FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Smoke, pepper bullets deployed on protesters in clashes outside Broadview ICE facility
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-operation-midway-blitz-protest-expected-broadview-facility-friday-sw-side-tamale-vendor-held/17885390/
CBS2
— Fundraiser held for tamale vendor Laura Murillo detained by ICE in Back of the Yards
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/fundraiser-tamale-vendor-laura-murillo-ice-chicago/
WGN9
— Protestors clash with agents outside Broadview ICE processing facility amid ongoing demonstrations
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/protestors-clash-with-agents-outside-broadview-ice-processing-facility-amid-ongoing-demonstrations/
WTTW
— Trump’s Transportation Department Pulls Trail and Bike Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/26/trump-s-transportation-department-pulls-trail-and-bike-grants-deemed-hostile-cars
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Feds fire baton rounds, more tear gas at ICE protesters in Broadview
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/26/ice-baton-rounds-tear-gas-chicago/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Broadview mayor says ICE is ‘making war on my community’ after latest protest at immigration facility. Federal officers again fired rubber pellets and chemical irritants into a crowd of protesters gathered Friday outside the fenced-off compound.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/26/protest-heats-up-again-outside-broadview-ice-facililty
— Illinois Dems press Chicago ICE director for Broadview facility oversight, details on deportation operations. Members of the Illinois delegation were scheduled to meet with an ICE Chicago field office director on Friday but were told the meeting had to be rescheduled to a later date.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/26/illinois-dems-press-chicago-ice-director-for-broadview-oversight-details-on-chicago-deportation-operations
— City Council leader wants to raise maximum age for starting police officer to 55. Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th) argued there are plenty of jobs, particularly in policing, that could be performed by rookies in their 50s. Police and fire union leaders branded the proposal “crazy.” My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, that is, so far, they have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1.9 million in today’s dollars to stop me from working.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/09/26/chicago-police-maximum-age-entry-level-officer-proposal-gilbert-villegas
— Bid to atone for slavery’s sins ignites racially charged City Council clash. A resolution offering an apology to Black Chicagoans for the scourge of slavery passes overwhelmingly but sparks outrage when four Council members vote against the symbolic move.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/09/26/chicago-trump-slavery-apology-alderpeople-lamont-robinson-nick-sposato-city-council
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Four alderpersons voted against a resolution offering Black Chicagoans an apology for America’s enslavement of their ancestors, producing a racially charged clash within the City Council and a final roll call that one supporter called “appalling.” Alds. Raymond Lopez (15th), Nick Sposato (38th), Anthony Napolitano (41st) and James Gardiner (45th) sparked outrage from some of their colleagues for refusing to endorse the resolution, which ultimately passed. The measure sponsored by Ald. Lamont Robinson (4th) issued a formal apology from the City Council “to the Black citizens of Chicago for the historical injustices of slavery, segregation, systemic racism, and the policies that have perpetuated racial inequality.” It overwhelmingly passed 43-4 but not without fireworks at a marathon City Council meeting Thursday. “Shame on you!,” Robinson shouted after Lopez, Sposato, and Napolitano announced they would vote against the resolution. “You have to be able to share with your constituents, your Black constituents — in all damn 50 wards — why you would say no to this resolution. Shame on you!” Robinson said. While the City Council is no stranger to racially charged debates on how to address the city’s long, continued history of segregation and inequity, the “no” votes against the symbolic resolution came as a shock to some of the Council’s most level-headed members. “I was hoping this would be a unanimous one — of all the things we can unanimously support,” said Ald. Maria Hadden (49th), who is Black. “This is a surprising, shocking, appalling piece.” The debate played out against a national backdrop of the Trump administration’s crusade against diversity goals in government and businesses and its efforts to sanitize how Americans look back on the evils of slavery. This month, President Donald Trump ordered the National Park Service to remove from a Georgia historic site an iconic 1863 photograph titled “The Scourged Back” of a formerly enslaved man bearing the scars of past whippings on his back. Gardiner, a Northwest Side alderperson, didn’t explain his no vote. In a brief comment, Napolitano said he voted no because there has been “just as much harm done” to this city “over the last couple of years” as in the past. Sposato, a supporter of Trump, said he would not take responsibility for sins of the past. “There’s a lot of blame to go around, but certainly not the city of Chicago, certainly not my family,” Sposato said. “I apologize to absolutely nobody. I want my name off there. I do not want to be associated with this.” Lopez, a Southwest Side alderperson, said he wouldn’t endorse the resolution because Chicago’s “own economy was not slave driven.” Lopez noted that the city became a haven for freed men and women escaping southern slavery. Half a million people came to Chicago as part of the Great Migration. Lopez said the City Council should focus instead on how to correct current-day injustices “as opposed to constantly looking backwards.” “If we want to talk about the injustices to the Black community, I want to talk about where we have failed. We don’t have to look that far back,” Lopez said. Hadden acknowledged Lopez’s point that the city “didn’t directly deal in enslaved people,” but she rebutted that “the money that built this city and controlled the power did.” She further argued that Lopez and Sposato’s arguments against the resolution were “emblematic of some of the worst behavior that we’re seeing coming out of DC.” “Those who would accuse us of going backwards by recognizing fact and truth, I challenge that sentiment. We’re not the ones going backwards,” Hadden said. “Recognition and apology is part of repair… which are necessary to moving forward.” The resolution notes that slavery thrived in the Midwest after French explorers introduced it to the region in the mid-1700s. Even after Illinois was deemed a “free” state in 1818, state laws in place through the Civil War “subjected free Black residents to oppressive restrictions, including the denial of voting rights.” It goes on to state that following slavery’s abolition in 1865, Black Chicagoans continued to face racial discrimination through redlining, segregation, housing discrimination and other systemic inequities “which persist today.” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson last year issued a formal apology from the city as a whole to Black Chicagoans through an executive order when he created a task force to study possible economic reparations for Black residents. Evanston, the city’s neighbor to the north, approved the country’s first reparations program for Black residents years ago.)
DAILY HERALD
— ‘It’s a black hole’: Broadview ICE facility sparks complaints of inhumane conditions
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250926/nation-and-world/broadview-ice-facility-sparks-complaints-of-inhumane-conditions/
— As Illinois congressional delegation seeks answers, ICE cancels meeting
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250926/news/as-illinois-congressional-delegation-seeks-answers-ice-cancels-meeting/
— Bailey jumps into the governor’s race for a second time with Palatine’s Del Mar
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250925/illinois-state-politics/bailey-jumps-into-the-governors-race-for-a-second-time-with-palatines-del-mar/
WGLT
— During B-N stop, conservative governor candidate Ted Dabrowski vows to fight for economic change in Illinois
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-09-26/during-b-n-stop-conservative-governor-candidate-ted-dabrowski-vows-to-fight-for-economic-change-in-illinois
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-391/
— Wirepoints’ deficit spending continued as assets were further depleted ahead of staff exodus
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/26/wirepoints-deficit-spending-continued-as-assets-were-further-depleted-ahead-of-staff-exodus/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— How Erika Kirk is transforming America after husband Charlie’s assassination
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/26/erika-kirk-transforming-america-husband-charlies-assassination/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— House Republicans move to end mail delivery of abortion pill
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3825635/house-republican-bill-end-mail-delivery-abortion-pill-mifepristone/
— After Dallas ICE shooting Democrats want to ban all guns
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3826529/dallas-ice-shooting-democrats-gun-control-hunting-rifles/
— The married-with-children party vs. the single-and-childless party
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3820260/married-with-children-vs-single-and-childless/
BREITBART
— Illinois: Rioters Chant ‘Kill ICE! Shoot ICE!’ at Migrant Detention Center
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/26/sanctuary-state-illinois-rioters-chant-kill-ice-shoot-ice-outside-detention-center-holding-criminal-illegal-aliens/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ICE Continues Arrests of ‘Criminal Illegal Aliens’ Following Dallas Shooting
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/26/exclusive-ice-continues-arrests-criminal-illegal-aliens-following-dallas-shooting/
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— ICE is Increasingly Taking the “Sanctuary” out of Sanctuary Jurisdictions
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2025/09/26/ice-increasingly-taking-sanctuary-out-sanctuary-jurisdictions
FOX NEWS
— Chicago anti-ICE protesters block vehicles, get hit with tear gas and pepper balls
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-anti-ice-protesters-block-vehicles-get-hit-tear-gas-pepper-balls
— Protestors face off with Illinois ICE agents
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6380155512112
— Protest turns violent outside Illinois ICE facility
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6380153714112
NEW AMERICAN
— The 1619 Project: Mostly Marxist Myth
https://thenewamerican.com/opinion/book-reviews/the-1619-project-mostly-marxist-myth/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Supreme Court lets Trump withhold $4 billion in foreign aid approved by Congress
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-trump-foreign-aid-funding/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hegseth to Push ‘Warrior Ethos’ in Meeting of Top Generals
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-to-push-warrior-ethos-in-meeting-of-top-generals-9cfd7fb4?mod=djemwhatsnews
— Trump Pledges That Others Will Be Indicted After Comey
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trump-doj-indictments-fbi-james-comey-49910fd3
NEW YORK SUN
— Judge To Hear Arguments in Lawsuit Over ‘Racist Reparations’ Program in Evanston
https://www.nysun.com/article/judge-to-hear-arguments-in-lawsuit-over-racist-reparations-program-in-evanston-illinois
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Masked protesters clash with ICE, attack vehicles at Broadview facility in Illinois
https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DNIRE0ndzvm8
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September 25, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Darren Bailey announces second run for Illinois governor
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/darren-bailey-announces-second-run-for-illinois-governor/3829430/
CBS2
— Tamale vendor arrested by ICE on Southwest Side of Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tamale-vendor-arrested-ice-agents-back-of-the-yards/
FOX32
— Man arrested for spray-painting anti-Trump, anti-Israel graffiti on Carol Stream police station, businesses
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/man-arrested-spray-painting-anti-trump-anti-israel-graffiti-carol-stream-police-station-businesses
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican Darren Bailey launches second bid for governor with strategy to connect better with Chicago voters
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/25/darren-bailey-launches-second-bid-for-governor/
— People giving up pets for financial reasons need help, DuPage officials say
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/25/dupage-pets-financial-animals-legislation-money-afford/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois braces for more patients as Wisconsin Planned Parenthood pauses abortions over Medicaid cuts
https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2025/09/25/planned-parenthood-wisconsin-abortion-pause-illinois-patients
— Border Patrol spotted with guns on Chicago River in Trump’s latest deportation push
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/25/border-patrol-chicago-river-immigration-enforcement-greg-bovino-deportation
DAILY HERALD
— Carol Stream man faces hate crime charges after painting profane graffiti on police station
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250925/news/carol-stream-man-faces-hate-crime-charges-after-painting-profane-graffiti-on-police-station/
— Man who opened fire on ICE facility hoped attack would give agents ‘real terror,’ FBI says
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250925/crime/man-who-opened-fire-on-ice-facility-hoped-attack-would-give-agents-real-terror-fbi-says/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Abortion burden shifts to Illinois as Wisconsin Planned Parenthood pauses services
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/wisconsin-abortion-pause-prompts-illinois-prepare-influx
WBEZ
— Trump administration pulls millions in funding from Chicago Public Schools
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/09/25/trump-administration-pulls-millions-in-funding-from-chicago-public-schools
— Illinois braces for more patients as Wisconsin Planned Parenthood pauses abortions over Medicaid cuts
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2025/09/25/planned-parenthood-wisconsin-abortion-pause-illinois-patients
SOUTHERN
— Trump, Vance direct blame at Democrats for Dallas ICE shooting
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/09/25/trump-vance-direct-blame-at-democrats-for-dallas-ice-shooting/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Republicans Darren Bailey, Aaron Del Mar in Bloomington
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_145f0114-ba1e-49c6-96eb-7f75a35ce98a.html
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/video_5a555312-6ef7-521f-8334-b200ee2c65dd.html
WAND TV
— Darren Bailey announces second run for Illinois governor in 2026
https://www.wandtv.com/news/darren-bailey-announces-second-run-for-illinois-governor-in-2026/article_c8be4305-de7b-4f15-9093-4c52e0706a53.html
WMIX
— Darren Bailey Announces Campaign for Governor of Illinois: Putting Families First, Ending Pritzker’s Failure
https://www.wmix94.com/2025/09/25/darren-bailey-announces-campaign-for-governor-of-illinois-putting-families-first-ending-pritzkers-failure/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-390/
(FROM THE REPORT: DuPage County Forest Preserve Commissioner Tina Tyson-Dunne is running for Rep. Terra Costa Howard’s House seat…We told you this morning DuPage County Board member Lynn LaPlante has thrown her hat in the ring for the 42nd House District. Glen Ellyn Trustee Sonia Bhagwakar has also applied for the replacement appointment and is prepared to run for the seat.)
— Bailey launches 2026 campaign for governor. The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders call you an extremist. Democrat and RINO leaders have lots in common.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/25/bailey-launches-2026-campaign-for-governor-dpi-labels-him-%e2%80%98extreme-maga-republican%e2%80%99/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Residents hold tribute to Charlie Kirk after Downers Grove council declines formal moment of silence
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/675505309-residents-hold-tribute-to-charlie-kirk-after-downers-grove-council-declines-formal-moment-of-silence
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— County Board Budget Meeting Leading Toward Recapturing Tax Levy Supposedly Given Up with Shift of Mental Health Board Financing from Real Estate Tax to Sales Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/25/county-board-budget-meeting-leading-toward-recapturing-tax-levy-supposedly-given-up-with-shift-of-mental-health-board-financing-from-real-estate-tax-to-sales-tax/
— Don’t Show Up for Five Criminal Court Dates, “No Problem,” Says Illinois Supreme Court
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/09/25/dont-show-up-for-five-criminal-court-dates-no-problem-says-illinois-supreme-court/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Inside the Pentagon’s crackdown on journalists; experts say restrictions likely face court defeat
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/25/inside-pentagons-crackdown-journalists-experts-say-restrictions/
— RFK Jr. tells governors he’s reviewing abortion pill’s safety
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/25/robert-f-kennedy-jr-tells-governors-hes-reviewing-abortion-pills/
— Radicals in Washington are trying to revoke the new employment requirements for able-bodied, working-age adults. They seem to want more Americans to be dependent on the government.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/25/democrats-infantilize-able-bodied-adults-taxpayers-expense/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Christian nationalism, Charlie Kirk, and the useful idiots of left-wing hate
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3824059/christian-nationalism-charlie-kirk-and-the-useful-idiots-of-left-wing-hate/
NEW YORK POST
— Anti-ICE shooter Joshua Jahn used Nazi battle rifle in deadly Dallas attack
https://nypost.com/2025/09/25/us-news/anti-ice-shooter-joshua-jahn-used-nazi-battle-rifle-in-attack-experts/
— Former FBI Director James Comey indicted on charges of lying to Congress, obstruction of justice
https://nypost.com/2025/09/25/us-news/former-fbi-director-james-comey-indicted-on-charges-of-lying-to-congress/
— How the teachers union uses pet politicians to smear charter schools
https://nypost.com/2025/09/25/opinion/how-teachers-union-uses-pet-politicians-to-smear-charter-schools/
BREITBART
— Border Patrol Swarms Chicago Home Depot in Dawn Immigration Raid Under Operation Midway Blitz
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/09/25/exclusive-border-patrol-swarms-chicago-home-depot-in-dawn-immigration-raid-under-operation-midway-blitz/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Chicago Public Schools Offer ‘Family Planning,’ Condoms, Abortion Information to Students
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/25/chicago-public-schools-offer-family-planning-condoms-abortion-information-to-students/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Joy Reid bashes Vance, says Yale accepted him due to affirmative action. UIC accepted me in 1966 because my ACT score was 24 and I graduated in the upper 20% of my class.
https://thehill.com/video/joy-reid-bashes-jd-vance-says-yale-accepted-him-due-to-affirmative-action-rising/11108997/
— Trump officials urge nations to join effort to restrict asylum system
https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-international/ap-trump-officials-urge-nations-to-join-global-effort-to-restrict-the-asylum-system/
WASHINGTON POST
— White House begins plan for mass firings if there’s a government shutdown. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of GAO’s employees like me who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $163,749-$195,200/year and were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I was all of the aforesaid plus they had only promoted me to GS-13 even though I had worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I had thee job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), I had six job-related professional certifications (accounting, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and I had a job-related professional license (CPA).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/09/25/government-shutdown-omb-firings-trump/
FROM OTHER SOURCES
KIPLINGER
— If you are working for a Democrat or RINO employer, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you will be forced you to retire early: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/retirement-planning/what-to-do-if-you-are-forced-into-early-retirement
JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY
— There are few Black CPAs. GAO employs very few Black CPAs. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and replaced me with my Black CPA subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He was not a licensed CPA like I was. Of course, my critics/opponents have no problem with that.
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/topics/career-management/black-cpa-centennial/
September 19, 2025 Evening Edition
ALL EVENTS
— Prayer rally for Charlie Kirk, Sunday, September 21, 7:00 PM, French Market in Wheaton
https://allevents.in/wheaton/wheaton-prayer-rally-charlie-kirk/200028897166429
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— How to watch the Charlie Kirk memorial service
https://abc7chicago.com/post/how-watch-charlie-kirk-memorial-service/17849688/
— 3 arrested as Democrats clash with ICE at Broadview facility. Democrat immigration enforcement protests become campaign opportunity for Democrat politicians running for office.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-protesters-gather-outside-broadview-facility-amid-operation-midway-blitz-immigration-crackdown/17847122/
NBC5
— Wheeling High School releases statement after debate on whether to honor alum Charlie Kirk
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/wheeling-high-school-releases-statement-after-debate-on-whether-to-honor-alum-charlie-kirk/3826768/
— Tear gas deployed during Democrat protests at suburban ICE facility
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-tear-gas-deployed-during-protests-at-suburban-ice-facility/3826711/
— Tense scene unfolds as Democrat protesters, ICE guards clash outside Broadview immigration facility
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/tense-scene-unfolds-as-protesters-ice-guards-clash-outside-broadview-immigration-facility/3826655/
— Lake County Sheriff’s office addresses viral claims of ‘agreements’ with ICE
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lake-county-sheriffs-office-addresses-viral-claims-of-agreements-with-ice/3826775/
CBS2
— Democrats protest outside Broadview ICE facility as federal agents deploy chemicals, drag demonstrators
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/broadview-ice-facility-protest-illinois/
— Democrats protest “Operation Midway Blitz” immigration operations underway in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/trump-operation-midway-blitz-immigration-operations-live-updates/
— Democrats decry that more than 400 ICE arrests made in Chicago area operation so far
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/400-ice-arrests-chicago-operation-midway-blitz/
— 4 Democrats detained after clashes with ICE agents in Broadview. What happens next to those arrested?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-protests-broadview-arrests-what-happens-next/
WGN9
— Tear gas deployed amid Democrat protest outside suburban ICE processing center
https://wgntv.com/western-suburbs/tear-gas-deployed-amid-protest-outside-suburban-ice-processing-center/
FOX32
— Senate declares Oct. 14 a ‘National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk’ with unanimous resolution
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/charlie-kirk-national-day-remembrance-october-14
— Democrat Illinois Lt. governor Juliana Stratton rallies with Democrat ICE protesters, says Trump is ‘stomping on the constitution’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/illinois-lt-governor-rallies-ice-125503854.html
— Democrats decry that more than 400 ICE arrests made in Chicago area operation so far
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/more-than-400-arrests-chicago-area-operation-immigration
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats decry results of Trump’s ICE ‘blitz’ in Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/19/trump-ice-blitz-results/
— Trump signs proclamation imposing $100K annual fee for H-1B visa applications. If those who hired me could have hired citizens of foreign countries instead of me, they would have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/19/trump-proclamation-100k-annual-fee-visa-applications/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Seven Illinois Democrats vote no on House resolution honoring Charlie Kirk, reflecting delegation split. The ceremonial resolution, introduced by Speaker Mike Johnson, calls Kirk a “courageous American patriot,” and said his “commitment to civil discussion and debate stood as a model for young Americans across the political spectrum.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/us-house/2025/09/19/us-house-resolution-honoring-charlie-kirk-illinois-democrats-split
— Democrat Illinois professors face threats after landing on Charlie Kirk group watch list. An online database compiled by Turning Point USA, affiliated with slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, identifies nearly 50 Democrat Illinois college instructors it labels “radical professors.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/09/19/illinois-professors-watchlist-charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa
— ICE fires chemical agents at Democrat Broadview protest: Live updates. At least two Democrats were arrested after ICE and Border Patrol agents confronted Democrat demonstrators. Democrat protesters said they haven’t seen the Democrats who were arrested since they were taken inside the Broadview processing center.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/live/ice-agent-broadview-facility-protest-today
DAILY HERALD
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump/Vance/Kirk-hating Trump/Vance/Kirk-haters will ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump/Vance/Kirk.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250919/business/more-employers-fire-workers-over-kirk-posts-as-pressure-from-right-mounts/
— Democrats try to block vehicles at key immigration building in suburban Broadview
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250919/news/protesters-try-to-block-vehicles-at-key-immigration-building-in-suburban-broadview/
— Democrats decry that more than 400 arrests made in Chicago area operation so far
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250919/chicago/more-than-400-arrests-made-in-chicago-area-operation-so-far-top-immigration-official-says/
— Democrats decry that ICE targets Chicago police in ramped-up recruitment push
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250919/news/ice-targets-chicago-police-in-ramped-up-recruitment-push/
— ‘More important to do it right’: DuPage County hits pause on revamp of Heritage Gallery. Conservative Republicans created DuPage County’s prosperity and safety. Democrats have successfully invaded, infiltrated, infested, and conquered DuPage County. They are ever-increasingly succeeding in driving conservative Republicans out of DuPage County. When Democrats move, poverty and crime increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250919/news/more-important-to-do-it-right-dupage-county-hits-pause-on-revamp-of-heritage-gallery/
— Wheaton rejects cat lounge along Roosevelt Road
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250919/news/wheaton-rejects-cat-lounge-along-roosevelt-road/
WGN RADIO
— Tear gas deployed amid Democrat protest outside suburban ICE processing center near Chicago
https://wgnradio.com/news/tear-gas-deployed-amid-protest-outside-suburban-ice-processing-center-near-chicago/
— Democrats decry that ICE arrests nearly 550 in Chicago area as part of ‘Midway Blitz’
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-more-than-400-arrests-made-in-chicago-area-operation-so-far-top-immigration-official-says/
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Democrats Biss, Abughazaleh, Amiwala confronted by ICE agents at Democrat Broadview ICE protest
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/09/19/city/biss-abughazaleh-confronted-by-agents-at-broadway-ice-protest/
RIVER BENDER
— Ted Dabrowski, Republican Candidate for Governor, Shares Views
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/ted-dabrowski-republican-candidate-for-governor-shares-views-86430.cfm
WHEATON PATCH
— City Council Votes Against Zoning Amendment For Cat Lounge On Roosevelt Road. Candle of Hope Foundation had sought the zoning amendment to bring a cat lounge to 923 Roosevelt Rd.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/city-council-votes-against-zoning-amendment-cat-lounge-roosevelt-road
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-386/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— The Leftist Machine That Killed Charlie Finally Has a Worthy Foe
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/09/17/the-leftist-machine-that-killed-charlie-finally-has-a-worthy-foe
— The Left killed Charlie Kirk
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2025/09/16/the-left-killed-charlie-kirk
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump unveils $1 million Gold Card for world’s wealthiest immigrants
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/19/trump-unveils-1-million-gold-card-worlds-wealthiest-immigrants/
— The radical left’s assassination culture. How can ‘unity’ ever be achieved with them?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/18/radical-lefts-assassination-culture/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ICE agents tear gas Democrat Chicago-area protesters outside detention center
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/3815722/ice-chicago-area-protesters-tear-gas-outside-detention-center/
— The forgotten Trump assassination attempt
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3815927/forgotten-trump-assassination-attempt-ryan-routh/
DAILY WIRE
— As Democrats Protest, ICE Arrests Illegals ‘Terrorizing American Communities’ “Nothing will slow ICE down from removing criminal illegal aliens …”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/as-democrats-protest-ice-arrests-illegals-terrorizing-american-communities
FEDERALIST
— Twelfth Grade Math And Reading Scores Are Worse Than Ever, Thanks To ‘Equity.’ Democrats run education in America.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/09/19/twelfth-grade-math-and-reading-scores-are-worse-than-ever-thanks-to-equity/
FOX NEWS
— Vance blames Kirk assassination on ‘left-wing political radicalization’ of shooter. From what I see, hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters ever-increasing hint/imply/argue/shout that Kirk brought it on himself, that is, that he caused his own assassination.
https://www.aol.com/news/jd-vance-blames-kirk-assassination-000035075.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— In anti-ICE Democrat protest, Illinois Democrats tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed by federal agents
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/anti-ice-protest-illinois-democrats-tear-gassed-pepper-sprayed-by-federal-agents-2025-09-19/
NEWSWEEK
— Democrat Candidate for Congress Thrown to the Ground by Alleged ICE Agent outside Broadview Processing Center
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-detention-center-kat-abughazaleh-illinois-democrat-broadview-2132643
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say why Kirk’s funeral is a seminal moment in the modern conservative movement. Kirk’s killing has galvanized and united the conservative movement in a singular way.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/19/charlie-kirk-funeral-unify-republicans-trump-vance/
TIMES UNION
— Democrat Florida federal judge tosses Trump’s $15B defamation lawsuit against The New York Times. U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday ruled that Trump’s 85-page lawsuit was overly long and full of “tedious and burdensome” language that had no bearing on the legal case. The judge gave Trump 28 days to file an amended complaint that should not exceed 40 pages.
https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/federal-judge-tosses-trump-s-15b-defamation-21057190.php
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat Pritzker, Fighting Republican Trump on Chicago Crime, Posed With Democrat Man Later Accused of Murder. Pritzker has vigorously resisted president’s push to send the National Guard to the Democratic stronghold.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/jb-pritzker-fighting-trump-on-chicago-crime-posed-with-man-later-accused-of-murder-eecf59ef
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— Federal agents use teargas and pepper balls to break up Democrat Chicago ICE protest. At least two Democrat protesters arrested as Democrat congressional candidate condemns ‘violent abuse of power.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/19/ice-protest-chicago-police
INDEPENDENT
— Illegals are fleeing across Canadian border after ICE raids as Quebec crossings jump 263%. All the illegals in America were invited in by Democrat and RINO leaders.
https://newswav.com/article/asylum-seekers-are-fleeing-across-canadian-border-after-rampant-ice-raids-a-A2509_Fk4iWA
September 16, 2025
Your reaction to the Kirk assignation defines not only what you think of conservatives, it defines who you really are.
What do you say to people who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who hint/imply/argue/shout that Kirk brought in on himself by being too conservative? I should write about the aforesaid people. They destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal drug use.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/15/narcan-vending-machines-cta/
— Black leaders concerned about ‘unwelcome’ climate in East Aurora School District
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/14/column-black-leaders-concerned-about-unwelcome-climate-in-east-aurora-school-district/
SOUTHERN
— As many remember Charlie Kirk, others debate his legacy. Your reaction to the Kirk assignation defines not only what you think of conservatives, it defines who you really are.
https://thesouthern.com/life-entertainment/faith/as-many-remember-charlie-kirk-others-debate-his-legacy/article_cc5e2179-89d1-5b8b-a435-43fc852b75c5.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump files $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-09-16/donald-trump-files-15-billion-defamation-lawsuit-against-the-new-york-times
NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Man Released After Being Charged In Connection With 6 Burglaries In Naperville. Prudencio Ugaban, 54, was charged in connection with a string of retail burglaries that took place between July 24 and Sept. 7.
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/man-charged-connection-6-burglaries-naperville
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— As Republican leaders in Illinois have ever-increasingly dumped more planks in the Republican Party platform, Republican candidates in Illinois have lost more elections.
https://www.chicagomag.com/news/the-trump-trap-has-doomed-illinois-republicans/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-591/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Buffalo Grove Teacher Tries to Block Kirk Tribute; Nancy Mace Calls to Defund Schools Lacking Accountability
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/buffalo-grove-teacher-tries-to-block-kirk-tribute-nancy-mace-calls-to-defund-schools-lacking-accountability.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— WICS-ABC20 Springfield TV anchor Beni Rae Harmony resigns after being suspended for airing ‘non-partisan tribute’ to Charlie Kirk. Harmony worked as a producer and administrator for Turning Point USA in the Washington, DC- Baltimore area from Aug. 2021 to Feb. 2022, according to her LinkedIn.
https://nypost.com/2025/09/16/us-news/illinois-tv-anchor-beni-rae-harmony-resigns-after-being-suspended-for-airing-non-partisan-tribute-to-charlie-kirk-following-his-assassination/
— FBI Director Kash Patel reveals details about Kirk assassin’s texts
https://nypost.com/2025/09/16/us-news/fbi-director-kash-patel-reveals-details-about-alleged-kirk-assassins-texts/
— Visa revocations already underway for foreigners who celebrate Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Marco Rubio says: ‘Prepare to be deported’
https://nypost.com/2025/09/16/us-news/visa-revocations-already-underway-for-foreigners-who-celebrate-charlie-kirks-assassination-marco-rubio-says-prepare-to-be-deported/
— Old man who falsely claimed he shot Charlie Kirk is known ‘gadfly’ who told cops he did it to ‘draw attention real shooter’
https://nypost.com/2025/09/16/us-news/old-man-who-falsely-claimed-he-shot-charlie-kirk-told-cops-he-did-it-to-draw-attention-real-shooter-report/
— Robinson’s ominous texts before Kirk assassination reveal his motive
https://nypost.com/2025/09/15/us-news/tyler-robinsons-ominous-texts-before-charlie-kirk-assassination-could-reveal-his-alleged-motive/
— Vance says if it weren’t for Charlie Kirk, he wouldn’t be VP
https://nypost.com/2025/09/15/us-news/jd-vance-makes-surprising-admission-in-wake-of-charlie-kirks-death/
AMERICAN THINKER
— What infuriated the left was that Democrats couldn’t compete with him or his ideas. So they killed him.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/how_many_times_can_you_say_these_awful_things.html
BREITBART
— ABC Affiliate Reporter in Illinois Resigns After Being Suspended for Charlie Kirk Tribute
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/16/abc-affiliate-reporter-resigns-after-being-suspended-for-charlie-kirk-tribute/
— Oxford Union President Faces No Confidence Vote over Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Killing
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/09/15/oxford-union-president-faces-no-confidence-vote-over-celebrating-charlie-kirks-killing/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Why the Left Celebrated Kirk’s Death and What To Do About It. Your reaction to the Kirk assignation defines not only what you think of conservatives, it defines who you really are.
https://www.creators.com/read/victor-joecks/09/25/why-the-left-celebrated-kirks-death-and-what-to-do-about-it
FOX NEWS
— Charlie Kirk’s suspected assassin confessed in Discord chat
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/charlie-kirk-s-suspected-assassin-confessed-in-discord-chat-report-says/vi-AA1MBg3N
— Vance hosts ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’ as memorial for conservative icon nears
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/vp-vance-host-charlie-kirk-show-memorial-arizona-9-15-2025
— Why blaming ‘the left’ is easier than deterring violence after Charlie Kirk’s murder. President makes comments following Charlie Kirk murder as he rejects suggestions about right-wing violence. If you condone, promote, or engage in violence, by definition, you are not right-wing.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/why-blaming-the-left-easier-than-deterring-violence-after-charlie-kirks-murder
— Young people restore Charlie Kirk memorial mural with Bible verses after vandals deface tribute. Vandals wrote ‘a good Nazi is a dead Nazi’ and ‘Free Palestine’ across Kirk memorial at Pensacola’s Graffiti Bridge
https://www.foxnews.com/us/young-people-restore-charlie-kirk-memorial-mural-bible-verses-after-vandals-deface-tribute
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired over Race-Baiting Charlie Kirk Rant
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/washington-post-columnist-says-she-was-fired-over-race-baiting-charlie-kirk-rant/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Vance’s emotional tribute to his murdered friend Charlie Kirk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB9Up9B4bz0
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSNBC
— ‘Horrific moment’: Kirk killing reveals deep divides in U.S. Your reaction to the Kirk assignation defines not only what you think of conservatives, it defines who you really are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXoYQaNRaV0
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly prefer foreign students over American students.
https://apnews.com/article/travel-ban-trump-college-international-students-2b23373c85cafbdcfc7a2498d66cb83d
ABC NEWS
— Robinson tracked Kirk’s schedule for days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=graQgIk2NOM
CBS NEWS
— Many Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations scrapped due to ICE raid fears, changed political climate
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hispanic-heritage-month-very-different-ice-raids-changed-political-climate/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Republicans Honor Charlie Kirk at Vigil in the Capitol. Only a handful of Democrats and none of the party’s top leaders attended the ceremony, an outpouring of praise and mourning for the right-wing activist, who was assassinated last week. Because I did not know Kirk, I do not have standing to organize an event in Wheaton for Kirk. But what if someone in Wheaton who knew Kirk arranged an event for Kirk? How many would attend? Who would attend? Who would boycott the event?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/politics/republicans-charlie-kirk-vigil-capitol.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010401038/republicans-charlie-kirk-vigil-capitol.html
— Trump Announces New Deadly Strike on Boat From Venezuela
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/15/us/trump-news
— Affirmative Action Is Dead. What Should Universities Do Now? UIC accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 because they could find a qualified minority or female.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/books/review/the-fall-of-affirmative-action-justin-driver.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/opinion/trump-charlie-kirk.html
— Democrats Cannot Just Buy Back the Working Class.. My critics/opponents despise if not hate the working class. I was a member of the working class for 33 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/opinion/democrats-working-class-hardhat-riot.html
— Voucher Push Is Reshaping Private School Education. My parents had a lot less money because they paid to send my brother and I to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. Because of that, I had to work my way through college. Because of that, my GPA suffered.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/us/voucher-study-private-school-tuition.html
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/chicago-trump-ice-mexican-immigrants.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump is ever-increasingly cracking down on criminals and illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their criminals and their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/politics/jd-vance-charlie-kirk-show.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/us/charlie-kirk-college-campuses-american-political-battles.html?searchResultPosition=2
WASHINGTON POST
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasing promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/15/texas-tech-charlie-kirk-camryn-booker/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/15/vance-charlie-kirk-podcast-episode/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasing promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-15/director-of-dei-at-ucla-on-leave-after-charlie-kirk-posts
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: To destroy traditional marriage and family, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy men.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/09/christian-manosphere-ideology-male-primacy-politics-women/84423882007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: My father never made more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother never attended high school and never worked outside of the home until after he died. But nevertheless, they sent my brother and I to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. My critics/opponents have always used that to demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents, and therefore me, as being filthy rich.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/health/2025/09/08/high-child-care-return-to-office-women/85975262007/
— Democrat GAO
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/09/07/what-makes-company-reputation-happy-employees/85666449007/
12 NEWS
— Turning Point USA’s Tyler Bowyer speaks at Charlie Kirk vigil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FuV2h_S2c8
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Unleashes the Antisocial Media. Our newly democratized digital discourse seems on track to turn into a French Revolution-style terror.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/charlie-kirks-assassination-unleashes-the-antisocial-media-a469c85d
— Your reaction to the Kirk assignation defines not only what you think of conservatives, it defines who you really are.
https://www.wsj.com/business/charlie-kirk-death-social-media-post-jobs-0773a8ac
FORBES
— ‘They Are Being Radicalized’: Trump, Bondi Warn Of Youth Radicalization After Kirk Assassination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggJEvIALIJQ
FAST COMPANY
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasing promote more hatred against Kirk.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91404996/far-right-groups-are-doxxing-people-who-criticize-charlie-kirks-death
NEW STATEMAN
— Your reaction to the Kirk assignation defines not only what you think of conservatives, it defines who you really are.
https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2025/09/why-charlie-kirk-was-killed
HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Gets Royal U.K. Welcome As Right Rages Over Charlie Kirk Killing. King Charles III hosts the president this week with a lavish, multiday ceremony aimed at diplomacy. The right, meanwhile, is grappling with Kirk’s murder. Your reaction to the Kirk assignation defines not only what you think of conservatives, it defines who you really are.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-king-charles-live-updates_n_68c80c2be4b0642964ce9b92
AXIOS
— Rubio says U.S. is deporting visa holders who celebrated Kirk’s killing
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/16/kirk-death-us-revoking-visas-rubio-deportations
— Why Arizona is the epicenter of Charlie Kirk memorials
https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2025/09/16/arizona-charlie-kirk-memorials-funeral
FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— Illinois reporter Beni Rae Harmony suspended for on-air comments on Charlie Kirk’s death; resigns
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/video-illinois-reporter-beni-rae-harmony-suspended-for-on-air-comments-on-charlie-kirks-death-resigns-later/articleshow/123911496.cms
SKY NEWS
— Leftist media ‘spewing lies’ in desperate attempt to smear Charlie Kirk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiWfJWsfCII
— Leftie influencers ‘hypocrisy’ exposed in celebration of Charlie Kirk’s murder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z5i88eVjHw
— Gen Z will mourn Charlie Kirk as man who could connect with youth like ‘no one else could’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itl192EidHE
— Vance honors Charlie Kirk’s critical role in the election of the Trump administration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP8O_I3WM2k
— Vance says ‘left-wing extremism’ contributed to killing – as ‘confession message’ revealed
https://news.sky.com/story/jd-vance-hosts-charlie-kirk-show-in-tribute-to-influencer-and-claims-left-wing-extremism-a-factor-in-assassination-13431822
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Who is Beni Rae Harmony? Illinois’ ABC-affiliate anchor resigns over Charlie Kirk tribute.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-is-beni-rae-harmony-illinois-abc-affiliate-anchor-resigns-over-charlie-kirk-tribute-row-101757983676934.html
— Tyler Robinson’s chilling texts before Charlie Kirk shooting reveal his motive
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/could-tyler-robinsons-chilling-texts-before-charlie-kirk-shooting-reveal-his-motive-what-we-know-101758002120713.html
— Tyler Robinson confession: What the alleged Charlie Kirk killer said on Discord
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/tyler-robinson-confession-what-the-alleged-charlie-kirk-killer-said-on-discord-101757997726470.html
— How Charlie Kirk Changed American Politics
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/how-charlie-kirk-changed-american-politics-101758005243818.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Vance says national unity is impossible with those who celebrate Kirk’s killing
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/jd-vance-says-national-unity-is-impossible-with-those-celebrating-charlie-kirks-killing/articleshow/123916660.cms
FEDERAL
— Rubio says visa revocations underway for those celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder
https://thefederal.com/category/international/rubio-visa-revocations-charlie-kirk-assassination-206949
— Trump sues New York Times for USD 15 bn, calls it ‘most degenerate’ newspaper The lawsuit alleges a ‘decades-long campaign of lies’ by the newspaper against the US president, his family, business and the ‘nation as a whole.’
https://thefederal.com/category/international/trump-sues-nyt-15-billion-dollars-democratic-mouthpiece-206944
September 7, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/07/column-immigrants-us-opinion-page/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/29/heidi-stevens-chicago-violence-pritzker-trump/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Student enrollment at Illinois’ regional universities is plummeting. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, demographics trump everything. I earned a) a bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 46, and 48, and d) a professional license when I was 32 I spent a tremendous amount of time and money doing the aforesaid. But could I find the motivation to do the aforesaid if I was young today? From what I see, fewer and fewer and fewer of those share demographics seek college degrees, professional certifications, and professional licenses. From what I see, it is because of ever-increasing Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, it is because of ever-increasing race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Young people with my demographics ever-increasingly believe that it is not only not worth the effort, but that it is impossible. From what I see, ever-increasingly, America is up-or-out for those who share my demographics. If you share my demographics, you are written off and gotten rid of if you are not making say $150,000+/year by age 25, $200,000+/year by age 30, $250,000+/year by age 35, $400,000+/year by age 40, etc. In the federal government, the earnings deadlines are $117,807 by age 25, $139,211 by age 30, $163,749 by age 35, and $195,200 by age 40. Extremely few of those who share my demographics are able to meet those earnings deadlines. Because of my demographics and because I did not make any of the aforesaid earnings deadlines, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and got rid of me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/06/illinois-regional-universities-student-enrollment-plummeting/
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with China
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/02/cyr-china-summit/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/06/ice-raids-chicago-immigration-saturday-trump
DAILY HERALD
— Want to retire early? Ask yourself 4 questions. I did not want to retire early. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Being forced to retire early is devastating. I should write about that. Your critics/opponents use it against you big time. You have far less money for the rest of your life.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250906/business/want-to-retire-early-ask-yourself-these-4-questions/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-federal-intervention-latest-president-trumps-immigration-enforcement-possible-national-guard-deployment-live-updates/17758521/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toqWdV5Ok4I
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protest-against-deployment-of-federal-troops-to-chicago-takes-over-michigan-avenue/3820529/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protestors-rally-march-against-ice-operations-outside-naval-stations-great-lakes/3820498/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkI2jO_-GZo
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/protestors-fill-downtown-chicago-streets-to-oppose-trumps-immigration-crackdown/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1703641
WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/06/chicago-s-mexican-independence-day-celebrations-shadowed-donald-trump-s-threats
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.rrstar.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2025/09/06/rockford-residents-protest-trump-troops-in-chicago-see-photos/86022065007/
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Illinois House and Senate Republicans sue over general assembly three readings rule.
https://muddyrivernews.com/politics/miller-ill-house-and-senate-republicans-sue-over-general-assembly-procedure/20250907080952/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vices and addictions
https://muddyrivernews.com/business/sponsored-content/best-delta-9-gummies-in-2025-top-hemp-derived-thc-edibles/20250906135257/
SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Illinois Republicans slam crime challenges in Chicago and region
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2025/09/07/illinois-republicans-slam-crime-challenges-in-chicago-and-region/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders side with South Korea against America
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-09-06/ice-arrests-at-a-georgia-hyundai-plant-create-new-tension-with-south-korea
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/06/thousands-march-downtown-to-protest-trumps-deportation-threats/
POSITIVELY Naperville
— As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2025/09/06/loaves-fishes-take-action-against-hunger-meeting-the-need-together/152874
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Higher ed spending up as enrollment plummets at Illinois universities
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_617b76b1-8f89-4bb4-9233-592971e44066.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BLAZE
— Trump’s DOJ cracks down on defiant sanctuary city mayor shielding illegal aliens
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trumps-doj-cracks-down-on-defiant-sanctuary-city-mayor-shielding-illegal-aliens
DAILY SIGNAL
— El Paso Streets Empty After Years of Chaos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGf95Uj3joc
DAILY WIRE
— For The First Time In 40 Years, The Federal Government Can Judge Applicants By Merit. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and by earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and by earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA, by passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, by almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/for-the-first-time-in-40-years-the-federal-government-can-judge-applicants-by-merit
FOX NEWS
— Trump roils Chicago Democrats with ‘Apocalypse Now’ meme hinting at National Guard deployment
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-roils-chicago-democrats-apocalypse-now-meme-hinting-national-guard-deployment
— Gianno Caldwell: Dems know Trump will ‘put their incompetence on full display’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6378668738112
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-mayor-calls-trumps-federalization-threats-beneath-honor-our-nation-protests-planned
NEWSMAX
— Trump Takes Aim at Chicago, Warns of ‘Chipocalypse Now’
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/donald-trump-jd-vance-chicago/2025/09/06/id/1225374/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Declares ‘Chipocalypse Now’ — Here’s Why He Wants to Clear the Illegals Out of Chicago
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/09/06/heres-why-trump-wants-chipocalypse-to-clear-illegals-out-of-chicago-n4943411
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Biden Promised This Plant Would Create Jobs: Trump’s DHS Just Caught Hundreds of Illegals Working There
https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-promised-plant-create-jobs-trumps-dhs-just-caught-hundreds-illegals-working/
TOWNHALL
— Trump: Chicago To See ‘Department of War’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/09/06/trump-chicago-will-find-out-why-its-called-the-department-of-war-n2662864
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5490496-democrats-blast-trump-for-war-threats-on-us-cities/
CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/06/politics/video/we-are-all-dc-protest-vrtc
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/chicago-protesters-defiant-face-trumps-deportation-threats-2025-09-06/
— Democrat leaders side with South Korea against America
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/south-korea-says-us-release-video-showing-workers-arrest-was-regrettable-2025-09-06/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLHmVol4wHg
https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/chicago-protest-photos-ab99f57029057aa9919be802f85876c2
UPI
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2025-09-06/photos-capture-chicagoans-protest-against-ice-and-trumps-intervention-plans
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/thousands-rally-against-trump-s-troop-deployment-in-d-c-246952517617
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/d-c-rallies-in-protest-of-trump-s-federal-troops-246951493890
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/sen-durbin-calls-trump-post-about-chicago-disgusting-246948421851
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/video/chicago-residents-protest-as-trump-threatens-to-send-in-national-guard/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/opinion/trump-senate-democrats-shutdown.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/us/politics/trump-congresss-power.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/us/trump-chicago-ice-raids-immigration.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use slavery against Republicans. They ever-increasingly a) paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederates and b) paint today’s Democrats as being yesterday’s Union Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/opinion/slavery-trump-burgum-history.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Sanders and Mamdani
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/06/mamdani-sanders-nyc-mayor-race/400938f2-8b95-11f0-895c-97bd39cbdc59_story.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/09/06/we-are-all-dc-march/
— West Point alumni group cancels award ceremony for Tom Hanks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/06/tom-hanks-west-point/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-09-06/chicagos-mexican-independence-day-celebrations-shadowed-by-trumps-threats-for-the-city
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-06/ice-recruitment-law-enforcement-commercial
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-09-06/lgbtq-catholics-make-holy-year-pilgrimage-to-rome-and-celebrate-a-new-feeling-of-welcome
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/09/06/dc-march-protest-trumps-troops-photos/86014322007/
PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if those who are White, male, older, Protestant, and/or German American succeed, it is because they have benefitted from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/reverse-discrimination-data-shows-white-americans-still-advantaged/article_1d739c0f-f756-41ff-aaa4-a0837e04f1a5.html
DETROIT NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/06/chicagos-mexican-independence-day-celebrations-shadowed-by-trumps-threats-for-the-city/86023096007/
FORBES
— Hegseth And Trump Tout Military Recruitment Numbers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNtN5HLqb1A
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqH-GKudZiA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpbq-SiorRc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rY8QfGt_KA
— ‘It Was Called Department Of War—And Then We Went Woke’: Trump Explains Department Of War Renaming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuBGsmAJp_g
FED SMITH
— The New Federal Hiring Process Explained: What Changed in 2025? OPM’s new Merit Hiring Plan dramatically changes the federal hiring process. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I qualified myself for the Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and by earning a high school diploma. I qualified myself for the IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination and by earning a bachelor’s degree in business. I qualified myself for the GAO job by earning an MBA, by passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, by almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/07/30/new-federal-hiring-process-explained-what-changed-in-2025/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.aol.com/trump-revokes-workplace-discrimination-rules-203613130.html
INDIAN EXPRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/illinois-gov-calls-trump-dictator-trump-threatens-chicago-apocalyptic-force-10234744/
BBC
— Seoul holds emergency meeting after citizens detained in US Hyundai raid
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yvjnp295xo
September 3, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago preparing for National Guard deployment, increased immigration enforcement. City updates website with protections for immigrant, refugee communities; organizations prepare for sweeps of homeless encampments. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-national-guard-preps-chicago-deployment-president-trump-positions-feds-north-suburbs-governor-jb-pritzker-says/17728426/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://abc7chicago.com/post/west-ridge-residents-push-back-former-chicago-police-officers-opening-dispensary-western-peterson/17734208/
— Conservative news network Newsmax files antitrust lawsuit against Fox News
https://abc7chicago.com/post/conservative-news-network-newsmax-files-antitrust-lawsuit-fox/17731898/
NBC5
— Trump says Pritzker ‘has to ask us’ for National Guard deployment to Chicago. Trump’s administration still plans to send additional federal assets to the city for immigration enforcement actions, with Pritzker saying those operations could begin this weekend. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trump-says-pritzker-has-to-ask-us-for-national-guard-deployment-to-chicago/3819199/
CBS2
— Communities in Chicago’s northern suburbs prepare for possible ICE surge. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/communities-chicago-northern-suburbs-possible-ice-surge/
WGN9
— Reported ICE activity at Chicago domestic violence courthouse sparks outrage and fear. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://wgntv.com/migrants-in-chicago/reported-ice-activty-at-chicago-domestic-violence-courthouse-sparks-outrage-and-fear/
FOX32
— Vance visits Annunciation Church a week after mass shooting
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/jd-vance-minneapolis-visit-annunciation-shooting-sept-3-2025
WTTW
— Pritzker: Trump Plans to Send Texas National Guard, ‘Armed Military Personnel’ to Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/09/02/trump-plans-send-texas-national-guard-armed-military-personnel-chicago-pritzker
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker expecting federal ‘actions’ by weekend as local officials brace for 300 immigration agents. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/pritzker-federal-deployment-0903/
— North Chicago and Waukegan officials brace for 300 ICE agents at Naval Station Great Lakes. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/guard-ice-waukegan-north-chicago/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/veterans-resist-trump-orders/
— A federal appeals court in Chicago on Tuesday overturned a ruling by a lower court that found it unconstitutional for Illinois residents with concealed carry permits to be barred from carrying guns on public transportation. Criminals are overjoyed. Criminals vote for Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/federal-court-legal-ban-guns-cta-metra/
— Judge reverses Trump administration’s cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/trump-harvard-funding-cuts/
— National Republican movement visits Orland Park in push for stricter voting measures. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/03/orland-park-event-tighten-voter-requirements/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CTU calls for remote learning option for families amid looming immigration raids. The teachers union is ramping up efforts to inform parents and students about their rights, but members say the fear is palpable. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/09/03/ctu-remote-learning-immigration-raids
— Flash-bang grenades and early morning raids: How Trump is planning to target Chicago. Hundreds of federal agents are being sent to a suburban naval base from Los Angeles, where an immigration blitz spurred protests that pushed President Trump to call in the National Guard. Trump has since threatened to send the Guard to Chicago while promising a crime crackdown and immigration arrests. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/09/03/chicago-illinois-crime-immigration-ice-national-guard-donald-trump-jb-pritzker
— Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade to be held with precautions amid potential deportation campaign. Volunteers stationed along the parade, scheduled for Saturday, will carry radios, cellphones and whistles to quickly report any issues, its organizer told the Sun-Times. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09/03/mexican-independence-parade-immigration-threats
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-history/2025/09/03/soldiers-in-chicago-history-national-guard-deployment-donald-trump
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250903/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-question-of-mission-trumps-insistence-on-sending-guard-here-is-plagued-b/
— Large July gathering at Glen Ellyn pool leads to another misdemeanor arrest
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250903/news/large-july-gathering-at-glen-ellyn-pool-leads-to-another-misdemeanor-arrest/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/public-safety/2025/09/03/chicago-crime-violence-o-block-oblock-parkway-gardens-donald-trump-national-guard
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://chicagocrusader.com/ramirez-duckworth-durbin-il-delegation-members-demand-trump-stop-the-politically-motivated-unlawful-deployment-of-military-personnel-in-chicago/
WREX
— Illinois elections board refuses to give DOJ sensitive voter data. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.wrex.com/news/illinois-news/illinois-elections-board-refuses-to-give-doj-sensitive-voter-data/article_a23ab994-348c-48ba-ab52-9c803f640b6c.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker says Trump trying to set a legal trap by demanding the governor call him
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/03/pritzker-says-trump-trying-to-set-a-legal-trap-by-demanding-the-governor-call-him/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/09/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-374/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Only Citizens Vote Bus Tour Hits the Midwest. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2025/09/weyermuller-only-citizens-vote-bus-tour-hits-the-midwest.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Brandon Johnson: America’s least-popular mayor. Black, Hispanic Chicagoans like ICE agents more than they like Brandon Johnson. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/3/brandon-johnson-americas-least-popular-mayor/
NEW YORK POST
— Pirro rips Pritzker after bloody Labor day weekend in Chicago — ‘He should be ashamed of himself’
https://nypost.com/2025/09/02/media/pirro-calls-out-pritzker-after-deadly-weekend-in-chicago-he-should-be-ashamed-of-himself/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Alphabet news agencies proving wokeness is alive and well.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/alphabet_news_agencies_proving_wokeness_is_alive_and_well.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illinois Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton is advising illegal aliens on how to evade immigration enforcement and lawyer up. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/09/03/illinois-lt-governor-is-advising-illegal-aliens-on-how-to-evade-immigration-enforcement-and-lawyer-up-1582067/
BREITBART
— Trump’s DHS Secures Deals with More than 900 Police Departments to Help Arrest Criminal Illegal Aliens. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/03/trumps-dhs-secures-deals-more-than-900-police-deptartments-help-arrest-criminal-illegal-aliens/
— H-1B Visa Program Is ‘Kneecapping White Collar Workers’ Across America. If there had been as many H-1B visa holders when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/03/sen-eric-schmitt-h-1b-visa-program-kneecapping-white-collar-workers-across-america/
DAILY CALLER
— Johnson demands that Trump push gun control. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/09/03/brandon-johnson-issues-absurd-demand-to-trump-about-second-amendment/
EPOCH TIMES
— Largest Seizure of Fentanyl, Meth Precursors From China. The drugs would have made hundreds of thousands of pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of half a billion dollars.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/us-announces-largest-seizure-of-chinese-fentanyl-meth-precursors-5909765
NEWSMAX
— Appeals Court OKs Illinois Ban on Carrying Guns on Mass Transit
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/guns-mass-transit-concealed-carry/2025/09/03/id/1224973/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Pritzker: Trump Staging Texas National Guard To Do “Terror And Cruelty” In Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect criminals and illegals.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/09/03/illinois_gov_pritzker_trump_is_planning_to___texas_national_guard_to_chicago.html
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Which countries will side with China against America in WWIII?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/3/china-reclaims-allied-role-world-war-iis-victory/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Vance says ‘no immediate’ plans to send National Guard to Chicago
https://www.wjbf.com/hill-politics/vance-says-no-immediate-plans-to-send-national-guard-to-chicago/amp/
CBS NEWS
— Vance says “no immediate plans” for Trump to send National Guard to Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vance-chicago-national-guard-no-immediate-plans-trump/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— China Flaunts Military Might With Lavish Parade—and Sends Warning to Washington. Which countries will side with China against America in WWIII?
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-military-parade-message-ff1a13ef
— What We Know About America’s Billionaires: 1,135 and Counting
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/what-we-know-about-americas-billionaires-1-135-and-counting-98d22268
September 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
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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 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 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 10, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 27 shot, 5 fatally, in weekend gun violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-10-shot-2-fatally-gun-violence-city-police-department-says/17483197/
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/texas-democrats-welcomed-saint-sabina-church-chicago-mark-1-week-illinois-protesting-redistricting/17494831/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/abortion-laws-what-know-how-donald-trumps-judicial-picks-could-reshape-rights-decades/17493499/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/will-gov-jb-pritzker-run-for-president-in-2028-governor-addresses-speculation/3807572/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander to favor minorities
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/rainbow-push-coalition-texas-democrats-republican-redistricting-protest/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://wgntv.com/news/texas-democrats-find-support-at-st-sabina-church-amid-redistricting-battle/
— I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/from-homework-help-to-career-prep-where-can-students-get-free-tutoring-in-chicago/
FOX32
— Pot pushers ever-increasingly push Trump to push pot
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-considers-reclassifying-marijuana-less-dangerous-drug-report
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/10/jb-pritzker-wont-rule-out-2028-presidential-bid-meet-press/
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/pritzker-trump-abbott-cheating-texas-gerrymandering-1235404675/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/08/10/texas-democrats-gop-redistricting-illinois
DAILY HERALD
— Texas governor promises to keep redistricting fight going for years
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250810/nation-and-world/texas-governor-promises-to-keep-redistricting-fight-going-for-years/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/jb-pritzker-wont-rule-out-presidential-run
FOX RADIO
— My critics/opponents despise/hate unions. I was a union member for almost 12 years.
https://wgnradio.com/the-workers-mic/the-workers-mic-08-10-25-the-workers-mic-talk-about-the-updated-requirments-for-ice-recruitment/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump vows crackdown on crime in D.C., orders homeless to leave capital immediately.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-vows-crackdown-on-crime-in-dc-orders-homeless-to-leave-capital-immediately-news-conference-doge-carjacking-task-force-doug-burgum-interior-secretary-citywide-curfew-juveniles-karoline-leavitt-zones
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Vance says Republican redistricting efforts remedy Democratic gerrymandering in blue states
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/10/vance-says-republican-redistricting-efforts-remedy-democratic/
— Texas launches full legal assault on runaway Democrats blocking redistricting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/10/texas-launches-full-legal-assault-runaway-democrats-blocking/
— Pritzker calls runaway Texas Democrats ‘heroes,’ vows to provide ‘safe haven’ in Illinois
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/10/jb-pritzker-calls-runaway-texas-democrats-heroes-vows-provide-safe/
— Why Americans aren’t having children. Careers and consumerism can’t bring fulfillment.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/10/americans-arent-children/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker rips ‘joke’ Abbott on Texas redistricting for ‘licking the boots’ of Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3495748/jb-pritzker-greg-abbott-texas-illinois-redistricting/
NEW YORK POST
— Pritzker hits back at Mamdani for declaring billionaires shouldn’t exist.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/10/us-news/illinois-gov-pritzker-rips-mamdani-for-attacking-billionaires/
— Trump vows to push homeless people out of DC, jail criminals: ‘We want our Capital BACK’
https://nypost.com/2025/08/10/us-news/trump-vows-to-push-homeless-people-out-of-dc-and-get-our-capital-back/
DAILY CALLER
— ‘You’re Using The Same Tactics’: Pritzker Ducks Question When Pressed On Illinois Gerrymandering Hypocrisy
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/10/youre-using-the-same-tactics-jb-pritzker-ducks-question-when-pressed-on-illinois-gerrymandering-hypocrisy/
DAILY SIGNAL
— When Liberals Say What They Really Think of Illegal Immigrants. Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/08/10/condescension-when-liberals-say-what-they-really-think-illegal-immigrants/
PJ MEDIA
— Obama’s Rise to Power Was Engineered by Gerrymandering
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/08/10/barack-obama-owes-his-entire-political-career-to-gerrymandering-n4942578
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Vance: Blue States Have Already Maxed Out Advantage With Gerrymandering, Counting Illegals In Census
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/10/vance_blue_states_have_already_maxed_out_advantage_by_gerrymandering_districts_counting_illegals_in_census.html
— Pritzker is asked: How Do You Preserve Democracy If Illinois Uses The Same Tactics You’re Criticizing Texas Republicans For?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/10/pritzker_texas_republicans_whittling_away_democray_to_lick_trumps_boots.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The more protected groups that citizens of foreign countries are a member of, the more that Democrat leaders invite them to falsely claim asylum. Those Democrat leaders should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5444217-salvadoran-woman-denied-asylum/
CBS NEWS
— Trump says homeless should leave D.C. “IMMEDIATELY” — after floating federal takeover of capital
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-homeless-should-leave-d-c-immediately-after-floating-federal-takeover-of-capital/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat candidates win because of Democrat gerrymandering.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/us/politics/fighting-fire-with-fire-democrats-on-defense-as-texas-redistricting-looms.html
WASHINGTON POST
— FBI moves to dispatch 120 agents to D.C. streets as Trump vows crackdown on crime. The Trump administration has assigned FBI agents to work overnight shifts to combat carjackings and other crimes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/10/dc-crime-trump-crackdown/
MSN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Ramirez
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dhs-stoops-to-new-low-in-racist-attack-on-democratic-lawmaker/ar-AA1JXpkL
NPR
— Democrat leaders encourage citizens of foreign countries to falsely claim asylum in America. Those Democrat leaders should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://www.wypr.org/2025-08-10/asylum-seekers-thought-they-were-following-the-rules-now-some-are-told-to-start-over
POLITICO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/10/democrats-pritzker-republicans-redistricting-gerrymandering-00501739
ROLLING STONE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly gerrymander
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/pritzker-trump-abbott-cheating-texas-gerrymandering-1235404675/