September 7, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/07/column-immigrants-us-opinion-page/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/29/heidi-stevens-chicago-violence-pritzker-trump/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Student enrollment at Illinois’ regional universities is plummeting. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, demographics trump everything. I earned a) a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 46, and 48, and d) a professional license when I was 32  I spent a tremendous amount of time and money doing the aforesaid. But could I find the motivation to do the aforesaid if I was young today? From what I see, fewer and fewer and fewer of those share demographics seek college degrees, professional certifications, and professional licenses. From what I see, it is because of ever-increasing Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, it is because of ever-increasing race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Young people with my demographics ever-increasingly believe that it is not only not worth the effort, but that it is impossible. From what I see, ever-increasingly, America is up-or-out for those who share my demographics. If you share my demographics, you are written off and gotten rid of if you are not making say $150,000+/year by age 25, $200,000+/year by age 30, $250,000+/year by age 35, $400,000+/year by age 40, etc. In the federal government, the earnings deadlines are $117,807 by age 25, $139,211 by age 30, $163,749 by age 35, and $195,200 by age 40. Extremely few of those who share my demographics are able to meet those earnings deadlines. Because of my demographics and because I did not make any of the aforesaid earnings deadlines, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and got rid of me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/06/illinois-regional-universities-student-enrollment-plummeting/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with China
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/cyr-china-summit/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/06/ice-raids-chicago-immigration-saturday-trump

DAILY HERALD
— Want to retire early? Ask yourself 4 questions. I did not want to retire early. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Being forced to retire early is devastating. I should write about that. Your critics/opponents use it against you big time. You have far less money for the rest of your life.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250906/business/want-to-retire-early-ask-yourself-these-4-questions/

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-federal-intervention-latest-president-trumps-immigration-enforcement-possible-national-guard-deployment-live-updates/17758521/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toqWdV5Ok4I

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protest-against-deployment-of-federal-troops-to-chicago-takes-over-michigan-avenue/3820529/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protestors-rally-march-against-ice-operations-outside-naval-stations-great-lakes/3820498/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkI2jO_-GZo

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/protestors-fill-downtown-chicago-streets-to-oppose-trumps-immigration-crackdown/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1703641

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/06/chicago-s-mexican-independence-day-celebrations-shadowed-donald-trump-s-threats

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.rrstar.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2025/09/06/rockford-residents-protest-trump-troops-in-chicago-see-photos/86022065007/

MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Illinois House and Senate Republicans sue over general assembly three readings rule.
https://muddyrivernews.com/politics/miller-ill-house-and-senate-republicans-sue-over-general-assembly-procedure/20250907080952/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vices and addictions
https://muddyrivernews.com/business/sponsored-content/best-delta-9-gummies-in-2025-top-hemp-derived-thc-edibles/20250906135257/

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Illinois Republicans slam crime challenges in Chicago and region
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2025/09/07/illinois-republicans-slam-crime-challenges-in-chicago-and-region/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders side with South Korea against America
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-09-06/ice-arrests-at-a-georgia-hyundai-plant-create-new-tension-with-south-korea

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/06/thousands-march-downtown-to-protest-trumps-deportation-threats/

POSITIVELY Naperville
— As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2025/09/06/loaves-fishes-take-action-against-hunger-meeting-the-need-together/152874

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Higher ed spending up as enrollment plummets at Illinois universities
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_617b76b1-8f89-4bb4-9233-592971e44066.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BLAZE
— Trump’s DOJ cracks down on defiant sanctuary city mayor shielding illegal aliens
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trumps-doj-cracks-down-on-defiant-sanctuary-city-mayor-shielding-illegal-aliens

DAILY SIGNAL
— El Paso Streets Empty After Years of Chaos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGf95Uj3joc

DAILY WIRE
— For The First Time In 40 Years, The Federal Government Can Judge Applicants By Merit. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and by earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and by earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA, by passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, by almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/for-the-first-time-in-40-years-the-federal-government-can-judge-applicants-by-merit

FOX NEWS
— Trump roils Chicago Democrats with ‘Apocalypse Now’ meme hinting at National Guard deployment
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-roils-chicago-democrats-apocalypse-now-meme-hinting-national-guard-deployment
— Gianno Caldwell: Dems know Trump will ‘put their incompetence on full display’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6378668738112
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-mayor-calls-trumps-federalization-threats-beneath-honor-our-nation-protests-planned

NEWSMAX
— Trump Takes Aim at Chicago, Warns of ‘Chipocalypse Now’
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/donald-trump-jd-vance-chicago/2025/09/06/id/1225374/

PJ MEDIA
— Trump Declares ‘Chipocalypse Now’ — Here’s Why He Wants to Clear the Illegals Out of Chicago
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/09/06/heres-why-trump-wants-chipocalypse-to-clear-illegals-out-of-chicago-n4943411

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Biden Promised This Plant Would Create Jobs: Trump’s DHS Just Caught Hundreds of Illegals Working There
https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-promised-plant-create-jobs-trumps-dhs-just-caught-hundreds-illegals-working/

TOWNHALL
— Trump: Chicago To See ‘Department of War’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/09/06/trump-chicago-will-find-out-why-its-called-the-department-of-war-n2662864

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5490496-democrats-blast-trump-for-war-threats-on-us-cities/

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/06/politics/video/we-are-all-dc-protest-vrtc

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/chicago-protesters-defiant-face-trumps-deportation-threats-2025-09-06/
— Democrat leaders side with South Korea against America
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/south-korea-says-us-release-video-showing-workers-arrest-was-regrettable-2025-09-06/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLHmVol4wHg
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/chicago-protest-photos-ab99f57029057aa9919be802f85876c2

UPI
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2025-09-06/photos-capture-chicagoans-protest-against-ice-and-trumps-intervention-plans

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/thousands-rally-against-trump-s-troop-deployment-in-d-c-246952517617
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/d-c-rallies-in-protest-of-trump-s-federal-troops-246951493890
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/sen-durbin-calls-trump-post-about-chicago-disgusting-246948421851

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/video/chicago-residents-protest-as-trump-threatens-to-send-in-national-guard/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/opinion/trump-senate-democrats-shutdown.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/us/politics/trump-congresss-power.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/us/trump-chicago-ice-raids-immigration.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use slavery against Republicans. They ever-increasingly a) paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederates and b) paint today’s Democrats as being yesterday’s Union Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/opinion/slavery-trump-burgum-history.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Sanders and Mamdani
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/06/mamdani-sanders-nyc-mayor-race/400938f2-8b95-11f0-895c-97bd39cbdc59_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/09/06/we-are-all-dc-march/
— West Point alumni group cancels award ceremony for Tom Hanks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/06/tom-hanks-west-point/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-09-06/chicagos-mexican-independence-day-celebrations-shadowed-by-trumps-threats-for-the-city
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-06/ice-recruitment-law-enforcement-commercial
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-09-06/lgbtq-catholics-make-holy-year-pilgrimage-to-rome-and-celebrate-a-new-feeling-of-welcome

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/09/06/dc-march-protest-trumps-troops-photos/86014322007/

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if those who are White, male, older, Protestant, and/or German American succeed, it is because they have benefitted from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/reverse-discrimination-data-shows-white-americans-still-advantaged/article_1d739c0f-f756-41ff-aaa4-a0837e04f1a5.html

DETROIT NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/06/chicagos-mexican-independence-day-celebrations-shadowed-by-trumps-threats-for-the-city/86023096007/

FORBES
— Hegseth And Trump Tout Military Recruitment Numbers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNtN5HLqb1A
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqH-GKudZiA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpbq-SiorRc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rY8QfGt_KA
— ‘It Was Called Department Of War—And Then We Went Woke’: Trump Explains Department Of War Renaming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuBGsmAJp_g

FED SMITH
— The New Federal Hiring Process Explained: What Changed in 2025?  OPM’s new Merit Hiring Plan dramatically changes the federal hiring process. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and by earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and by earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA, by passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, by almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/07/30/new-federal-hiring-process-explained-what-changed-in-2025/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.aol.com/trump-revokes-workplace-discrimination-rules-203613130.html

INDIAN EXPRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/illinois-gov-calls-trump-dictator-trump-threatens-chicago-apocalyptic-force-10234744/

BBC
— Seoul holds emergency meeting after citizens detained in US Hyundai raid
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yvjnp295xo

September 6, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-federal-intervention-latest-president-trumps-immigration-enforcement-possible-national-guard-deployment-live-updates/17758521/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-leaders-respond-to-trumps-social-media-post-signaling-deportations/3820459/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/gov-pritzker-says-president-trump-threatened-to-go-to-war-with-chicago-in-social-media-post/3820443/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-signals-chicago-deportations-in-parody-chipocalypse-now-social-media-post/3820395/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dozens-of-indiana-national-guard-members-to-support-ice-operations-across-the-state/3820382/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jb-pritzker-brandon-johnson-president-donald-trump-threat-troops-chicago-immigration-enforcement/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-troops-chicago-immigration-enforcement/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/chicagos-mexican-independence-day-celebrations-shadowed-by-trumps-threats/
https://wgntv.com/news/lake-county/illinois-senators-oppose-ice-use-of-chicago-area-naval-station-for-immigration-enforcement/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-immigration-chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-protest-chicago-ice-troops
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1703537

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/06/mexican-independence-day-parade/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/06/thousands-protest-to-free-washington-dc/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/06/pritzker-trump-chicago-efforts-military-city-streets/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/06/mexican-independence-events-canceled-amid-ice-crackdown/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/06/ice-raids-chicago-immigration-saturday-trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/09/06/gun-industry-violence-chicago-national-guard-anthony-douglas-pfleger-otis-moss-robert-peters
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/09/06/lgbtq-illinois-clean-energy-college-sports-fruit-peoples-gas-national-guard-trump-prices

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250906/news/hundreds-turn-out-for-protest-against-ice-in-wheaton/
— Daley, LaHood discuss rebooted ‘fair maps’ campaign
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250906/news/daley-lahood-discuss-rebooted-fair-maps-campaign/
— The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250906/news/a-very-large-gap-for-us-to-fill-pantries-struggle-to-meet-surging-demand-amid-federal-cuts-to-foo/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/ice-raids-force-mexican-community-make-hard-choices

WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-trump-threatens-chicago-with-apocalyptic-force-and-pritzker-calls-him-a-wannabe-dictator/
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-chicagos-mexican-independence-day-celebrations-shadowed-by-trumps-threats-for-the-city/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/09/06/ice-raids-chicago-immigration-saturday-trump

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Protestors rally in Springfield against use of federal troops in Chicago.  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/09/05/potential-use-of-federal-troops-in-chicago-leads-to-springfield-protest/85998202007/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/justice-department-talks-about-banning-transgender-gun-owners-spark-fury-across-political-spectrum/article_3913040c-a755-5f24-9a04-f885fef6478b.html

STATELINE
— Pritzker urges school districts to support undocumented students
https://www.mystateline.com/news/gov-pritzker-urges-school-districts-to-support-undocumented-students/

COUNTRY HERALD
— Classic cars and automotive fans will take center stage later this month as Wheaton’s Cantigny hosts its 19th Annual Car Show on Sunday, Sept. 21.
https://countryherald.com/news/dupage-county-il-wheaton-car-enthusiasts-gather-for-19th-annual-cantigny-car-show-this-september/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

IRON GATE MOTOR CONDOS ASSOCIATION
— CARTOBERFEST: September 20, 2025
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/iron-gate-motor-condos-association-cartoberfest-tickets-1217236590409

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republican Gubernatorial Forum for the Privileged Few
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/06/republican-gubernatorial-forum-for-the-privileged-few/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The National Conservatism Conference, or NatCon, boasted its highest registration since its creation, nearly doubling its attendance from just four years ago. Who represented Illinois conservatives at this conference? SEE: https://nationalconservatism.org/natcon-5-2025/
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3795488/natcon-2025-record-breaking-registrations-trump-victory/
— Russell Vought, Tom Homan, others discuss hopes of a new America under Trump. Who represented Illinois conservatives at this conference? SEE: https://nationalconservatism.org/natcon-5-2025/ )
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3791010/conservatism-conference/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump threatens thugs in violence-ridden Chicago with ‘Chipocalypse Now’ post
https://nypost.com/2025/09/06/us-news/trump-threatens-chicagos-criminals-with-department-of-war-post/

BREITBART
— Duckworth: IL Cities Won’t Cooperate with ‘These Fake ICE Warrants’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/05/duckworth-il-cities-wont-cooperate-with-these-fake-ice-warrants/

DAILY SIGNAL
— 6 Takeaways From the National Conservatism Conference. Who represented Illinois conservatives at this conference? SEE: https://nationalconservatism.org/natcon-5-2025/
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/05/6-takeaways-national-conservatism-conference/
— How ‘National Conservatism’ Has Changed the Right. Who represented Illinois conservatives at this conference? SEE: https://nationalconservatism.org/natcon-5-2025/
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/06/how-national-conservatism-has-changed-right/

PJ MEDIA
— Microcosm of Dem Lies: Illegals Arrested at Plant Biden Said Would Hire Americans
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/09/06/microcosm-of-dem-lies-illegals-arrested-at-plant-biden-said-would-hire-americans-n4943396
— 70% of ICE Arrests Are Charged/Convicted Criminals
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/09/06/70-of-ice-arrests-are-chargedconvicted-criminals-n4943406

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5490099-pritzker-blasts-trump-chicago/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— National conservatism asserts its dominance in Trump’s Washington. Who represented Illinois conservatives at this conference?
https://apnews.com/article/national-conservativism-conference-schmitt-a27e3b489dcf768dbebfc927f5e4a1d0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: National conservatism Conference SEE: https://nationalconservatism.org/natcon-5-2025/ )

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-troops-chicago-immigration-enforcement/

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/06/trump-national-guard-chicago-dc-protests/86017634007/

POLITICO
— Buttigieg, Newsom and Vance top way-too-early 2028 New Hampshire poll. Pritzker got 9 percent.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/05/2028-poll-new-hampshire-00548276
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/06/trump-chicago-ice-war-00548817

NEWS BREAK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly flood America with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, with those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, that is, those who need/want/demand massive government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, have health and/or other problems, etc.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-morning-hustle-1590243/4216332484435-republican-sen-eric-schmitt-suggests-america-is-only-for-european-descendants-during-conservative-conference

ECONOMIST
— Pritzker wants to lead the Democratic Party into battle
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/09/06/jb-pritzker-wants-to-lead-the-democratic-party-into-battle

September 5, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/national-guard-chicago-illinois-communities-brace-expanded-ice-operations-protests-weekend/17746708/
— 475 people taken into ICE custody at Hyundai plant in Georgia
https://abc7chicago.com/post/least-450-people-taken-ice-custody-hyundai-plant-georgia/17748072/
— Chicago restaurateurs team up with Pope Leo XIV to open restaurant at former papal retreat
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-restaurateurs-phil-stefani-chef-art-smith-team-pope-leo-xiv-open-borgo-laudato-si-castel-gandolfo/17749619/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/what-we-know-about-suburban-ice-facility-possible-enforcement-in-chicago-area/3820011/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dick-durbin-tammy-duckworth-naval-station-great-lakesice-agents/
— Smash-and-grab robbers break Gold Coast Rolex store windows with axes, snatch watches
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/smash-and-grab-robbery-chicago-gold-coast-rolex-store-police-chase/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois-senators-oppose-ice-use-of-chicago-area-naval-station-for-immigration-enforcement/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-protest-planned-amid-possible-surge-in-ice-operations
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/canceled-mexican-independence-day-festivals-parades-chicago-suburbs
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1703145
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6378544521112

WTTW
— Trump Administration Investigates Medicaid Spending on Immigrants in Democratic States
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/05/trump-administration-investigates-medicaid-spending-immigrants-democratic-states
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/05/cps-says-schools-remain-best-and-safest-place-student-learning-amid-fears-ice-strike

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/05/trump-administration-medicaid-spending-on-immigrants-democratic-states/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/05/north-chicago-ice-conference/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/05/security-fencing-chicago-federal-court/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/05/bronzeville-shootings-outreach-response/
— Pentagon-funded research at colleges has aided the Chinese military
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/05/pentagon-funded-research-colleges-chinese-military/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/05/durbin-duckworth-locked-out-from-meeting-with-dhs-officials-about-trumps-immigration-enforcement-plan
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/05/mexican-independence-day-parade-little-village-immigration-ice-threat
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/09/05/cps-says-no-to-virtual-learning-as-ice-immigration-enforcement-ramps-up
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/09/05/national-guard-deployment-trump-chicago-taxpayers-analysis
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/05/ice-broadview-immigration-detention-center-enforcement-trump

DAILY HERALD
— Carol Stream entrepreneur Robert Vrankovich running to succeed retiring Grant in Illinois House
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250905/news/carol-stream-entrepreneur-running-to-succeed-retiring-grant-in-state-house/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250905/nation-and-world-politics/you-are-not-alone-suburban-communities-try-to-reassure-residents-ahead-of-threatened-immigration/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250905/news/trumps-national-guard-threats-upend-mexican-parade-plans-in-waukegan-chicago/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/community-health-fortifies-clinic-ahead-ice-surge
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/illinois-senators-press-dhs-over-chicago-raid-secrecy

WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-are-you-more-likely-to-visit-chicago-if-there-was-added-security/#/questions

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/09/05/national-guard-deployment-washington-dc-chicago-donald-trump
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/09/05/volunteers-on-ice-patrol-in-chicagos-pilsen-neighborhood-looking-for-agents

WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois/trumps-promised-immigration-crackdown-in-chicago-could-last-about-six-weeks-suburban-official-says/article_e786967d-21f7-5c4d-a89c-cf6ef8e3ec93.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump sends fighter jets to Puerto Rico as Caribbean tensions boil. The U.S. is increasing its military footprint in the Caribbean, moving F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico after a series of confrontations with Venezuela and escalating strikes against drug cartels.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-sends-fighter-jets-to-puerto-rico-as-caribbean-tensions-boil-venezuela-drug-cartels-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-secretary-state-marco-rubio-marine-vessel

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-376/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Giannoulias orders Forest Park and Motorola Solutions to disable data-sharing capabilities with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_cc4b9639-94e6-4241-9d6c-26be352d0abc.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Can your family get federal school choice grants? Likely, if Pritzker OKs. My parents had less money because they sent my brother and me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools during the 1950s and 1960s.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/can-your-family-get-federal-school-choice-grants-likely-if-pritzker-oks/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump issuing 200th executive order, setting unprecedented pace in modern history
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/5/trump-issuing-200th-executive-order-setting-unprecedented-pace-modern/
— Traditional marriage advocates sharpen message as Supreme Court eyes challenge to same-sex marriage
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/5/traditional-marriage-advocates-sharpen-message-supreme-court-eyes/
— More public servants lose the ability to hold America hostage
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/5/editorial-public-servants-lose-ability-hold-america-hostage/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Trump is uprooting the mechanisms Democrats deployed to enhance their political power with taxpayer funds. In a recent presidential memorandum, the president asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the misuse of federal grants for political purposes. A sophisticated inquiry is required because non-governmental organizations often employ complex structures that launder through subgrantees the ultimate destination of Uncle Sam’s cash. With public sector unions, however, the politicization is overt.)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialist Brandon Johnson can’t even fail properly
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-your-land/3792168/chicago-brandon-johnson-cannot-fail-properly/
— Trump will not back down from deportation efforts despite ‘radical’ set backs
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3795412/trump-will-not-back-down-from-deportation-efforts-despite-radical-set-backs/
— Let’s be honest: Donald Trump is old. How old are you? I will soon be 77. What do you stress to defend your health? I stress my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/3793301/lets-be-honest-donald-trump-is-old/

FEDERALIST
— Federal And State Law Enforcers Must Tackle Deadly Abortion Drug Cartel
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/05/federal-and-state-law-enforcers-must-tackle-deadly-abortion-drug-cartel/

DAILY WIRE
— The  Democrat Party exists to promote wokeness/wokeism, that is, to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. That is, to get rid of Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male. older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-will-never-die-democrats-unleash-a-new-brand-of-woke

PJ MEDIA
— Illinois Democrats want their state to cut off contact with other states because they believe the crime problem would be so much better if only those pesky red states would stop sending guns to their beautiful lands.
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/09/05/illinois-dems-want-trump-to-do-something-about-the-borderwith-indiana-n4943370

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Trump to issue executive order to allow punishments for countries wrongfully detaining Americans
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-wrongful-detention-state-sponsors-order/

NEW YORK TIMES
— South Koreans Swept Up in Immigration Raid at Hyundai E.V. Plant in Georgia. They were among nearly 500 workers apprehended at a construction site for a South Korean battery maker, officials said. The episode prompted diplomatic concern in Seoul.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/us/georgia-battery-plant-hyundai-lg-ice-raid.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hundreds Arrested in Immigration Raid at Hyundai Site in Georgia. South Korea protests after more than 300 Korean company workers are detained.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/u-s-arrests-hundreds-in-raid-at-hyundai-plant-construction-site-in-georgia-4e150feb
— Putin Says Russia Will Strike Any Western Troops in Ukraine. Which countries will side with Russia in WWIII?
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/putin-says-russia-will-strike-any-western-troops-in-ukraine-52cde525

September 4, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/nbc-5-investigates-expedited-removals-nearly-double-in-illinois-under-trump/3819763/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-crime-data-trump-national-guard/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-warns-first-stop-federal-troops-chicago-courtroom

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/04/under-threat-ice-strikes-el-grito-canceled-and-communities-prepare-mexican-independence

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/04/dc-lawsuit-national-guard/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/pritzker-federal-deployment-0903/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/04/immigration-chicago-ice-trump/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/04/gov-pritzker-chicago-peaceful-protest-federal-immigration-actions/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/chicago-sanctuary-laws-immigrants-immigration
https://chicago.suntimes.com/things-to-do/2025/09/04/chicago-downtown-weekend-events-ice-national-guard
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/03/illinois-ag-kwame-raoul-no-bond-immigration-detention-policy
— Durbin and Duckworth ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/04/dick-durbin-tammy-duckworth-letter-trump-national-guard-deployment-chicago
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/09/04/donald-trumps-target-americans-revenge-maga-s-e-cupp

DAILY HERALD
— America’s hyperpoliticized teachers unions
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250904/syndicated-columnists/americas-hyperpoliticized-teachers-unions/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/el-grito-chicago-postponed-amid-ice-raid-concerns
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/pritzker-vows-swift-court-action-if-trump-deploys-troops
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/trump-immigration-policies-will-hit-all-communities-opinion
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/chicago-latino-businesses-hurt-immigration-policies
— On list of safest and wealthiest suburbs, Illinois outdoes any other state
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/chicago-suburbs-dominate-safest-wealthiest-towns-list

WLS AM
— List of Gubernatorial Candidates Grows
https://www.wlsam.com/2025/09/04/list-of-gubernatorial-candidates-grows/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/things-to-do/2025/09/04/chicago-downtown-weekend-events-ice-national-guard

QUAD CITIES BUSINESS
— WIU recognized as affordable among Illinois universities. I could afford to transfer from UIC to NIU in 1969 because I had saved enough money working for the Park Forest Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers 1966-1969.
https://quadcitiesbusiness.com/wiu-recognized-as-affordable-among-illinois-universities/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with foreign countries against America.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/world/ap-mexicos-president-increasingly-backed-against-a-wall-in-managing-trump-relationship/

DURBIN
— Durbin and Duckworth ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-duckworth-join-warren-to-lead-investigation-into-trump-administrations-betrayal-of-immigrant-service-members-veterans-and-military-families

CASTEN
— Casten ever-increasingly protects criminals and illegals.
https://casten.house.gov/media/press-releases/casten-statement-on-trumps-plan-to-deploy-troops-to-chicago

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-375/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_58aa9ee4-5092-4d4f-bf0b-bdeec16d9a0f.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— To Cover Up Education Disaster, Illinois Fudges “Proficiency” Standards
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/to-cover-up-education-disaster-illinois-fudges-proficiency-standards/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DOJ weighs banning transgender people from owning firearms
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/4/doj-weighs-banning-transgender-people-owning-firearms/

BREITBART
— Antisemitism on Campus Has Roots in Wokeness
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/04/pollak-judge-wrong-burroughs-refuses-to-see-the-origins-of-harvard-antisemitism-in-wokeness/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— How wealthy was the town that you grew up in? To paint me as being privileged, my critics/opponents have always falsely painted Crete as having been very wealthy when I lived there 1948-1972.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/college-board-diversity-landscape.html

SIU
— To get more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give women more preference.
https://news.siu.edu/2025/09/090425-siu-honors-2025-women-of-action.php

September 4, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. Mike Braun appoints Indiana members to Indiana-Illinois boundary commission
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/braun-appoints-indiana-members-to-indiana-illinois-boundary-commission/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/04/opinion-chicago-national-guard-donald-trump-jb-pritzker-brandon-johnson/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/04/editorial-guns-public-transit-ruling-chicago/
— Why are so many Illinois kids missing class?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/editorial-why-many-illinois-kids-100000199.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Durbin and Duckworth ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/04/dick-durbin-tammy-duckworth-letter-trump-national-guard-deployment-chicago

DAILY HERALD
— Elburn trustee is latest to announce bid for Illinois Senate seat DeWitte is leaving
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250903/news/elburn-trustee-is-latest-to-announce-bid-for-illinois-senate-seat-dewitte-is-leaving/

NBC5
— Northern suburbs release statements amid reports of ICE coming to Great Lakes Naval Base. Waukegan and Highland Park in Lake County have both released messages to residents as ICE agents are expected to arrive at the Great Lakes Naval Base in North Chicago in the coming weeks. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/great-lakes-naval-base-chicago-suburbs-lake-county-ice-enforcement/3819005/

ELMHURST PATCH
— Addison Township Official’s Home In Question. He is registered to vote at an Addison house, but a process server reported that he doesn’t live there.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/addison-township-officials-home-question

POILITICO ILLINOIS
— Trump blinks on National Guard threat
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/09/04/trump-blinks-on-national-guard-threat-00543292

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Bringing back working-class Democrats. My critics/opponents look down on the working-class if not despise the working-class. I was a member of the working-class 1964-1997.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/news/bringing-back-working-class-democrats/

ILLINOIZE
— New Candidates Emerge for 2026
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/new-candidates-emerge-2026

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-583/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— E-Verify, a choke point for stopping illegal immigrant employment in America. Big business and weak politicians are blocking the tool that protects U.S. jobs. My critics/opponents have always opposed E-Verify, that is, they have always promoted illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/3/e-verify-choke-point-stopping-illegal-immigrant-employment-america/
— American citizens emerge as new threat to ICE officers. Assaults escalate amid clashes over arrests.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/3/american-citizens-emerge-new-threat-ice/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— National Conservatism Speakers discuss hopes of a new America under Trump. Who speaks for conservatives in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3791010/conservatism-conference/

NEW YORK POST
— Democrat leaders are afraid that a Trump crime crackdown would work.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/03/media/ex-chicago-police-official-says-dems-are-afraid-a-trump-crime-crackdown-would-work/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Med students should be chosen by merit, not by DIE. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/med_students_should_be_chosen_by_merit_not_by_die.html
— How Brands Are Destroyed by Ideology, Arrogance, Self-Delusion, and Stupidity
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/09/how_brands_are_destroyed_by_ideology_arrogance_self_delusion_and_stupidity.html

BREITBART
— Cruz: Pritzker Is a ‘Disgusting, Racist Bigot’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/03/cruz-pritzker-is-a-disgusting-racist-bigot/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Chicago campuses provide ‘Sanctuary Doctoring’ and ‘safe spaces’ for illegal aliens, refuse ICE. Chicago universities maintain policies that forbid cooperation with immigration officials, shield illegal aliens from federal enforcement, and provide them with “safe spaces” and services. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/chicago-campuses-provide-sanctuary-doctoring-safe-spaces-illegal-aliens-refuse-ice/28544

DAILY CALLER
— State Dept. Gutting Foreign Service Test — ‘Merit-Based’ Not ‘DEI Principles’  The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 hired me because I passed the CPA examination notwithstanding my not being a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 hired me because I passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination notwithstanding my not being a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 hired me because I passed the postal employment test notwithstanding my not being a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/03/exclusive-state-guts-foreign-service-test-merit-based-not-dei/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Liberalism Failed and What Is Already Succeeding It
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/03/woke-is-liberalism-all-grown-up/
— Woke Is Liberalism All Grown Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqlhzN0gens

FOX BUSINESS
— ‘STAY OUT OF THE WAY’: Tom Homan warns Chicago officials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rmJ-IQ7XR8

FOX NEWS
— Chicago resident goes after city’s ‘progressive Democratic gang’ for refusing Trump’s federal help on crime. Zoe Leigh blasts officials as violence grips city, with eight killed over Labor Day weekend.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-resident-goes-after-citys-progressive-democratic-gang-refusing-trumps-federal-help-crime
— Democratic leaders in Chicago refuse to keep criminals in jail
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6378333373112
— Rogue states risk federal funding for giving illegals driver’s licenses. The Democrat-run Illinois is a rogue state.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rogue-states-risk-federal-funding-illegal-immigrant-drivers-licenses
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for Russia invading Ukraine. Democrat leaders have always blamed Republicans for America’s losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-hits-back-reporter-who-said-hes-taken-no-action-against-russia

NEWSMAX
— Cruz: Democrat Leaders Support Criminals Every Time
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/cruz-democrats-criminals/2025/09/03/id/1224978/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Porter: Politics Over People: Chicago’s Leaders Are Failing Their City
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/09/03/politics_over_people_chicagos_leaders_are_failing_their_city_153243.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Newsom, Pritzker defy Trump, eye presidency in 2028. Who promotes defying Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5482013-congress-budget-trump-battle/

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad including bad weather.
https://www.aol.com/scientists-submit-coordinated-response-trump-132508302.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly elect anti-Americans.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/politics/video/ben-ferguson-trump-genuinely-concerned-about-socialist-running-nyc

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Harvard is ever-increasingly anti-American.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK01gCKGbck

CBS NEWS
— Navy reverses demotion of Rep. Ronny Jackson, former White House doctor under Trump and Obama. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 forced me to take a demotion from GS-12 Step 5, currently $112,280/year, to GS-9 Step 10, currently $88,808/year, a 21% pay cut, to transfer from IRS to GAO. My Democrat GAO superiors used that demotion to justify their wasting my career and forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that. GAO audits IRS. When I transferred, I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, b) I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, c) I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and d) I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. Much of what I did for IRS was very similar to what I did for GAO.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-reverses-demotion-rep-ronny-jackson-former-white-house-doctor/

NEWSWEEK
— Trump Threatens To Strip Rosie O’Donnell’s Citizenship. I am 100% German American. I am proud to say a) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, b) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and c) that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-threatens-remove-rosie-odonnell-us-citizenship-2124281

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders use the Smithsonian to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/09/04/trump-smithsonian-museum-order-bunch/
— In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China against America?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/04/india-us-trump-modi-tariffs-trade/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/09/03/alien-enemies-act-venezuela-trump/
— Trump floats sending law enforcement to New Orleans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/03/trump-policing-red-states-new-orleans/

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/09/02/trump-ice-chicago-national-guard/85867764007/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, sooner or later, everyone in America will be on Medicaid.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/08/20/trump-big-beautiful-bill-medicaid-cuts-where/85727000007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Job Hopping Is Out, Job Hugging Is In for Fearful Workers. Employees are reluctant to give up a job in today’s rocky job market. I might still be a GAO employee if my Democrat GAO superiors had not forced me to retire. I might still be an IRS employee if my Democrat IRS superiors had not made it so clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. I might still be a GM employee if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn its job offer that I had accepted because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I might still be a Firestone Store employee if my Democrat Firestone Store boss had not made my advancement prospects look so dismal. I might still be a postal employee if my Democrat postal superiors had not forced me to resign.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-hopping-is-out-job-hugging-is-in-for-fearful-workers-338fe1e6

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat leaders use science and scholarship to destroy Republicans.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2025/09/04/trump-hijacks-american-science-and-scholarship-opinion

HUFFINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Joe Walsh.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-walsh_n_68b8fdbee4b0e20f601a7dba

AXIOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies.
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/03/trump-venezuela-deport-alien-enemies-act-court-ruling

SKY NEWS
— ‘Limousine liberals’: Ilhan Omar is another lefty trying to ‘cosplay as working class’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3mPsC3mhOA

TIMES OF INDIA
— ‘Choosing merit over DEI’: Trump admin to scrap Foreign Service Officer Test; will introduce new version. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 hired me because I passed the CPA examination notwithstanding my not being a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 hired me because I passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination notwithstanding my not being a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 hired me because I passed the postal employment test notwithstanding my not being a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/choosing-merit-over-dei-trump-admin-to-scrap-foreign-service-officer-test-will-introduce-new-version/articleshow/123688506.cms

September 3, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago preparing for National Guard deployment, increased immigration enforcement. City updates website with protections for immigrant, refugee communities; organizations prepare for sweeps of homeless encampments. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-national-guard-preps-chicago-deployment-president-trump-positions-feds-north-suburbs-governor-jb-pritzker-says/17728426/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://abc7chicago.com/post/west-ridge-residents-push-back-former-chicago-police-officers-opening-dispensary-western-peterson/17734208/
— Conservative news network Newsmax files antitrust lawsuit against Fox News
https://abc7chicago.com/post/conservative-news-network-newsmax-files-antitrust-lawsuit-fox/17731898/

NBC5
— Trump says Pritzker ‘has to ask us’ for National Guard deployment to Chicago. Trump’s administration still plans to send additional federal assets to the city for immigration enforcement actions, with Pritzker saying those operations could begin this weekend. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-says-pritzker-has-to-ask-us-for-national-guard-deployment-to-chicago/3819199/

CBS2
— Communities in Chicago’s northern suburbs prepare for possible ICE surge. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/communities-chicago-northern-suburbs-possible-ice-surge/

WGN9
— Reported ICE activity at Chicago domestic violence courthouse sparks outrage and fear. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/reported-ice-activty-at-chicago-domestic-violence-courthouse-sparks-outrage-and-fear/

FOX32
— Vance visits Annunciation Church a week after mass shooting
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/jd-vance-minneapolis-visit-annunciation-shooting-sept-3-2025

WTTW
— Pritzker: Trump Plans to Send Texas National Guard, ‘Armed Military Personnel’ to Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/02/trump-plans-send-texas-national-guard-armed-military-personnel-chicago-pritzker

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker expecting federal ‘actions’ by weekend as local officials brace for 300 immigration agents.  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/pritzker-federal-deployment-0903/
— North Chicago and Waukegan officials brace for 300 ICE agents at Naval Station Great Lakes. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/guard-ice-waukegan-north-chicago/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/veterans-resist-trump-orders/
— A federal appeals court in Chicago on Tuesday overturned a ruling by a lower court that found it unconstitutional for Illinois residents with concealed carry permits to be barred from carrying guns on public transportation. Criminals are overjoyed. Criminals vote for Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/federal-court-legal-ban-guns-cta-metra/
— Judge reverses Trump administration’s cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/trump-harvard-funding-cuts/
— National Republican movement visits Orland Park in push for stricter voting measures.  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/orland-park-event-tighten-voter-requirements/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CTU calls for remote learning option for families amid looming immigration raids. The teachers union is ramping up efforts to inform parents and students about their rights, but members say the fear is palpable. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/09/03/ctu-remote-learning-immigration-raids
— Flash-bang grenades and early morning raids: How Trump is planning to target Chicago. Hundreds of federal agents are being sent to a suburban naval base from Los Angeles, where an immigration blitz spurred protests that pushed President Trump to call in the National Guard. Trump has since threatened to send the Guard to Chicago while promising a crime crackdown and immigration arrests. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/09/03/chicago-illinois-crime-immigration-ice-national-guard-donald-trump-jb-pritzker
— Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade to be held with precautions amid potential deportation campaign. Volunteers stationed along the parade, scheduled for Saturday, will carry radios, cellphones and whistles to quickly report any issues, its organizer told the Sun-Times. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/03/mexican-independence-parade-immigration-threats
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-history/2025/09/03/soldiers-in-chicago-history-national-guard-deployment-donald-trump

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250903/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-question-of-mission-trumps-insistence-on-sending-guard-here-is-plagued-b/
— Large July gathering at Glen Ellyn pool leads to another misdemeanor arrest
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250903/news/large-july-gathering-at-glen-ellyn-pool-leads-to-another-misdemeanor-arrest/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/public-safety/2025/09/03/chicago-crime-violence-o-block-oblock-parkway-gardens-donald-trump-national-guard

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicagocrusader.com/ramirez-duckworth-durbin-il-delegation-members-demand-trump-stop-the-politically-motivated-unlawful-deployment-of-military-personnel-in-chicago/

WREX
— Illinois elections board refuses to give DOJ sensitive voter data.  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.wrex.com/news/illinois-news/illinois-elections-board-refuses-to-give-doj-sensitive-voter-data/article_a23ab994-348c-48ba-ab52-9c803f640b6c.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker says Trump trying to set a legal trap by demanding the governor call him
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/03/pritzker-says-trump-trying-to-set-a-legal-trap-by-demanding-the-governor-call-him/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-374/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Only Citizens Vote Bus Tour Hits the Midwest.  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/weyermuller-only-citizens-vote-bus-tour-hits-the-midwest.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Brandon Johnson: America’s least-popular mayor. Black, Hispanic Chicagoans like ICE agents more than they like Brandon Johnson. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/3/brandon-johnson-americas-least-popular-mayor/

NEW YORK POST
— Pirro rips Pritzker after bloody Labor day weekend in Chicago — ‘He should be ashamed of himself’
https://nypost.com/2025/09/02/media/pirro-calls-out-pritzker-after-deadly-weekend-in-chicago-he-should-be-ashamed-of-himself/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Alphabet news agencies proving wokeness is alive and well.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/alphabet_news_agencies_proving_wokeness_is_alive_and_well.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illinois Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton is advising illegal aliens on how to evade immigration enforcement and lawyer up. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/03/illinois-lt-governor-is-advising-illegal-aliens-on-how-to-evade-immigration-enforcement-and-lawyer-up-1582067/

BREITBART
— Trump’s DHS Secures Deals with More than 900 Police Departments to Help Arrest Criminal Illegal Aliens.  Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/03/trumps-dhs-secures-deals-more-than-900-police-deptartments-help-arrest-criminal-illegal-aliens/
— H-1B Visa Program Is ‘Kneecapping White Collar Workers’ Across America. If there had been as many H-1B visa holders when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/03/sen-eric-schmitt-h-1b-visa-program-kneecapping-white-collar-workers-across-america/

DAILY CALLER
— Johnson demands that Trump push gun control. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/03/brandon-johnson-issues-absurd-demand-to-trump-about-second-amendment/

EPOCH TIMES
— Largest Seizure of Fentanyl, Meth Precursors From China. The drugs would have made hundreds of thousands of pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of half a billion dollars.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/us-announces-largest-seizure-of-chinese-fentanyl-meth-precursors-5909765

NEWSMAX
— Appeals Court OKs Illinois Ban on Carrying Guns on Mass Transit
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/guns-mass-transit-concealed-carry/2025/09/03/id/1224973/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Pritzker: Trump Staging Texas National Guard To Do “Terror And Cruelty” In Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/09/03/illinois_gov_pritzker_trump_is_planning_to___texas_national_guard_to_chicago.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Which countries will side with China against America in WWIII?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/3/china-reclaims-allied-role-world-war-iis-victory/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Vance says ‘no immediate’ plans to send National Guard to Chicago
https://www.wjbf.com/hill-politics/vance-says-no-immediate-plans-to-send-national-guard-to-chicago/amp/

CBS NEWS
— Vance says “no immediate plans” for Trump to send National Guard to Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vance-chicago-national-guard-no-immediate-plans-trump/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— China Flaunts Military Might With Lavish Parade—and Sends Warning to Washington. Which countries will side with China against America in WWIII?
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-military-parade-message-ff1a13ef
— What We Know About America’s Billionaires: 1,135 and Counting
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/what-we-know-about-americas-billionaires-1-135-and-counting-98d22268

September 3, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WIH BIG PICTURE: Pritzker braces Chicagoans for federal incursion as Trump says ‘we’re going in’ but won’t say when. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/president-trump-reiterates-guard-chicago-threat-timing-unclear/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/
— TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/retired-police-sell-marijuana-alderman-blocks-dispensary/
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government had my Jewish superiors and supervisors take adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/holocaust-museum-satellite-location-renovation-genocide/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump says feds are ‘going in’ to Chicago, Pritzker adds Texas troops may be en route. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/02/donald-trump-national-guard-deployment-chicago-jb-pritzker-brandon-johnson-crime
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/03/chicago-sees-its-fewest-summer-murders-since-1965
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/02/veterans-speak-out-against-proposed-deployment-of-national-guard-in-chicago
— Prioritize funding after-school programs. What did you do after-school, Saturdays, and summers while you were in high school? I did yard work while I was a freshman and sophomore, I delivered newspapers all 4 years, and I washed dishes while I was a junior and senior.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/09/03/funding-after-school-programs-trump-lakesia-collins
— Protect workers toiling in the heat. When did you toil in the heat the most? For me it was when I delivered mail for the Park Forest Post Office during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/09/03/protect-workers-deadly-heat-summer-city-council-maria-hadden-michael-rodriguez

NBC5
— Texas border patrol chief expected to lead increased immigration efforts in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/texas-border-patrol-chief-expected-to-lead-increased-immigration-enforcement-in-chicago/3818712/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-582/
(FROM THE BRIEFING: Republican Robert Vrankovich. Is running for the district now held by retiring Republican Rep. Amy Grant…Robert Vrankovich, husband, father, successful entrepreneur, and longtime community leader, today announced his campaign for State Representative in the 47th Legislative District. “Illinois is my home, and I will help reverse the course Springfield has set,” Vrankovich said. “It’s time to cut taxes and costs, make our communities safer, and turn Illinois into a business-friendly state where families can thrive.” “Representative Amy Grant has always represented the interests of our community. I am grateful for her years of dedicated service and look forward to continuing to protect the quality of life and shared values that make our neighborhoods such a great place to live and raise a family.” A proven entrepreneur, Vrankovich was the genesis of a start-up propane company 25 years ago, starting with zero customers and building it into a national operation generating more than $110 million annually. Having grown his business from the ground up, he knows firsthand how harmful policies from Springfield can stifle growth, drive up costs, and make life unaffordable for working families. “Springfield is making life unaffordable for families across Illinois,” Vrankovich explained. “The endless taxes and runaway spending are driving families and businesses out of our state. We should be making it easier to start and grow a business in Illinois, but instead, they’ve created one of the most hostile environments for job creators in the country. I’m running to change that.”)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Chicago Democrats From America’s Murder Capital Refuse Trump’s Help on Crime
https://johnkassnews.com/democrats-from-americas-murder-capital-refuse-trumps-help-on-crime/

HOUSE REPUBLICANS
— House Republican licensing reforms aim to get Illinois working. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. My becoming a licensed CPA and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32 and my earning a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31 frustrated my Democrat GAO superiors’ efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.thecaucusblog.com/2025/09/house-republican-licensing-reforms-aim.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China against America?
https://nypost.com/2025/09/03/us-news/trump-accuses-putin-kim-jong-un-and-xi-jinping-of-conspiring-against-us-as-they-meet-at-military-parade-in-china/

BLAZE
— Congress must kill DEI before it kills our military readiness
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/congress-must-kill-dei-before-it-kills-our-military-readiness

BREITBART
— Tim Walz Appears to Fantasize About President Trump’s Demise
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/02/watch-tim-walz-appears-fantasize-about-president-trumps-demise-there-will-be-news-sometime/amp/

CHRONICLES
— Woke Ideology Has Always Benefited Elites, Not Victims. My critics/opponents have always wokeness/wokeism, that is, they have always promoted discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/reviews/woke-ideology-has-always-benefited-elites-not-victims/

COLLEGE FIX
— Ed Dept cuts child care grants to dozen universities over ‘racial justice’ curriculum. To promote racial justice is to promote more hatred against Whites who are conservative, Republican, male, older, Protestant, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/ed-dept-cuts-child-care-grants-to-dozen-universities-over-racial-justice-curriculum/

DAILY CALLER
— The ‘America First’ Solution For Farmers and Hotels. Illegals take bad jobs. My critics/opponents never had to take bad jobs. But I did. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/02/america-first-solution-farm-workers-hotels-restaurants-h2b-h2a-visa-trump/
— Tim Walz Appears To Tell Supporters All Is Not Lost Because Trump Will Die Soon
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/02/tim-walz-trump-death-rumors/

DAILY WIRE
— Chicago Mayor Calls On Organized Labor To ‘Defend’ City From Trump. Under Mayor Brandon Johnson, Chicago experienced 572 homicides in 2024. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-calls-on-organized-labor-to-defend-city-from-trump

FOX NEWS
— Trump responds to critics with counterpunches across politics and ongoing culture wars. President targets Democratic governors, media figures and calls for charges against George Soros.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/why-trump-fights-everyone-and-he-going-too-far
— In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China against America?
https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-claims-putin-xi-kim-conspiring-against-us-after-military-parade-china
— Chicago residents beg for more help as crime wreaks ‘havoc.’  How has Chicago crime impacted you? While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in 1973. Both thefts had a big negative impact on me.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-residents-beg-more-help-crime-wreaks-havoc-more-top-headlines

NEWS BUSTERS
— Democrat leaders say Black women are among the hardest hit by Trump cuts. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They all had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like I had.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2025/09/02/ny-times-front-beyond-parody-black-women-are-among-hardest-hit

PJ MEDIA
— Back to Activism: Teachers’ Union Boycotts Target Over DEI
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/09/02/back-to-activism-teachers-union-boycotts-target-over-dei-n4943253

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/us/national-guard-chicago-trump-push-wwk
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/appeals-court-ruling-trump-alien-enemies-act-deportations-unlawful
— In WWIII, which countries will side with China against America?
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/china-military-parade-xi-jinping-09-03-25-intl-hnk
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/politics/trump-china-xi-putin-kim-modi-analysis

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://apnews.com/article/trump-chicago-baltimore-law-enforcement-6d7c80258f17c3d679358467531f7e9d

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-rebuffs-health-speculation-golf-hand-bruise-biden-clinton-rcna228542

NEW YORK TIMES
— Mass Migration and Liberalism’s Fall
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/opinion/immigration-liberal-europe-merkel.html

WASHINGTON POST
— According to Democrat leaders, they can retaliate against Republicans, but Republicans leaders cannot retaliate against Democrats. My Democrat superiors in the federal government retaliated against me big time because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/02/fema-employees-leave-whistleblower-legal-complaint/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/03/trump-health-media-coverage/b8889dd6-887a-11f0-895c-97bd39cbdc59_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/02/trump-administration-use-national-guard-la-violated-law-judge-rules/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/01/aggressive-immigration-enforcement-burnout-ice-agents/85859330007/

FORBES
— Careers and chance: How much control do you really have? If Oldsmobile had not agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint when I was 22 years old in 1971, my entire life would have been different. Because of that agreement, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because of that, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/insead/careers-and-chance-how-much-control-do-you-really-have/81963/1

AFGE
— I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that because I was a union member, I was grossly overpaid. During that time, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. But during that time, I earned a job-related a) bachelor’s degree, b) master’s degree, and c) professional certification.
https://www.afge.org/article/trump-strips-more-federal-workers-of-their-negotiated-rights
https://www.afge.org/article/public-opposition-growing-in-response-to-trumps-attacks-on-our-public-institutions-labor-rights-and-personal-freedoms

ATLANTIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their judges to scold Trump
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/trump-national-guard-law-california/684084/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marc-siegel-trump-health_n_68b7afb5e4b0e9fcc5f3235d

TIMES OF INDIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/trumps-terrified-ugly-clash-in-u-s-house-over-presidents-name-in-epstein-files-dems-explode/videoshow/123672340.cms

September 2, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump says he’s sending National Guard to Chicago, pointing to violent holiday weekend
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-city-braces-potential-surge-operations-could-begin-tuesday/17718920/

NBC5
— Pritzker ‘deeply concerned’ about ICE targeting Mexican Independence Day events
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-deeply-concerned-about-ice-targeting-mexican-independence-day-events/3818582/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump-dispels-death-rumors-amid-mounting-health-concerns/3818523/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather and for everything else that is bad
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-climate-education-hub-teachers-head-start/

WGN TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/pritzker-opposes-trump-national-guard-illinois/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national-guard-chicago-residents-reax

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago’s gunmen did not get Pritzker and Johnson’s memo. A violent Labor Day weekend brings a dose of lived reality to Chicago.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/editorial-chicagos-gunmen-did-not-get-pritzker-and-johnsons-memo/
— Trump reiterates vow that ‘we’re going in’ to Chicago but won’t say when
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/president-trump-reiterates-guard-chicago-threat-timing-unclear/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/outdoor-cannabis-cultivation-illinois/
— Naperville makes more ranking lists, including one for most ‘underrated’ cities in Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/naperville-rankings-underrated-worst-drivers-cities-list/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration targets Illinois in-state tuition for illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/02/trump-administration-illinois-in-state-tuition-immigrant-students-lacking-legal-status
— CTA, Metra ban on concealed guns upheld by federal appeals court. A Downstate judge’s ruling that the Illinois ban is unconstitutional was reversed. Democrat leaders and criminals are overjoyed.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/09/02/banning-concealed-carry-weapons-on-cta-metra-does-not-violate-second-amendment-appellate-court-rules
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/02/donald-trump-federal-intervention-chicago-baltimore
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/09/02/donald-trump-chicago-most-dangerous-city-world-social-media-post

DAILY HERALD
— Wilmette’s Dabrowski preparing gubernatorial campaign
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250902/illinois-state-politics/wilmettes-dabrowski-preparing-gubernatorial-campaign/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/greg-hinz-trumps-law-and-order-show-comes-chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-says-hell-send-federal-agents-chicago-despite-pushback

WGN RADIO
— Over 50 shot this weekend, but we don’t need help
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-over-50-shot-this-weekend-but-we-dont-need-help/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/pentagon-authorizes-up-to-600-military-lawyers-to-serve-as-temporary-immigration-judges/article_03b4ac48-015e-59f1-b20c-a16e5b2483b6.html

25 NEWS NOW
— Illinois Republicans invite President Trump to Chicago
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/09/02/illinois-republicans-invite-president-trump-chicago/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While Democrats in Illinois are sounding the alarm on President Donald Trump’s plan to bring troops to Chicago, a Republican group agrees with his efforts to make the streets safer. The Illinois Freedom Caucus held a safety press conference this morning to express their support for President Trump’s efforts. Many of them criticized democrats for opposing federal government support to help reduce crime. This comes after a violent Labor Day weekend in Chicago, when 59 people were shot, and eight people were killed. Republican State Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills) questioned Democratic leaders as to why they think sending troops is a real threat to communities in Chicago. “I can’t believe that we’re talking about why it is threatening to increase public safety in these communities. To me, it is a public safety issue that can be addressed. It has been addressed successfully in D.C., let’s bring it to Illinois, and the true threat is to the politicians who have failed the mothers and the families are calling for it,” said McLaughlin. There have been more than 300 homicides this year alone in Chicago, but the city has seen a slow, downward trend in recent years.)

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders complain about Trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/news/2025-09-02/some-illinois-veterans-concerned-about-president-trumps-moves-with-the-national-guard-first-listen
— Trump administration blocks partisan groups from voter registration at naturalization events
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-09-02/trump-administration-blocks-groups-from-voter-registration-at-naturalization-events
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-09-02/as-trump-declares-were-going-in-pritzker-says-terror-and-cruelty-is-the-point

CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicagoreader.com/columns-opinion/opinion/police-ice-agents-safety/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-373/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago residents: ‘We need help’ from feds to fight crime
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e49af2f4-213b-4c3a-8dd9-59cb6ca490c1.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump upends flow of money migrants send home
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/2/donald-trump-upends-flow-money-migrants-send-home/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— America’s hyperpoliticized teachers unions
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3789835/america-hyperpoliticized-teachers-unions-democratic-causes/

NEW YORK POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://nypost.com/2025/09/01/opinion/marijuanas-federal-legal-status-needs-to-change-but-not-to-the-free-for-all-advocates-crave/

BREITBART
— Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez Rips Mayor, Governor for Blocking Trump: ‘How Many Victims Are We Comfortable With?’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/09/02/chicago-alderman-rips-mayor-governor-for-blocking-trump-how-many-victims-are-we-comfortable-with/
— The World Runs on America’s Consumption
https://link.breitbart.com/view/5d13d86afc942d626ccc80b7on7q7.1gv5/71b44a4a

DOJ
— Justice Department Files Complaint Challenging Illinois Laws Providing In-State Tuition and Scholarships for Illegal Aliens
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-challenging-illinois-laws-providing-state-tuition-and

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Admin Sues Illinois For Giving In-State Tuition, Scholarships To Illegals
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/02/trump-admin-sues-illinois-in-state-tuition-scholarships-illegals/

FEDERALIST
— Trump Admin Is Eradicating Racism From College Admissions, And The Left Hates It
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/02/trump-admin-is-eradicating-racism-from-college-admissions-and-the-left-hates-it/

NEWSMAX
— Trump: Bring Back Insane Asylums, House Mentally Ill
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mentally-ill-insane-asylums-donald-trump/2025/09/01/id/1224673/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

WASHINGTON POST
— At an ICE career expo, thousands line up to ‘defend the homeland’  An ex-Marine, a former professional MMA fighter, a retired officer: Meet the people angling to join ICE and carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/09/02/ice-officers-hiring-trump-immigration/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: So far, the Department of Homeland Security said it has received more than 130,000 applications, and if the hiring fair in this community wedged between Dallas and Fort Worth offers any indication, plenty of people are eager to sign up. Despite polls showing that growing numbers of Americans disapprove of Trump’s aggressive tactics and images of masked ICE agents whisking immigrants off the streets, 3,000 applicants showed up to submit résumés at last week’s career expo, drawn in part by the president’s call to serve and the promise of a signing bonus of up to $50,000 for top recruits. . .The agency has lifted age caps for applicants and encouraged retired law enforcement officers to rejoin the ranks. The age cap for deportation officers — the role ICE was primarily recruiting for in Texas — used to be 40.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— More Fentanyl Shows Up in Random Workplace Tests
https://www.wsj.com/business/fentanyl-work-drug-test-increase-0f0b1eff

SPLC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more voter fraud
https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/splc-denounces-trump-threat-limit-voting-access/

September 1, 2005 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Local leaders fighting Trump’s planned immigration crackdown as agents could arrive this week. Parishioners held a prayer at Naval Station Great Lakes, where federal agents are expected to set up shop as soon as this week.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-prayer-held-naval-station-great-lakes-north-ahead-donald-trumps-crackdown/17704014/
— ICE operations could surge in Chicago this week ahead of Mexican Independence Day celebrations
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-donald-trumps-immigration-crackdown-could-start-week-ahead-mexican-independence-day-2025-celebrations/17714214/
— 1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/12-million-immigrants-are-gone-us-labor-force-trump-preliminary-data/17713052/
— Passenger robbed, beaten on CTA Red Line train near Loop station, CPD releases surveillance images
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-passenger-robbed-beat-cta-red-line-train-loop-statelake-station-cpd-releases-surveillance-images/17711716/
— Trump says he’s awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-hes-awarding-former-nyc-mayor-rudy-giuliani-presidential-medal-freedom/17713888/

NBC5
— Mayor Johnson chants ‘no federal troops in Chicago’ at Labor Day protest
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mayor-johnson-shouts-no-federal-troops-in-chicago-at-labor-day-protest/3817984/
— ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ rally protests Trump policies, National Guard threat. Pritzker is a billionaire.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-workers-over-billionaires-rally-protests-trump-policies-national-guard-threat/3818040/
— “No federal troops, invest in our workers,” mayor Johnson declares at Haymarket rally
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/no-federal-troops-invest-in-our-workers-mayor-johnson-declares-at-haymarket-rally/3817979/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders demand closure of ICE facility in Broadview as Trump plans immigration crackdown in Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protest-ice-facility-in-broadview-illinois-trump-immigration-crackdown-chicago/
— Teen among 5 injured in mass shooting on Chicago’s South Side
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/5-injured-in-mass-shooting-on-chicagos-south-side/

WGN9
— Labor Day weekend brings violence to Chicago, with dozens shot and 8 killed as of early Monday morning
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/labor-day-weekend-brings-violence-as-chicago-sees-20-shootings/
— Mayor, protestors gather in West Loop on Monday for Labor Day Rally
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-protestors-gather-in-west-loop-on-monday-for-labor-day-rally/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/01/mayor-brandon-johnson-labor-day-no-federal-troops-chicago/
— 1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/01/immigrants-labor-force-trump/
— Naperville Labor Day parade marks end to ‘fastest summer ever’ for families
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/01/naperville-parade-end-to-summer-families/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Attending the parade was perhaps an act of instinct for Roger Schaeffer, who has watched the festivities for three decades. The 73-year-old’s children have moved away. The crowd has gotten bigger and the politicians — a campaigning George W. Bush one year — come and go, he said. . .It’s a surprise that so few labor groups show up, a far cry from the union-dominated festivities held in Chicago, he noted.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mayor Johnson slams Trump’s plan to target Chicago, vows to ‘defend our democracy’ at Labor Day rally. Mayor Brandon Johnson began his speech on Monday with a chant: “No federal troops in the city of Chicago! No militarized force in the city of Chicago!” Demonstrators said immigrants make America stronger and called for protections for working people over billionaires. Pritzker is a billionaire.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/09/01/chicago-brandon-johnson-donald-trump-national-guard-ice-crime-union-labor-day-stacy-davis-gates

DAILY HERALD
— ‘It’s just really unfortunate’: DuPage County clerk should provide serious transparency on proposed budget
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250901/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-its-just-really-unfortunate-dupage-county-clerk-should-provide-serious-tra/


WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/pope-leo-meets-lgbtq-catholic-advocate-and-vows-continuity-with-pope-francis-legacy-of-welcome/article_0a3b291f-53d4-5d41-8c80-f63bed92d29e.html

WGLT
— Democrat leaders say that Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. They will never forgive me for my being a federal employee union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.wglt.org/2025-09-01/how-trump-is-decimating-federal-employee-unions-one-step-at-a-time

NAPERVILLE JAYCEES
— Last Fling Sponsors. DuPage Republicans were the lead sponsor for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019 because of my fundraising. But my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes end that. I should write about my critics/opponents. They have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. In 2024, they had their operatives and their dupes end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee.
https://lastfling.org/sponsorship/

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Photo Gallery: Naperville Jaycees’ Labor Day Parade 9/1/2025. One could compare and contrast Naperville’s Labor Day parade with Wheaton’s Independence Day parade.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2025/09/01/photo-gallery-naperville-jaycees-labor-day-parade-9-1-2025/152758

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Putin shores up ties with India and China. In WWIII, which countries will side with America?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/1/putin-shores-ties-india-china-us-eu-plan-way-forward-ukraine/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— As math scores plummet, teachers group goes more woke
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/1/math-scores-plummet-teachers-group-goes-woke/
— Collective bargaining for federal employees still doesn’t work. GAO unionized in 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, if GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3787618/collective-bargaining-for-federal-employees-still-doesnt-work/

BREITBART
— Pope Leo Meets With Pro-LGBTQ+ Catholic Group in Signal of Continuity from Francis
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/09/01/pope-leo-meets-with-catholic-lgbtq-group-in-signal-of-continuity-from-francis/
— Kristi Noem’s Labor Day Message: Jobs Are Going Back to American Citizens, Not Foreigners
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/01/kristi-noems-labor-day-message-jobs-are-going-back-to-american-citizens-not-foreigners/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Will Democrat leaders argue that men have the right to end the pregnancies that they created?
https://www.christianpost.com/news/boyfriend-faces-criminal-charges-causing-girlfriend-miscarriage.html

FOX NEWS
— Chicago shootings leave at least 7 dead, dozens more injured as city insists it doesn’t need Trump’s help. Seven people killed and 37 injured in weekend shootings across the Windy City.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-shootings-dead-dozens-injured-city-insists-doesnt-need-trumps-help

NEWSMAX
— Dems on the March to Gerrymander
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/democrats-partisan-redistricting/2025/09/01/id/1224672/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/chicago-thousands-protest-against-threat-ice-national-guard-deployment-2025-09-01/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. They will never forgive me for my having been a union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/politics/trumps-unions-federal-workers.html

GO BANKING RATES
— The Safest and Richest US Cities To Live in 2025
https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/economy/the-safest-and-richest-us-cities-to-live-in-2025/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Western Springs, Illinois, again ranks as the nation’s safest and richest city to live. As of 2025, the household mean income is $294,896. . .Illinois experienced the biggest jump in wealthy cities to rank in the top 50 — with 12 cities this year compared to four in 2024. These 12 cities are Western Springs (#1), Winnetka (#7), Kenilworth (#8), Libertyville (#16), Hinsdale (#17), Deerfield (#28), Park Ridge (#33), Elmhurst (#34), Wilmette (#35), La Grange (#38), Glen Ellyn (#42) and Naperville (#49).)

INDEED
— 16 Careers for Car Lovers. My goal of having a career in the automotive industry ended when I was 22 in 1971 a) when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint and b) when my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS. I started with almost 3 years of federal seniority and lots of reinstated unused sick leave because I had worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years while I earned my bachelor’s degree.
www.indeed.com

HAGGERTY
— Is It a Bad Time to Be a Young Car Enthusiast?  I have aways been a car enthusiast, and especially for American nameplate muscle cars.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/market-trends/is-it-a-bad-time-to-be-a-young-car-enthusiast/

GOOGLE AI
— Interested in cars. I have always been interested in cars, and especially in American nameplate muscle cars.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%27interested+in+cars

August 30, 2025 Evening Edition

Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago mayor signs executive order in response to possible deployment of National Guard. Democrat leaders exist to protect criminals and illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-sign-executive-order-saturday-reports-say-related-trumps-immigration-crackdown/17694349/
— Texas governor signs new voting maps pushed by Trump to gain five GOP seats in Congress in 2026
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-gov-greg-abbott-signs-new-voting-maps-pushed-trump-gain-gop-seats-congress-2026/17685031/

NBC5
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signs executive order challenging immigration crackdown. The executive order establishes campaigns to inform people of their rights and utilizes legal action and legislation to prevent attempts to violate citizens’ rights.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-signs-executive-order-challenging-immigration-crackdown/3817471/

CBS2
— Pritzker says sending military troops to Chicago would be an “invasion” by Trump administration
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-gov-pritzker-military-national-guard-chicago-invasion-trump/
— Mayor Johnson signs executive order against possible deployment of federal agents to Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-johnson-executive-order-deployment-federal-agents-chicago/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/family-worry-trump-admin-plans-to-ramp-up-immigration-crackdown-chicago/

WGN9
— Mayor Johnson signs executive order demanding President Trump stand down on threats to send troops to Chicago
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-johnson-signs-executive-order-demanding-president-trump-stand-down-on-threats-to-send-troops-to-chicago/

FOX32
— Chicago mayor signs order to protect residents’ rights amid fears of troop deployment
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-johnson-executive-order-rights
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1699976
— Wealthy enclave’s sewage reveals higher than average cocaine levels in the water
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/wealthy-enclaves-sewage-higher-than-average-cocaine-levels-water

WTTW
— Mayor Brandon Johnson Signs Executive Order Designed to Protect Residents if Trump Sends National Guard, ICE Strike Team to Chicago
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/30/mayor-brandon-johnson-signs-executive-order-designed-protect-residents-if-trump-sends

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s executive order urges law enforcement to not wear masks amid impending immigration crackdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/30/mayor-brandon-johnson-executive-order-federal-crackdown/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/30/trump-federal-agents-local-policing/
— Happy Labor Day weekend, teetotalers. You’re winning the war against alcohol. Most if not virtually all of the older White men who have taken big adverse actions against me since the 1960s were Democrats who were heavy drinkers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/29/alcohol-drinking-sober-cocktails-weekend-holiday/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mayor Johnson signs ‘Protecting Chicago Initiative’ in attempt to safeguard city from federal agents, troops
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/30/mayor-johnson-protecting-chicago-initiative-executive-order
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/08/30/national-guard-black-community-racism-trump-dc-chicago-suzanne-goodney-lea-natalie-hopkinson

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Republican efforts to fight crime and deport illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250830/news/hundreds-of-police-departments-use-camera-company-accused-of-breaking-state-law/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn tariffs
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250830/business/trumps-tariffs-remain-unpopular-a-warning-sign-for-republicans/

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push minorities to be pot pushers
https://chicagocrusader.com/loan-applications-for-all-cannabis-social-equity-licensees-open-now/

WGLT
— Democrat leaders bring out their hate-filled Trump-hating protestors in Bloomington
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-08-30/only-counter-protestors-show-up-for-march-on-bloomington-after-flyers-with-swastika-like-imagery
— Texas advances bill allowing citizens to sue makers and distributors of abortion pills
https://www.wglt.org/2025-08-30/texas-advances-bill-allowing-citizens-to-sue-makers-and-distributors-of-abortion-pills

WAND TV
— Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-blocks-4-9b-in-foreign-aid-congress-okd-using-maneuver-last-seen-nearly-50/article_de5d0daa-7dff-5dc7-abe5-9974743e0fa8.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Bailey asked about ICE agents: ‘As governor of Illinois, there would be no one wearing masks’
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/29/bailey-asked-about-ice-agents-as-governor-of-illinois-there-would-be-no-one-wearing-masks/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Mayor Brandon ‘Insurrectionist’ Johnson Urges Chicago Residents to Rebel Against Trump
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/mayor-brandon-johnson-chicago-residents-trump

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bondi fires DOJ employee for flipping off, cussing at National Guard troops
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/30/bondi-fires-doj-employee-flipping-cussing-national-guard-troops/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago mayor signs order resisting Trump crackdown on crime and illegal immigration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3788532/chicago-mayor-order-resisting-trump-crackdown-crime-illegal-immigration/

NEW YORK POST
— Wikipedia bias influences how one’s perception of reality is perceived
https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/opinion/wikipedia-bias-influences-how-ones-perception-of-reality-is-perceived/

DAILY WIRE
— Pritzker mandates Illinois State Colleges Provide Controversial Abortion Pills, says the pill will still be allowed in his state, even if the FDA deems it unsafe.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-gov-mandates-all-state-colleges-provide-controversial-abortion-pills

FOX NEWS
— Noem demands Pritzker ‘abandon’ liberal immigration policies
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-demands-pritzker-abandon-immigration-policies-after-alleged-killer-caught
— Pritzker claims Trump administration planning an ‘invasion’ with US troops. Illinois governor also said President Trump has ulterior motives beyond fighting crime
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jb-pritzker-claims-trump-administration-planning-invasion-us-troops
https://www.wccsradio.com/rss/jb-pritzker-claims-trump-administration-planning-an-invasion-with-us-troops/

NEWSMAX
— Johnson Orders Chicago to Resist Trump’s Law-and-Order Push
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/chicago-brandon-johnson-national-guard/2025/08/30/id/1224545/
— All of the lawyers assigned to the Justice Department’s Sanctuary Cities Enforcement task force have now resigned, with the final member departing this week, after claiming they were not given substantive legal duties. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They purposely wasted what I had learned about IRS working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/08/30/doj-lawyers-quit-sanctuary-cities-task-force/
https://www.997wpro.com/2025/08/30/doj-lawyers-quit-sanctuary-cities-task-force/

TOWNHALL
— The Left’s Hysteria Over Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Plans in Chicago
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/08/30/the-lefts-hysteria-over-trumps-immigration-enforcement-plans-in-chicago-n2662570

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Chicago mayor signs order with blueprint for fighting a potential Trump crackdown. Mayor Brandon Johnson said the order directs his city to use “every legal mechanism” to combat a potential deployment of troops or federal law enforcement to Chicago.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/chicago-mayor-signs-order-blueprint-fighting-potential-trump-crackdown-rcna228212

NEWSWEEK
— Chicago Mayor Signs Order to Resist Trump Immigration Crackdown
https://www.newsweek.com/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-order-trump-immigration-crackdown-2122164

FORBES
— Chicago Mayor Johnson Claims Trump’s ‘Ultimate Desire’ Is To ‘Break Our City’ Amid Nat Guard Threats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOmRpX-s4R0

NEW REPUBLIC
— Pritzker Just Set Himself Apart From All Other Democrats. This week, the Illinois governor suggested that he’s ready to take the fight against Trump much further than his party colleagues.
https://newrepublic.com/post/199800/jb-pritzker-trump-opposition-2028