FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Darren Bailey announces second run for Illinois governor
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/darren-bailey-announces-second-run-for-illinois-governor/3829430/
CBS2
— Tamale vendor arrested by ICE on Southwest Side of Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tamale-vendor-arrested-ice-agents-back-of-the-yards/
FOX32
— Man arrested for spray-painting anti-Trump, anti-Israel graffiti on Carol Stream police station, businesses
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/man-arrested-spray-painting-anti-trump-anti-israel-graffiti-carol-stream-police-station-businesses
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican Darren Bailey launches second bid for governor with strategy to connect better with Chicago voters
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/25/darren-bailey-launches-second-bid-for-governor/
— People giving up pets for financial reasons need help, DuPage officials say
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/25/dupage-pets-financial-animals-legislation-money-afford/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois braces for more patients as Wisconsin Planned Parenthood pauses abortions over Medicaid cuts
https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2025/09/25/planned-parenthood-wisconsin-abortion-pause-illinois-patients
— Border Patrol spotted with guns on Chicago River in Trump’s latest deportation push
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/25/border-patrol-chicago-river-immigration-enforcement-greg-bovino-deportation
DAILY HERALD
— Carol Stream man faces hate crime charges after painting profane graffiti on police station
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250925/news/carol-stream-man-faces-hate-crime-charges-after-painting-profane-graffiti-on-police-station/
— Man who opened fire on ICE facility hoped attack would give agents ‘real terror,’ FBI says
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250925/crime/man-who-opened-fire-on-ice-facility-hoped-attack-would-give-agents-real-terror-fbi-says/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Abortion burden shifts to Illinois as Wisconsin Planned Parenthood pauses services
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/wisconsin-abortion-pause-prompts-illinois-prepare-influx
WBEZ
— Trump administration pulls millions in funding from Chicago Public Schools
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/09/25/trump-administration-pulls-millions-in-funding-from-chicago-public-schools
— Illinois braces for more patients as Wisconsin Planned Parenthood pauses abortions over Medicaid cuts
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2025/09/25/planned-parenthood-wisconsin-abortion-pause-illinois-patients
SOUTHERN
— Trump, Vance direct blame at Democrats for Dallas ICE shooting
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/09/25/trump-vance-direct-blame-at-democrats-for-dallas-ice-shooting/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Republicans Darren Bailey, Aaron Del Mar in Bloomington
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_145f0114-ba1e-49c6-96eb-7f75a35ce98a.html
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/video_5a555312-6ef7-521f-8334-b200ee2c65dd.html
WAND TV
— Darren Bailey announces second run for Illinois governor in 2026
https://www.wandtv.com/news/darren-bailey-announces-second-run-for-illinois-governor-in-2026/article_c8be4305-de7b-4f15-9093-4c52e0706a53.html
WMIX
— Darren Bailey Announces Campaign for Governor of Illinois: Putting Families First, Ending Pritzker’s Failure
https://www.wmix94.com/2025/09/25/darren-bailey-announces-campaign-for-governor-of-illinois-putting-families-first-ending-pritzkers-failure/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-390/
(FROM THE REPORT: DuPage County Forest Preserve Commissioner Tina Tyson-Dunne is running for Rep. Terra Costa Howard’s House seat…We told you this morning DuPage County Board member Lynn LaPlante has thrown her hat in the ring for the 42nd House District. Glen Ellyn Trustee Sonia Bhagwakar has also applied for the replacement appointment and is prepared to run for the seat.)
— Bailey launches 2026 campaign for governor. The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders call you an extremist. Democrat and RINO leaders have lots in common.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/25/bailey-launches-2026-campaign-for-governor-dpi-labels-him-%e2%80%98extreme-maga-republican%e2%80%99/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Residents hold tribute to Charlie Kirk after Downers Grove council declines formal moment of silence
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/675505309-residents-hold-tribute-to-charlie-kirk-after-downers-grove-council-declines-formal-moment-of-silence
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— County Board Budget Meeting Leading Toward Recapturing Tax Levy Supposedly Given Up with Shift of Mental Health Board Financing from Real Estate Tax to Sales Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/25/county-board-budget-meeting-leading-toward-recapturing-tax-levy-supposedly-given-up-with-shift-of-mental-health-board-financing-from-real-estate-tax-to-sales-tax/
— Don’t Show Up for Five Criminal Court Dates, “No Problem,” Says Illinois Supreme Court
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/25/dont-show-up-for-five-criminal-court-dates-no-problem-says-illinois-supreme-court/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Inside the Pentagon’s crackdown on journalists; experts say restrictions likely face court defeat
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/25/inside-pentagons-crackdown-journalists-experts-say-restrictions/
— RFK Jr. tells governors he’s reviewing abortion pill’s safety
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/25/robert-f-kennedy-jr-tells-governors-hes-reviewing-abortion-pills/
— Radicals in Washington are trying to revoke the new employment requirements for able-bodied, working-age adults. They seem to want more Americans to be dependent on the government.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/25/democrats-infantilize-able-bodied-adults-taxpayers-expense/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Christian nationalism, Charlie Kirk, and the useful idiots of left-wing hate
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3824059/christian-nationalism-charlie-kirk-and-the-useful-idiots-of-left-wing-hate/
NEW YORK POST
— Anti-ICE shooter Joshua Jahn used Nazi battle rifle in deadly Dallas attack
https://nypost.com/2025/09/25/us-news/anti-ice-shooter-joshua-jahn-used-nazi-battle-rifle-in-attack-experts/
— Former FBI Director James Comey indicted on charges of lying to Congress, obstruction of justice
https://nypost.com/2025/09/25/us-news/former-fbi-director-james-comey-indicted-on-charges-of-lying-to-congress/
— How the teachers union uses pet politicians to smear charter schools
https://nypost.com/2025/09/25/opinion/how-teachers-union-uses-pet-politicians-to-smear-charter-schools/
BREITBART
— Border Patrol Swarms Chicago Home Depot in Dawn Immigration Raid Under Operation Midway Blitz
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/09/25/exclusive-border-patrol-swarms-chicago-home-depot-in-dawn-immigration-raid-under-operation-midway-blitz/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Chicago Public Schools Offer ‘Family Planning,’ Condoms, Abortion Information to Students
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/25/chicago-public-schools-offer-family-planning-condoms-abortion-information-to-students/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Joy Reid bashes Vance, says Yale accepted him due to affirmative action. UIC accepted me in 1966 because my ACT score was 24 and I graduated in the upper 20% of my class.
https://thehill.com/video/joy-reid-bashes-jd-vance-says-yale-accepted-him-due-to-affirmative-action-rising/11108997/
— Trump officials urge nations to join effort to restrict asylum system
https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-international/ap-trump-officials-urge-nations-to-join-global-effort-to-restrict-the-asylum-system/
WASHINGTON POST
— White House begins plan for mass firings if there’s a government shutdown. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of GAO’s employees like me who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $163,749-$195,200/year and were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I was all of the aforesaid plus they had only promoted me to GS-13 even though I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I had thee job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), I had six job-related professional certifications (accounting, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and I had a job-related professional license (CPA).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/09/25/government-shutdown-omb-firings-trump/
FROM OTHER SOURCES
KIPLINGER
— If you are working for a Democrat or RINO employer, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you will be forced you to retire early: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/retirement-planning/what-to-do-if-you-are-forced-into-early-retirement
JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY
— There are few Black CPAs. GAO employs very few Black CPAs. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and replaced me with my Black CPA subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He was not a licensed CPA like I was. Of course, my critics/opponents have no problem with that.
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/topics/career-management/black-cpa-centennial/
Tag: retirement
September 24, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders oppose fence around Broadview ICE facility
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-operation-midway-blitz-fence-around-broadview-facility-raises-concerns-residents-fire-department/17876429/
NBC5
— GOP candidates for governor call for repeal of Illinois TRUST Act
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/gop-candidates-for-governor-call-for-repeal-of-illinois-trust-act/3829038/
CBS2
— Democrat officials demand DHS take down fence surrounding ICE facility
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/broadview-officials-demand-dhstake-down-fence-ice-facility/
WGN9
— Dabrowski criticizes Pritzker during presser outside Broadview ICE facility
https://wgntv.com/western-suburbs/candidate-for-il-governor-ted-dabrowski-criticizes-pritzker-during-presser-outside-broadview-ice-facility/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Hispanic culture
https://wgntv.com/hispanic-heritage-month/lane-tech-students-explore-hispanic-culture-with-pinata-crafting/#/questions/5662210
FOX32
— Dabrowski pushes to end sanctuary status
2 more bishops call on Cardinal Cupich to cancel award for pro-abortion senator
— ‘ANTI-ICE’ written on bullets found at scene of Dallas ICE shooting
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/anti-ice-engravings-shells-casings-found-scene-dallas-ice
— Chicago residents demand action on alleged prostitution surge near Midway
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-residents-demand-action-prostitution-surge-near-midway
— Trump replaces Biden portrait with autopen in Presidential Walk of Fame
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-biden-portrait-autopen
— Trump administration rehires federal employees laid off by DOGE. Maybe I will get rehired. Would I get backpay? Would it be $2.4 million ($4.3 million GAO salary not received since 1997 minus $1.9 million Civil Service Retirement System pension received in today’s dollars)?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-administration-rehires-federal-employees-doge
— Charlie Kirk could be placed on US currency under new House GOP proposal
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/charlie-kirk-coin-house-proposal
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly oppose gentrification
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/24/key-city-panel-oks-plan-designed-stop-gentrification-sparked-obama-presidential-center
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders demand ICE take down new fencing around detention center
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/24/broadview-ice-fence-detention/
— Artists claim anti-Trump display at Chicago library was ‘censored’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/24/artists-anti-trump-display-chicago-library-censored/
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting Black pastors to hate Kirk. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had getting my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates to hate me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/24/charlie-kirk-black-pastors/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders order removal of fencing erected outside ICE facility in Broadview
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/23/fence-blocks-access-to-broadview-ice-facility
DAILY HERALD
— Democratic congressional candidate Bethany Johnson mocked Charlie Kirk after assassination
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250924/nation-and-world-politics/democratic-congressional-candidate-mocked-charlie-kirk-after-assassination/
— Oath Keepers founder, Jan. 6 planner Stewart Rhodes speaks at Elgin church after 3 other venues cancel amid outcry
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250924/nation-and-world-politics/oath-keepers-founder-jan-6-planner-speaks-at-elgin-church-after-3-other-venues-cancel-amid-outcry/
— ‘I will not apologize’: District 300 school board president defiant amid backlash over social media Kirk post
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250924/news/i-will-not-apologize-district-300-school-board-president-defiant-amid-backlash-over-social-media/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/09/24/chicago-immigration-president-donald-trump-dhs-ice
STATELINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-democrats-demand-end-to-dangerous-ice-operations-in-chicago/
— Illinois House Minority Leader: Pritzker’s budget executive order is way to raise taxes
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-house-minority-leader-pritzkers-budget-executive-order-is-way-to-raise-taxes/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-389/
— Dabrowski holds press conference outside ICE facility, says Pritzker should ‘hand over criminals in handcuffs from local and state police directly to federal authorities’
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/24/dabrowski-holds-press-conference-outside-ice-facility-says-pritzker-should-hand-over-criminals-in-handcuffs-from-local-and-state-police-directly-to-federal-authorities/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise Hispanics
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/24/the-crackdown-is-bad-for-business-and-bad-for-state-and-local-revenues/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Dabrowski says repealing the TRUST Act to end the state’s sanctuary status is his top legislative priority.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_c5857634-21b3-45dd-9f1f-1a4cc07dc4ab.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— America’s guest-worker H-1B visas sought in some unexpected fields like journalism. Trump’s crackdown targets ‘H-1B mills’ and other abuses.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/24/americas-guest-worker-h-1b-visas-sought-unexpected-fields-like/
— Former General Services Administration employees receive reinstatement offers. Maybe I will get a reinstatement offer from the next Comptroller General. Would it include backpay? Would it be $2.4 million ($4.3 million GAO salary not received since 1997 minus $1.9 million Civil Service Retirement System pension received in today’s dollars)?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/24/former-general-services-administration-employees-receive/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: GSA wasn’t the only agency targeted by DOGE. According to the Partnership for Public Service, there have been over 200,000 federal workforce reductions. The departments of Defense, Treasury and Agriculture have seen the largest reductions, while other agencies were shuttered nearly completely. Other agencies that have brought back employees include the Internal Revenue Service, Labor Department, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Park Service.)
— Democrats in off-year races strive to put boogeyman Trump on the ballot
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/24/democrats-year-races-strive-put-boogeyman-trump-ballot/
— Hate speech does not exist in law, only in the minds of bureaucrats. How landmark rulings set the standard that government may not punish offensive words.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/24/hate-speech-exist-law-minds-bureaucrats/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats’ rhetoric endangers ICE officers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3821714/democratic-rhetoric-endangers-ice-officers/
— Democratic Party isolation is getting worse
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3822995/democratic-party-isolation-is-getting-worse-political-violence/
— Left-wing donors push for woke education agenda as scores hit all time low
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3821791/left-wing-donors-push-for-woke-education-agenda/
— Voters don’t trust Democrats to run a lemonade stand
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3822559/voters-dont-trust-democrats-to-run-a-lemonade-stand/
NEW YORK POST
— Dallas sniper had anti-ICE messages written on ammo; 1 dead, 2 wounded
https://nypost.com/2025/09/24/us-news/dallas-sniper-had-anti-ice-messages-written-on-ammo-fbi/
— Excellence over wokeness: New rankings reveal the REAL top medical schools
https://nypost.com/2025/09/24/opinion/excellence-over-wokeness-new-rankings-reveal-the-real-top-medical-schools/
— Vance tears into Democrats, calls out Gavin Newsom after Dallas ICE shooting: ‘You can go straight to hell’
https://nypost.com/2025/09/24/us-news/vance-tears-into-democrats-calls-out-gavin-newsom-after-dallas-ice-shooting/
— Democrat ‘Nazi’ rhetoric about ICE has inspired tragic violence
https://nypost.com/2025/09/24/opinion/democrat-nazi-rhetoric-about-ice-has-inspired-tragic-violence/
— Google gives fresh proof the Biden admin was a censorship machine
https://nypost.com/2025/09/24/opinion/google-gives-fresh-proof-biden-admin-was-a-censorship-machine/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The lesbian sorority gets a crack at governing America
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/the_lesbian_sorority_gets_a_crack_at_governing_america.html
CATHOLIC VOTE
— 2 more bishops call on Cardinal Cupich to cancel award for pro-abortion senator Durbin
https://catholicvote.org/2-more-bishops-call-on-cardinal-cupich-cancel-award-pro-abortion-senator/
LIFE NEWS
— Catholic Bishop Blasts Award for Dick Durbin: “Goes Against Catholic Moral Principles”
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/09/23/catholic-bishop-blasts-award-for-dick-durbin-goes-against-catholic-moral-principles/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Employers want immigrants because employers want cheap labor.
https://finance-commerce.com/2025/09/americans-poll-legal-immigration-benefits/
CBS NEWS
— Judge won’t reinstate 8 Inspector Generals (IG) fired by Trump. While worked for GAO 1980-1997, I often worked with IG employees. While served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996, I often worked with IG employees.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-government-watchdogs-inspector-generals-fired-by-trump/
POLITICO
— White House to agencies: Prepare mass firing plans for the shutdown. In memo, the Trump administration says the Reduction in Force plans would go beyond standard shutdown furloughs. Democrats run federal agencies. They use Republican budget cuts first to get rid of their employees who are Republican and then their employees who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/24/white-house-firings-shutdown-00579909
FROM OTHER SOURCES
REMAX
— FOR SALE: 821 Plamondon Road, Wheaton – $899,900
https://ronlewis.remax.com/holp/listing/103/12462951
September 23, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Fencing put up outside Broadview ICE facility after protests
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-operation-midway-blitz-fencing-put-outside-broadview-facility-protests/17870950/
— Missing NY girl found in Blue Island with men in country illegally
https://abc7chicago.com/post/missing-rochester-new-york-girl-found-blue-island-illinois-men-country-illegally-us-marshals-say/17871734/
— Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters promote Kimmel
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jimmy-kimmel-returns-late-night-glen-powell-ethan-hawke-peyton-manning-appear-guests/17872219/
— Five takeaways from President Trump’s UN speech
https://abc7chicago.com/post/takeaways-president-trumps-united-nations-speech-tuesday/17871642/
CBS2
— Fence goes up outside ICE facility in Broadview. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/fence-goes-up-outside-ice-facility-in-broadview-illinois/
— White House threatens to withhold funding to CPS over Black Student Success plan, transgender student guidelines. To get more votes from Blacks and from LGBTQers, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/white-house-threatens-withhold-funding-cps/
WGN9
— Pritzker issued an executive order Tuesday directing state agencies to identify up to 4% of general fund appropriations next year and limit hiring and non-essential spending. Pritzker blames President Trump’s “reckless economic policies” for the move.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/pritzker-issues-executive-order-directing-agencies-to-save-more-in-2026-over-trump-policies/amp/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Cubs’ Matt Shaw explains decision to attend Charlie Kirk memorial: ‘That was really important to my faith.’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/23/chicago-cubs-matt-shaw-charlie-kirk-decision/
— Trump in speech to UN says world body ‘not even coming close to living up’ to its potential
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/23/trump-un-speech/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson twice undercuts Chicago’s fight against crime
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-mayor-brandon-johnson-twice-100000454.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cubs’ Matt Shaw says leaving team to attend Charlie Kirk’s memorial was ‘what was meant to be.’ “My connection with Charlie was through our [Christian] faith,” Shaw said Tuesday before a series opener against the Mets at Wrigley Field, “and that’s something that drives me every day.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2025/09/23/cubs-matt-shaw-charlie-kirk-memorial-leaving-team-meant-to-be
— Pointing finger at Trump’s ‘disastrous policies,’ Pritzker directs state agencies to find 4% in budget cuts. Gov. JB Pritzker says cuts are needed because of the impact to the state of the president’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which includes tax breaks for billionaires, cuts to food assistance and anticipated reductions in federal Medicaid funding.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/09/23/jb-pritzker-state-budget-cuts-donald-trump-big-beautiful-bill
DAILY HERALD
— State lawmaker Terra Costa Howard to become DuPage County judge
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250923/news/state-lawmaker-howard-to-become-dupage-county-judge/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Rep. Terra Costa Howard is giving up her seat in the state House to become a DuPage County Circuit Court judge. The Illinois Supreme Court announced Tuesday it is appointing Howard as resident circuit judge, effective Oct. 17. Her term will end Dec. 7, 2026. She fills a vacancy left by the retirement of Judge Paul Fullerton. Howard, a Glen Ellyn Democrat, has served as a state representative since 2019, first for the 48th District and then the 42nd District. A spokesman confirmed Costa Howard is resigning, but said a date has not been set. Costa Howard has had a solo law practice since 2003. Before that, she worked in the DuPage County public defender’s office and as a staff attorney for the DuPage court. “From my first days of working in the Chief Judge’s office and the DuPage County Public Defender’s office, to my current role as State Representative, I have worked to serve the people of DuPage County,” Costa Howard said in a news release from the Illinois Supreme Court. “I believe that every step of my career has led me toward this new challenge, and I look forward to the prospect of bringing my experience — in law and in life — to the bench.” The state constitution prohibits . judges from holding elected office.)
— Schaumburg Township GOP to host candidates for statewide offices at Saturday event. If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be continuing to host candidate forums. I served as TAPROOT’s chairman 2005-2012. TAPROOT held breakfast meetings the third Saturday of every month except August when it held a picnic and December when it held a Christmas party. I invited all the speakers for all of its 78 events 2005-2012. I should list all those who spoke at TAPROOT events 2005-2012. Almost all of them were Republican candidates, elected officials, and/or party leaders. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT in 2012.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250923/news/schaumburg-township-gop-to-host-candidates-for-statewide-offices-at-saturday-event/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250923/news/we-will-take-care-of-people-conroys-county-budget-plan-responds-to-threatened-federal-cuts/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Paprocki calls out Chicago archdiocese for giving Sen. Durbin lifetime achievement award
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/09/23/sen-dick-durbin-is-getting-an-award-from-the-chicago-archdiocese/86295224007/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Employers want citizens of foreign countries because employers want cheap labor
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/more-americans-think-companies-benefit-from-legal-immigration-a-new-ap-norc-poll-finds/article_e2328dc1-54ee-5e0e-9d56-d54c5c2e78fb.html
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Thomas DeVore gets law license suspended
https://muddyrivernews.com/politics/devore-gets-law-license-suspended/20250922210335/
OAK PARK
— Marijuana and traffic. Oak Park today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://www.oakpark.com/2025/09/23/marijuana-and-traffic/
(FROM THE LETTER: Oak Park residents are facing growing public safety concerns, and the situation seems to be worsening. At the intersection of Taylor and Adams, few vehicles comes to a full stop at crosswalks — just one example of how traffic laws are being routinely ignored. This puts pedestrians at serious risk, and it’s not an isolated issue. Another concern is the frequent smell of marijuana on Oak Park streets, especially from passing vehicles. While recreational cannabis is legal in Illinois, the pervasive odor — often near schools, parks, and residential areas — has become a public nuisance and, at times, a health issue. Yet Democratic leadership has shown little interest in addressing the unintended consequences of legalization. Compounding these problems is the rise in uninsured motorists. A friend of mine was recently rear-ended by an uninsured driver whose car smelled strongly of marijuana. Beyond the financial burden, the incident highlighted the danger of impaired, unaccountable drivers. The Illinois Supreme Court’s 2024 People v. Redmond decision, which ruled that the smell of cannabis alone does not justify legal action, has made it even harder for law enforcement to respond effectively.)
WLDS
— Former GOP Attorney General candidate Thomas DeVore has law license suspended by IL Supreme Court
https://wlds.com/former-gop-attorney-general-candidate-has-law-license-suspended-by-il-supreme-court/
DURBIN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-leads-illinois-democrats-in-demanding-an-end-to-dangerous-and-reckless-immigration-operations
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-388/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Law License of Former Republican Attorney General Candidate Thomas DeVore Suspended for Sixty Days for Having Sexual Relationship with Client
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/23/law-license-of-former-republican-attorney-general-candidate-suspended-for-sixty-days-for-having-sexual-relationship-with-client/
— Cook County Jail Holding Illegal Accused of Murder, ICE Seeks Custody
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/23/cook-county-jail-holding-illegal-accused-of-murder-ice-seeks-custody/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie, R-Savanna says Pritzker budget cut EO a ploy for IL tax increases
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f604509a-94fe-49a9-8a4d-f88ce2ceae99.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “How about, let’s not spend $2.3 billion on health care for illegal immigrants,” McCombie told The Center Square. “That’s not even touching what we spend on the increase of costs in our schools or for housing or other wraparound programs that they are qualifying for.” McCombie said Pritzker blaming Trump and not Democratic policies impacting the economy is a smokescreen for more tax increases. “Whether it’s for transit, whether it’s for more pork projects and or, God forbid, the failing energy policies that continue to plague Illinois,” McCombie said.)
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Milton Township Operates “Nonprofit” With Public Funds, Self-Declares It A Private Entity Not Subject To FOIA
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2025/09/milton-township-operates-nonprofit-with-public-funds-self-declares-it-a-private-entity-not-subject-to-foia/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Antifa: Ideology or Organization?
https://illinoisfamily.org/islam-sharia/antifa-ideology-or-organization/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois’ Congressional Democrats reject gerrymandering – for wrong reasons. Illinois Democrats rejected a mid-cycle redistricting plan cooked up by U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries to maximize Democratic partisan advantage in the state’s congressional district map. The reason? They don’t want to endanger their safe seats.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-congressional-democrats-reject-gerrymandering-for-wrong-reasons/
— Chicago budget rises over 2X faster than other big cities
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-budget-rises-over-2x-faster-than-other-big-cities/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump blasts U.N. at General Assembly speech, accuses it of not helping to stop wars
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/23/donald-trump-blasts-un-general-assembly-speech-accuses-helping-stop/
— More college kids are embracing political violence
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/23/happy-voice-silenced-college-kids-embracing-political-violence/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— There is no First Amendment right to obstruct law enforcement
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3818416/no-first-amendment-right-obstruct-law-enforcement/
— Trump’s silent surrender on China
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3820531/trump-trade-deal-china-tiktok-student-visas/
— Kamala Harris continues her dangerous, deceitful, and inflammatory rhetoric
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/3819658/kamala-harris-continues-her-dangerous-deceitful-and-inflammatory-rhetoric/
— Hegseth terminates Pentagon committee that advances ‘divisive feminist agenda’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3820520/pete-hegseth-terminates-pentagon-committee-divisive-feminist-agenda/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump warns Europe ‘being devastated by energy and immigration’ in UN speech
https://nypost.com/2025/09/23/us-news/trump-warns-europe-being-devastated-by-energy-and-immigration-in-un-speech/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— The battle in Broadview: How Democratic leaders are causing chaos, not ICE agents
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/23/the-battle-in-broadview-how-democratic-leaders-are-causing-chaos-not-ice-agents-1587188/
— Man of the people! Obamas vacationed on Steven Spielberg’s $250M superyacht off Italian coast
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/23/man-of-the-people-obamas-vacationed-on-steven-spielbergs-250m-superyacht-off-italian-coast-1587331/
BREITBART
— Close to 1.6 Million Illegal Aliens Already Left the Country on Their Own
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/23/homan-close-to-1-6-illegal-aliens-already-left-the-country-on-their-own/
CATHOLIC VOTE
— Illinois Right to Life to protest Cardinal Cupich’s decision to award pro-abortion senator
https://catholicvote.org/illinois-right-to-life-to-protest-cardinal-cupichs-decision-to-award-pro-abortion-senator/
COLLEGE FIX
— Professors bash Florida college’s plans for Charlie Kirk statue
https://www.thecollegefix.com/odious-white-supremacy-professors-bash-florida-colleges-plans-for-charlie-kirk-statue/
LIFE NEWS
— Cardinal Cupich is Wrong, Catholics Shouldn’t Honor Radical Abortion Activists
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/09/23/cardinal-cupich-is-wrong-catholics-shouldnt-honor-radical-abortion-activists/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Major Broadcasting Groups Refuse to Air Jimmy Kimmel After ABC Lifts Suspension
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/major-broadcasting-groups-refuse-to-air-jimmy-kimmel-after-abc-lifts-suspension/
NEWSMAX
— Nearly 2 Million Illegals Out of US Under Trump
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/tom-homan-donald-trump-immigration/2025/09/23/id/1227476/
— Trump to UN: ‘Your Countries Are Going to Hell’
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/un-illegals-migration/2025/09/23/id/1227528/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Hegseth axes decades-old advisory committee on women in the military
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5518114-pete-hegseth-advisory-committee-women-military/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5517888-pritzker-says-no-federal-troops/
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders decry that “Charlie Kirk left young followers all over Trump’s government. A generation of young conservatives idolized Kirk. Many have since aged into Washington jobs.” I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to take the postal employment examination with him. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2025/09/23/charlie-kirk-fans-working-in-trump-government/
NATIONAL DESK
— Dr. Ben Carson criticizes media influence during Charlie Kirk memorial service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsaS4nr3w9M
September 13, 2025
If/when a Kirk vigil is held in your county, township, and/or municipality, how many would attend? Who would attend? While I cannot say that I knew Kirk, I know many people who knew him. No individuals or organizations have notified me of any Kirk vigils in DuPage County, Milton Township, or Wheaton. I should write about the ever-increasing Democrat-led and RINO-led anti-conservatism in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.
FOX NEWS
— Utah students lift voices in prayer at vigil for Charlie Kirk’s Christian legacy: ‘Felt called by God’ Charlie Kirk, 31, remembered for faith and courage as mourners celebrate his life and legacy.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/utah-students-lift-voices-prayer-vigil-charlie-kirks-christian-legacy-felt-called-god
— Charlie Kirk’s wife Erika addresses nation in first remarks
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/charlie-kirk-shooting-utah-valley-university-9-12-2025
— Erika Kirk delivers moving tribute to husband, Charlie: ‘I will never let your legacy die’ Erika Kirk vows to keep her husband’s mission alive.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/erika-kirk-breaks-silence-after-husband-charlies-assassination-address-turning-point-usa-headquarters
— Video captures fight erupting at Charlie Kirk vigil after activist reportedly shouts profanity at crowd. Terry Wilson, a local Black Lives Matter activist, reportedly shouted ‘F— Charlie Kirk’ before sparking a massive vigil brawl.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-captures-fight-erupting-charlie-kirk-vigil-after-activist-reportedly-shouts-profanity-crowd
BREITBART
— Charlie Kirk Home State GOP Lawmakers (Miller, Bost, & LaHood) Introduce Resolution Condemning Assassination, Honoring Legacy
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/12/charlie-kirk-home-state-gop-lawmakers-introduce-resolution-condemning-assassination-honoring-legacy/
ABC NEWS
— Erika Kirk delivers emotional remarks to the nation after killing of husband Charlie Kirk
https://abcnews.go.com/US/charlie-kirks-widow-erika-set-deliver-1st-public/story?id=125528319
NBC NEWS
— London braces for mass far-right rally where Charlie Kirk will be mourned. Tens of thousands of people are expected to descend on the British capital for the largest far-right rally in decades, organized by anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/london-braces-mass-far-right-rally-charlie-kirk-will-mourned-rcna230978
CBS NEWS
— New Yorkers gather in Madison Square Park to mourn Charlie Kirk
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-charlie-kirk-vigil/
— Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk, speaks out for first time since fatal shooting
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/erika-kirk-address-charlie-kirk-fatal-shooting/
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/erika-kirk-speaks-publicly-first-time-since-fatal-shooting-of-her-husband-charlie-kirk/
NBC NEWS
— Charlie Kirk’s widow vows husband’s mission will continue
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/charlie-kirks-widow-vows-husbands-mission-will-continue-rcna230951
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/charlie-kirk-s-wife-erika-speaks-out-for-first-time-since-husband-s-shooting-death-247504965934
CNN
— Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika speaks publicly for the first time since his death
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/us/video/charlie-kirk-wife-erika-first-public-comments-digvid
NEWSWEEK
— Office Depot has issued an apology after one of its employees refused to make posters featuring conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The worker at a Michigan Office Depot was fired after allegedly refusing to print the posters for a vigil honoring Kirk, who was shot and killed while delivering a speech under a tent to a large crowd on campus at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday. The posters were ordered by the Kalamazoo County Republican Party for a vigil that took place at Bronson Park in downtown Kalamazoo on Friday evening. Why It Matters. The incident underscores the growing tension between corporate neutrality, employee discretion, and political polarization in the U.S.
https://www.newsweek.com/office-depot-charlie-kirk-firing-2129303
MSNBC
— Erika Kirk remembers her husband Charlie Kirk in first public address since his killing
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/erika-kirk-widow-of-charlie-kirk-makes-first-public-remarks-since-his-fatal-shooting-247504965558
ABC7
— Democrat leaders use Kirk assassination to diminish Second Amendment rights
https://abc7chicago.com/post/charlie-kirk-death-illinois-lawmakers-share-security-concerns-wake-shooting-chicago-native-turning-point-usa-founder/17803541/
— 3 deputies injured in struggle with suspect, fall down escalator at DuPage County Courthouse
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dupage-county-courthouse-fight-3-deputies-injured-during-struggle-suspect-fall-down-escalator-officials-say/17802942/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbotLoHZJPM
WGLT
— Young Republican leaders in Central Illinois share what connected them to Charlie Kirk
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-09-12/young-republican-leaders-in-central-illinois-share-what-connected-them-to-charlie-kirk
WCIA
— U of I students host vigil in honor of Charlie Kirk
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/u-of-i-students-host-vigil-in-honor-of-charlie-kirk/
IPM NEWS
— Conservative activist Charlie Kirk remembered on the University of Illinois South Quad
https://ipmnewsroom.org/conservative-activist-charlie-kirk-remembered-on-the-university-of-illinois-south-quad/
BEVERLY MOUNT GREENWOOD PATCH
— Vigils For Slain Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk Held In Chicago And Suburbs
https://patch.com/illinois/beverly-mtgreenwood/vigils-slain-conservative-activist-charlie-kirk-held-chicago-suburbs
NEW YORK TIMES
— Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/opinion/charlie-kirk-assassination-fear-politics.html
— Right-Wing Activists Urge Followers to Expose Those Celebrating Kirk Killing. The widespread and fast-moving campaign has already resulted in lost jobs, suspensions and internal investigations, heightening tensions online between supporters and detractors of Charlie Kirk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/us/politics/charlie-kirk-shooting-firings-celebration.html
— NPR and PBS have existed to promote the Democrat Party platform
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/us/politics/public-broadcasting-cuts.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Schools tried to ban phones and avoid politics. Then came Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University sent shockwaves through classrooms worldwide.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/13/charlie-kirk-shooting-video-school/7f1a4d54-9056-11f0-8260-0712daa5c125_story.html
BOSTON HERALD
— Campus progressives preach tolerance, produce violence
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/09/13/graham-campus-progressives-preach-tolerance-produce-violence/
WCCS RADIO
— Secret Service employee who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination put on immediate leave. What percent of federal employees are hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters?
https://www.wccsradio.com/rss/secret-service-employee-who-celebrated-charlie-kirks-assassination-put-on-immediate-leave/
FOX LOS ANGELES
— Charlie Kirk vigil held in downtown LA
https://www.foxla.com/news/downtown-la-charlie-kirk-vigil
CW 39 HOUSTON
— Charlie Kirk vigil held in London
https://cw39.com/news/nationworld/watch-charlie-kirk-vigil-held-in-london/
LOCAL 3 NEWS
— Fundraiser for Charlie Kirk’s family has raised almost $4 million
https://www.local3news.com/local-news/fundraiser-for-charlie-kirks-family-has-raised-almost-4-million/article_6350a520-5194-4872-a137-ef44d3ac30ba.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Suspect Was Once Promising Student. I was never a promising student. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/who-tyler-robinson-charlie-kirk-suspect-814fd21f
— Friendship With Charlie Kirk Helped Propel JD Vance to Vice Presidency
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/jd-vance-charlie-kirk-relationship-f6db26e0
— A Friendship With Kirk Helped Vance Get Ahead
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/charlie-kirk-shot/card/a-friendship-with-kirk-helped-vance-get-ahead-QBuM9yOCdX3x8AiIOZY6
— Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Feels Like a Hinge Point. What a disaster for the young. It will forever shape their understanding of politics in America. If I had been active in Republican politics, a) the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/charlie-kirks-assassination-feels-like-a-hinge-point-01dd4f72
— Why Do So Many Young Americans Justify Political Violence? Ninety-three percent of baby boomers think it’s never acceptable. Only 56% of Gen Z agrees.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-do-so-many-young-americans-justify-political-violence-ee8d2e2d
— Older Democrats Defy Calls for Retirement. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates wanted me to retire when I became eligible when I was 45 in 1993. They succeeded in forcing me to take GAO’s retirement “offer” just before it expired in 1997. I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until I was 55 in 2003. Being forced to retire early is devastating.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/democrats-retirement-congress-798f6794
— Dropping Out of College. If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA in 1976, GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/what-dropping-out-of-college-taught-me-about-finding-my-calling-ee839158
FORBES
— Vigil Held For Charlie Kirk Outside Turning Point USA Legacy Center In Lemont, Illinois
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmXdkhDUPaQ
POLITICO
— Charlie Kirk’s widow says Turning Point will carry on after the assassination of her husband
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/12/charlie-kirks-widow-says-turning-point-will-carry-on-after-the-assassination-of-her-husband-00562792
DAILY BEAST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say that Charlie Kirk suspect’s grandma says family is all MAGA
https://www.thedailybeast.com/charlie-kirk-suspects-grandma-says-family-is-all-maga/
TIMES OF INDIA
— How suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing went from scholarship winner to wanted man. Did you get a scholarship? My critics/opponents have always used my not getting a scholarship against me. They stress that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-plus/international/how-suspect-in-charlie-kirks-killing-went-from-scholarship-winner-to-wanted-man/articleshow/123865240.cms
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Charlie Kirk’s books hit Amazon top 10
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/charlie-kirks-books-hit-amazon-top-10-how-donald-trump-jr-is-benefiting-from-his-death/articleshow/123855127.cms?from=mdr
— What campus crusader Charlie Kirk meant to Trump
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/what-campus-crusader-charlie-kirk-meant-to-trump/amp_articleshow/123853977.cms
INDEPENDENT
— Charlie Kirk’s widow says will never let husband’s ‘legacy’ die
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/charlie-kirk-shooting-tyler-robinson-suspect-erika-live-updates-b2825825.html
BBC
— ‘His voice will remain,’ Charlie Kirk’s widow vows. ‘I will never let your legacy die’ – Charlie Kirk’s widow gives tearful address after shooting.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9je8lxge4o
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cdx2q24l1zqt
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: In announcing for governor, Republican Ted Dabrowski leaves more questions than answers. The mainstream news media exists to destroy Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/ted-dabrowski-announces-run-illinois-governor/
— Protests flare at ICE facility in Broadview even as President Donald Trump deploys National Guard to Memphis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/immigration-protests-broadview-guard-memphis/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: The Chicago Tribune exists to promote illegal immigration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/ice-agents-fatally-shoot-man-franklin-park/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/flower-vendor-operation-midway-blitz/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: The Chicago Sun-times exists to promote illegal immigration
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/12/ice-officer-fatally-shoots-man-during-traffic-stop-in-chicago-suburb-authorities-say
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/09/12/head-start-preschool-trump-administration-immigrants-lawsuits-aclu
DAILY HERALD
— Addison Township sues ex-supervisor over money spent for pickup truck
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250912/news/addison-township-sues-ex-supervisor-over-money-spent-for-pickup-truck/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Polling Shows Darin Bailey Wipeout of Opponents
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/13/polling-shows-darin-bailey-wipeout-of-opponents/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Pivots From Chicago, Redirects National Guard to Memphis, Citing Local Political Support
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/trump-pivots-from-chicago-redirects-national-guard-to-memphis-citing-local-political-support.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrant shot dead after striking officer with vehicle in Chicago
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3805866/illegal-immigrant-shot-dead-chicago/
DAILY SIGNAL
— A Society Paralyzed by the Presence of Evil
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/12/a-society-paralyzed-by-the-presence-of-evil/
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Illinois Congresswoman Mary Miller Moves to Protect Roads From Sanctuary State Negligence
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/illinois-house-republican-sanctuary-states-gambling-with-american-lives
— White House Singles Out Jackson, Mississippi as a Safe Haven for Criminals
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/white-house-mississippi-sanctuary-cities-karoline-leavitt
September 7, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago deploys salt trucks as safety precaution at protest and Taste of Chicago. Rumors circulating on social media over the weekend suggested the fleet of trucks had been deployed to block off federal immigration activity as the city prepares for a sweeping crackdown.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/07/chicago-salt-trucks-protest-taste/
— After ‘Chipocalypse Now’ post, President Trump says he’s ‘not going to war’ with Chicago but Democrats dubious
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/07/trump-war-chicago-chipocalypse-democrats-dubious/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— No, Chicago salt trucks are not being used to interfere with ICE. The salt trucks were positioned in Grant Park for the Taste of Chicago festival and weekend protests. Several social media posts are erroneously claiming Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed the salt trucks along Chicago’s expressways to create a block ICE operations.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/09/07/chicago-salt-trucks-ice-protest
DAILY HERALD
— Antioch mayor Scott Gartner mulling GOP run for governor
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250907/illinois-state-politics/antioch-mayor-mulling-gop-run-for-governor/
ABC7
— ‘We’re not going to war’ with Chicago, Trump says, after sharing ominous meme. Aurora hosts Mexican Independence Day Parade; Anti-immigration enforcement protest held in Downers Grove.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-chicago-meme-were-not-going-war-president-says-post-referencing-department/17765102/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-immigration-raids-could-ramp-saturday-agents-set-naval-station-great-lakes-north-il/17755715/
NBC5
— Trump vows to ‘clean up’ Chicago day after threatening to use Department of War. The president was pressed about a meme he posted Saturday threatening to use the Department of War in Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-vows-to-clean-up-chicago-day-after-threatening-to-use-department-of-war/3820687/
CBS2
— Trump appears to again threaten sending troops to Chicago for immigration enforcement
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-troops-chicago-immigration-enforcement/
— South Korea says it reached a deal with U.S. to release workers detained by ICE in Georgia Hyundai raid
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-korea-reached-deal-us-release-workers-detained-ice/
— Duckworth says Trump “essentially just declared war” on Chicago, but there’s no “indications” of deployment
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tammy-duckworth-chicago-trump-national-guard/
FOX32
— Trump says sending help to Chicago is ‘common sense,’ not ‘war’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-sending-help-chicago-common-sense-not-war
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-chicago-war-post-folo
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1703797
LAKE & MCHENRY COUNTY SCANNER
Antioch Mayor Scott Gartner “strongly considering” run for Illinois Governor
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2025/09/07/antioch-mayor-strongly-considering-run-for-illinois-governor/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Chipocalypse Now’: Trump zeroes in on Chicago as part of sanctuary city cleanup
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/7/chipocalypse-trump-zeroes-chicago-part-sanctuary-city-clean/
— Duckworth ever-increasingly protects criminals and illegals
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3796463/tammy-duckworth-us-strike-venezuelan-boat-american-threat/
— Ed chief seeks to ease concerns over Trump’s call to admit more Chinese students to U.S. colleges
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/7/linda-mcmahon-education-secretary-seeks-ease-concerns-trumps-call/
— Why parents are abandoning public schools — by the millions. Tired of sexual indoctrination, evil.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/7/parents-abandoning-public-schools-millions/
— Fired Federal Trade Commission member asks Supreme Court to keep her on the job. In Diersen v. GAO, the federal judges and justices ruled that federal agencies can force their employees to retire, that is, to fire them, because they are active members in class action lawsuits that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. So far, because of that ruling, GAO has forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/7/rebecca-slaughter-fired-federal-trade-commission-member-asks-supreme/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump goes off on reporter for asking if he’s going to war with Chicago: ‘Darling, that’s fake news’
https://nypost.com/2025/09/07/us-news/trump-goes-off-on-reporter-for-asking-if-hes-going-to-war-with-chicago/
— Hochul claims kids are better off without phones during school shootings, emergencies
https://nypost.com/2025/09/07/us-news/hochul-claims-kids-are-better-off-without-phones-during-school-shootings-emergencies/
DAILY SIGNAL
— How ‘National Conservatism’ Has Changed the Right. Pritzker speaks for liberals in Illinois. Who speaks for conservatives in Illinois?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/07/how-national-conservatism-has-changed-right/
FOX NEWS
— Trump clashes with reporters after Chicago ‘war’ meme: ‘That’s not war, that’s common sense’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-clashes-reporters-after-chicago-war-meme-thats-not-war-thats-common-sense
PJ MEDIA
— Pritzker Calls U.S. Troops ‘Invaders’ — and Invading Illegal Aliens ‘Our Neighbors and Friends’
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2025/09/07/gov-pritzker-calls-us-troops-invaders-and-invading-illegal-aliens-our-neighbors-and-friends-n4943422
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pritzker recently signed a bill that would “implement annual mental health screenings” in Illinois public schools beginning in third grade, starting during the 2027-28 school year. Parents can opt out — and they all should.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5489333-dont-let-illinois-schools-pathologize-children/
BARRON’S
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly focus on driving Trump’s approval rating down
https://www.barrons.com/livecoverage/sundayshows0907
September 2, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat and RINO leaders want Pritzker to win in 2026. Failing that, they want an anti-Trump Republican candidate to win who is Democrat plant, Democrat Lite, RINO, if not anti-conservative, if not anti-Republican who rejects the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and/or other if not all of the planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/illinois-republicans-governor-ilgop-2028/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/outdoor-cannabis-cultivation-illinois/
ABC7
— Chicago-area residents celebrate Labor Day 2025 with parades. I have always been big on parades. I attended Bob Doles’ rally after he walked in Wheaton’s Independence Day Parade in 1996. SEE: https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/05/us/for-dole-upbeat-crowd-on-a-spirited-day.html At the 2000 Illinois Republican Party State Convention in Springfield, I encouraged George Ryan to encourage Bush/Cheney to walk in Wheaton’s 2000 Independence Day Parade. But my attending the Bush/Cheney rally before Naperville’s 2000 Labor Day Parade and my walking in that parade really got me going. SEE: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/09/05/no-ordinary-fling-in-naperville/ I ever-increasingly encouraged Republican candidates to walk in Wheaton Independence Day Parades. I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day Parades from 2005 until my critics/opponents ended that in 2021.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/labor-day-events-2025-chicago-area-residents-wrap-holiday-weekend-parades-festivals/17714451/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The marching bands got their work done early in Naperville, with the annual Labor Day parade. Thousands lined the course, watching the many community organizations marching by.)
NBC5
— At least 54 people shot, 7 fatally, during Labor Day weekend in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/at-least-54-people-shot-7-fatally-during-labor-day-weekend-in-chicago/3818070/
FOX32
— Deadly weekend: Eight killed, 48 wounded over Labor Day weekend in Chicago, prompting Trump to threaten National Guard deployment. Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/labor-day-violence-chicago-prompts-trump-national-guard-warning
NORTHWEST HERALD
— More than 600 people attend Labor Day protest in McHenry. ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ one of many across Illinois, country.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/09/01/more-than-600-people-attend-labor-day-protest-in-mchenry/
DAILY LINE
— Illinois Republicans light on candidates for statewide races in 2026 midterm
https://www.thedailyline.com/illinois-republicans-light-candidates-statewide-races-2026-midterm
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-581/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tax Eaters in Search of Another Mass Transit Bailout
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/02/tax-eaters-in-search-of-another-mass-transit-bailout/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Nationwide Labor Day protests denounce billionaires in Trump’s orbit. Organizers are aiming to remind the country of Labor Day’s origins and emphasize workers’ rights. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise workers. I was a worker 1964-1997.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/01/nationwide-labor-day-protests-denounce-billionaires-trumps-orbit/
BREITBART
— Illinois Lt. Gov.: Trump Wants to Do ‘Aggressive Attack’ Here to ‘Provoke’ Reaction So They Can Federalize Troops
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/01/il-lt-gov-trump-wants-to-do-aggressive-attack-here-to-provoke-reaction-so-they-can-federalize-troops/
— Texas Trucking’s Silent Threat: Non-English Speaking Drivers Surge as Crashes Mount Nationwide
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/09/01/texas-truckings-silent-threat-non-english-speaking-drivers-surge-as-crashes-mount-nationwide/
— Chicago Alderman: Trump’s Trying to Use ‘Violence’ Here
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/01/chicago-alderman-trumps-trying-to-use-violence-here/
— Chicago Alderman on Shootings in City: Trump ‘Exacerbated’ Inner City Violence
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/01/chicago-alderman-on-shootings-in-city-trump-exacerbated-inner-city-violence/
— Trump’s policies spark protests in multiple US cities on Labor Day
https://www.breitbart.com/news/president-donald-trumps-policies-spark-protests-in-multiple-us-cities-on-labor-day/
— Trump Administration Suspends U.S. Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2025/09/01/trump-administration-suspends-u-s-visas-for-palestinian-passport-holders/
COLLEGE FIX
— FBI probes slew of nationwide false campus shooter reports tied to online group
https://www.thecollegefix.com/fbi-probes-slew-of-nationwide-false-campus-shooter-reports-tied-to-online-group/
EPOCH TIMES
— Why Can’t Teens Get Jobs? While I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, UIC student 1966-1968, and NIU student 1969-1970, few of my classmates had jobs. But I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. My critics/opponents have always used my taking the aforesaid jobs against me. They make it clear that they would never had stooped to take the aforesaid jobs. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my taking the aforesaid jobs proves that I am a loser. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/why-cant-teens-get-jobs-5897482
FOX NEWS
— Judge halts Trump admin’s effort to deport Guatemalan children
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6378087284112
NEWSMAX
— Trump: Bring Back Insane Asylums, House Mentally Ill
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mentally-ill-insane-asylums-donald-trump/2025/09/01/id/1224673/
— Insurrection Act Gives Trump Power to Deploy Guard. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Criminals and illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-deploytroops-insurrectionact/2025/09/01/id/1224681/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5480608-may-day-strong-labor-protest/
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2efnUi0f3A
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/chicagoans-want-help-tackling-crime-but-with-different-approach-than-trump-s-crackdown-246363205702
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/politics/video/the-lead-juliana-stratton-chicago-national-guard-president-trump-tapper
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/trump-national-guard-epstein-russia-ukraine-china-senate-analysis
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/the-arena-with-kasie-hunt/episodes/34cb4784-6cdf-11f0-995b-5fc5837b209c
REUTERS
— China’s Xi convenes ‘Axis of Upheaval’ in Beijing, sidelining Trump. In WWIII, which countries will side with China against America?
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/chinas-xi-convenes-axis-upheaval-beijing-sidelining-trump-2025-09-02/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://apnews.com/video/anti-trump-protests-held-in-chicago-e2fb17c619a64478bab5d0c63cf913cf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxCxn5BVBY0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-1vsob2slg
NEW YORK TIMES
— Labor Day Protests Denounce Trump While Supporting Workers. The demonstrations were part of the continuing effort by Trump opponents to try to pressure his administration, even if many events were modest in size. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise workers. I was a worker 1964-1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/trump-labor-day-protests.html
— Young and Old Are Facing Off for Jobs. For White male non-veterans, it is up-or-out. For White male non-veteran federal employees, they are out if they do not make GS-13 ($117,807/year) by age 25, GS-14 ($139,211/year) by age 30, GS-15 ($163,749/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($195,200/year)by age 40. Extremely few White male non-veteran federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/business/21age.html
— Fine-Tune Your Feed and Get News You Can Use. My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading the newsletters. Failing that, they want me to stop including links in the newsletters to articles that promote planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/technology/personaltech/apple-google-news-customize.html
— A Guide to Repaying Your Student Loans. If you had to work your way through college like me, what if you had gotten a student loan? If I had gotten a student loan my GPA would have been higher. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes, delivering mail, working for IRS, and working for GAO.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/student-loan-repayment-options.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Nationwide Labor Day protests denounce billionaires in Trump’s orbit. Organizers are aiming to remind the country of Labor Day’s origins and emphasize workers’ rights. My critics/opponents look down on if not despise workers. I was a worker 1964-1997.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/01/nationwide-labor-day-protests-denounce-billionaires-trumps-orbit/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Hidden cost of EV ownership: high insurance premiums
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-08-28/insurance-premiums-hike-up-the-price-of-evs
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rahm Emanuel: We Have Met the Enemy and He Isn’t Us. Can Americans stop fighting each other long enough to appreciate the threat from China?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/we-have-met-the-enemy-and-he-isnt-us-b3faa55c
— Remember the Children of Annunciation. Don’t let yourself grow numb. School shootings are a horror we can’t accept.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/remember-the-children-of-annunciation-add5b127?mod=opinion_lead_pos8
— You Can’t Work Your Way Through College Anymore. I would not have been able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE a) if my parents had not provided me with room and board 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) if I had not worked for the Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers 1966-1969.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-cant-work-your-way-through-college-anymore-1521239612
FORBES
— OK Boomers, About That Working-Through-College Thing. I would not have been able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE a) if my parents had not provided me with room and board 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester in 1969, and the summer of 1969 and b) if I had not worked for the Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers 1966-1969.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickwwatson/2019/12/09/ok-boomers-about-that-working-through-college-thing/
— Many Small Businesses Are Finding It Harder To Hire Workers. My big employers included GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, Post Office, and SS Kresge.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2021/10/28/many-small-businesses-are-finding-it-harder-to-hire-workers-new-poll/
WALLET HUB
— 50% of people don’t think it’s realistic for the average American to expect to retire comfortably. Starting when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have envied my earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension and the federal government paying 72% of my health insurance and paying 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978. Their envy worsened when I became eligible for early retirement and a $25,000 buyout when I was 45 in 1993. Their envy worsened more when I took early retirement when I was 49 in 1997. In my defense, I stress that I worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years, I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, and that I worked for GAO for almost 18 years. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who have made it clear that they would never stoop to take a federal job and/or b) who lacked qualifications for federal jobs.
https://wallethub.com/blog/retirement-savings-survey/133047
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Retirement doubt. 50% of people don’t think it’s realistic for the average American to expect to retire comfortably. Americans worry about retirement. Nearly 2 in 5 people feel anxious when thinking about retirement. Many people lack a plan. More than 1 in 4 Americans don’t have a retirement plan. Many people may never retire. 43% of people say they expect to work until they die. Debt takes precedence. Most Americans (53%) think paying off debt is more important than making retirement contributions. Dependency risk. More than 1 in 4 Americans are counting on family members to support them financially when they retire.)
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Not College Material. I was not viewed as being college material. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. I washed dishes during my junior and senior years and the summer in between. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/not-college-material
KEEN ON AMERICA
— Wealthy Families Game the College Admission Process. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://keenon.substack.com/p/the-hypocrisy-of-trumps-war-on-universities
AMERICA MAGAZINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/09/01/pope-leo-meets-with-father-james-martin-seen-as-a-sign-of-support-for-ministry-with-l-g-b-t-q-catholics/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders attack Trump’s health
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-health-questions-garrett-graff_n_68b65715e4b0cd019d229af8
August 28, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Willie Wilson: Democrats’ failure to protect vulnerable communities leaves door open for National Guard
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/opinion-democratic-leaders-chicago-violence-national-guard/
— Democrat leaders blame police for problems that minorities have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/opinion-national-guard-chicago-history/
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/08/26/new-illinois-law-protecting-students-is-relief-in-evanston-immigrant-community/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats seek immigration platform plank to counter Trump, Republicans. The current Democrat Party platform plank is to flood America with citizens of foreign countries that have demographics that vote for Democrats. Those demographics include a) need/want/demand massive government assistance, b) minority, c) female, d) younger, e) non-Protestant, and f) non-German American.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/democrats-seek-immigration-platform-to-counter-trump-republicans-deportations-border-security-dhs-immigration-enforcement#
ILLINOIZE
— Tracy Puts $2 Million Into Senate Campaign
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/tracy-puts-2million-senate-campaign
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject the Rutan decision ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_v._Republican_Party_of_Illinois ), that is, they want government employers to make employment decisions based on party affiliation. That is why RINO leaders did not come to my defense when my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire because I was a Republican. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Trump: Illinois’ ‘slob of a governor’ should call for help with public safety. What if Trump sets his sights on Illinois?
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_9337cd1a-ef31-494d-9e91-0ae6fc109de2.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— HUD threatens funding for public housing authorities shielding illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3784818/hud-threatens-funding-public-housing-authorities-illegal-immigrants/
— Why Trump has reversed course on IRS cuts
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3782589/why-trump-irs-cuts-reversed-course/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin fines illegal migrants $6.1B for refusing deportation orders
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/trump-admin-fines-illegal-migrants-6-1b-for-refusing-deportation-orders-report/
— Mom of Minneapolis mass shooter Robin Westman worked at Catholic school where he opened fire, killing 2 kids
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/mom-of-minneapolis-mass-shooter-robin-westman-worked-at-catholic-school-where-he-opened-fire-killing-2-kids-police/
— Minneapolis mayor uses Catholic school shooting presser to speak out about transgender rights — as gunman ID’d as trans
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/minneapolis-mayor-uses-catholic-school-shooting-presser-to-speak-out-about-transgender-rights-as-gunman-robin-westman-idd-as-trans/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Here’s why Democrats work so hard to defend criminals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/here_s_why_democrats_work_so_hard_to_defend_criminals.html
BREITBART
— Trans Minnesota Catholic School Shooter’s YouTube Manifesto Included Vile Anti-Trump Messages Written on Guns
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/27/trans-minnesota-catholic-school-shooters-youtube-manifesto-included-vile-anti-trump-messages/
— Unsustainable: Colorado Gained 43,000 Illegal Aliens in Just 2 Years
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/27/unsustainable-colorado-gained-43000-illegal-aliens-in-just-2-years/
COLLEGE FIX
— Donors yank millions from Florida universities after ending in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. What percent of the students in colleges in your area illegals?
https://www.thecollegefix.com/donors-yank-millions-from-florida-universities-after-ending-in-state-tuition-for-illegal-immigrants/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Administration Teases New Plan to Keep Non-English-Speaking Truck Drivers Off Roads. What do George Ryan supporters have to say about this?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/27/duffy-use-every-tool-available-hold-trucking-companies-who-hire-illegal-immigrants-account/
DAILY WIRE
— What We Know About The Trans-Identifying Gunman Who Slaughtered Catholic School Children
https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-we-know-about-the-trans-identifying-gunman-who-slaughtered-catholic-school-children
https://www.dailywire.com/news/entitled-penny-sniffing-ks-minnesota-gunman-railed-against-jews-in-journal
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker says ‘action will be met with a response’ after Trump threatens to send National Guard to Chicago. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says the state will not let the federal government ‘intimidate Chicagoans.’ How soon will Pritzker have Illinois officially declare war on America?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pritzker-says-action-met-response-after-trump-threatens-send-national-guard-chicago
— Trump admin plans to impose 4-year limits for foreign students studying in US. The new rule would end a decades-old policy allowing students to stay for the duration of their studies. Because I took only one evening course at a time, it took me 4 long years to earn my MBA from Loyola in 1976 (16 courses), it took me 4 long years to earn my master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980 (12 courses), and it took me 5 long years to earn my master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997 (14 courses), I took only one course at a time because a) that was what I could afford in terms of time and money and b) my focus was my IRS and GAO jobs. But because of age discrimination, my delay in my earning my aforesaid degrees cost me dearly.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-plans-impose-4-year-limits-foreign-students-studying-us
— Mayor Bowser admits ‘we greatly appreciate the surge’ from Trump admin as crime plummets in Washington DC
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377544172112
— Trump administration resurrects ‘neighborhood checks’ for citizenship applicants last used in first Bush-era. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will interview neighbors and employers about applicants seeking naturalization.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-resurrects-neighborhood-checks-citizenship-applicants-last-used-first-bush-era
LEGAL NSURRECTION
— Police Identify Robert ‘Robin’ Westman as Suspect in Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting. Videos and pictures show Westman hated Jews and Trump.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/police-identify-robert-robin-westman-as-suspect-in-minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting/
NEW REPUBLIC
— Minneapolis Shooting Suspect Hated Trump—and All People of Color
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/inside-messy-politics-minneapolis-school-200424395.html
NEWSMAX
— Homan: ‘Illegal criminal aliens will not walk the streets of this nation’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYPtjZbrnbw
— DEI Still Present in Higher Ed Hiring Practices
https://www.newsmax.com/us/dei-higher-education-hiring/2025/08/27/id/1224135/
— USDA Ends Biden-Era Program Favoring Farmers Based on Race, Gender
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/usda-donald-trump-joe-biden/2025/08/27/id/1224166/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Democrats double down on DEI, child sex changes, open borders, and soft-on-crime policies at DNC annual convention
https://thepostmillennial.com/dems-double-down-on-dei-child-sex-changes-open-borders-and-soft-on-crime-policies
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Trump’s Intel stake sparks cries of ‘socialism’ from his party, but he vows more deals are coming
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/trumps-intel-stake-sparks-cries-socialism-party-vows-125013616
NBC NEWS
— Mayor Muriel Bowser says Trump’s surge of federal law enforcement has lowered crime in D.C.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/bowser-trump-police-takeover-lower-dc-crime-national-guard-ice-rcna227582
MSNBC
— CDC officials walk out in protest of Trump’s removal CDC Director Susan Monarez. None of my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates protested when my Democrat GAO superiors removed me when I was 49 years old in 1997. Previously, they had not protested when my Democrat GAO superiors a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) permanently threw me off audits of IRS in early 1989 and kept off audits of IRS 1980-1985, and f) forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYG8rUEPiwE
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders say Minneapolis Suspect Knew Her Target, but Motive Is a Mystery
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/minneapolis-school-shooting-suspect-gunman.html
— Lisa Cook Says She Will Not Step Down From the Fed Board. I should write about the threatened adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors would have taken against me if I had not retired when I was 49 in 1997. Previously they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) permanently threw me off audits of IRS in early 1989 and kept off audits of IRS 1980-1985, and f) forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/lisa-cook-fed-governor.html
— In Trump’s 2nd Term, More Incarcerations, Less Talk of Reform. The president is signaling a tough-on-crime message for the midterms next year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/politics/trump-criminal-justice.html
— Donald Trump’s Big Gay Government. On the town with the A-Gays of Washington, who have never been happier to be out, proud and Republican.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/style/gay-men-trump-administration-republicans.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump, Gabbard fired top CIA Russia expert days after Alaska summit. The CIA officer was due to take up a prestigious assignment in Europe approved by CIA Director John Ratcliffe. Instead, her security clearance was summarily revoked. In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors acted like my Black CPA subordinate had threatened to leave GAO if they did not get rid of me. If I had not taken their early retirement “offer” in 1997, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until 2003. My Black CPA subordinate a) had less job-related work experience than I had, b) had less job-related education than I had, c) had one job-related professional certification while I had six, and d) no job-related professional license like the one I had. They gave him my job and my preferred corner office.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/27/cia-officer-russia-trump-gabbard/
— Trump fires CDC director who says RFK Jr. is ‘weaponizing public health.’ My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, that is, they fired me, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/08/27/susan-monarez-cdc-director-ousted/
— Shooter who opened fire on Catholic school posted rambling videos. YouTube videos posted to coincide with the shooting showed reverence for other mass shooters, and gun magazines scrawled with “Kill Donald Trump” and racial slurs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/27/robin-westman-minneapolis-school-shooting/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/27/al-sharpton-wall-street-trump-dei-nyc/13fb324a-83c2-11f0-a8f4-28ba053d904b_story.html?isMobile=1
USA TODAY
— Trump fires CDC Director Susan Monarez after she refused to quit in dispute with RFK Jr. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, that is, they fired me, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/27/cdc-director-susan-monarez-ousted/85856035007/
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/27/president-trump-approval-rating-new-polls/85851490007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/27/immigrants-more-likely-to-report-crimes/85821245007/
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— Do you drive a ‘liberal’ or ‘conservative’ car? We analyzed 11 million Pa. vehicle records to find out. American trucks are popular in GOP-dominated areas. Teslas are big in Democratic regions. I would anticipate/expect that nationwide, that most Republicans own American nameplate vehicles and that most Democrats own foreign nameplate vehicles.
https://www.inquirer.com/cars/registered-vehicles-pennsylvania-democrats-republicans-20250825.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Shooting Madness in Minneapolis. The killer of children at church fits a too-common profile.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/minneapolis-shooting-annunciation-catholic-school-robin-westman-dfcf73d3
FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmcgowan/2025/08/27/for-trump-doj-dei-is-the-new-jim-crow-businesses-should-take-note/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Newsom
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gavin-newsom-trump-world-leaders_n_68afc0cce4b0d087ed3ea699
AXIOS
— Trump threatens to prosecute George Soros for backing protests
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/27/trump-urges-rico-charges-george-soros
— The Democrat Party ever-increasingly makes it clear that it is anti-American.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/24/trump-american-identity-citizenship-immigration
GUARDIAN
— Trump is serious about pursuing a third term, Newsom warns
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/28/trump-serious-about-third-term-gavin-newsom-warns
August 26, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders get gun violence survivors to slam Trump’s talk of deploying National Guard in Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/gun-violence-survivors-trump-national-guard-chicago/
— Gun-related arrests at Naperville Topgolf now top 15 for the year
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/gun-arrests-charges-naperville-topgolf/
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County clerk a no-show for budget presentation
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250826/news/dupage-county-clerk-a-no-show-for-budget-presentation/
— DuPage County will spend up to $147K to retain Springfield lobbyists
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250826/news/dupage-county-will-spend-up-to-147k-to-retain-springfield-lobbyists/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The county will pay Marquardt & Humes Inc., no more than $94,500 for one year of lobbying work through Sept. 14, 2026. The firm’s lobbying team includes Scott Marquardt, who began his career as a prosecutor in the DuPage state’s attorney’s office, and John “Chip” Humes, who’s also a co-owner of the Humes Funeral Home in Addison. Though the political makeup of the county board has changed over the years, officials continued using Roger C. Marquardt & Co. as a state-level lobbyist. In 2024, Scott Marquardt and Humes solidified their business partnership, forming Marquardt & Humes, according to a firm overview. The county also will pay Raucci & Sullivan Strategies no more than $52,500 for one year of lobbying services through August 2026. Former Republican state Sen. Dave Sullivan is the firm’s president. Marc Poulos, who was a member of Gov. JB Pritzker’s transition team, also is part of the firm. Marquardt & Humes are “continuing our strong advocacy on behalf of DuPage County regarding ongoing transit negotiations,” Humes wrote in a letter to officials in July.)
— Arlington Heights residents, officials divided on criminalizing homeless behavior — but proposal moves forward
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250825/local-politics/arlington-heights-residents-officials-divided-on-criminalizing-homeless-behavior/
— Embattled Fed Gov. Lisa Cook says she’ll sue Trump to keep her job. So far, by forcing me to retire, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250826/nation-and-world-politics/embattled-fed-gov-lisa-cook-says-shell-sue-trump-to-keep-her-job/
ABC7
— DOJ demands Illinois voter personal information by Sept. 1
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-justice-department-demands-illinois-voter-personal-information-sept-1/17655103/
— Democrat leaders get Chicago gun violence survivors speak out against President Trump’s National Guard plans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trumps-threat-send-national-guard-chicago-raises-legal-questions/17651164/
— Fed Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook says she’s staying on the job despite Trump saying he fired her. So far, by forcing me to retire, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lisa-cook-says-shes-staying-job-federal-reserve-board-governor-despite-trump-announcing-he-removed-position/17653963/
NBC5
— Trump says he wants death penalty for murderers in D.C.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-federal-reserve-redistrcting-immigration-august-26-2025-live-updates/3815040/
FOX32
— 3 Illinois colleges named among top 50 in U.S. according to Forbes. University of Chicago is 13, Northwestern University is 16, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is 38, UIC is 108, Wheaton College is 159, IIT is 171, DePaul is 208, Loyola is 242, NIU is 379.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/forbes-best-colleges-illinois-2025
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders get Gun violence survivors to say that federal troops will not make Chicago safer.
https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2025/08/26/gun-violence-survivors-say-federal-troops-will-not-make-chicago-safer-resources-will
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago doesn’t have to choose between jobs and health. My father worked in a nasty polluting chemical plant in the northeast side of Chicago Heights for 28 years before he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/hazel-johnson-ordinance-would-help-all-chicago-opinion
WAND TV
— Trump saying 600,000 Chinese students could come to the US draws MAGA backlash. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But if they could have admitted Chinese students instead of me, they would have.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-saying-600-000-chinese-students-could-come-to-the-us-draws-maga-backlash/article_cad6e3c7-dcf6-5ac9-ae08-3f0f23f86adc.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-370/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker unveils Illinois LGBTQ hotline amid debate over transgender athletes. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b71754be-a7d0-4d0a-aa85-c8a8ba200cdf.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Shariah: Coming to a city near you? Mamdani’s ‘intifada’ stance warns of trouble ahead.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/26/shariah-coming-city-near/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The National Academies are politically corrupted
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3781102/the-national-academies-are-politically-corrupted/
— The GOP’s unfair election advantage: Good governance
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3782858/unfair-gop-election-advantage-good-governance/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/dc-faith-leaders-demand-ice-stop-using-church-parking-lots.html
DAILY CALLER
— Illinois Law Forces Universities To Dispense Abortion Pills On Campus
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/26/blue-state-law-forces-universities-to-dispense-abortion-pills-on-campus/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago residents plead for Trump’s help as ‘out of control’ crime leads to another bloody weekend. Boy, 5, among six reportedly killed in weekend shootings across Chicago. How has Chicago crime impacted you? The theft of my 1969 Dodge Charger SE while I worked for IRS in Chicago in 1971 had a big negative impact on me. The theft of my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air while I worked for IRS in Chicago in 1973 had a big negative impact on me.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/blue-city-residents-plead-trumps-help-out-control-crime-leads-another-bloody-weekend
— White House accuses Pritzker, Illinois Dems of whining while Chicago crime rages.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-accuses-pritzker-illinois-dems-whining-while-chicago-crime-rages
NEWSMAX
— Trump’s Immigration Push Tests ICE Workforce. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who the Democrats who ran GAO hired. By the time they succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1980, I was one of the last Republican GAO employees. Republican Gingrich’s dramatic gutting of GAO while I worked for GAO 1980-1997 not only demoralized and devastated GAO employees, it made Democrat GAO employees hate Republican GAO employees. I should write about that.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-ice-migrant/2025/08/26/id/1223938/
— No Illegals Entered US for 3 Straight Months
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/kristi-noem-immigration-cabinet/2025/08/26/id/1224019/
REAL CLEAR INVESTIGATIONS
— Illinois Democrat Leaders Push Democrat Chicago to the Verge of Fiscal Collapse
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/2025/08/26/illinois_pushes_chicago_to_the_verge_of_fiscal_collapse_1130906.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump faces MAGA backlash for saying he’ll let 600,000 Chinese students into US. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But if they could have admitted Chinese students instead of me, they would have.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/dc-faith-leaders-demand-ice-stop-using-church-parking-lots.html
CBS NEWS
— U.S. to resume “neighborhood checks” for citizenship applications as part of Trump push to heavily vet immigrants
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/neighborhood-checks-citizenship-applications/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Men Suing Over Their Partners’ Abortions. The antiabortion movement is encouraging partners and ex-partners who say they were harmed by abortions of their unborn children.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/the-men-suing-over-their-partners-abortions-b2e7a9ce
TRUTHDIG
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Far too many Democrat plants and RINOs become Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC) and become leaders of Republican township, county, and state party organizations to get the Republican Party to strike its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in its platform, that is, to destroy the Republican Party. These Democrat plants and RINOs focus on driving platform Republicans like me out of the party. I should write about them and the adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 1999. In 2000, they got one of their own to run against me for RPC. In 2004, they rudely fired me as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster and rudely defeated me 69 to 13 when I ran for MTRO Treasurer. In 2006, they almost got the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. In 2007, they got ICRC to rudely throw me off its Steering Committee. In 2010, they again rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster. In 2012, they got TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois to rudely end my chairmanship. In 2015, they rudely gerrymandered my precinct. In 2021, they rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. In 2024, the rudely ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/how-to-infiltrate-your-local-democratic-headquarters/
REALTOR.COM
— Wheaton Is One of the Hottest ZIP Codes in Illinois-Here’s Why
https://www.lmtonline.com/realestate/article/wheaton-is-one-of-the-hottest-zip-codes-in-20889403.php
August 3, 2025 Evening Edition
How badly have Pritzker and Illinois Democrat legislators jerrymandered your congressional district? I should write about their 3rd Congressional District.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Texas Democrats fleeing to Illinois to block congressional maps; some to appear with Pritzker Sunday.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-house-democrats-plan-flee-state-try-stop-proposed-congressional-maps-appear-illinois-gov-jb-pritzker/17420791/
NBC5
— Texas Democrats head to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting. In an extraordinary move to counter Republican redistricting in Texas, dozens of Democrats in the state House are landing in Illinois to deny a quorum.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/texas-democrats-illinois-republicans-redistricting/3803982/
CBS2
— Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP’s redistricting plan.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/texas-democratic-legislators-flee-state-to-protest-gops-redistricting-plan/
FOX32
— Texas Democrats flee to Illinois in bid to block vote on redrawn House map backed by Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/texas-democrats-flee-illinois-bid-block-vote-redrawn-house-map-backed-trump
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Texas House Democrats flee to Chicago to deny GOP’s congressional redistricting effort.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/texas-house-democrats-flee-to-chicago-over-congressional-redistricting/
— Co-living buildings offer ‘attainable luxury’ for Chicago’s young professionals. Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 25 in 1974, when IRS promoted me to a $99,069/year in today’s dollars job in the Loop, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East Building and I walked to work and to graduate business courses at Loyola. In 1976, when my salary was $105,675/year in today’s dollars, I traded that studio condo in to the building’s developer for a one bedroom condo and I walked to graduate accounting courses at DePaul. I had bought a new town home in University Park in 1972. I lived in it full-time 1972-1974, part-time 1974-1976, and then I rented it out until I sold it in 1984.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/co-living-buildings-chicago-straits-row/
— Smithsonian denies White House pressure to remove President Donald Trump impeachment references. I filed Diersen v. GAO in 1998 (SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) knowing full-well that my chance getting a settlement, let alone winning, was bleak. Everything was stacked against me. But I filed anyway to get my facts and my arguments on the record.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/02/smithsonian-trump-impeachment/
— The emerging schism within the Democratic Party
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/03/opinion-democrats-schism-abundance-agenda/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Texas Democrat legislators flee to Illinois to block Trump-backed GOP redistricting plan. The walkout, which Texas Democrats called an “extraordinary and necessary step,” came a day after a House panel advanced a congressional map that would add five new Republican districts next year.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/03/texas-democrats-flee-to-illinois-to-block-trump-backed-gop-redistricting-plan
WGN RADIO
— The more of the following that you are, the more that you should anticipate/expect that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://wgnradio.com/the-alpha-wealth-hour/getting-through-blind-spots-in-your-retirement-plan/
WCIA
— BLS commissioner reacts to Trump firing. GAO works for Congress. I should write about how my Republican U.S. Senators and my Republican U.S. Representatives reacted to my Democrat GAO superiors a) forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) delaying my promotions and never promoting me beyond GS-13, c) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) forcing me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/bls-commissioner-reacts-to-trump-firing/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Former Milton Township Supervisor John Monino Signed Illegal Traffic Enforcement Contract
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2025/08/former-milton-township-supervisor-signed-illegal-traffic-enforcement-contract/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The Washington Post’s ‘fact checker’ Glenn Kessler finally throws in the towel. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I increasingly worked as a fact checker. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22fact+checker%22+gao
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/3/washington-posts-fact-checker-glenn-kessler-finally-throws-towel/
— E-Verify, a choke point for stopping illegal immigrant employment in America. Big business and weak politicians are blocking the tool that protects U.S. jobs.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/3/e-verify-choke-point-stopping-illegal-immigrant-employment-america/
— Why the left’s education agenda leaves children illiterate. Time for a new path rooted in discipline, choice and phonics.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/3/lefts-education-agenda-leaves-chilldren-illiterate/
— Time for conservatives to kick antisemites out. Many, if not most of my Democrat Chicago office GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were antisemites. They were furious when I volunteered to work for the office’s leading Jewish GS-15 (currently $163,749-$195,200/year) manager. She put them to shame. She had an MBA from the University of Chicago. She had passed the CPA examination on her first attempt. She was attractive. She was young. She was wealthy. She was demanding. She wanted all her employees to have a graduate degree in finance. I got her appointed to the IIT board of directors for its master’s degree program in financial markets and trading that I completed in 1997. Nevertheless, she played a big role in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/3/time-conservatives-kick-antisemites/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How Democratic presidential hopefuls are positioning themselves for 2028
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3489632/how-democratic-presidential-hopefuls-are-positioning-themselves-for-2028/
— The Trump economy is delivering for American workers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3488698/trump-economy-delivering-for-american-workers/
BREITBART
— Woke Gestapo Target ‘Registered Republican’ Sydney Sweeney for Thoughtcrime
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/08/03/nolte-woke-gestapo-target-registered-republican-sydney-sweeney-for-thoughtcrime/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Unless Faculties Are Rebalanced, Deals Struck With Universities Will Not Effectuate Long-Term Change. “I completely agree that getting the federal government involved in hiring decisions at universities is a bad idea, but it’s a less bad idea than what the current situation is…. [W]hat we’ve seen over the last 30 years is they’ve destroyed the system. They have spent 30 to 40 years only hiring their own.” The entire federal government needs to be rebalanced. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/unless-faculties-are-rebalanced-deals-struck-with-universities-will-not-effectuate-long-term-change/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— India indicates it will keep buying Russian oil despite Trump’s threats
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/world/article/india-indicates-it-will-keep-buying-russian-oil-20799376.php
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/us/politics/chinese-stay-flee-united-states-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/03/latino-republicans-immigration-trump-law-abiding-ice/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/03/afghanistan-immigrants-trump-deportations/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Unemployed Americans Endure Longer Job Searches in a Cooling Market
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/unemployed-americans-endure-longer-job-searches-in-a-cooling-market-4ab9fce3
NEWSBREAK
— Sydney Sweeney Is A Registered Republican. I have always been a Republican. I should write about how my critics/opponents have always used that against me. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government.
https://www.newsbreak.com/whiskey-riff-510620/4154235137037-sydney-sweeney-is-a-registered-republican-sparks-another-liberal-meltdown-on-heels-of-american-eagle-ad
GOOGLE AI
— Up-or-out Who do you know who has been harmed by up-or-out? I should write about why my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12 and why my Democrat GAO superiors delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22up-or-out%22
— Adverse actions Who do you know who has had adverse actions taken against them? I should write about why my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took adverse actions against me.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22adverse+actions%22
— Pay cut Who do you know who has taken a pay cut? I should write about why my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22pay+cut%22
— Pay- for-performance Who do you know who was under pay-for-performance (PFP)? I should write about why my Democrat GAO superiors always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22pay-for-performance%22
— Forced retirement Who do you know who was forced to retire early? I should write about why my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997
.https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Forced+retiement%22
— Career limiting Who do you know who has taken career limiting actions? Should write about the actions that I took and why my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors limited my career because of that.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22career+limiting%22
— Civil Service protections Who do you know who was not protected by Civil Service protections? I should write about why I was not protected by Civil Service protections.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22civil+service+protections%22
August 1, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Chicago’s budget deficit threatened by pension bill that awaits Pritzker’s signature. My GAO superior who focused on getting rid of me was so furious that I got almost 3 years of full-time Civil Service Retirement System credit while I worked only part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969 that he got Congress to change the law so that now only prorated credit is given.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/chicagos-budget-deficit-threatened-by-pension-bill-that-awaits-pritzkers-signature/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill would boost pension benefits for officers and firefighters hired after 2010 by increasing the cap on pensionable salary and the annual cost-of-living adjustment for pensioners.)
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/01/illinois-joins-lawsuit-challenging-trump-administration-s-efforts-restrict-gender
— Duckworth, Durbin Urge Trump Administration to Reinstate EPA Workers Who Signed ‘Declaration of Dissent.’ I did far more than sign a letter of dissent. When I was 40 years old in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. GAO audits IRS. They had unofficially thrown me off audits of IRS before I was 40 in 1988 because I had complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They had kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985. They had forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had hired me in 1980 and who had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. They had delayed my promotions, had never promoted me beyond GS-13, and had forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Democrats run GAO and IRS. They do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/01/duckworth-durbin-urge-trump-administration-reinstate-epa-workers-who-signed-declaration
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/01/mayors-office-completes-internal-review-of-chicago-police-response-to-june-immigration-raid
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/08/01/illinois-sues-the-trump-administration-to-protect-access-to-gender-affirming-care
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ICE says it has made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 as hiring ramps up. Just kidding, but will Speaker Johnson force GAO to rehire me with backpay. Many of my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire have now retired themselves. My backpay would be $2.4 million ($4.3 salary minus $1.9 Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/ice-hiring-tentative-job-offers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Many of these offers were to ICE officers who retired under President Biden because they were frustrated that they were not allowed to do their jobs,” she said. “Now under President Trump and Secretary Noem, ICE is excited to get back to work to remove rapists, murderers, gang members and pedophiles from our communities.”)
— Casten shouted down at town hall in La Grange, pro-Palestinian protesters removed
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/u-s-rep-sean-casten-pro-palestinian-protesters/
— Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report. I should write about the following who have done the most to remove me as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 because my newsletters have reported Republican defeats: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, pollsters, fundraisers, major donors, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. It is called shooting the messenger who brings the bad news.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/trump-removes-jobs-data/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/judge-pauses-fast-track-deportations/
— Lake County Sheriff Martinez starts to repay county for $157,785 of overpayment of benefits. According to my critics/opponents, my federal salary 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, my $66,780/year Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension in today’s dollars since 1997, and my and my wife’s 72% federal healthcare insurance subsidy is much too high. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/01/lake-co-sheriff-martinez-starts-to-repay-county-for-overpayment-of-benefits/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: All of the extra pay that Martinez received was from the collective bargaining agreement that covers the sheriff’s police officers. The State Board of Accounts contended under state code that Martinez is an officeholder who is not entitled to benefits for police officers negotiated under the collective bargaining agreement.
DAILY HERALD
— Duckworth ever-increasingly makes it clear that she is anti-those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250801/illinois-state-politics/diversity-in-crash-test-dummies-can-save-womens-lives-duckworth-gop-senators-say/
WGN RADIO
— College Visits: What to ask to get the whole picture. In 1966, UIC was the only college that I considered attending. I could afford UIC because my parents could and did provide me with room and board while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and the summers of 1967 and 1968 in between. In 1969, NIU was the only college that I considered transferring to because my parents could and did provide me with room and board weekends during my first semester there and the summer of 1969. I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.
https://wgnradio.com/jobs/career-vision/college-visits-what-to-ask-to-get-the-whole-picture/
WBEZ
— Chicago teens on the job this summer. What summer jobs did you have? I did yard work during the summers of 1962 and 1963. I delivered newspapers during the summers of 1962-1966. I washed dishes during the summer of 1965. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966. I delivered mail during the summers of 1967-1969. My critics/opponents never had to take such jobs because their parents had lots of money, bought them cars, and paid for their college expenses.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/08/01/teenagers-summer-jobs-lifeguard-chuck-e-cheese-international-museum-surgical-science
FOX NEWS
— Hamas should be blamed for the starvation in Gaza
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/hamas-should-blamed-starvation-gaza-says-deputy-state-dept-spokesperson-tommy-pigott-middle-east-special-envoy-steve-witkoff-mike-huckabee
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Plaintiff optimistic, DOJ interested in case against Illinois elections board
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_748c769f-a4b8-463a-b8a1-873b7c66c20a.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A legal case is moving forward against the Illinois State Board of Elections over allegations that the state failed to maintain voter registration lists. Former state Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, said the National Voter Registration Act requires the state to perform list maintenance and remove ineligible voters. U.S. District Court Judge Sara L. Ellis dismissed two plaintiffs from the case last week, but Ives’ group, Breakthrough Ideas, was not dismissed and retains standing as a plaintiff along with Illinois Family Action. The groups filed suit with Judicial Watch attorneys in March of 2024. Ives said it’s obvious that voter lists are not well-maintained in Illinois. “This creates extra costs people should not have to incur and it wastes time as well, not to mention it invites fraud when you do not have cleaned-up voter lists,” Ives told The Center Square. Ives said the dead have voted in Illinois. “I’ve pointed out a couple of dead people that I know casted votes, and there was no adequate explanation for why that occurred. Because they were not cleaned off the voter roll, it invited fraud one way or another. In the state of Illinois, this becomes even more problematic when you have permanent vote by mail,” Ives explained. “So you will have ballots being sent to people that are possibly moved or dead, which makes list maintenance even more important in the state of Illinois.” Ives said 23 Illinois counties with a combined registration list of 980,089 voters reported removing only 100 registrations over a two-year period. “That is an absurdly small number. There is no possible way those counties were conducting a general program that makes an effort to clean up the voter rolls, because only a hundred people died in 23 counties? Nobody believes that, so we know that they’re not doing what they should do,” Ives said. On July 8, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a 15-page statement of interest in the case. “When Illinois voters cast their ballots, they should be confident that their vote is given its due weight, undiluted by ineligible voters,” the statement began. “It is critical to remove ineligible voters from the registration rolls so that elections are conducted fairly, accurately, and without fraud,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in a press release regarding the statement of interest. “Under the NVRA, states have the responsibility to conduct a robust program of list maintenance. The Department of Justice will vigorously enforce those requirements to ensure compliance.” Ives said the case could have ramifications across the country. She said it is possible that the DOJ will file its own lawsuit. As for what’s next, Ives said parties were waiting for a written ruling and it’s possible there could be a hearing later this month. Ives said she suspects there could be a settlement in the case.)
— Youth mental health screenings may have long-term impact, IL legislator warns. Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_61d88fa0-db2a-49ed-8f3a-1ec239a0a422.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois economy declines 2.2% in early 2025, one of biggest drops in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-economy-declines-2-2-in-early-2025-one-of-biggest-drops-in-u-s/
— Illinois government pension crisis worst in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/report-shows-illinois-government-pension-crisis-worst-in-u-s/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ICE is deporting people at record pace: Nearly 1,300 per day
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/1/ice-deporting-people-record-pace-nearly-1300-per-day/
— Democrats’ civility goes out the window so progressives can pretend to be tough
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/1/editorial-democrats-civility-goes-window-progressives-pretend-tough/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats want to unmask the ICE agents they are putting in danger
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3488819/democrats-ice-agents-masks/
NEW YORK POST
— How can socialist Zohran Mamdani revel in his family’s colonial privilege?
https://nypost.com/2025/08/01/opinion/how-can-socialist-zohran-mamdani-revel-in-his-familys-colonial-privilege/
FEDERALIST
— Immigration Crackdown Protects Americans From Murderers And Rapists Biden Released Into The Streets
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/01/immigration-crackdown-protects-americans-from-murderers-and-rapists-biden-released-into-the-streets/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
KVOR
— Illegals Reduce US Workers’ Wages
https://www.kvor.com/2025/08/01/homan-to-newsmax-illegals-reduce-us-workers-wages/
REASON
— The IRS Is Now 25 Percent Smaller (and, Hopefully, Less Dangerous) I should write about those who have used against me the most my having been an IRS employee for almost 9 years 1971-1980.
https://www.aol.com/news/irs-now-25-percent-smaller-110004637.html