FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-federal-intervention-latest-president-trumps-immigration-enforcement-possible-national-guard-deployment-live-updates/17758521/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/members-congress-speak-outside-broadview-detention-center-franklin-park-ice-shooting-kills-silverio-villegas-gonzalez/17807711/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/puerto-rican-rapper-bad-bunny-concert-tour-does-not-include-us-due-fear-ice-raids/17808030/
— Students who witnessed Charlie Kirk’s assassination now reckon with the grief
https://abc7chicago.com/post/charlie-kirk-shooting-students-witnessed-assassination-now-reckon-grief/17810429/
NBC5
— Flags in Illinois and across the country will fly at half-staff through sunset on Sunday in memory of conservative activist and Chicago-area native Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed Wednesday while speaking at an event on a Utah university campus. Are American flags at half-staff in your county, township, and municipality?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/why-are-flags-flying-at-half-staff-heres-what-to-know/3823666/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/trump-operation-midway-blitz-immigration-operations-live-updates/
WGN9
— Violent attack at DuPage County Courthouse results in arrest, 3 deputies hospitalized
https://wgntv.com/news/dupage-county/violent-attack-at-dupage-county-courthouse-results-in-arrest-3-deputies-hospitalized/
FOX32
— Aurora flags raised early despite orders to honor Charlie Kirk, citing solemnity of 9/11 tribute. Are American flags at half-staff in your county, township, and municipality?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/aurora-flags-raised-early-despite-orders-honor-charlie-kirk-citing-solemnity-9-11-tribute
— Charlie Kirk’s funeral
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/when-is-charlie-kirks-funeral-all-we-know-so-far
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/ice-shooting-franklin-park-illinois-democrats/
— Millions face skyrocketing health insurance costs unless Congress extends subsidies. Since I was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have held it against me that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance because of my federal employment. Since I was 29 in 1978, my critics/opponents have held it against me that the federal government has also paid 72% of my wife’s health insurance because of my federal employment. My critics/opponent make it clear that they a) despise/hate federal employees and retirees and b) that they would never stoop to take a federal job.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/13/millions-face-skyrocketing-health-insurance-costs-unless-congress-extends-subsidies/
— Donald Trump calls on NATO countries to stop buying Russian oil and threatens 50% to 100% tariffs on China
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/13/donald-trump-nato-russian-oil-china/
— Republican Ted Dabrowski announces bid for governor
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/ted-dabrowski-announces-run-illinois-governor/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Attending Dabrowski’s announcement and describing herself as helping the campaign was Jeanne Ives, a former state representative from Wheaton and an unsuccessful candidate for Congress in 2020 who also failed in a challenge for the 2018 GOP nomination for governor against Bruce Rauner. During that campaign, Ives ran a TV commercial that featured actors in various dress mocking Rauner by thanking him for legislation involving abortion, as well as transgender and immigration rights. Ives, a right-wing radio host, head of a conservative nonprofit and a member of the state GOP Central Committee, also is allied with Dan Proft of Naples, Florida, another right-wing radio host and political operative who has been an intermediary for millions of dollars in funding from national conservative megadonor Richard Uihlein of Lake Forest to local candidates. It was unclear if Uihlein, who founded the Uline packing and supply firm, would weigh in on the race for the GOP nomination.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Johnson suspends press aide for ‘inflammatory and offensive’ post about Kirk assassination. “I’m not mourning a racist, bigoted, xenophobic clown like him who hated me and mine,” Johnson press aide Anton P. Adkins wrote this week on his personal Facebook account.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/09/12/brandon-johnson-press-aide-anton-adkins-charlie-kirk-assassination
— Democrat leaders even-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://interactive.wbez.org/uploader/en/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/13/man-fatally-shot-by-ice-officer-in-franklin-park-is-identified
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/13/community-alleges-ice-targeted-day-laborer-demands-his-release
— Cook County youth jail chief reported his primary residence is in Michigan. So that I could walk to work and to graduate evening business courses at Loyola when I got promoted to an IRS job in the Loop, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/09/13/cook-county-youth-jail-chief-primary-residence-michigan-leonard-dixon
DAILY HERALD
— Appeals court rules Trump administration can end legal protections for more than 400,000 migrants
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250912/nation-and-world/appeals-court-rules-trump-administration-can-end-legal-protections-for-more-than-400000-migrants/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/09/12/what-to-know-about-immigration-enforcement-in-chicago-explainers-and-resources
STATELINE
— Democrat and RINO leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn Ted Dabrowski as being a “conservative activist.” I have been a conservative activist since 2000.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/ted-dabrowski-illinois-governor/
EVANSTON NOW
— Two congressional candidates — Kat Abughazaleh and Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss — joined a group of protesters outside a Department of Homeland Security processing facility in Broadview Friday morning as ICE raids ramp up in Illinois.
https://evanstonnow.com/biss-kat-face-ice-agents-in-broadview/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: Why don’t religious, conservative, and/or Republican leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton encourage their followers to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? ANSWER::a) they reject/despise conservatism, b) they reject/despise the Republican Party platform, c) they reject/despise planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote, most commonly, the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks, d) they hate/destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money, and/or e) they despise/hate one or more of my demographics. I should write about the aforesaid leaders who are doing the most to discourage me from sending GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters out and to discourage everyone from reading them. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Lawmakers, advocates call for change after reading and math scores disappoint
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a2405ef0-729f-45ba-b819-c7a44dfe2042.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s wife, promises his mission will continue
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/13/erika-kirk-charlie-kirks-wife-promises-mission-continue/
— Politically Unstable: Chicago’s crime crisis
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/13/politically-unstable-chicagos-crime-crisis/
— Trump praises Kash Patel for 33 hour capture of Kirk shooter
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/13/trump-praises-kash-patel-33-hour-capture-kirk-shooter/
— Congress wants to spend more money on lawmaker security after Charlie Kirk’s assassination
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/13/congress-wants-spend-money-lawmaker-security-charlie-kirks/
— Trump canceling India’s jobs grab. White House poised to limit H-1B visas from the subcontinent.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/12/editorial-trump-canceling-indias-jobs-grab/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Tyler Robinson lived with transgender partner
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3806732/alleged-kirk-shooter-tyler-robinson-lived-with-transgender-partner/
— Disastrous test scores show schools need to get back to basics
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3805260/school-test-scores-nation-report-card-reforms/
— God, family, life, and freedom were Charlie Kirk’s message
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/3805664/charlie-kirk-legacy-faith-family/
— A Mayor Mamdani will further radicalize the Left
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3805907/zohran-mamdani-will-further-radicalize-left/
— Conservatives won’t ‘back down’ in face of leftist violence
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3804789/conservatives-wont-back-down-leftist-violence-charlie-kirk-assassination/
NEW YORK POST
— The assassination of conservative pundit Charlie Kirk marks the latest example of a growing wave of murders and other shootings committed by transgender people and others advocating for their rights.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/13/us-news/charlie-kirk-latest-victim-of-shooting-committed-by-trans-people-and-advocates/
— Vigil for Charlie Kirk draws flag-waving crowd in Manhattan as mourners gather for remembrance
https://nypost.com/2025/09/13/us-news/charlie-kirk-honored-at-solemn-madison-square-park-vigil/
— Arrangements for Charlie Kirk’s funeral announced — and Trump has promised to attend
https://nypost.com/2025/09/13/us-news/when-is-charlie-kirk-funeral/
— Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin Tyler Robinson ‘deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology’
https://nypost.com/2025/09/13/us-news/charlie-kirks-alleged-assassin-tyler-robinson-deeply-indoctrinated-with-leftist-ideology/
— Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin Tyler Robinson lived with transgender partner
https://nypost.com/2025/09/13/us-news/charlie-kirk-shooter-tyler-robinson-lived-with-transgender-partner/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Charlie Kirk’s alleged shooter Tyler Robinson was living with a transgender partner who was in the process of transitioning from a male to a female, a law enforcement source confirmed to The Post Saturday. That individual, who has yet to be identified by the authorities, is now fully cooperating with the FBI on its investigation into the fatal shooting of the conservative activist, the source added. The relationship was first reported by Fox News’ Brooke Singman. Text messages and other communications that the transgender individual traded with Robinson, 22, helped the feds nab the accused assassin. Federal and state authorities revealed during a Friday press conference that a “roommate” cooperating with their investigation revealed communications from a contact named “Tyler” that described bullet casings similar to those found at the scene and discussed the “need to retrieve a rifle from a drop point.“ Kirk, 31, was struck in the neck by a single bullet shortly after being posed a question on his “American Comeback” college speaking tour about transgender mass shooters. “Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?” asked attendee Hunter Kozak.)
— Moment feds descended on suspected Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson’s Utah apartment, childhood home after arrest
https://nypost.com/2025/09/13/us-news/utah-feds-execute-search-warrants-on-tyler-robinson-apartment-childhood-home-after-charlie-kirk-assassination-arrest/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Federal agents were also seen outside Robinson’s family home in nearby Washington while a tow truck loaded up a dark gray Dodge Challenger that was parked outside the home, footage from CBS News showed. Police believe Robinson drove the muscle car to the college campus in Orem hours before allegedly firing a single, fatal shot at the 31-year-old Turning Point USA founder, who was hosting a Q&A as part of his ” The American Comeback” tour.)
— New fundraising record reached to support Charlie Kirk’s family
https://nypost.com/2025/09/13/business/new-fundraising-record-reached-to-support-charlie-kirks-family/
— Californians, other out-state donors bankrolling socialist Zohran Mamdani — to the tune of $2.4M
https://nypost.com/2025/09/13/us-news/californians-other-lefty-out-of-state-donors-provided-77-of-2-4-m-raised-by-super-pac-backing-mamdanis-nyc-mayoral-bid/
— In Europe, too, Charlie Kirk’s message of faith fed Gen Z’s hunger for meaning
https://nypost.com/2025/09/13/opinion/charlie-kirks-message-of-faith-fed-gen-zs-hunger-for-meaning/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Never forget Charlie Kirk: A call to keep his fire alive
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/never_forget_charlie_kirk_a_call_to_keep_his_fire_alive.html
— Commander She/Her gets fired
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/commander_she_her_gets_fired.html
— Are Democrats channeling Charlie Manson?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/are_democrats_channeling_charlie_manson.html
BREITBART
— The far-left New York Times rushed to smear the late Charlie Kirk as an anti-Semite, an act that has now resulted in a humiliating correction from the far-left hate-outlet.
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2025/09/12/nolte-new-york-times-rush-smear-charlie-kirk-results-humiliating-correction/amp/
— President Trump to Attend Funeral of Charlie Kirk
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/12/president-trump-to-attend-funeral-charlie-kirk-unbelievable-warrior/
CHARLIE KIRK
— Charlie Kirk’s beloved wife, Mrs. Erika Kirk addresses the Nation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nvJq1nN6Wo
DAILY CALLER
— Aurora Mayor Orders Flags To Full Staff Post Charlie Kirk Assassination, Firefighters Say No. Are American flags at half-mast in your county, township, and municipality?
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/13/aurora-illinois-charlie-kirk-flags-full-staff-firefighters/
EPOCH TIMES
— An Inflection Point: What’s Next for America?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9XqSDNgblA
FOX NEWS
— Utah Senate president calls Charlie Kirk’s assassination a ‘turning point for America’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6379334127112
— Charlie Kirk honored as ‘generation’s greatest’ at massive London rally where Musk condemns left. Tens of thousands of people took part in a ‘Unite the Kingdom’ in London, England, on Saturday.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/charlie-kirk-honored-generations-greatest-massive-london-rally-where-musk-condemns-left
POST MILLENNIAL
— Kirk assassination suspect may have been motivated by romantic relationship with trans partner
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-kirk-assassination-suspect-may-have-been-motivated-by-romantic-relationship-with-trans-partner-report
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Kirk murder suspect ‘deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology’
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5502176-kirk-murder-suspect-leftist-cox-report/
ASSOCIATED PRESS & USA TODAY
— London protest organized by far-right activist exceeds 100,000 as small clashes break out
https://www.wisn.com/article/tommy-robinson-london-protest-far-right-activist/66080216
https://kstp.com/ap-top-news/more-than-100000-attend-london-protest-organized-by-far-right-activist-with-clashes-breaking-out/
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/09/13/anti-immigration-tommy-robinson-rally-photos/86135395007/
CBS NEWS
— Trump calls on NATO countries to stop buying Russian oil to end Ukraine war
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-nato-oil-russia-china-tariffs-ukraine-war/
NEW YORK TIMES
— The left ever-increasingly sides with Kirk’s assassin.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/us/politics/trump-kirk-political-opponents.html
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Kirk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/us/politics/charlie-kirk-legacy-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The Charlie Kirk shooting suspect went from a quiet upbringing to a murder charge. The 22-year-old charged with killing the conservative activist could face the death penalty, if convicted.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/12/charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect-utah/
— After Kirk killing, political leaders pull back from public appearances
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/13/charlie-kirk-killing-political-events-canceled/
— How Charlie Kirk’s social media machine rewired a generation’s politics. The 31-year-old activist and provocateur built a modern political organization for the social media age, through the arts of online discourse and discord.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/13/charlie-kirk-turning-point-politics-debates/
USA TODAY
— Mourners commemorate Charlie Kirk in Utah candlelight vigil
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2025/09/13/mourners-honor-charlie-kirk-utah-candlelight-vigil/86136482007/
— Charlie Kirk remembered at vigils across the US; Turning Point USA to host event
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/13/charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect-tyler-robinson-updates/86134339007/
SPACE COAST DAILY
— Charlie Kirk Assassination Suspect Lived With Transgender Partner, Now Cooperating With FBI
https://spacecoastdaily.com/2025/09/charlie-kirk-assassination-suspect-lived-with-transgender-partner-now-cooperating-with-fbi/
POLITICO
— The Global Reaction to Charlie Kirk’s Death Proves the Populist Convergence. Why vigils popped up in Europe for the late conservative activist.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/09/13/charlie-kirk-europe-america-populist-nationalist-movement-00561497
DAILY KOS
— The left ever-increasingly sides with Kirk’s assassin.
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/9/13/2343355/-Charlie-Kirk-A-frank-discussion-from-those-he-harmed
AXIOS
— Kirk suspect’s transgender roommate “aghast,” may be key to motive
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/13/kirk-suspect-transgender-roommate
DAILY TELEGRAPH
— The killing of Charlie Kirk shows just how poisonous Left-wing politics has become
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph-saturday/20250913/281990383668653
INDEPENDENT
— Charlie Kirk murder suspect on ‘special watch’ in Utah jail
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/charlie-kirk-shooting-tyler-robinson-suspect-erika-live-updates-b2825825.html
Tag: second
September 13, 2025
If/when a Kirk vigil is held in your county, township, and/or municipality, how many would attend? Who would attend? While I cannot say that I knew Kirk, I know many people who knew him. No individuals or organizations have notified me of any Kirk vigils in DuPage County, Milton Township, or Wheaton. I should write about the ever-increasing Democrat-led and RINO-led anti-conservatism in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.
FOX NEWS
— Utah students lift voices in prayer at vigil for Charlie Kirk’s Christian legacy: ‘Felt called by God’ Charlie Kirk, 31, remembered for faith and courage as mourners celebrate his life and legacy.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/utah-students-lift-voices-prayer-vigil-charlie-kirks-christian-legacy-felt-called-god
— Charlie Kirk’s wife Erika addresses nation in first remarks
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/charlie-kirk-shooting-utah-valley-university-9-12-2025
— Erika Kirk delivers moving tribute to husband, Charlie: ‘I will never let your legacy die’ Erika Kirk vows to keep her husband’s mission alive.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/erika-kirk-breaks-silence-after-husband-charlies-assassination-address-turning-point-usa-headquarters
— Video captures fight erupting at Charlie Kirk vigil after activist reportedly shouts profanity at crowd. Terry Wilson, a local Black Lives Matter activist, reportedly shouted ‘F— Charlie Kirk’ before sparking a massive vigil brawl.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-captures-fight-erupting-charlie-kirk-vigil-after-activist-reportedly-shouts-profanity-crowd
BREITBART
— Charlie Kirk Home State GOP Lawmakers (Miller, Bost, & LaHood) Introduce Resolution Condemning Assassination, Honoring Legacy
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/12/charlie-kirk-home-state-gop-lawmakers-introduce-resolution-condemning-assassination-honoring-legacy/
ABC NEWS
— Erika Kirk delivers emotional remarks to the nation after killing of husband Charlie Kirk
https://abcnews.go.com/US/charlie-kirks-widow-erika-set-deliver-1st-public/story?id=125528319
NBC NEWS
— London braces for mass far-right rally where Charlie Kirk will be mourned. Tens of thousands of people are expected to descend on the British capital for the largest far-right rally in decades, organized by anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/london-braces-mass-far-right-rally-charlie-kirk-will-mourned-rcna230978
CBS NEWS
— New Yorkers gather in Madison Square Park to mourn Charlie Kirk
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-charlie-kirk-vigil/
— Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk, speaks out for first time since fatal shooting
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/erika-kirk-address-charlie-kirk-fatal-shooting/
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/erika-kirk-speaks-publicly-first-time-since-fatal-shooting-of-her-husband-charlie-kirk/
NBC NEWS
— Charlie Kirk’s widow vows husband’s mission will continue
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/charlie-kirks-widow-vows-husbands-mission-will-continue-rcna230951
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/charlie-kirk-s-wife-erika-speaks-out-for-first-time-since-husband-s-shooting-death-247504965934
CNN
— Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika speaks publicly for the first time since his death
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/us/video/charlie-kirk-wife-erika-first-public-comments-digvid
NEWSWEEK
— Office Depot has issued an apology after one of its employees refused to make posters featuring conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The worker at a Michigan Office Depot was fired after allegedly refusing to print the posters for a vigil honoring Kirk, who was shot and killed while delivering a speech under a tent to a large crowd on campus at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday. The posters were ordered by the Kalamazoo County Republican Party for a vigil that took place at Bronson Park in downtown Kalamazoo on Friday evening. Why It Matters. The incident underscores the growing tension between corporate neutrality, employee discretion, and political polarization in the U.S.
https://www.newsweek.com/office-depot-charlie-kirk-firing-2129303
MSNBC
— Erika Kirk remembers her husband Charlie Kirk in first public address since his killing
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/erika-kirk-widow-of-charlie-kirk-makes-first-public-remarks-since-his-fatal-shooting-247504965558
ABC7
— Democrat leaders use Kirk assassination to diminish Second Amendment rights
https://abc7chicago.com/post/charlie-kirk-death-illinois-lawmakers-share-security-concerns-wake-shooting-chicago-native-turning-point-usa-founder/17803541/
— 3 deputies injured in struggle with suspect, fall down escalator at DuPage County Courthouse
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dupage-county-courthouse-fight-3-deputies-injured-during-struggle-suspect-fall-down-escalator-officials-say/17802942/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbotLoHZJPM
WGLT
— Young Republican leaders in Central Illinois share what connected them to Charlie Kirk
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-09-12/young-republican-leaders-in-central-illinois-share-what-connected-them-to-charlie-kirk
WCIA
— U of I students host vigil in honor of Charlie Kirk
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/u-of-i-students-host-vigil-in-honor-of-charlie-kirk/
IPM NEWS
— Conservative activist Charlie Kirk remembered on the University of Illinois South Quad
https://ipmnewsroom.org/conservative-activist-charlie-kirk-remembered-on-the-university-of-illinois-south-quad/
BEVERLY MOUNT GREENWOOD PATCH
— Vigils For Slain Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk Held In Chicago And Suburbs
https://patch.com/illinois/beverly-mtgreenwood/vigils-slain-conservative-activist-charlie-kirk-held-chicago-suburbs
NEW YORK TIMES
— Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/opinion/charlie-kirk-assassination-fear-politics.html
— Right-Wing Activists Urge Followers to Expose Those Celebrating Kirk Killing. The widespread and fast-moving campaign has already resulted in lost jobs, suspensions and internal investigations, heightening tensions online between supporters and detractors of Charlie Kirk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/us/politics/charlie-kirk-shooting-firings-celebration.html
— NPR and PBS have existed to promote the Democrat Party platform
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/us/politics/public-broadcasting-cuts.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Schools tried to ban phones and avoid politics. Then came Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University sent shockwaves through classrooms worldwide.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/13/charlie-kirk-shooting-video-school/7f1a4d54-9056-11f0-8260-0712daa5c125_story.html
BOSTON HERALD
— Campus progressives preach tolerance, produce violence
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/09/13/graham-campus-progressives-preach-tolerance-produce-violence/
WCCS RADIO
— Secret Service employee who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination put on immediate leave. What percent of federal employees are hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters?
https://www.wccsradio.com/rss/secret-service-employee-who-celebrated-charlie-kirks-assassination-put-on-immediate-leave/
FOX LOS ANGELES
— Charlie Kirk vigil held in downtown LA
https://www.foxla.com/news/downtown-la-charlie-kirk-vigil
CW 39 HOUSTON
— Charlie Kirk vigil held in London
https://cw39.com/news/nationworld/watch-charlie-kirk-vigil-held-in-london/
LOCAL 3 NEWS
— Fundraiser for Charlie Kirk’s family has raised almost $4 million
https://www.local3news.com/local-news/fundraiser-for-charlie-kirks-family-has-raised-almost-4-million/article_6350a520-5194-4872-a137-ef44d3ac30ba.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Suspect Was Once Promising Student. I was never a promising student. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/who-tyler-robinson-charlie-kirk-suspect-814fd21f
— Friendship With Charlie Kirk Helped Propel JD Vance to Vice Presidency
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/jd-vance-charlie-kirk-relationship-f6db26e0
— A Friendship With Kirk Helped Vance Get Ahead
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/charlie-kirk-shot/card/a-friendship-with-kirk-helped-vance-get-ahead-QBuM9yOCdX3x8AiIOZY6
— Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Feels Like a Hinge Point. What a disaster for the young. It will forever shape their understanding of politics in America. If I had been active in Republican politics, a) the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/charlie-kirks-assassination-feels-like-a-hinge-point-01dd4f72
— Why Do So Many Young Americans Justify Political Violence? Ninety-three percent of baby boomers think it’s never acceptable. Only 56% of Gen Z agrees.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-do-so-many-young-americans-justify-political-violence-ee8d2e2d
— Older Democrats Defy Calls for Retirement. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates wanted me to retire when I became eligible when I was 45 in 1993. They succeeded in forcing me to take GAO’s retirement “offer” just before it expired in 1997. I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until I was 55 in 2003. Being forced to retire early is devastating.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/democrats-retirement-congress-798f6794
— Dropping Out of College. If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA in 1976, GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/what-dropping-out-of-college-taught-me-about-finding-my-calling-ee839158
FORBES
— Vigil Held For Charlie Kirk Outside Turning Point USA Legacy Center In Lemont, Illinois
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmXdkhDUPaQ
POLITICO
— Charlie Kirk’s widow says Turning Point will carry on after the assassination of her husband
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/12/charlie-kirks-widow-says-turning-point-will-carry-on-after-the-assassination-of-her-husband-00562792
DAILY BEAST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say that Charlie Kirk suspect’s grandma says family is all MAGA
https://www.thedailybeast.com/charlie-kirk-suspects-grandma-says-family-is-all-maga/
TIMES OF INDIA
— How suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing went from scholarship winner to wanted man. Did you get a scholarship? My critics/opponents have always used my not getting a scholarship against me. They stress that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-plus/international/how-suspect-in-charlie-kirks-killing-went-from-scholarship-winner-to-wanted-man/articleshow/123865240.cms
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Charlie Kirk’s books hit Amazon top 10
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/charlie-kirks-books-hit-amazon-top-10-how-donald-trump-jr-is-benefiting-from-his-death/articleshow/123855127.cms?from=mdr
— What campus crusader Charlie Kirk meant to Trump
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/what-campus-crusader-charlie-kirk-meant-to-trump/amp_articleshow/123853977.cms
INDEPENDENT
— Charlie Kirk’s widow says will never let husband’s ‘legacy’ die
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/charlie-kirk-shooting-tyler-robinson-suspect-erika-live-updates-b2825825.html
BBC
— ‘His voice will remain,’ Charlie Kirk’s widow vows. ‘I will never let your legacy die’ – Charlie Kirk’s widow gives tearful address after shooting.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9je8lxge4o
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cdx2q24l1zqt
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: In announcing for governor, Republican Ted Dabrowski leaves more questions than answers. The mainstream news media exists to destroy Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/ted-dabrowski-announces-run-illinois-governor/
— Protests flare at ICE facility in Broadview even as President Donald Trump deploys National Guard to Memphis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/immigration-protests-broadview-guard-memphis/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: The Chicago Tribune exists to promote illegal immigration
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/ice-agents-fatally-shoot-man-franklin-park/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/flower-vendor-operation-midway-blitz/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: The Chicago Sun-times exists to promote illegal immigration
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/12/ice-officer-fatally-shoots-man-during-traffic-stop-in-chicago-suburb-authorities-say
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/09/12/head-start-preschool-trump-administration-immigrants-lawsuits-aclu
DAILY HERALD
— Addison Township sues ex-supervisor over money spent for pickup truck
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250912/news/addison-township-sues-ex-supervisor-over-money-spent-for-pickup-truck/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Polling Shows Darin Bailey Wipeout of Opponents
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/13/polling-shows-darin-bailey-wipeout-of-opponents/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Pivots From Chicago, Redirects National Guard to Memphis, Citing Local Political Support
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/trump-pivots-from-chicago-redirects-national-guard-to-memphis-citing-local-political-support.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrant shot dead after striking officer with vehicle in Chicago
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3805866/illegal-immigrant-shot-dead-chicago/
DAILY SIGNAL
— A Society Paralyzed by the Presence of Evil
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/12/a-society-paralyzed-by-the-presence-of-evil/
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Illinois Congresswoman Mary Miller Moves to Protect Roads From Sanctuary State Negligence
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/illinois-house-republican-sanctuary-states-gambling-with-american-lives
— White House Singles Out Jackson, Mississippi as a Safe Haven for Criminals
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/white-house-mississippi-sanctuary-cities-karoline-leavitt
September 12, 2025
FOX NEWS
— LIVE: President Trump on Fox & Friends: We have Kirk suspect in custody
https://www.foxnews.com/video/5614615980001
FBI
— The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of the individual(s) responsible for the murder of Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/saltlakecity/news/reward-of-up-to-100000-for-information-leading-to-the-identification-arrest-of-individuals-in-murder-of-charlie-kirk
ABC NEWS
— JD Vance escorts Charlie Kirk’s casket home to Arizona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN4guDpJQGI
— What we know about Charlie Kirk’s shooter as the manhunt continues
https://abcnews.go.com/US/charlie-kirks-shooter-manhunt-continues/story?id=125474359
NBC NEWS
— JD Vance arrives in Arizona with Charlie Kirk’s casket
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/vp-jd-vance-arrives-in-arizona-with-charlie-kirk-s-casket-247431237587
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kirk’s assassination against Trump
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/charlie-kirk-assassination-tests-trumps-ability-help-nation-heal-rcna230563
CNN
— Vance escorts Charlie Kirk’s casket aboard Air Force Two
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/11/us/video/jd-vance-charlie-kirk-casket-air-force-two-digvid
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Charlie Kirk’s casket arrives in Arizona aboard Air Force Two
https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/09/12/charlie-kirks-casket-arrives-in-arizona-aboard-air-force-two/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Charlie Kirk’s casket arrived in his home state of Arizona aboard Air Force Two on Thursday as Vice President JD Vance honored the conservative activist with a final flight. Vance’s wife, Usha, stepped off the plane with Kirk’s widow, Erika. Both women wore black and sunglasses. The vice president was a few steps behind in a dark suit. Air Force Two arrived in Phoenix after a short flight from Salt Lake City, about 64km from Orem, Utah, where Kirk was assassinated while speaking at Utah Valley University. Vance helped carry Kirk’s casket with a group of uniformed service members as it was loaded onto the plane. On Wednesday night, Vance wrote on social media that his relationship with Vance began several years ago after he appeared on Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News. Kirk reached out to compliment him, “and that moment of kindness began a friendship” Last year, Kirk advocated for Vance to be Donald Trump’s choice for vice president and frequently checked in on his family. Vance described him as “a true friend”. Kirk was co-founder and CEO of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, based in Phoenix.)
— The Utah Valley University campus is closed until next week, following the fatal shooting of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. Authorities appealed to the public for help, as the suspect remained at large on Thursday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWOzdLVKils
NEWSWEEK
— Charlie Kirk’s Wife Erika Holds Up Rosary As Body Arrives in Arizona
https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-wife-erika-holds-rosary-body-arrives-arizona-utah-shooting-jd-vance-2128740
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Charlie Kirk’s wife held up a rosary to supporters after she arrived in Arizona following the shooting of her husband in Utah. Erika Kirk was seen departing Air Force Two in Phoenix on Thursday, accompanied by Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha. Kirk’s casket was transported on the government plane from Utah to Arizona, where his funeral will be held. Kirk, 31, was fatally shot in the neck on Wednesday in front of thousands of people during an event outside the Utah Valley University campus in Orem. He collapsed and was later pronounced dead in hospital. The FBI has released footage of a suspect fleeing from a rooftop following the shooting, before jumping to the ground and escaping on foot. Authorities previously released two images of a suspect wearing dark clothing, sunglasses and a baseball cap. The person of interest’s identity has not been released.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump’s Team Tightens Security After Kirk Shooting. President and aides were reeling Thursday as shock reverberated through the White House.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/angry-and-in-mourning-trumps-team-tightens-security-after-kirk-shooting-2dab1edd
— Authorities Ask Public for Clues in Hunt for Charlie Kirk’s Killer. The FBI released a new video of the suspected shooter’s escape and offered a reward of up to $100,000 for information while the manhunt entered a third day.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/charlie-kirk-shot
— The Campus Vigils for Charlie Kirk. If a vigil for Kirk was held in your county, township, and/or municipality, how many would attend?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/charlie-kirk-vigils-college-campus-students-12bf52d3
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/why-hyundai-raid-wont-crush-the-korean-carmaker-0a4a0e4a
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Vigil for Kirk held in Mount Greenwood. If a vigil for Kirk was held in your county, township, and/or municipality, how many would attend?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/charlie-kirk-death-turning-point-usa-founder-wheeling-hs-grad-built-conservative-brand-chicago-area-native-maga-movement/17795489/
CBS2
— Vigils for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk held in Chicago and suburbs. If a vigil for Kirk was held in your county, township, and/or municipality, how many would attend?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/charlie-kirk-vigil-mount-greenwood-lemont/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Vallas: The Federal Reserve’s century-long power grab
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/opinion-federal-reserve-power-grab/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/column-donald-trump-jb-pritzker-greising/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rep. Miller blames political violence on ‘corrupt’ media, ‘radical left’ as Illinois GOP honors Charlie Kirk. In a resolution introduced Thursday, the three GOP members of the Illinois delegation wrote that Kirk’s death “must be a Turning Point for the Nation and be proof that Charlie Kirk did not die in vain.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/09/11/mary-miller-mike-bost-darin-lahood-charlie-kirk-assassination-illinois-gop-react
— Chicago-area college students call for end to political violence after Charlie Kirk’s killing. The authors of this article viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn Kirk. For alleged balance, they quote Wheaton College students Susanna Brink and Zach Johnson and Illinois State University student Ross Vancil.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/09/11/chicago-area-college-students-call-for-end-to-political-violence-after-charlie-kirks-killing
— The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly increases poverty and crime
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/11/volunteers-pack-more-than-500-000-meals-for-food-pantries-in-chicago-meal-pack-for-9-11
— Texts reveal dialogue between Mayor Johnson, controversial frontrunner in NYC’s mayoral race. A campaign spokesman for Johnson says he and Zohran Mamdani connected so Johnson could congratulate him on his primary win. But questions remain about whether an endorsement might be in the works — or whether it’d even be desired given Johnson’s lack of popularity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/09/11/texts-mayor-brandon-johnson-new-york-mayoral-candidate-zohran-mamdani
WBEZ
— Chicago-area college students call for end to political violence after Charlie Kirk’s killing. A day after activist and Illinois native Charlie Kirk was fatally shot at a Utah campus event, conservative students say they want a climate where people can talk through their differences. The authors of this article viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn Kirk. For alleged balance, they quote Wheaton College students Susanna Brink and Zach Johnson and Illinois State University student Ross Vancil.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/09/11/chicago-area-college-students-call-for-end-to-political-violence-after-charlie-kirks-killing
JOURNAL COURIER
— Trump announces he’ll posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to conservative activist Charlie Kirk
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/alert-trump-announces-he-ll-posthumously-award-21042665.php
25 NEWS NOW
— Republicans hold vigil in Normal for Charlie Kirk. If a vigil for Kirk was held in your county, township, and/or municipality, how many would attend?
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/09/12/republicans-hold-vigil-normal-charlie-kirk/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump vows to hunt down ‘radical-left’ after Charlie Kirk’s shocking assassination
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-vows-to-hunt-down-radical-left-after-charlie-kirks-shocking-assassination
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/pritzker-won-t-call-trump-for-help-with-public-safety-amid-ice-operation/article_e0f72892-cdea-450f-8794-9c4d04064cea.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Charlie Kirk assassination puts conservative youth movement at a turning point
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3804469/charlie-kirk-assassination-conservative-youth-movement-turning-point/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Democrats Respond to Republican Charlie Kirk’s Murder By Denouncing Republicans
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/watch-democrats-respond-to-republican-charlie-kirks-murder-by-denouncing-republicans/
NEW YORK POST
— Gun recovered in Charlie Kirk assassination revealed — and ammo bore pro-trans, anti-fascist messages
https://nypost.com/2025/09/11/us-news/gun-charlie-kirk-shot-with-revealed/
— Secret Service employee who called Charlie Kirk racist, blamed karma for assassination put on leave
https://nypost.com/2025/09/11/us-news/secret-service-employee-who-called-charlie-kirk-racist-blamed-karma-for-assassination-put-on-leave/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Conservatives in Blue States: Realistically, What Can They Get Done? I am one of the few remaining conservative activists remaining in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2021. I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004. I served as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I arranged for an elephant to walk behind Congressman Peter Roskam in Wheaton’s 2007’s Independence Day parade. Democrat and RINO leaders have had tremendous success using their operatives and their dupes a) to drive conservatives out of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and b) to take adverse actions against me. I should write about RINO leaders..
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/10/conservatives-blue-states-what-can-they-get-done/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Despite Republicans lacking control of the levers of power in Illinois, the Illinois Freedom Caucus is a fierce group. State Rep. Chris Miller, the husband of the U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., whose Southern Illinois district overlaps with his, is the chairman of the caucus and has few kind words for Democrat Gov. JB Pritzker. “He’s got the worst case of Trump Derangement Syndrome I think that I’ve ever seen exhibited, and the only thing is going to fix this thing is for him to have an ICR,” Chris Miller told The Daily Signal. “I don’t know if you know what that is or not, but it’s an inter-cranial rectal removal. In other words, what we would say down on the farm is, he needs to get his head out of his a– and start governing and doing what’s right for the people of Illinois.” As in Maryland, Illinois Freedom Caucus members are keenly focused on messaging what they view as failures of the Democrat-dominated state government. Illinois Republican state Rep. Blaine Wilhour told The Daily Signal that spreading the word about Democrat policies and Republican shortcomings is at the center of his work. “It’s all about accountability. We’re governed terribly, led by Republicans as well that don’t stand up for our values,” said Wilhour, adding: When conservatives don’t push back on terrible policies that inflict harm, both socially and economically, then that window moves all the time. And that’s what happens in states like Illinois. That’s how you get governed so liberally in states that aren’t crazy and liberal like that. It’s because good Republicans, good conservatives don’t push back. He accused members of his own party of not sufficiently standing up to the Democrats, saying, “We got Republicans in Illinois that think it’s all right to vote for tax increases, both on the income side and on the gas tax side. They vote for Big Government, which is increasing property taxes exponentially … . These people need accountability.” Roth praised the work of these blue state Freedom Caucus members, saying that some blue state Republicans “know that they have no power, so they are willing to take the crumbs that the Democrats give them. So, if Maryland or Illinois passed a huge, irresponsible budget, they won’t make a lot of noise about it.” Freedom Caucus members, Roth said, “will not only vote no, but they’ll tell everybody that they’re doing it to the point where those non-Freedom Caucus members are getting calls from their voters … . So, not only are we fighting the Democrats, but we’re exposing weak-kneed Republicans.”)
FOX BUSINESS
— Charlie Kirk ‘opened the eyes’ of a lot of young people
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6379189325112
FOX NEWS
— LIVE: President Trump on Fox & Friends
https://www.foxnews.com/video/5614615980001
— Students supporting Charlie Kirk say they ‘are not afraid’ after assassination, vow to defend free speech. Utah students say Kirk’s emphasis on free speech, family values inspired them.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/students-supporting-charlie-kirk-say-they-are-not-afraid-after-assassination-vow-defend-free-speech
— Charlie Kirk would have been president one day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPSQDMWcuJc
— Charlie Kirk lived what he preached
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQTN3Rl_PbI
–What Kirk put ‘front and center’ in his life
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6379189198112
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Investigation into Charlie Kirk’s assassination uncovers new clues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XflcfCckBfo
REUTERS
— What we know about weapon used by suspect in Charlie Kirk’s fatal shooting
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/what-we-know-about-weapon-used-by-suspect-charlie-kirks-fatal-shooting-2025-09-12/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasing use Kirk’s assassination to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/right-wing-anger-surges-kirks-killing-fuels-calls-vengeance-2025-09-12/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters do what they can to discredit Kirk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/charlie-kirk-men.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/us/politics/charlie-kirk-dead.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/charlie-kirk-martyr-conservative-christians.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/charlie-kirk-question-utah-kozak.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kirk’s assassination against Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/politics/fbi-patel-kirk-shooting.html
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/technology/charlie-kirk-shooting-civil-war.html
— Charlie Kirk’s Widow, Erika, Promoted Conservative Values at His Side. Mr. Kirk often pointed to his marriage as an example of a loving, conservative partnership. The pair married in 2021 and had two children.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/charlie-kirk-wife-erika-children-family.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kirk’s assassination against Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/11/trump-kirk-consequences-gop-conservative/
USA TODAY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters do what they can to discredit Kirk
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/11/charlie-kirk-shooting-wheeling-cookies-career-activism/86092837007/
— How soon will Democrat and RINO leaders try to outlaw bolt-action rifles?
https://www.galesburg.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/11/what-is-a-bolt-action-rifle-what-gun-was-used-to-shoot-charlie-kirk/86096433007/
— Ousted FBI leaders file lawsuit against Director Kash Patel, Trump administration. The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 gave all the managers who they sent to run their Chicago office lists of employees to oust. Of course, I was on all those lists. The more of the following that employees were, the higher that they were on those lists: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/10/fbi-director-kash-patel-lawsuit-trump-firings/86079479007/
ATLANA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Charlie Kirk’s assassination is a watershed for Gen Z
https://www.ajc.com/politics/2025/09/charlie-kirks-assassination-is-a-watershed-for-gen-z/
COEUR d’ALENE / POST FALLS PRESS
— About 1,000 people attend candlelight vigil for Charlie Kirk at McEuen Park. If a candlelight vigil for Kirk was held in your county, township, and/or municipality, how many would attend?
https://cdapress.com/news/2025/sep/12/about-1000-people-attend-candlelight-vigil-for-charlie-kirk-at-mceuen-park/
LUFKIN DAILY NEWS
— Charlie Kirk remembered at vigil in Orem, Utah. If a vigil for Kirk was held in your county, township, and/or municipality, how many would attend?
https://lufkindailynews.com/ap_video/conservative-commentator-charlie-kirk-remembered-at-vigil-in-orem-utah/video_3ed6433d-1991-552a-a22e-b634c86aa06e.html
DAILY BEAST & FORWARD
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Kirk’s assassination to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jimmy-kimmel-tears-into-donald-trumps-charlie-kirk-response/
https://forward.com/news/768604/charlie-kirk-nazi-rhetoric-trump/
PBS & NEW YORKER
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly use Kirk’s assassination to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-charlie-kirk-helped-shape-a-conservative-force-for-a-new-generation
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/maga-reacts-to-the-assassination-of-charlie-kirk
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Charlie Kirk killer engraved chilling messages in the bullet
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/charlie-kirk-killer-engraved-chilling-messages-in-the-bullet-heres-what-we-know/articleshow/123846269.cms
TIMES OF INDIA
— ‘Sniper’s nest’: New pictures show Charlie Kirk’s shooter’s POV; key traces found
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/snipers-nest-new-pictures-show-charlie-kirks-shooters-pov-key-traces-found/articleshow/123846796.cms
— Viral post on Charlie Kirk’s death claims Tesla employee called him Hitler; Elon Musk responds
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/social/viral-post-on-charlie-kirks-death-claims-tesla-employee-called-him-hitler-elon-musk-responds/articleshow/123844413.cms
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September 8, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago federal intervention: Tracking surge in immigration enforcement operations
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-federal-intervention-latest-president-trumps-immigration-enforcement-possible-national-guard-deployment-live-updates/17758521/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-rally-today-faith-leaders-daley-plaza-ice-surge-trump-sending-federal-agents-area/17770221/
— ‘Midway Blitz’ honors victim killed by an illegal DUI driver in Illinois
https://abc7chicago.com/post/are-katie-abraham-chloe-polzin-dhs-immigration-operation-midway-blitz-chicago-honors-women-killed-urbana-dui-crash/17772393/
NBC5
— ‘Operation Midway Blitz’: Homeland Security, ICE warn of new operation in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/operation-midway-blitz-homeland-security-ice-warn-of-new-operation-in-chicago/3821080/
CBS2
— Chicago mayor says city “received no notice” ahead of Homeland Security’s “Operation Midway Blitz” announcement
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/operation-midway-blitz-chicago-ice-operations-immigration-crackdown/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-crackdown-chicago-operation-midway-blitz-activists-respond/
FOX32
— Evanston alerts residents to possible ICE activity as Trump admin ramps up enforcement
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/evanston-ice-trump
WGN9
— ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ honors memory of suburban woman killed in crash
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/operation-midway-blitz-honors-memory-of-suburban-woman-killed-in-crash/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration announces immigration surge to begin in Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/president-donald-trumps-administration-announces-immigration-surge-to-begin-in-chicago/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/chicago-social-media-campaign-trump/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/great-lakes-naval-ice-protest/
— Obama center construction tab reaches $615M as opening nears
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/obama-center-construction-615-million-opening-nears/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders say what to know about the potential National Guard deployment to Chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/chicago-national-guard-ice-trump-faq
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/08/trump-chicago-crime-pritzker-national-guard-ice-truth-social
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/08/how-chicago-doctors-are-encouraging-telehealth-during-the-expected-ice-surge
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/08/operation-midway-blitz-katie-abraham-illinois-dhs-kristi-noem-donald-trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/09/08/trumps-anti-immigration-ice-national-guard-latino-owned-businesses-amy-yee
— Justice Department’s civil rights boss takes on Illinois’ assault weapons ban
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/08/justice-department-civil-rights-chief-donald-trump-assault-weapons-ban-illinois-jb-pritzker
DAILY HERALD
— Conforti clarifies comment about immigrants’ rights
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250908/us-congress-politics/republican-candidate-clarifies-comment-about-immigrants-rights/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Naperville
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250908/submitted-content/naper-pride-fest-returns-for-fourth-year-with-live-music-and-food/
WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-new-chicago-immigration-campaign-prompts-confusion-as-city-braces-for-federal-intervention/
— Illinois voters have a clear choice for their future
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-illinois-voters-have-a-clear-choice-for-their-future/
WBEZ
— Trump launches long-promised Chicago deportation campaign, dubbed ‘Operation Midway Blitz’
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/09/08/trump-chicago-crime-pritzker-national-guard-ice-truth-social
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/09/08/what-parents-should-know-about-sending-kids-to-school-as-feds-scale-up-immigration-enforcement
STATELINE
— A new, temporary security fence erected around the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Friday has drawn attention amid reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are deploying soon to the Chicago area.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/ice-rockford-courthouse-security-fence/
CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois Republican State Central Committeeperson Jeanne Ives, who lives in Wheaton: THESE PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR MINDS! First, Wheaton is not a hotspot for illegals to reside. Even though we are the home of World Relief, that organization brings in bona fide refugees who have been vetted. Yes, Wheaton has several progressive Christian organizations that have bought into the “No one is Illegal” mantra, but there is not a lot of low-income housing or jobs available in the city. Second, Wheaton is one of the safest cities in Illinois precisely because our laws are enforced. These ingrates don’t appreciate that they are literally demanding that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement not enforce our national laws. It’s either that, or they think ICE is wrongly enforcing the laws. Which is it, organizers? And what exactly does “Harm to One is Harm to All” mean? Maybe the organizers should ask if the harm – murder of Katie Abraham and her friend Chloe Polzin – by an illegal alien in Champaign means harm to all. Why aren’t they focused on that? Or the harm illegals do by just simply flaunting our laws and expecting us to pick up the tab for everything. This particular rally in Wheaton, though, is just trying to get the Democrats riled up in the suburbs for political gain. They are looking to piggyback on all the attention Chicago is receiving about the threat of heightened ICE enforcement and possibly the National Guard coming to patrol the streets of the City. Ms. Ives is widely rumored to be on the short-list of potential running mates for Republican gubernatorial candidate Ted Dabrowski.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/08/two-takes-on-wheaton/
— Darren Bailey has decided to announce for governor
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/08/source-darren-bailey-has-decided-to-annouce-for-governor/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-377/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP AG candidate Joe Cervantez: IL’s triplex of Democrat statewide offices ‘fails the people’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_54b3bb73-3eb8-4ebd-bc7e-4ce0cab5bc30.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— ICE Announces Illinois “Operation Midway Blitz”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/08/ice-announces-illinois-operation-midway-blirz/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: Chicago needs federal intervention, but not National Guard
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-chicago-needs-federal-intervention-but-not-national-guard/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s gunboat diplomacy. Administration obliterates a small boat suspected of carrying drugs on the high seas.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/8/editorial-trumps-gunboat-diplomacy/
— IDs should be a nationwide voting requirement. Trump’s promised executive order will help restore election integrity.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/8/ids-nationwide-voting-requirement/
— Hyundai immigration raid shows perils of foreign investment on U.S. soil. American workers fired in favor of South Korean illegals.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/8/hyundai-immigration-raid-shows-perils-foreign-investment-us-soil/
AMERUICAN THINKER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/all_americans_are_rightly_disturbed.html
— So much for the myth that illegal aliens only take jobs Americans don’t want
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/so_much_for_the_myth_that_illegal_aliens_only_take_jobs_americans_don_t_want.html
BREITBART
— Rep. Mary Miller calls for end of pride month and replace it with Celebration of Family Month
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/08/exclusive-rep-mary-miller-calls-for-end-of-pride-mont-replace-with-celebration-of-family/
FEDERALIST
— Deporting Illegal Immigrants Is Not Enough
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/08/deporting-illegal-immigrants-is-not-enough/
NEWSMAX
— Homan: Zero Tolerance for Protesters Who Commit Violence Against ICE
https://www.newsmax.com/us/tom-homan-ice-protesters/2025/09/08/id/1225525/
TOWNHALL
— Trump Administration Just Launched ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ to Catch Illegal Immigrants in Chicago
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2025/09/08/trump-administration-launches-operation-midway-blitz-targeting-illegal-immigrants-in-chicago-n2662921
September 3, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago preparing for National Guard deployment, increased immigration enforcement. City updates website with protections for immigrant, refugee communities; organizations prepare for sweeps of homeless encampments. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-national-guard-preps-chicago-deployment-president-trump-positions-feds-north-suburbs-governor-jb-pritzker-says/17728426/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://abc7chicago.com/post/west-ridge-residents-push-back-former-chicago-police-officers-opening-dispensary-western-peterson/17734208/
— Conservative news network Newsmax files antitrust lawsuit against Fox News
https://abc7chicago.com/post/conservative-news-network-newsmax-files-antitrust-lawsuit-fox/17731898/
NBC5
— Trump says Pritzker ‘has to ask us’ for National Guard deployment to Chicago. Trump’s administration still plans to send additional federal assets to the city for immigration enforcement actions, with Pritzker saying those operations could begin this weekend. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-says-pritzker-has-to-ask-us-for-national-guard-deployment-to-chicago/3819199/
CBS2
— Communities in Chicago’s northern suburbs prepare for possible ICE surge. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/communities-chicago-northern-suburbs-possible-ice-surge/
WGN9
— Reported ICE activity at Chicago domestic violence courthouse sparks outrage and fear. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/reported-ice-activty-at-chicago-domestic-violence-courthouse-sparks-outrage-and-fear/
FOX32
— Vance visits Annunciation Church a week after mass shooting
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/jd-vance-minneapolis-visit-annunciation-shooting-sept-3-2025
WTTW
— Pritzker: Trump Plans to Send Texas National Guard, ‘Armed Military Personnel’ to Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/02/trump-plans-send-texas-national-guard-armed-military-personnel-chicago-pritzker
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker expecting federal ‘actions’ by weekend as local officials brace for 300 immigration agents. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/pritzker-federal-deployment-0903/
— North Chicago and Waukegan officials brace for 300 ICE agents at Naval Station Great Lakes. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/guard-ice-waukegan-north-chicago/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/veterans-resist-trump-orders/
— A federal appeals court in Chicago on Tuesday overturned a ruling by a lower court that found it unconstitutional for Illinois residents with concealed carry permits to be barred from carrying guns on public transportation. Criminals are overjoyed. Criminals vote for Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/federal-court-legal-ban-guns-cta-metra/
— Judge reverses Trump administration’s cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/trump-harvard-funding-cuts/
— National Republican movement visits Orland Park in push for stricter voting measures. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/orland-park-event-tighten-voter-requirements/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CTU calls for remote learning option for families amid looming immigration raids. The teachers union is ramping up efforts to inform parents and students about their rights, but members say the fear is palpable. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/09/03/ctu-remote-learning-immigration-raids
— Flash-bang grenades and early morning raids: How Trump is planning to target Chicago. Hundreds of federal agents are being sent to a suburban naval base from Los Angeles, where an immigration blitz spurred protests that pushed President Trump to call in the National Guard. Trump has since threatened to send the Guard to Chicago while promising a crime crackdown and immigration arrests. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/09/03/chicago-illinois-crime-immigration-ice-national-guard-donald-trump-jb-pritzker
— Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade to be held with precautions amid potential deportation campaign. Volunteers stationed along the parade, scheduled for Saturday, will carry radios, cellphones and whistles to quickly report any issues, its organizer told the Sun-Times. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/03/mexican-independence-parade-immigration-threats
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-history/2025/09/03/soldiers-in-chicago-history-national-guard-deployment-donald-trump
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250903/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-question-of-mission-trumps-insistence-on-sending-guard-here-is-plagued-b/
— Large July gathering at Glen Ellyn pool leads to another misdemeanor arrest
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250903/news/large-july-gathering-at-glen-ellyn-pool-leads-to-another-misdemeanor-arrest/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/public-safety/2025/09/03/chicago-crime-violence-o-block-oblock-parkway-gardens-donald-trump-national-guard
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicagocrusader.com/ramirez-duckworth-durbin-il-delegation-members-demand-trump-stop-the-politically-motivated-unlawful-deployment-of-military-personnel-in-chicago/
WREX
— Illinois elections board refuses to give DOJ sensitive voter data. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.wrex.com/news/illinois-news/illinois-elections-board-refuses-to-give-doj-sensitive-voter-data/article_a23ab994-348c-48ba-ab52-9c803f640b6c.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker says Trump trying to set a legal trap by demanding the governor call him
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/03/pritzker-says-trump-trying-to-set-a-legal-trap-by-demanding-the-governor-call-him/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-374/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Only Citizens Vote Bus Tour Hits the Midwest. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/weyermuller-only-citizens-vote-bus-tour-hits-the-midwest.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Brandon Johnson: America’s least-popular mayor. Black, Hispanic Chicagoans like ICE agents more than they like Brandon Johnson. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/3/brandon-johnson-americas-least-popular-mayor/
NEW YORK POST
— Pirro rips Pritzker after bloody Labor day weekend in Chicago — ‘He should be ashamed of himself’
https://nypost.com/2025/09/02/media/pirro-calls-out-pritzker-after-deadly-weekend-in-chicago-he-should-be-ashamed-of-himself/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Alphabet news agencies proving wokeness is alive and well.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/alphabet_news_agencies_proving_wokeness_is_alive_and_well.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illinois Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton is advising illegal aliens on how to evade immigration enforcement and lawyer up. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/03/illinois-lt-governor-is-advising-illegal-aliens-on-how-to-evade-immigration-enforcement-and-lawyer-up-1582067/
BREITBART
— Trump’s DHS Secures Deals with More than 900 Police Departments to Help Arrest Criminal Illegal Aliens. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/03/trumps-dhs-secures-deals-more-than-900-police-deptartments-help-arrest-criminal-illegal-aliens/
— H-1B Visa Program Is ‘Kneecapping White Collar Workers’ Across America. If there had been as many H-1B visa holders when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/03/sen-eric-schmitt-h-1b-visa-program-kneecapping-white-collar-workers-across-america/
DAILY CALLER
— Johnson demands that Trump push gun control. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/03/brandon-johnson-issues-absurd-demand-to-trump-about-second-amendment/
EPOCH TIMES
— Largest Seizure of Fentanyl, Meth Precursors From China. The drugs would have made hundreds of thousands of pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of half a billion dollars.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/us-announces-largest-seizure-of-chinese-fentanyl-meth-precursors-5909765
NEWSMAX
— Appeals Court OKs Illinois Ban on Carrying Guns on Mass Transit
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/guns-mass-transit-concealed-carry/2025/09/03/id/1224973/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Pritzker: Trump Staging Texas National Guard To Do “Terror And Cruelty” In Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/09/03/illinois_gov_pritzker_trump_is_planning_to___texas_national_guard_to_chicago.html
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Which countries will side with China against America in WWIII?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/3/china-reclaims-allied-role-world-war-iis-victory/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Vance says ‘no immediate’ plans to send National Guard to Chicago
https://www.wjbf.com/hill-politics/vance-says-no-immediate-plans-to-send-national-guard-to-chicago/amp/
CBS NEWS
— Vance says “no immediate plans” for Trump to send National Guard to Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vance-chicago-national-guard-no-immediate-plans-trump/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— China Flaunts Military Might With Lavish Parade—and Sends Warning to Washington. Which countries will side with China against America in WWIII?
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-military-parade-message-ff1a13ef
— What We Know About America’s Billionaires: 1,135 and Counting
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/what-we-know-about-americas-billionaires-1-135-and-counting-98d22268
September 2, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump says he’s sending National Guard to Chicago, pointing to violent holiday weekend
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-city-braces-potential-surge-operations-could-begin-tuesday/17718920/
NBC5
— Pritzker ‘deeply concerned’ about ICE targeting Mexican Independence Day events
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-deeply-concerned-about-ice-targeting-mexican-independence-day-events/3818582/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump-dispels-death-rumors-amid-mounting-health-concerns/3818523/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather and for everything else that is bad
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-climate-education-hub-teachers-head-start/
WGN TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/pritzker-opposes-trump-national-guard-illinois/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national-guard-chicago-residents-reax
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago’s gunmen did not get Pritzker and Johnson’s memo. A violent Labor Day weekend brings a dose of lived reality to Chicago.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/editorial-chicagos-gunmen-did-not-get-pritzker-and-johnsons-memo/
— Trump reiterates vow that ‘we’re going in’ to Chicago but won’t say when
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/president-trump-reiterates-guard-chicago-threat-timing-unclear/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/outdoor-cannabis-cultivation-illinois/
— Naperville makes more ranking lists, including one for most ‘underrated’ cities in Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/naperville-rankings-underrated-worst-drivers-cities-list/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration targets Illinois in-state tuition for illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/02/trump-administration-illinois-in-state-tuition-immigrant-students-lacking-legal-status
— CTA, Metra ban on concealed guns upheld by federal appeals court. A Downstate judge’s ruling that the Illinois ban is unconstitutional was reversed. Democrat leaders and criminals are overjoyed.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/09/02/banning-concealed-carry-weapons-on-cta-metra-does-not-violate-second-amendment-appellate-court-rules
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/02/donald-trump-federal-intervention-chicago-baltimore
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/09/02/donald-trump-chicago-most-dangerous-city-world-social-media-post
DAILY HERALD
— Wilmette’s Dabrowski preparing gubernatorial campaign
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250902/illinois-state-politics/wilmettes-dabrowski-preparing-gubernatorial-campaign/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/greg-hinz-trumps-law-and-order-show-comes-chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-says-hell-send-federal-agents-chicago-despite-pushback
WGN RADIO
— Over 50 shot this weekend, but we don’t need help
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-over-50-shot-this-weekend-but-we-dont-need-help/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/pentagon-authorizes-up-to-600-military-lawyers-to-serve-as-temporary-immigration-judges/article_03b4ac48-015e-59f1-b20c-a16e5b2483b6.html
25 NEWS NOW
— Illinois Republicans invite President Trump to Chicago
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/09/02/illinois-republicans-invite-president-trump-chicago/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While Democrats in Illinois are sounding the alarm on President Donald Trump’s plan to bring troops to Chicago, a Republican group agrees with his efforts to make the streets safer. The Illinois Freedom Caucus held a safety press conference this morning to express their support for President Trump’s efforts. Many of them criticized democrats for opposing federal government support to help reduce crime. This comes after a violent Labor Day weekend in Chicago, when 59 people were shot, and eight people were killed. Republican State Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills) questioned Democratic leaders as to why they think sending troops is a real threat to communities in Chicago. “I can’t believe that we’re talking about why it is threatening to increase public safety in these communities. To me, it is a public safety issue that can be addressed. It has been addressed successfully in D.C., let’s bring it to Illinois, and the true threat is to the politicians who have failed the mothers and the families are calling for it,” said McLaughlin. There have been more than 300 homicides this year alone in Chicago, but the city has seen a slow, downward trend in recent years.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders complain about Trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/news/2025-09-02/some-illinois-veterans-concerned-about-president-trumps-moves-with-the-national-guard-first-listen
— Trump administration blocks partisan groups from voter registration at naturalization events
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-09-02/trump-administration-blocks-groups-from-voter-registration-at-naturalization-events
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-09-02/as-trump-declares-were-going-in-pritzker-says-terror-and-cruelty-is-the-point
CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicagoreader.com/columns-opinion/opinion/police-ice-agents-safety/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-373/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago residents: ‘We need help’ from feds to fight crime
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e49af2f4-213b-4c3a-8dd9-59cb6ca490c1.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump upends flow of money migrants send home
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/2/donald-trump-upends-flow-money-migrants-send-home/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— America’s hyperpoliticized teachers unions
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3789835/america-hyperpoliticized-teachers-unions-democratic-causes/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://nypost.com/2025/09/01/opinion/marijuanas-federal-legal-status-needs-to-change-but-not-to-the-free-for-all-advocates-crave/
BREITBART
— Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez Rips Mayor, Governor for Blocking Trump: ‘How Many Victims Are We Comfortable With?’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/09/02/chicago-alderman-rips-mayor-governor-for-blocking-trump-how-many-victims-are-we-comfortable-with/
— The World Runs on America’s Consumption
https://link.breitbart.com/view/5d13d86afc942d626ccc80b7on7q7.1gv5/71b44a4a
DOJ
— Justice Department Files Complaint Challenging Illinois Laws Providing In-State Tuition and Scholarships for Illegal Aliens
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-challenging-illinois-laws-providing-state-tuition-and
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Admin Sues Illinois For Giving In-State Tuition, Scholarships To Illegals
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/02/trump-admin-sues-illinois-in-state-tuition-scholarships-illegals/
FEDERALIST
— Trump Admin Is Eradicating Racism From College Admissions, And The Left Hates It
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/02/trump-admin-is-eradicating-racism-from-college-admissions-and-the-left-hates-it/
NEWSMAX
— Trump: Bring Back Insane Asylums, House Mentally Ill
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mentally-ill-insane-asylums-donald-trump/2025/09/01/id/1224673/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WASHINGTON POST
— At an ICE career expo, thousands line up to ‘defend the homeland’ An ex-Marine, a former professional MMA fighter, a retired officer: Meet the people angling to join ICE and carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/09/02/ice-officers-hiring-trump-immigration/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: So far, the Department of Homeland Security said it has received more than 130,000 applications, and if the hiring fair in this community wedged between Dallas and Fort Worth offers any indication, plenty of people are eager to sign up. Despite polls showing that growing numbers of Americans disapprove of Trump’s aggressive tactics and images of masked ICE agents whisking immigrants off the streets, 3,000 applicants showed up to submit résumés at last week’s career expo, drawn in part by the president’s call to serve and the promise of a signing bonus of up to $50,000 for top recruits. . .The agency has lifted age caps for applicants and encouraged retired law enforcement officers to rejoin the ranks. The age cap for deportation officers — the role ICE was primarily recruiting for in Texas — used to be 40.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— More Fentanyl Shows Up in Random Workplace Tests
https://www.wsj.com/business/fentanyl-work-drug-test-increase-0f0b1eff
SPLC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more voter fraud
https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/splc-denounces-trump-threat-limit-voting-access/
August 27, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Minneapolis shooting: 8-year-old and 10-year-old killed, 17 others hurt at Catholic school
https://abc7chicago.com/post/shooting-reported-catholic-school-minneapolis-governor-says/17662514/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The shooter died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, O’Hara said. The FBI identified the shooter as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who was born Robert Westman. Driver’s license information reviewed by ABC News described Westman as a female, born on June 17, 2002. A name change application for a minor born on the same date, June 17, 2002, was approved by a district court in Minnesota in 2020, changing the name of a Robert Westman to Robin Westman, explaining the minor child “identifies as a female and wants her name to reflect that identification.” . . . Frey stressed at a second news conference, “Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community, or any other community out there, has lost their sense of common humanity. We should not be operating out of a place of hate.”)
— Chicago Democrat leaders get Chicago Latino leaders to push back against Trump plans to send National Guard to city
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-latino-leaders-push-back-president-donald-trump-plans-potential-national-guard-deployment-city/17660651/
NBC5
— What we know about what happened in Minneapolis school shooting
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-we-know-about-what-happened-in-minneapolis-school-shooting/3816000/
CBS2
— Minneapolis Catholic school shooting leaves 2 children dead, 17 people injured
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/south-minneapolis-incident-august-27-2025/
WGN9
— FBI investigating Minnesota school shooting as hate crime against Catholics
https://wgntv.com/news/national/fbi-investigating-minnesota-school-shooting-as-hate-crime-against-catholics/
FOX32
— Chicago businessman Willie Wilson urged Trump to deploy the National Guard to the city, saying leaders have failed to stop violence. Pritzker, Johnson, and others strongly oppose Trump’s threat, calling it political and dangerous.
Despite reported drops in murders and robberies, Wilson says communities remain under siege.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/wilson-trump-national-guard-chicago
— Annunciation Church shooting: What’s known about suspect Robin Westman
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/annunciation-school-shooting-minneapolis-minnesota-suspect-shooter
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The shooter has been identified as Robin Westman. FOX 9 has confirmed Westman’s mother previously worked at Annunciation. A Facebook post from the school says she left the school in 2021. The shooter’s mother also applied to change her child’s name from Robert to Robin in Dakota County in 2019, according to court documents obtained by FOX 9. According to the name change filing, Westman identified “as a female and wants her name to reflect that identification.”)
— Oak Park-River Forest High School removed the exterior doors from some of its bathrooms. Officials said it was aimed at preventing “inappropriate behaviors” like vaping, fighting, and skipping class. An online petition was started by students in opposition to the move to demand the doors be put back.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/oak-park-river-forest-high-school-bathrooms
— 81% of Americans see crime as ‘major problem’ in big cities
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ap-norc-crime-poll-trump-takeover
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican US Senate hopeful Don Tracy lends $2M to his campaign fund
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/republican-us-senate-hopeful-don-tracy-lends-2m-to-his-campaign-fund/
— ‘Our president is listening’: Handful of Black MAGA activists in Chicago catch Trump’s eye
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/black-maga-activists-chicago-catch-trumps-eye/
— Cardinal Blase Cupich calls on those in power to make safety a ‘national priority’ after Minneapolis Catholic school shooting
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/cardinal-blase-cupich-comments-after-minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting/
— What to know about the shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the shooter — armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol — approached the side of the church and shot through the windows toward the children inside before dying by suicide. He said the shooter, 23-year-old Robin Westman, did not have an extensive known criminal history, acted alone and had legally purchased the weapons recently. O’Hara said authorities are aware of a video showing writings that the shooter had timed to be released on YouTube. The content has been taken down and is under review as investigators try to determine a motive, the police chief said. Federal officials referred to Westman as transgender, and the mayor decried hatred being directed at “our transgender community.” Westman’s gender identity wasn’t clear. In 2020, a judge approved a petition, signed by Westman’s mother, asking for a name change from Robert to Robin, saying the petitioner “identifies as a female and wants her name to reflect that identification.”)
— CDC director Susan Monarez is out after less than one month on the job. It took almost 18 years for my Democrat GAO superiors to oust me. They would have ousted me much sooner if I had not a) earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt before I transferred from IRS to GAO and if I had not b) earned a master’s degree in accounting, c) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, d) became a licensed CPA, e) earned four more job-related professional certifications, and f) earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading after I transferred.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/cdc-director-susan-monarez-out/
— Who and what will Democrat leaders blame for the Minneapolis shootings?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/editorial-annunciation-shooting-school-children-robin-westman/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Willie Wilson urges Trump to send National Guard to Chicago: ‘I welcome it’ The former mayoral candidate insisted that a military intervention could help curb violence, while invoking the killing of his son in the south suburbs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/27/willie-wilson-trump-national-guard
DAILY HERALD
— Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250827/nation-and-world-politics/trump-extends-control-over-washington-by-taking-management-of-union-station-away-from-amtrak/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— GOP’s Tracy drops $2 million into race to fill Durbin’s Senate seat
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/gops-tracy-drops-2m-race-fill-durbins-senate-seat
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/08/27/dispensary-could-open-near-wrigley-field-but-issues-persist-for-social-equality-firm-behind-plans/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-371/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE GOP
— 2026 Primary Candidate Petitions
https://dupagegop.com/primary-candidate-petitions/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago Mayor Claims ‘Affordable Housing’ is the Key to Reducing Crime in Awkward MSNBC Interview
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/chicago-mayor-claims-affordable-housing-is-the-key-to-reducing-crime-in-awkward-msnbc-interview.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Minneapolis school shooter ID’d as trans woman Robin Westman — as apparent manifesto included ‘kill Trump’
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/minneapolis-catholic-school-gunman-idd-as-robin-westman-while-possible-manifesto-shows-psychotic-obsession-with-mass-shooters/
— Trans Minneapolis shooter Robin Westman mused about slaughtering ‘filthy Zionist Jews’ in sick journal before deadly Catholic school massacre
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/robin-westman-mused-about-slaughtering-filthy-zionist-jews-in-sick-journal-before-deadly-catholic-school-shooting/
— Chicago pastor Corey Brooks says Dems are ‘outright lying’ about crime, calls on Trump to send National Guard
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/media/chicago-pastor-corey-brooks-says-dems-are-outright-lying-about-crime-calls-on-trump-to-send-national-guard/
FOX NEWS
— The Left wants no part of the effort to make our country safe and secure. Hannity tears into Democrats proving to be on the ‘wrong side’ of crime plaguing American cities.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377478268112
— US northern border smuggling creates ‘shopping grounds’ for migrants to sanctuary communities. Smugglers are adapting routes and targeting sanctuary cities for maximum benefits.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-northern-border-smuggling-creates-shopping-grounds-migrants-sanctuary-communities-attorney
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Two Children Killed in Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting. The FBI identified the shooter as Robin Westman, who died at the scene.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/minnesota-school-shooting-annunciation-catholic-minneapolis-281597d5
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The shooting was being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism and as a hate crime against Catholics, according to FBI Director Kash Patel. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that the suspect wrote: “For the Children,” “Where is your God?” and “Kill Donald Trump” on rifle magazines. . .President Trump was briefed about the incident and had spoken with Gov. Walz. “The White House will continue to monitor this terrible situation,” the president said in a post on Truth Social. Trump proclaimed that the U.S. flag will be flown at half-staff at the White House until Saturday night as a mark of respect for the victims.)
August 26, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders get gun violence survivors to slam Trump’s talk of deploying National Guard in Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/gun-violence-survivors-trump-national-guard-chicago/
— Gun-related arrests at Naperville Topgolf now top 15 for the year
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/26/gun-arrests-charges-naperville-topgolf/
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County clerk a no-show for budget presentation
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250826/news/dupage-county-clerk-a-no-show-for-budget-presentation/
— DuPage County will spend up to $147K to retain Springfield lobbyists
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250826/news/dupage-county-will-spend-up-to-147k-to-retain-springfield-lobbyists/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The county will pay Marquardt & Humes Inc., no more than $94,500 for one year of lobbying work through Sept. 14, 2026. The firm’s lobbying team includes Scott Marquardt, who began his career as a prosecutor in the DuPage state’s attorney’s office, and John “Chip” Humes, who’s also a co-owner of the Humes Funeral Home in Addison. Though the political makeup of the county board has changed over the years, officials continued using Roger C. Marquardt & Co. as a state-level lobbyist. In 2024, Scott Marquardt and Humes solidified their business partnership, forming Marquardt & Humes, according to a firm overview. The county also will pay Raucci & Sullivan Strategies no more than $52,500 for one year of lobbying services through August 2026. Former Republican state Sen. Dave Sullivan is the firm’s president. Marc Poulos, who was a member of Gov. JB Pritzker’s transition team, also is part of the firm. Marquardt & Humes are “continuing our strong advocacy on behalf of DuPage County regarding ongoing transit negotiations,” Humes wrote in a letter to officials in July.)
— Arlington Heights residents, officials divided on criminalizing homeless behavior — but proposal moves forward
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250825/local-politics/arlington-heights-residents-officials-divided-on-criminalizing-homeless-behavior/
— Embattled Fed Gov. Lisa Cook says she’ll sue Trump to keep her job. So far, by forcing me to retire, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250826/nation-and-world-politics/embattled-fed-gov-lisa-cook-says-shell-sue-trump-to-keep-her-job/
ABC7
— DOJ demands Illinois voter personal information by Sept. 1
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-justice-department-demands-illinois-voter-personal-information-sept-1/17655103/
— Democrat leaders get Chicago gun violence survivors speak out against President Trump’s National Guard plans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trumps-threat-send-national-guard-chicago-raises-legal-questions/17651164/
— Fed Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook says she’s staying on the job despite Trump saying he fired her. So far, by forcing me to retire, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from coming to work.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lisa-cook-says-shes-staying-job-federal-reserve-board-governor-despite-trump-announcing-he-removed-position/17653963/
NBC5
— Trump says he wants death penalty for murderers in D.C.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-federal-reserve-redistrcting-immigration-august-26-2025-live-updates/3815040/
FOX32
— 3 Illinois colleges named among top 50 in U.S. according to Forbes. University of Chicago is 13, Northwestern University is 16, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is 38, UIC is 108, Wheaton College is 159, IIT is 171, DePaul is 208, Loyola is 242, NIU is 379.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/forbes-best-colleges-illinois-2025
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders get Gun violence survivors to say that federal troops will not make Chicago safer.
https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2025/08/26/gun-violence-survivors-say-federal-troops-will-not-make-chicago-safer-resources-will
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago doesn’t have to choose between jobs and health. My father worked in a nasty polluting chemical plant in the northeast side of Chicago Heights for 28 years before he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/hazel-johnson-ordinance-would-help-all-chicago-opinion
WAND TV
— Trump saying 600,000 Chinese students could come to the US draws MAGA backlash. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But if they could have admitted Chinese students instead of me, they would have.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-saying-600-000-chinese-students-could-come-to-the-us-draws-maga-backlash/article_cad6e3c7-dcf6-5ac9-ae08-3f0f23f86adc.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-370/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker unveils Illinois LGBTQ hotline amid debate over transgender athletes. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b71754be-a7d0-4d0a-aa85-c8a8ba200cdf.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Shariah: Coming to a city near you? Mamdani’s ‘intifada’ stance warns of trouble ahead.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/26/shariah-coming-city-near/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The National Academies are politically corrupted
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3781102/the-national-academies-are-politically-corrupted/
— The GOP’s unfair election advantage: Good governance
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3782858/unfair-gop-election-advantage-good-governance/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/dc-faith-leaders-demand-ice-stop-using-church-parking-lots.html
DAILY CALLER
— Illinois Law Forces Universities To Dispense Abortion Pills On Campus
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/26/blue-state-law-forces-universities-to-dispense-abortion-pills-on-campus/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago residents plead for Trump’s help as ‘out of control’ crime leads to another bloody weekend. Boy, 5, among six reportedly killed in weekend shootings across Chicago. How has Chicago crime impacted you? The theft of my 1969 Dodge Charger SE while I worked for IRS in Chicago in 1971 had a big negative impact on me. The theft of my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air while I worked for IRS in Chicago in 1973 had a big negative impact on me.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/blue-city-residents-plead-trumps-help-out-control-crime-leads-another-bloody-weekend
— White House accuses Pritzker, Illinois Dems of whining while Chicago crime rages.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-accuses-pritzker-illinois-dems-whining-while-chicago-crime-rages
NEWSMAX
— Trump’s Immigration Push Tests ICE Workforce. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who the Democrats who ran GAO hired. By the time they succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1980, I was one of the last Republican GAO employees. Republican Gingrich’s dramatic gutting of GAO while I worked for GAO 1980-1997 not only demoralized and devastated GAO employees, it made Democrat GAO employees hate Republican GAO employees. I should write about that.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-ice-migrant/2025/08/26/id/1223938/
— No Illegals Entered US for 3 Straight Months
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/kristi-noem-immigration-cabinet/2025/08/26/id/1224019/
REAL CLEAR INVESTIGATIONS
— Illinois Democrat Leaders Push Democrat Chicago to the Verge of Fiscal Collapse
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/2025/08/26/illinois_pushes_chicago_to_the_verge_of_fiscal_collapse_1130906.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump faces MAGA backlash for saying he’ll let 600,000 Chinese students into US. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But if they could have admitted Chinese students instead of me, they would have.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/dc-faith-leaders-demand-ice-stop-using-church-parking-lots.html
CBS NEWS
— U.S. to resume “neighborhood checks” for citizenship applications as part of Trump push to heavily vet immigrants
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/neighborhood-checks-citizenship-applications/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Men Suing Over Their Partners’ Abortions. The antiabortion movement is encouraging partners and ex-partners who say they were harmed by abortions of their unborn children.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/the-men-suing-over-their-partners-abortions-b2e7a9ce
TRUTHDIG
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Far too many Democrat plants and RINOs become Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC) and become leaders of Republican township, county, and state party organizations to get the Republican Party to strike its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in its platform, that is, to destroy the Republican Party. These Democrat plants and RINOs focus on driving platform Republicans like me out of the party. I should write about them and the adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 1999. In 2000, they got one of their own to run against me for RPC. In 2004, they rudely fired me as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster and rudely defeated me 69 to 13 when I ran for MTRO Treasurer. In 2006, they almost got the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. In 2007, they got ICRC to rudely throw me off its Steering Committee. In 2010, they again rudely fired me as MTRO webmaster. In 2012, they got TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois to rudely end my chairmanship. In 2015, they rudely gerrymandered my precinct. In 2021, they rudely ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. In 2024, the rudely ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/how-to-infiltrate-your-local-democratic-headquarters/
REALTOR.COM
— Wheaton Is One of the Hottest ZIP Codes in Illinois-Here’s Why
https://www.lmtonline.com/realestate/article/wheaton-is-one-of-the-hottest-zip-codes-in-20889403.php
August 10, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 27 shot, 5 fatally, in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-10-shot-2-fatally-gun-violence-city-police-department-says/17483197/
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-welcomed-saint-sabina-church-chicago-mark-1-week-illinois-protesting-redistricting/17494831/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/abortion-laws-what-know-how-donald-trumps-judicial-picks-could-reshape-rights-decades/17493499/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/will-gov-jb-pritzker-run-for-president-in-2028-governor-addresses-speculation/3807572/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander to favor minorities
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/rainbow-push-coalition-texas-democrats-republican-redistricting-protest/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://wgntv.com/news/texas-democrats-find-support-at-st-sabina-church-amid-redistricting-battle/
— I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/from-homework-help-to-career-prep-where-can-students-get-free-tutoring-in-chicago/
FOX32
— Pot pushers ever-increasingly push Trump to push pot
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-considers-reclassifying-marijuana-less-dangerous-drug-report
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/10/jb-pritzker-wont-rule-out-2028-presidential-bid-meet-press/
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/pritzker-trump-abbott-cheating-texas-gerrymandering-1235404675/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/10/texas-democrats-gop-redistricting-illinois
DAILY HERALD
— Texas governor promises to keep redistricting fight going for years
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250810/nation-and-world/texas-governor-promises-to-keep-redistricting-fight-going-for-years/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/jb-pritzker-wont-rule-out-presidential-run
FOX RADIO
— My critics/opponents despise/hate unions. I was a union member for almost 12 years.
https://wgnradio.com/the-workers-mic/the-workers-mic-08-10-25-the-workers-mic-talk-about-the-updated-requirments-for-ice-recruitment/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump vows crackdown on crime in D.C., orders homeless to leave capital immediately.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-vows-crackdown-on-crime-in-dc-orders-homeless-to-leave-capital-immediately-news-conference-doge-carjacking-task-force-doug-burgum-interior-secretary-citywide-curfew-juveniles-karoline-leavitt-zones
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Vance says Republican redistricting efforts remedy Democratic gerrymandering in blue states
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/10/vance-says-republican-redistricting-efforts-remedy-democratic/
— Texas launches full legal assault on runaway Democrats blocking redistricting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/10/texas-launches-full-legal-assault-runaway-democrats-blocking/
— Pritzker calls runaway Texas Democrats ‘heroes,’ vows to provide ‘safe haven’ in Illinois
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/10/jb-pritzker-calls-runaway-texas-democrats-heroes-vows-provide-safe/
— Why Americans aren’t having children. Careers and consumerism can’t bring fulfillment.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/10/americans-arent-children/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker rips ‘joke’ Abbott on Texas redistricting for ‘licking the boots’ of Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3495748/jb-pritzker-greg-abbott-texas-illinois-redistricting/
NEW YORK POST
— Pritzker hits back at Mamdani for declaring billionaires shouldn’t exist.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/10/us-news/illinois-gov-pritzker-rips-mamdani-for-attacking-billionaires/
— Trump vows to push homeless people out of DC, jail criminals: ‘We want our Capital BACK’
https://nypost.com/2025/08/10/us-news/trump-vows-to-push-homeless-people-out-of-dc-and-get-our-capital-back/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘You’re Using The Same Tactics’: Pritzker Ducks Question When Pressed On Illinois Gerrymandering Hypocrisy
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/10/youre-using-the-same-tactics-jb-pritzker-ducks-question-when-pressed-on-illinois-gerrymandering-hypocrisy/
DAILY SIGNAL
— When Liberals Say What They Really Think of Illegal Immigrants. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/10/condescension-when-liberals-say-what-they-really-think-illegal-immigrants/
PJ MEDIA
— Obama’s Rise to Power Was Engineered by Gerrymandering
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/08/10/barack-obama-owes-his-entire-political-career-to-gerrymandering-n4942578
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Vance: Blue States Have Already Maxed Out Advantage With Gerrymandering, Counting Illegals In Census
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/10/vance_blue_states_have_already_maxed_out_advantage_by_gerrymandering_districts_counting_illegals_in_census.html
— Pritzker is asked: How Do You Preserve Democracy If Illinois Uses The Same Tactics You’re Criticizing Texas Republicans For?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/10/pritzker_texas_republicans_whittling_away_democray_to_lick_trumps_boots.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The more protected groups that citizens of foreign countries are a member of, the more that Democrat leaders invite them to falsely claim asylum. Those Democrat leaders should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5444217-salvadoran-woman-denied-asylum/
CBS NEWS
— Trump says homeless should leave D.C. “IMMEDIATELY” — after floating federal takeover of capital
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-homeless-should-leave-d-c-immediately-after-floating-federal-takeover-of-capital/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat candidates win because of Democrat gerrymandering.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/us/politics/fighting-fire-with-fire-democrats-on-defense-as-texas-redistricting-looms.html
WASHINGTON POST
— FBI moves to dispatch 120 agents to D.C. streets as Trump vows crackdown on crime. The Trump administration has assigned FBI agents to work overnight shifts to combat carjackings and other crimes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/10/dc-crime-trump-crackdown/
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Ramirez
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dhs-stoops-to-new-low-in-racist-attack-on-democratic-lawmaker/ar-AA1JXpkL
NPR
— Democrat leaders encourage citizens of foreign countries to falsely claim asylum in America. Those Democrat leaders should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://www.wypr.org/2025-08-10/asylum-seekers-thought-they-were-following-the-rules-now-some-are-told-to-start-over
POLITICO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/10/democrats-pritzker-republicans-redistricting-gerrymandering-00501739
ROLLING STONE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/pritzker-trump-abbott-cheating-texas-gerrymandering-1235404675/
August 8, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Noem accuses IL leaders of being ‘obstructionist’ in Chicago area visit
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-chicago-friday-speak-immigration/17470258/
— U.S. Sen. John Cornyn says FBI Director Kash Patel has approved a request for the FBI to assist Texas law enforcement in locating Texas House Democrats, many of whom came to Illinois.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-senator-john-cornyn-says-fbi-director-kash-patel-agreed-assist-finding-democrats-left-illinois/17461889/
NBC5
— Noem slams ‘sanctuary policies’ during Illinois visit. During a visit to Lombard Friday, Noem criticized both Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, saying they’re not cooperating with ICE.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-slams-sanctuary-policies-during-illinois-visit/3806766/
CBS2
— Noem touts ICE arrests in west suburbs, protest held outside
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-in-chicago/
FOX32
— Demonstrators protest DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Chicago visit
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/demonstrators-protest-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-chicago-visit
WTTW
— Homeland Security Head Noem Criticizes Pritzker, Johnson in Illinois Visit While Local Officials Brand Her a ‘Liar’
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/08/homeland-security-head-noem-criticizes-pritzker-johnson-illinois-visit-while-local
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Texas Republicans ask Illinois court to order arrest of House Democrats who fled state as part of remap battle
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/08/texas-republicans-illinois-court-enforce-arrest-warrants/
— Noem blasts Pritzker, Johnson during Chicago-area visit
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/08/kristi-noem-chicago-visit/
— Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/08/texas-partisan-gerrymandering-is-it-legal/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Noem highlights Illinois immigrant arrests, as Dems defend state’s legal sanctuary policies. Standing in front of a cache of fentanyl, guns and cash that were recently recovered in Illinois, Noem came to west suburban Lombard and briefly highlighted the arrests made by federal agents, “without the help of the governor or the mayor.” Noem did not say whether the men had been deported.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/08/08/dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-illinois-arrests-sanctuary-policies-juliana-stratton
DAILY HERALD
— Noem calls Pritzker ‘obstructionist’ on immigration enforcement at Lombard news conference
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250808/news/dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-calls-pritzker-obstructionist-on-immigration-enforcement-at-lombard-news/
— Democrat leaders use reports of bomb threats against Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250808/crime/second-bomb-threat-at-st-charles-conference-center-where-texas-democrats-stayed/
— Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250807/nation-and-world-politics/pritzker-fbi-cant-arrest-texas-lawmakers-sheltering-in-illinois/
ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://dceo.illinois.gov/oe3/cannabisequity/cannabis-social-equity-r3.html
https://dceo.illinois.gov/oe3/cannabisequity.html
DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation or their illegals.
https://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/casten-blasts-dhs-secretary-noems-visit-chicago-discuss-border-security-worst
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-358/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Newsom vows to ‘nullify’ Texas with 5 more Democratic seats in California
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/8/gov-gavin-newsom-vows-nullify-texas-5-democratic-seats-california/
— Trump removes IRS commissioner Billy Long, appoints him Iceland ambassador
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/8/trump-removes-irs-commissioner-billy-long-appoints-iceland-ambassador/
— Ivy League forced to drop left-wing indoctrination under federal pressure
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/8/editorial-ivy-league-forced-drop-left-wing-indoctrination-federal/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago police refused to turn over 92% of illegal immigrants to ICE under Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3494647/chicago-illegal-immigrants-noem-police-ice-sanctuary-city/
AMAC
— Dems’ Foreign Loyalties Expose ‘America Last’ Agenda
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/dems-foreign-loyalties-expose-america-last-agenda/
BLAZE
— Expel Delia Ramirez — and enforce the oath of office
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/expel-delia-ramirez-and-enforce-the-oath-of-office
— Loyalty to the United States is non-negotiable for Congress members
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/loyalty-to-the-united-states-is-non-negotiable-for-congress-members
BREITBART
— Durbin on if IL Is Gerrymandered: We Had a ‘Partisan’ Process for Drawing Our Maps. Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/08/08/durbin-on-if-il-is-gerrymandered-we-had-a-partisan-process-for-drawing-our-maps/
— Noem: Sanctuary Democrats IL Gov. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Johnson ‘Choosing Criminals’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/08/kristi-noem-sanctuary-democrats-il-gov-pritzker-chicago-mayor-johnson-choosing-criminals/
DAILY SIGNAL
— DHS Chief Accuses Illinois Governor, Chicago Mayor of ‘Ignoring the Law’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/08/dhs-chief-accuses-illinois-governor-chicago-mayor-of-ignoring-the-law/
FEDERALIST
— Mass Immigration, Legal Or Illegal, Is Incompatible With National Survival
https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/08/mass-immigration-legal-or-illegal-is-incompatible-with-national-survival/
FOX NEWS
— Cuban-born congressman calls for ‘Squad’ member’s removal over ‘Guatemalan before American’ remark. ‘I have and will continue to use my voice, my heritage, and my experience to defend everyone in America, our Constitution, and our rights,’ Ramirez responded.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-who-fled-communism-seeks-squad-members-ouster-guatemalan-first-before-american-comments
— Noem, in Illinois, calls out Pritzker and Johnson over their handling of criminal illegal immigrants. Noem says they are ‘being obstructionist’ on criminal illegal immigrants.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-illinois-calls-out-gov-pritzker-chicagos-mayor-over-handling-criminal-illegal-immigrants
— Texas asks Illinois court to enforce arrest warrants for Democratic lawmakers
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-asks-illinois-court-enforce-arrest-warrants-democratic-lawmakers
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders use reports of bomb threats against Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5443451-texas-democrats-hotel-bomb-threat/
CNN
— GOP lawmaker pushes to strip Democrat of committee assignment after saying she’s ‘a proud Guatemalan before I am an American’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/politics/gimenez-resolution-strip-ramirez-homeland-security-committee-house
— Texas AG sues to remove Democratic lawmakers who remain absent from legislature. Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/texas-democrats-redistricting-house-quorum-08-08-25
— Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/politics/gerrymandering-texas-house-outcomes
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Is Removing I.R.S. Chief 2 Months After He Was Confirmed
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/politics/trump-billy-long-irs-commissioner.html
— Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/us/texas-redistricting.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/us/politics/congressional-gerrymandering-redistricting-game.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/08/redistricting-gerrymandering-voters-representation-elections-texas/e0c75080-747f-11f0-84e0-485bb531abeb_story.html
FLORIDA POLITICS
— ‘Unacceptable’: Carlos Giménez moves to boot Dem from Homeland Security Committee over loyalty remark
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/750848-unacceptable-carlos-gimenez-moves-to-boot-dem-from-homeland-security-committee-over-loyalty-remark/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Earning More but in Worse Shape: Hardship Overwhelms Many American Families
https://www.wsj.com/economy/earning-more-worse-shape-poverty-overwhelms-families-eab13800
FORBES
— Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1jTJlZ6ohw
NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrats cannot win without gerrymandering.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198936/texas-maps-gop-end-democracy
POLITICO
— Billy Long out as IRS commissioner. President Donald Trump is removing the former member of Congress from his post less than two months after his swearing in. Long is expected to get an ambassadorship.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/08/billy-long-irs-commissioner-trump-00500365
DAILY KOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Ramirez
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/8/2337460/-Rep-Delia-Ramirez-calls-to-dismantle-ICE-and-stands-strong-for-immigrants-and-human-rights