April 17, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Durbin’s slow fundraising fuels speculation about his political future
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/16/us-sen-dick-durbins-slow-fundraising-fuels-speculation-about-his-political-future/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Democrats await decisions from Durbin, Pritzker that will spark high-stakes political shuffle. For now, candidates are anxiously awaiting word from both Gov. JB Pritzker and Sen. Dick Durbin, but the behind-the-scenes jockeying is in full force.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/16/illinois-democrats-dick-durbin-jb-pritzker-cook-county-pre-slating
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/16/homeland-security-trump-el-salvador-prison-due-process-migrants-venezuelan-deported-jacob-sullum

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Kilmar Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kilmar-abrego-garcia-doj-appeal-ruling-ordering-return-mistakenly-deported-man-el-salvador/16186959/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders use Home Alone 2 director to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/home-alone-2-director-speaks-on-president-trumps-cameo-in-film-i-cant-cut-it/3723090/

FOX32
— Chicago OKs ban on Jan. 6 rioters from city jobs. Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors banned me not only from federal jobs, but from all jobs that were appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-ban-jan-6-rioters-city-jobs
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1626128

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/04/16/chicago-appearance-fed-chair-jerome-powell-warns-tariff-sparked-uncertainty-and-asserts

WBEZ
— Chair of Illinois Republican Party on tariffs, deportations, and what’s ahead
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/04/16/chair-of-illinois-republican-party-on-tariffs-deportations-and-whats-ahead

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Durbin to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/16/us-sen-dick-durbin-calls-trumps-tariffs-reckless/83090317007/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/video_3b626a2a-2426-521f-9885-bb05c5c03dda.html

SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders use Home Alone 2 director to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/15/home-alone-2-director-calls-donald-trump-cameo-a-curse-wish-it-was-gone/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump administration issues order to stop construction on New York offshore wind project
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-administration-issues-order-to-stop-construction-on-new-york-offshore-wind-project/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Under the Democrats, soon, if not already, everyone in healthcare will be citizens of foreign countries, liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-04-16/new-medical-license-pathway-for-international-doctors-could-alleviate-illinois-shortage
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s budget cuts against him. The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more homelessness.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-16/trump-administration-has-gutted-an-agency-that-coordinates-homelessness-policy

DAILY LINE
— Raoul defends requested $15 million budget increase amidst legal challenges to Trump
https://www.thedailyline.com/raoul-defends-requested-15-million-budget-increase-legal-challenges-trump-administration

ADVOCATE
— Democrat teachers ever-increasingly promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, they ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. Anticipate/expect that more and more and more of the students in your school district will be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.advocate.com/news/chicago-teachers-union-lgbtq-inclusion

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/04/16/saturday-anti-trump-administration-protests-chicago-50501

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois is a net taker of federal money…Indianans and Floridians are paying for our failures
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-is-a-net-taker-of-federal-money-indianans-and-floridians-are-paying-for-our-failures-wirepoints-on-the-shaun-thompson-show/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct, how wany voted for Harris in the November 5, 2024 election and how many voted for Democrats in the April 1, 2025 election? If you are a registered Republican voter, what do those Democrat voters think of you? What do they blame you for? According to them, you put Trump in office. Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media ever-increasingly a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and everything that Trump says and does and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that local Democrats should punish local Republicans to punish Trump. If you are a Republican registered voter, anticipate/expect that local Democrats will ever-increasingly ostracize you if not take adverse actions against you. What are the following doing to defend/advance Trump: a) the leaders of your Republican township and county party organizations, b) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, c) Republican elected officials in your area, and d) conservative and religious leaders and activists in your area? – Dave Diersen
http://www-gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Three Ahead by Virtue of Write-In Votes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/16/three-ahead-by-virtue-of-write-in-votes/
— Pritzker Skips McHenry County in Pre-Apprenticeship Grants
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/15/pritzker-skips-mchenry-county-in-pre-apprenticeship-grants/
— McHenry Mayor Wayne Jett Spends $67,689.82 in Romp to Victory
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/15/mchenry-mayor-wayne-jett-spends-67689-82-in-romp-to-victory/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— America’s educational free fall continues. Our children are paying the price as they enter adulthood.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/16/americas-educational-free-fall-continues/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Schools are evading Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3382676/schools-evading-trump-anti-dei-executive-order-parents-defending-education-report/

NEW YORK POST
— Proposed bill taking aim at IRS would strip agency of guns, ammo
https://nypost.com/2025/04/16/us-news/proposed-bill-taking-aim-at-irs-would-strip-agency-of-guns-ammo/

BREITBART
— Democrats Seek to Conduct ‘Welfare Checks’ on Illegal Aliens Deported to El Salvador
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/16/democrats-seek-to-conduct-welfare-checks-deported-illegals-in-el-salvador/
— ‘He’s Already Home’: White House Slams Efforts to Return Deported Salvadoran Illegal Migrant
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/04/16/hes-already-home-white-house-slams-efforts-return-deported-salvadoran-illegal-migrant/

CENTER SQUARE
— Trump’s goal to end taxes on Social Security benefits gets bipartisan support
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_eaf6d013-96af-4e1c-a267-377e37a059a0.html

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Blocks Illegals From Receiving Social Security After Biden Let 2 Million Enroll. The move aims to remove monetary incentives for illegal aliens to come to the United States.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-blocks-illegals-from-receiving-social-security-after-biden-let-2-million-enroll

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Anti-Israel Activists Still Pushing Poisonous Ethnic Studies Curriculum in California
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/04/anti-israel-activists-still-pushing-poisonous-ethnic-studies-curriculum-in-california/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— New Yorkers Cheer as ICE Rounds up Same Criminal Illegals Democrats Defend to the Death
https://www.westernjournal.com/new-yorkers-cheer-ice-rounds-criminal-illegals-democrats-defend-death/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-17/u-s-stocks-drop-as-nvidia-slides-and-the-fog-of-trumps-trade-war-thickens

CNN
— Democrat colleges ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/us/federal-funding-harvard-demands-trump/index.html
— Trump blasts Fed Chair Powell, saying his ‘termination cannot come fast enough’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/economy/trump-fed-chair-powell-termination/index.html

CBS NEWS
— Army delivered armored combat vehicles to southern border ahead of Trump’s order authorizing military to occupy federal land
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/army-delivered-armored-combat-stryker-vehicles-southern-border-fort-bliss-el-paso-texas/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/guantanamo-trump-migrants-without-criminal-records/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Sanders and AOC ever-increasingly speak for Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/bernie-sanders-aoc-trump-democrats.html
— I.R.S. Is Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status. Harvard exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/trump-irs-harvard.html
— Trump and DOGE Are Planning Deregulation at a Massive Scale
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/politics/trump-doge-regulations.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/world/americas/trump-migrants-deportations.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/tattoos-gangs-tren-de-aragua-immigration.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/opinion/china-us-trump-xi-tariffs.html
— Democrat educators ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/briefing/trump-targets-k-12.html
— Trump Lashes Out at Fed Chair for Not Cutting Rates Faster.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/business/economy/trump-jerome-powell-fed.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump wants to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status. Harvard exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/04/16/harvard-tax-trump-irs-law/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/16/trump-harvard-tax-exempt-irs/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/16/trump-china-tariffs-emanuel-weaker/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/16/powell-inflation-trump-tariffs-economy/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/16/california-sues-trump-tariffs-newsom/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/16/nvidia-amd-china-trump-chips/
— Trump’s war on wind goes further than expected as it stops New York project
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/04/16/offshore-wind-new-york-trump/
— Education in America ever-increasingly exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/16/trump-harvard-columbia-universities-higher-ed/

USA TODAY
— Tesla is under attack, why Americans are abandoning the brand and Elon Musk. What do Molotov cocktails, protests, and mass share selloffs all have in common? They’re all being used against Tesla because of its CEO’s affiliation to the administration.
https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/money/cars/2025/04/15/elon-musk-and-tesla-american-car-brand-attack/83045305007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies—and Their Mothers. The world’s richest man juggles more than a dozen children and ‘harem drama’ along with running his companies and advising Trump. He recently took a paternity test in a battle with one woman over money and privacy.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elon-musk-children-mothers-ashley-st-clair-grimes-dc7ba05c
— Democrat and RINO leaders side with Harvard against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/video/white-house-trump-wants-to-see-harvard-apologize/083F8004-5188-44CE-8248-2AADE5281EB9
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-gets-trump-fatigue-trade-economy-policy-politics-41109d6d

BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-17/xi-urges-asian-family-unity-as-trump-pressures-trade-partners

DAILY SHOW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Duckworth to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcCsm3wKStk

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Ever-increasingly, education exists in America to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/diversity-equity/2025/04/17/can-universities-still-diversify-faculty-hiring

CAR SCOOPS & CAR AND DRIVER & HOT CARS & TORQUE NEWS & THE DRIVE
— Why is so much hatred being promoted against the 2025 Dodge Charger R/T? What are the demographics of those who buy the car? I bought a new 1969 Charger SE in 1968 and owned it until it was stolen in 1971. I bought a 1968 Charger R/T collector car in 1994 and sold it to buy a new 2005 Corvette in 2005. I bought a new 2013 Charger R/T Max in 2012 and I continue to own it. I recently bought a new 2025 Dodge Charger R/T Plus.
https://www.carscoops.com/2025/04/dodge-desperate-to-move-charger-daytona-evs-prays-6500-discount-might-lure-buyers/
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a64412261/2024-dodge-charger-daytona-ev-test/
https://www.hotcars.com/charger-ev-prices-tank-dodge-hits-panic-button/
https://www.torquenews.com/3768/2025-dodge-charger-daytona-adds-new-blue-color-fans-want-know-when-they-can-get-hemi
https://www.thedrive.com/news/dodges-new-charger-daytona-website-looks-like-a-promo-cd-rom-from-1999

April 6, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/05/thousands-rally-march-through-loop-for-national-hands-off-protest/
— Sean Morrison stepping down as Cook County GOP chair
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/05/sean-morrison-resigns-cook-county-republican-chair/
— Senate Republicans approve framework for Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts after late-night session
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/05/senate-republicans-trump-tax-breaks-spending-cuts/
— Trump goes all in with bet that the heavy price of tariffs will pay off for Americans
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/05/trump-tariffs-bet/
— It’s time to slash the number of Illinois local governments
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/06/opinion-cut-number-illinois-local-governments/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County GOP chair Sean Morrison is stepping down. Sean Morrison has served as a Cook County Board member since 2015 and county Republican Party chair since 2016. He will step down April 16 from the party chair role. An election will be held April 22 to select his successor.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/05/cook-county-gop-chairperson-sean-morrison-politics-suburban-chicago
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/04/05/hands-off-protest-chicago-today-daley-plaza-loop
— Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump budget cuts.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/04/trump-targets-chicago-daycares-children-budget-cuts-head-start
— Illinois still tops nationally in nuclear energy, No. 3 in carbon-free electricity. In 2024, utility-scale solar and wind were up nationwide, while coal was down, and other major energy sources saw little change.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/04/06/illinois-nuclear-energy-carbon-free-electricity

DAILEY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250405/nation-and-world-politics/demonstrators-protest-trump-musk-in-arlington-heights-and-other-suburbs/

ABC7
—  Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://abc7chicago.com/post/hands-off-protest-chicago-today-groups-rally-donald-trump-elon-musk-daley-plaza-berwyn-gurnee-joliet-more/16131523/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-groups-protestors-rally-against-president-donald-trump-and-elon-musk/3714834/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/protesters-trump-musk-hands-off-rallies/3714775/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/trump-tariff-target-snl-cold-open/3714903/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/hands-off-2025-april-5-protests-chicago-suburbs/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-musk-hands-off-demonstrators-protest/
— Trump shutting down IRS civil rights office as part of widespread cuts. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, that is, they discriminated big time against their Republican employees who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, and/or had not passed the CPA examination like I had done and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-admin-shutting-down-irs-civil-rights-office-as-part-of-widespread-cuts/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://wgntv.com/news/ap-hands-off-protests-against-trump-and-musk-are-planned-across-the-us/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/anti-trump-musk-rally-chicago-today

WLS AM
— According to my critic/opponents, all the jobs that I got were bad jobs that should have been given to Blacks and to veterans.
https://www.wlsam.com/2025/04/05/black-veterans-warn-of-recruitment-woes-after-dei-purge/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/04/05/hands-off-protest-chicago-trump-musk-daley-plaza-loop

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— It’s time for Illinois lawmakers to get past nuclear hangups
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-its-time-for-illinois-lawmakers-to-get-past-nuclear-hangups/article_1a55ba15-658e-44a5-a5c2-2cbb07e3938b.html

HERALD NEWS
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/04/05/hundreds-gather-in-joliet-to-protest-trump-musk-policies-as-part-of-nationwide-event-saturday/

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/04/05/thousands-protest-trump-musk-actions-at-hands-off-rally-in-geneva/

STATELINE
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.mystateline.com/news/trump-administration-tariffs-protest/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqvrNJBMA2U

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.nprillinois.org/springfield-il/2025-04-05/anti-trump-protestors-show-anger-and-concern-in-springfield
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-05/protesters-rally-against-trump-policies-across-the-u-s
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-05/nationwide-hands-off-protests-erupt-against-trump-and-musk

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— With sweeping tariffs, Trump tries to rewind globalization. Globalization has made America unacceptably dependent of foreign countries.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-04-05/with-sweeping-tariffs-trump-tries-to-rewind-globalization

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/video/protesters-mobilize-in-peoria-for-hands-off-rallies-against-president-trump/10603820/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/protesters-nationwide-rally-against-trump-and-musks-policies

WREX
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.wrex.com/news/hundreds-rally-against-trump-and-musk-in-hands-off-protests-across-the-stateline/article_8cc2d70a-6e5c-575f-a515-befaa3be2774.html

WGLT
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-04-05/bloomington-participates-nationwide-in-hands-off-rally-against-donald-trump-and-elon-musk

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/trump-tariff-target-snl-cold-open/3714903/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. They ever-increasingly demand that everyone vote for all the Democrat candidates in all elections to get rid of Trump. They succeeded in getting from 166 to 179 in my precinct to vote for Democrat Milton Township candidates while only 126-143 voted for Republican Township candidates.
— Trump is shutting down IRS civil rights office as part of widespread cuts. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, that is, they discriminated big time against their Republican employees who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, and/or had not passed the CPA examination like I had done and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents promote? My critics/opponents do not promote meritocracy. Instead, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) notional origin discrimination. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Back in the good old days, where did the money come from for your first down payment? Mine came from working for IRS for 15 months 1971-1972, from working part-time for Firestone Stores for 21 months 1971-1972, and from working full-time for Firestone Stores for 7 months before that 1970-1971. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents do not promote meritocracy. Instead, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopilinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— 300 Participate in Algonquin Anti-Trump Demonstration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/05/300-participate-in-anti-trump-demonstration/

LONG 9 STUDIO
— Republican Strongholds Have Turned Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZO-eyQsKzI

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that police are racists
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8426d37c-c378-4cd4-a001-6b8cdaf53592.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump tells Americans ‘hang tough’ as universal tariffs take effect
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/5/trump-tells-americans-hang-tough-universal-tariffs-take-effect/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Thousands protest across the US against Trump and Musk at ‘Hands Off’ rallies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3371422/thousands-protest-against-trump-musk-hands-off-rallies/

AMERICAN THINKER
— We Didn’t Start the Trade War—We’ve Just Finally Joined It

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/04/we_didn_t_start_the_trade_war_we_ve_just_finally_joined_it.html

EPOCH TIMES
— How to Find Down-Payment Assistance for a Mortgage. Where did the money come from for your first down payment? Mine came from working for IRS for 15 months, from working part-time for Firestone Stores for 21 months, and from working full-time for Firestone Stores for 7 months before that.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/bright/how-to-find-down-payment-assistance-for-a-mortgage-5810510

FOX NEWS
— Protesters rally against Trump, Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ gatherings nationwide. Congressman Jamie Raskin calls Trump an ‘economy-crashing dictator’ at DC rally.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/protesters-rally-against-trump-musk-hands-off-gatherings-nationwide
— New York prepares to battle Trump’s DEI funding threats in fight over schools. The Trump administration has pushed to restrict DEI funding at schools across the country.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-prepares-battle-trumps-dei-funding-threats-fight-over-schools

NATIONAL REVIEW
— A Spiteful and Baseless Crackdown on Homeschooling in Illinois
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/04/a-spiteful-and-baseless-crackdown-on-homeschooling-in-illinois/

PJ MEDIA
— New York State Will Defy Trump’s DEI Order for K-12 Schools
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/04/05/new-york-state-will-defy-trumps-dei-order-for-k-12-schools-n4938624

TOWNHALL
— AOC Surges Ahead of Schumer in New York Primary Poll, Signaling Shift in Democratic Power
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/04/05/aoc-surges-ahead-of-schumer-in-new-york-primary-poll-signaling-shift-in-democratic-power-n2655040

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5233363-trump-tariffs-vulnerable-republicans/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
.https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/protesters-tee-off-against-trump-and-musk-in-hands-off-rallies-across-the-us/article_9aff43cd-d020-584f-b0b8-e6a13bad4101.html

MSN
— First fallout from Donald Trump’s stiff tariffs: Stellantis to shut down Canada’s Windsor plant for two weeks. The factory which makes minivans and the Dodge Charger, employing 3,600 hourly workers will cease production from April 7 and has cited the tariffs as the main reason for the closure.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/first-fallout-from-donald-trump-s-stiff-tariffs-stellantis-to-shut-down-canada-s-windsor-plant-for-two-weeks/ar-AA1Ce1tM
— 900 U.S. Jobs on Hold as Stellantis Responds to Trump’s Auto Tariffs. The Windsor plant builds the Chrysler Pacifica, Voyager, and Dodge Charger Daytona, and the pause there affects about 4,500 workers.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/900-u-s-jobs-on-hold-as-stellantis-responds-to-trump-s-auto-tariffs/ar-AA1ClA38

CBS NEWS
— Trump tells Americans to “hang tough” as 10% universal tariffs take effect
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-universal-tariff-take-effect/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: A Swastika, a Tesla and a Debate Over the Limits of Hate Crime Law. Is it a hate crime for people to draw a swastika on a Tesla if they believe Elon Musk is a Nazi? The more demographics that you share with Trump, anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly take more adverse actions against you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/nyregion/tesla-vandalism-hate-crimes.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. They ever-increasingly demand that everyone vote for all the Democrat candidates in all elections to get rid of Trump. They succeeded in getting from 166 to 179 in my precinct to vote for Democrat Milton Township candidates while only 126-143 voted for Republican Township candidates.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/opinion/trump-law-firms-universities.html
— Republicans Want to Make the Trump Tax Cuts Last Forever
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/us/politics/republicans-tax-cuts.html
— Globalization Is Collapsing. Brace Yourselves.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/opinion/globalization-collapse.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Globalists promote Globalism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/06/trump-tariffs-political-risk/
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/across-the-us-protesters-rally-against-trump-musk/2025/04/05/1fc4dad9-66e1-4ebe-87d4-4b0284587656_video.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/05/protesters-decry-trump-musk-rallies-across-us/

USA TODAY
— Let DEI die: Trump’s playing hardball, and colleges are smart to fall in line. The Trump administration has shown it’s not messing around if college administrators don’t take its demands seriously.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/04/trump-dei-columbia-ohio-state-michigan/82778497007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Globalists promote Globalism
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/opinion-review-and-outlook/wsj-opinion-trump-new-protectionist-age/573F9135-4C73-404F-BE17-5FC5798B62D6

TIMES OF INDIA
— Amazon CEO promotes meritocracy. My critics/opponents do not promote meritocracy. Instead, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) national origin discrimination.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-at-town-hall-the-way-to-get-ahead-at-amazon-is-not-to-/articleshow/119894927.cms

April 5, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson responds to Trump threat to revoke CPS funding over DEI: ‘We’re gonna sue’  Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/04/mayor-brandon-johnson-trump-threat-cps-funding-sue/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/04/trump-administration-ends-disaster-grant-program/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/04/ice-venezuelan-migrant-kidney-transplant/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Vote by mail system helped Democrats win big in DuPage County. Democrats have far more trust in mailed-in ballots than Republicans, so they’re much more likely to sign up for the permanent vote by mail program. Democrats run DuPage County’s Election Division.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/04/vote-by-mail-dupage-county-township-municipal-elections-democrats-republicans-trump-rich-miller
— Hemp hangup: Why Illinois leaders have failed to regulate delta-8
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2025/04/05/hemp-delta8-tetrahydrocannabinol-thc-illinois-legislature

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving the stock market down.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/chicago-stocks-take-another-beating-trump-tariff-fears
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/stocks-tumble-again-reaction-trump-tariffs

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump tariffs for everything that is bad.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-food-banks-small-businesses-feel-impact-president-donald-trumps-sweeping-new-tariffs/16123883/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-consumers-stock-groceries-inflation-expected-ramp-due-president-donald-trumps-sweeping-new-tariffs/16128202/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/powell-warns-trumps-tariffs-expected-hike-inflation/16127929/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-expected-temporarily-release-man-trying-save-brother-cicero-need-kidney-transplant/16126250/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders react to threats of school funding cuts over DEI practices.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/illinois-leaders-react-to-threats-of-school-funding-cuts-over-dei-practices/3714447/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/man-detained-by-ice-temporarily-released-to-give-brother-life-saving-kidney/3714021/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving the stock market down.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-administration-tariffs-stocks-slide-worst-day-2020-april-04-2025-live-updates/3713786/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly lead protests against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/hands-off-2025-april-5-protests-chicago-suburbs/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving the stock market down.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/stocks-fall-for-second-day-after-trump-announced-new-tariffs/

WGN9
— Democrat Illinois public health director on Trump plan to cancel over $400M in pandemic-era grants
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/trump-admin-set-to-cancel-more-than-half-a-billion-dollars-in-pandemic-era-grants/
— Energy Department considers more than 40 percent of its employees non-essential as layoffs loom. As Gingrich GAO budget cuts worsened during the 1980s and 1990s, my Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly treated their employees who were the following to being non-essential: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://wgntv.com/news/national/energy-department-considers-more-than-40-percent-of-its-staff-non-essential-as-layoffs-loom/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1619984

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Political divide on display Saturday as anti-Trump rally, McHenry GOP dinner happen within miles of each other. McHenry County Republicans host annual dinner in Lake in the Hills hours after organizations protest against Trump in Algonquin.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/04/05/political-divide-on-display-saturday-as-anti-trump-rally-mchenry-gop-dinner-happen-within-miles-of-each-other/

SOUTHERN
— Trump says it could take 2 years before tariffs result in American manufacturing boom
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/04/trump-says-it-could-take-2-years-before-tariffs-result-in-american-manufacturing-boom/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Al Sharpton calls on PepsiCo to restore DEI initiatives, threatens boycott. Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/al-sharpton-calls-on-pepsico-to-restore-dei-initiatives-threatens-boycott/article_79753c83-5aca-5dee-a3df-935046dca78c.html

SHAW LOCAL
— Trump shuts Head Start office that serves all of Illinois. Did your parents send you to kindergarten? My critics/opponents started painting me as being privileged in 1953 when my parents sent me to kindergarten.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/04/04/trump-administration-shuts-head-start-office-that-serves-all-of-illinois-several-other-states/

STATELINE & WTVO
— Indiana Senate advances bill to absorb Illinois counties seeking secession
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/indiana-senate-illinois-secession/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukng69HlaSE

25 NEWS NOW
— Supreme Court allows Trump to cut teacher-training money that promotes DEI.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/04/04/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-cut-teacher-training-money-part-its-anti-dei-efforts/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn tariffs.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/video/economics-professor-details-impact-of-president-trumps-tariffs/10602460/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use trees to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-trump-administration-rolls-back-forest-protections-in-bid-to-ramp-up-logging/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use retirees to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-retirees-keep-their-eyes-on-the-economy-as-trumps-tariffs-roil-financial-markets/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Federal Reserve to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-federal-reserve-chief-says-trump-tariffs-likely-to-raise-inflation-and-slow-us-economic-growth/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-hands-off-protests-against-trump-and-musk-are-planned-across-the-us/

IPM NEWSROOM
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly rebrand the following: a) their race and gender based preference giving, b) their patronage, c) their political affiliation discrimination, d) their reverse discrimination, e) their age discrimination, f) their religious discrimination, and g) their notional origin discrimination.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/instead-of-ending-dei-university-of-illinois-will-add-open-to-all-language-to-websites/

CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION
— Democrat teachers ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/standing-up-to-trumps-attacks-on-our-lgbtqia-communities/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-283/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Illinois DOGE Profile: $1.5 million to the Chicago Therapy Collective to advocate for cross-dressing
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/670767448-illinois-doge-profile-1-5-million-to-the-chicago-therapy-collective-to-advocate-for-cross-dressing

WIREPOINTS
— Springfield Diocese: New IL abortion discrimination law tramples religious freedoms
https://wirepoints.org/springfield-diocese-new-il-abortion-discrimination-law-tramples-religious-freedoms-madison-st-clair-record/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Connie Cain’s Take on Kane County Election Results: GOP Lost Day Vote-By-Mail Ballots Put in the Post Office
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/04/connie-cains-take-on-kane-county-election-results-gop-lost-day-vote-by-mail-ballots-put-in-the-post-office/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use foreign countries to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/4/foreign-allies-warn-travelers-us-no-longer-safe-bet/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Measure threatens to dissolve Illinois’ rural townships, sparking opposition
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3370818/measure-threatens-to-dissolve-illinois-rural-townships-sparking-opposition/
— HUD moves to kill public housing assistance for ‘sanctuary’ cities and states
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3370932/hud-scott-turner-moves-kill-public-housing-assistance-sanctuary-states-illegal-immigrants/
— Democrats switch from racism to oligarchy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3368984/democrats-switch-strategy-racism-oligarchy/

AMAC
— Elites Hate Trump’s Tariffs Because They Work
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/elites-hate-trumps-tariffs-because-they-work/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Obama-Appointed Judge Orders Trump Administration to Return Alleged MS-13 Gang Member Back to the U.S.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/04/04/obama-appointed-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-return-alleged-ms-13-gang-member-back-to-the-u-s/

BREITBART
— Homeland Security to Switch Migrant Housing Funds to Deportation
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/04/04/homeland-security-to-switch-migrant-housing-funds-to-deportation/
— Woke Backlash: Leftists Organize Walmart Boycott over DEI Rollback
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/04/woke-backlash-leftists-organize-walmart-boycott-over-dei-rollback/
— Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Freeze Teacher Grants
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/04/supreme-court-allows-trump-admin-freeze-teacher-grants/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump’s China Tariffs Aim to Tackle Decades of Trade Imbalance, National Security Threats
https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/trumps-china-tariffs-aim-to-tackle-decades-of-trade-imbalance-national-security-threats-5837188

FOX NEWS
— IRS cutting its workforce by 25%, eliminating agency’s civil rights office. The layoffs come as the Trump administration continues to shrink the size of the federal workforce through the Department of Government Efficiency. If I was still working for IRS, my IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/irs-cutting-workforce-25-percent-eliminating-agencys-civil-rights-office

NEWSMAX
— DHS Looks to Divert Migrant Aid to Immigration Enforcement
https://www.newsmax.com/us/dhs-migrant-aid-funds/2025/04/04/id/1205772/
— HUD Moves to Cut Public Housing Funds for ‘Sanctuary’ Areas
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/hud-scott-turner-immigration/2025/04/04/id/1205757/

PJ MEDIA
— Trump Goes to War Against Gender Ideology in Schools
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/04/04/trump-goes-to-war-against-gender-ideology-in-schools-n4938595

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly work against Trump’s economic plan.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5233705-trump-tariffs-economy-approval-survey/
https://thehill.com/business/5233486-jp-morgan-trump-tariffs-recession/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— IRS plans to cut up to 25% of staff, starting with closing its civil rights office. If I was still working for IRS, my IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/04/05/irs-plans-cut-up-25-staff-starting-with-closing-its-civil-rights-office-ap-sources-say/

CNN
— Social Security targets tech team for cuts at a time when systems are under strain. To deal with Gingrich budget cuts 1980-1997, my Democrat GAO superiors targeted their employees like me who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. Gingrich had to have known that.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/politics/social-security-tech-team-layoffs/index.html

MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump/
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/hundreds-of-protests-planned-as-trump-s-abuses-generate-wide-array-of-grievances-236612677727
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving the stock market down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gidoyQigSOY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGxHFv7gSfU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8B1xDmj_KU

CNBC
— Automakers seek ‘opportunity in the chaos’ of Trump’s tariffs
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/05/automakers-seek-opportunity-in-the-chaos-of-trumps-tariffs.html
— China says ‘market has spoken’ after Trump tariffs spark global stocks rout
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/05/china-says-market-has-spoken-after-trump-tariffs-spark-stocks-rout.html

ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use world leaders against Trump.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/stock-markets-tumble-response-trumps-sweeping-tariffs/story?id=120440390

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daca-recipient-kansas-city-father-deported-mexico-despite-valid-documentation/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend DEI Grants to Teachers
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/supreme-court-trump-teacher-grants.html
— New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/new-york-trump-dei-order.html
— Republicans Like to Cut Taxes. With Tariffs, Trump Is Raising Them. President Trump’s tariffs are scrambling the Republican plan for the economy, long centered on tax cuts and growth.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/business/economy/republicans-tax-cuts-tariffs-trump.html
— Democrat leaders ask “Do Americans Approve of President Trump?”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Trump’s Tariffs Are a Self-Inflicted Debacle
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/opinion/trump-tariffs-stock-market-recession.html

USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying the American automotive industry.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/04/05/which-cars-vehicles-made-in-america/82758650007/

ABC DC
— Hundreds gather in DC to support sanctuary cities and immigrant families’ rights
https://wjla.com/newsletter-daily/hundreds-gather-in-dc-to-support-sanctuary-cities-and-immigrant-families-rights

WBUR
— Trump sets forth demands for Harvard to avert loss of billions in federal funding
https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/04/harvard-federal-funding-trump-demands-letter

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Is Replacing the Nanny State With a Daddy State. The president is using the powers of his office in an aggressive, paternalistic way without precedent. Is an old form of intrusive government being replaced by a new one?
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-is-replacing-the-nanny-state-with-a-daddy-state-d78a37c0
— The Peril of Trump’s Tariffs for America’s Auto Titans. The administration’s new levies will be a massive blow to the bottom line of Ford and GM and force job cuts across the industry.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/the-peril-of-trumps-tariffs-for-americas-auto-titans-ae3504e0

POLITICO
— Canada says its friendship with the US is ‘over.’ Now what?  Trump’s aggressive trade policies have rocked an alliance that seemed unshakeable.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/05/canada-us-friendship-trade-tariffs-trump-00273255
— A slate of pro-climate candidates in Naperville swept city council races Tuesday in a political victory hailed by some as a referendum on the city’s ties to coal-fired electricity.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/chicago-suburb-rebukes-coal-elects-pro-climate-council/

HOT CARS
— New U.S. Tariffs Stall Dodge Charger Production, Trigger Layoffs
https://www.hotcars.com/dodge-charger-production-paused/

March 29, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump administration names Andrew Boutros as interim US Attorney for Northern District of Illinois. The U.S. Attorney in Diersen v. GAO sided with GAO, that is, he sided with what my Democrat GAO superiors used to force me to retire, that is, he sided with Affirmative Action, DEI, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-administration-names-andrew-boutros-interim-us-attorney-northern-district-illinois-team/16098899/
— Winnetka signs agreement to augment police force with private security. Winnetka today, your municipality tomorrow as crime ever-increasingly increases under the Democrats and under the RINOs.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/village-winnetka-signs-agreement-augment-police-force-4-security-solutions/16099301/

NBC5
— Videos show large teen gatherings in downtown Chicago. How soon, if not already, will there be large teen gatherings in your municipality?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/videos-show-large-teen-gatherings-in-downtown-chicago/3709040/

WGN 9
— Illinois Democrat leaders to defy Trump voter order for April election
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/illinois-trump-voter-order-april-election/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8zI0oEsCKc

FOX32
— Illinois elections heat up: High-stakes races in Orland Park, Aurora
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-election-orland-park-aurora-arlington-heights
— Chicago lawyer appointed interim U.S. Attorney for Northern District of Illinois
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-lawyer-appointed-interim-us-attorney-northern-district-illinois

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Andrew Boutros officially announced as interim U.S. Attorney in Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/28/andrew-boutros-officially-announced-as-interim-u-s-attorney-in-chicago/
— Vance accuses Denmark of uninvesting in Greenland as Trump presses for US takeover of the island
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/28/jd-vance-greenland/
— Hegseth tells Philippines the Trump administration will ramp up deterrence against China threat
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/28/hegseth-philippines-trump-china/
— Democrat leaders crow that a federal judge temporarily blocks parts of Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/28/trump-dei-orders/

CHICAGO SUIN-TIMES
— Illinois Elections Board, that is, the Democrats who run Illinois, reject Trump’s executive order.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/03/28/illinois-elections-board-trump-executive-order-april-1-elections
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side the Tren de Aragua gang
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/03/28/tren-de-aragua-venezuela-gang-trump-tom-homan-terrorism-violence-crime-chicago-colombia-honduras-ecuador-nicolas-maduro-salvador
— From repairs to insurance, President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs could make owning a car more expensive
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/28/trump-auto-tariffs/
— Former prosecutor Andrew Boutros named Chicago’s interim U.S. Attorney
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/03/28/former-prosecutor-andrew-boutros-named-chicagos-interim-u-s-attorney
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/28/trump-administration-lies-truth-alternative-facts-robert-kennedy-vaccines-mona-charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/03/21/trump-american-exceptionalism-dangerous-wars-america-james-huffman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/29/usaid-agency-international-development-humanitarian-death-disease-trump-musk-amy-yee
— Chicago-area Vietnam War veterans commemorate 50 years since war’s end. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used against me my avoiding the Vietnam War draft the most. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/03/28/chicago-area-vietnam-war-veterans-commemorate-50-years-since-wars-end-that-was-a-brotherhood

DAILY HERALD
— Internal White House document details layoff plans across U.S. agencies. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes because of Gingrich budget cuts. Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about that. To punish Gingrich, my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors took many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250327/nation-and-world-politics/internal-white-house-document-details-layoff-plans-across-u-s-agencies/
— Democrats argue Republicans waited too long to file latest redistricting lawsuit
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250329/news/democrats-argue-republicans-waited-too-long-to-file-latest-redistricting-lawsuit/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— GOP leaders target Northwestern law school in growing antisemitism probe
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/gop-leaders-target-northwesterns-pritzker-school-law

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Pritzker under fire from House Committee on Education for providing free legal representation to pro-Palestinian protestors
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/03/28/campus/pritzker-under-fire-from-house-committee-on-education-for-providing-free-legal-representation-to-pro-palestinian-protestors/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/illinois-public-health-funding-cuts-20244050.php

WAND TV
— US Naval Academy ends affirmative action in admissions. The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission to the service academy.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/us-naval-academy-ends-affirmative-action-in-admissions/article_3cbd91b0-229c-52db-988c-149ff322c28e.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.wandtv.com/news/trump-admin-cuts-idph-funding-puts-communities-at-risk/article_95271225-6394-4dc8-b135-68390d5f7a20.html

CITIES 92.9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more homelessness and blame it on Republicans. While Jews in Israel are overwhelming conservative, that is, pro-Republican, Jews in America are overwhelmingly liberal, that is pro-Democrat.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/03/28/illinois-bill-to-protect-homeless-from-fines-faces-law-enforcement-backlash/

IPM NEWSROOM
— Congressional committee asks University of Illinois for information on Chinese international students
https://ipmnewsroom.org/congressional-committee-asks-university-of-illinois-for-information-on-chinese-international-students/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-278/
— Trump targeted Chicago’s Jenner & Block, now they’re suing him. My Democrat superiors in the federal government targeted me big time. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. They especially targeted me because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. They even more especially targeted me after 1988 when I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/28/trump-targeted-chicago%e2%80%99s-jenner-block-now-they%e2%80%99re-suing-him/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS CENTER SQUARE
— Illinois GOP chair calls Governor’s trade mission ‘irresponsible’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_cece7299-39d0-4dc8-b197-d86ed4215e47.html

WHEATON RECORD
— Wheaton Professor Prays with Pro-Israel Demonstrators
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/03/28/pro-israel-demonstrators/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats and media allies play politics with organized agitation in GOP town halls. Planned disruptions reveal the left’s inability to cope with 2024 defeat.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/27/democrats-media-allies-play-politics-organized-agitation-gop-town/
— How major American law firms became a tool of the left
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/26/major-american-law-firms-became-tool-left/

NEW YORK POST
— Musk on why being in the government is ‘disadvantageous’ — as he blasts ‘jerk’ Tim Walz for mocking Tesla’s falling stock. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years. I should write about my critics/opponents who despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees the most. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://nypost.com/2025/03/28/us-news/elon-musk-blasts-jerk-tim-walz-for-mocking-teslas-falling-stock/
— Democrats’ response to losing? Profanity chic and terrorist porn.
https://nypost.com/2025/03/28/opinion/democrats-response-to-losing-profanity-chic-and-terrorist-porn/
— How the Trump Smithsonian order is fighting another bulwark of woke insanity
https://nypost.com/2025/03/28/opinion/how-the-trump-smithsonian-order-is-fighting-another-bulwark-of-woke-insanity/

DAILY WIRE
— Democrats Reveal How They Will Change The Rules To Take Back Power
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1565-democrats-reveal-how-they-will-change-the-rules-to-take-back-power

EPOCH TIMES
— University of Michigan Guts DEI Programs. The university was estimated to have spent $250 million on DEI programs since 2016. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But because of terrible demographics, I doubt that they would today.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/university-of-michigan-guts-dei-programs-5833032

FOX NEWS
— Chicago dubbed America’s murder capital as Democrat leaders ‘demonize’ police, splurge on migrants: alderman. Alderman Anthony Napolitano criticized sanctuary city leaders’ priorities as Chicago hit 573 homicides last year.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-dubbed-americas-murder-capital-democrat-leaders-demonize-police-splurge-migrants-alderman

NEWSMAX
— DHS Puts Funds for Sanctuary Cities on Chopping Block
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dhs-kristi-noem-fema/2025/03/28/id/1204841/

TOWNHALL
— Trump Signs Executive Order to Eliminate ‘Divisive, Race-Centered Ideology’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/03/28/trump-signs-executive-order-to-eliminate-divisive-race-centered-ideology-from-smithsonian-museums-n2654652

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Musk tries to rehab DOGE after backlash, mistakes. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it in the 1980s and 1990s, DOGE would not be needed today and I might still be a GAO employee. If Gingrich had formed a team to reform GAO, I would have volunteered to be a member of that team. I would have stressed a) that I had worked for GAO since 1980 and the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in1981, d) that I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, and e) that I earned an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://thehill.com/business/5220638-elon-musk-improving-government-efficiency-image/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— IRS Criminal Investigation Division (CID) announces modernization program as financial crimes use more tech. GAO audits IRS. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO on audits of IRS’s CID 1986-1988 at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $117,807-$125,661/year. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted what I had learned about CID doing that. They also wasted what I had learned about IRS’s Collection Division. I worked for that Division 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/irs-crime-fighting-arm-announces-modernization-20245906.php

MSN
— Black Americans describe how being a federal worker was their path to the middle class — and the heartbreak of losing it. According to my critics/opponents, the jobs that I got in 1964 (washing dishes), 1966 (cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline), 1970 (working on an automobile assembly line and selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances), 1971 (pumping gasoline and collecting delinquent taxes), and 1980 (auditing federal agencies) and the promotions that I got in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986 should have been given to Blacks. They were overjoyed when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/markets/black-americans-describe-how-being-a-federal-worker-was-their-path-to-the-middle-class-and-the-heartbreak-of-losing-it/ar-AA1BTjBR

AOL
— The ‘Meritocracy’ Lie. The judges in Diersen v. GAO rejected meritocracy and promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write about Diersen v. GAO.
https://www.aol.com/news/meritocracy-lie-144541218.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Inside the New Texas College Offering ‘Anti-Woke’ Education. To promote DEI is to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/in-depth-features/inside-the-new-texas-college-offering-anti-woke-education/8CC358EA-E4E6-47FB-AF98-9F60CD84F686
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters side with Canada against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/video/carney-says-canada-will-respond-to-trumps-tariffs-we-wont-back-down/2C8A6B67-6BC9-4D2F-9DC8-4950309F51B6
— ‘Lincoln’s Peace’ Review: The War That Wouldn’t Die. The Civil War was Democrats against Republicans. Democrats started the war and they have never surrendered

WIREPOINTS
— Why is Chicago the nation’s homicide capital? Bad guys know the chance of getting punished here is near-zero.
https://wirepoints.org/why-is-chicago-the-nations-homicide-capital-bad-guys-know-the-chance-of-getting-punished-here-is-near-zero-wirepoints-on-fox-news/. Democrats ever-increasingly destroy Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/lincolns-peace-review-the-war-that-wouldnt-die-90e7cb9c
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy municipalities, especially big municipalities.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/new-yorks-top-cop-has-what-democrats-need-policing-public-safety-crime-edf10604

FOIRBES
— ‘We Want Our Service Academies To Focus On War Fighting, Lethality, Patriotism’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uoxWziscJ8

FAST COMPANY
— Trump wants to destroy unions. A general strike is the only way to fight back. I was a union member for almost 12 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1980. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91308349/trump-wants-to-destroy-unions-a-general-strike-is-the-only-way-to-fight-back

FIERSE HEALTHCARE
— Federal union draws up lawsuit over Trump EO as RFK Jr. readies 10,000 HHS cuts. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized while I worked for it 1980-1997, the union would have sued Gingrich over his GAO budget cuts. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/rfk-jr-prepares-10000-job-cuts-across-hhs-new-wave-worker-reductions

March 16, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump invokes wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to speed up deportations  (COMMENT: Constructively, many countries have declared war on America. Democrat leaders not only side with those countries, they glorify and praise those countries.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-invokes-wartime-alien-enemies-act-1798-declare-invasion-gangs-speed-deportations/16028956/

NBC5
— US plans to deport about 300 alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/us-plans-to-deport-about-300-alleged-venezuelan-gang-members-to-el-salvador/3698808/
— Republican legislation seeks to ban Chinese nationals from studying in the US
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/republican-legislation-seeks-to-ban-chinese-nationals-from-studying-in-the-us/3698682/

CBS2
— Trump’s use of wartime act to deport immigrants will end up before Supreme Court soon
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/donald-trump-alien-enemies-act-supreme-court-legal-analyst/

WGN9
— Trump signs order to gut staff at Voice of America and other US-funded media organizations
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/ap-trump-signs-order-to-cut-staff-at-voice-of-america-and-other-us-funded-media-organizations/

FOX32
— Judge blocks Trump’s use of 1798 law to deport Venezuelan migrants
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-alien-enemies-act-1798

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The Alien Enemies Act: What to know about a 1798 law that Donald Trump has invoked for deportations
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/15/alien-enemies-act/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump invokes 18th century law to speed deportations, judge stalls it hours later
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/03/15/trump-invokes-18th-century-law-to-declare-invasion-by-gangs-and-speed-deportations

RIVER BENDER
— Democratic Party of Illinois Announces Electoral Program for Municipal Races Across the State
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/democratic-party-of-illinois-announces-electoral-program-for-municipal-races-across-the-state-80617.cfm

SOUTHERN
— USPS agrees to work with DOGE on reform, planning to cut 10,000 workers (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, DOGE would not be needed today and I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://thesouthern.com/news/usps-agrees-to-work-with-doge-on-reform-planning-to-cut-10-000-workers/article_26448728-4af0-56fa-b536-772848cd8fc3.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump signs order to gut staff at Voice of America and other US-funded media organizations
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-signs-order-to-cut-staff-at-voice-of-america-and-other-us-funded-media-organizations/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Federal judge blocks Trump’s plan to target ‘alien enemies’ for deportation
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-15/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-plan-to-target-alien-enemies-for-deportation

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— As Chicago Targeted By ICE, City Council’s Immigration Committee Hasn’t Met In 8 Months
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/14/as-chicago-targeted-by-ice-city-councils-immigration-committee-hasnt-met-in-8-months/

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY PUBLIC TELEVISION
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.nctv17.org/spotlight/peoples-resource-center-helps-neighbor-to-neighbor/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, DOGE would not be needed today and I might still be a GAO employee. If Gingrich had formed a team to reform GAO, I would have volunteered to be a member of the team. I would have stressed a) that I had worked for GAO since 1980 and the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in1981, d) that I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, and e) that I earned an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is/was your employers’ top priority? I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969. Their top priority was hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. To achieve the aforesaid, they ever-increasingly a) lowered their hiring, retention, and promotion standards and b) used the extreme subjectivity in their personnel policies a) to give preference to  their employees who were the aforesaid and b) to waste the careers of and to get rid of their employees who were not the aforesaid. The aforesaid ever-increasing rendered worthless a) my three job-related master’s degrees, b) my six job-related professional certifications, and c) my jo-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents want illegals because illegals take bad jobs. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I took were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take. What do you say to my critics/opponents? Will illegals take the bad jobs that I took doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automotive assembly line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping more gasoline, collecting delinquent federal taxes, and auditing federal agencies? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What motivated you to pursue college?  My father frequently decried his not having a college degree. He was discouraged from pursuing college because he had type 1 diabetes from childhood. He was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. Neither of my parents attended college. My mother never attended high school. If I was in high school today, because of my terrible demographics, I question if I could find enough motivation to pursue college. Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly give more preference to those who are minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— LaHood Comments on Extension of Covid Fraud Penalties
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/15/lahood-comments-on-extension-of-covid-fraud-penalties/
— Inappropriate Behavior Charges Traded by Nunda Township Road Commissioner Mike Lesperance and His Challenger Rob Parrish
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/15/nunda-township-road-commissioner-mike-leverance-reports-on-lawsuit-against-challenger-rob-parrish/
— Schakowsky Attends Another Demonstration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/15/schakowsky-attends-another-demonstration/
— Vocal Opponent of McHenry Mayor Wayne Jett
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/15/vocal-opponent-of-mchenry-mayor-wayne-jett/
— Dick Durbin Votes to Allow Vote on Continuing Resolution
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/14/dick-durbin-votes-to-allow-vote-on-continuing-resolution/
— Chicago Tribune Cartoonist Again Demonstrates His Animus toward Donald Trump
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/14/chicago-tribune-cartoonist-again-demonstrates-his-animus-toward-donald-trump/
— Early Voting Starts Monday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/14/early-voting-starts-monday/
— Kane County GOP Attacks Sales Tax Hike Referendum
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/14/kane-county-gop-attacks-sales-tax-hike-referendum/
— Cary Mayor Mark Kownick Holds Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/14/cary-mayor-mark-kownick-holds-fundraiser/
— Schakowsky’s Criticism of Republican Budget Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/14/schakowskys-criticism-of-republican-budget-bill/
— What’s a Shell Bill?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/14/whats-a-shell-bill/
— Feds Arrest Teacher for Child Porn
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/13/feds-arrest-teacher-for-child-porn/
— Algonquin Township Supervisor Funk Finks Out, Shows Vindictiveness
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/13/funk-finks-out-shows-vindictiveness/
— McHenry County Assistant Transportation Director Scott Hennings Testifies Against Giving Chicago Total Control of RTA
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/13/mchenry-county-assistant-transportation-director-scott-henning-testifies-against-giving-chicago-total-control-of-rta/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— USPS strikes deal with Elon Musk’s DOGE team for reform help as agency agrees to cut 10K workers (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, DOGE would not be needed today and I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/usps-strikes-deal-with-elon-musk-s-doge-team-for-reform-help/ar-AA1ASThy

AMERICAN WIRE NEWS
— Racist Jasmine Crockett argues we need illegals to pick our food and clean our hotels (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want illegals because illegals take bad jobs. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I took were bad jobs that they would never have stooped to take. What do you say to my critics/opponents? Will illegals take the jobs that I took doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automotive assembly line, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumping more gasoline, collecting delinquent federal taxes, and auditing federal agencies?)
https://americanwirenews.com/racist-jasmine-crockett-argues-we-need-illegals-to-pick-our-food-and-clean-our-hotels/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Signs Order to Dismantle 8 Federal Agencies, Including VOA Parent Entity
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-signs-order-to-dismantle-8-federal-agencies-including-voa-parent-entity-5826100
— Trump Revokes 19 Biden-Era Executive Actions in 2nd Round of Roll Backs. The president on his first day of office rescinded nearly 80 executive orders and memoranda issued by President Joe Biden.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-revokes-19-biden-era-executive-actions-in-2nd-round-of-roll-backs-5826148

PJ MEDIA
— Federal Judge Tells Trump He Can’t Use the Law to Deport Illegals
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/03/15/federal-judge-tells-trump-he-cant-use-the-law-to-deport-illegal-n4937960
— Antisemitism in Universities Is Uncivil and Incompatible with Sound Education
https://pjmedia.com/philip-carl-salzman/2025/03/14/anti-semitism-in-universities-is-uncivil-and-incompatible-with-sound-education-n4937926

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

REUTERS
— Voice of America staff put on leave, Trump ally says agency ‘not salvageable’  (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, DOGE would not be needed today and I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-signs-order-gut-voice-america-other-agencies-2025-03-15/

MSN
— America’s postmaster general knew that sooner or later, DOGE would come calling at the US Postal Service. So Louis DeJoy decided to have DOGE work with him. (COMMENT: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, DOGE would not be needed today and I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/can-elon-musk-save-the-post-office-the-us-postmaster-general-thinks-so/ar-AA1AVw9V

CBS NEWS
— Venezuelan immigrants sue Trump over order to invoke wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuelan-immigrants-sue-trump-over-order-invoking-wartime-alien-enemies-act-of-1798/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Judge Orders Halt on Deportations of Venezuelans Under Wartime Law
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/15/us/trump-news
— Pew surveys show boys tend to feel discouraged in the classroom, and are less likely than girls to pursue college. (COMMENT: What motivated you to pursue college?  My father frequently decried his not having a college degree. He was discouraged from pursuing college because he had type 1 diabetes from childhood. He was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. Neither of my parents attended college. My mother never attended high school. If I was in high school today, because of my terrible demographics, I question if I could find enough motivation to pursue college. Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly give more preference to those who are minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/upshot/teenagers-school-girls-boys.html
— Can Trump and Musk Convince More Conservatives to Buy Teslas?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/business/elon-musk-trump-tesla-conservatives.html
— How Trump’s Hard-Line Tactics Are Driving Down (ILLEGAL) Migration
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/world/americas/mexico-trump-migration.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, governments exist a) to take money from those who have more money and b) to give that money to those who have less money.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-03-16/doge-elon-musk-donald-trump-government-layoffs

USA TODAY
— Torching Teslas? Climate-loving liberals driven crazy by Trump harm their cause. Liberals across the country are attacking a bunch of electric vehicles and infrastructure – once a symbol of Democrats’ climate-saving agenda. Essentially, they are sabotaging their own cause.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/03/14/trump-musk-tesla-protests-ev-violence/82330639007/

BOSTON HERALD
— Transgender Americans weigh leaving US over Trump’s policies. Some already have.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/03/15/transgender-americans-leaving/amp/

NEW YORK SUN
— First-in-the-Nation Reparations Program Runs Into Financial Problems, Halts Payouts. In Evanston, Illinois, lagging recreational pot sales – which are used to fund the city’s disbursements to African Americans – have been lagging below projections.
https://www.nysun.com/article/first-in-the-nation-reparations-program-runs-into-financial-problems-halts-payouts

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Attacks Political Enemies in Speech at Justice Department. President Trump vowed to restore “fair, equal, and impartial justice” to the U.S. in his speech at the Department of Justice.
https://www.wsj.com/video/trump-attacks-political-enemies-in-speech-at-justice-department/56264406-A6C3-4787-B6BB-B510A0E311FA

WEEK
— J.D. Vance: Trump’s attack dog (COMMENT: I should write about my critics/opponents and the attack dogs who they currently use against me and have used against me in the past. They include present and past members of the Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and Wheaton Chamber of Commerce members.)
https://theweek.com/politics/j-d-vance-trumps-attack-dog

NPR
— A tale of two states: Florida and Illinois’s responses to the Trump administration
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/16/nx-s1-5324551/a-tale-of-two-states-florida-and-illinoiss-responses-to-the-trump-administration

MEDIAITE
— Homan: I’m Deporting Illegals Biden Tried to Turn Into Voters
https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/future-democratic-voters-trump-border-czar-tells-stephen-a-smith-theyre-deporting-the-illegals-biden-was-changing-census-to-count/

CBC
— Fans at BMO Field boo U.S. anthem prior to Toronto FC’s home opener against Chicago. Steady booing was followed by enthusiastic rendition of O Canada.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/mls/bmo-field-fans-boo-us-anthem-tfc-home-opener-1.7484851

March 6, 2025 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— Women’s History Month
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/03/womens-history-month-2025/
— Irish-American Heritage Month
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/03/irish-american-heritage-month-2025/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Voters ‘overwhelmingly’ choose this design in Illinois flag contest
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/voters-overwhelmingly-choose-this-design-in-illinois-flag-contest/3690327/

CBS2
— How could Trump’s plans to dismantle U.S. Department of Education affect Chicago area schools?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/president-trump-executive-order-education-deparment-impact-chicago-schools/

FOX32
— Social Security employees banned from reading news websites at work
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/social-security-workforce-layoffs-employees-banned-news-websites
— Could President Trump dismantle the Dept. of Education?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1604319

WGN RADIO
— Does being a sanctuary city make it a safer city? (COMMENT: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.)
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/does-being-a-sanctuary-city-make-it-a-safer-city/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Head of Small Business Administration closing Chicago office, citing ‘sanctuary city’ status
https://chicago.suntimes.com/small-business/2025/03/06/small-business-administration-loeffler-offices-chicago-sanctuary-city
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are on Medicaid?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/06/trump-musk-federal-budget-cuts-health-care-medicare-medicaid-social-security-prescriptions-paxlovid
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/06/trump-vance-zelenskyy-lindsey-graham-rubio-spineless-mona-charen

DAILY HERALD
— Kane County Chair makes pitch for $51 million sales tax referendum
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250306/business/kane-county-chair-makes-pitch-for-51-million-sales-tax-referendum/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What companies are saying — and not saying — about DEI and ESG now
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/dei-and-esg-downplayed-chicago-area-corporate-10ks
— Small Business Administration closing Chicago office over sanctuary city law
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/sba-closing-chicago-office-over-sanctuary-city-law

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— How Trump justifies his tariffs — from budget balancing to protecting ‘the soul’ of America
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-how-trump-justifies-his-tariffs-from-budget-balancing-to-protecting-the-soul-of-america/

NPR ILLINOIS
— How does the U.S. federal workforce compare with those in other countries?  (COMMENT: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-06/how-does-the-u-s-federal-workforce-compare-with-those-in-other-countries

KSDK
— Illinois recruits laid-off federal workers for state jobs amid cuts
https://www.ksdk.com/article/money/economy/illinois-hiring-fired-federal-workers-trump-administrations/63-47271700-b021-4186-94a4-bbc06b976b03

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-262/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have the mainstream news media spin against Trump everything that he says or does. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

JOHN BIVER
— The Reality of the 2026 Illinois Elections
https://johnbiver.com/the-reality-of-the-2026-illinois-elections/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Des Plaines Man–John Goodman–Announces Candidacy for GOP Nomination for U.S. Senate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/06/des-plaines-man-john-goodman-announces-candidacy-for-gop-nomination-for-u-s-senate/
— Buehler and Other Local Officials Attend Meeting with U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/06/buehler-attends-meeting-with-u-s-senators-dick-durbin-and-tammy-duckworth/
— Woodstock Manufacturer of Strong Paper Straws Costing Two Cents Apiece Fears Bankruptcy Because of Trump Executive Order
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/06/woodstock-manufacturer-of-strong-paper-straws-costing-two-cents-apiece-fears-bankruptcy/
— Comparing Counterfeiting Now and in the Late 1960’s
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/06/comparing-counterfeiting-now-and-in-the-late-1960s/
— Retaining Current State Flag Wins Contest
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/03/06/retaining-current-state-flag-wins-contest/

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— IL Dems Overreach Again – Want to Require Private Schools to Register with the State
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/03/05/il-dems-overreach-again-want-to-require-private-schools-to-register-with-the-state

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump must stand strong against the left’s rage
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/6/trump-must-stand-strong-lefts-rage/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s Russia prostration is a great global gift to China
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3339920/trump-russia-prostration-great-global-gift-china/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump says he’s ‘looking at’ revoking visas for thousands of Ukrainians: ‘Not looking to hurt them’
https://nypost.com/2025/03/06/us-news/trump-to-revoke-legal-status-for-240000-ukrainians-as-us-steps-up-deportations/

FOX NEWS
— GOP rep says she’ll refer sanctuary city mayors for criminal prosecution
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-rep-says-shell-refer-sanctuary-city-mayors-criminal-prosecution
— The Small Business Administration announced a series of reforms on Thursday aimed at ensuring illegal immigrants don’t receive taxpayer benefits and removing offices from sanctuary cities.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-trump-agency-flips-script-biden-admin-awarding-illegals-taxpayer-benefits
— ‘Squad’ Democrat ‘wanted to be thrown out’ of sanctuary city hearing
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369681649112

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEWSWEEK
— Elon Musk’s DOGE Cancels Lease at Obama Library Site
https://www.newsweek.com/doge-barack-obama-library-lease-canceled-2040816

CNN
— 10 Democrats join with Republicans to censure Rep. Al Green for Trump speech protest
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/politics/al-green-censure-trump-protest-house
— Trump says he will convene biweekly Cabinet sessions with Musk to make cuts more precise
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-presidency-news-03-06-25#cm7xrjj9k00003b6m2wwe9e8l

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats’ Sanctuary City Choice. Mayors say they won’t change despite worries about migrant crime.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/sanctuary-cities-democrats-migrants-crime-michelle-wu-boston-denver-chicago-d9a877e8
— How Sanctuary Cities Are Fighting Trump’s Mass Deportations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6DsBVgBero

LAW
— Trump Order Calls For DEI Policy Review of ‘Leading Law Firms’
https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2025/03/06/trump-order-calls-for-dei-policy-review-of-leading-law-firms/

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/well-read/202503/how-systemic-racism-impacts-student-mental-health

March 5, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Johnson defends spending on migrant crisis during Capitol Hill hearings
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-defends-spending-migrant-crisis-during-sanctuary-city-hearings-washington-dc/15981771/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson testifies in DC at sanctuary city hearing
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-set-testify-washington-dc-sanctuary-city-hearing/15979555/
— Trump issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas to release all remaining hostages held in Gaza
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-issues-last-warning-hamas-release-remaining-hostages-held-gaza/15981541/
— Trump administration plans to fire over 70K employees at Department of Veterans Affairs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trumps-administration-planning-fire-70k-employees-us-department-veterans-affairs-memo-shows/15981426/
— ‘Partisan and divisive’: House leadership on Trump’s joint address
https://abc7chicago.com/post/democrats-republicans-react-president-trumps-joint-address-congress/15980125/
— Illinois legislative revenue estimate more than $700M lower than Gov. Pritzker’s proposed budget
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-legislative-revenue-estimate-737-million-lower-governor-jb-pritzkers-proposed-state-budget/15982106/

NBC5
— House Republicans seek to censure Rep. Al Green after interrupting Trump’s speech
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/house-republicans-seek-to-censure-rep-al-green-after-interrupting-trumps-speech/3689903/
—  LaHood questions Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson during testimony before Congress
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/il-rep-darin-lahood-questions-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-during-testimony-before-congress/3689776/

CBS2
— Mayor Brandon Johnson defends Chicago’s immigration policies on Capitol Hill; “Chicago is and always has been a proud city of immigrants.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/after-prep-mayor-johnson-testify-capitol-hill-immigration/

FOX32
— Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers opening statement in sanctuary cities hearing
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DliSvuXQIHh8

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson defends Chicago’s sanctuary laws in GOP-led congressional hearing
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/mayor-brandon-johnson-congress-committee-sanctuary-laws/
— Democrat leaders say “Trump uses Democrats as stooges at address to Congress” and ask “When will the party learn some common sense?”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/editorial-donald-trump-uses-democrats-as-stooges-at-state-of-the-union-when-will-the-party-learn-some-common-sense/
— City begins rehousing efforts for Gompers Park homeless encampment residents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/chicago-rehousing-efforts-gompers-park-homeless/
— Aurora mayoral candidates Richard Irvin, John Laesch to answer questions at upcoming forum (COMMENT: While I was the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005 -2012, far too many Republican candidates objected to my asking them after their speeches that if elected, would they defend and advance all the planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/aurora-mayoral-candidates-richard-irvin-john-laesch-to-answer-questions-at-upcoming-forum/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Heavily-scripted Mayor Brandon Johnson survives congressional hot seat on Chicago’s sanctuary city policy
https://chicago.suntimes.com/brandonjohnson/2025/03/05/chicago-sanctuary-city-brandon-johnson-testimony-updates-file

DAILY HERALD
— ‘Insulting and disrespectful’: Suburban Democratic lawmakers slam Trump’s address to Congress
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250305/us-congress-politics/insulting-and-disrespectful-suburban-democratic-lawmakers-slam-trumps-address-to-congress/
— Illinois lawmakers boycott, bring pointed guests to Trump speech
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250304/nation-and-world-politics/illinois-lawmakers-boycott-bring-pointed-guests-to-trump-speech/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Brandon Johnson argues sanctuary city law keeps Chicago safer in high-profile House testimony
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-defends-chicagos-sanctuary-city-law-dc

SOUTHERN
— Trump, Musk raise questions about whether nation’s gold at Fort Knox has been stolen
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/05/trump-musk-raise-questions-about-whether-nations-gold-at-fort-knox-has-been-stolen/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Volunteers help fired federal workers re-enter the job market (COMMENT: No one helped me or my Republican GAO coworkers who were fired because of Republican-led budget cuts during the 1980s and 1990s.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-05/volunteers-help-fired-federal-workers-re-enter-the-job-market

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Republicans push for special master in Illinois redistricting lawsuit
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/republicans-push-for-special-master-in-illinois-redistricting-lawsuit#

KDHL RADIO
— Cannabis Edible Sends Illinois Teen To Emergency Room
https://kdhlradio.com/ixp/722/p/cannabis-edible-illinois/

WHEATON
— Women of Wheaton (COMMENT: What About Men of Wheaton?)
https://www.wheaton.il.us/1069/Women-of-Wheaton

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-261/
— Underutilized CPS schools driving up costs
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/05/report-underutilized-cps-schools-driving-up-costs/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— It all comes out in the wash. As time goes on, it becomes all the more clear that all my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican reject many, most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, 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. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Antics at speech highlight Democrats’ Trump problem
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/5/antics-speech-highlight-democrats-trump-problem/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Chicago Mayor: Sanctuary Policies Make Cities Safer Because ‘Undocumented Immigrants Come Forward To Report Crimes’
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/chicago-mayor-sanctuary-policies-make-cities-safer-because-undocumented-immigrants-come-forward-to-report-crimes/

BREITBART
— Biden Quadrupled Unvetted Immigration Through Parole Program Abuse
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/05/report-biden-quadrupled-unvetted-immigration-through-parole-program-abuse/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— USDA employees fired en masse by Trump administration reinstated  (COMMENT: I was among the more than 3,000 GAO employees who Republicans fired during the 1980s and 1990s. What if we had been reinstated?)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/usda-employees-fired-reinstatement/index.html

NBC NEWS
— Trump grants automakers a 1-month exemption on tariffs; Vance visits southern border
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/live-blog/live-updates-trump-vance-musk-doge-immigration-russia-ukraine-rcna194067

CBS NEWS
— JD Vance touts Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration in Texas
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/jd-vance-touts-trump-administrations-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration-in-texas/
— House Speaker Mike Johnson’s chief of staff arrested for DUI after Trump speech
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-johnson-chief-of-staff-hayden-haynes-arrested-dui-trump-speech/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Chicago’s Mayor Pushes Back as Republicans Attack Immigration Policies
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/us/brandon-johnson-chicago-mayor-sanctuary-city-hearing.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Americans don’t love Trump’s methods on Ukraine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/05/americans-dont-love-trumps-methods-ukraine/
— Trump administration plans 15 percent cut to VA workforce (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO during the 1980s and 1998s, Republicans cut half its workforce.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/05/veterans-affairs-cut-employees-trump-doge/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Tariff Concerns Paralyze Businesses, Raising Uncertainty
https://www.wsj.com/video/trump-tariff-concerns-paralyze-businesses-raising-uncertainty/9883E3CA-F5B0-4DB2-A2FB-0845198B7542

INDEPENDENT
— Speaker Mike Johnson’s chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump’s speech
https://www.yahoo.com/news/speaker-mike-johnson-chief-staff-213942800.html

March 4, 2025 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— Excerpts from President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress
https://www.whitehouse.gov/news/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hundreds gather in Daley Plaza Tuesday to protest Trump in ‘pro-democracy’ rally
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/04/hundreds-gather-daley-plaza-protest/
— Effort to house Gompers Park homeless moving forward
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/04/gompers-park-homeless-mayor-brandon-johnson/
— Trudeau slams Trump’s tariffs, says US is appeasing Putin while launching a trade war against Canada
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/04/trudeau-trump-tariffs-putin/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration puts several major Chicago federal buildings up for sale. The properties listed for sale Tuesday include two iconic high-rise towers in the Loop: the Kluczynski and Metcalfe federal buildings.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/03/04/donald-trump-general-services-administration-sale-chicago-federal-buildings
— Lead Madigan prosecutor leaving U.S. attorney’s office after more than two decades. It’s unclear what prompted the departure of Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet Bhachu. The news comes in the early days of President Donald Trump’s new administration, but also less than three weeks after a jury found Madigan guilty of a bribery conspiracy and other crimes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-corruption-trials/2025/03/04/lead-madigan-prosecutor-leaving-u-s-attorney-office

DAILY HERALD
— Demonstrators across 50 states look to unify a disparate opposition to Trump and his sweeping agenda
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250304/nation-and-world-politics/demonstrators-across-50-states-look-to-unify-a-disparate-opposition-to-trump-and-his-sweeping-agenda/
— Trump’s trade war draws swift retaliation as Mexico, Canada and China impose tariffs on the US
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250304/business/us-tariffs-take-effect-mexico-canada-and-china-retaliate-with-their-own-tariffs-on-the-us/

NBC5
— After taking down Mike Madigan, top Chicago prosecutor is taking Trump buyout. Amar Bhachu is considered a tough-as-nails questioner and an advocate for ethics, justice and cleaning up Chicago’s halls of power.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/after-taking-down-mike-madigan-top-chicago-prosecutor-is-taking-trump-buyout/3688730/

CBS2
— Questions remain about immigration enforcement in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-speech-congress-immigration-enforcement-chicago/

WGN9
— Chicago’s history as a sanctuary city spans 40 years, 7 presidents and 5 mayors
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicagos-history-as-a-sanctuary-city-spans-40-years-7-presidents-and-5-mayors/
—  Quigley, Schakowsky, Casten did not attend President Trump’s joint address to Congress Tuesday evening.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-representatives-to-skip-president-trumps-address-to-congress/

FOX32
— IRS could cut up to half of its 90,000-person workforce
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/irs-workforce-cuts-trump-administration
— ACLU of Illinois: Hearing on sanctuary cities is about ‘much more than immigration policy’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/aclu-illinois-hearing-sanctuary-cities-is-about-much-more-than-immigration-policy
— LaHood: Congress will vote on DOGE cuts
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-republican-doge-cuts

WBEZ
— Venezuelans in Chicago face Trump’s decision to end protected status. Many intend to stay in the U.S. But uncertainty from losing the status is putting pressure on business owners and straining relationships.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/03/04/venezuelans-in-chicago-face-trumps-decision-to-end-protected-status

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump seeks to put 443 federal properties up for sale — including 11 in Chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-seeks-put-443-federal-properties-sale

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-the-irs-is-drafting-plans-to-cut-as-much-as-half-of-its-90000-person-workforce-ap-sources-say/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Trump administration ends reimbursements for Illinois food programs. USDA funds are part of nearly $2 billion being withheld from Illinois, Pritzker says. (COMMENT: To what extent are those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct dependent on food programs?)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/trump-administration-ends-reimbursements-for-illinois-food-programs/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-260/
— A month later, ICE still won’t reveal who it arrested in Chicago
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/04/a-month-later-ice-still-won%e2%80%99t-reveal-who-it-arrested-in-chicago/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois legislators differ on Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canada, Mexico
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e0dba010-f939-11ef-b6d1-e365c30349d5.html
— Illinois Republicans pleased redistricting lawsuit moving forward
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_5ff3f8f4-f93d-11ef-a1ed-532e1f5769a9.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans cheer, Democrats stand still as Trump walks in for joint address to Congress
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/4/republicans-cheer-democrats-stand-still-trump-walks-joint-address/
— White House says fired veterans among federal workers are ‘perhaps’ not fit for the jobs (COMMENT: If I was still working for the federal government, my many superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were veterans would be beyond furious. They would kill me figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/4/white-house-says-fired-veterans-among-federal-workers-perhaps-fit/
— Trump’s personnel office walks back order to fire probationary employees
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/4/trumps-personnel-office-walks-back-order-fire-probationary-employees/

NEW YORK POST
— United Auto Workers union praises Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico
https://nypost.com/2025/03/04/us-news/united-auto-workers-union-praises-trumps-tariffs-on-canada-and-mexico/

FOX NEWS
— Illinois educators turn our kids into political pawns in war against Trump. Rooftop Revelations: It was no surprise when I learned that the Illinois State Superintendent told districts to defy Trump’s orders to dismantle DEI.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/illinois-educators-turn-our-kids-political-pawns-war-against-trump
— Activist gives illegal migrants heads up about ICE raids
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369572924112

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump’s Early Success at the Border Exposes Biden Lies
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/trumps-early-success-at-the-border-exposes-biden-lies/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED P{RESS
— Trump touts Elon Musk and DOGE in joint address to Congress
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-address-congress-updates

ABC NEWS
— Republicans target 4 ‘sanctuary’ cities as Trump pushes mass deportations (COMMENT: The list includes Chicago.)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/republicans-target-4-sanctuary-cities-trump-pushes-mass-119421896

NBC NEWS
— Trump addresses Congress as his policy overhaul tests the economy and key alliances. The Russia-Ukraine war and U.S. tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China are likely to be among the focuses of President Donald Trump’s speech, which began at 9:20 p.m. ET.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-administration-speech-congress-live-updates-rcna194006

NBC WASHINGTON
— Democrat and RINO leaders stress difficulties in deporting their illegals.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/immigration-courts-clogged-for-years-as-trump-vows-to-deport-millions-more/3858328/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Chinese Company to Single Workers: Get Married or Get Out (COMMENT: According to my Democrat GAO superiors, if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA in 1981, d) earn additional job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) earn a master’s degree in finance in 1997. None of my Democrat GAO superiors had anything close to the number of job-related degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I had. They all decried the time and money needed to raise children. According to them, my not having children gave me a tremendous unfair advantage over them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/world/asia/china-marriage-companies-childbirth.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The ideal worker at the Chinese chemical manufacturer, according to the internal memo, is hardworking, virtuous and loyal. And — perhaps most important — willing to have children for the good of the country. That was the message that the company, Shandong Shuntian Chemical Group, sent to unmarried employees recently, in a notice that spread widely on social media. It instructed them to start families by Sept. 30, or else. “If you cannot get married and start a family within three quarters, the company will terminate your labor contract,” the memo said.)

KHOU
— Congressman Al Green from Houston removed from Trump’s speech to joint session of Congress. The president was addressing Congress when Green disrupted the speech.
https://www.khou.com/article/news/politics/al-green-trump-speech-removed/285-5ef5f2c9-76e7-471d-adcf-2db10c1041ef

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Addresses Joint Session of Congress. The president sets his agenda for Ukraine, inflation, deportations and other issues, including the shrinking of the federal government.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-speech-congress-joint-session

February 25, 2025 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— Sick Politicians Want Killers, Rapists Roaming Our Streets
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/sick-politicians-want-killers-rapists-roaming-our-streets/
— Statement on Trump White House Victory Against the Associated Press
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/02/statement-on-trump-white-house-victory-against-the-associated-press/
— New Poll Shows Massive Support for President Trump and His Agenda
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/new-poll-shows-massive-support-for-president-trump-and-his-agenda/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Federal employees may get more demands to justify their work at Elon Musk’s direction
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-backs-musk-he-roils-federal-workforce-demands-threats/15953583/
— Is Mayor Brandon Johnson is ready to defend Chicago’s sanctuary city law to Congress?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ex-congressman-luis-guttierez-questions-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-is-ready-defend-sanctuary-city-law-congress/15954965/
— Rudy Giuliani satisfies Fulton County election workers’ $148 million defamation case
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rudy-giuliani-satisfies-fulton-county-election-workers-148-million-defamation-case/15952884/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Search for next US attorney in Chicago underway, again, in dramatically changed landscape  (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always stressed that my Republican U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald appointed U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald who sided with my Democrat GAO superiors in Diersen v. GAO. Previously, Peter Fitzgerald also appointed Amy St. Eve to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois who also sided with my Democrat GAO superiors. To side with my Democrat GAO superiors is to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/search-for-next-us-attorney-in-chicago-underway-again-in-dramatically-changed-landscape/
— Democrat leaders always hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are responsible for racist graffiti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/officials-promise-immediate-consequences-after-racist-graffiti-found-at-oak-park-and-river-forest-high-school/
— Social Security says higher payments are on the way for millions of former public workers
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/social-security-payments/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 3.2 million Social Security recipients who received pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public service jobs will soon see a boost in their benefits. Most people will receive their one-time retroactive payment by the end of March, and new monthly payments will begin in April, the agency says. The Social Security Administration announced it would immediately begin processing retroactive payments and will send increased monthly payments to people affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset, which were rescinded in the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act that former President Joe Biden signed into law last year. The Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset limited Social Security benefits for recipients if they got retirement payments from other sources, including public retirement programs from a state or local government. Advocates say the Social Security Fairness Act rights a decades-old disparity, though it also puts a strain on Social Security Trust Funds, which face a looming insolvency crisis.)
— Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company’s diversity programs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/apple-diversity-programs-2/
— Federal employees may get more demands to justify their work at Elon Musk’s direction
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/federal-employees-elon-musk/
— Elon Musk renews threat to fire federal workers despite pushback from various agencies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/elon-musk-federal-workers/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rep. LaHood calls Trump policies a ‘priority’ as he opens search for new top federal prosecutor. The Peoria Republican also noted that the Northern District of Illinois has gone more than 22 months without a confirmed U.S. attorney.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/02/25/lahood-opens-u-s-attorney-search-by-calling-trump-policies
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that rump is a Nazi. To hint/imply/argue/shout that someone is a Nazi in America today is like hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that someone is a Jew in Germany in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/02/25/pritzker-trump-comparison-nazi-hitler-academic-commentary
— With intensifying assaults on the press, is it time for a ‘NATO for news’?  To protect the free press in America, we need to agree that “an attack on one is an attack on all.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/02/24/president-donald-trump-assault-press-news-media-associated-press-ap-nato-news-jim-friedlich

DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton College in political, religious crosshairs over congratulating Trump appointee
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250225/news/wheaton-college-in-political-religious-crosshairs-over-congratulating-trump-appointee/
— Some GOP lawmakers start to call out DOGE — carefully
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250225/nation-and-world-politics/some-gop-lawmakers-start-to-call-out-doge-carefully/
— College of DuPage to host College Poll Worker Recruitment Summit April 11
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250224/submitted-content/college-of-dupage-to-host-college-poll-worker-recruitment-summit-april-11/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Who will be Chicago’s next U.S. attorney? Rep. LaHood is taking applications.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/darin-lahood-kicks-search-chicagos-us-attorney

SHAW LOCAL
— White House says it ‘will decide’ which news outlets cover Trump, rotating some traditional ones
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/02/25/white-house-says-it-will-decide-which-news-outlets-cover-trump-rotating-some-traditional-ones/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company’s diversity programs
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/alert-apple-shareholders-reject-proposal-to-20186932.php

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DeSantis talks up his wife as next Florida governor. Here’s what to know about Casey.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-as-desantis-talks-up-his-wife-as-next-florida-governor-heres-what-to-know-about-casey/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Rollback of diversity efforts leaves teachers wondering about effects on Black History Month
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-02-25/rollback-of-diversity-efforts-leaves-teachers-wondering-about-effects-on-black-history-month

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Pritzker positions himself at forefront of Trump opposition by invoking Nazis’ rise to power
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzker-positions-himself-at-forefront-of-trump-opposition-by-invoking-nazis-rise-to-power/
— Lawsuit threatens Illinois minority teachers scholarship. Conservative group seeks to overturn race-based financial aid. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawsuit-threatens-illinois-minority-teachers-scholarship/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Edgar disses Trump
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/25/edgar-battles-cancer-disses-trump-00205911

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-255/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Milena McConchie, Wife of Recently Resigned State Senator Dan McConchie Succumbs to Cancer from Chernobyl Radiation, R.I.P.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/milena-mcconchie-wife-of-recently-resigned-state-senator-dan-mcconchie-succumbs-to-cancer-from-chernobyl-radiation-r-i-p/
— Carbondale Retreats To Keep Sidewalk Counseling Case Out of U.S. Supreme Court
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/carbondale-retreats-to-keep-sidewalk-counseling-case-out-of-u-s-supreme-court/
— Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy “My Way or the Highway” Funk Mails Out Newsletter Right Before Election Day
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/algonquin-township-supervisor-randy-my-way-or-the-highway-funk-mails-out-newsletter-right-before-election-day/
— Schakowsky Continues Picketing Agencies Musk Targets
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/schakowsky-continues-picketing-agencies-musk-targets/
— Federal Gun Dealer Takedown
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/federal-gun-dealer-takedown/
— State Reps Reick and Keicher Set Tele-Town Hall Meeting February 26th
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/state-reps-reick-and-keicher-set-tele-town-hall-meeting-february-26th/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS warns illegal immigrants to self-deport
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/25/dhs-warns-illegal-immigrants-self-deport/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago keeps electing Democrats to disastrous results
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3329826/chicago-keeps-electing-democrats-disastrous-results/
— Hospitals conducting transgender procedures on children supported by billions in taxpayer dollars
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3329731/hospitals-transgender-procedures-children-billions-taxpayer-dollars/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump administration ends use of controversial app to allow migrants to fly without ID
https://nypost.com/2025/02/25/us-news/trump-administration-ends-use-of-app-to-allow-migrants-to-board-flights-without-id/

CITY JOURNAL
— How Universities Get Away With Hiring Radicals. Fellow-to-faculty programs have seeded academia with activists.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/universities-fellow-to-faculty-programs-activists

DAILY WIRE
— Nearly 100 Illegals Captured In Colony Ridge Deportation Raids. Border Czar Tom Homan said “several child sexual predators” were arrested in the Texas development.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-100-illegals-captured-in-colony-ridge-deportation-raids

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Homan Wants to Double ICE Footprint in Sanctuary Cities. Musk Is Helping Him Get There.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tom-homan-wants-to-double-ice-footprint-in-sanctuary-cities-elon-musk-is-helping-him-get-there/

NEWS BUSTERS
— The View Celebrates Black History Month By Promoting Discredited 1619 Project
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/02/25/view-celebrates-black-history-month-promoting-discredited

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— DHS Secretary Noem Says She Discovered Some Officials ‘Tipping Off’ Illegals About Deportation Plans: ‘They Will Be Fired’
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/dhs-secretary-noem-says-she-discovered-some-officials-tipping-off-illegals-about-deportation-plans-they-will-be-fired/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Poetic Justice: Obama Library Delayed – Discrimination Lawsuits, Environmental Injunctions, Enrichment Allegations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/poetic-justice-obama-library-delayed-discrimination-lawsuits-environmental-injunctions-enrichment-allegations/ar-AA1zCG31

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Federal workers urge congressional lawmakers to reverse job cuts
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-workers-urge-congressional-lawmakers-to-reverse-job-cuts/
— Case surge from fired federal workers jams federal board
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/case-surge-from-fired-federal-workers-jams-merit-systems-protection-board/

NTD
— House Hearing on ‘The Government Accountability Office’s 2025 High-Risk List’
https://www.ntd.com/live-1-pm-et-house-hearing-on-the-government-accountability-offices-2025-high-risk-list_1049779.html

WASHINGTON POST
— What has Trump done today?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/trump-administration-actions/

USA TODAY
— Trump pitches $5 million gold card path to citizenship for foreign investors
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/02/25/trump-pitches-gold-card-path-to-citizenship-for-foreign-investors/80355877007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Proposes Fines, Prison Time for Migrants Who Don’t Join Registry. Administration plans to establish registration website as soon as this week.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-immigration-migrant-registry-jail-time-95c405a7

POLITICO
— White House says it will determine which reporters have access to the president
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/trump-white-house-press-pool-access-00206001

PBS
— Elon Musk may direct more demands on federal employees to justify their work
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/elon-musk-may-direct-more-demands-on-federal-employees-to-justify-their-work

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Is Trump Acting Like a Dictator? 74% of Democrats Say So
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/is_trump_acting_like_a_dictator_74_of_democrats_say_so

February 24, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The few Republicans who still oppose Trump, including former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, gather in search of a path to oppose him.  (COMMENT: To what extent do Republican leaders in your area oppose Trump? What are they doing to oppose Trump? Why do they oppose Trump?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/24/republicans-oppose-trump/

ABC7
—  Pfleger church flying American flag upside-down: ‘America is under distress’ (COMMENT: Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/father-michael-pfleger-flies-american-flag-upside-down-outside-saint-sabina-church-gresham-chicago/15952293/

FOX32
—  Pfleger protests Trump administration with upside-down American flag (COMMENT: Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-pastor-protests-trump-administration-upside-down-american-flag
— To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders push for reparations. Anticipate/expect that to get more votes from voters who are the following, Democrat leaders will push for reparations for them: other minorities, females, young people, LGBTQers, those who have less money than others, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1598130

WBEZ
— Trump’s cozying up to Russia comes as ‘slap in the face’ to Ukrainian Americans in Chicago
https://www.wbez.org/nation-world/2025/02/24/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-war-third-anniversary-chicago-ukrainians

WGN RADIO
— DeSantis talks up his wife as next Florida governor and takes a shot at Trump’s pick
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-desantis-promotes-his-wife-as-next-florida-governor-and-takes-a-shot-at-trumps-pick/

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Pritzker’s proposal to fund resources for the homeless in Illinois (COMMENT: Under Illinois Democrats and under Illinois RINOs, homelessness will ever-increasingly increase in Illinois.)
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/gov-pritzkers-proposal-to-fund-resources-for-the-homeless-in-illinois/

WSIU
— Democrat leaders have protesters call on LaHood to oppose Trump’s cuts to health care, food assistance
https://www.wsiu.org/state-of-illinois/2025-02-24/protesters-call-on-lahood-to-oppose-trump-cuts-to-healthcare-food-assistance

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump administration backs off requiring response to “What did you do last week?” email
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-24/trump-administration-backs-off-requiring-response-to-what-did-you-do-last-week-email
— Federal agencies still can’t agree on ‘What did you do last week?’ email
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-24/federal-agencies-still-cant-agree-on-what-did-you-do-last-week-email

WAND TV
— Judge rejects immediately restoring AP’s access to White House but urges government to reconsider. A federal judge on had refused to immediately order the White House to restore The Associated Press’ access to presidential events, saying the news organization had not shown it had suffered irreparable harm in the matter. (COMMENT: AP treats Trump unfairly. But I have never treated Republican candidates, elected officials, or party leaders unfairly.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/judge-rejects-immediately-restoring-aps-access-to-white-house-but-urges-government-to-reconsider/article_a64e49e8-c5db-55f0-8948-b150240eb30b.html

ILLINOIS PATCH
— Pritzker Refuses To ‘Bend The Knee’ As Trump Says ‘Long Live The King’  The Illinois governor also drew parallels between Nazi Germany and the modern political climate. (COMMENT: To be America’s next president, Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump, that is, to be America’s next president, Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against those who voted for Trump including the 2.4 million in Illinois.)
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/pritzker-compares-trump-king-says-he-wont-bend-knee

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-254/
— Poll: Mayor Johnson’s re-elect in crowded field is 8 percent; Just 7 percent view him favorably, 80 percent unfavorably
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/24/poll-mayor-johnsons-re-elect-in-crowded-field-is-8-percent-just-7-percent-view-him-favorably-80-percent-unfavorably/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Immigration group received over $63 million in Illinois taxpayer funds in 7 months
https://www.aol.com/news/immigration-group-received-over-63-150000603.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Echoing My Continuing Concern that Data Centers Will Endanger Electric Supply to Homeowners and Businesses
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/echoing-my-continuing-concern-that-data-centers-will-endanger-electric-supply-to-homeowners-and-businesses/
— Time to Build Another Nuclear Power Plant in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/time-to-build-another-nuclear-power-plant-in-illinois/
— The Censures of Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy Funk – Part 8
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/the-censures-of-algonquin-township-supervisor-randy-funk-part-8/
— Marengo Set To Impose Grocery Sales Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/marengo-set-to-impose-grocery-sales-tax/
— Fox River Grove Moving Ahead with Downtown Development
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/fox-river-grove-moving-ahead-with-downtown-development/
— Third Mailer from Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Danijela Sandberg
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/24/third-mailer-from-algonquin-township-highway-commissioner-danijela-sandberg/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel to Clear Out Illegal Aliens
https://amgreatness.com/2025/02/24/new-york-citys-roosevelt-hotel-to-clear-out-illegal-aliens/

BREITBART
— Poll: Support for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Totally Collapses
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/24/poll-support-for-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-totally-collapses/
— Houston 15-Year-Old Shoots Mom, Sister After Eating ‘Bunch’ of Marijuana Edibles
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/02/23/police-houston-15-year-old-shoots-mom-sister-marijuana-edibles/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Federal agencies can ignore “What did you do last week?” email, Trump administration says
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-doge-email-federal-employees-opm-directive-accomplishments/

CNN
— Musk’s new message: Elon Musk said tonight that federal workers who do not respond to a weekend email asking them to justify their jobs will be given another opportunity “subject to the discretion of the President” and warned that they would still be fired if they didn’t reply a second time. Hours earlier, the Office of Personnel Management notified government agencies that responding to Musk’s email, which President Donald Trump praised as “pretty ingenious,” was voluntary.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-news-02-24-25/index.html
— Setback for AP: A federal judge declined today to temporarily restore the Associated Press’ access to some of Trump’s events, the Oval Office and Air Force One.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-news-02-24-25/index.html

WASHJINGTON POST
— What has Trump done today?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/trump-administration-actions/
— Trump administration tells agencies they can ignore Musk order on email reply. The Office of Personnel Management told HR officials that employees wouldn’t be let go for not replying to an email asking what they did last week.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/24/musk-email-government-confusion/

DENVER POST
— SBA administrator orders regional offices to exit “sanctuary cities” like Denver
https://www.denverpost.com/2025/02/24/sba-administrator-regional-headquarters-exit-denver/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Backs Musk’s Email Asking Federal Workers to List Accomplishments. Agencies issue conflicting guidance on whether to comply with the request.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-says-workers-who-dont-respond-to-musks-email-risk-being-fired-27c2e9e4

BARRON’S
— Illegals who were invited in by Democrat and RINO leaders return home.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/their-dreams-dashed-by-trump-migrants-make-return-journey-home-8c6ff17b

PBS
— Federal workers sue over Elon Musk’s threat to fire them if they don’t explain their accomplishments (COMMENT: I sued my Democrat GAO superiors over their threats if I did not take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  They made it clear to me that if I did not take their “offer,” they would make my next 6 years until I would be eligible for regular retirement a living hell for me. The least of which they would do would be to demote me and to give me adverse transfers. Previously, they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and forced to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS. GAO was not unionized; it did not unionize until 2007.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-workers-sue-over-elon-musks-threat-to-fire-them-if-they-dont-explain-their-accomplishments