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August 25, 2025 Evening Edition

July 10, 2025 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— Taxpayer-Funded Benefits Are for American Citizens — Not Illegals
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/taxpayer-funded-benefits-are-for-american-citizens-not-illegals/
— Democrats Inspire Vicious, Escalating Attacks on ICE
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/democrats-inspire-vicious-escalating-attacks-on-ice/
— ICE Remains Undeterred in Getting Dangerous Criminal Illegals Off Our Streets
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/ice-remains-undeterred-in-getting-dangerous-criminal-illegals-off-our-streets/
— President Donald J. Trump Ensures Accountability and Prioritizes Public Safety in Federal Hiring. 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, or veteran who would take the job. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment examination with him earlier that year. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/07/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-ensures-accountability-and-prioritizes-public-safety-in-federal-hiring/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-food-assistance-snap-changes-threaten-benefits-thousands-illinois-thanks-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-act/17056084/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/suburban-food-banks-bracing-for-impact-of-federal-snap-funding-cuts/3786886/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/10/wisconsin-illinois-abortions/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Office demand freefall resumes as downtown vacancy reaches a new record high
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/chicago-downtown-office-vacancy-reaches-new-record-high

RIVER BENDER
— If Duckworth wanted to, what would she use against you? Against me, she would use a) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, b) my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, c) my opposing race and gender based preference giving, d) my only making GS-13 (Major in the military), e) my being forced to retire early, f) my supporting Roskam, g) her success in throwing me out of her press conference in 2006, h) the many big adverse actions that Republican leaders have had their operatives and their dupes take against me, i) the lawsuits that I have filed, j) etc.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-grills-trumps-singapore-ambassador-nominee-this-is-not-a-glamour-postingyou-need-to-shape-up-and-do-your-homework-84217.cfm

CITIES 92.9
— Illinois public media could lose millions in federal tax funds
https://www.cities929.com/2025/07/10/watch-illinois-public-media-could-lose-millions-in-federal-tax-funds/

CHICAGO READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movie-feature/shea-coulee-drag-queen-ironheart-marvel/

CAPITOL HILL ILLINOIS
— How dependent on Medicaid is your hospital?
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-hospitals-fear-massive-cuts-under-trump-domestic-policy-law/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/07/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-342/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago pension debt climbs to $36B, up 13% in five years
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_21e2f65b-f2ee-4669-ba36-87d0582394ee.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order, certifies class action
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/10/judge-blocks-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-certifies-class/

BREITBART
— DNC Chair on Mamdani Not Condemning Intifada Slogan: We’re a Big Tent
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/07/09/dnc-chair-on-mamdani-not-condemning-intifada-slogan-were-a-big-tent/

DAILY CALLER
— Dems Unveil Anti-ICE Face Mask Bill Immediately After Coordinated Attack Against Agents
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/09/dems-push-mask-bills-amid-ice-attacks/
— Trump Admin’s Latest Move Expected To Save Americans Millions Doled Out To Illegals
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/10/hhs-boots-illegals-from-taxpayer-programs/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump’s Dept Of Education Shuts Door On Free Tuition For Illegals
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-dept-of-education-shuts-door-on-free-tuition-for-illegals

EPOCH TIMES
— Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order After Supreme Court Ruling
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/federal-judge-issues-new-nationwide-block-targeting-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-5885598

NEWSMAX
— Illegals Barred From Head Start, Other Programs
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigrants-federal-programs-hhs/2025/07/10/id/1218337/

TOWNHALL
— HHS Bans Illegals From Getting Benefits
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeremyfrankel/2025/07/10/hhs-bans-illegals-from-getting-benefits-n2660194

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

REUTERS
— According to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the following only because I benefitted tremendously from tremendous discrimination against minorities and against females: a) earn three master’s degrees, b) earn six professional certifications, and c) earn a professional license. I should write about my Democrat IRS and GAO minority and female coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/what-is-dei-practice-trump-is-trying-dismantle-2025-01-30/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— B-Schools for High-Paying Finance, Accounting Jobs. Alumni of these schools working in the finance and accounting industry often earn six-figure salaries. I should have majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul until 1976. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until 1979. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until 1980. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until 1981. I did not become a licensed CAP until 1981. But by then, the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the accounting profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young women.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/slideshows/mba-programs-that-lead-to-high-paying-finance-and-accounting-jobs

BOSTON COLLEGE
— For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/10/opinion/trump-harvard-accreditation-risk/

WCBM
— HHS Bans Illegals From Getting Benefits
https://wcbm.com/national-headline/hhs-bans-illegals-from-getting-benefits/

WIBQ
— Duckworth helps introduce bill on ICE identification. Many, most, if not virtually everyone looks down on/despises/hates federal employees. I know that because I was one for almost 30 years and because I have been a retired federal employee for almost 28 years. I should write about that. I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not invited me to take the postal employment examination with him earlier that year. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://wibqam.com/2025/07/10/illinois-senator-helps-introduce-bill-on-ice-identification/

FORBES
— Democrat and RINO leaders oppose meritocracy because it hinders their giving preference to minorities and to females. My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I earned an MBA in 1976 and when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 because my Democrat minority and female coworkers who they wanted to promote over me had not done anything like what I did.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/katymcfee/2024/03/21/the-dangerous-myth-of-meritocracy-and-how-it-hurts-women/

MEDIAITE
— If Duckworth wanted to, what would she use against you? Against me, she would use a) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, b) my and my wife giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, c) my opposing race and gender based preference giving, d) my only making GS-13 (Major in the military), e) my being forced to retire early, f) my supporting Roskam, g) her success in throwing me out of her press conference in 2006, h) the many big adverse actions that Republican leaders have had their operatives and their dupes take against me, i) the lawsuits that I have filed, j) etc.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/tammy-duckworth-torches-unqualified-singapore-ambassador-nominee-do-some-homework/

ECONOMIST
— Anti-Americans ever-increasingly fight harder to destroy America
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/07/10/the-global-asylum-system-is-falling-apart

June 19, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— ICE agents requested permission to use Dodger Stadium parking lots and were denied
https://abc7chicago.com/post/protest-dodger-stadium-gets-underway-immigration-agents-seen-nearby-amid-reports-more-ice-raids-la-county/16791397/
— Chicago veterans oppose US involvement in Israel-Iran conflict
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-veterans-oppose-president-donald-trump-making-hasty-decision-us-involvement-israel-iran-conflict/16792022/

CBS2
— Rahm Emanuel considering run for president
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/rahm-emanuel-considering-run-for-president-2028/

FOX32
— Senator Paul warns Trump ‘can’t bomb anyone without permission’ as Iran debate heats up
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/sen-paul-trump-iran-debate-heats-up
— Republicans divided over the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1661426

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/19/ice-raids-workers-businesses-impacted/
— Juneteenth celebrations across the US commemorate the end of slavery. In the Civil War, Democrats fought for slavery and Republicans fought against slavery. That is why all my ancestors were Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/19/juneteenth-us/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote mote hatred against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/19/mike-lee-gop-overrides-basic-decency-loyal-to-donald-trump-tucker-carlson

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump is silent about Juneteenth on a day he previously honored as president. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-is-silent-about-juneteenth-on-a-day-he-previously-honored-as-president/article_1969e5ee-bc68-595b-8f1f-637070a6e6c3.html

CITIES 92.9
— Welch defends what Republicans call ‘pork’ in Illinois budget
https://www.cities929.com/2025/06/19/welch-defends-what-republicans-call-pork-in-illinois-budget/

FOX ILLINOIS
— 9 previously deported immigrants caught in Northwest Florida for illegal reentry
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/9-previously-deported-illegal-immigrants-caught-in-northwest-florida-for-illegal-reentry
— Marijuana use raises heart risks; experts urge tobacco-like restrictions
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/study-marijuana-use-raises-heart-risks-experts-urge-tobacco-like-restrictions

NPR ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, Democrat leaders will fight all Trump budget cuts.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-19/trumps-va-cut-a-program-thats-saving-vets-homes-even-republicans-have-questions

WRIC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot in Harvey
https://www.wric.com/business/press-releases/globenewswire/9470968/harvey-celebrates-nuera-cannabis-opening-with-groundbreaking-ceremony/

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Democrat leaders promote Robin Kelly to badmouth Trump
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2025/06/19/robin-kelly-details-what-trumps-big-ugly-bill-means-for-illinois/

SOUTH SIDE WEEKLY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://southsideweekly.com/this-is-what-defending-communities-from-i-c-e-looks-like/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— LaHood weighs gubernatorial run as Pritzker faces scrutiny after hearing
https://www.fwbusiness.com/news/national/article_b40864d3-d028-50a4-9187-f9b0eb37f97d.html

WIREPOINTS
— Too many state lawmakers prioritize illegal immigrants over citizens
https://wirepoints.org/too-many-state-lawmakers-prioritize-illegal-immigrants-over-citizens-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-of-wjpf-carbondale/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Feds unearth cartel’s sophisticated 2,900-foot border tunnel in California
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/19/feds-unearth-cartels-sophisticated-2900-foot-border-tunnel-california/
— L.A. riots prove Trump is protecting the nation while the left tries to burn it down. Rather than learn from their defeat, Democrats double down on failed strategies.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/19/la-riots-prove-trump-protecting-nation-left-tries-burn/
— Democrats and media want to normalize the L.A. riots because they have lost the immigration argument. Most of us don’t throw Molotov cocktails or toss chunks of concrete from overpasses.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/19/democrats-media-want-normalize-la-riots-lost-immigration-argument/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Durbin counters GOP hearing on Biden fitness with Trump gaffe montage
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3445772/durbin-counters-gop-biden-hearing-fitness-trump-gaffe-montage/
— What, to the American, is Juneteenth?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3447520/what-to-the-american-is-juneteenth/

NEW YORK POST
— Eric Adams’ $1B hotel deal for migrants
https://nypost.com/2025/06/19/opinion/eric-adams-1b-hotel-deal-for-migrants-whose-numbers-are-dwindling-sure-comes-with-stink/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— New York Is Providing $50 million to Cover Legal Services For Illegal Aliens
https://amgreatness.com/2025/06/18/gov-hochul-new-york-is-providing-50-million-to-cover-legal-services-for-illegal-aliens/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Congress moves to abolish sanctuary cities and states—it’s about time
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/congress_moves_to_abolish_sanctuary_cities_and_states_it_s_about_time.html
— Los Angeles would shrivel without its illegals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/mayor_karen_bass_admits_it_los_angeles_would_shrivel_without_its_illegals.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Who’s gonna’ milk our cows?’ Ana Navarro says we need illegals to do ‘God awful’ work. While I never milked cows, I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, etc.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/19/whos-gonna-milk-our-cows-ana-navarro-says-we-need-illegals-to-do-god-awful-work-1552631/

BLAZE
— Juneteenth deserves celebration. But turning it into a rival of the Fourth of July risks further dividing a nation that once fought a war to uphold the meaning of 1776.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/stop-trying-to-segregate-the-american-founding

BREITBART
— ICE Agents Now Face 500% Increase in Assaults While Trying to Arrest Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/19/exclusive-ice-agents-face-500-increase-in-assaults-while-trying-to-arrest-illegal-aliens/

DAILY CALLER
— Roughly One Million Illegals Estimated To Have Left US Since Trump Returned
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/19/one-million-illegals-left-us-under-trump/

HOT AIR
— Sanctuary States: Secession Lite
https://hotair.com/mitch_berg/2025/06/19/sanctuary-state-secession-lite-n3803884

MRC TV
— Chicago Clerk Suspends ID Program Serving Illegal Aliens Following ICE Subpoena
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/james-mortensen/chicago-clerk-suspends-id-program-serving-illegal-aliens-following-ice

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

FOX SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
— Oberweis meets with White House, lays out plans for congressional race. Jim Oberweis, a former owner of a dairy business and Illinois State Senator, met with White House officials on Thursday. Oberweis is running for the Florida 19th Congressional District seat.
https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/oberweis-meets-with-white-house-lays-out-plans-for-congressional-race

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-deportation-undocumented-immigrants-policy-change-rcna213356
— One could question why I did not succumb earlier than I did to my Democrat GAO superiors’ ever-increasing tremendous pressure on me to retire. I could have taken their early retirement “offer” when I was 45 years old in 1993, but I nevertheless survived until I was 49 years old in 1997. Obvious reasons include my Civil Service Retirement System would have been even smaller. During those 4 years, I became a Certified Government Financial Manager, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant and I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading. If I had not taken their “offer” in 1997, I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until I was 55 in 2003. They had made it very clear that they would have made those 6 years a living hell for me.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/-i-still-want-to-serve-transgender-servicemembers-face-uncertain-future-under-trump-admin-241934405786

FOX HOUSTON
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/immigrants-fear-arrest-ice-asylum-202822163.html

TIME
— How have Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI impacted you? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 and replaced me with my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like I had. My critics/opponents applaud that, that is, they applaud AA and DEI, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. My Democrat GAO superiors would not have replace me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://time.com/charter/7295388/what-building-black-power-could-mean-for-workplaces/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— In the Civil War, Democrats fought for slavery and Republicans fought against slavery. That is why all my ancestors were Republicans.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/juneteenth-federal-holiday-trump-dei.html

MS. MAGAZINE
— For Women to Have Real Political Power, We Need Quotas. Since the 1960s, all those above me have been under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to meet race and gender quotas, goals, and targets. Because of my bad demographics, that ever-increasingly rendered worthless my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and my 1981 job-related professional license.
https://msmagazine.com/2024/10/22/women-politics-quotas-usa/

GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/19/families-legal-asylum-cbpone-border-trump

June 18, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump admin. reverses course, allowing immigration raids to resume at farms, hotels, restaurants
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-raids-trump-administration-reverses-course-allowing-immigration-resume-farms-hotels-restaurants/16781064/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-supreme-court-gender-affirming-care-decision-local-advocates-expect-more-seeking-health-come-illinois/16784336/

CBS2
— Chicago ICE Director Sam Olson defends immigration actions after touring facility with House Speaker Mike Johnson
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-ice-director-sam-olson-house-speaker-mike-johnson/
— Illinois members of Congress say they were denied access to an ICE facility for second day
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-members-congress-denied-access-ice-facility-second-day/

WGN9
— House Speaker Mike Johnson makes visit to ICE Chicago field office
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/house-speaker-mike-johnson-makes-visit-to-ice-chicago-field-office/

FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/2025-chicago-pride-fest-performers-jesse-mccartney
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-juneteenth-2025-things-to-do

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/18/illinois-democrats-immigration-advocates-denied-entry-into-ice-processing-center-in-visit-wednesday/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/18/opinion-remittance-tax-donald-trump-immigrants/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2025/06/18/supreme-court-tennessee-ban-gender-affirming-care-transgender-rights

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250618/nation-and-world-politics/supreme-court-oks-tennessee-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors-big-loss-for-transgender-rights/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rahm Emanuel confirms he’s eyeing a run for president
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/rahm-emanuel-confirms-hes-eyeing-run-president
— Illinois is driving out its financial industry.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/secure-illinois-future-revive-its-finance-sector-op-ed

RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth ever-increasingly insults Hegseth, that is, ever-increasingly insults Trump
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-to-hegseth-let-the-military-get-back-to-its-real-job-defending-americans-not-policing-them-83549.cfm?

JOURNAL COURIER
— State Rep. Davidsmeyer calls for Democrats to donate campaign funds from Madigan-led committees
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/rep-says-democrats-get-rid-madigan-adjacent-20379834.php

STATELINE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/protest-meditaid-snap-benefits/

WSIL
— Marijuana use dramatically increases risk of dying from heart attacks and stroke
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/health/marijuana-use-dramatically-increases-risk-of-dying-from-heart-attacks-and-stroke-large-study-finds/article_1ba66707-d121-5ba8-980f-4daab8b7cd9c.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Durbin ever-increasingly insults Trump
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-targets-democrat-cities-immigration/

CWB CHICAGO
— Cops from 6 districts brought in to handle large crowd leaving North Avenue Beach; 5 arrests
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/06/cops-from-6-districts-brought-in-to-handle-large-crowd-leaving-north-avenue-beach-5-arrests.html

SOUTHWEST REGIONAL PUBLISHING
— Crete Approved a Resolution Honoring and Thanking Michael S. Einhorn for His Distinguished Service to the Village of Crete. Einhorn did not seek reelection to another term after 40 years as village president. Newly elected Village President Mark Wiater composed the Resolution and read it to the board during the May meeting. It was not on the agenda for approval at that time, however. The Resolution notes he was born to Russell and Martha Einhorn on November 13, 1950, grew up in Crete and graduated from Crete-Monee High School in 1968.
https://southwestregionalpublishing.com/2025/06/17/new-clerk-in-crete/

CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION
— Chicago Teachers Union responds to city council’s Jim Crow vote in favor of “snap” curfews
https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/chicago-teachers-union-responds-to-city-councils-jim-crow-vote-in-favor-of-snap-curfews/

CITY OF WHEATON
— Wheaton promotes LGBTQ
https://www.wheaton.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/12836?fileID=18002
— Wheaton promotes booze
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/dwa/1672863/r/website

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-329/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker OKs $237M in partisan pork as part of record Illinois budget
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-oks-237m-in-partisan-pork-as-part-of-record-illinois-budget/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s pledge not to plunge U.S. into war questioned over his support for Israel’s strikes on Iran
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/17/elected-moments-like-trump-faces-ultimate-leadership-test-amid/

DAILY CALLER
— Dems Are Sliding Into Trump Derangement Blender. It’s Costing Them More Than They Realize
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/18/democrats-trump-admin-arrests-alex-padilla/

DAILY WIRE
— The Left Keeps Screaming ‘Gay!’ And Men Are Running Away. The Democratic Party, for some reason, still believes that it can reach American men while pushing the most ridiculous LGBT talking points.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-left-keeps-screaming-gay-and-men-are-running-away

NEWSMAX
— ICE Raid Nets Dozens of Illegals Using Stolen Identities
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-enforcement-omaha/2025/06/18/id/1215522/

TOWNHALL
— CNN Host Calls for Illegals to Continue ‘God-Awful Work’ in the Dairy Industry
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/abigail-johnson/2025/06/18/cnn-host-calls-for-illegals-to-continue-god-awful-work-in-the-dairy-industry-n2659033

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— According to my critics/opponents, Whites are racists and especially Whites who are conservative, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/16-things-to-watch-to-educate-yourself-about-systemic-racism/ss-BB1oAoNr

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-988-national-lgbtq-suicide-lifeline-backlash/
— Duckworth ever-increasingly insults Hegseth, that is, ever-increasingly insults Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/duckworth-says-hegseths-tenure-has-been-a-failure-blasts-focus-on-troops-sent-to-us-cities/

FORTUNE
— How retail giant Home Depot is preparing employees for ICE raids
https://fortune.com/2025/06/18/home-depot-employee-policies-focal-point-ice-raids/

FORBES
— Duckworth ever-increasingly insults Hegseth, that is, ever-increasingly insults Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMQJl5hkWI8

FED SMITH
— Significant overhaul to federal employee performance management. My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government used the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems a) to advance their Democrat employees who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. My Democrat GAO superiors always ranked me in the bottom half for pay-for-performance purposes.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/06/17/ending-performance-rating-inflation-opms-strategy-for-fair-evaluations/

MEDIAITE
— Duckworth ever-increasingly insults Hegseth, that is, ever-increasingly insults Trump
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/unqualified-yes-man-senator-erupts-on-pete-hegseth-in-fiery-hearing-clash/

June 14, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protest-saturday-no-kings-ice-raids-donald-trump-administration-could-draw-thousands-daley-plaza/16740066/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ34D8rVRKA
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://abc7chicago.com/post/onyx-medical-wellness-health-clinic-focused-serving-lgbtq-community-open-week-south-shore/16744444/

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/no-kings-protest-chicago-saturday-what-to-know/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republicans, some Democrats and even ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich weigh in on ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s sentence
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/13/madigan-sentencing-reaction-blagojevich/

SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/13/what-to-know-about-no-kings-day-protests-across-us-to-counter-trumps-military-parade/

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/anti-authoritan-protests-saturday-across-state-including-des-plaines-mount-prospect-arlington-heights/

WIFR
— LaHood: Ending sanctuary city polices is in Illinois’ best interest
https://www.wifr.com/2025/06/13/rep-lahood-ending-sanctuary-city-polices-is-illinois-best-interest/

WSIU
— Bost warns of potential protests in southern Illinois this weekend
https://www.wsiu.org/community-updates/2025-06-13/u-s-rep-mike-bost-warns-of-potential-protests-in-southern-illinois-this-weekend

CWB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/06/board-up-crews-hired-weddings-canceled-in-preparation-for-anti-trump-rally-in-the-loop.html

IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use reparations to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://ipmnewsroom.org/a-dialogue-on-repairing-community-through-local-reparations/

ELMHURST PATCH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/anti-trump-protest-set-elmhurst

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Tech giants including Oracle, Lockheed Martin quietly fund Trump’s military parade
https://nypost.com/2025/06/13/business/oracle-amazon-lockheed-martin-quietly-funding-trumps-military-parade/
— Ram admitted it screwed up by killing a legacy American-made engine known for its raw power — and is revved up to bring it back after facing major backlash. The automaker had discontinued the beloved HEMI V-8 engine from its 2025 Ram trucks as part of a “woke” pivot by the since-ousted CEO of parent company Stellantis Carlos Tavares. But new Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis, who came out of retirement last year, offered up a mea culpa over the decision to pull the plug on the engine that powered the top-selling truck for decades. My 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max has a HEMI.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/13/business/ram-ceo-tim-kuniskis-apologizes-for-ditching-gas-powered-engine/

AMERICA THINKER
— Trump may have softened his stance on deportations, particularly as it relates to farm workers and hotel workers. . .President Trump — no!
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/if_trump_sympathizes_with_some_illegal_aliens_out_there.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://abcnews.go.com/US/transgender-navy-pilot-barred-service-reflects-patriotism-ahead/story?id=122777463

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/ice-protests-live-updates-weekend-rallies-planned-nationwide-rcna212809

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://apnews.com/article/no-kings-protest-trump-philadelphia-los-angeles-immigration-raids-a3b67d23733cd060f8d01aef1e391dbf

REUTERS
— Trump approves Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion purchase of US Steel
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-steel-shares-slip-nippon-steel-faces-trumps-hurdle-over-control-2025-06-13/

MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzKIHfCTaLk

NEWSWEEK
— Democrat leaders get veterans to protest against Trump
https://www.newsweek.com/veterans-arrested-capitol-grounds-eve-dc-parade-trump-birthday-2085482

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries. The abrupt pivot on an issue at the heart of Mr. Trump’s presidency suggested his broad immigration crackdown was hurting industries and constituencies he does not want to lose.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/politics/trump-ice-raids-farms-hotels.html
— Democrat leaders side with Iran against Israel
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/politics/trump-republicans-iran-israel.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/politics/trump-military-parade-israel-iran.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010216915/why-trumps-immigration-crackdown-defines-the-right.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/13/trump-california-iran-israel-military-parade-protest/402ebc04-4855-11f0-9210-87ee82efcc80_story.html
— Democrat leaders oppose the army parade
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/06/13/army-parade-trump-politics/
— Democrat leaders side with Iran against Israel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/13/israel-attack-iran-trump-failure/
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting academics to hate Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/13/anti-fascist-manifesto-intellectuals-trump/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-13/bass-takes-direct-aim-at-trump-over-immigration-raids

MIAMI HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article308521490.html

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/06/13/military-parade-trump-no-kings-protests/84172997007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/13/more-protests-under-trump/84112391007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The U.S. Can Rise to the Chinese Challenge. Since the end of the Cold War, America has let its nonmilitary instruments of power atrophy. Trump has a chance to revive them.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-u-s-can-rise-to-the-chinese-challenge-foreign-policy-asia-c397790b
— Mass Deportation . . . Except at Hotels? Trump says businesses report losing ‘very good, long time workers.’ How about changing policy?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-mass-deportation-immigrants-business-vincent-scardina-2c81f53a
— My critics/opponents hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were far-right if not extremist groups that caused Republicans to lose elections. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and I served as an ICRC officer 2003-2007. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT and ICRC. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/no-kings-protest-proud-boys-df066df0

FORBES
— Ever-increasing everyone in healthcare is a Democrat, citizen of a foreign country, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or has ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawhitford/2025/06/13/trumps-visa-ban-is-barring-new-foreign-doctors-from-entering-us/

FAST COMPANY
— Democrat leaders continue to use George Floyd to promote more hatred against Republicans and against police.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91345010/five-years-after-george-floyds-murder-performative-dei-is-dead-what-comes-next-george-floyd-performative-dei

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats and they are ever-increasingly minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestor who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2024/12/federal-workforce-generally-more-diverse-us-population-gaps-persist/401546/

REASON
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://reason.com/2025/06/13/the-trump-administration-just-created-hundreds-of-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants/

NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/13/nx-s1-5432842/protests-expected-this-weekend-as-well-as-an-army-parade-in-d-c

PROGESSIVE
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout that those who have demographics that vote for Republican candidates marginalize those who have demographics that vote for Democrat and RINO candidates. Demographics that vote for Republican candidates include: conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Democrat candidates include: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and have ancestors who have not been in America for a lone time.
https://progressive.org/op-eds/trump-puts-marginalized-people-at-risk-taher-20250613/

ATLANTIC
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/06/trump-mass-deportations-spectacle/683187/

JD SUPRA
— “Reverse Discrimination” Cases Subject to Same Evidentiary Standard Says Supreme Court. I charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination In Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ). Because I did that, the judges and justices in the lawsuit held me to a higher evidentiary standard. They ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my evidence. If they had not done that, I would have won.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/reverse-discrimination-cases-subject-to-7758902/

June 12, 2025 Evening Edition

June 6, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

June 2, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 7, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stops in Springfield to criticize state’s immigration policies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-stops-in-springfield-to-criticize-states-immigration-policies/
— School board president paves way for interim CEO to lead CPS without required license. While I worked GAO 1981-1997, I was the only licensed CPA in its Chicago office.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/cristina-pacione-zayas-interim-cps-ceo/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But first, board members told the Tribune on Wednesday that Harden is trying to corral a majority vote of 11 members to undo a resolution that passed unanimously at a March board meeting, which requires that both the next CEO and the interim CEO must have a “valid Illinois Professional Educator License, with a Superintendent endorsement.” Pacione-Zayas does not have a superintendent license.)
— Brandon Johnson strong-arms Board of Ed to install his ill-qualified chief of staff
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/07/editorial-chicago-public-schools-pacione-zayas/

CHICAGO SUNTIMES
— In Springfield visit, Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem takes aim at Gov. Pritzker’s sanctuary policies
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/05/07/homeland-security-kristi-noem-pritzkers-sanctuary-policies

ABC7
— DHS Sec. Kristi Noem attacks Pritzker, Illinois sanctuary policies
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kristi-noem-secretary-department-homeland-security-attacks-gov-jb-pritzker-sanctuary-policies-springfield-il/16349267/

NBC5
— Kristi Noem blasts JB Pritzker in Springfield, Illinois governor responds The Homeland Security secretary traveled to Springfield, celebrating Trump’s immigration policies and criticizing Illinois
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/kristi-noem-blasts-pritzker-in-springfield-illinois-governor-responds/3740018/
— ‘Do her damn job’: Illinois Sec. of State criticizes Kristi Noem ahead of Springfield visit. While her visit was not expected to focus on the big change for travelers, Giannoulias issued a statement, saying Noem’s messaging around Real ID sparked “pure panic among residents.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/do-her-damn-job-illinois-sec-of-state-criticizes-kristi-noem-ahead-of-springfield-visit/3739920/

CBS2
— DHS Secretary Noem and Illinois Gov. Pritzker spar over state’s immigration policies: “Performing for Fox News”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kristi-noem-springfield-illinois-immigration-sanctuary-laws/

FOX32
— Noem slams Illinois’ sanctuary policies in Springfield, Pritzker fires back
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/clash-springfield-noem-pritzker-spar-over-immigration
— Noem and Pritzker clash over Illinois immigration policies
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1637426

WLS AM
— Sec. Noem: Ill. Gov. Pritzker Protects ‘Illegal Criminals’
https://www.wlsam.com/2025/05/07/sec-noem-ill-gov-pritzker-protects-illegal-criminals/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Homeland Security Secretary to Pritzker: ‘Change your ways and protect your people’
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/government/2025/05/07/pritzker-calls-out-trump-noem-for-violating-the-us-constitution/83475775007/

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Homeland Security secretary’s visit draws heated reactions from protestors, state officials
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/kristi-noem-criticizes-illinois-immigration-20314919.php

RIVER BENDER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in the military
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-slams-farright-supreme-courts-shameful-decision-to-allow-enforcement-of-trumps-trans-military-service-ban-82210.cfm?

WFIN
— Pritzker in hot seat after parents harmed by sanctuary policies lash out
https://wfin.com/fox-political-news/blue-state-governor-in-hot-seat-after-parents-harmed-by-sanctuary-policies-lash-out-gut-punch/

WJBC & WMBD & WGEM
— Pritzker calls Noem’s Illinois stop on immigration laws a “publicity stunt.”
https://www.wjbc.com/2025/05/07/dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-illinois-stop-on-immigration-laws-called-publicity-stunt/
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/05/07/dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-illinois-stop-on-immigration-laws-called-publicity-stunt/
https://www.wgem.com/2025/05/07/dhs-secretary-kristi-noems-illinois-stop-immigration-laws-called-publicity-stunt/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-300/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Effort Surfaces to Draft Rod Blagojevich for GOP Nomination for United States Senator
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/effort-surfaces-to-draft-rod-blagojevich-for-gop-nomination-for-united-states-senator/
— Raja Krishnamoorthi’s U.S. Senate Candidacy Announcement
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/raja-krishnamoorthis-u-s-senate-candidacy-announcement/
— Tax Burden in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/tax-burden-in-illinois/
— Reactions to Pritzker May the 4th Be with You Tweet Just Hilarious
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/07/reactions-to-pritzker-may-the-4th-be-with-you-tweet/
— State Senator Laura Fine Seeks Schakowsky Seat in Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/06/state-senator-seeks-schakowsky-seat-in-congress/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans put California’s EV mandate on the chopping block
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/7/republicans-put-californias-ev-mandate-chopping-block/
— Time to pay back student loans. No more shirking responsibility.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/7/time-pay-back-student-loans/

NEW YORK POST
— It’s up to Congress, not DOGE, to slash runaway spending
https://nypost.com/2025/05/07/opinion/now-elon-tells-us-congress-not-doge-must-slash-spending/

BREITBART
— Raja Krishnamoorthi Eyes a Senate Run; Brags of Standing Up to ‘Bullies’ Like Trump
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/07/raja-krishnamoorthi-eyes-a-senate-run-brags-of-standing-up-to-bullies-like-trump/
— Kristi Noem, Angel Families Call on Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to ‘Abandon Dangerous Sanctuary Policies’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/07/kristi-noem-angel-families-call-on-illinois-gov-j-b-pritzker-abandon-dangerous-sanctuary-policies/

DAILY CALLER
– American Manufacturers Overwhelmed With Orders After Trump’s Tariff Crackdown On China
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/05/american-business-returns-trump-tariffs-china/

EPOCH TIMES
— Crackdown on Student Loan Defaulters to Begin With Benefit Seizure, Then Wage Garnishment.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/crackdown-on-student-loan-defaulters-to-begin-with-benefit-seizure-then-wage-garnishment-5853392

FOX NEWS & WFIN
— Protesters gather outside Pritzker mansion to disrupt Noem presser, only to find she was never actually there
https://www.aol.com/protesters-gather-outside-pritzker-mansion-204705275.html
https://wfin.com/fox-political-news/protesters-gather-outside-pritzker-mansion-to-disrupt-noem-presser-only-to-find-she-was-never-actually-there/

LIFE NEWS
— Rep. Mary Miller Leads Fight to Defund Planned Parenthood
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/05/07/pro-life-congresswoman-leads-fight-to-defund-planned-parenthood/

NEWSMAX
— Sec. Noem: Ill. Gov. Pritzker Protects ‘Illegal Criminals’
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dhs-ice-kristi-noem/2025/05/07/id/1209948/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Duckworth announces legislation protecting VA jobs. There was no legislation to protect GAO jobs while Gingrich gutted the agency during the 1980s and 1990s.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5288430-duckworth-bills-va-jobs/
— Pritzker’s office mockingly calls for ‘all pet owners’ to beware ahead of Noem visit
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5288021-pritzker-illinois-noem-trump-immigration-springfield/

NEWSWEEK
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-showing-democrats-how-stand-trump-opinion-2068770

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— $70,000/year salaries offered to high school juniors taking shop classes. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970. In today’s dollars, my IRS starting salary was $55,850/year when I was 22 in 1971. It was $68,315/year when I was 24 in 1972. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/skilled-trades-high-school-recruitment-fd9f8257

FORTUNE
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://fortune.com/article/corporate-social-responsibility-strategy-dei-backlash/

FORBES
— Workplace Competition: Pros and Cons. My Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted negative competition between their employees big time to get rid of their employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. They did not want their employees who were the aforesaid to band together. I should write about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who had the most success turning my coworkers who were the aforesaid against me.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2025/01/26/workplace-competition-pros-cons/

INSIDE EVs
— ‘A Trump Gift To China’: 17 States Sue Over EV Charger Funding Freeze
https://insideevs.com/news/758913/states-sue-trump-nevi-charger/

April 21, 2025 Evening Edition