FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/shane-gillis-trump-epstein-files-2025-espys-monologue/3791309/
WGN9
— Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfs0XMqGg3E
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that if businesses owned by minorities, women, people with disabilities, and veterans do not get contracts, it is because of discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/17/opinion-illinois-contract-procurement-job-creation-minorities/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois leaders blast State Farm as it hikes home insurance rates
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/07/16/illinois-leaders-attack-state-farm-as-it-hikes-home-insurance-rates
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad, including bad weather.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250716/nation-and-world-politics/noaa-was-developing-tool-to-help-communities-prepare-for-extreme-rainfall-trump-officials-stopped-i/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250716/nation-and-world-politics/trump-slams-his-own-supporters-who-are-angered-over-how-his-team-has-handled-the-epstein-case/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2025/07/16/rush-medical-center-halts-gender-affirming-care-for-new-patients-under-18
WGLT
— Democrat leaders had no problem when inflation raged under Biden.
https://www.wglt.org/2025-07-16/inflation-picks-up-in-june-as-trumps-tariffs-start-to-impact-prices
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-tries-to-blame-others-as-tensions-rise-around-handling-of-epstein-case/
FOX ILLINOIS
— GOP lawmaker pushes for policy fix to border crisis
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/gop-pushes-for-policy-fix-to-border-crisis-non-governmental-organizations-faith-illegal-immigration-biden-administration-grants-work-facilitate-republicans
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During a fiery House Homeland Security Committee hearing Wednesday, Republicans accused non-governmental organizations– many of which were faith-based groups– of incentivizing illegal immigration during the Biden administration by providing services or support to migrants, even though many of the same Republicans voted to fund grants that helped facilitate their work. During the hearing titled “An Inside Job: How NGOs Facilitated the Biden Border Crisis,” Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., accused many of the NGOs of acting as a “launching pad for mass illegal immigration.” “FEMA provided grants to numerous NGOs, many of whom were operating at the southwest border,” Guest said. “These groups spent billions of taxpayers’ dollars.”)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-553/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Richard Porter Visits McHenry County Executive Committee Meeting
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/07/17/richard-porter-visits-mchenry-county-executive-committee-meeting/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREITBART
— Trump Signs Law Classifying Fentanyl-Related Substances as Schedule I Drugs
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/16/trump-signs-law-classifying-fentanyl-related-substances-schedule-one-drugs/
DAILY WIRE
— Congresswoman Mary Miller Says Pornography Is ‘A Rot In Our Culture’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/congresswoman-mary-miller-says-pornography-is-a-rot-in-our-culture
FEDERALIST
— Leftist Bureaucrats In Charge Of Government-Run Media Refuse Peaceful Transition Of Power
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/16/leftist-bureaucrats-in-charge-of-government-run-media-refuse-peaceful-transition-of-power/
FOX NEWS
— Illinois’ population is aging ‘faster’ than the rest of the country. Under Pritzker, if you are young, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is in Illinois: conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/news/illinois-population-aging-faster-rest-000045392.html
NEWSMAX
— Majority of Deportees Pose a Threat
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tom-homan-immigration-ice/2025/07/16/id/1219012/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/lgbtq-crisis-lifeline-hotline/2025/07/16/id/1218983/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Trump Administration Deports ‘Uniquely Barbaric’ Migrants to Little-Known Nation
https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-administration-deports-uniquely-barbaric-migrants-little-known-nation/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump administration is considering possible changes to its immigration enforcement policy as it relates to farm and hospitality workers. Ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take the bad jobs that I took. My critics/opponents cannot say that. Their parents had lots of money. They bought them cars, paid for their college expenses, and got them good jobs.
https://thehill.com/immigration/5405518-homan-hints-trump-farm-worker-policy-is-coming/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5402940-lgbtq-lifeline-988-hotline-closure-the-trevor-project-suicide-mental-health-trump-cuts/
CNN
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/politics/trump-powell-epstein-poll-numbers-analysis
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSAwo11A3Z4
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2025-07-17/nationwide-protests-planned-against-trumps-immigration-crackdown-and-health-care-cuts
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUmdFmAmHoM
— Trump holds signing ceremony for the HALT Fentanyl Act
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/watch-live-trump-holds-signing-ceremony-for-the-halt-fentanyl-act-243343941517
NEW YORK TIMES
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-files-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/politics/republicans-congress-trump-epstein.html
— My critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about my critics/opponents. They falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/politics/university-virginia-president-trump-dei-jefferson-council.html
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/business/trump-dei-race-gender-mental-health.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/politics/trump-political-enemies-evil.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/opinion/immigration-trump-ice-raids.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/16/trump-epstein-obama-biden-comey-democrats-conspiracies/5a3b8b6a-6293-11f0-bf70-56d8888ebb94_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/17/hud-section-8-vouchers-congress-budget-cuts/e153b408-62c3-11f0-bf70-56d8888ebb94_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/17/hud-section-8-vouchers-trump-budget-cuts/bcd06c34-62c3-11f0-bf70-56d8888ebb94_story.html
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/16/trump-dei-george-mason-university/
USA TODAY
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, there is no such thing as “illegal.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2025/07/16/why-trump-immigration-policies-are-unconstitutional-illegal-immigrants-opinion/84640831007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasing use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/17/mike-pence-donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-files/85251255007/
— The Trump administration is telling organizations working to prevent teen pregnancy that they must stop teaching content that doesn’t align with the administration’s views on transgender people and parental rights or they’ll risk losing their federal funding.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/15/lgbtq-teen-pregnancy-program-trump/85190050007/
WCBM
— Here’s the House Republican Who Wants Amnesty for Illegals. My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://wcbm.com/national-headline/heres-the-house-republican-who-wants-amnesty-for-illegals/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Can Anything Save the Democrats? As 2026 approaches, they’re disliked, divided and devoid of effective leaders.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/can-anything-save-the-democrats-election-voters-midterms-2026-3bfb36fe
— Mamdani and the Left’s Alliance With Radical Islam. He won’t impose Shariah on New York, but his views give plenty of reason for legitimate concern.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/mamdani-and-the-lefts-alliance-with-radical-islam-new-york-mayor-658b68ad
— Dividing Doctors by Race. A new report shows racial preferences continue at medical schools. Ever-increasingly, everyone in healthcare is a citizen of a foreign country, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or has ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/medical-schools-racial-preferences-do-no-harm-report-62470941
FORTUNE
— High income taxpayers in California and New York set for a SALT windfall in 2026. My critics opponents were furious a) that I paid less federal income tax 1972-1977 because I itemized and b) that my wife and I paid less federal income tax 1978-2017 because we itemized. I should write about that.
https://fortune.com/2025/07/16/salt-cap-california-new-york-trump-tax-bill/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— IRS is building a vast system to share millions of taxpayers’ data with ICE. Illegals use phony Social Security numbers.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/07/irs-building-vast-system-share-millions-taxpayers-data-ice/406739/
PHYS
— According to my critics/opponents, a) they owe all their successes to meritocracy and b) I owe all my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-scholar-meritocracy-schools-redefine-purpose.html
Tag: rino
July 14, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 21 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-6-shot-1-fatally-gun-violence-city-police-say/17086053/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/record-festival-turnout-after-federal-agents-are-spotted-in-chicago/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/14/chicago-ice-lawsuit/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Democrat leaders blame Trump for vaccine-preventable-illnesses
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/07/14/illinois-official-calls-out-trump-administration-for-dangerous-misinformation/84540517007/
— Democrat leaders decry Trump’s firing the Librarian of Congress. No one decried my Democrat GAO superiors firing me, that is, forcing me to retire in 1997. No one decried my Democrat Post Office superiors firing me in 1969, that is, forcing me to resign. Of course, my critics/opponents stress that. GAO works for Congress. They especially stress that neither Hyde, Fitzgerald, Hastert, nor Bush decried my GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old. Constructively, since 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.86 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/07/14/former-librarian-of-congress-joins-mellon-foundation/84693514007/
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— How dependent on Medicaid funding are the nursing homes in your area? To avoid having to go on Medicaid, my outstanding aunt, who never attended college, worked as a key-punch operator, lived frugally, and saved more than $600,000 for her retirement.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/state/2025/07/14/study-579-us-nursing-homes-at-risk-of-closing-over-medicaid-cuts/84538477007/
QUAD CITY TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://qctimes.com/article_e3741520-d1a7-433d-81a6-36bca8cc0036.html
WHEATON PATCH
— What did you focus on when you were young? I focused on earning job-related college degrees, job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license to qualify myself for better paying jobs.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/calendar/event/20250715/cf201694-f4b4-4237-bdb3-c8e122796c4b/dupagepads-young-professionals-council-kick-off
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Republicans lining up against Pritzker
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/14/republicans-lining-up-against-pritzker-00450761
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A few Republicans are looking to get in the ring. Ted Dabrowski and Aaron Del Mar are testing the waters, speaking with GOP insiders and potential donors about mounting campaigns. They would face DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, who’s already jumped in, and Joseph Severino who’s posted in social media that he’s running, too. Darren Bailey, who challenged Pritzker in 2024, hasn’t made any decisions yet about 2026. Jeanne Ives, who ran in 2018, says she’s not running. And though state Rep. Dan Ugaste and Posen Park District Supervisor Phil Perez toyed with the idea, neither will run for governor in 2026. Mendrick, a law-and-order candidate, has raised just $127,000 since he announced in February, according to filings with the state. Dabrowski and Del Mar, who are better known around the state for their work in policy and politics, would likely have an easier time raising funds. Del Mar is recognized in party circles across the state as he’s a former co-chair of the Illinois GOP and current Cook County Republican chair who ran as lieutenant governor alongside Gary Rabine in 2022. Dabrowski is president of Wirepoints Corp., the conservative-leaning media company. While he lacks campaign experience, he’s a former banking executive and policy wonk whose fiscal message could resonate at a time of economic uncertainty. Severino has made two unsuccessful bids for Congress, first as a Republican and then as an Independent. Along with the money challenge, messaging will be an issue for GOP candidates as Pritzker and his Democratic Party will blame Republicans and President Donald Trump for the megabill that’s giving tax breaks to the wealthy and cutting Medicaid and food assistance programs. . .Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders held a fundraiser in Barrington the other day at the home of Rick and Alisa Heidner. Among the attendees were Illinois Congressman Darin LaHood, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, state Sen. Andrew Chesney, political strategist Brett Corrigan, businessman and 2022 GOP gubernatorial candidate Gary Rabine, possible 2026 gubernatorial candidate Aaron Del Mar, Illinois National Republican Committee member Dean White, former Chicago GOP Chair Eloise Gerson and McHenry County Clerk Joe Tirio.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Troubling Case of Jeffrey Epstein
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/the-troubling-case-of-jeffrey-epstein/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— State Farm faces backlash over $523 million insurance rate hike in Illinois
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3469774/state-farm-faces-backlash-over-insurance-rate-hike-in-illinois/
NEW YORK POST
— NY scraps race-based STEM program after Asians claim discrimination
https://nypost.com/2025/07/14/us-news/ny-scraps-race-based-stem-program-after-asians-claim-discrimination/
AMRICAN THINKER
— Pot farm raided for illegals has a big history of violating labor law, donating to Democrats
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/pot_farm_raided_for_illegals_has_a_big_history_of_violating_labor_law_donating_to_democrats.html
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump says Powell should resign immediately from Federal Reserve leadership position over economic missteps. My Democrat superiors in the federal government wanted me to resign because I refused to become a Democrat. Because I refused to become a Democrat, they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me. My RINO leaders in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party want me to become a RINO. Because I refuse to become a RINO, they ever-increasingly take more and bigger adverse actions against me.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-says-powell-should-resign-immediately-from-federal-reserve-leadership-position-over-economic-missteps
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— What websites serve those who share your demographics?
https://www.aol.com/websites-serving-harvard-undergrad-women-134724551.html
YAHOO
— To promote Affirmative Action and DEI is to promote discrimination
https://www.aol.com/finance/more-200-p-500-companies-143039217.html
CBS NEWS
— Scathing report on Trump assassination attempt released. One of my best friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent during the 1970s.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/scathing-report-on-trump-assassination-attempt-released-trump-says-hes-satisfied-with-it/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders crow about their success in flooding the University of Illinois with foreign students. UIC accepted me when I was 17, NIU when I was 20, Loyola when I was 23, DePaul when I was 27, and IIT when I was 43. But they all would have accepted foreign students instead of me if they could have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/dining/chinese-food-urbana-champaign-student-visa.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/opinion/medicaid-pregnancy-danger.html
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/us/politics/democrats-transgender-rights.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Senate report details failures ahead of Trump assassination attempt. One of my best friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent during the 1970s.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/13/trump-assassination-attempt-senate-investigation/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/13/homan-border-czar-ice-raid-death-california/85081107007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight bringing manufacturing jobs back to America
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/29/tariffs-boost-us-manufacturing-revival/84284972007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Cleared to Lay Off Workers, Some Federal Agencies Find Many Already Left. Thousands of workers in government jobs have taken buyouts or retired early. Many say morale is low. Ever-increasingly, after I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 year old in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors made I ever-increasingly clear that they wanted to get rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat. Nevertheless, to thwart their ever-increasing efforts to get rid of me, a) I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, b) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) I became a licensed CPA in 1981, d) I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. However, that was not enough. They succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/federal-layoff-plans-buyout-offers-9d115dcd
— The Federal Government Is Retreating From Student Lending. Did you get a student loan? I did not even try. Did you get any scholarships? I did not even apply. I was not viewed as being college material. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother had never attended high school. 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. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes. My critics/opponents have always stressed the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/trump-student-loans-tax-spending-bill-9dfc96eb
MOTLEY FOOL
— The 4 Banks That Rule Illinois
https://www.aol.com/news/2013-10-11-the-4-banks-that-rule-illinois.html
AUTOGUIDE
— The 10 Most Iconic American Cars. I am big on American cars. I own a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV, 2023 Ford Mustang GT Premium, 2013 Charger R/T Max, 2005 and 1972 Corvette, and 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX. I used to own a 1958 and 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air, 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, 1968 Oldsmobile 442, 1968 Charger R/T, 1969 Charger SE, 1990 Thunderbird LX, 1994 Thunderbird, and 2016 Mustang.
https://www.autoguide.com/auto/top-10/s-fourth-of-july-the-10-most-iconic-american-cars-44622346
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Ford Mustang . . . 2. Chevrolet Corvette . . . 4. Dodge Charger . . . 5. Chevrolet Bel Air. . . 8. Pontiac GTO)
WNEM
— Tough questions to ask your boss. My Democrat superiors in the federal government made it clear that to keep your job, you not only had to be a Democrat, you had to a) defend and advance the Democrat Party platform, most importantly, its race and gender based preference giving plank and b) help them get rid of their Republican employees. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I am amazed that I survived for almost 3 years at the Post Office, for almost 9 years at IRS, and for almost 18 years at GAO. I would not have survived if I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wnem.com/2025/07/11/ask-advance-tough-questions-ask-your-boss/
TIMES OF INDIA
— Amid US federal pressure, Harvard replaces DEI offices with ‘community and culture’
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/amid-us-federal-pressure-harvard-replaces-dei-offices-with-community-and-culture/articleshow/122418960.cms
— To promote Affirmative Action and DEI is to oppose meritocracy
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/harvard-quietly-dismantles-student-diversity-offices-without-notice-is-this-the-end-of-inclusion-on-campus/ar-AA1Il8kv
WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE
— How much money did your parents have? My critics/opponents have always painted my parents, and therefore me, as having been filthy rich a) because my father made enough money that my mother could stay home and raise me and my brother and b) because they sent me and my brother to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools K-8. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/07/13/lomy-j13.html
INDEPENDENT
— Voters label Democrats ‘out of touch’ and ‘weak’ in latest troubling poll ahead of 2026 midterms
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/voters-label-democrats-out-of-touch-and-weak-in-latest-troubling-poll-ahead-of-2026-midterms/ar-AA1IrkEa
July 13, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— Trump Administration is Putting Americans First
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/sunday-shows-trump-administration-is-putting-americans-first/
DUPAGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
— Sheriff James Mendrick Welcomes Gary Sinise to DuPage County. Yesterday, Sheriff Mendrick had the honor of welcoming Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band to DuPage County for a powerful concert at Cantigny Park, hosted by the West Suburban Foundation for Disabled Veterans (WSFDV) as part of their Rockin’ For Our Vets event. This incredible benefit concert was held to support U.S. Veterans and their families, with all proceeds going toward housing and essential living needs for disabled veterans—a mission at the heart of WSFDV, a dedicated non-profit organization. We extend our deepest thanks to the Gary Sinise Foundation, Cantigny Park, and Michelle Senatore, co-founder and president of WSFDV, for making this event possible. The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office was proud to stand behind this meaningful cause and be part of such a heartfelt community effort.
https://www.facebook.com/dupagesheriff/posts/sheriff-james-mendrick-welcomes-gary-sinise-to-dupage-county-yesterday-sheriff-m/1147540134064543/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Furor over Epstein files sparks clash between Bondi and Bongino at the Justice Department
https://abc7chicago.com/post/furor-jeffrey-epstein-files-fallout-sparks-clash-between-pam-bondi-dan-bongino-donald-trumps-justice-department/17099169/
— Mayor Johnson calls for more state funding for CPS
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mayor-brandon-johnson-calls-more-state-funding-chicago-public-schools-chat-grand-crossing-new-life-covenant-church/17105055/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— How dependent on Medicaid funding is your hospital?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/13/safety-net-hospitals-medicaid/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had turning my Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/07/12/big-beautiful-bill-chicago-black-community-inequity-economic-struggles-alden-loury
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://chicagodefender.com/how-trumps-2025-budget-bill-threatens-snap-benefits-for-340000-illinois-residents/
CITIES 92.9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad, including bad weather
https://www.cities929.com/2025/07/13/illinois-congressman-pushes-for-nws-funding-as-trumps-budget-faces-scrutiny/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump threatens to take away Rosie O’Donnell’s US citizenship. What have your critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes take away from you? Mine had them take away a) my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) the west half of my precinct in 2015, d) my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012, e) my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee in 2007, f) my membership on the America Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board of directors in 2004, g) my GAO employment in 1997, and h) my Post Office employment in 1969. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to do everything that they can a) to stop me from sending out GIOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading them.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-lashes-out-at-rosie-odonnell-threatens-to-take-away-us-citizenship/
WCIA
— My critics/opponents destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-from-tariffs-to-universities-trumps-negotiating-style-is-often-less-dealmaking-and-more-coercion/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Jeanne exposes the permanent Cook County law that waives traffic fines for low-income residents, allowing rule-breakers to avoid consequences while law-abiding citizens pay the cost. With Illinois ranking 39th in freedom nationwide, this policy change highlights a disturbing trend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbrBF6mG138
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pot sellers want hemp sales to be regulated because hemp sales cut into their pot sales
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/illinois-lawmaker-convenes-initial-meeting-to-discuss-challenges-for-states-hemp-industry/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP senator, Trump back embattled AG Bondi after Epstein’s purported ‘client list’ remains unproven
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/13/john-barrasso-wyoming-republican-vouches-ag-pam-bondi-amid-maga/
— ‘Despicable’: DHS Secretary Noem rips Democrats for playing politics on Texas flooding
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/13/kristi-noem-homeland-security-secretary-accuses-democrats-playing/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad, including bad weather
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3469736/illinois-congressman-pushes-for-funding-as-trump-budget-faces-scrutiny/
— Democrats defend child labor at California marijuana farms
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3468811/democrats-defend-child-labor-california-marijuana-farms/
NEW YORK POST
— Ramaswamy: Resist the left’s Mamdani trap — fight his ideas, not his ethnicity
https://nypost.com/2025/07/13/opinion/vivek-ramaswamy-resist-the-racist-lefts-mamdani-trap/
— Top US Democrats don’t even dare denounce Zohran Mamdani’s extremism
https://nypost.com/2025/07/13/opinion/top-us-democrats-dont-even-dare-denounce-zohran-mamdanis-extremism/
— Cheering assaults on ICE, Democrat leaders want a Second Civil War against Republicans
https://nypost.com/2025/07/13/opinion/violent-attacks-against-ice-fed-by-dem-rhetoric/
— Democrat leaders fan the flames of ‘assassination culture’ against ICE
https://nypost.com/2025/07/11/opinion/dems-fan-the-flames-of-assassination-culture-against-ice/
BREITBART
— Homan: We Have Most Secure Border in History Because ‘We’re Enforcing Immigration Law’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/13/homan-we-have-most-secure-border-in-history-because-were-enforcing-immigration-law/
— Chicago: Over 2,200 Shooting Victims During Last 12 Months
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/07/13/chicago-over-2200-shooting-victims-during-last-12-months/
EPOCH TIMES
— 10 Non-Tax Policies in Trump’s Megabill That Will Affect Americans. The mammoth legislation reforms entitlements and boosts funding for border security and air traffic control.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/10-non-tax-policies-in-trumps-megabill-that-will-affect-americans-5885827
FOX BUSINESS
— Blue cities’ low quality of life does not justify the price tag
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/new-report-shows-blue-cities-quality-life-fails-justify-price-tag
FOIX NEWS
— AOC should be sued ‘into bankruptcy’ over latest attack on Trump, stunned critics seethe. Critics reference ABC’s $15M settlement with Trump after similar characterization by George Stephanopoulos. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I am a spammer, b) that I falsely say that I am a journalist, c)that the real reason why my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career, took many/big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 was that I have always been an extremely bad person and even worse things, and d) that all the big adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me were justified. I should sue my critics/opponents.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-should-sued-into-bankruptcy-over-latest-attack-trump-stunned-critics-seethe
PJ MEDIA
— The New ‘Superman’ Movie: Super-Woke Crap
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2025/07/13/the-new-superman-movie-super-woke-crap-or-truth-justice-and-the-american-way-n4941710
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders attack conditions at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention facility
https://thehill.com/national-security/5398732-noem-defends-conditions-at-alligator-alcatraz-detention-facility/
ABC NEWS
— Trump backs Bondi over Epstein probe criticism
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates/?id=123527438
— Epstein files fallout has ‘real potential to influence’ Trump’s key messengers
https://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/epstein-files-fallout-real-potential-influence-trumps-key-123719413
CBS NEWS
— President Trump defends cabinet amid scrutiny
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/president-trump-defends-cabinet-amid-scrutiny/
— Sen. Rand Paul accuses Secret Service of “cultural cover-up” regarding Butler shooting. One of my closest friends during the 1960s and 1970s was a Secret Service Agent during the 1970s.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/sen-rand-paul-accuses-secret-service-of-cultural-cover-up-regarding-butler-shooting/
HARVARD POLITICAL REVIEW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout a minorities and at females that White male Republicans cause all problems that minorities and females have.
https://theharvardpoliticalreview.com/medical-racism-motherhood/
ATLANTIC
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and b) glorify and praise those who oppose Trump.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/don-bacon-congress-retirement/683520/
July 10, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— Taxpayer-Funded Benefits Are for American Citizens — Not Illegals
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/taxpayer-funded-benefits-are-for-american-citizens-not-illegals/
— Democrats Inspire Vicious, Escalating Attacks on ICE
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/democrats-inspire-vicious-escalating-attacks-on-ice/
— ICE Remains Undeterred in Getting Dangerous Criminal Illegals Off Our Streets
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/ice-remains-undeterred-in-getting-dangerous-criminal-illegals-off-our-streets/
— President Donald J. Trump Ensures Accountability and Prioritizes Public Safety in Federal Hiring. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment examination with him earlier that year. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/07/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ensures-accountability-and-prioritizes-public-safety-in-federal-hiring/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-food-assistance-snap-changes-threaten-benefits-thousands-illinois-thanks-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-act/17056084/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/suburban-food-banks-bracing-for-impact-of-federal-snap-funding-cuts/3786886/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/10/wisconsin-illinois-abortions/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Office demand freefall resumes as downtown vacancy reaches a new record high
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/chicago-downtown-office-vacancy-reaches-new-record-high
RIVER BENDER
— If Duckworth wanted to, what would she use against you? Against me, she would use a) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, b) my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, c) my opposing race and gender based preference giving, d) my only making GS-13 (Major in the military), e) my being forced to retire early, f) my supporting Roskam, g) her success in throwing me out of her press conference in 2006, h) the many big adverse actions that Republican leaders have had their operatives and their dupes take against me, i) the lawsuits that I have filed, j) etc.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-grills-trumps-singapore-ambassador-nominee-this-is-not-a-glamour-postingyou-need-to-shape-up-and-do-your-homework-84217.cfm
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois public media could lose millions in federal tax funds
https://www.cities929.com/2025/07/10/watch-illinois-public-media-could-lose-millions-in-federal-tax-funds/
CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movie-feature/shea-coulee-drag-queen-ironheart-marvel/
CAPITOL HILL ILLINOIS
— How dependent on Medicaid is your hospital?
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-hospitals-fear-massive-cuts-under-trump-domestic-policy-law/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-342/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago pension debt climbs to $36B, up 13% in five years
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_21e2f65b-f2ee-4669-ba36-87d0582394ee.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order, certifies class action
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/10/judge-blocks-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-certifies-class/
BREITBART
— DNC Chair on Mamdani Not Condemning Intifada Slogan: We’re a Big Tent
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/09/dnc-chair-on-mamdani-not-condemning-intifada-slogan-were-a-big-tent/
DAILY CALLER
— Dems Unveil Anti-ICE Face Mask Bill Immediately After Coordinated Attack Against Agents
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/09/dems-push-mask-bills-amid-ice-attacks/
— Trump Admin’s Latest Move Expected To Save Americans Millions Doled Out To Illegals
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/10/hhs-boots-illegals-from-taxpayer-programs/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump’s Dept Of Education Shuts Door On Free Tuition For Illegals
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-dept-of-education-shuts-door-on-free-tuition-for-illegals
EPOCH TIMES
— Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order After Supreme Court Ruling
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/federal-judge-issues-new-nationwide-block-targeting-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-5885598
NEWSMAX
— Illegals Barred From Head Start, Other Programs
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigrants-federal-programs-hhs/2025/07/10/id/1218337/
TOWNHALL
— HHS Bans Illegals From Getting Benefits
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeremyfrankel/2025/07/10/hhs-bans-illegals-from-getting-benefits-n2660194
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— According to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the following only because I benefitted tremendously from tremendous discrimination against minorities and against females: a) earn three master’s degrees, b) earn six professional certifications, and c) earn a professional license. I should write about my Democrat IRS and GAO minority and female coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/what-is-dei-practice-trump-is-trying-dismantle-2025-01-30/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— B-Schools for High-Paying Finance, Accounting Jobs. Alumni of these schools working in the finance and accounting industry often earn six-figure salaries. I should have majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul until 1976. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until 1979. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until 1980. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until 1981. I did not become a licensed CAP until 1981. But by then, the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the accounting profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young women.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/slideshows/mba-programs-that-lead-to-high-paying-finance-and-accounting-jobs
BOSTON COLLEGE
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/10/opinion/trump-harvard-accreditation-risk/
WCBM
— HHS Bans Illegals From Getting Benefits
https://wcbm.com/national-headline/hhs-bans-illegals-from-getting-benefits/
WIBQ
— Duckworth helps introduce bill on ICE identification. Many, most, if not virtually everyone looks down on/despises/hates federal employees. I know that because I was one for almost 30 years and because I have been a retired federal employee for almost 28 years. I should write about that. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment examination with him earlier that year. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://wibqam.com/2025/07/10/illinois-senator-helps-introduce-bill-on-ice-identification/
FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders oppose meritocracy because it hinders their giving preference to minorities and to females. My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I earned an MBA in 1976 and when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 because my Democrat minority and female coworkers who they wanted to promote over me had not done anything like what I did.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/katymcfee/2024/03/21/the-dangerous-myth-of-meritocracy-and-how-it-hurts-women/
MEDIAITE
— If Duckworth wanted to, what would she use against you? Against me, she would use a) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, b) my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, c) my opposing race and gender based preference giving, d) my only making GS-13 (Major in the military), e) my being forced to retire early, f) my supporting Roskam, g) her success in throwing me out of her press conference in 2006, h) the many big adverse actions that Republican leaders have had their operatives and their dupes take against me, i) the lawsuits that I have filed, j) etc.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/tammy-duckworth-torches-unqualified-singapore-ambassador-nominee-do-some-homework/
ECONOMIST
— Anti-Americans ever-increasingly fight harder to destroy America
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/07/10/the-global-asylum-system-is-falling-apart
July 9, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump suggests taking over New York City and Washington DC
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-suggests-taking-new-york-city-washington/17022336/
— Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-clears-trumps-plans-downsize-federal-workforce/17022051/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-officials-blast-medicaid-snap-cuts-in-trump-led-megabill/3785101/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/what-trumps-tax-law-could-mean-youngest-americans/3785278/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/student-loan-cancellation-program-trump-retribution-tool/3784547/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-illinois-democrats-express-concerns-about-cuts-to-snap-benefits/3785248/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1670996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoFEXTwAjZ0
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/08/july-8-2025-full-show
https://news.wttw.com/2025/07/08/brandon-johnson-condemns-cuts-imposed-trump-s-tax-spending-bill-unholy
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH THREE PHOTOS: Special prosecutor appointed to investigate DuPage clerk’s bidding practices
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/news/special-prosecutor-appointed-to-investigate-dupage-clerks-bidding-practices/
— Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/nation-and-world-politics/supreme-court-clears-the-way-for-trumps-plans-to-downsize-the-federal-workforce/
— Large teen gathering at Glen Ellyn pool leads to misdemeanor arrest
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250708/news/large-teen-gathering-at-glen-ellyn-pool-leads-to-misdemeanor-arrest/
SOUTHERN
— Trump suggests taking over New York City and Washington DC
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/07/08/trump-suggests-taking-over-new-york-city-and-washington/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— How dependent on federal spending is your hospital?
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/07/09/cuts-to-medicaid-could-lead-to-9-illinois-hospitals-closing/84497471007/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Disruption at Sunset Pool in Glen Ellyn may lead to reevaluation of training, safety policies
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/07/08/disruption-at-sunset-pool-in-glen-ellyn-may-lead-to-reevaluation-of-training-policies/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-07-08/what-health-care-cuts-in-trumps-budget-law-will-mean-for-americans
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2025-07-09/federal-food-assistance-changes-threaten-benefits-for-thousands-of-illinoisans
PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-07-09/immigration/il-school-districts-serving-immigrants-work-to-stay-low-key/a97580-1
GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— ‘We Share Your Frustration:’ Park District Reacts To Teen Takeover In Glen Ellyn. The Glen Ellyn Park District shared a statement after an incident in which hundreds of teens stormed Sunset Pool. How prepared is your park district for Democrat teen takeovers?
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/we-share-your-frustration-park-district-reacts-teen-takeover-glen-ellyn
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— To boost their popularity, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/august-2025/can-tangling-with-trump-boost-the-mayors-popularity/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/08/360000-illinois-residents-to-lose-food-assistance-due-to-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-pritzker-says/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Richard Porter eyeing Durbin’s seat
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/07/09/richard-porter-eyeing-durbins-seat-00443440
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Richard Porter, a battle-hardened Republican Party loyalist, is considering a bid for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, who’s retiring. Porter sees an opening for himself and the Illinois Republican Party by blending establishment savvy with MAGA fealty. His background: Porter, 65, is a seasoned attorney from Chicago’s northern suburbs and a former Republican National Committeeman who has worn many hats over the years. He was a senior domestic policy adviser to President George W. Bush and counselor to Vice President Dan Quayle. More recently he’s been an unofficial adviser within the Illinois Republican Party. Porter’s resume screams old guard, but he now sings support for President Donald Trump and his policies — a pivot from the early years of Trump’s first administration. Walking a tightrope: “I represent the old and new party,” Porter told your Playbook host, adding he’s still in the “testing the waters phase” of running for Senate. It’s a narrow but not impossible lane, he says. With Durbin out and three prominent Democrats already elbowing one another in a looming primary brawl, Porter sees a crack in the Democratic firewall that has defined Illinois politics for so many years. “This is an open seat,” Porter said. “Democrats will have to compete in a primary so there’s a good chance for division coming out of that.” Porter expects economic renewal under Trump, and he brushed aside Democrats’ concerns that hundreds of thousands of people will lose health care under Trump’s just-signed megabill. “If you look at actual provisions, they aren’t unreasonable — there are work requirements,” Porter said. “Real world impact will be minimal.” Perhaps. But … that won’t stop Democrats from branding it as catastrophic to voters. Porter is confident that any “unintended bad consequence” from the budget reconciliation bill can be corrected before the 2026 midterms. Porter’s view: “There’s a risk if Democrats cry wolf, wolf, wolf for 12 months and there’s no wolf.” He’s also been poring over 2024 election results and sees Trump’s showing in Illinois as a positive sign that Republicans could find success in 2026 in the state where Democrats control all the statewide seats. Add a possible chaotic Democratic primary and a volatile national climate, and anything is possible. The challenge for any statewide Republican candidate, Porter says, is getting old guard and new right Republicans to march in lock step. The other challenge is getting the state’s most prominent Republican donor — businessman Richard Uihlein — on your side. SIDE NOTE: Porter would face a primary. Air Force veteran John Goodman, political commentator Pamela Denise Long and businessman Douglas Bennett and others have filed as Republican candidates, too.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-547/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-340/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republicans decry Democrats’ ‘fear mongering’ over ‘big bill.’ Chicago mayor: ‘Big bill’ is ‘unholy.’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_da1443d2-78b9-4190-9bc6-0143cc62de04.html
— Trump slams wind, solar; Pritzker predicts ‘big bill’ increases energy costs
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_56934533-ae58-4264-ae5b-1aa496c600d0.html
WIREPOINTS
— More dependency on Medicaid is not the answer. The answer is a booming economy where people can pay their own way.
https://wirepoints.org/more-dependency-on-medicaid-is-not-the-answer-the-answer-is-a-booming-economy-where-people-can-pay-their-own-way-wirepoints-on-wttws-chicago-tonight/
— Pritzker is Johnson is Mamdani
https://wirepoints.org/j-b-pritzker-is-brandon-johnson-is-zoran-mamdani-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that no one can survive in America, let alone succeed in America, without massive Democrat-provided government assistance. It is called socialism, if not communism. I had Republican teachers in grade school and in high school. Because of that, my not getting scholarships or student loans did not stop me from getting a college degree. I worked my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How have federal spending cuts impacted you? My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich-led budget cuts to waste my career and to get rid of me. They used those cuts a) to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) to delay my promotions and to never promote me beyond GS-13, c) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on bad jobs? From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Americans ever-increasingly fail/refuse to take bad jobs. I took bad jobs. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents paint themselves as being? My Republican critics/opponents ever-increasingly paint themselves as being moderates, centrists, RINOs, anti-conservatives, anti-Republicans, if not Democrat plants. I should write my Republican critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— ‘They threw Christine into the water;’ Chicago ‘flash mob’ takes over Glen Ellyn’s Sunset Pool, assaults manager. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Glen Ellyn today, your municipality tomorrow.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/673828974-they-threw-christine-into-the-waterl-chicago-flash-mob-takes-over-glen-ellyn-s-sunset-pool-assaults-manager
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A “flash mob” of some 200 Chicago residents swarmed Glen Ellyn’s Sunset village pool on Saturday afternoon, forcing their way past the entrance and assaulting the pool manager. A video posted on Instagram shows a crowd pushing manager Christine Giunta-Mayer into the lap pool, which had been surrounded by the mob. Sources tell DuPage Policy Journal that the mob arrived around 4:30 p.m. Glen Ellyn Police arrived soon after and closed the pool. A Sat. afternoon Facebook post by Patrick Sandusky reported the pool as “now closed.” “The Sunset Pool has been overwhelmed by out of town kids,” he wrote. “Fireworks fired into pool. It’s a tik tok meet up / take over according to police I just spoke to.” “Kids pushed (past) the gates. Lot of drinking and weed in the parking lot. 100s and 100s of kids. No joke. Pushed manager into the pool,” Sandusky wrote. The Sunset Pool’s non-resident admission rate is $15 for individuals 18-59. On Sunday, Sunset Pool visitors were required to have a physical pool pass issued by the park district, sources tell DuPage Policy Journal. Weed, Miller Lite, and “on the rocks cosmos” Glen Ellyn teens present described a chaotic scene. The flash mob brought in coolers with alcohol and speakers to play music. “They were drinking and smoking weed and swearing a lot,” a Glen Ellyn teen present at the pool at the time told DuPage Policy Journal. “Someone threw a lit cigar into the pool.” “I saw Miller Lite bottles and girls drinking on-the-rocks cosmos,” the teen said. “They were taking people’s stuff and moving it from their pool chairs.” The flash mob was originally planned for Naperville. “We bringing (sic) 31st Beach to the burbs” read a Facebook advertisement promoting the event, scheduled for Naperville’s Centennial Beach, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. “31st Beach” is a reference to 31st Street Beach on Chicago’s South Side. Giunta-Mayer is also head coach of the Glenbard West Hilltoppers Boys’ Volleyball team.)
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Mayor Johnson: Chicago ‘Police Dept. Will Not Ever Cooperate with ICE’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/07/mayor-johnson-chicago-police-dept-will-not-ever-cooperate-with-ice.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says he’s ‘testing’ the idea of a federal takeover of D.C.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/8/trump-says-hes-testing-idea-federal-takeover-dc/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Brandon Johnson promises Chicago police ‘will not ever cooperate with ICE’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3465665/brandon-johnson-ice-promises-chicago-police-will-not-ever-cooperate/
— US veterans stand by Afghans in immigration court
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/3465521/us-veterans-stand-by-afghan-refugees-immigration-court/
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago mayor vows city police ‘will not ever cooperate with ICE’
https://nypost.com/2025/07/09/us-news/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-vows-city-wont-cooperate-with-trump-ice/
— Mamdani’s college application debacle is just one more example of privileged kids acting oppressed
https://nypost.com/2025/07/08/us-news/zohran-mamdani-is-just-another-privileged-progressive-hypocrite/
WASHINGTON POST
— To study in the U.S. under Trump, international students scrub their accounts. What percent want to be in America for the wrong reasons?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/09/international-students-visas-trump-social-media-online-vetting/
BREITBART
— Newsom Claims Illegal Migrants Needed for Rebuilding
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/07/08/gavin-newsom-attacks-ric-grenell-for-audacity-to-criticize-fire-recovery-claims-illegal-migrants-needed-for-rebuilding/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Would Crater In Minutes’: Sean Spicer Warns Amnesty ‘Would Destroy MAGA’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/08/sean-spicer-warns-amnesty-would-destroy-maga/
— Boston Mayor Opens City Hall Doors To Chinese Communist Party Members
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/09/exclusive-michelle-wu-boston-city-hall-ccp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Supreme Court Allows Trump’s ‘Transformation of the Federal Bureaucracy’ to Proceed
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/08/breaking-supreme-court-allows-trumps-transformation-of-the-federal-bureaucracy-to-proceed/
EPOCH TIMES
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Federal Layoffs
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/supreme-court-clears-way-for-federal-layoffs-5883594
FEDERALIST
— Trump Promises ‘No Amnesty’ For Illegal Alien Agricultural Workers
https://thefederalist.com/2025/07/08/trump-promises-no-amnesty-for-illegal-alien-agricultural-workers/
FOX NEWS
— Race-obsessed leadership in Chicago is destroying children’s futures
https://www.aol.com/race-obsessed-leadership-americas-third-140031620.html
— Trump praises Florida after county approves renaming roadway after him: ‘Wonderful honor.’ Will Democrat leaders rename the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway, that is, I-88 in DuPage County?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-praises-florida-county-approves-renaming-roadway-after-him-wonderful-honor
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-praises-florida-county-approves-051813581.html
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Continue Large-Scale Federal Layoffs
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-to-continue-large-scale-federal-layoffs/
NEWSMAX
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump’s Plans to Downsize Federal Workforce
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/supreme-court-trump-mass-firings/2025/07/08/id/1218061/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/07/08/trump_were_going_to_give_the_farmers_the_people_they_need_but_were_not_talking_amnesty.html
TOWNHALL
— Homan Offers Blistering Warning to Muslim Socialist NYC Mayoral Candidate: ‘Get Out of the Way’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/07/07/tom-homan-offers-blistering-warning-to-muslim-socialist-nyc-mayoral-candidate-n2660003
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-7-8-2025
UPI
— Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with federal job cuts
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/07/08/Supreme-Court-federal-job-cuts/8801752013130/
REUTERS
— Supreme Court clears way for Trump to pursue mass federal layoffs
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-supreme-court-lifts-order-that-blocked-trumps-mass-federal-layoffs-2025-07-08/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/supreme-court-federal-workers-layoffs.html
— Trump Got the Green Light to Fire Federal Workers. Now, They Wait. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich-led budget cuts to waste my career and to get rid of me. They used those cuts a) to force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) to delay my promotions and to never promote me beyond GS-13, c) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-firings.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Supreme Court allows Trump to launch mass layoff and restructuring plans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/08/supreme-court-trump-mass-layoffs-federal-workers/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Supreme Court Says the President Can Fire People. If you read the filings in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), you will conclude that the courts ruled that employees can be fired for opposing Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, for opposing race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/supreme-court-trump-v-afge-executive-order-layoffs-ketanji-brown-jackson-bda51ed8
REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://reason.com/2025/07/08/trump-reiterates-his-promise-to-protect-farm-and-hospitality-workers-from-pretty-vicious-deportation/
FED SMITH
— Supreme Court Greenlights Trump Administration’s Federal Workforce Cuts
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/07/08/supreme-court-greenlights-trump-administrations-federal-workforce-cuts/
FED SCOOP
— Supreme Court allows federal workforce reductions to move forward
https://fedscoop.com/supreme-court-allows-federal-workforce-reductions-proceed/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Federal workforce likely to shrink further under extended hiring freeze
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2025/07/federal-workforce-likely-to-shrink-further-under-extended-hiring-freeze/
June 30, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Musk threatens to back primary challengers against members of Congress who vote for Trump’s megabill
https://abc7chicago.com/post/musk-threatens-back-primary-challengers-members-congress-vote-trumps-megabill/16893089/
— Gov. Pritzker signs college access and affordability bill into law. I would not have been able to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE if my parents had not provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office a) while I took classes at UIC 1966, 1967, and 1968 and weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969 and b) the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/governor-jb-pritzker-sign-college-access-affordability-illinois-students-law-monday-chicago/16888402/
NBC5
— Musk shreds Trump’s tax bill as ‘DEBT SLAVERY,’ vows to unseat Republicans who back it
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/musk-rips-trumps-tax-bill-as-debt-slavery-vows-to-unseat-republicans-who-back-it/3779464/
FOX32
— Republicans’ level of national pride is 92% this year, up from 85% in 2024. Democratic pride plunged from 62% to 36%. Democrats exist for the Democrat Party platform, not for America.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/fewer-americans-proud-us-gallup-poll
WTTW
— Chicago Ended 2024 With $161M Deficit
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/30/chicago-ended-2024-161m-deficit-officials
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders say how Trump’s mega tax bill would impact Illinois
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/06/30/president-trump-mega-tax-bill-illinois
DAILY HERALD
— A coalition of 25 suburban mayors is beseeching lawmakers to think twice before approving a transit rescue plan they say is seriously flawed.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250629/transportation/stand-up-for-our-hometowns-suburban-mayors-slam-transit-proposal/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/06/30/immigration-arrests-violated-the-fourth-amendment-chicago-lawyers-argue-in-court
SOUTHERN
— Trump administration finds Harvard in ‘violent violation’ of Civil Rights Act, threatens funding loss
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/30/trump-administration-finds-harvard-in-violent-violation-of-civil-rights-act-threatens-funding-loss/
— Department of Justice suing Los Angeles over sanctuary city policy
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/30/department-of-justice-suing-los-angeles-over-sanctuary-city-policy/
IPM NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders face uncertainty, chaos following birthright citizenship ruling
https://ipmnewsroom.org/immigration-advocates-in-central-illinois-face-uncertainty-chaos-following-birthright-citizenship-ruling/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Mendrick speaks as IL governor maintains focus on Washington
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/gop-challenger-speaks-as-il-governor-maintains-focus-on-washington/article_b98eec7d-144a-4fd7-ba0d-e6219053d7fa.html
STARVED ROCK
— Three Republicans (Mendrick, Perez, and Severino) have already announced campaigns for governor. The field is expected to grow. Other Republicans rumored to be considering a run include Congressman Darin LaHood of Peoria and state Rep. Blaine Wilhour of Beecher City.
https://www.starvedrock.media/wlpo/pritzker-run-brings-number-of-candidates-to-four/article_27632602-04e9-4a85-b530-b59e1ebcf025.html
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ at ISU
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2025/06/radical-roots-and-enduring-activism-milestones-in-lgbtqia-history-at-illinois-state-university/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-336/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DAILY CALLER
— Bill filed that would require GAO to secure congressional approval before filing a civil lawsuit against the Trump administration. There are nearly 40 open GAO inquiries into Trump administration funding freezes, agency head Gene Dodaro said in April.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/30/exclusive-andy-harris-bill-defang-government-accountability-office/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “President Trump was elected to disrupt the status quo and return power to the American people,” Harris said in a statement. “This bill protects President Trump from GAO overreach and ensures that the agency cannot be weaponized by the political establishment to obstruct President Trump’s agenda or to drag out baseless legal challenges designed to grind the Executive Branch to a halt.”)
— Prestigious Law School Journal Reportedly Finds Secret Way To Reward Race In Applications
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/30/prestigious-law-school-journal-reportedly-reward-race-applications-duke/
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Asylum Claims for Those Who Entered the Country Illegally Should be Dismissed
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/uscis-considers-dismissing-asylum-claims-those-who-entered-country-illegally
FOX NEWS
— Trump administration sues Los Angeles over sanctuary policies that ‘impede’ ICE operations. DOJ lawsuit invokes Supremacy Clause, alleges LA discriminates against federal authorities following recent riots.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-sues-los-angeles-over-sanctuary-policies-impede-ice-operations
— Americans’ pride in their country is declining, new Gallup poll shows. Only 36% of Democrats say they’re proud to be American, down from 62% last year. Democrats ever-increasingly are socialists, if not communists.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/americans-pride-country-declining-new-gallup-poll-shows
DAILY WIRE
— ICE Officials Slam CNN For Promoting App That Helps Illegals Dodge Federal Agents. ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons said that CNN’s is “willfully endangering the lives of officers” by promoting the platform.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-officials-slam-cnn-for-promoting-app-that-helps-illegals-dodge-federal-agents
MINDING THE CAMPUS
— What Costs $55 Million? CA’s Restorative Justice Program Teaches Prisoners About ‘White Supremacy’
https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2025/06/30/what-costs-55-million-cas-restorative-justice-program-teaches-prisoners-about-white-supremacy/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Explosive Medicaid Growth Calls for Significant Reforms
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/06/explosive-medicaid-growth-calls-for-significant-reforms/
NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Latina Contributor: Trump A Threat To The ‘Undocumented Community.’ Illegals are a threat to the legal community.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mark-finkelstein/2025/06/30/msnbc-latina-contributor-trump-threat-undocumented-community
TOWNHALL
— 44 Democrats Vote to Allow Criminal Illegals on Medicaid
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/06/30/44-democrats-just-voted-to-let-criminal-illegals-on-medicaid-n2659709
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
APT
— 1.4 Million Illegals to Be Removed from Medicaid Under ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwhR_H6-wFI
WASHINGTON POST
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government demanded loyalty to the Democrat Party platform, that is, they demanded race and gender based preference giving, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The aforesaid is political affiliation discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/16/trump-civil-service-loyalty-firings/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-accelerates-push-to-reward-loyalty-in-federal-workforce/ar-AA1GN8nG
SLATE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage LGBTQers to come to America.
https://slate.com/life/2025/06/america-united-states-queer-asylum-refugee-lgbtq.html
June 29, 2025 Evening Edition
The Democrats who run Illinois, and especially those who run Chicago, ever-increasingly drive out of Illinois, and especially out of Chicago, those who do not promote LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is destroy traditional marriage and family.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/29/chicago-pride-parade-2025/
— Feds charge Joshua Rowell, 36, of Chicago, with attacking a U.S. District Court clerk
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/27/federal-charge-for-man-accused-of-attacking-a-federal-judge-clerk/
— New York’s mayoral race could be a testing ground for a Democratic comeback
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/29/mamdani-new-york-primary-nyc-cuomo/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/06/29/undaunted-chicagoans-put-on-a-colorful-display-at-54th-annual-pride-parade
DAILY HERALD
— A response to Pride Month editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250629/letters-to-the-editor/a-response-to-pride-month-editorial/
— How Democrats in America’s most Jewish city embraced a critic of Israel for New York mayor. Jews in America are overwhelmingly liberal. Jews in Israel are overwhelmingly conservative.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250629/nation-and-world-politics/how-democrats-in-americas-most-jewish-city-embraced-a-critic-of-israel-for-new-york-mayor/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/abc7-chicago-celebrate-2025-pride-parade-live-broadcast-sunday-tanja-babich-hosea-sanders-jason-knowles-host/16828562/
— Joshua Rowell, 36, of Chicago, charged with assaulting clerk for federal judge in the Loop
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-joshua-rowell-charged-assaulting-clerk-federal-judge-loop-us-attorneys-office-says/16866995/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/chicago-pride-lgbtq/how-to-watch-2025-chicago-pride-parade/3778600/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/crowds-flock-east-lakeview-54th-annual-chicago-pride-parade/.
— Joshua Rowell, 36, of Chicago, charged with beating at least 4 people on the same day
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/joshua-rowell-charged-attacks-loop-south-loop-lakeview-punching/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-pride-parade-2025-set-step-off
— Joshua Rowell, 36, of Chicago, charged with assaulting federal employee outside Chicago courthouse
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/man-charged-assaulting-federal-employee-outside-chicago-courthouse
— World’s richest 1% raised their wealth by $33.9 trillion in 10 years. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, my salary was $153,151/year when I was 49 years old in 1997. In my defense, I had earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/worlds-richest-raised-wealth-34-trillion-10-years
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-nyc-san-francisco-and-other-us-cities-capping-lgbtq-pride-month-with-a-mix-of-party-and-protest/
— Trump says there will be ‘temporary pass’ for migrant farm, hotel workers. Anticipate/expect that there will be more and more and more work permits for citizens of foreign countries to take bad jobs because ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take bad jobs like I did. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assemble line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped more gasoline, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies. My critics/opponents would never stoop to take such bad jobs. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, who got them jobs, etc. BIG QUESTION: How many citizens of foreign countries would stoop to take the bad jobs that I took?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-says-there-will-be-temporary-pass-for-migrant-farm-hotel-workers/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— 2026 field may grow as gubernatorial hopefuls challenge Pritzker
https://www.aol.com/2026-field-may-grow-gubernatorial-151500634.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Does NYC want a communist mayor?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/29/nyc-want-communist-mayor/
— Socialist Zohran Mamdani targets billionaires. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid. Would Mamdani agree with that?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/29/zohran-mamdani-socialist-mayoral-candidate-targets-billionaires-make/
— Trump floats ‘temporary pass’ for illegal immigrants working on farms and in hotels. Anticipate/expect that there will be more and more and more work permits for citizens of foreign countries to take bad jobs because ever-increasingly, Americans fail/refuse to take bad jobs like I did. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assemble line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped more gasoline, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies. My critics/opponents would never stoop to take such bad jobs. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money, who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, who got them jobs, etc. BIG QUESTION: How many citizens of foreign countries would stoop to take the bad jobs that I took?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/29/trump-floats-temporary-pass-illegal-immigrants-working-farms-hotels/
BREITBART
— Mamdani Vows to ‘Fight Back’ Against ICE Agents if Elected. What percent of illegals support Mamdani? What percent of illegals want socialism if not communism?
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/06/29/mamdani-vows-to-fight-back-against-ice-agents-if-elected/
DAILY SIGNAL
— A War on Children?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/06/29/a-war-on-children/
NEWSMAX
— Sen. Mullin: Illegals’ Babies Born in US Should Be Deported — With Parents
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/immigration-deportation/2025/06/29/id/1216915/
TOWNHALL
— Mamdani Declares: Billionaires Have No Right to Exist. That is pure socialism, if not communism. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid. Would Mamdani agree with that?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/06/29/zohran-mamdani-i-dont-think-there-should-be-billionaires-n2659628
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Trump’s many civil cases won’t stop just because he’s president. My critics/opponents a) demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being litigious and b) side with the defendants in the lawsuits that I have joined and filed. I should write about a) the lawsuits that I have joined and filed, b) the defendants, and c) their lawyers.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/politics/trump-civil-cases-presidency
REUTERS
— Which media companies has Donald Trump sued? My critics/opponents a) demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being litigious and b) side with the defendants in the lawsuits that I have joined and filed. I should write about a) the lawsuits that I have joined and filed, b) the defendants, and c) their lawyers.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donald-trumps-lawsuits-against-media-companies-2024-12-20/
NEW YORK TIMES
— We Shouldn’t Have Billionaires, Mamdani Says. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, my salary was $153,151/year when I was 49 years old in 1997. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-nyc-affordability-billionaires.html
DAILY JOURNAL
— Trump blasts ‘communist’ winner of NY Democratic primary
https://www.djournal.com/news/national/trump-blasts-communist-winner-of-ny-democratic-primary/article_ae9eeb7e-eecf-5075-ade3-b28ecb5b95d5.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— They’re in the Top 10% of Earners. They Still Don’t Feel Rich. By many measures, the most affluent Americans are thriving. But $250,000 doesn’t mean what they thought it would. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, my salary was $153,151/year when I was 49 years old in 1997. In my defense, I had earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/high-earners-financial-fragility-871a4aa4
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Jamie Dimon says he hopes DOGE is successful because the US government is ‘not very competent’. If Gingrich had reformed GAO during the 1980s and 1990s instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE today and I might still be working for GAO today. If Gingrich had reformed GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have a) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for performance purposes, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, d) kept me off audits of IRS except for 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and e) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.businessinsider.com/jamie-dimon-hopes-doge-makes-government-more-efficient-2025-2
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS
— Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa wants employees to be heard
https://www.autonews.com/opinion/columns/an-stellantis-antonio-filosa-philosophy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Want proof? I’ll spell it out: H-E-M-I. The famed 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 engine was dropped from the Ram 1500 pickup last year under Tavares as it steadily disappeared across much of the Stellantis lineup in the last few years. But the roar is coming back this summer in the 2026 Ram 1500 after a determined effort by brand CEO Tim Kuniskis and his engineers to restore it.)
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.creators.com/read/susan-estrich/06/25/who-is-an-american
REBEL NEWS
— Ottawa’s mass immigration agenda proves population replacement theory is no conspiracy. The agenda is clear: replace voters to get desired outcomes.
https://www.rebelnews.com/population_replacement_theory_is_no_conspiracy
June 20, 2025
Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and everything else to promote more hatred against Republicans. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their mainstream news media to hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks and everyone else have.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7 & CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting faith leaders to carry out their bidding. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is a liberal Democrat who not only hates Republicans, but hates the concepts of countries and borders.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-faith-leaders-julie-contreras-michael-pfleger-lead-south-loop-immigration-facility-protest-demand-end-ice-raids/16791549/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/06/19/faith-leaders-hold-vigil-outside-ice-office-ice-is-not-the-last-word-god-is
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/19/federal-courts-unreceptive-to-claims-of-wrong-raids
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250619/news/summer-jam-celebrates-juneteenth-in-carpentersville/
— A plea for mature judgment: Court must act promptly to break DuPage standoff over unpaid bills
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250620/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-a-plea-for-mature-judgment-court-must-act-promptly-to-break-dupage-standoff-o/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Another study confirms cannabis dangers to public health
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-another-study-confirms-cannabis-dangers-to-public-health/article_a320f2e7-0949-4c80-aa42-e11300353fe3.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ, that is, their success in destroying traditional marriage and family.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/majority-of-republicans-support-same-sex-marriage-new-polling-shows/
ILLINOIS TIMES
— The college crisis. Regional universities struggle to attract students amid funding challenges, changing demographics. Back in the good old days, I was able to work my way through college and graduate from NIU debt-free and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1970. My parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 part-time while I took classes a UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and full-time during of the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/the-college-crisis-20323878
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Ending Massive Gotion Subsidy Should Be an Obligation of Durbin, Duckworth and Krishnamoorthi
https://wirepoints.org/ending-massive-gotion-subsidy-should-be-an-obligation-of-durbin-duckworth-and-krishnamoorthi-wirepoints/
JOHN KASS
— Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely. I should write about my critics/opponents who have/had the most power in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on the aforesaid who had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://johnkassnews.com/power-corrupts-and-absolute-power-corrupts-absolutely/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Welch defends what Republicans call ‘pork’ in Illinois budget
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_65128e73-2ae7-4748-957f-d32af5c17c6b.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Iran Strikes Israeli Hospital
https://amgreatness.com/2025/06/19/morning-greatness-iran-strikes-israeli-hospital/
AMERICAN REFORMER
— Amnesty is Political Treason. Illegal Immigration as an Assault on the Body Politic.
https://americanreformer.org/2025/06/amnesty-is-political-treason/
BREITBART
— Despite Media Narrative, Majority Support Trump Deporting Criminal Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/19/knudsen-despite-media-narrative-majority-support-trump-deporting-criminal-illegals/
— Josh Hawley Accuses Tyson Foods of Employing Illegal Aliens, Children
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/19/josh-hawley-accuses-tyson-foods-of-employing-illegal-aliens-children-while-closing-u-s-plants/
— NY Pride Pleads for Cash Donations as Corporate Donors Flee
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/19/ny-pride-pleads-for-cash-donations-as-corporate-donors-flee/
DAILY CALLER
— Universities Need To Come Clean About The Real Meaning Of ‘Meritocracy.’ According to my Democrat and RINO leaders, when Whites and males do better than minorities and females, it is because Whites and males benefit from discrimination against minorities and females. All the minorities and females who my Democrat and RINO superiors promoted over me a) had less experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/19/opinion-as-diversity-debate-roils-higher-education-universities-need-to-come-clean-about-the-real-meaning-of-meritocracy-alan-dershowitz/
DAILY WIRE
— Florida Offers ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ To House Illegal Aliens. The proposed detention facility could accommodate around 1000 illegal aliens.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-offers-alligator-alcatraz-to-house-illegal-aliens
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Will Turn Every Illegal Alien Trump Doesn’t Deport Into A Voter. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army. During the Civil War, what if Democrats had succeeded in getting Mexico and other foreign countries to join them in defeating America?
https://thefederalist.com/2025/06/19/democrats-will-turn-every-illegal-alien-trump-doesnt-deport-into-a-voter/
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump claims federal holidays cost ‘billions’ as Americans observe Juneteenth. Trump previously recognized the holiday, calling it an opportunity to celebrate freedom.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-claims-federal-holidays-cost-billions-americans-observe-juneteenth
FOX NEWS
— Federal judge halts Trump’s plan to cut funding for sanctuary states that refuse to cooperate
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-judge-halts-trumps-plan-cut-funding-sanctuary-states-refuse-cooperate
NEWSMAX
— Amnesty would incentivize more illegals to come here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey5w8mFsz-g
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pence: American right facing ‘existential identity crisis’
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5359763-pence-warns-conservative-movement-threat/
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their mainstream news media promote more hatred against Republicans. The mainstream news media exists to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democrats-want-new-leaders-focus-pocketbook-issues-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-06-19/
CNN
— Trump criticizes ‘non-working holidays’ on Juneteenth
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/19/politics/trump-non-working-holidays-juneteenth
MSN
— Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party exists a) to give more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) to destroy those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/federal-judge-slams-trump-s-anti-dei-orders-as-blatant-anti-lgbtq-discrimination/ar-AA1GQakX
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more hatred against Republicans and against America.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/our-new-woke-pope-newly-minted-pontiff-s-post-slamming-jd-vance-lights-up-social-media/ar-AA1Eq13a
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump is silent about Juneteenth on a day he previously honored as president
https://apnews.com/article/trump-juneteenth-slavery-statement-holiday-28afec7cd532295437d53d3ec29f549f
NEWSWEEK
— To promote more mass/illegal immigration, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at Americans that with more foreigners in America, Americans should no longer have to take bad jobs. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-deportation-policy-collides-with-realities-of-american-labor-market/ar-AA1GTmgj
— More Workers in Illinois Are Quitting Their Jobs. The longer that you work for the federal government, the harder that it is to get a job in the private sector. I started working for the federal government when I was 18 years old in 1966. My Democrat superiors forced me to resign in 1969. Nevertheless, Firestone Stores hired me in 1970 and Oldsmobile offered me a job in 1971. But the Firestone job did not really require the bachelor’s degree in management that I had and Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-states-where-more-workers-are-quitting-their-jobs-2087517
CBS NEWS
— National monument honoring Emmett Till at risk of removal due to Trump’s anti-DEI initiatives, budget cuts
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/national-monument-honoring-emmett-till-at-risk-of-removal-trump-dei-initiatives-budget-cuts/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Juneteenth Goes Uncelebrated at White House as Trump Complains About ‘Too Many’ Holidays
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/us/politics/juneteenth-white-house-slavery.html
— Seeking Jobs and Purpose, Fired Federal Workers Form New Networks. I should write about my GAO coworkers who along with me lost their jobs because of Gingrich budget cuts and because of Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, because of race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and veterans preference. I would focus on those who shared many if not most of my demographics and who “cut deals” with my GAO superiors to keep their jobs as long as possible. I would focus on those who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/us/politics/federal-workers-support-groups.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump can keep National Guard in Los Angeles, appeals court rules
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/20/trump-keep-national-guard-la-ruling/
BOSTON GLOBE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and everything else to promote more hatred against Republicans. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their mainstream news media to hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks and everyone else have.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/19/nation/trump-gop-juneteenth-under-attack/
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders downplayed the violence in LA
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/06/18/trump-polls-la-protests-distraction/84230142007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and everything else to promote more hatred against Republicans. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their mainstream news media to hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks and everyone else have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/18/juneteenth-trump-dei-backlash/84234731007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/06/19/black-wall-street-juneteenth-economic-inequality/84244714007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more DEI and Juneteenth and LGBTQ
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/18/dei-backlash-hurts-gay-trans-nonbinary-executives/84176040007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/18/juneteenth-trump-dei-backlash/84234731007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/17/lgbtq-greek-life-fraternity-sorority-inclusive/83492319007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/04/30/trump-shut-down-suicide-hotline-lgbtq-kids/83334766007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2025/06/15/lgbtq-books-pride-month-recommendations/84183914007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/06/13/lgbtq-health-centers-clinics-essential-care/83491500007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/studiog/life/2025/06/13/lgtbq-church-clergy-movement-inclusion/83491161007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Is Rioting Acceptable? If So, How Much? A judge shrugged off ‘some stray violent incidents.’ Los Angeles police sources tell a very different story.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-rioting-acceptable-if-so-how-much-06531b5b?mod=opinion_lead_pos5
FORBES
— Trump Can Retain Control Of National Guard In LA, Appeals Court Rules
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/06/20/appeals-court-allows-trump-to-retain-control-of-national-guard-in-los-angeles/
— Radical Dems Will No Longer Be Allowed To Shelter Illegals Who Threaten Public Safety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqHgTG3Zxk0
ALTERNET
— ‘Unmoored from conservative ideals’: Pence rips into MAGA for having no ‘moral foundation’
https://www.alternet.org/pence-maga-conservative/
INDEPENDENT
— Today Los Angeles, tomorrow Chicago? Tom Homan reveals how Trump wants to use National Guard more broadly
https://www.aol.com/today-los-angeles-tomorrow-chicago-214629690.html
June 19, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— ICE agents requested permission to use Dodger Stadium parking lots and were denied
https://abc7chicago.com/post/protest-dodger-stadium-gets-underway-immigration-agents-seen-nearby-amid-reports-more-ice-raids-la-county/16791397/
— Chicago veterans oppose US involvement in Israel-Iran conflict
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-veterans-oppose-president-donald-trump-making-hasty-decision-us-involvement-israel-iran-conflict/16792022/
CBS2
— Rahm Emanuel considering run for president
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/rahm-emanuel-considering-run-for-president-2028/
FOX32
— Senator Paul warns Trump ‘can’t bomb anyone without permission’ as Iran debate heats up
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/sen-paul-trump-iran-debate-heats-up
— Republicans divided over the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1661426
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/19/ice-raids-workers-businesses-impacted/
— Juneteenth celebrations across the US commemorate the end of slavery. In the Civil War, Democrats fought for slavery and Republicans fought against slavery. That is why all my ancestors were Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/19/juneteenth-us/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote mote hatred against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/19/mike-lee-gop-overrides-basic-decency-loyal-to-donald-trump-tucker-carlson
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump is silent about Juneteenth on a day he previously honored as president. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-is-silent-about-juneteenth-on-a-day-he-previously-honored-as-president/article_1969e5ee-bc68-595b-8f1f-637070a6e6c3.html
CITIES 92.9
— Welch defends what Republicans call ‘pork’ in Illinois budget
https://www.cities929.com/2025/06/19/welch-defends-what-republicans-call-pork-in-illinois-budget/
FOX ILLINOIS
— 9 previously deported immigrants caught in Northwest Florida for illegal reentry
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/9-previously-deported-illegal-immigrants-caught-in-northwest-florida-for-illegal-reentry
— Marijuana use raises heart risks; experts urge tobacco-like restrictions
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/study-marijuana-use-raises-heart-risks-experts-urge-tobacco-like-restrictions
NPR ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, Democrat leaders will fight all Trump budget cuts.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-19/trumps-va-cut-a-program-thats-saving-vets-homes-even-republicans-have-questions
WRIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot in Harvey
https://www.wric.com/business/press-releases/globenewswire/9470968/harvey-celebrates-nuera-cannabis-opening-with-groundbreaking-ceremony/
SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Democrat leaders promote Robin Kelly to badmouth Trump
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2025/06/19/robin-kelly-details-what-trumps-big-ugly-bill-means-for-illinois/
SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://southsideweekly.com/this-is-what-defending-communities-from-i-c-e-looks-like/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— LaHood weighs gubernatorial run as Pritzker faces scrutiny after hearing
https://www.fwbusiness.com/news/national/article_b40864d3-d028-50a4-9187-f9b0eb37f97d.html
WIREPOINTS
— Too many state lawmakers prioritize illegal immigrants over citizens
https://wirepoints.org/too-many-state-lawmakers-prioritize-illegal-immigrants-over-citizens-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Feds unearth cartel’s sophisticated 2,900-foot border tunnel in California
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/19/feds-unearth-cartels-sophisticated-2900-foot-border-tunnel-california/
— L.A. riots prove Trump is protecting the nation while the left tries to burn it down. Rather than learn from their defeat, Democrats double down on failed strategies.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/19/la-riots-prove-trump-protecting-nation-left-tries-burn/
— Democrats and media want to normalize the L.A. riots because they have lost the immigration argument. Most of us don’t throw Molotov cocktails or toss chunks of concrete from overpasses.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/19/democrats-media-want-normalize-la-riots-lost-immigration-argument/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Durbin counters GOP hearing on Biden fitness with Trump gaffe montage
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3445772/durbin-counters-gop-biden-hearing-fitness-trump-gaffe-montage/
— What, to the American, is Juneteenth?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3447520/what-to-the-american-is-juneteenth/
NEW YORK POST
— Eric Adams’ $1B hotel deal for migrants
https://nypost.com/2025/06/19/opinion/eric-adams-1b-hotel-deal-for-migrants-whose-numbers-are-dwindling-sure-comes-with-stink/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— New York Is Providing $50 million to Cover Legal Services For Illegal Aliens
https://amgreatness.com/2025/06/18/gov-hochul-new-york-is-providing-50-million-to-cover-legal-services-for-illegal-aliens/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Congress moves to abolish sanctuary cities and states—it’s about time
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/congress_moves_to_abolish_sanctuary_cities_and_states_it_s_about_time.html
— Los Angeles would shrivel without its illegals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/mayor_karen_bass_admits_it_los_angeles_would_shrivel_without_its_illegals.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Who’s gonna’ milk our cows?’ Ana Navarro says we need illegals to do ‘God awful’ work. While I never milked cows, I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, etc.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/19/whos-gonna-milk-our-cows-ana-navarro-says-we-need-illegals-to-do-god-awful-work-1552631/
BLAZE
— Juneteenth deserves celebration. But turning it into a rival of the Fourth of July risks further dividing a nation that once fought a war to uphold the meaning of 1776.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/stop-trying-to-segregate-the-american-founding
BREITBART
— ICE Agents Now Face 500% Increase in Assaults While Trying to Arrest Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/19/exclusive-ice-agents-face-500-increase-in-assaults-while-trying-to-arrest-illegal-aliens/
DAILY CALLER
— Roughly One Million Illegals Estimated To Have Left US Since Trump Returned
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/19/one-million-illegals-left-us-under-trump/
HOT AIR
— Sanctuary States: Secession Lite
https://hotair.com/mitch_berg/2025/06/19/sanctuary-state-secession-lite-n3803884
MRC TV
— Chicago Clerk Suspends ID Program Serving Illegal Aliens Following ICE Subpoena
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/james-mortensen/chicago-clerk-suspends-id-program-serving-illegal-aliens-following-ice
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
— Oberweis meets with White House, lays out plans for congressional race. Jim Oberweis, a former owner of a dairy business and Illinois State Senator, met with White House officials on Thursday. Oberweis is running for the Florida 19th Congressional District seat.
https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/oberweis-meets-with-white-house-lays-out-plans-for-congressional-race
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-deportation-undocumented-immigrants-policy-change-rcna213356
— One could question why I did not succumb earlier than I did to my Democrat GAO superiors’ ever-increasing tremendous pressure on me to retire. I could have taken their early retirement “offer” when I was 45 years old in 1993, but I nevertheless survived until I was 49 years old in 1997. Obvious reasons include my Civil Service Retirement System would have been even smaller. During those 4 years, I became a Certified Government Financial Manager, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant and I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading. If I had not taken their “offer” in 1997, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until I was 55 in 2003. They had made it very clear that they would have made those 6 years a living hell for me.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/-i-still-want-to-serve-transgender-servicemembers-face-uncertain-future-under-trump-admin-241934405786
FOX HOUSTON
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/immigrants-fear-arrest-ice-asylum-202822163.html
TIME
— How have Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI impacted you? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and replaced me with my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like I had. My critics/opponents applaud that, that is, they applaud AA and DEI, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. My Democrat GAO superiors would not have replace me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://time.com/charter/7295388/what-building-black-power-could-mean-for-workplaces/
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— In the Civil War, Democrats fought for slavery and Republicans fought against slavery. That is why all my ancestors were Republicans.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/juneteenth-federal-holiday-trump-dei.html
MS. MAGAZINE
— For Women to Have Real Political Power, We Need Quotas. Since the 1960s, all those above me have been under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to meet race and gender quotas, goals, and targets. Because of my bad demographics, that ever-increasingly rendered worthless my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and my 1981 job-related professional license.
https://msmagazine.com/2024/10/22/women-politics-quotas-usa/
GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/19/families-legal-asylum-cbpone-border-trump
June 14, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protest-saturday-no-kings-ice-raids-donald-trump-administration-could-draw-thousands-daley-plaza/16740066/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ34D8rVRKA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://abc7chicago.com/post/onyx-medical-wellness-health-clinic-focused-serving-lgbtq-community-open-week-south-shore/16744444/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/no-kings-protest-chicago-saturday-what-to-know/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republicans, some Democrats and even ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich weigh in on ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s sentence
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/13/madigan-sentencing-reaction-blagojevich/
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/13/what-to-know-about-no-kings-day-protests-across-us-to-counter-trumps-military-parade/
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/anti-authoritan-protests-saturday-across-state-including-des-plaines-mount-prospect-arlington-heights/
WIFR
— LaHood: Ending sanctuary city polices is in Illinois’ best interest
https://www.wifr.com/2025/06/13/rep-lahood-ending-sanctuary-city-polices-is-illinois-best-interest/
WSIU
— Bost warns of potential protests in southern Illinois this weekend
https://www.wsiu.org/community-updates/2025-06-13/u-s-rep-mike-bost-warns-of-potential-protests-in-southern-illinois-this-weekend
CWB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/06/board-up-crews-hired-weddings-canceled-in-preparation-for-anti-trump-rally-in-the-loop.html
IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use reparations to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://ipmnewsroom.org/a-dialogue-on-repairing-community-through-local-reparations/
ELMHURST PATCH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/anti-trump-protest-set-elmhurst
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Tech giants including Oracle, Lockheed Martin quietly fund Trump’s military parade
https://nypost.com/2025/06/13/business/oracle-amazon-lockheed-martin-quietly-funding-trumps-military-parade/
— Ram admitted it screwed up by killing a legacy American-made engine known for its raw power — and is revved up to bring it back after facing major backlash. The automaker had discontinued the beloved HEMI V-8 engine from its 2025 Ram trucks as part of a “woke” pivot by the since-ousted CEO of parent company Stellantis Carlos Tavares. But new Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis, who came out of retirement last year, offered up a mea culpa over the decision to pull the plug on the engine that powered the top-selling truck for decades. My 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max has a HEMI.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/13/business/ram-ceo-tim-kuniskis-apologizes-for-ditching-gas-powered-engine/
AMERICA THINKER
— Trump may have softened his stance on deportations, particularly as it relates to farm workers and hotel workers. . .President Trump — no!
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/if_trump_sympathizes_with_some_illegal_aliens_out_there.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://abcnews.go.com/US/transgender-navy-pilot-barred-service-reflects-patriotism-ahead/story?id=122777463
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/ice-protests-live-updates-weekend-rallies-planned-nationwide-rcna212809
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://apnews.com/article/no-kings-protest-trump-philadelphia-los-angeles-immigration-raids-a3b67d23733cd060f8d01aef1e391dbf
REUTERS
— Trump approves Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion purchase of US Steel
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-steel-shares-slip-nippon-steel-faces-trumps-hurdle-over-control-2025-06-13/
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzKIHfCTaLk
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders get veterans to protest against Trump
https://www.newsweek.com/veterans-arrested-capitol-grounds-eve-dc-parade-trump-birthday-2085482
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries. The abrupt pivot on an issue at the heart of Mr. Trump’s presidency suggested his broad immigration crackdown was hurting industries and constituencies he does not want to lose.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/politics/trump-ice-raids-farms-hotels.html
— Democrat leaders side with Iran against Israel
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/politics/trump-republicans-iran-israel.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/politics/trump-military-parade-israel-iran.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010216915/why-trumps-immigration-crackdown-defines-the-right.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/13/trump-california-iran-israel-military-parade-protest/402ebc04-4855-11f0-9210-87ee82efcc80_story.html
— Democrat leaders oppose the army parade
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/06/13/army-parade-trump-politics/
— Democrat leaders side with Iran against Israel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/13/israel-attack-iran-trump-failure/
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting academics to hate Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/13/anti-fascist-manifesto-intellectuals-trump/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-13/bass-takes-direct-aim-at-trump-over-immigration-raids
MIAMI HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article308521490.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/06/13/military-parade-trump-no-kings-protests/84172997007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/13/more-protests-under-trump/84112391007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The U.S. Can Rise to the Chinese Challenge. Since the end of the Cold War, America has let its nonmilitary instruments of power atrophy. Trump has a chance to revive them.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-u-s-can-rise-to-the-chinese-challenge-foreign-policy-asia-c397790b
— Mass Deportation . . . Except at Hotels? Trump says businesses report losing ‘very good, long time workers.’ How about changing policy?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-mass-deportation-immigrants-business-vincent-scardina-2c81f53a
— My critics/opponents hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were far-right if not extremist groups that caused Republicans to lose elections. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and I served as an ICRC officer 2003-2007. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT and ICRC. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/no-kings-protest-proud-boys-df066df0
FORBES
— Ever-increasing everyone in healthcare is a Democrat, citizen of a foreign country, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or has ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawhitford/2025/06/13/trumps-visa-ban-is-barring-new-foreign-doctors-from-entering-us/
FAST COMPANY
— Democrat leaders continue to use George Floyd to promote more hatred against Republicans and against police.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91345010/five-years-after-george-floyds-murder-performative-dei-is-dead-what-comes-next-george-floyd-performative-dei
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats and they are ever-increasingly minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestor who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2024/12/federal-workforce-generally-more-diverse-us-population-gaps-persist/401546/
REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://reason.com/2025/06/13/the-trump-administration-just-created-hundreds-of-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants/
NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/13/nx-s1-5432842/protests-expected-this-weekend-as-well-as-an-army-parade-in-d-c
PROGESSIVE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout that those who have demographics that vote for Republican candidates marginalize those who have demographics that vote for Democrat and RINO candidates. Demographics that vote for Republican candidates include: conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Democrat candidates include: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and have ancestors who have not been in America for a lone time.
https://progressive.org/op-eds/trump-puts-marginalized-people-at-risk-taher-20250613/
ATLANTIC
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/06/trump-mass-deportations-spectacle/683187/
JD SUPRA
— “Reverse Discrimination” Cases Subject to Same Evidentiary Standard Says Supreme Court. I charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination In Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ). Because I did that, the judges and justices in the lawsuit held me to a higher evidentiary standard. They ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my evidence. If they had not done that, I would have won.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/reverse-discrimination-cases-subject-to-7758902/