FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago preparing for National Guard deployment, increased immigration enforcement. City updates website with protections for immigrant, refugee communities; organizations prepare for sweeps of homeless encampments. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-national-guard-preps-chicago-deployment-president-trump-positions-feds-north-suburbs-governor-jb-pritzker-says/17728426/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://abc7chicago.com/post/west-ridge-residents-push-back-former-chicago-police-officers-opening-dispensary-western-peterson/17734208/
— Conservative news network Newsmax files antitrust lawsuit against Fox News
https://abc7chicago.com/post/conservative-news-network-newsmax-files-antitrust-lawsuit-fox/17731898/
NBC5
— Trump says Pritzker ‘has to ask us’ for National Guard deployment to Chicago. Trump’s administration still plans to send additional federal assets to the city for immigration enforcement actions, with Pritzker saying those operations could begin this weekend. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-says-pritzker-has-to-ask-us-for-national-guard-deployment-to-chicago/3819199/
CBS2
— Communities in Chicago’s northern suburbs prepare for possible ICE surge. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/communities-chicago-northern-suburbs-possible-ice-surge/
WGN9
— Reported ICE activity at Chicago domestic violence courthouse sparks outrage and fear. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/reported-ice-activty-at-chicago-domestic-violence-courthouse-sparks-outrage-and-fear/
FOX32
— Vance visits Annunciation Church a week after mass shooting
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/jd-vance-minneapolis-visit-annunciation-shooting-sept-3-2025
WTTW
— Pritzker: Trump Plans to Send Texas National Guard, ‘Armed Military Personnel’ to Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/02/trump-plans-send-texas-national-guard-armed-military-personnel-chicago-pritzker
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker expecting federal ‘actions’ by weekend as local officials brace for 300 immigration agents. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/pritzker-federal-deployment-0903/
— North Chicago and Waukegan officials brace for 300 ICE agents at Naval Station Great Lakes. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/guard-ice-waukegan-north-chicago/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/veterans-resist-trump-orders/
— A federal appeals court in Chicago on Tuesday overturned a ruling by a lower court that found it unconstitutional for Illinois residents with concealed carry permits to be barred from carrying guns on public transportation. Criminals are overjoyed. Criminals vote for Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/federal-court-legal-ban-guns-cta-metra/
— Judge reverses Trump administration’s cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/trump-harvard-funding-cuts/
— National Republican movement visits Orland Park in push for stricter voting measures. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/orland-park-event-tighten-voter-requirements/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CTU calls for remote learning option for families amid looming immigration raids. The teachers union is ramping up efforts to inform parents and students about their rights, but members say the fear is palpable. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/09/03/ctu-remote-learning-immigration-raids
— Flash-bang grenades and early morning raids: How Trump is planning to target Chicago. Hundreds of federal agents are being sent to a suburban naval base from Los Angeles, where an immigration blitz spurred protests that pushed President Trump to call in the National Guard. Trump has since threatened to send the Guard to Chicago while promising a crime crackdown and immigration arrests. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/09/03/chicago-illinois-crime-immigration-ice-national-guard-donald-trump-jb-pritzker
— Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade to be held with precautions amid potential deportation campaign. Volunteers stationed along the parade, scheduled for Saturday, will carry radios, cellphones and whistles to quickly report any issues, its organizer told the Sun-Times. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/03/mexican-independence-parade-immigration-threats
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-history/2025/09/03/soldiers-in-chicago-history-national-guard-deployment-donald-trump
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250903/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-question-of-mission-trumps-insistence-on-sending-guard-here-is-plagued-b/
— Large July gathering at Glen Ellyn pool leads to another misdemeanor arrest
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250903/news/large-july-gathering-at-glen-ellyn-pool-leads-to-another-misdemeanor-arrest/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/public-safety/2025/09/03/chicago-crime-violence-o-block-oblock-parkway-gardens-donald-trump-national-guard
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicagocrusader.com/ramirez-duckworth-durbin-il-delegation-members-demand-trump-stop-the-politically-motivated-unlawful-deployment-of-military-personnel-in-chicago/
WREX
— Illinois elections board refuses to give DOJ sensitive voter data. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.wrex.com/news/illinois-news/illinois-elections-board-refuses-to-give-doj-sensitive-voter-data/article_a23ab994-348c-48ba-ab52-9c803f640b6c.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker says Trump trying to set a legal trap by demanding the governor call him
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/03/pritzker-says-trump-trying-to-set-a-legal-trap-by-demanding-the-governor-call-him/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-374/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Only Citizens Vote Bus Tour Hits the Midwest. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/weyermuller-only-citizens-vote-bus-tour-hits-the-midwest.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Brandon Johnson: America’s least-popular mayor. Black, Hispanic Chicagoans like ICE agents more than they like Brandon Johnson. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/3/brandon-johnson-americas-least-popular-mayor/
NEW YORK POST
— Pirro rips Pritzker after bloody Labor day weekend in Chicago — ‘He should be ashamed of himself’
https://nypost.com/2025/09/02/media/pirro-calls-out-pritzker-after-deadly-weekend-in-chicago-he-should-be-ashamed-of-himself/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Alphabet news agencies proving wokeness is alive and well.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/alphabet_news_agencies_proving_wokeness_is_alive_and_well.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illinois Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton is advising illegal aliens on how to evade immigration enforcement and lawyer up. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/03/illinois-lt-governor-is-advising-illegal-aliens-on-how-to-evade-immigration-enforcement-and-lawyer-up-1582067/
BREITBART
— Trump’s DHS Secures Deals with More than 900 Police Departments to Help Arrest Criminal Illegal Aliens. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/03/trumps-dhs-secures-deals-more-than-900-police-deptartments-help-arrest-criminal-illegal-aliens/
— H-1B Visa Program Is ‘Kneecapping White Collar Workers’ Across America. If there had been as many H-1B visa holders when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/03/sen-eric-schmitt-h-1b-visa-program-kneecapping-white-collar-workers-across-america/
DAILY CALLER
— Johnson demands that Trump push gun control. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/03/brandon-johnson-issues-absurd-demand-to-trump-about-second-amendment/
EPOCH TIMES
— Largest Seizure of Fentanyl, Meth Precursors From China. The drugs would have made hundreds of thousands of pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of half a billion dollars.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/us-announces-largest-seizure-of-chinese-fentanyl-meth-precursors-5909765
NEWSMAX
— Appeals Court OKs Illinois Ban on Carrying Guns on Mass Transit
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/guns-mass-transit-concealed-carry/2025/09/03/id/1224973/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Pritzker: Trump Staging Texas National Guard To Do “Terror And Cruelty” In Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/09/03/illinois_gov_pritzker_trump_is_planning_to___texas_national_guard_to_chicago.html
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Which countries will side with China against America in WWIII?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/3/china-reclaims-allied-role-world-war-iis-victory/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Vance says ‘no immediate’ plans to send National Guard to Chicago
https://www.wjbf.com/hill-politics/vance-says-no-immediate-plans-to-send-national-guard-to-chicago/amp/
CBS NEWS
— Vance says “no immediate plans” for Trump to send National Guard to Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vance-chicago-national-guard-no-immediate-plans-trump/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— China Flaunts Military Might With Lavish Parade—and Sends Warning to Washington. Which countries will side with China against America in WWIII?
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-military-parade-message-ff1a13ef
— What We Know About America’s Billionaires: 1,135 and Counting
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/what-we-know-about-americas-billionaires-1-135-and-counting-98d22268
Tag: trump
September 3, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WIH BIG PICTURE: Pritzker braces Chicagoans for federal incursion as Trump says ‘we’re going in’ but won’t say when. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/president-trump-reiterates-guard-chicago-threat-timing-unclear/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/
— TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/retired-police-sell-marijuana-alderman-blocks-dispensary/
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government had my Jewish superiors and supervisors take adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/holocaust-museum-satellite-location-renovation-genocide/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump says feds are ‘going in’ to Chicago, Pritzker adds Texas troops may be en route. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/02/donald-trump-national-guard-deployment-chicago-jb-pritzker-brandon-johnson-crime
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/03/chicago-sees-its-fewest-summer-murders-since-1965
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/02/veterans-speak-out-against-proposed-deployment-of-national-guard-in-chicago
— Prioritize funding after-school programs. What did you do after-school, Saturdays, and summers while you were in high school? I did yard work while I was a freshman and sophomore, I delivered newspapers all 4 years, and I washed dishes while I was a junior and senior.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/09/03/funding-after-school-programs-trump-lakesia-collins
— Protect workers toiling in the heat. When did you toil in the heat the most? For me it was when I delivered mail for the Park Forest Post Office during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/09/03/protect-workers-deadly-heat-summer-city-council-maria-hadden-michael-rodriguez
NBC5
— Texas border patrol chief expected to lead increased immigration efforts in Chicago
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/texas-border-patrol-chief-expected-to-lead-increased-immigration-enforcement-in-chicago/3818712/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-582/
(FROM THE BRIEFING: Republican Robert Vrankovich. Is running for the district now held by retiring Republican Rep. Amy Grant…Robert Vrankovich, husband, father, successful entrepreneur, and longtime community leader, today announced his campaign for State Representative in the 47th Legislative District. “Illinois is my home, and I will help reverse the course Springfield has set,” Vrankovich said. “It’s time to cut taxes and costs, make our communities safer, and turn Illinois into a business-friendly state where families can thrive.” “Representative Amy Grant has always represented the interests of our community. I am grateful for her years of dedicated service and look forward to continuing to protect the quality of life and shared values that make our neighborhoods such a great place to live and raise a family.” A proven entrepreneur, Vrankovich was the genesis of a start-up propane company 25 years ago, starting with zero customers and building it into a national operation generating more than $110 million annually. Having grown his business from the ground up, he knows firsthand how harmful policies from Springfield can stifle growth, drive up costs, and make life unaffordable for working families. “Springfield is making life unaffordable for families across Illinois,” Vrankovich explained. “The endless taxes and runaway spending are driving families and businesses out of our state. We should be making it easier to start and grow a business in Illinois, but instead, they’ve created one of the most hostile environments for job creators in the country. I’m running to change that.”)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Chicago Democrats From America’s Murder Capital Refuse Trump’s Help on Crime
https://johnkassnews.com/democrats-from-americas-murder-capital-refuse-trumps-help-on-crime/
HOUSE REPUBLICANS
— House Republican licensing reforms aim to get Illinois working. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. My becoming a licensed CPA and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32 and my earning a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31 frustrated my Democrat GAO superiors’ efforts to get rid of me.
https://www.thecaucusblog.com/2025/09/house-republican-licensing-reforms-aim.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China against America?
https://nypost.com/2025/09/03/us-news/trump-accuses-putin-kim-jong-un-and-xi-jinping-of-conspiring-against-us-as-they-meet-at-military-parade-in-china/
BLAZE
— Congress must kill DEI before it kills our military readiness
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/congress-must-kill-dei-before-it-kills-our-military-readiness
BREITBART
— Tim Walz Appears to Fantasize About President Trump’s Demise
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/02/watch-tim-walz-appears-fantasize-about-president-trumps-demise-there-will-be-news-sometime/amp/
CHRONICLES
— Woke Ideology Has Always Benefited Elites, Not Victims. My critics/opponents have always wokeness/wokeism, that is, they have always promoted discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/reviews/woke-ideology-has-always-benefited-elites-not-victims/
COLLEGE FIX
— Ed Dept cuts child care grants to dozen universities over ‘racial justice’ curriculum. To promote racial justice is to promote more hatred against Whites who are conservative, Republican, male, older, Protestant, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/ed-dept-cuts-child-care-grants-to-dozen-universities-over-racial-justice-curriculum/
DAILY CALLER
— The ‘America First’ Solution For Farmers and Hotels. Illegals take bad jobs. My critics/opponents never had to take bad jobs. But I did. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/02/america-first-solution-farm-workers-hotels-restaurants-h2b-h2a-visa-trump/
— Tim Walz Appears To Tell Supporters All Is Not Lost Because Trump Will Die Soon
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/02/tim-walz-trump-death-rumors/
DAILY WIRE
— Chicago Mayor Calls On Organized Labor To ‘Defend’ City From Trump. Under Mayor Brandon Johnson, Chicago experienced 572 homicides in 2024. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-calls-on-organized-labor-to-defend-city-from-trump
FOX NEWS
— Trump responds to critics with counterpunches across politics and ongoing culture wars. President targets Democratic governors, media figures and calls for charges against George Soros.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/why-trump-fights-everyone-and-he-going-too-far
— In WWIII, which countries will side with Russia and China against America?
https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-claims-putin-xi-kim-conspiring-against-us-after-military-parade-china
— Chicago residents beg for more help as crime wreaks ‘havoc.’ How has Chicago crime impacted you? While I worked for IRS in Chicago, my 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in 1971 and my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air was stolen in 1973. Both thefts had a big negative impact on me.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-residents-beg-more-help-crime-wreaks-havoc-more-top-headlines
NEWS BUSTERS
— Democrat leaders say Black women are among the hardest hit by Trump cuts. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They all had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like I had.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2025/09/02/ny-times-front-beyond-parody-black-women-are-among-hardest-hit
PJ MEDIA
— Back to Activism: Teachers’ Union Boycotts Target Over DEI
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/09/02/back-to-activism-teachers-union-boycotts-target-over-dei-n4943253
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/us/national-guard-chicago-trump-push-wwk
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/appeals-court-ruling-trump-alien-enemies-act-deportations-unlawful
— In WWIII, which countries will side with China against America?
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/china-military-parade-xi-jinping-09-03-25-intl-hnk
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/03/politics/trump-china-xi-putin-kim-modi-analysis
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://apnews.com/article/trump-chicago-baltimore-law-enforcement-6d7c80258f17c3d679358467531f7e9d
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-rebuffs-health-speculation-golf-hand-bruise-biden-clinton-rcna228542
NEW YORK TIMES
— Mass Migration and Liberalism’s Fall
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/opinion/immigration-liberal-europe-merkel.html
WASHINGTON POST
— According to Democrat leaders, they can retaliate against Republicans, but Republicans leaders cannot retaliate against Democrats. My Democrat superiors in the federal government retaliated against me big time because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/02/fema-employees-leave-whistleblower-legal-complaint/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/03/trump-health-media-coverage/b8889dd6-887a-11f0-895c-97bd39cbdc59_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/02/trump-administration-use-national-guard-la-violated-law-judge-rules/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/01/aggressive-immigration-enforcement-burnout-ice-agents/85859330007/
FORBES
— Careers and chance: How much control do you really have? If Oldsmobile had not agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint when I was 22 years old in 1971, my entire life would have been different. Because of that agreement, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because of that, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/insead/careers-and-chance-how-much-control-do-you-really-have/81963/1
AFGE
— I was a union member for almost 12 years. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that because I was a union member, I was grossly overpaid. During that time, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. But during that time, I earned a job-related a) bachelor’s degree, b) master’s degree, and c) professional certification.
https://www.afge.org/article/trump-strips-more-federal-workers-of-their-negotiated-rights
https://www.afge.org/article/public-opposition-growing-in-response-to-trumps-attacks-on-our-public-institutions-labor-rights-and-personal-freedoms
ATLANTIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their judges to scold Trump
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/trump-national-guard-law-california/684084/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marc-siegel-trump-health_n_68b7afb5e4b0e9fcc5f3235d
TIMES OF INDIA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/trumps-terrified-ugly-clash-in-u-s-house-over-presidents-name-in-epstein-files-dems-explode/videoshow/123672340.cms
September 2, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump says he’s sending National Guard to Chicago, pointing to violent holiday weekend
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-city-braces-potential-surge-operations-could-begin-tuesday/17718920/
NBC5
— Pritzker ‘deeply concerned’ about ICE targeting Mexican Independence Day events
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-deeply-concerned-about-ice-targeting-mexican-independence-day-events/3818582/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly attack Trump’s health
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump-dispels-death-rumors-amid-mounting-health-concerns/3818523/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for bad weather and for everything else that is bad
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-climate-education-hub-teachers-head-start/
WGN TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/pritzker-opposes-trump-national-guard-illinois/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national-guard-chicago-residents-reax
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago’s gunmen did not get Pritzker and Johnson’s memo. A violent Labor Day weekend brings a dose of lived reality to Chicago.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/editorial-chicagos-gunmen-did-not-get-pritzker-and-johnsons-memo/
— Trump reiterates vow that ‘we’re going in’ to Chicago but won’t say when
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/president-trump-reiterates-guard-chicago-threat-timing-unclear/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/outdoor-cannabis-cultivation-illinois/
— Naperville makes more ranking lists, including one for most ‘underrated’ cities in Illinois
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/naperville-rankings-underrated-worst-drivers-cities-list/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration targets Illinois in-state tuition for illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/02/trump-administration-illinois-in-state-tuition-immigrant-students-lacking-legal-status
— CTA, Metra ban on concealed guns upheld by federal appeals court. A Downstate judge’s ruling that the Illinois ban is unconstitutional was reversed. Democrat leaders and criminals are overjoyed.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/09/02/banning-concealed-carry-weapons-on-cta-metra-does-not-violate-second-amendment-appellate-court-rules
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/09/02/donald-trump-federal-intervention-chicago-baltimore
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/09/02/donald-trump-chicago-most-dangerous-city-world-social-media-post
DAILY HERALD
— Wilmette’s Dabrowski preparing gubernatorial campaign
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250902/illinois-state-politics/wilmettes-dabrowski-preparing-gubernatorial-campaign/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/greg-hinz-trumps-law-and-order-show-comes-chicago
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-says-hell-send-federal-agents-chicago-despite-pushback
WGN RADIO
— Over 50 shot this weekend, but we don’t need help
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-over-50-shot-this-weekend-but-we-dont-need-help/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/pentagon-authorizes-up-to-600-military-lawyers-to-serve-as-temporary-immigration-judges/article_03b4ac48-015e-59f1-b20c-a16e5b2483b6.html
25 NEWS NOW
— Illinois Republicans invite President Trump to Chicago
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/09/02/illinois-republicans-invite-president-trump-chicago/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While Democrats in Illinois are sounding the alarm on President Donald Trump’s plan to bring troops to Chicago, a Republican group agrees with his efforts to make the streets safer. The Illinois Freedom Caucus held a safety press conference this morning to express their support for President Trump’s efforts. Many of them criticized democrats for opposing federal government support to help reduce crime. This comes after a violent Labor Day weekend in Chicago, when 59 people were shot, and eight people were killed. Republican State Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills) questioned Democratic leaders as to why they think sending troops is a real threat to communities in Chicago. “I can’t believe that we’re talking about why it is threatening to increase public safety in these communities. To me, it is a public safety issue that can be addressed. It has been addressed successfully in D.C., let’s bring it to Illinois, and the true threat is to the politicians who have failed the mothers and the families are calling for it,” said McLaughlin. There have been more than 300 homicides this year alone in Chicago, but the city has seen a slow, downward trend in recent years.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders complain about Trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/news/2025-09-02/some-illinois-veterans-concerned-about-president-trumps-moves-with-the-national-guard-first-listen
— Trump administration blocks partisan groups from voter registration at naturalization events
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-09-02/trump-administration-blocks-groups-from-voter-registration-at-naturalization-events
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2025-09-02/as-trump-declares-were-going-in-pritzker-says-terror-and-cruelty-is-the-point
CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicagoreader.com/columns-opinion/opinion/police-ice-agents-safety/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-373/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago residents: ‘We need help’ from feds to fight crime
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e49af2f4-213b-4c3a-8dd9-59cb6ca490c1.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump upends flow of money migrants send home
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/2/donald-trump-upends-flow-money-migrants-send-home/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— America’s hyperpoliticized teachers unions
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3789835/america-hyperpoliticized-teachers-unions-democratic-causes/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://nypost.com/2025/09/01/opinion/marijuanas-federal-legal-status-needs-to-change-but-not-to-the-free-for-all-advocates-crave/
BREITBART
— Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez Rips Mayor, Governor for Blocking Trump: ‘How Many Victims Are We Comfortable With?’
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/09/02/chicago-alderman-rips-mayor-governor-for-blocking-trump-how-many-victims-are-we-comfortable-with/
— The World Runs on America’s Consumption
https://link.breitbart.com/view/5d13d86afc942d626ccc80b7on7q7.1gv5/71b44a4a
DOJ
— Justice Department Files Complaint Challenging Illinois Laws Providing In-State Tuition and Scholarships for Illegal Aliens
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-complaint-challenging-illinois-laws-providing-state-tuition-and
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Admin Sues Illinois For Giving In-State Tuition, Scholarships To Illegals
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/02/trump-admin-sues-illinois-in-state-tuition-scholarships-illegals/
FEDERALIST
— Trump Admin Is Eradicating Racism From College Admissions, And The Left Hates It
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/02/trump-admin-is-eradicating-racism-from-college-admissions-and-the-left-hates-it/
NEWSMAX
— Trump: Bring Back Insane Asylums, House Mentally Ill
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mentally-ill-insane-asylums-donald-trump/2025/09/01/id/1224673/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WASHINGTON POST
— At an ICE career expo, thousands line up to ‘defend the homeland’ An ex-Marine, a former professional MMA fighter, a retired officer: Meet the people angling to join ICE and carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/09/02/ice-officers-hiring-trump-immigration/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: So far, the Department of Homeland Security said it has received more than 130,000 applications, and if the hiring fair in this community wedged between Dallas and Fort Worth offers any indication, plenty of people are eager to sign up. Despite polls showing that growing numbers of Americans disapprove of Trump’s aggressive tactics and images of masked ICE agents whisking immigrants off the streets, 3,000 applicants showed up to submit résumés at last week’s career expo, drawn in part by the president’s call to serve and the promise of a signing bonus of up to $50,000 for top recruits. . .The agency has lifted age caps for applicants and encouraged retired law enforcement officers to rejoin the ranks. The age cap for deportation officers — the role ICE was primarily recruiting for in Texas — used to be 40.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— More Fentanyl Shows Up in Random Workplace Tests
https://www.wsj.com/business/fentanyl-work-drug-test-increase-0f0b1eff
SPLC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more voter fraud
https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/splc-denounces-trump-threat-limit-voting-access/
September 1, 2005 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Local leaders fighting Trump’s planned immigration crackdown as agents could arrive this week. Parishioners held a prayer at Naval Station Great Lakes, where federal agents are expected to set up shop as soon as this week.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-immigration-news-prayer-held-naval-station-great-lakes-north-ahead-donald-trumps-crackdown/17704014/
— ICE operations could surge in Chicago this week ahead of Mexican Independence Day celebrations
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-donald-trumps-immigration-crackdown-could-start-week-ahead-mexican-independence-day-2025-celebrations/17714214/
— 1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/12-million-immigrants-are-gone-us-labor-force-trump-preliminary-data/17713052/
— Passenger robbed, beaten on CTA Red Line train near Loop station, CPD releases surveillance images
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-passenger-robbed-beat-cta-red-line-train-loop-statelake-station-cpd-releases-surveillance-images/17711716/
— Trump says he’s awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-hes-awarding-former-nyc-mayor-rudy-giuliani-presidential-medal-freedom/17713888/
NBC5
— Mayor Johnson chants ‘no federal troops in Chicago’ at Labor Day protest
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mayor-johnson-shouts-no-federal-troops-in-chicago-at-labor-day-protest/3817984/
— ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ rally protests Trump policies, National Guard threat. Pritzker is a billionaire.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-workers-over-billionaires-rally-protests-trump-policies-national-guard-threat/3818040/
— “No federal troops, invest in our workers,” mayor Johnson declares at Haymarket rally
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/no-federal-troops-invest-in-our-workers-mayor-johnson-declares-at-haymarket-rally/3817979/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders demand closure of ICE facility in Broadview as Trump plans immigration crackdown in Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protest-ice-facility-in-broadview-illinois-trump-immigration-crackdown-chicago/
— Teen among 5 injured in mass shooting on Chicago’s South Side
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/5-injured-in-mass-shooting-on-chicagos-south-side/
WGN9
— Labor Day weekend brings violence to Chicago, with dozens shot and 8 killed as of early Monday morning
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/labor-day-weekend-brings-violence-as-chicago-sees-20-shootings/
— Mayor, protestors gather in West Loop on Monday for Labor Day Rally
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-protestors-gather-in-west-loop-on-monday-for-labor-day-rally/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/01/mayor-brandon-johnson-labor-day-no-federal-troops-chicago/
— 1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/01/immigrants-labor-force-trump/
— Naperville Labor Day parade marks end to ‘fastest summer ever’ for families
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/01/naperville-parade-end-to-summer-families/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Attending the parade was perhaps an act of instinct for Roger Schaeffer, who has watched the festivities for three decades. The 73-year-old’s children have moved away. The crowd has gotten bigger and the politicians — a campaigning George W. Bush one year — come and go, he said. . .It’s a surprise that so few labor groups show up, a far cry from the union-dominated festivities held in Chicago, he noted.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mayor Johnson slams Trump’s plan to target Chicago, vows to ‘defend our democracy’ at Labor Day rally. Mayor Brandon Johnson began his speech on Monday with a chant: “No federal troops in the city of Chicago! No militarized force in the city of Chicago!” Demonstrators said immigrants make America stronger and called for protections for working people over billionaires. Pritzker is a billionaire.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/09/01/chicago-brandon-johnson-donald-trump-national-guard-ice-crime-union-labor-day-stacy-davis-gates
DAILY HERALD
— ‘It’s just really unfortunate’: DuPage County clerk should provide serious transparency on proposed budget
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250901/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-its-just-really-unfortunate-dupage-county-clerk-should-provide-serious-tra/
WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/pope-leo-meets-lgbtq-catholic-advocate-and-vows-continuity-with-pope-francis-legacy-of-welcome/article_0a3b291f-53d4-5d41-8c80-f63bed92d29e.html
WGLT
— Democrat leaders say that Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. They will never forgive me for my being a federal employee union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.wglt.org/2025-09-01/how-trump-is-decimating-federal-employee-unions-one-step-at-a-time
NAPERVILLE JAYCEES
— Last Fling Sponsors. DuPage Republicans were the lead sponsor for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019 because of my fundraising. But my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes end that. I should write about my critics/opponents. They have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. In 2024, they had their operatives and their dupes end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee.
https://lastfling.org/sponsorship/
POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Photo Gallery: Naperville Jaycees’ Labor Day Parade 9/1/2025. One could compare and contrast Naperville’s Labor Day parade with Wheaton’s Independence Day parade.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2025/09/01/photo-gallery-naperville-jaycees-labor-day-parade-9-1-2025/152758
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Putin shores up ties with India and China. In WWIII, which countries will side with America?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/1/putin-shores-ties-india-china-us-eu-plan-way-forward-ukraine/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— As math scores plummet, teachers group goes more woke
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/1/math-scores-plummet-teachers-group-goes-woke/
— Collective bargaining for federal employees still doesn’t work. GAO unionized in 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, if GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3787618/collective-bargaining-for-federal-employees-still-doesnt-work/
BREITBART
— Pope Leo Meets With Pro-LGBTQ+ Catholic Group in Signal of Continuity from Francis
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/09/01/pope-leo-meets-with-catholic-lgbtq-group-in-signal-of-continuity-from-francis/
— Kristi Noem’s Labor Day Message: Jobs Are Going Back to American Citizens, Not Foreigners
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/01/kristi-noems-labor-day-message-jobs-are-going-back-to-american-citizens-not-foreigners/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Will Democrat leaders argue that men have the right to end the pregnancies that they created?
https://www.christianpost.com/news/boyfriend-faces-criminal-charges-causing-girlfriend-miscarriage.html
FOX NEWS
— Chicago shootings leave at least 7 dead, dozens more injured as city insists it doesn’t need Trump’s help. Seven people killed and 37 injured in weekend shootings across the Windy City.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-shootings-dead-dozens-injured-city-insists-doesnt-need-trumps-help
NEWSMAX
— Dems on the March to Gerrymander
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/democrats-partisan-redistricting/2025/09/01/id/1224672/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/chicago-thousands-protest-against-threat-ice-national-guard-deployment-2025-09-01/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights. My critics/opponents are vehemently anti-union. They will never forgive me for my having been a union member for almost 12 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/us/politics/trumps-unions-federal-workers.html
GO BANKING RATES
— The Safest and Richest US Cities To Live in 2025
https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/economy/the-safest-and-richest-us-cities-to-live-in-2025/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Western Springs, Illinois, again ranks as the nation’s safest and richest city to live. As of 2025, the household mean income is $294,896. . .Illinois experienced the biggest jump in wealthy cities to rank in the top 50 — with 12 cities this year compared to four in 2024. These 12 cities are Western Springs (#1), Winnetka (#7), Kenilworth (#8), Libertyville (#16), Hinsdale (#17), Deerfield (#28), Park Ridge (#33), Elmhurst (#34), Wilmette (#35), La Grange (#38), Glen Ellyn (#42) and Naperville (#49).)
INDEED
— 16 Careers for Car Lovers. My goal of having a career in the automotive industry ended when I was 22 in 1971 a) when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint and b) when my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS. I started with almost 3 years of federal seniority and lots of reinstated unused sick leave because I had worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years while I earned my bachelor’s degree.
www.indeed.com
HAGGERTY
— Is It a Bad Time to Be a Young Car Enthusiast? I have aways been a car enthusiast, and especially for American nameplate muscle cars.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/market-trends/is-it-a-bad-time-to-be-a-young-car-enthusiast/
GOOGLE AI
— Interested in cars. I have always been interested in cars, and especially in American nameplate muscle cars.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%27interested+in+cars
August 30, 2025 Evening Edition
Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago mayor signs executive order in response to possible deployment of National Guard. Democrat leaders exist to protect criminals and illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-sign-executive-order-saturday-reports-say-related-trumps-immigration-crackdown/17694349/
— Texas governor signs new voting maps pushed by Trump to gain five GOP seats in Congress in 2026
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-gov-greg-abbott-signs-new-voting-maps-pushed-trump-gain-gop-seats-congress-2026/17685031/
NBC5
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signs executive order challenging immigration crackdown. The executive order establishes campaigns to inform people of their rights and utilizes legal action and legislation to prevent attempts to violate citizens’ rights.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-signs-executive-order-challenging-immigration-crackdown/3817471/
CBS2
— Pritzker says sending military troops to Chicago would be an “invasion” by Trump administration
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-gov-pritzker-military-national-guard-chicago-invasion-trump/
— Mayor Johnson signs executive order against possible deployment of federal agents to Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-johnson-executive-order-deployment-federal-agents-chicago/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/family-worry-trump-admin-plans-to-ramp-up-immigration-crackdown-chicago/
WGN9
— Mayor Johnson signs executive order demanding President Trump stand down on threats to send troops to Chicago
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-johnson-signs-executive-order-demanding-president-trump-stand-down-on-threats-to-send-troops-to-chicago/
FOX32
— Chicago mayor signs order to protect residents’ rights amid fears of troop deployment
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-johnson-executive-order-rights
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1699976
— Wealthy enclave’s sewage reveals higher than average cocaine levels in the water
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/wealthy-enclaves-sewage-higher-than-average-cocaine-levels-water
WTTW
— Mayor Brandon Johnson Signs Executive Order Designed to Protect Residents if Trump Sends National Guard, ICE Strike Team to Chicago
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/30/mayor-brandon-johnson-signs-executive-order-designed-protect-residents-if-trump-sends
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s executive order urges law enforcement to not wear masks amid impending immigration crackdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/30/mayor-brandon-johnson-executive-order-federal-crackdown/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/30/trump-federal-agents-local-policing/
— Happy Labor Day weekend, teetotalers. You’re winning the war against alcohol. Most if not virtually all of the older White men who have taken big adverse actions against me since the 1960s were Democrats who were heavy drinkers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/29/alcohol-drinking-sober-cocktails-weekend-holiday/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mayor Johnson signs ‘Protecting Chicago Initiative’ in attempt to safeguard city from federal agents, troops
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/30/mayor-johnson-protecting-chicago-initiative-executive-order
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/08/30/national-guard-black-community-racism-trump-dc-chicago-suzanne-goodney-lea-natalie-hopkinson
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Republican efforts to fight crime and deport illegals
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250830/news/hundreds-of-police-departments-use-camera-company-accused-of-breaking-state-law/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn tariffs
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250830/business/trumps-tariffs-remain-unpopular-a-warning-sign-for-republicans/
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push minorities to be pot pushers
https://chicagocrusader.com/loan-applications-for-all-cannabis-social-equity-licensees-open-now/
WGLT
— Democrat leaders bring out their hate-filled Trump-hating protestors in Bloomington
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-08-30/only-counter-protestors-show-up-for-march-on-bloomington-after-flyers-with-swastika-like-imagery
— Texas advances bill allowing citizens to sue makers and distributors of abortion pills
https://www.wglt.org/2025-08-30/texas-advances-bill-allowing-citizens-to-sue-makers-and-distributors-of-abortion-pills
WAND TV
— Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trump-blocks-4-9b-in-foreign-aid-congress-okd-using-maneuver-last-seen-nearly-50/article_de5d0daa-7dff-5dc7-abe5-9974743e0fa8.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Bailey asked about ICE agents: ‘As governor of Illinois, there would be no one wearing masks’
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/29/bailey-asked-about-ice-agents-as-governor-of-illinois-there-would-be-no-one-wearing-masks/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Mayor Brandon ‘Insurrectionist’ Johnson Urges Chicago Residents to Rebel Against Trump
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/mayor-brandon-johnson-chicago-residents-trump
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bondi fires DOJ employee for flipping off, cussing at National Guard troops
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/30/bondi-fires-doj-employee-flipping-cussing-national-guard-troops/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago mayor signs order resisting Trump crackdown on crime and illegal immigration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3788532/chicago-mayor-order-resisting-trump-crackdown-crime-illegal-immigration/
NEW YORK POST
— Wikipedia bias influences how one’s perception of reality is perceived
https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/opinion/wikipedia-bias-influences-how-ones-perception-of-reality-is-perceived/
DAILY WIRE
— Pritzker mandates Illinois State Colleges Provide Controversial Abortion Pills, says the pill will still be allowed in his state, even if the FDA deems it unsafe.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-gov-mandates-all-state-colleges-provide-controversial-abortion-pills
FOX NEWS
— Noem demands Pritzker ‘abandon’ liberal immigration policies
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-demands-pritzker-abandon-immigration-policies-after-alleged-killer-caught
— Pritzker claims Trump administration planning an ‘invasion’ with US troops. Illinois governor also said President Trump has ulterior motives beyond fighting crime
https://www.foxnews.com/media/jb-pritzker-claims-trump-administration-planning-invasion-us-troops
https://www.wccsradio.com/rss/jb-pritzker-claims-trump-administration-planning-an-invasion-with-us-troops/
NEWSMAX
— Johnson Orders Chicago to Resist Trump’s Law-and-Order Push
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/chicago-brandon-johnson-national-guard/2025/08/30/id/1224545/
— All of the lawyers assigned to the Justice Department’s Sanctuary Cities Enforcement task force have now resigned, with the final member departing this week, after claiming they were not given substantive legal duties. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They purposely wasted what I had learned about IRS working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit IRS.
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/08/30/doj-lawyers-quit-sanctuary-cities-task-force/
https://www.997wpro.com/2025/08/30/doj-lawyers-quit-sanctuary-cities-task-force/
TOWNHALL
— The Left’s Hysteria Over Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Plans in Chicago
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/08/30/the-lefts-hysteria-over-trumps-immigration-enforcement-plans-in-chicago-n2662570
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Chicago mayor signs order with blueprint for fighting a potential Trump crackdown. Mayor Brandon Johnson said the order directs his city to use “every legal mechanism” to combat a potential deployment of troops or federal law enforcement to Chicago.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/chicago-mayor-signs-order-blueprint-fighting-potential-trump-crackdown-rcna228212
NEWSWEEK
— Chicago Mayor Signs Order to Resist Trump Immigration Crackdown
https://www.newsweek.com/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-order-trump-immigration-crackdown-2122164
FORBES
— Chicago Mayor Johnson Claims Trump’s ‘Ultimate Desire’ Is To ‘Break Our City’ Amid Nat Guard Threats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOmRpX-s4R0
NEW REPUBLIC
— Pritzker Just Set Himself Apart From All Other Democrats. This week, the Illinois governor suggested that he’s ready to take the fight against Trump much further than his party colleagues.
https://newrepublic.com/post/199800/jb-pritzker-trump-opposition-2028
August 29, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump officials say Chicago immigration crackdown coming, top cop hopes to avoid ‘adversarial environment’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/chicago-top-communication-feds-troops-deployed/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at women that Republicans cause all the problems that women have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/29/letters-naperville-203-equality-contract-imea/
— The National Guard has been activated to Chicago 18 times from 1877-2021. Here’s a breakdown.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/chicago-when-national-guard-was-activated/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/08/29/chicago-crime-violence-o-block-oblock-parkway-gardens-donald-trump-national-guard
— What jobs did you have while you were in high school? While I was a high school student, I did yard work during my first 2 years, I delivered newspapers during all 4 years, and I washed dishes during my last 2 years. My critics/opponents have always used my high school jobs against me to paint me as being a loser. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/08/28/chance-the-rapper-gives-100-000-to-five-cps-high-schools
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Nehemiah Narvaez, a senior at Simeon Career Academy in Chatham, is already learning how to run his own business while practicing his barber skills. “It’s been a dream,” Narvaez said. “I see what it can bring. It brings a lot of connections, a lot of opportunities. It’s like everybody gets a chance.” Narvaez, 17, of Englewood, is just one of many students enrolled in the Career & Technical Education program, a Chicago Public Schools initiative that provides students with career-focused experiential learning programs. On Thursday, Chance the Rapper visited the South Side high school to announce that his nonprofit, SocialWorks, would give $100,000 in grants to five Chicago schools to support career-focused programs over the next three years, which will include Simeon Career Academy’s barber and cosmetology program.)
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their cashless bail.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250829/crime/what-to-make-of-trumps-push-to-end-cashless-bail-in-illinois/
ABC7
— Lake Co. leaders pushing back against plans to use Naval Station Great Lakes Naval to host ICE
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lake-county-leaders-pushing-back-plans-use-naval-station-great-lakes-host-ice-immigration-agents/17682128/
— CPD prepares for possible arrival of National Guard troops, immigration enforcement expected. Border czar says Chicago could be targeted for immigration enforcement next week.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-police-department-preps-deployment-national-guard-troops-orders-president-donald-trump/17674116/
— Evanston, Oak Park end contracts with license plate reader company under investigation in Illinois. Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/evanston-oak-park-end-contracts-flock-safety-license-plate-reader-company-investigation-illinois/17678137/
WTTW
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/28/trump-administration-plans-big-immigration-enforcement-operation-chicago-soon-next-week
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their cashless bail.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/28/trump-threatens-illinois-federal-funding-over-elimination-cash-bail-here-s-what-know
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their cashless bail.
https://chicagocrusader.com/illinois-lawmakers-slam-trumps-executive-order-targeting-pretrial-reform/
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasing reject federal law.
https://chicagocrusader.com/pritzker-mayor-trump-come-to-chicago-national-guard-chicago/
MILWAUKEE INDEPENDENT
— Democrat leaders blame Republicans for Canadian wildfires.
https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/newswire/republicans-vent-outrage-canada-wildfires-choking-u-s-cities-denying-climate-change/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Unions fight back as Trump terminates federal workers’ union rights. GAO unionized in 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, if GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-08-29/unions-fight-back-as-trump-terminates-federal-workers-union-rights
WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime
https://www.wandtv.com/news/life-insurance-companies-can-no-longer-discriminate-against-people-with-criminal-records-under-illinois-law/article_ccb9d1fa-7507-4a46-8798-b45b9bbebe61.html
CAPITOL FAX
— 70 percent of Chicagoans oppose sending in the Army, 65 percent oppose National Guard intervention
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/29/m3-poll-70-percent-of-chicagoans-oppose-sending-in-the-army-65-percent-oppose-national-guard-intervention/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-580/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker claims Trump plans election interference with troop deployment
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_9e694fb9-3034-4123-84ad-f0377d604378.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Commentary on Pitches Made to “Take Back the Republican Party” From a Friend of McHenry County Blog: Another view on Republican precinct committeemen
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/08/29/commentary-on-pitches-made-to-take-back-the-republican-party/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman confessed he was ‘tired of being trans’: ‘I wish I never brain-washed myself.’ Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/28/us-news/minneapolis-school-shooter-robin-westman-confessed-he-was-tired-of-being-trans/
— Embattled Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook hit with 2nd criminal referral from Trump housing director. All that my Democrat GAO superiors could use to justify their forcing me to retire was the adverse actions that they had taken against me. They had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance. They had delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They had kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them. They had forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. All that my Democrat IRS superiors could use to justify their never promoting me beyond GS-12 was the adverse actions that they had taken against me. They had disallowed my travel vouchers and my education deductions. All that my Democrat Post Office superiors could use to justify their forcing me to resign was the adverse actions that they had taken against me. They had disallowed my sick leave requests. They falsely claimed that I was not available to work enough part-time hours.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/us-news/federal-reserve-gov-lisa-cook-hit-with-2nd-criminal-referral-from-trump-housing-director/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Air Force reverses Biden-era snub to provide funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/28/air-force-reverses-biden-era-snub-to-provide-funeral-honors-to-ashli-babbitt-1580760/
BREITBART
— ABC News, CNN Downplay Minneapolis Shooter’s Trump, Catholic Hatred. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/27/abc-news-cnn-downplay-minneapolis-shooters-trump-catholic-hatred/
COLLEGE FIX
— Med schools still accept Black students with lower MCAT scores than rejected Asians, Whites.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/med-schools-still-accept-black-students-with-lower-mcats-than-rejected-asians-whites/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left’s Misdefinition of Americanism
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/29/lefts-misdefinition-americanism/
FOX BUSINESS
— Chicago leaders reject Trump’s crime aid because they don’t want him to succeed.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6377631882112
FOX NEWS
— Obama slams Trump’s use of National Guard to help cities fight crime as ‘dangerous trend’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-slams-trumps-use-national-guard-help-cities-fight-crime-dangerous-trend
— Vance accuses Newsom of being a ‘cheap imitation’ of Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/media/vance-accuses-newsom-being-cheap-imitation-trump
— Trump floats holding Republican National Convention before midterm elections. President announces consideration of pre-midterm gathering while touting party fundraising success.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-floats-holding-republican-national-convention-before-midterm-elections
— Families devastated as shooter’s disturbing motive emerges
https://www.foxnews.com/us/grieving-father-calls-minneapolis-shooter-coward-took-life-8-year-old-son-fletcher-mass
LIFE NEWS
— Pope Leo Tells Catholic Politicians: You Can’t be Catholic and Pro-Abortion. I should write about Catholic Republican politicians in Illinois who promote abortion. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/08/28/pope-leo-tells-catholic-politicians-you-cant-be-catholic-and-pro-abortion/
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— China’s Elite Students Are Gaming the System and American Students Are Paying the Price
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2025/08/29/chinas_elite_students_are_gaming_the_system_and_american_students_are_paying_the_price_1131741.html
WASHINGTON STAND
— New Illinois Law Turning College Campuses into Abortion Pill Distribution Centers.
https://washingtonstand.com/article/new-illinois-law-turns-college-campuses-into-abortion-distribution-centers
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Journal details warning signs, violent obsessions of Minneapolis shooter
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/us/journal-minneapolis-shooter-robin-westman-invs
ABC NEW YORK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that Republicans cause everyone’s problems.
https://abc7ny.com/post/rev-al-sharpton-holds-march-economic-justice-wall-street-manhattan/17670804/
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders say no red flags were raised before Minneapolis church shooter amassed an arsenal of guns.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/investigators-say-no-red-flags-raised-minneapolis-church-shooter-rcna227856
CBS NEWS
— To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors did not attack me publicly. They took adverse actions against me. They a) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay for performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, d) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and e) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-noem-bondi-trump-administration-baseless-public-attacks/
MSN
— I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had getting my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates to hate me.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/censorship-of-black-history-is-fascist/ar-AA1L74eG
MSNBC
— Ramirez: I represent part of Chicago in Congress. Trump wants us scared and silent. We don’t need the president’s troops on our streets.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-chicago-national-guard-delia-ramirez-rcna227833
NEW YORK TIMES
— 2 Weeks, 1,000 Arrests: How a Surge of Feds Changed D.C. Policing. Crime has fallen since federal agents started policing the streets of Washington in large numbers. Court records show that they have been involved in about a third of arrests that resulted in prosecution, many of them for minor offenses.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/us/federal-crackdown-washington-dc-arrest-data.html
— Trump Moves to Strip More Federal Workers of Union Protections. GAO unionized in 2007. If GAO had been unionized earlier, I might still be a GAO employee. In any event, if GAO had been unionized earlier, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and e) force me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-union-protections.html
— Trump Fires Officials. Democrats ever-increasingly run GAO. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired. While I worked for them 1980-1997, they ever-increasingly got rid of GAO’s remaining Republican employees. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/opinion/trump-facts-statistics-data.html
— Mamdani Widens Fund-Raising Lead
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/nyregion/mamdani-adams-cuomo-money.html
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/black-parents-washington-dc-crackdown-federal-law-enforcement.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/opinion/dc-trump-washington.html
— Trump has fired another official without giving a reason. GAO works for Congress. Officially, my Democrat GAO superiors gave no reason why they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. However, they hinted/implied that they forced me to retire because that was what Congress wanted them to do. They also hinted/implied it was a) because of Gingrich-led budget cuts, c) because they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, d) because they delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) because they kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and e) because they forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. The aforesaid is very significant because I had earned a) three job-related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/business/trump-robert-primus-stb-board-fired.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump floats an unusual Republican National Convention before the midterms. Democrats are also considering holding such a gathering before the November 2026 elections.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/28/trump-republican-convention-midterm-elections/
— RISE Dispensary, a medical marijuana shop, said in a statement that Westman had worked at a Minnesota store for several months this year, but was not employed at the time of the shooting.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/27/robin-westman-minneapolis-school-shooting/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/29/trump-immigration-detention-europe-reform-uk/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more crime.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/08/29/trump-national-guard-crime-stats/befd8050-848d-11f0-a8f4-28ba053d904b_story.html
— D.C. mayor praises federal surge, angering residents and pleasing Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/28/federal-police-surge-mayor-bowser-crime-decrease/
USA TODAY
— Lisa Cook files federal lawsuit to fight Trump firing her from Fed. I filed Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) in 1998 knowing full-well that that the deck was stacked against me. The lawsuit enabled me to put my evidence in the record.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/28/lisa-cook-lawsuit-fed-trump/85864406007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Wants to Fight Chicago Crime. JB Pritzker Says Stay Out
https://www.wsj.com/video/wsj-opinion-trump-wants-to-fight-chicago-crime-jb-pritzker-says-stay-out/98C35770-8349-4C83-901A-3DCEB3C12C3D
— Another Mass Shooting in a ‘Gun-Free Zone’ The Minneapolis killer made the point in his manifesto. The media insist on ignoring it.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/another-mass-shooting-in-a-gun-free-zone-55e29255
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/publications/play-game-change-game-leave-game-pathways-black-empowerment-prosperity-and-joy
CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/tracking-trumps-higher-ed-agenda
SPLC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/stories/emmett-till-70th-anniversary-murder/
NDTV
— India Uses US Dollars To Buy Russian Crude Oil.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/india-using-us-dollars-to-buy-russian-oil-trump-adviser-peter-navarros-new-tariff-rant-9179270
TIMES OF INDIA
— Did Robin Westman’s ‘transition’ drugs fuel Minneapolis shooting? RFK Jr. blames antidepressants; probe underway. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/did-robin-westmans-transition-drugs-fuel-minneapolis-shooting-rfk-jr-blames-antidepressants-probe-under-way/articleshow/123578561.cms
August 28, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Minneapolis Catholic school shooter ‘wanted to watch children suffer’ Shooter fired 116 rounds from a rifle into a Minneapolis church, police chief says.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting-multiple-victims-released-hospital-police-chief-says/17671285/
— Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade announced despite immigration crackdown
https://abc7chicago.com/post/date-chicago-mexican-independence-day-parade-announced-despite-immigration-crackdown-september-6-pilsen-18th-street/17674252/
— Tempers flare in Mexico senate as disagreeing politicians push and shove each other
https://abc7chicago.com/post/tempers-flare-mexico-senate-disagreeing-politicians-alejandro-alito-moreno-gerardo-fernndez-noroa-fight/17676180/
— Democrat leaders continue to use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://abc7chicago.com/post/emmett-till-70-years-chicago-teenagers-brutal-death-mississippi-reverend-wheeler-parker-honors-cousin/17674735/
— Police recruit says Gary PD fired him because of his hair, after being sworn-in. Chance Johnson, who practices the Rastafari faith, wants his job back.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/recruit-rastafarian-man-says-gary-police-department-fired-because-hair-being-sworn/17668652/
NBC5
— Chicago Public Schools sends letter to parents amid increased ICE activity. ICE and other federal agencies could step up enforcement actions in Chicago as soon as next week.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-public-schools-sends-letter-to-parents-amid-increased-ice-activity/3816889/
— Trump border czar shares new info about crime crackdown coming to Chicago. Homan confirmed immigration operations will ramp up after Labor Day in Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-border-czar-shares-new-info-about-crime-crackdown-coming-to-chicago/3816763/
— Chicago’s top cop explains how CPD will respond if National Guard deploys
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicagos-top-cop-explains-how-cpd-will-respond-if-national-guard-deploys/3816607/
CBS2
— Mexican Independence Parade to step off Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood despite worries about ICE, federal troops
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mexican-independence-parade-chicago-pilsen-neighborhood/
— Democrat leaders continue to use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/emmett-till-death-anniversary-train-chicago-mississippi/
— Aurora becomes latest Illinois municipality to keep grocery tax despite state eliminating it
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/aurora-latest-illinois-municipality-keep-grocery-tax/
WGN9
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly downplay crime in Chicago
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/context-on-white-house-claims-on-chicago-crime/
FOX32
— Pilsen’s Mexican Independence Day Parade will continue amid ICE concerns
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pilsens-mexican-independence-day-parade-continue-ice-concerns
— Democrat leaders continue to use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/70-years-after-his-murder-emmett-tills-legacy-lives-bronzeville
WTTW
— CDC Staff Gather to Honor ‘the People Who Protect America’ After Leaders Who Resigned Were Escorted Out. I should write about how my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates treated me after my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/28/cdc-staff-gather-honor-people-who-protect-america-after-leaders-who-resigned-were
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade to go on despite President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘We are not going to be stopped’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/pilsen-mexican-independence-day-parade-to-go-on-despite-president-donald-trumps-immigration-crackdown-we-are-not-going-to-be-stopped/
— Fed official sues President Trump over attempt to fire her, challenging his power over the independent agency
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/fed-official-sues-trump/
— CDC gets new acting director as leadership turmoil leaves agency reeling
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/cdc-officials-removed/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration threatens state funding unless ‘gender ideology’ content yanked from sex ed curricula
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/08/28/donald-trump-sex-education-funds-illinois-gender-ideology
— Chicago activists decry Trump threats to send National Guard, call on O’Neill Burke to refuse to cooperate
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/08/28/chicago-activists-decry-trump-threats-to-send-national-guard-call-on-oneill-burke-to-refuse-to-cooperate
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say that dousing flag burning is a step toward drowning freedom of speech. I have flown an American flag off my poach 24 hours a day since September 11, 2001.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/08/28/donald-trump-executive-order-flag-burning-ban-freedom-of-speech
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/08/20/cash-assistance-gender-domestic-violence-net-ameya-pawar-amanda-pyron
DAILY HERALD
— Trump administration asks military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250828/chicago/trump-administration-asks-military-base-outside-chicago-for-support-on-immigration-operations/
WBEZ
— Trump administration threatens state funding unless ‘gender ideology’ content yanked from sex ed curricula
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/08/28/donald-trump-sex-education-funds-illinois-gender-ideology
— Lead pipe problem worst in Chicago’s majority Black and Latino neighborhoods. There was lots lead in the buildings my parents and I lived in.
https://www.wbez.org/environment/2025/08/28/find-chicago-lead-pipes-home-apartment
SOUTHERN
— Minneapolis shooter ‘expressed hate towards almost every group imaginable’
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/08/28/minneapolis-shooting-suspect-attended-annunciation-catholic-school-motive-under-investigation/
CWB CHICAGO
— Mayor’s latest hire, a defund advocate, says police ‘harm Black and brown communities with impunity’
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/08/mayors-latest-hire-a-defund-advocate-says-police-harm-black-and-brown-communities-with-impunity.html
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois hosts 550,000 unauthorized immigrants. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/25/illinois-hosts-some-of-the-most-unauthorized-immigrants
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-579/
— Armored vehicles, surge in federal agents expected in Chicago as two-pronged strategy takes shape
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/28/report-armored-vehicles-surge-in-federal-agents-expected-in-chicago-as-two-pronged-strategy-takes-shape/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Early Bird Banquet Special Expires on Monday! IFI is honored to welcome Riley Gaines to our November 7 fall banquet.
https://illinoisfamily.org/ifi_news/early-bird-banquet-special-expires-on-monday/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMAC
— Illegal Aliens Inflict Damage
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/illegal-aliens-inflict-damage/
BREITBART
— Pritzker Signs Law Requiring Public Universities to Provide Abortion Pills to Students
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/28/illinois-governor-j-b-pritzker-signs-law-requiring-public-universities-to-provide-abortion-pills-to-students/
— Attacker Who Opened Fire During Catholic School Mass Said He Was ‘Tired of Being Trans’
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/08/28/report-attacker-who-opened-fire-during-catholic-school-mass-said-he-was-tired-of-being-trans/
NEWSMAX
— Ky. Transportation Cabinet Sold Licenses to Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/whistleblower-kentucky-andy-beshear/2025/08/15/id/1222619/
TOWNHALL
— Top CDC Official Quits in Protest, Defends ‘Pregnant People’ and Woke Politics
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/08/28/cdc-director-resigns-n2662468
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— 19 Democratic Governors Warn Trump Not to Send Troops to Their States. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with their illegals and with their criminals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/us/politics/democratic-governors-trump-troops.html
KATV & WSBT
— Chicago has most murders of any US city for 13 consecutive years
https://katv.com/news/nation-world/chicago-has-most-murders-of-any-us-city-for-13-consecutive-years-leavitt-white-house-press-secretary-president-donald-trump-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-washington-dc-crime-crackdown-statistics-murder-homicide-deaths-carjacking-theft-assaults-weapons
https://wsbt.com/news/nation-world/chicago-has-most-murders-of-any-us-city-for-13-consecutive-years-leavitt-white-house-press-secretary-president-donald-trump-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-washington-dc-crime-crackdown-statistics-murder-homicide-deaths-carjacking-theft-assaults-weapons
NPR
— Federal judge says Kari Lake can’t fire Voice of America director. The judges and justices in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) let my Democrat GAO superiors force me to retire, that is, to fire me.
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/28/nx-s1-5521328/judge-kari-lake-voice-of-america-firing-judge-ruling
August 28, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Willie Wilson: Democrats’ failure to protect vulnerable communities leaves door open for National Guard
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/opinion-democratic-leaders-chicago-violence-national-guard/
— Democrat leaders blame police for problems that minorities have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/28/opinion-national-guard-chicago-history/
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2025/08/26/new-illinois-law-protecting-students-is-relief-in-evanston-immigrant-community/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats seek immigration platform plank to counter Trump, Republicans. The current Democrat Party platform plank is to flood America with citizens of foreign countries that have demographics that vote for Democrats. Those demographics include a) need/want/demand massive government assistance, b) minority, c) female, d) younger, e) non-Protestant, and f) non-German American.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/democrats-seek-immigration-platform-to-counter-trump-republicans-deportations-border-security-dhs-immigration-enforcement#
ILLINOIZE
— Tracy Puts $2 Million Into Senate Campaign
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/tracy-puts-2million-senate-campaign
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat and RINO leaders reject the Rutan decision ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_v._Republican_Party_of_Illinois ), that is, they want government employers to make employment decisions based on party affiliation. That is why RINO leaders did not come to my defense when my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire because I was a Republican. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Trump: Illinois’ ‘slob of a governor’ should call for help with public safety. What if Trump sets his sights on Illinois?
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_9337cd1a-ef31-494d-9e91-0ae6fc109de2.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— HUD threatens funding for public housing authorities shielding illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3784818/hud-threatens-funding-public-housing-authorities-illegal-immigrants/
— Why Trump has reversed course on IRS cuts
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3782589/why-trump-irs-cuts-reversed-course/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin fines illegal migrants $6.1B for refusing deportation orders
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/trump-admin-fines-illegal-migrants-6-1b-for-refusing-deportation-orders-report/
— Mom of Minneapolis mass shooter Robin Westman worked at Catholic school where he opened fire, killing 2 kids
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/mom-of-minneapolis-mass-shooter-robin-westman-worked-at-catholic-school-where-he-opened-fire-killing-2-kids-police/
— Minneapolis mayor uses Catholic school shooting presser to speak out about transgender rights — as gunman ID’d as trans
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/minneapolis-mayor-uses-catholic-school-shooting-presser-to-speak-out-about-transgender-rights-as-gunman-robin-westman-idd-as-trans/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Here’s why Democrats work so hard to defend criminals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/08/here_s_why_democrats_work_so_hard_to_defend_criminals.html
BREITBART
— Trans Minnesota Catholic School Shooter’s YouTube Manifesto Included Vile Anti-Trump Messages Written on Guns
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/27/trans-minnesota-catholic-school-shooters-youtube-manifesto-included-vile-anti-trump-messages/
— Unsustainable: Colorado Gained 43,000 Illegal Aliens in Just 2 Years
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/27/unsustainable-colorado-gained-43000-illegal-aliens-in-just-2-years/
COLLEGE FIX
— Donors yank millions from Florida universities after ending in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. What percent of the students in colleges in your area illegals?
https://www.thecollegefix.com/donors-yank-millions-from-florida-universities-after-ending-in-state-tuition-for-illegal-immigrants/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Administration Teases New Plan to Keep Non-English-Speaking Truck Drivers Off Roads. What do George Ryan supporters have to say about this?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/27/duffy-use-every-tool-available-hold-trucking-companies-who-hire-illegal-immigrants-account/
DAILY WIRE
— What We Know About The Trans-Identifying Gunman Who Slaughtered Catholic School Children
https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-we-know-about-the-trans-identifying-gunman-who-slaughtered-catholic-school-children
https://www.dailywire.com/news/entitled-penny-sniffing-ks-minnesota-gunman-railed-against-jews-in-journal
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker says ‘action will be met with a response’ after Trump threatens to send National Guard to Chicago. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says the state will not let the federal government ‘intimidate Chicagoans.’ How soon will Pritzker have Illinois officially declare war on America?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pritzker-says-action-met-response-after-trump-threatens-send-national-guard-chicago
— Trump admin plans to impose 4-year limits for foreign students studying in US. The new rule would end a decades-old policy allowing students to stay for the duration of their studies. Because I took only one evening course at a time, it took me 4 long years to earn my MBA from Loyola in 1976 (16 courses), it took me 4 long years to earn my master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980 (12 courses), and it took me 5 long years to earn my master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997 (14 courses), I took only one course at a time because a) that was what I could afford in terms of time and money and b) my focus was my IRS and GAO jobs. But because of age discrimination, my delay in my earning my aforesaid degrees cost me dearly.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-plans-impose-4-year-limits-foreign-students-studying-us
— Mayor Bowser admits ‘we greatly appreciate the surge’ from Trump admin as crime plummets in Washington DC
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377544172112
— Trump administration resurrects ‘neighborhood checks’ for citizenship applicants last used in first Bush-era. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will interview neighbors and employers about applicants seeking naturalization.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-resurrects-neighborhood-checks-citizenship-applicants-last-used-first-bush-era
LEGAL NSURRECTION
— Police Identify Robert ‘Robin’ Westman as Suspect in Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting. Videos and pictures show Westman hated Jews and Trump.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/police-identify-robert-robin-westman-as-suspect-in-minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting/
NEW REPUBLIC
— Minneapolis Shooting Suspect Hated Trump—and All People of Color
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/inside-messy-politics-minneapolis-school-200424395.html
NEWSMAX
— Homan: ‘Illegal criminal aliens will not walk the streets of this nation’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYPtjZbrnbw
— DEI Still Present in Higher Ed Hiring Practices
https://www.newsmax.com/us/dei-higher-education-hiring/2025/08/27/id/1224135/
— USDA Ends Biden-Era Program Favoring Farmers Based on Race, Gender
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/usda-donald-trump-joe-biden/2025/08/27/id/1224166/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Democrats double down on DEI, child sex changes, open borders, and soft-on-crime policies at DNC annual convention
https://thepostmillennial.com/dems-double-down-on-dei-child-sex-changes-open-borders-and-soft-on-crime-policies
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Trump’s Intel stake sparks cries of ‘socialism’ from his party, but he vows more deals are coming
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/trumps-intel-stake-sparks-cries-socialism-party-vows-125013616
NBC NEWS
— Mayor Muriel Bowser says Trump’s surge of federal law enforcement has lowered crime in D.C.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/bowser-trump-police-takeover-lower-dc-crime-national-guard-ice-rcna227582
MSNBC
— CDC officials walk out in protest of Trump’s removal CDC Director Susan Monarez. None of my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates protested when my Democrat GAO superiors removed me when I was 49 years old in 1997. Previously, they had not protested when my Democrat GAO superiors a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) permanently threw me off audits of IRS in early 1989 and kept off audits of IRS 1980-1985, and f) forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYG8rUEPiwE
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders say Minneapolis Suspect Knew Her Target, but Motive Is a Mystery
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/minneapolis-school-shooting-suspect-gunman.html
— Lisa Cook Says She Will Not Step Down From the Fed Board. I should write about the threatened adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors would have taken against me if I had not retired when I was 49 in 1997. Previously they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, e) permanently threw me off audits of IRS in early 1989 and kept off audits of IRS 1980-1985, and f) forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/lisa-cook-fed-governor.html
— In Trump’s 2nd Term, More Incarcerations, Less Talk of Reform. The president is signaling a tough-on-crime message for the midterms next year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/politics/trump-criminal-justice.html
— Donald Trump’s Big Gay Government. On the town with the A-Gays of Washington, who have never been happier to be out, proud and Republican.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/style/gay-men-trump-administration-republicans.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump, Gabbard fired top CIA Russia expert days after Alaska summit. The CIA officer was due to take up a prestigious assignment in Europe approved by CIA Director John Ratcliffe. Instead, her security clearance was summarily revoked. In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors acted like my Black CPA subordinate had threatened to leave GAO if they did not get rid of me. If I had not taken their early retirement “offer” in 1997, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until 2003. My Black CPA subordinate a) had less job-related work experience than I had, b) had less job-related education than I had, c) had one job-related professional certification while I had six, and d) no job-related professional license like the one I had. They gave him my job and my preferred corner office.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/27/cia-officer-russia-trump-gabbard/
— Trump fires CDC director who says RFK Jr. is ‘weaponizing public health.’ My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, that is, they fired me, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/08/27/susan-monarez-cdc-director-ousted/
— Shooter who opened fire on Catholic school posted rambling videos. YouTube videos posted to coincide with the shooting showed reverence for other mass shooters, and gun magazines scrawled with “Kill Donald Trump” and racial slurs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/27/robin-westman-minneapolis-school-shooting/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/27/al-sharpton-wall-street-trump-dei-nyc/13fb324a-83c2-11f0-a8f4-28ba053d904b_story.html?isMobile=1
USA TODAY
— Trump fires CDC Director Susan Monarez after she refused to quit in dispute with RFK Jr. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, that is, they fired me, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/27/cdc-director-susan-monarez-ousted/85856035007/
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/27/president-trump-approval-rating-new-polls/85851490007/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/27/immigrants-more-likely-to-report-crimes/85821245007/
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— Do you drive a ‘liberal’ or ‘conservative’ car? We analyzed 11 million Pa. vehicle records to find out. American trucks are popular in GOP-dominated areas. Teslas are big in Democratic regions. I would anticipate/expect that nationwide, that most Republicans own American nameplate vehicles and that most Democrats own foreign nameplate vehicles.
https://www.inquirer.com/cars/registered-vehicles-pennsylvania-democrats-republicans-20250825.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Shooting Madness in Minneapolis. The killer of children at church fits a too-common profile.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/minneapolis-shooting-annunciation-catholic-school-robin-westman-dfcf73d3
FORBES
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmcgowan/2025/08/27/for-trump-doj-dei-is-the-new-jim-crow-businesses-should-take-note/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Newsom
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gavin-newsom-trump-world-leaders_n_68afc0cce4b0d087ed3ea699
AXIOS
— Trump threatens to prosecute George Soros for backing protests
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/27/trump-urges-rico-charges-george-soros
— The Democrat Party ever-increasingly makes it clear that it is anti-American.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/24/trump-american-identity-citizenship-immigration
GUARDIAN
— Trump is serious about pursuing a third term, Newsom warns
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/28/trump-serious-about-third-term-gavin-newsom-warns
August 27, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Minneapolis shooting: 8-year-old and 10-year-old killed, 17 others hurt at Catholic school
https://abc7chicago.com/post/shooting-reported-catholic-school-minneapolis-governor-says/17662514/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The shooter died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, O’Hara said. The FBI identified the shooter as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who was born Robert Westman. Driver’s license information reviewed by ABC News described Westman as a female, born on June 17, 2002. A name change application for a minor born on the same date, June 17, 2002, was approved by a district court in Minnesota in 2020, changing the name of a Robert Westman to Robin Westman, explaining the minor child “identifies as a female and wants her name to reflect that identification.” . . . Frey stressed at a second news conference, “Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community, or any other community out there, has lost their sense of common humanity. We should not be operating out of a place of hate.”)
— Chicago Democrat leaders get Chicago Latino leaders to push back against Trump plans to send National Guard to city
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-latino-leaders-push-back-president-donald-trump-plans-potential-national-guard-deployment-city/17660651/
NBC5
— What we know about what happened in Minneapolis school shooting
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-we-know-about-what-happened-in-minneapolis-school-shooting/3816000/
CBS2
— Minneapolis Catholic school shooting leaves 2 children dead, 17 people injured
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/south-minneapolis-incident-august-27-2025/
WGN9
— FBI investigating Minnesota school shooting as hate crime against Catholics
https://wgntv.com/news/national/fbi-investigating-minnesota-school-shooting-as-hate-crime-against-catholics/
FOX32
— Chicago businessman Willie Wilson urged Trump to deploy the National Guard to the city, saying leaders have failed to stop violence. Pritzker, Johnson, and others strongly oppose Trump’s threat, calling it political and dangerous.
Despite reported drops in murders and robberies, Wilson says communities remain under siege.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/wilson-trump-national-guard-chicago
— Annunciation Church shooting: What’s known about suspect Robin Westman
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/annunciation-school-shooting-minneapolis-minnesota-suspect-shooter
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The shooter has been identified as Robin Westman. FOX 9 has confirmed Westman’s mother previously worked at Annunciation. A Facebook post from the school says she left the school in 2021. The shooter’s mother also applied to change her child’s name from Robert to Robin in Dakota County in 2019, according to court documents obtained by FOX 9. According to the name change filing, Westman identified “as a female and wants her name to reflect that identification.”)
— Oak Park-River Forest High School removed the exterior doors from some of its bathrooms. Officials said it was aimed at preventing “inappropriate behaviors” like vaping, fighting, and skipping class. An online petition was started by students in opposition to the move to demand the doors be put back.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/oak-park-river-forest-high-school-bathrooms
— 81% of Americans see crime as ‘major problem’ in big cities
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ap-norc-crime-poll-trump-takeover
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican US Senate hopeful Don Tracy lends $2M to his campaign fund
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/republican-us-senate-hopeful-don-tracy-lends-2m-to-his-campaign-fund/
— ‘Our president is listening’: Handful of Black MAGA activists in Chicago catch Trump’s eye
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/black-maga-activists-chicago-catch-trumps-eye/
— Cardinal Blase Cupich calls on those in power to make safety a ‘national priority’ after Minneapolis Catholic school shooting
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/cardinal-blase-cupich-comments-after-minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting/
— What to know about the shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/minneapolis-catholic-school-shooting/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the shooter — armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol — approached the side of the church and shot through the windows toward the children inside before dying by suicide. He said the shooter, 23-year-old Robin Westman, did not have an extensive known criminal history, acted alone and had legally purchased the weapons recently. O’Hara said authorities are aware of a video showing writings that the shooter had timed to be released on YouTube. The content has been taken down and is under review as investigators try to determine a motive, the police chief said. Federal officials referred to Westman as transgender, and the mayor decried hatred being directed at “our transgender community.” Westman’s gender identity wasn’t clear. In 2020, a judge approved a petition, signed by Westman’s mother, asking for a name change from Robert to Robin, saying the petitioner “identifies as a female and wants her name to reflect that identification.”)
— CDC director Susan Monarez is out after less than one month on the job. It took almost 18 years for my Democrat GAO superiors to oust me. They would have ousted me much sooner if I had not a) earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt before I transferred from IRS to GAO and if I had not b) earned a master’s degree in accounting, c) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, d) became a licensed CPA, e) earned four more job-related professional certifications, and f) earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading after I transferred.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/cdc-director-susan-monarez-out/
— Who and what will Democrat leaders blame for the Minneapolis shootings?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/27/editorial-annunciation-shooting-school-children-robin-westman/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Willie Wilson urges Trump to send National Guard to Chicago: ‘I welcome it’ The former mayoral candidate insisted that a military intervention could help curb violence, while invoking the killing of his son in the south suburbs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/27/willie-wilson-trump-national-guard
DAILY HERALD
— Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250827/nation-and-world-politics/trump-extends-control-over-washington-by-taking-management-of-union-station-away-from-amtrak/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— GOP’s Tracy drops $2 million into race to fill Durbin’s Senate seat
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/gops-tracy-drops-2m-race-fill-durbins-senate-seat
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/08/27/dispensary-could-open-near-wrigley-field-but-issues-persist-for-social-equality-firm-behind-plans/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-371/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE GOP
— 2026 Primary Candidate Petitions
https://dupagegop.com/primary-candidate-petitions/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago Mayor Claims ‘Affordable Housing’ is the Key to Reducing Crime in Awkward MSNBC Interview
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/08/chicago-mayor-claims-affordable-housing-is-the-key-to-reducing-crime-in-awkward-msnbc-interview.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Minneapolis school shooter ID’d as trans woman Robin Westman — as apparent manifesto included ‘kill Trump’
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/minneapolis-catholic-school-gunman-idd-as-robin-westman-while-possible-manifesto-shows-psychotic-obsession-with-mass-shooters/
— Trans Minneapolis shooter Robin Westman mused about slaughtering ‘filthy Zionist Jews’ in sick journal before deadly Catholic school massacre
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-news/robin-westman-mused-about-slaughtering-filthy-zionist-jews-in-sick-journal-before-deadly-catholic-school-shooting/
— Chicago pastor Corey Brooks says Dems are ‘outright lying’ about crime, calls on Trump to send National Guard
https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/media/chicago-pastor-corey-brooks-says-dems-are-outright-lying-about-crime-calls-on-trump-to-send-national-guard/
FOX NEWS
— The Left wants no part of the effort to make our country safe and secure. Hannity tears into Democrats proving to be on the ‘wrong side’ of crime plaguing American cities.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377478268112
— US northern border smuggling creates ‘shopping grounds’ for migrants to sanctuary communities. Smugglers are adapting routes and targeting sanctuary cities for maximum benefits.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-northern-border-smuggling-creates-shopping-grounds-migrants-sanctuary-communities-attorney
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Two Children Killed in Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting. The FBI identified the shooter as Robin Westman, who died at the scene.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/minnesota-school-shooting-annunciation-catholic-minneapolis-281597d5
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The shooting was being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism and as a hate crime against Catholics, according to FBI Director Kash Patel. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that the suspect wrote: “For the Children,” “Where is your God?” and “Kill Donald Trump” on rifle magazines. . .President Trump was briefed about the incident and had spoken with Gov. Walz. “The White House will continue to monitor this terrible situation,” the president said in a post on Truth Social. Trump proclaimed that the U.S. flag will be flown at half-staff at the White House until Saturday night as a mark of respect for the victims.)
August 25, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— President Donald J. Trump Takes Steps to End Cashless Bail to Protect Americans
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/08/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-takes-steps-to-end-cashless-bail-to-protect-americans/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Illinois Democrat politicians condemn Trump’s threat to deploy National Guard to Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/governor-jb-pritzker-speak-monday-president-donald-trumps-plans-possible-chicago-national-guard-deployment/17641047/
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote cashless bail
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-cashless-bail-executive-order-illinois-no-cash-system-runs-smoothly-spikes-crime-researchers-find/17645808/
— Pritzker, local leaders celebrate grand opening of Illinois Holocaust Museum pop-up in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-holocaust-museum-opening-temporary-location-experience-360-north-state-street-things-do-chicago/17643646/
NBC5
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-sends-warning-to-trump-on-national-guard-threat-do-not-come-to-chicago/3814727/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/as-trump-insists-on-deploying-the-military-how-bad-is-chicago-crime-a-look-at-the-numbers/3814714/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/raoul-trump-has-no-legal-basis-for-national-guard-deployment-to-chicago/3814748/
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote cashless bail
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-to-sign-order-aimed-at-ending-cashless-bail-what-could-that-mean-for-illinois/3814489/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-national-guard-dc-baltimore-chicago-tariffs-25-2025-live-updates/3814349/
CBS2
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-governor-jb-pritkzer-speech-news-conference-full-text-trump/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/governor-pritzker-attorney-general-raoul-trumps-military-deployment-chicago/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/national-guard-deployed-chicago-before-concerns-emergencies/
WTTW
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://news.wttw.com/2025/08/25/pritzker-vows-stop-trump-sending-national-guard-chicago
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump appears to waver on deploying National Guard personnel to Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/25/president-donald-trump-appears-to-waver-on-deploying-national-guard-personnel-to-chicago/
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stand with their criminals and with their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/22/editorial-donald-trump-sanctuary-cities-crime-takeover/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stand with their criminals and with their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/25/pentagon-military-deployment-chicago-residents-say-terrible-idea
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/25/trump-signs-order-targeting-no-cash-bail-but-advocates-say-he-cant-force-illinois-to-reverse-its-policy
— Illinois Democrat leaders use the Proud Boys against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/08/25/proud-boys-illinois-extremism-donald-president-trump-billboard-january-6-capitol-riot
WGN RADIO
— Kass: When IL Dems play Russian roulette with our children
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-when-il-dems-playing-russian-roulette-with-our-children/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Troubled Chicago unhappy with Trump’s offer of ‘help’
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-troubled-chicago-unhappy-with-trumps-offer-of-help/article_f48d95a4-2b37-4a5f-933b-a6a8ef72ff2a.html
RIVER BENDER
— Illinois Democrat leaders promote Democrat leaders
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/gov-pritzker-statement-on-donald-trumps-power-grabs-and-distractions-85601.cfm
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Pritzker: Fair Maps in Illinois would be ‘disarming’ to Democrats
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/pritzker-fair-maps-in-illinois-would-be-disarming-to-democrats/article_3a1beffe-e996-4925-b985-c1550b8dd94f.html
WSPY
— Rezin: New law makes Illinois a “dumping ground” for lawsuits. The more of the following that you are, the less justice that you should anticipate/expect in Illinois: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/rezin-new-law-makes-illinois-a-dumping-ground-for-lawsuits/article_d3dcb596-5e43-4ac3-be9d-933a54d47bfe.html
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois GOP leaders mostly back Trump’s call to send troops to Chicago
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/25/illinois-republicans-trump-bailey-brady-national-guard
— Illinois Democrat leaders stand with their criminals and with their illegals
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/08/25/trump-national-guard-immigration-chicago-law-pritzker-johnson
ILLINOIZE
— A Bailey/Del Mar Ticket?
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/bailey-delmar-ticket-2026
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/08/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-369/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a0bf16a6-5cb5-46cb-aa82-fcd3911b5e65.html
CORTES INVESTIGATES
— Richard Porter Interview
https://www.cortesinvestigates.com/p/obama-exposed-full-richard-porter
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you own a 2025 Charger like I do, please phone me at 630-653-0462 or email me at diersen@aol.com . I also own a 2023 Mustang GT Premium, 2013 Charger R/T Max, 2005 and 1972 Corvette, and 1996 Thunderbird LX. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Merit beats victimhood
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/25/merit-beats-victimhood-pastors-cross-country-walk-challenges-liberal/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois expands campus abortion access, shields doctors from legal risk
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3780992/illinois-expands-campus-abortion-access-shields-doctors-legal-risk/
— Trump blasts ABC, NBC for ‘unfair’ coverage and demands they pay for licensing
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3780835/donald-trump-fake-news-abc-nbc-unfair-coverage-licensing-fees/
NEW YORK POST
— Pritzker calls Trump ‘wanna be dictator’ as he rails against White House plans to deploy National Guard to Chicago
https://nypost.com/2025/08/25/us-news/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-calls-trump-wanna-be-dictator-as-he-rails-against-white-house-plans-to-deploy-national-guard-to-chicago/
— How colleges hide quotas. I should write about the quotas that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had to meet and did meet.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/25/opinion/how-colleges-hide-quotas-californias-deadly-economic-model-and-other-commentary/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago’s racist mayor threatens riots over Trump Windy City crime crackdown
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/08/25/chicagos-racist-mayor-threatens-riots-over-trump-windy-city-crime-crackdown-1579596/
COLLEGE FIX
— Pritzker signs new law mandating abortion pills on campus
https://www.thecollegefix.com/illinois-governor-signs-new-law-mandating-abortion-pills-on-campus/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Republican Redistricting Bolsters GOP Midterm Chances
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/25/republican-redistricting-bolsters-gop-midterm-chances/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Says NBC, ABC Should Lose Licenses Over News Coverage. The president called out the national networks for what he called unfair coverage of Republicans and conservatives.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-says-nbc-abc-should-lose-licenses-over-news-coverage-5905686
FOX NEWS
— Blue state parents enraged by Dem governor extending financial aid to illegals. Parents in Illinois are enraged by a new law signed by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker that extends student financial aid to illegal aliens.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6377367186112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Support for DEI Policies in California is Slipping
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/08/poll-finds-support-for-dei-policies-in-california-is-slipping/
NEWSMAX
— Trump Hits Chicago Mayor for False D.C. Crime Stats
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/crime-democrats-propaganda/2025/08/25/id/1223816/
PATRIOT JOURNAL
— Trump DHS Yanks Funding From Groups With Alleged Terrorist Ties
https://pjnewsletter.com/trump-dhs-funding/?utm_source=tpi&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TPI08252025BR
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Chicago Mayor Johnson Caught Between Daily Murders And Trump’s Crackdown
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/25/tom_bevan_the_question_for_chicago_mayor_johnson_is_do_you_tolerate_daily_murders.html
THOMAS MOORE SOCIETY
— Court to Hear Challenge as Illinois Forces Faith-Based Employers to Pay for Abortion Coverage
https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/news/court-to-hear-challenge-as-illinois-forces-faith-based-employers-to-pay-for-abortion-coverage
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Illinois Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5469034-lgbtq-illinois-legal-helpline/
NBC NEWS
— Trump signs executive orders aimed at ending cashless bail in D.C. and across the nation
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-sign-executive-orders-aimed-122909076.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/illinois-gov-pritzker-warns-trump-not-to-send-troops-to-chicago-245738565963
REUTERS
— Best practices for managing employee performance after protected activity. I should write about the adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors took against me because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I turned 40 in 1988.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/best-practices-managing-employee-performance-after-protected-activity-2025-08-18/