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June 13, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: DuPage GOP to launch vote-by-mail pilot program to combat Democratic strides
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/12/dupage-naperville-republican-democrat-vote-mail/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To date, significantly more Democratic primary voters are on the county’s permanent vote-by-mail list, DuPage County Chief Deputy Clerk Adam Johnson. As of Wednesday, there was a total of 98,413 voters on the county’s permanent vote-by-mail list, according to Johnson. That number divides into voters who have opted to receive mail-ballots for general elections only and those who have requested to also receive primary ballots, he said. The latter is how the county can glean the partisan divide in its vote-by-mail program as voters must request either a Democratic or Republican primary ballot. Current numbers show that 47,110 Democratic primary voters have signed up for the program compared to 19,525 Republican voters, Johnson said. Those totals have also grown since the 2022 primary election, which was the first in which the permanent vote-by-mail program was offered. In 2022, there were 20,482 Democratic primary voters compared to 8,009 Republican voters.)
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/12/chicago-protest-trump-ice-immigration-arrests/
— Chicago’s Springfield delegation socks it to the city’s taxpayers with reckless pension bill. Who do you know who is in line to get a pension or is getting a pension? Ever-increasingly, they are demonized, denigrated, and condemned. I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. I have been getting a CSRS pension since I was 49 in 1997. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. In my defense, if my Democrat GAO superiors had not forced me to retire, I might still be working for GAO and paying into the CSRS. Constructively, so far, in today’s dollars, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced CSRS to pay me $1.85 million to stop me from working for GAO.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/13/editorial-springfield-lawmakers-police-fire-pensions/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/12/hundreds-rally-again-in-chicago-against-trump-ice
— While you were in high school and college, what did you do during your summer “vacations” I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, and delivered mail.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/06/12/chicago-public-schools-last-day-summer-vacation

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250612/news/secretary-of-state-mount-prospect-improperly-shared-license-plate-reader-data-in-texas-abortion-cas/

ABC7
— Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rainbow-push-coalition-civil-rights-leaders-rally-state-street-loop-chicago-protest-target-scaling-back-dei/16734382/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o85Q1cvuvl0
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/no-kings-protest-chicago-ice

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/06/12/tps-losing-legal-status-chicago-immigrants-limbo

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-533/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

DUPAGE GOP
— DuPage GOP Kickoff Event
https://www.facebook.com/DuPageGOP

JOHN KASS
— Democrats Unmask Themselves at Riots Open Summer of Love 2.0
https://johnkassnews.com/democrats-unmask-themselves-at-summer-of-love-2-0-riots/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois millionaires are taking their money, philanthropy and talent elsewhere
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-millionaires-are-taking-their-money-philanthropy-and-talent-elsewhere-wirepoints-on-wls-ramblin-ray-show/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AMERICAN THINKER
— If ICE raids persist, there will be ‘nobody’ left to nanny the children and mow the lawns. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got. I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, etc. My critics/opponents cannot say that. Their parents bought them cars, paid their college expenses, got them jobs, etc. I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/karen_bass_says_if_ice_raids_persist_there_will_be_nobody_left_to_nanny_the_children_and_mow_the_lawns.html

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Strips Legal Status From Over Half A Million Migrants, Tells Them To Self-Deport
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-strips-legal-status-from-over-half-a-million-migrants-tells-them-to-self-deport
— Trump Signals ‘Changes Are Coming’ To Immigration Enforcement As Farmers, Businesses Complain. Trump added that the United States must deport criminals while also protecting farmers.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signals-changes-are-coming-to-immigration-enforcement-as-farmers-businesses-complain

FEDERALIST
— By Promoting Amnesty For Illegal Workers, Trump Is Selling Out ‘America First’ For Cheap Labor
https://thefederalist.com/2025/06/12/by-promoting-amnesty-for-illegal-workers-trump-is-selling-out-america-first-for-cheap-labor/

FEDERALIST SOCIETY
— Disparate Impact and the Future of Equal Opportunity. According to my critics/opponents, because I got better scores on tests than minorities and females, those tests were racist and sexist. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/podcasts/explainer-episode-90-disparate-impact-and-the-future-of-equal-opportunity

FOX NEWS
— Dem senators propose bill to punish El Salvador for ‘collusion’ with Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-senators-propose-bill-punish-el-salvador-collusion-trump
— We should stand unequivocally with Israel, says Sen. Ted Cruz
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6374213310112

NEWSMAX
— N.Y., Ill. Govs Dare ICE to Arrest Them Over Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/jb-pritzker-kathy-hochul-tom-homan/2025/06/12/id/1214741/
— Dems Choose Illegals Over Citizens
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/brandon-gill-democrats-illegals/2025/06/12/id/1214742/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/13/politics/trump-padilla-ice-protests-analysis

MSN
— ‘I am reversing invasion’: Trump blames Biden, Newsom for ‘flooding America with 21 million illegal aliens’
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/i-am-reversing-invasion-trump-blames-biden-newsom-for-flooding-america-with-21-million-illegal-aliens/ar-AA1GC6WI
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/as-trump-attacks-the-trans-community-pa-advocates-urge-gov-josh-shapiro-to-get-louder/ar-AA1GlAXs
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-blocks-trump-order-cutting-federal-funds-to-lgbtq-nonprofits/ar-AA1GoIdI

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Mexican Flags Have Become Republican Fodder, but Protesters Keep Waving Them. Images of Los Angeles protesters waving Mexican flags have gone viral in conservative circles this week. Many protesters say they are aware of the political reaction but won’t put their flags away. Constructively, Mexico and Democrats have declared war on America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/la-protests-mexican-flags-republican-reaction.html
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/opinion/trump-immigration-conservative.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/business/pride-corporate-sponsors-small-businessees.html
— The Real Fertility Crisis: Financial Security My Democrat GAO superiors painted themselves as being grossly underpaid, had children, and decried the time and money needed to raise children. Their spouses had little or no income. According to them, if my wife and I had children, a) I would not have been able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt, earn a master’s degree in accounting, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, or become a licensed CPA and b) my wife would not have been able to keep her good job or earn a bachelor’s degree in finance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/world/fertility-crisis-un-report.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/12/trump-miller-national-guard-ice/

MIAMI HERALD
— ‘Leave Immediately’: Trump administration orders self-deportation for Biden-era parolees
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article308510270.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: One dad talked about the ‘father’s mental load.’ Then the backlash hit. My Democrat GAO superiors painted themselves as being grossly underpaid, had children, and decried the time and money needed to raise children. Their spouses had little or no income. According to them, if my wife and I had children, a) I would not have been able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt, earn a master’s degree in accounting, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, or become a licensed CPA and b) my wife would not have been able to keep her good job or earn a bachelor’s degree in finance.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/06/12/fathers-day-men-mental-health-load/84115238007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Diminishing Protest Returns. Another weekend of demonstrations against Trump won’t get the left anything.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/diminishing-protest-returns-los-angeles-no-kings-day-newsom-trump-immigration-deport-98c9888c
— Senate Confirms Auctioneer Billy Long as IRS Chief. Former Republican House lawmaker who promoted controversial tax breaks will run the agency. Democrats run IRS. I was one of that last Republicans IRS hired in 1971 when I was 22. If I had been a Democrat, IRS would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service before I was 40 notwithstanding my late start. I earned an MBA when I was 27. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-irs-senate-confirmation-billy-long-310adcd7
— Aspiring CPAs Consider Ditching Grad-School Plans as States Revamp Laws. I should have majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970. I erroneously thought that I could not pass the CPA examination. Because I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until 1976, because I did not take and pass the CPA examination until 1979, because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until 1980, because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor Examination until 1981, and because I did not become a licensed CPA until 1981, the accounting profession wrote me off as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. Nevertheless, in today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $55,850 in 1971 and $112,280 in 1980 and my GAO salary was $153,151 in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/aspiring-cpas-consider-ditching-grad-school-plans-as-states-revamp-laws-203c4016

FORBES
— Children Should Not Be Fed Woke Propaganda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W78zSSP8iO8

KIPLINGER
— 25 Best College Majors for a Lucrative Career. I should have majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970. I erroneously thought that I could not pass the CPA examination. Because I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until 1976, because I did not take and pass the CPA examination until 1979, because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until 1980, because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor Examination until 1981, and because I did not become a licensed CPA until 1981, the accounting profession wrote me off as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. Nevertheless, in today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $55,850 in 1971 and $112,280 in 1980 and my GAO salary was $153,151 in 1997.
https://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/business/t012-s001-best-college-majors-for-a-lucrative-career/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Public Accounting Starting salary: $69,700 Mid Career Salary: $151,200 Job Has Meaning: 47% . . . Corporate Accounting & Finance
Starting salary: $76,800 Mid Career Salary: $149,600 Job Has Meaning: 50%)

MEDIATE
— Pritzker Throws ‘Hitler’ Comment Back at GOP Congresswoman: ‘I Am Not Going To Be Lectured to by Somebody Who Extols the Virtue of Adolf Hitler’
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/pritzker-throws-hitler-comment-back-at-gop-congresswoman-i-am-not-going-to-be-lectured-to-by-somebody-who-extols-the-virtue-of-adolf-hitler/

TIMES OF INDIA
— ‘America was invaded’: Donald Trump pushes for ‘remigration’; slams Biden, Newsom
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/america-was-invaded-donald-trump-pushes-for-remigration-slams-biden-newsom/articleshow/121818383.cms

June 12, 2025 Evening Edition

June 12, 2025

June 10, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/protests-expected-chicago-tuesday-ice-raids-solidarity-situation-los-angeles-trump-sends-national-guard/16712958/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/immigration-protest-takes-to-chicago-streets-before-rally-at-federal-plaza/3765013/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/waukegan-family-to-self-deport-amid-ongoing-immigration-crackdowns/3764899/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/live-updates-more-anti-ice-demonstrations-expected-for-the-fifth-straight-day-in-los-angeles/3764551/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/no-kings-protest-chicago-saturday-what-to-know/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/ice-protests-chicago/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-immigration-protest-undocumented-neighbors
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1655817
— Trump calls for protesters who burn the American flag to be jailed for 1 year
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-anti-ice-protests-american-flag-burning-jail

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/06/10/protests-chicago-ice-raids-los-angeles

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/08/chicago-ice-police-protest/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/10/trump-los-angeles-protests/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/10/ice-immigration-trump-deportation-know-your-rights/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/10/trump-marines-national-guard-los-angeles/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/10/los-angeles-protests-what/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/10/los-angles-pentagon-troops/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/10/protests-chicago-ice-raids-los-angeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/10/california-governor-trump-administration-immigration-raids

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250610/nation-and-world-politics/trump-sends-marines-and-more-national-guard-members-to-los-angeles/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot in Mundelein
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250610/marijuana/mundelein-expands-available-dispensary-licenses-ahead-of-proposed-pot-shop/

SOUTHERN
— Speaker Johnson, backing Trump’s LA actions, says Newsom should be ‘tarred and feathered’
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/10/speaker-johnson-backing-trumps-la-actions-says-newsom-should-be-tarred-and-feathered/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Harris backs anti-ICE riots, criticizes Trump for escalating LA tensions
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/harris-backs-anti-ice-protests-criticizes-trump-for-escalating-la-tensions

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump pledges to ‘liberate’ LA as he visits troops at Fort Bragg
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-the-latest-trump-heads-to-fort-bragg-to-celebrate-250th-anniversary-for-us-army/

CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://chicagoreader.com/music/chicagoans-of-note/beverly-bev-rage-drinks-pride-midsommarfest/

ELMHURST PATCH
— Alleged Elmhurst Petition Forgeries Still Being Investigated
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/alleged-elmhurst-petition-forgeries-still-being-investigated

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-323/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-530/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Second Amendment Foundation weighs in on Illinois assault weapons ban lawsuit
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_469d7ffb-47a8-49c0-8720-7c59f46317f0.html

ILLINOIS ANSWERS
— Child Care Costs are Crushing Families. Back in the good old days, that is, back in 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, my father, who never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, earned enough that my mother could stay home and raise me and my brother.
https://illinoisanswers.org/2025/05/27/were-at-the-mercy-of-child-care-child-care-costs-are-crushing-families-illinois-largest-subsidy-excludes-thousands/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Gutting Our Language, Diminishing Our Culture
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/gutting-our-language-diminishing-our-culture/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says Army parade protesters will be met with ‘very big force’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/10/donald-trump-says-army-parade-protesters-met-big-force/
— What riot? Democrats don’t see violence or mayhem at Los Angeles protests
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/10/riot-democrats-dont-see-violence-mayhem-los-angeles-protests/
— Trump said he will invoke Insurrection Act if necessary
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/10/trump-said-invoke-insurrection-act-necessary/
— Trump says Los Angeles would be ‘burning to the ground’ if he hadn’t deployed troops
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/10/donald-trump-says-la-would-burning-ground-hadnt-deployed-troops/
— GOP senator calls for 15% tax on remittances that immigrants send home
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/10/sen-eric-schmitt-calls-15-tax-remittances-immigrants-send-home/
— Trump announces plans to restore original names of eight Army bases named for Confederates
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/10/trump-announces-plans-restore-original-names-eight-army-bases-named/
— DOGE Revealed how Democrats turned Fed budget into war chest. Taxpayers have funded the party for far too long.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/10/doge-revealed-democrats-turned-fed-budget-war-chest/

NEW YORK POST
— House Republicans vote to overturn DC law allowing noncitizens to vote
https://nypost.com/2025/06/10/us-news/house-votes-to-overturn-dc-law-allowing-noncitizens-to-vote/
— LA anti-ICE looters shatter Apple store and make off with iPhones, Adidas in another night of chaos
https://nypost.com/2025/06/10/us-news/la-anti-ice-looters-shatter-apple-store-and-make-off-with-iphones-adidas-in-another-night-of-chaos/
— Los Angeles anti-ICE rioters are launching the left’s American intifada
https://nypost.com/2025/06/10/opinion/la-anti-ice-rioters-will-set-off-the-lefts-american-intifada/

BREITBART
— ‘Mexican Flag Has Become a Defining Symbol’ of Los Angeles Riots
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/10/cnn-mexican-flag-has-become-defining-symbol-los-angeles-riots/
— Union Chiefs, Jayapal, Pledge ‘Solidarity’ with Illegals, not Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/06/10/watch-union-chiefs-jayapal-pledge-solidarity-with-illegals-not-americans/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The LA Riots Prove that Democrats Need Illegals
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/06/the_la_riots_prove_that_democrats_need_illegals.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump DHS lists more criminal illegals it nabbed in LA raids
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/10/trump-dhs-lists-more-criminal-illegals-it-nabbed-in-la-raids-1550152/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump DHS Lists More Criminal Illegals It Nabbed In LA Raids
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/10/trump-dhs-los-angeles-ice-raids-apprehensions/
— All The Usual Suspects Are Behind The Left’s Latest ‘Protests’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/10/rooke-left-protests-riots-christy-walton-walmart-june-trump/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Ridiculous NY Times Article Cites ‘Largely Peaceful’ L.A. Riots Four Times
https://www.newsbusters.org/node/289372/print
— Networks Double Down on Illegals, Bash Trump ‘Creating the Conditions’ for LA Riots
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2025/06/09/networks-double-down-illegals-bash-trump-creating-conditions-la

NEWSMAX
— Trump Plans Illegal Migrant Transfers to Guantanamo Bay
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/guantanamo-bay-illegal-migrant-donald-trump/2025/06/10/id/1214358/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— As Newsom Lets Illegals Burn LA, Remember He Sent Armed Enforcers After Christians Who Didn’t Mask 2 Year Olds
https://www.westernjournal.com/video-newsom-illegals-burn-la-remember-sent-armed-enforcers-christians-didnt-mask-2-year-olds/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Hegseth says National Guard, Marines mobilized to L.A. because “we believe ICE agents should be allowed to be safe in doing their operations”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-los-angeles-protest-national-guard-marines/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Southern Baptists Endorse Effort to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage. The nation’s largest Protestant denomination was motivated by conservative Christians’ success in reversing Roe v. Wade.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/southern-baptist-obergefell-same-sex-marriage.html

RASMUISSEN REPORTS
— Most Agree with Musk’s Slam on ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/most_agree_with_musk_s_slam_on_big_beautiful_bill

CPA PRACTICE
— 11 CPA Candidates Take Home Elijah Watt Sells Award for 2024. More than 74,000 individuals sat for the CPA exam last year, but only 11 met the criteria to receive the prestigious Elijah Watt Sells Award from the AICPA and NASBA. Politics is nasty/vicious. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. Only about 20% who take the examination can say that. But my critics/opponents stress that others got better scores than I did. Very few CPAs become licensed CPAs. But I did.
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2025/06/10/11-cpa-candidates-take-home-elijah-watt-sells-award-for-2024/162838/

TIK TOK
— Gold Rush Rally at Iron Gate in Naperville
https://www.tiktok.com/@foxandcars/video/7513681885038497067
https://www.tiktok.com/@27frostt/video/7513834009525390638
https://www.tiktok.com/@carspottervandy/video/7513341788531346719
https://www.tiktok.com/@carspottervandy/video/7513350904431594783
https://www.tiktok.com/@27frostt/video/7513834693188586798
https://www.tiktok.com/@27frostt/video/7513833960539983147
https://www.tiktok.com/@27frostt/video/7513834545456925998
https://www.tiktok.com/@snooomzy/video/7513644778869853470

June 9, 2025 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— President Trump is Stepping Up Where Democrats Won’t
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/06/president-trump-is-stepping-up-where-democrats-wont/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pentagon deploys 700 Marines to Los Angeles to respond to immigration protests
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/09/pentagon-deploys-marines-la/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/09/trump-immigration-ice-chicago-protests/
— Naperville’s India Day Festival reduced to parade only due to security requirements
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/07/naperville-india-day-festival-parade/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight travel bans
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/09/trump-travel-ban-chicago-ohare

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly increase state college expenses. When I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970, they were affordable.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/elevate/cash-strapped-public-colleges-and-students-navigate-tough-realities

ABC7
— 700 Marines deployed to Los Angeles amid ongoing ICE protests
https://abc7chicago.com/post/700-marines-deployed-los-angeles-amid-ice-protests/16707616/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rep-jesus-chuy-garcia-advocates-rally-chicago-daley-plaza-trumps-immigration-actions-ice-raids-us/16706008/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight travel bans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-ohare-airport-travelers-criticize-president-donald-trumps-us-12-country-travel-ban/16706146/

NBC5
— 700 Marines mobilized to support National Guard in LA. Looting, car fires, freeway demonstrations and more marked a weekend of violence and protests in Los Angeles.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/la-ice-immigration-protests/3763584/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-protesters-rally-against-california-national-guard-deployment/3763711/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/amid-controversy-when-is-the-national-guard-deployed-and-who-makes-the-call/3764074/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/immigrant-rally-chicago-trump-policies/
— Aqua Illinois drinking water alert expands to University Park, Governors State University sends alert
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/aqua-illinois-water-problems-university-park-governors-state-university/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-trump-protest-ice-immigration
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/the-first-homosexuals-exhibit-chicago-unpacks-global-queer-history-its-selling-out-fast

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump tariff revenue soars 78%.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-09/trump-tariff-revenue-soars-78-whos-paying-them

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://foxillinois.com/question-of-the-day/vote-should-president-trump-have-sent-national-guard-troops-into-los-angeles-california-to-control-attacks-on-federal-agents-question-of-the-day-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-ice-raids-illegal-immigrants-gavin-newsom-dhs-kristi-noem

SOUTHERN
— Trump escalates fight with Newsom with arrest threat over LA protests
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/09/trump-escalates-fight-with-newsom-with-arrest-threat-over-la-protests/

TRI-STATE PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.tspr.org/npr-news/2025-06-09/trump-using-national-guard-in-la-is-an-abuse-of-power-says-national-security-expert

WAND TV
— Trump supports the idea of arresting Newsom over LA immigration protests
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/the-latest-trump-supports-the-idea-of-arresting-newsom-over-la-immigration-protests/article_937cbda3-c7a6-5d84-b6f9-afe73483bc8b.html

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-06-09/trump-using-national-guard-in-la-is-an-abuse-of-power-says-national-security-expert
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-06-09/trumps-actions-on-la-protests-raise-legal-questions

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/09/did-chicago-cops-help-ice-during-mass-arrests-city-leaders-call-for-investigation/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Duckworth endorses political violence, calling L.A. riots mere ‘civilian dissent’; blames National Guard and Trump for creating chaos.
https://wirepoints.org/sen-tammy-duckworth-endorses-political-violence-calling-l-a-riots-mere-civilian-dissent-blames-national-guard-and-trump-for-creating-chaos-wirepoints-quickpoint/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Newsom threatens lawsuit over National Guard deployment; White House calls him ‘too weak’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/9/gavin-newsom-threatens-lawsuit-national-guard-deployment-white-house/
— Trump on California protests: ‘We’re going to have troops everywhere’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/8/national-guard-moves-los-angeles-wake-anti-ice-riots/
— The Chinese spies among us. Trump 2.0 is rooting them out.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/5/chinese-spies-among-us/
— Democrats, obsessed with stopping Trump, struggle to shed status quo image
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/9/democrats-obsessed-stopping-trump-struggle-shed-status-quo-image/
— Misinformation fuels anti-ICE protests in L.A., nationwide. Many of the complaints about ICE focus less on legality, more on their tactics, mission, Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/9/misinformation-fuels-anti-ice-protests-la-nationwide/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats rationalize lawlessness in Los Angeles
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3435892/democrats-rationalize-lawlessness-los-angeles/
— Here’s who ICE arrested before protests broke out in Los Angeles
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3435561/ice-arrests-los-angeles/

NEW YORK POST
— LA anti-ICE rioters enrage locals with revolting anti-American displays and contempt for law and order
https://nypost.com/2025/06/09/us-news/la-anti-ice-rioters-enrage-locals-with-revolting-anti-american-displays/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Rioters spit on, burn American flags; Dems mad at Trump’s vow to ‘liberate LA from the migrant invasion’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/09/rioters-spit-on-burn-american-flags-dems-mad-at-trumps-vow-to-liberate-la-from-the-migrant-invasion-1549738/

BREITBART
— Anti-ICE Protesters Flood Los Angeles Freeway, Waving Foreign Flags
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/08/anti-ice-protesters-flood-los-angeles-freeway-waving-foreign-flags/
— Looters Slam L.A. Businesses amid Violent Anti-ICE Protests
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/06/09/watch-looters-slam-l-a-businesses-amid-violent-anti-ice-protests/
— Insurrectionist Democrats Plan Another Summer of Blue City-Riots
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/09/nolte-insurrectionist-democrats-plan-another-summer-of-blue-city-riots/
— Rioting Will Not Stop ICE from Arresting Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/09/us-attorney-tells-california-democrats-rioting-will-not-stop-ice-arresting-illegals/

CENTER SQUARE
— Trump says he would arrest Newsom
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f093e883-72d7-438b-8318-c58b5e26e171.html
— CBO says illegal immigration surge cost taxpayers nearly $10 billion in 2023
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_ab327ce5-ad61-4b29-bb14-09fde2d15e3f.html

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Says Tom Homan Should Arrest Gavin Newsom As Riots In LA Rage
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/09/donald-trump-gavin-newsom-tom-homan-arrest-riots-raids-los-angeles/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Admin Deploying 700 US Marines to Los Angeles.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-admin-deploying-500-us-marines-to-los-angeles-official-confirms-5870307
— FTC Warns of Rising Student Loan Scams, Says Fraudsters Took Millions From Borrowers. Regulators say in one instance a now banned operator used fake promises of loan forgiveness to collect over $16 million in illegal fees.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/ftc-warns-of-rising-student-loan-scams-says-fraudsters-took-millions-from-borrowers-5868912

FOX NEWS
— Federal funds to Los Angeles, sanctuary cities blocking ICE on chopping block in new House GOP bill. The legislation would allow officers to work with ICE despite local restrictions
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-eye-defunding-sanctuary-cities-blockading-ice-amid-la-riots

NEWSMAX
— Removing Illegals More Than Campaign Promise
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/michael-whatley-rnc-immigration/2025/06/09/id/1214135/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— California sues Trump administration over National Guard mobilization in Los Angeles
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/la-protests-ice-raids-trump-06-09-25

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals and travel bans
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new-york-city/protest-ice-raids-immigration-travel-ban-nyc-los-angeles-flash/6294664/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Marines Are Deploying to L.A. Area in Wake of ICE Protests. Roughly 700 are being dispatched to protect federal personnel and property over the objections of Gov. Newsom.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/trump-marines-los-angeles-protests-fe9a4ed6?st=ourAXk&mod=djemwhatsnews

NEW REPUBLIC
— Democrat leaders do not want their illegals to be deported including their illegals with criminal records.
https://newrepublic.com/post/196292/ice-director-tom-homan-immigration-crackdown

AUTOMOTIVE DRIVE
— Stellantis scraps plans for Illinois battery plant, parts hub. The automaker remains committed to restarting its idled Belvidere factory in 2027.
https://www.automotivedive.com/news/stellantis-uaw-belvidere-assembly-battery-plant/749830/

AUTOWEEK
— Only 16% of Americans Would Buy an EV
https://www.autoweek.com/news/a65010727/ev-interest-study-2025-aaa/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Respondents cited high battery repair costs and high purchase prices as some of the reasons, in addition to unsuitability for long-distance driving. For the past two years the percentage of those who say they are “unlikely” or “very unlikely” to buy an EV has sat at 63%, up from lower levels early in the decade. . .Some 27% of survey respondents cited difficulties in installing EV charging stations at home. Back in 2022, some 77% of respondents who were interested in buying an EV cited gas savings as their main reason for wanting an EV. But the reasons for the low reported rate of EV interest this year are not all energy- or distance-related. The survey found that 31% of those who were unlikely or undecided on EV purchases cited safety as the reason, perhaps driven by media reports of battery fires and recalls over the past few years, while 27% cited difficulties in installing EV charging stations at home.)

June 6, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republicans urge Trump and Musk to end their feud
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/06/trump-musk-feud/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/06/ice-chicago-immigrants-detained/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/06/ice-subpoenas-chicago-records-city-id-immigrants/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight travel bans
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/06/trump-travel-ban-chicago/
— C. William Pollard, former Wheaton College administrator became cleaning company CEO, dies at 86
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/06/c-william-pollard-former-wheaton-college-administrator-became-cleaning-company-ceo-dies-at-86/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/06/outside-immigration-center-in-broadview-tears-and-tension-as-supporters-demand-release-of-those-detained
— Way too much fell through the cracks at the Statehouse
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/06/illinois-budget-statehouse-energy-taxes-environment-legislative-leaders

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marketing-media/companies-sponsor-pride-chicago-other-parades-struggle

ABC7
— A day after blistering exchange, Trump calls Musk ‘man who has lost his mind’ Trump has not responded to Musk’s attack regarding the alleged sex trafficker.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-calls-elon-musk-man-has-lost-mind-day-blistering-exchange/16675485/

NBC5
— Trump considers getting rid of his Tesla on heels of Musk feud. The cars that you own say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-considers-getting-rid-of-his-tesla-on-heels-of-elon-musk-feud/3762366/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jb-pritzker-responds-chicago-ice-arrests-south-loop/

FOX32
— 68-acre horse farm in Crete converted into recovery site for men
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/68-acre-horse-farm-will-county-recovery-site-men

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/06/05/south-loop-immigration-arrests-spark-outrage-calls-for-changes-to-citys-sanctuary-law
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight travel bans
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/06/06/chicagos-immigrant-community-sad-and-numb-over-trumps-new-travel-ban

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with foreign countries against America
https://www.news-gazette.com/governments-denounce-trumps-travel-ban-and-vow-to-push-back-against-us/article_037b3ae3-12a1-56bd-90a3-ceb5c7b203c8.html

RIVER BENDER
— Accounting Major Ralph Wideman Delivers Address At Illinois High School Diploma Graduation. Career counseling is very important. My not majoring in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970 was a very big career mistake. I erroneously thought that I could not pass the CPA examination. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. The accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/accounting-major-ralph-wideman-delivers-address-at-illinois-high-school-diploma-graduation-83241.cfm?

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow gutting of Education Department. Gingrich gutted GAO during the 1980s and 1990s. If he had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-allow-gutting-of-education-department/

WROK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot in Mundelein
https://1440wrok.com/ixp/721/p/miracle-mundelein-cannabis-festival/

WGLT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that police are racist
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-06-06/analysis-black-drivers-more-likely-to-be-stopped-by-campus-police-in-illinois-including-at-isu

NPR ILLINOIS
— No ‘going back’ for Musk after calling for Trump impeachment, says Bannon.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-06/no-going-back-for-elon-musk-after-calling-for-trump-impeachment-says-steve-bannon

CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ
https://chicagoreader.com/performing-arts/rhinestone-digest/rhinestone-digest-june-2025-pride/

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Gay Community endorses Robin Kelly for the U.S. Senate
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2025/06/06/gay-community-endorses-robin-kelly-for-the-u-s-senate/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-322/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Senate Republicans sue peers over last-minute, $55B budget vote
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-senate-republicans-sue-peers-over-last-minute-55b-budget-vote/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Watchdog group says Biden White House used three different autopen signatures. Autopen use ‘exploded’ as Biden faded cognitively.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/6/watchdog-group-says-biden-white-house-used-three-different-autopen/
— Senate Judiciary Committee declassifies FBI’s files outlining plot to undermine Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/6/editorial-senate-judiciary-committee-declassifies-fbis-files/

NEW YOK POST
— Here’s how much Elon Musk’s government contracts are really worth — as Trump threatens to cut them
https://nypost.com/2025/06/05/us-news/heres-how-much-elon-musks-government-contracts-are-really-worth/
— Elon Musk signs off on suggestion Trump should be impeached, removed from office
https://nypost.com/2025/06/05/us-news/elon-musk-signs-off-on-suggestion-trump-should-be-impeached-removed-from-office/

BREITBART
— Killers, Rapists, Child Predators, Domestic Abusers Among Illegals Arrested by ICE Agents
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/06/exclusive-killers-rapists-child-predators-domestic-abusers-among-illegals-arrested-ice-agents-sanctuary-massachusetts/
— Left-Wing Groups Publish ICE Agent Locations, Hoping to Disrupt Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/06/06/left-wing-groups-publish-ice-agent-locations-hoping-to-disrupt-deportations/

FEDERALIST
— College Degrees And Income Aren’t The Only Measures Of Educational Success. My father often decried his not having a bachelor’s degree. That motivated me to get one.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/06/06/data-shows-college-degrees-and-income-arent-the-only-measures-of-educational-success/
— Republicans Have No Good Reason To Vote Against Funding Mass Deportations. Democrat and RINO leaders should pay for deporting their illegals.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/06/06/republicans-have-no-good-reason-to-vote-against-funding-mass-deportations/

TOWNHALL
— Biden Program Coordinated with UN to Bring Illegals Here at Our Expense. Democrat and RINO leaders should pay for deporting their illegals.
https://townhall.com/columnists/james-fitzpatrick/2025/06/06/biden-program-coordinated-with-un-to-bring-illegals-here-at-our-expense-n2658264

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) said it was “deeply disturbing” that a Sikh delivered a prayer in the House chamber on Friday — after apparently mistaking him for a Muslim man. The since-deleted post Friday morning sparked immediate bipartisan criticism.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5337130-illinois-republican-mary-miller-sikh-muslim-prayer/

MSN
— Musk’s Net Worth Plunges Nearly $30 Billion Amid Trump Feud. What did you do that diminished your net worth? I opposed my Democrat superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/elon-musk-s-net-worth-plunges-nearly-30-billion-amid-trump-feud/ar-AA1Gax80

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight travel bans
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/05/us/trump-news-travel-ban

NEW REPUBLIC
— Russia Offers Elon Musk Asylum as Fight With Trump Intensifies. Russian officials are having a field day with the sudden Musk-Trump feud.
https://newrepublic.com/post/196256/russia-offers-elon-musk-asylum-fight-trump-intensifies

June 4, 2025 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— RESTRICTING THE ENTRY OF FOREIGN NATIONALS TO PROTECT THE UNITED STATES FROM FOREIGN TERRORISTS AND OTHER NATIONAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY THREATS
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and-other-national-security-and-public-safety-threats/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump announces travel ban affecting a dozen countries set to go into effect Monday
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/04/trump-travel-ban/
— Trump moves to block US entry for foreigners planning to study at Harvard University
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/04/trump-block-foreigners-harvard/
— US judge issues order stopping the deportation of family of man charged in Boulder firebombing
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/04/boulder-firebombing/
— Local officials, protesters clash with ICE outside office over detentions in growing escalation over Trump’s immigration tactics
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/04/ice-protesters-clash-immigration/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump signed proclamation to ban travel from 12 countries, restriction on 7 countries
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/06/04/trump-signed-proclamation-to-ban-travel-from-12-countries-restriction-on-7-countries
— Hate-filled Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/04/donald-trump-tariff-immigration-ice-foreign-students-universities-courts-jacob-sullum
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/04/donald-trump-ukraine-russia-gaza-prices-economy-big-beautiful-bill-s-e-cupp

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders push pot in Bartlett
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250604/news/controversial-marijuana-dispensary-near-bartlett-day-care-center-falls-short-of-approval-in-tie-vote/

ABC7
— Chicago minimum wage set to increase July 1. Did you ever work for the minimum wage? I did 1964-1966 washing dishes in Chicago Heights while I was a junior and a senior at Crete-Monee High School. With the money that I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, in May of 1966, and I used it to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and summer jobs and then classes at UIC and my part-time Park Forest Post Office job. When you were in high school, did your classmates work part-time during the school year and/or full-time during the summers in between like I did? Few of my high school classmates did. There were few good jobs available. I worked far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying. Nevertheless, I took college preparatory classes, I got an ACT score of 24, I got into the upper 20% of my class, and UIC accepted me.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-minimum-wage-set-increase-july-1-changes-paid-leave-sick-time/16656187/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/paul-simon-chicago-job-corps-center-closing-end-month-us-department-labor-phasing-operations-leaving-homeless/16656546/

NBC5
— Emboldened and out of government, Elon Musk breaks with Trump’s agenda
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/elon-musk-breaks-with-trump-agenda/3760671/
— ICE agents, demonstrators clash during apparent Chicago immigration operation
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ice-agents-demonstrators-clash-during-apparent-chicago-immigration-operation/3760618/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot in the northwest suburbs
https://www.aol.com/cannabis-friendly-music-festival-returning-205023257.html

FOX32
— 45% spike in marijuana use by boomers
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/boomer-marijuana-use-spike-2025

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ on children in Downers Grove
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/06/04/a-day-of-pride-and-celebration-dg-pridefest-returns-to-fishel-park-on-saturday/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-04/worldpride-is-in-d-c-this-year-which-may-be-why-attendance-and-sponsorship-are-down
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-04/trump-wants-to-cut-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-for-controlling-hiv-aids

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump unleashes MAGA rebellion on Federalist Society. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes destroy the Illinois Center Right Coalition and then TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-unleashes-maga-rebellion-on-federalist-society/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/04/in-white-with-fear-chicago-born-filmmaker-tackles-links-between-white-supremacy-and-the-right/

AXIOS CHICAGO
— How dependent on foreign students are the following: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/06/02/trump-student-visa-crackdown-illinois-impact

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-320/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Full Scholarship to Finish College at University Center in Woodstock for One MCC Graduate Funded in Memory of Former MCC Board Member Erv LeCoque
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/full-scholarship-to-finish-college-at-university-center-in-woodstock-for-one-mcc-graduate-funded-in-memory-of-former-mcc-board-member-erv-lecoque/
— Taking Responsibility for Tax Money Received Is Good Government
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/taking-responsibility-for-tax-money-received-is-good-government/
— What Is the Relevance of “They/them” to a Chicago Tribune Story on Storks Nesting in Lincoln Park Zoo
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/what-is-the-relevance-of-they-them-to-a-chicago-tribune-story-on-storks-nesting-in-lincoln-park-zoo/
— Domestic Violence Grant Awarded to McHenry County State’s Attorney
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/domestic-violence-grant-awarded-to-mchenry-county-states-attorney/
— The Only Member of Congress to Ever Live in McHenry County, Joe Walsh, Announces Switch to Democrats
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/the-only-member-of-congress-to-ever-live-in-mchenry-county-joe-walsh-announces-switch-to-democrats/
— DeWitte Comments on Democrats’ Budget
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/dewitte-comments-on-democrats-budget/
— $40 Million German Flavor Producing Factory Coming to Huntley
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/40-million-flavor-producing-factory-coming-to-huntley/
— Pritzker Acts to Force Hospitals to Do Abortions, Calling The, “Life-Saving”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/pritzker-acts-to-force-hospitals-to-do-abortions-calling-the-life-saving/
— West Nile Mosquito Found in Lake in the Hills
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/west-nile-mosquito-found-in-lake-in-the-hills/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Stephen Miller puts illegal immigration at center of GOP debate around Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3431050/stephen-miller-illegal-immigration-trump-big-beautiful-bill/
— Trump’s criticism of Rand Paul is wrong and misguided
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3430922/trumps-criticism-of-rand-paul-wrong-and-misguided/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Musk Disappointed With ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Elon labels legislation a “disgusting abomination.”
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/musk-disappointed-with-big-beautiful-bill/

BREITBART
— Marco Rubio Marks Tiananmen Square Massacre Anniversary: ‘The World Will Never Forget’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/04/marco-rubio-marks-tiananmen-square-massacre-anniversary-the-world-will-never-forget/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Bans New Visas for Foreign Nationals From 12 Countries. The proclamation will not limit ’the ability of an individual to seek asylum, refugee status, withholding of removal, or protection.’
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-bans-new-visas-for-foreign-nationals-from-12-countries-5868072

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— There are Now Over 1,000 Sanctuary Jurisdictions Nationwide
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/state-and-local/sanctuary-jurisdictions-america-report

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Trump signs ban on entry from 12 countries, restrictions on 7 more
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-signs-travel-ban-multiple-countries/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump’s proclamation fully restricts and limits the entry of nationals from 12 countries: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, the officials said. It partially restricts the entry of people from seven countries: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.)

CBS MIAMI
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/video/fear-amongst-asylum-seekers-who-could-lose-work-permits/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Far too many who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters a) reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform and b) have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, and c) read my newsletters and/or have their operatives and their dupes read them for opposition research. If you were me, how would you deal with that? Should I start naming them? I would start with those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/technology/ftc-investigates-media-matters.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Federalist Society Is Doing Just Fine After Getting Dumped by Trump. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes destroy the Illinois Center Right Coalition and then TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/leonard-leo-trump-2cd729c8

June 2, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Chicago.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pride-month-begins-june-1-celebrations-world-heres-what-expect-history-lgbtq-marches-events/16624427/
— Illinois lawmakers pass $55.2B budget with new taxes, immigrant health cuts, no transit funding. Senate approves taxes on sports bets, nicotine; no funding for Chicago Bears to build new stadium.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-senate-passes-state-55b-budget-new-taxes-sports-bets-nicotine-products-income-sales-not-affected/16619774/

NBC5
— Musk says he doesn’t ‘want to take responsibility for everything the administration’s doing’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/elon-musk-responsibility-trump-administration/3757902/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Chicago.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-2025-pride-fest-parade/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm6P-zWZmqA

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Chicago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blIClZQxkpo

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Buffalo Grove.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/hundreds-celebrate-joy-love-togetherness-buffalo-grove-pride-parade
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/carol-hui-mayorga-kennett-missouri-deportation

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— List of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ removed from US government website following criticism.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/01/sanctuary-jurisdictions-removed-government-website/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: After lawmakers pass budget with cuts and tax hikes, Gov. JB Pritzker blames state’s fiscal challenges on Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/01/after-lawmakers-pass-budget-with-cuts-and-tax-hikes-gov-jb-pritzker-blames-states-fiscal-challenges-on-trump/
— Outrage over President Donald Trump’s electric vehicle policies is misplaced
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/02/opinion-electric-vehicles-donald-trump-jobs/
— When school boards ride in limousines and students lack the basics
https://www.yahoo.com/news/editorial-school-boards-ride-limousines-100000506.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Hyde Park.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/06/01/hyde-park-art-center-pride-month-lgbtq-artists
— Fake IDs now as good as the real thing — and essential to Chicago’s college social scene. What percent of pot is bought with fake IDs?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/06/02/chicago-fake-id-college-underage-social-drinking

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Buffalo Grove.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250601/news/buffalo-grove-embraces-its-diversity-with-seventh-annual-pride-parade/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: New taxes on sports bets, nicotine products as Democrats pass $55.2B budget.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250601/illinois-state-politics/new-taxes-on-sports-bets-nicotine-products-as-democrats-pass-55-2b-budget/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— At least 50 Illinois villages, towns, cities and counties to see increases in local taxes
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/06/02/several-illinois-counties-will-soon-see-increases-in-local-sales-taxes/83927679007/

SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/02/we-see-you-in-trump-era-washington-world-pride-2025-organizers-aim-to-bring-hope-to-lgbtq-community/

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Young Republicans Host County Chairman, Former Governor Candidate June 3.
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/young-republicans-host-county-chairman-former-governor-candidate-june-3/

NORTHERN STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Dekalb.
https://northernstar.info/126064/opinion/the-importance-of-pride-month/

INDY 100
— Pope Leo to hold mass in Chicago – and people think it’s some ‘top tier’ Trump trolling
https://www.indy100.com/politics/trump/pope-leo-xiv-chicago-mass-trump-trolling-2672244594

WGLT
— Central Illinois lawmakers stick to party lines on state budget.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-06-01/central-illinois-lawmakers-stick-to-party-lines-on-state-budget

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker’s budget blame game: Trump
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/06/02/pritzkers-budget-blame-game-trump-00379965

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-525/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrats run the federal government. Federal employees are their patronage army. They hired me in 1980, 1971, and 1966 because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They wasted my career and got rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and dupes destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Did you deduct education expenses? My IRS employee manual strongly encouraged me to take graduate business, accounting, and law courses. But IRS provided no reimbursement for tuition or books. Nevertheless, a) I started taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972 and earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and b) I started taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul in 1976 and earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I deducted the tuition and books. In 1978, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my deductions. I should write about that. They outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically argued a) that the courses did not relate to my job duties, b) that the courses did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took the courses to get a job in the private sector, and d) that I took the courses to qualify myself for a new trade or business. They ignored the content of my applications, course descriptions, and position descriptions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What motivated you to overcome workplace obstacles and keep on working? The importance of the Post Office’s mission (delivering mail), IRS’s mission (funding the federal government), and GAO’s mission (fighting government fraud, waste, and abuse) helped me overcome workplace obstacles and to keep on working. While I was a S.S. Kresge employee 1964-1966, it was my wanting money to buy a new car (1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint) to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC. While I was a postal employee 1966-1969, it was my need for money to pay for my UIC and NIU expenses and to buy new cars (1968 Oldsmobile 442 and 1969 Dodge Charger SE) to get to/from classes and work. While I was a Firestone Store employee 1970-1972, it included my need for money to help support my mother and brother. While I was an IRS employee 1971-1980, it included my wanting money to pay for my Loyola and DePaul education expenses, to buy new cars (1972 Corvette, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, and 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale), and to buy a new town home in 1972, a studio condo in 1974, a one bedroom condo in 1976, and a home in Wheaton in 1978. While I was a GAO employee 1980-1997 it included my wanting money to pay for my DePaul education expenses in 1980 and my IIT education expenses 1992-1997, to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, to buy new cars in 1989, 1993, 1995, and 1996, to buy collector cars (1962 Chevrolet Impala SS in 1989 and 1968 Charger R/T in 1994), etc. The importance of the Post Office’s mission (delivering mail), IRS’s mission (funding the federal government), and GAO’s mission (fighting government fraud, waste, and abuse) helped me overcome workplace obstacles and to keep on working. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democrats Raise Legislative Salaries to $98,304
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/democrats-raise-salaries-to-98304/
— Marty McLaughlin Comments on “Another Year, Another Near Record-Breaking Democrat Budget”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/marty-mclaughlin-comments-on-another-year-another-near-record-breaking-democrat-budget/
— Joe Sosnowski Reacts to Budget: “Tax, Spend, Tax, Spend, Repeat”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/joe-sosnowski-reacts-to-budget-tax-spend-tax-spend-repeat/
— Jeff Keicher Comments on Record Budget, Cites $1 Billion in Tax Hikes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/jeff-keicher-comments-on-record-budget-cites-1-billion-in-tax-hikes/
— Southern Illinois State Rep. IDs Waste in Dems $55 Billion Spending
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/state-rep-ids-waste-in-dems-55-billion-spending/
— Tax Alert from Southern Illinois Republican State Senator Terri Bryant
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/tax-alert-from-southern-illinois-republican-state-senator-terri-bryant/
— Former State Rep. Allen Skillicorn Arrested for Hit and Run in Arizona
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/31/8107/
— The Leftward Bias of Colleges and Universities
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/31/the-leftward-bias-of-colleges-and-universities/
— Illinois Ranks 48th in New Tax Population & Study
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/31/illinois-ranks-48th-in-new-tax-population-study/
— A Splendid Analysis of the Refusal of Democrats to Allow Illinois Legislators Sufficient Time to Consider Budget Bills
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/31/a-splendid-analysis-of-the-refusal-of-democrats-to-allow-illinois-legislators-sufficient-time-to-consider-budget-bills/
— McHenry County One of Six Not Among Those Listed by Homeland Security as Defying Federal Immigration Law
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/mchenry-county-one-of-six-not-among-those-listed-by-homeland-security-as-defying-federal-immigration-law/
— Ness Plans Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/ness-plans-fundraiser/
— Don DeWitte on Democrats’ Budget
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/don-dewitte-on-democrats-budget/
— UPDATE: McHenry County One of Six Not Among Those Listed by Homeland Security as Defying Federal Immigration Law, FEDS REMOVE LIST
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/mchenry-county-one-of-six-not-among-those-listed-by-homeland-security-as-defying-federal-immigration-law/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Much of wokeness fueled by the sexual revolution. The left celebrates and protects all the wrong things.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/1/much-wokeness-fueled-sexual-revolution/
— Musk’s historic role showed that even a chainsaw can’t cut federal bloat.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/1/elon-musks-historic-role-showed-even-chainsaw-cant-cut-federal-bloat/
— Left’s ranks are filled with angry, bitter women who have been seduced by lies. Feminism: Marxism’s most grotesque mutation.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/1/lefts-ranks-filled-angry-bitter-women-seduced-lies/
— The ‘gospel of pride’ Is not the Gospel of Christ. Jesus did address sexual morality.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/1/gospel-pride-gospel-christ/

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats made themselves toxic — now they’re addicted to their own poison.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/01/opinion/toxic-democrats-are-addicted-to-their-own-dei-poison/
— DOGE started the war on waste —now it’s up to Congress to keep it going. GAO is supposed to fight government waste. But instead, the Democrats who run GAO wasted me.
https://nypost.com/2025/05/31/opinion/doge-started-war-on-waste-its-up-to-congress-to-finish-it/
— Colorado firebomb terror attack suspect was in the US illegally after overstaying his visa, previously applied for asylum
https://nypost.com/2025/06/02/us-news/colorado-terror-attack-suspect-was-in-the-united-states-illegally-after-overstaying-his-visa-previously-applied-for-asylum/
— Is America’s Jewish leadership failing American Jews?
https://nypost.com/2025/06/01/us-news/is-americas-jewish-leadership-failed-american-jews/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Thank you, President Trump, for Confronting South Africa’s Black Supremacy. In post-apartheid South Africa, hopes for equality have decayed into racial vengeance, as black supremacists target white farmers amid silence from global elites.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/06/02/thank-you-president-trump-for-confronting-south-africas-black-supremacy/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Lasting Damage of the George Floyd Riots.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/30/the-stain-of-george-floyd-riots-on-america-5-years-later/
— Harvard, You’re Entitled to Nothing.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/29/harvard-youre-entitled-to-nothing/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Harvard has “been a pox on our educational system at least since the 1920s.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/harvard-has-been-a-pox-on-our-educational-system-at-least-since-the-1920s/amp/

NEWSMAX
— All Immigration Law Violators Should Be Arrested.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/michael-cutler-ice-tom-homan/2025/06/01/id/1213145/
— Noem Defends DHS List Targeting Sanctuary Cities.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/kristi-noem-dhs-sanctuary-cities/2025/06/01/id/1213172/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Citizenship and That Pesky Constitution
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/06/02/citizenship_and_that_pesky_constitution_152863.html
— Democrats Do Stand For Things, Like “Illegal Aliens and Boys In Girls’ Sports”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/06/01/scott_jennings_democrats_do_stand_for_things_illegal_aliens_and_boys_in_girls_sports.html

TOWNHALL
— Mass Deportations Will Improve The Lives Of Every American.
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2025/06/02/mass-deportations-will-improve-the-lives-of-every-american-n2657968
— Democrat leaders push free health care for illegals because that encourages illegal immigration.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/06/01/democrat-pushes-free-health-care-for-illegal-aliens-denies-it-encourages-border-surge-despite-evidence-n2657950

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— Democrats run the federal government. Federal employees are their patronage army. They hired me in 1980, 1971, and 1966 because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They wasted my career and got rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/the-trump-administration-will-now-favour-patriotic-americans-for-jobs/ar-AA1FQ9Ve
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/loyalty-test-for-federal-jobs-trump-demands-patriotic-americans-in-sweeping-hiring-shake-up/ar-AA1FPH8X
— My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and dupes destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/if-trump-says-jump-gop-lawmakers-find-the-party-fully-on-bended-knee/ar-AA1ueJq5

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Is Said to Have Known About NASA Nominee’s Democrat Donations Before Picking Him
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/us/politics/trump-musk-isaacman-nasa.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Patel remakes the FBI. I should write about how Gingrich and Bowsher remade GAO. Under Gingrich and Bowsher, the agency dumped half its employees. Overwhelming, those dumped employees were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. If Gingrich and Bowsher had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/us/politics/fbi-patel.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Walz.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/us/politics/tim-walz-democrats-2024.html
— How ICE Is Seeking to Ramp Up Deportations Through Courthouse Arrests
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/politics/ice-courthouse-arrests.html
— Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly make Republicans pay more reparations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/us/tulsa-race-massacre-reparations.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/business/china-student-visas-trump.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Blacks to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/opinion/black-history-trump.html?searchResultPosition=1

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump rides to the rescue of Chicago’s flailing mayor. The Justice Department might have just saved Chicago’s Brandon Johnson.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/02/trump-justice-department-chicago-mayor-johnson/
— List of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ removed from US government website following criticism.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/01/immigration-sanctuary-jurisdictions-list/18760c42-3f33-11f0-b78e-5ddff7eb1e49_story.html

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2025/05/23/what-do-pride-flag-colors-mean/83820854007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Sanctuary List Disappears From Homeland Security Website. Some local officials said the list contained mistakes.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/sanctuary-list-disappears-from-homeland-security-website-a2da427d
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America.
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-hits-back-against-trump-claims-that-it-broke-trade-truce-as-tensions-simmer-1eeb59aa
— Springsteen vs. Trump. ‘The Boss’ and the president play to the same frustrated working-class crowd.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-vs-bruce-springsteen-music-politics-6685d3cf

BLOOMBERG
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly drive the stock market down to punish Trump and to punish the 77 million who voted for him.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-01/us-futures-slip-on-trump-tariffs-crude-surges-markets-wrap

BUSINESS WIRE
— Education Programs Key to Retaining and Attracting Talent for Companies. My IRS employee manual strongly encouraged me to take graduate business, accounting, and law courses. But IRS provided no reimbursement for tuition or books. Nevertheless, a) I started taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972 and earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and b) I started taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul in 1976 and earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I deducted the tuition and books. In 1978, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my deductions. I should write about that. They outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically argued a) that the courses did not relate to my job duties, b) that the courses did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took the courses to get a job in the private sector, and d) that I took the courses to qualify myself for a new trade or business. They ignored the content of my applications, course descriptions, and position descriptions.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250519254532/en/Education-Programs-Key-to-Retaining-and-Attracting-Talent-for-Companies

MANAGEMENT ISSUES
— What really matters to employees? What motivated you to overcome workplace obstacles and keep on working? The importance of the Post Office’s mission (delivering mail), IRS’s mission (funding the federal government), and GAO’s mission (fighting government fraud, waste, and abuse) helped me overcome workplace obstacles and to keep on working. While I was a S.S. Kresge employee 1964-1966, it was my wanting money to buy a new car (1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint) to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC. While I was a postal employee 1966-1969, it was my need for money to pay for my UIC and NIU expenses and to buy new cars (1968 Oldsmobile 442 and 1969 Dodge Charger SE) to get to/from classes and work. While I was a Firestone Store employee 1970-1972, it included my need for money to help support my mother and brother. While I was an IRS employee 1971-1980, it included my wanting money to pay for my Loyola and DePaul education expenses, to buy new cars (1972 Corvette, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, and 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale), and to buy a new town home in 1972, a studio condo in 1974, a one bedroom condo in 1976, and a home in Wheaton in 1978. While I was a GAO employee 1980-1997 it included my wanting money to pay for my DePaul education expenses in 1980 and my IIT education expenses 1992-1997, to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, to buy new cars in 1989, 1993, 1995, and 1996, to buy collector cars (1962 Chevrolet Impala SS in 1989 and 1968 Charger R/T in 1994), etc. The importance of the Post Office’s mission (delivering mail), IRS’s mission (funding the federal government), and GAO’s mission (fighting government fraud, waste, and abuse) helped me overcome workplace obstacles and to keep on working.
https://management-issues.com/opinion/7703/pay-vs-benefits-what-really-matters-to-employees/

POLITICO
— My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and dupes destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/30/trump-administration-patriotic-americans-federal-workforce-00376752

FINANCIAL TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.ft.com/content/443db2f7-edc8-4274-b7d6-e4df40ff145c

May 22, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump confronts South Africa’s president in Oval Office, shows evidence of genocide
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-host-south-africa-president-cyril-ramaphosa-amid-tensions-resettlement-afrikaners/16492596/

WGN9
— Federal budget cuts threaten academic support for at-risk Chicago youth. What did you do while you were in high school? I did yard work, delivered newspapers, and washed dishes.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/federal-budget-cuts-threaten-academic-support-for-at-risk-chicago-youth/

FOX32
— Johnson calls Trump ‘a monster’ while defending diverse hiring amid DOJ probe
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-mayor-calls-trump-monster-defends-diverse-hiring-doj-probe
— LaHood urges party to put aside differences on Trump’s tax bill. LaHood is vowing that President Trump’s tax bill will not kick any Illinoisans off Medicaid or food stamp programs, and that it’ll just root out waste, fraud and abuse.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1645209

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/21/trump-south-africa/
— Firearm arrest No. 10 made at Naperville Topgolf parking lot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/20/naperville-police-topgolf-gun-arrest-2/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/21/first-homosexuals-exhibit-returns-chicago/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with South Africa against America
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/21/trump-south-africa/
— Speak incautiously about race, Mr. Mayor, and you invite federal scrutiny. Brandon Johnson still has to learn there are some things a mayor should not say.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/21/editorial-mayor-brandon-johnson-racial-contracting-trump/
— Waukegan parade organizer accuses alderman of intimidation. I should write about my critics’/opponents’ success in ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades in 2021, a role that I had since 2005.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/21/waukegan-council-victor-felix/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/21/trumps-anti-immigrant-ice-raids-deportation-chicago-rainbow-push-ben-jealous

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Naperville police chief says the city will have ‘zero tolerance’ to unlawful conduct at gatherings
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250521/news/naperville-police-chief-says-the-city-will-have-zero-tolerance-to-unlawful-conduct-at-gatherings/
— Defense Department accepts Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump’s use
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250521/nation-and-world-politics/defense-department-accepts-boeing-747-from-qatar-for-trumps-use/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/05/22/mayor-calls-trump-a-monster-00364698

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-518/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-310/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Broken cities, bad governance: Blue state city residents voting with their feet
https://wirepoints.org/broken-cities-bad-governance-blue-state-city-residents-voting-with-their-feet-fox-news/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— LaHood Votes for, Explains Federal Budget Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/22/lahood-votes-for-explains-federal-budget-bill/
— Keicher School Safety Bill Passes Both Houses
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/21/keicher-school-safety-bill-passes-both-houses/
— Could Republicans Be Taking U.S. Senate Race Seriously?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/21/could-republicans-be-taking-u-s-senate-race-seriously/
— Florida and Illinois Black Leaders Trade Places at Republican Events
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/21/florida-and-illinois-black-leaders-trade-places/
— McHenry Organization Gains Housing Subsidy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/21/mchenry-organization-gains-housing-subsidy/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump puts evidence of ‘White genocide’ in front of South African leader
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/21/trump-plays-video-south-african-leader-showing-purported-evidence/
— House passes Trump agenda bill, sending massive tax and spending cut package to the Senate. Blue-state moderates get more on SALT exemption; conservatives win on green energy, immigration, firearms.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/21/house-republicans-tweak-big-beautiful-bill-ahead-floor-vote/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Hillary Clinton wants immigrant women to do the job American women aren’t doing. I was the only White male who washed dishes in the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights. I did that 1964-1966.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3417646/hillary-clinton-immigration-foreign-women-do-job-americans-arent/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Supreme Court: Children of Illegal Aliens or Tourists are not U.S.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/05/supreme_court_children_of_illegal_aliens_or_tourists_are_not_u_s_citizens.html
— Can You Be a Trump-Supporter and a Good Christian? The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/05/can_you_be_a_trump_supporter_and_a_good_christian.html

BREITBART
— Illinois GOP Calls for Federal Intervention as Tensions Mount Over the State’s Trans Athlete Rules
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2025/05/21/illinois-gop-calls-for-federal-intervention-as-tensions-mount-over-states-trans-athlete-rules/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Forces South African President To Watch Video Of Country’s Leaders Calling For Genocide
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/21/trump-forces-south-african-president-to-watch-video-of-countrys-leaders-calling-for-genocide/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Confronts Ramaphosa Over ‘Afrikaner Genocide’ in Oval Office Meeting
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-ramaphosa-clash-over-afrikaner-genocide-in-white-house-meeting-5861261
— 2 Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed in DC Shooting Near Jewish Museum. The FBI says the attack is being investigated as a potential federal hate crime.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/two-israeli-embassy-staffers-shot-in-dc-near-jewish-museum-noem-5861621
— House Passes Trump Agenda Bill in Early Morning Vote. After weeks of negotiations, in a tight vote just before 7:00 a.m., the House approved the ‘big beautiful bill’ central to the president’s agenda.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/house-passes-trump-agenda-bill-in-early-morning-vote-5861273

FOX NEWS
— Naperville trans athlete conflict grows after tense track meet as state Republicans call for Trump’s help. State representative calls situation ‘disgusting’ as calls grow for the Trump administration to pull federal funding.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/illinois-trans-athlete-conflict-grows-after-tense-track-meet-state-republicans-call-trumps-help

FOX SPORTS
— Illinois state lawmakers get hostile during debates on trans athletes in girls’ sports. Democrat accused Republicans of being ‘obsessed with children’s genitalia’ as tensions mount following Naperville track controversy.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/illinois-state-lawmakers-get-hostile-during-debates-trans-athletes-girls-sports

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chicago Resident Confronts Mayor Johnson: ‘Why are You a Racist?’ Mayor Johnson is a despicable human being.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/chicago-resident-confronts-mayor-johnson-why-are-you-a-racist/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— No, Ending DEI Programs Would Not Be a Loss to Education
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/no-ending-dei-programs-would-not-be-a-loss-to-education/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Trump’s cultural overhaul throttles local arts, humanities programs nationwide
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/politics/trump-culture-arts-humanities-grants-funding

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/frank-kameny-lgbtq-gay-rights-100th-birthday-rcna207654

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with South Africa against America
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africans-praise-ramaphosa-keeping-cool-amid-trump-attack-2025-05-22/
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/under-attack-by-trump-south-africas-ramaphosa-responds-with-trade-deal-offer-2025-05-21/

NEWSWEEK
— Trump Responds to Israeli Embassy Staff Killings in DC: ‘Must End’
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-responds-isreali-embassy-shooting-washington-dc-2075553

NEW YORK TIMES
— U.S. Formally Accepts Luxury Jet From Qatar for Trump. The Air Force has been asked to figure out a way to upgrade it so it can be put into use as a new Air Force One for the president.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/qatar-plane-trump-air-force-one.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump confronts South African president over violence against White farmers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/21/trump-south-africa-white-afrikaners-violence/

WALL STREET JOIRNAL
— The GOP’s SALT Deal Folly. Republicans make it easier for Democrats to raise state taxes. Before SALT, my wife and I paid less federal income tax by itemizing, both of us staring in 1978 and I starting in 1972. My critics/opponents were always furious about that. I deducted my graduate business and accounting course expenses 1972-1980 and my graduate finance course expenses 1992-1997.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/salt-cap-house-republicans-mike-johnson-mike-lawler-nick-lalota-tax-bill-7a6ef2ca?mod=opinion_lead_pos2
— You Can Still Negotiate a ‘Best and Final’ Job Offer. Job hunters can talk their way into a better deal, even if the salary is set. Ever since I was 31 years old in 1980, my critics/opponents have used against me big time my taking a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that pay cut proved a) that IRS had grossly overpaid me, that is, that IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1983, and 1974 and b) that was an extremely bad person because 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, currently $99,069/year, because much of what I would do for GAO was similar to what I did for IRS, because GAO audits IRS, because I has almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, because I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and because I had earned an MBA in 1976. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-offer-negotiations-82550489

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Ramps Up Criminal Charges Against Migrants in California
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-21/trump-ramping-up-criminal-charges-against-migrants-in-sanctuary-cities

POLITICO
— Trump administration accepts Qatari jet for Air Force One
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/21/trump-administration-accepts-qatari-jet-for-air-force-one-00362805
— Trump puts South Africa’s president on the defensive over ‘genocide’ claims
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/21/trump-south-africa-defensive-genocide-00362831
— Trump admin deportation flight to South Sudan violated court order, judge rules
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/21/trump-deportations-south-sudan-00362919

MEDIAITE
— Reporter William Kelly Slams Chicago Mayor for ‘Black Power Rhetoric’ and Asks Him: ‘Why Are You a Racist?’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/far-right-reporter-slams-chicago-mayor-for-black-power-rhetoric-and-asks-him-why-are-you-a-racist/

DAILY KOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/21/2323597/-Surprise-Trump-s-base-is-motivated-by-racist-hate-and-deep-bigotry-not-economics

May 8, 2025 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS
— Trump Hails ‘Great Honor’ of First American Pope
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-politics-newsletter-trump-hails-great-honor-first-american-pope
— Pritzker accused of ‘insulting’ ICE with sanctuary policies as Noem, Angel families protest
https://www.foxnews.com/media/illinois-gov-pritzker-accused-insulting-ice-sanctuary-policies-noem-angel-families-protest

ILLINOIS GOP
— ILGOP Celebrates New Pope And Chicago Native, Cardinal Robert Prevost
https://illinois.gop/newsroom/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost elected pope, taking name Leo XIV
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2025-is-new-pope-cardinal-robert-francis-prevost-1st-american-chicago-elected-catholic-church-leader/16358670/
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/2025-papal-conclave-cardinals-gather-elect-pope-vatican-city-rome/16339118/

WLS AM
— New Pope Registered Republican in Illinois; Trump Critic
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.wlsam.com/2025/05/08/new-pope-registered-republican-in-illinois-trump-critic/

WBEZ
— DePaul president faces off against GOP members of Congress. Conservative lawmakers who questioned DePaul President Robert Manuel were accused of using antisemitism claims to chill free speech.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/05/07/depaul-president-faces-off-against-gop-members-of-congress

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago native Robert Prevost becomes the first American pope in history
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/robert-prevost-pope/
— Robert Prevost was ‘the pride and joy of every priest and nun’ at St. Mary’s on Chicago’s South Side
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/08/robert-prevost-chicago-pope-xiv/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders accuse Congressional Republicans of political witch hunt in antisemitism hearing involving DePaul president. University president Robert Manuel faced three hours of heated questions.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/05/07/depaul-president-faces-off-against-gop-members-of-congress

DAILY HERALD
— At home in New Lenox, new pope’s brother found out like everyone else
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/news/it-was-a-shocking-moment-new-popes-brother-lives-in-new-lenox/
— Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, overcame a taboo against a US pontiff
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/religion/prevost-now-pope-leo-xiv-overcame-a-taboo-against-a-us-pontiff/
— Trump says he is naming Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250508/nation-and-world-politics/trump-says-he-is-naming-fox-news-host-and-former-judge-jeanine-pirro-as-top-federal-prosecutor-in-dc/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— The new pope is from Chicago. Here are some of his ties to Illinois
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/05/08/new-pope-is-from-chicago-here-are-some-of-his-ties-to-illinois/83516559007/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Central Illinois bishops greet new pope ‘with hearts full of joy and hope’
https://pantagraph.com/life-entertainment/local/faith-values/article_a5c62ee3-422e-42e3-8dd4-23258ad65fdf.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders use “social justice” to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/whats-in-a-name-pope-leo-xivs-choice-signals-a-commitment-to-social-justice/article_2ecfa121-cf15-57b1-ad99-3066a475a21e.html
— Wisconsin Republicans kill marijuana legalization
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/wisconsin-republicans-kill-marijuana-legalization-and-tax-increases-for-millionaires/article_a345cc22-1a98-5f33-99aa-3954b9bbcf88.html

RIVER BENDER
— After Sec. Noem’s Springfield Visit, Davidsmeyer Again Calls for End of Illinois’ Failed Sanctuary Policy
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/after-sec-noems-springfield-visit-davidsmeyer-again-calls-for-end-of-illinois-failed-sanctuary-policy-82245.cfm?
— Attorney General Raoul Files Lawsuit To Stop Illegal Termination Of Federal Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-files-lawsuit-to-stop-illegal-termination-of-federal-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-funding-82248.cfm?
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are on Medicaid?
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/senator-duckworth-leads-vigil-against-medicaid-cuts-82271.cfm?

WEST SUBURBAN JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://westsuburbanjournal.com/welch-house-democrats-rally-in-response-to-trump-officials-rhetoric-during-illinois-visit/

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/fighting-back-against-trump-20133313

FOX ILLINOIS
— Republicans push college presidents to protect Jewish students
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/house-gop-continues-to-push-colleges-to-do-more-to-combat-antisemitism-on-campus-haverford-college-depaul-university-california-polytechnic-state-university-house-education-committee

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-08/americans-are-already-seeing-trumps-tariffs-kick-in-they-sent-in-receipts-to-prove-it

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote segregation.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trumps-anti-dei-push-doesnt-stop-black-kentucky-grads-from-holding-an-off-campus-celebration/

IPM ILLINOIS
— What percent of those in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are on Medicaid?
https://ipmnewsroom.org/republicans-have-medicaid-in-their-crosshairs-and-illinois-residents-who-depend-on-it-are-worried/

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
— Illinois Youth Survey finds troubling substance use trends
https://news.illinois.edu/illinois-youth-survey-finds-troubling-substance-use-trends/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/8/robert-prevost-1st-american-pope-history-catholic-church-take-name/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The SALT terrorists holding Trump’s agenda hostage need to put up or shut up. SALT ended itemization. By itemizing, my wife and I paid less federal income tax starting in 1978 when we got married and I paid less federal income tax starting in 1972.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3405221/salt-deduction-terrorists-holding-trump-agenda-hostage-put-up-or-shut-up/

BREITBART
— Rep. Hageman Introduces ‘No Student Visas for Sanctuary Cities Act’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/05/07/exclusive-rep-hageman-introduces-no-student-visas-for-sanctuary-cities-act/

FEDERALIST
— Where Was Democrats’ Outrage When Obama And Biden Deported Illegal Alien Housekeepers And Gardeners?
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/08/where-was-democrats-outrage-when-obama-and-biden-deported-illegal-alien-housekeepers-and-gardeners/

HUMAN EVENTS
— Jack Posobiec criticizes Pope Leo XIV for “promoting anti-Trump and anti-Bukele articles regarding the deportations of criminal illegals”
https://www.mediamatters.org/jack-posobiec/jack-posobiec-criticizes-pope-leo-xiv-promoting-anti-trump-and-anti-bukele-articles-0

LIVE ACTION
— First American pope in history has strong record of defending sanctity of human life
https://www.liveaction.org/news/first-american-pope-record-sanctity-human-life/

NEWSMAX
— New Pope Registered Republican in Illinois; Trump Critic
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/pope-leox-iv-voter-registration-republican/2025/05/08/id/1210160/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Pope Leo XIV Has Voted Often in Illinois, Public Records Show. He voted in November’s presidential election with an absentee ballot, according to records from a suburban Chicago county.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/pope-leo-xiv-politics-voting.html

NBC NEWS
— New pope’s social media posts offer some insight into his politics. On social media before he became pope, Robert Prevost expressed support for gun reform and immigration — and showed some disagreement with the Trump administration.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pope-leo-social-media-posts-vance-rcna205677

NEWSWEEK
— Is Robert Prevost a Republican?
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-prevost-political-afiliation-what-we-know-2069880

CBS NEWS
— Pope Leo XIV grew up in Dolton studied and taught in Chicago area
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pope-leo-xiv-born-in-chicago-grew-up-dolton-illinois/

WCCS RADIO
— ‘Democracy in crisis?’ DC universities offering Trump-themed class this fall. Democrats and RINOs use democracy to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.wccsradio.com/rss/democracy-in-crisis-dc-universities-offering-trump-themed-class-this-fall/

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters crow that “Trump’s Policies Have Been Stopped by Courts More Than 200 Times.”
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/cannabis/trumps-policies-have-been-stopped-by-courts-more-than-200-times

TPM
— MAGA Melts Down Over First American Pope
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/maga-melts-down-over-first-american-pope

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 71% of Democrats Want Elon Musk in Prison
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/71_of_democrats_want_elon_musk_in_prison

DODGE GARAGE
— Next-Level Muscle: Why the 2025 Dodge Charger EV Impresses EV Fans
https://www.dodgegarage.com/news/article/owners-clubs/2025/04/next-level-muscle-why-the-2025-dodge-charger-ev-converts-a-loyal-enthusiast.html

TORQUE NEWS
— My Fourth EV Is A 2025 Charger EV, After Owning Model Y, Mustang Mach-E, And F-150 Lightning, This Electric Muscle Car Finally Gets Everything Right
https://www.torquenews.com/17998/my-fourth-ev-2025-charger-ev-after-owning-model-y-mustang-mach-e-and-f-150-lightning-electric/amp