.Y., Ill. Govs Dare ICE to Arrest Them Over Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/jb-pritzker-kathy-hochul-tom-homan/2025/06/12/id/1214741/
— Dems Choose Illegals Over Citizens
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/brandon-gill-democrats-illegals/2025/06/12/id/1214742/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/13/politics/trump-padilla-ice-protests-analysis

MSN
— ‘I am reversing invasion’: Trump blames Biden, Newsom for ‘flooding America with 21 million illegal aliens’
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/i-am-reversing-invasion-trump-blames-biden-newsom-for-flooding-america-with-21-million-illegal-aliens/ar-AA1GC6WI
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/as-trump-attacks-the-trans-community-pa-advocates-urge-gov-josh-shapiro-to-get-louder/ar-AA1GlAXs
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-blocks-trump-order-cutting-federal-funds-to-lgbtq-nonprofits/ar-AA1GoIdI

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Mexican Flags Have Become Republican Fodder, but Protesters Keep Waving Them. Images of Los Angeles protesters waving Mexican flags have gone viral in conservative circles this week. Many protesters say they are aware of the political reaction but won’t put their flags away. Constructively, Mexico and Democrats have declared war on America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/la-protests-mexican-flags-republican-reaction.html
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/opinion/trump-immigration-conservative.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/business/pride-corporate-sponsors-small-businessees.html
— The Real Fertility Crisis: Financial Security My Democrat GAO superiors painted themselves as being grossly underpaid, had children, and decried the time and money needed to raise children. Their spouses had little or no income. According to them, if my wife and I had children, a) I would not have been able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt, earn a master’s degree in accounting, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, or become a licensed CPA and b) my wife would not have been able to keep her good job or earn a bachelor’s degree in finance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/world/fertility-crisis-un-report.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/12/trump-miller-national-guard-ice/

MIAMI HERALD
— ‘Leave Immediately’: Trump administration orders self-deportation for Biden-era parolees
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article308510270.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: One dad talked about the ‘father’s mental load.’ Then the backlash hit. My Democrat GAO superiors painted themselves as being grossly underpaid, had children, and decried the time and money needed to raise children. Their spouses had little or no income. According to them, if my wife and I had children, a) I would not have been able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt, earn a master’s degree in accounting, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, or become a licensed CPA and b) my wife would not have been able to keep her good job or earn a bachelor’s degree in finance.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/06/12/fathers-day-men-mental-health-load/84115238007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Diminishing Protest Returns. Another weekend of demonstrations against Trump won’t get the left anything.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/diminishing-protest-returns-los-angeles-no-kings-day-newsom-trump-immigration-deport-98c9888c
— Senate Confirms Auctioneer Billy Long as IRS Chief. Former Republican House lawmaker who promoted controversial tax breaks will run the agency. Democrats run IRS. I was one of that last Republicans IRS hired in 1971 when I was 22. If I had been a Democrat, IRS would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service before I was 40 notwithstanding my late start. I earned an MBA when I was 27. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-irs-senate-confirmation-billy-long-310adcd7
— Aspiring CPAs Consider Ditching Grad-School Plans as States Revamp Laws. I should have majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970. I erroneously thought that I could not pass the CPA examination. Because I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until 1976, because I did not take and pass the CPA examination until 1979, because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until 1980, because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor Examination until 1981, and because I did not become a licensed CPA until 1981, the accounting profession wrote me off as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. Nevertheless, in today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $55,850 in 1971 and $112,280 in 1980 and my GAO salary was $153,151 in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/aspiring-cpas-consider-ditching-grad-school-plans-as-states-revamp-laws-203c4016

FORBES
— Children Should Not Be Fed Woke Propaganda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W78zSSP8iO8

KIPLINGER
— 25 Best College Majors for a Lucrative Career. I should have majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970. I erroneously thought that I could not pass the CPA examination. Because I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until 1976, because I did not take and pass the CPA examination until 1979, because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until 1980, because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor Examination until 1981, and because I did not become a licensed CPA until 1981, the accounting profession wrote me off as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. Nevertheless, in today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $55,850 in 1971 and $112,280 in 1980 and my GAO salary was $153,151 in 1997.
https://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/business/t012-s001-best-college-majors-for-a-lucrative-career/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Public Accounting Starting salary: $69,700 Mid Career Salary: $151,200 Job Has Meaning: 47% . . . Corporate Accounting & Finance
Starting salary: $76,800 Mid Career Salary: $149,600 Job Has Meaning: 50%)

MEDIATE
— Pritzker Throws ‘Hitler’ Comment Back at GOP Congresswoman: ‘I Am Not Going To Be Lectured to by Somebody Who Extols the Virtue of Adolf Hitler’
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/pritzker-throws-hitler-comment-back-at-gop-congresswoman-i-am-not-going-to-be-lectured-to-by-somebody-who-extols-the-virtue-of-adolf-hitler/

TIMES OF INDIA
— ‘America was invaded’: Donald Trump pushes for ‘remigration’; slams Biden, Newsom
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/america-was-invaded-donald-trump-pushes-for-remigration-slams-biden-newsom/articleshow/121818383.cms

June 12, 2025 Evening Edition

May 4, 2025 Evening Edition

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/

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

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