WHITE HOUSE
— RESTRICTING THE ENTRY OF FOREIGN NATIONALS TO PROTECT THE UNITED STATES FROM FOREIGN TERRORISTS AND OTHER NATIONAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY THREATS
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and-other-national-security-and-public-safety-threats/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump announces travel ban affecting a dozen countries set to go into effect Monday
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/04/trump-travel-ban/
— Trump moves to block US entry for foreigners planning to study at Harvard University
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/04/trump-block-foreigners-harvard/
— US judge issues order stopping the deportation of family of man charged in Boulder firebombing
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/04/boulder-firebombing/
— Local officials, protesters clash with ICE outside office over detentions in growing escalation over Trump’s immigration tactics
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/04/ice-protesters-clash-immigration/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump signed proclamation to ban travel from 12 countries, restriction on 7 countries
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/06/04/trump-signed-proclamation-to-ban-travel-from-12-countries-restriction-on-7-countries
— Hate-filled Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/04/donald-trump-tariff-immigration-ice-foreign-students-universities-courts-jacob-sullum
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/04/donald-trump-ukraine-russia-gaza-prices-economy-big-beautiful-bill-s-e-cupp
DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders push pot in Bartlett
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250604/news/controversial-marijuana-dispensary-near-bartlett-day-care-center-falls-short-of-approval-in-tie-vote/
ABC7
— Chicago minimum wage set to increase July 1. Did you ever work for the minimum wage? I did 1964-1966 washing dishes in Chicago Heights while I was a junior and a senior at Crete-Monee High School. With the money that I earned, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, in May of 1966, and I used it to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and summer jobs and then classes at UIC and my part-time Park Forest Post Office job. When you were in high school, did your classmates work part-time during the school year and/or full-time during the summers in between like I did? Few of my high school classmates did. There were few good jobs available. I worked far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying. Nevertheless, I took college preparatory classes, I got an ACT score of 24, I got into the upper 20% of my class, and UIC accepted me.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-minimum-wage-set-increase-july-1-changes-paid-leave-sick-time/16656187/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/paul-simon-chicago-job-corps-center-closing-end-month-us-department-labor-phasing-operations-leaving-homeless/16656546/
NBC5
— Emboldened and out of government, Elon Musk breaks with Trump’s agenda
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/elon-musk-breaks-with-trump-agenda/3760671/
— ICE agents, demonstrators clash during apparent Chicago immigration operation
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ice-agents-demonstrators-clash-during-apparent-chicago-immigration-operation/3760618/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot in the northwest suburbs
https://www.aol.com/cannabis-friendly-music-festival-returning-205023257.html
FOX32
— 45% spike in marijuana use by boomers
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/boomer-marijuana-use-spike-2025
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ on children in Downers Grove
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2025/06/04/a-day-of-pride-and-celebration-dg-pridefest-returns-to-fishel-park-on-saturday/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-04/worldpride-is-in-d-c-this-year-which-may-be-why-attendance-and-sponsorship-are-down
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-04/trump-wants-to-cut-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-for-controlling-hiv-aids
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump unleashes MAGA rebellion on Federalist Society. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes destroy the Illinois Center Right Coalition and then TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-unleashes-maga-rebellion-on-federalist-society/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/04/in-white-with-fear-chicago-born-filmmaker-tackles-links-between-white-supremacy-and-the-right/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— How dependent on foreign students are the following: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/06/02/trump-student-visa-crackdown-illinois-impact
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-320/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Full Scholarship to Finish College at University Center in Woodstock for One MCC Graduate Funded in Memory of Former MCC Board Member Erv LeCoque
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/full-scholarship-to-finish-college-at-university-center-in-woodstock-for-one-mcc-graduate-funded-in-memory-of-former-mcc-board-member-erv-lecoque/
— Taking Responsibility for Tax Money Received Is Good Government
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/taking-responsibility-for-tax-money-received-is-good-government/
— What Is the Relevance of “They/them” to a Chicago Tribune Story on Storks Nesting in Lincoln Park Zoo
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/what-is-the-relevance-of-they-them-to-a-chicago-tribune-story-on-storks-nesting-in-lincoln-park-zoo/
— Domestic Violence Grant Awarded to McHenry County State’s Attorney
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/domestic-violence-grant-awarded-to-mchenry-county-states-attorney/
— The Only Member of Congress to Ever Live in McHenry County, Joe Walsh, Announces Switch to Democrats
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/the-only-member-of-congress-to-ever-live-in-mchenry-county-joe-walsh-announces-switch-to-democrats/
— DeWitte Comments on Democrats’ Budget
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/dewitte-comments-on-democrats-budget/
— $40 Million German Flavor Producing Factory Coming to Huntley
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/40-million-flavor-producing-factory-coming-to-huntley/
— Pritzker Acts to Force Hospitals to Do Abortions, Calling The, “Life-Saving”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/pritzker-acts-to-force-hospitals-to-do-abortions-calling-the-life-saving/
— West Nile Mosquito Found in Lake in the Hills
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/04/west-nile-mosquito-found-in-lake-in-the-hills/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Stephen Miller puts illegal immigration at center of GOP debate around Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3431050/stephen-miller-illegal-immigration-trump-big-beautiful-bill/
— Trump’s criticism of Rand Paul is wrong and misguided
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3430922/trumps-criticism-of-rand-paul-wrong-and-misguided/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Musk Disappointed With ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Elon labels legislation a “disgusting abomination.”
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/musk-disappointed-with-big-beautiful-bill/
BREITBART
— Marco Rubio Marks Tiananmen Square Massacre Anniversary: ‘The World Will Never Forget’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/04/marco-rubio-marks-tiananmen-square-massacre-anniversary-the-world-will-never-forget/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Bans New Visas for Foreign Nationals From 12 Countries. The proclamation will not limit ’the ability of an individual to seek asylum, refugee status, withholding of removal, or protection.’
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-bans-new-visas-for-foreign-nationals-from-12-countries-5868072
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— There are Now Over 1,000 Sanctuary Jurisdictions Nationwide
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/state-and-local/sanctuary-jurisdictions-america-report
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump signs ban on entry from 12 countries, restrictions on 7 more
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-signs-travel-ban-multiple-countries/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump’s proclamation fully restricts and limits the entry of nationals from 12 countries: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, the officials said. It partially restricts the entry of people from seven countries: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.)
CBS MIAMI
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/video/fear-amongst-asylum-seekers-who-could-lose-work-permits/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Far too many who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters a) reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform and b) have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, and c) read my newsletters and/or have their operatives and their dupes read them for opposition research. If you were me, how would you deal with that? Should I start naming them? I would start with those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/technology/ftc-investigates-media-matters.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Federalist Society Is Doing Just Fine After Getting Dumped by Trump. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes destroy the Illinois Center Right Coalition and then TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. I should write about my critics/opponents who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/leonard-leo-trump-2cd729c8
Tag: Wheaton
June 2, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Chicago.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pride-month-begins-june-1-celebrations-world-heres-what-expect-history-lgbtq-marches-events/16624427/
— Illinois lawmakers pass $55.2B budget with new taxes, immigrant health cuts, no transit funding. Senate approves taxes on sports bets, nicotine; no funding for Chicago Bears to build new stadium.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-senate-passes-state-55b-budget-new-taxes-sports-bets-nicotine-products-income-sales-not-affected/16619774/
NBC5
— Musk says he doesn’t ‘want to take responsibility for everything the administration’s doing’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/elon-musk-responsibility-trump-administration/3757902/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Chicago.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-2025-pride-fest-parade/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm6P-zWZmqA
WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Chicago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blIClZQxkpo
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Buffalo Grove.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/hundreds-celebrate-joy-love-togetherness-buffalo-grove-pride-parade
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/carol-hui-mayorga-kennett-missouri-deportation
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— List of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ removed from US government website following criticism.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/01/sanctuary-jurisdictions-removed-government-website/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: After lawmakers pass budget with cuts and tax hikes, Gov. JB Pritzker blames state’s fiscal challenges on Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/01/after-lawmakers-pass-budget-with-cuts-and-tax-hikes-gov-jb-pritzker-blames-states-fiscal-challenges-on-trump/
— Outrage over President Donald Trump’s electric vehicle policies is misplaced
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/02/opinion-electric-vehicles-donald-trump-jobs/
— When school boards ride in limousines and students lack the basics
https://www.yahoo.com/news/editorial-school-boards-ride-limousines-100000506.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Hyde Park.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/06/01/hyde-park-art-center-pride-month-lgbtq-artists
— Fake IDs now as good as the real thing — and essential to Chicago’s college social scene. What percent of pot is bought with fake IDs?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2025/06/02/chicago-fake-id-college-underage-social-drinking
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Buffalo Grove.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250601/news/buffalo-grove-embraces-its-diversity-with-seventh-annual-pride-parade/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: New taxes on sports bets, nicotine products as Democrats pass $55.2B budget.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250601/illinois-state-politics/new-taxes-on-sports-bets-nicotine-products-as-democrats-pass-55-2b-budget/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— At least 50 Illinois villages, towns, cities and counties to see increases in local taxes
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2025/06/02/several-illinois-counties-will-soon-see-increases-in-local-sales-taxes/83927679007/
SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/02/we-see-you-in-trump-era-washington-world-pride-2025-organizers-aim-to-bring-hope-to-lgbtq-community/
JOURNAL TOPICS
— Young Republicans Host County Chairman, Former Governor Candidate June 3.
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/young-republicans-host-county-chairman-former-governor-candidate-june-3/
NORTHERN STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Dekalb.
https://northernstar.info/126064/opinion/the-importance-of-pride-month/
INDY 100
— Pope Leo to hold mass in Chicago – and people think it’s some ‘top tier’ Trump trolling
https://www.indy100.com/politics/trump/pope-leo-xiv-chicago-mass-trump-trolling-2672244594
WGLT
— Central Illinois lawmakers stick to party lines on state budget.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-06-01/central-illinois-lawmakers-stick-to-party-lines-on-state-budget
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker’s budget blame game: Trump
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/06/02/pritzkers-budget-blame-game-trump-00379965
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-525/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrats run the federal government. Federal employees are their patronage army. They hired me in 1980, 1971, and 1966 because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They wasted my career and got rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and dupes destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Did you deduct education expenses? My IRS employee manual strongly encouraged me to take graduate business, accounting, and law courses. But IRS provided no reimbursement for tuition or books. Nevertheless, a) I started taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972 and earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and b) I started taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul in 1976 and earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I deducted the tuition and books. In 1978, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my deductions. I should write about that. They outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically argued a) that the courses did not relate to my job duties, b) that the courses did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took the courses to get a job in the private sector, and d) that I took the courses to qualify myself for a new trade or business. They ignored the content of my applications, course descriptions, and position descriptions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What motivated you to overcome workplace obstacles and keep on working? The importance of the Post Office’s mission (delivering mail), IRS’s mission (funding the federal government), and GAO’s mission (fighting government fraud, waste, and abuse) helped me overcome workplace obstacles and to keep on working. While I was a S.S. Kresge employee 1964-1966, it was my wanting money to buy a new car (1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint) to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC. While I was a postal employee 1966-1969, it was my need for money to pay for my UIC and NIU expenses and to buy new cars (1968 Oldsmobile 442 and 1969 Dodge Charger SE) to get to/from classes and work. While I was a Firestone Store employee 1970-1972, it included my need for money to help support my mother and brother. While I was an IRS employee 1971-1980, it included my wanting money to pay for my Loyola and DePaul education expenses, to buy new cars (1972 Corvette, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, and 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale), and to buy a new town home in 1972, a studio condo in 1974, a one bedroom condo in 1976, and a home in Wheaton in 1978. While I was a GAO employee 1980-1997 it included my wanting money to pay for my DePaul education expenses in 1980 and my IIT education expenses 1992-1997, to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, to buy new cars in 1989, 1993, 1995, and 1996, to buy collector cars (1962 Chevrolet Impala SS in 1989 and 1968 Charger R/T in 1994), etc. The importance of the Post Office’s mission (delivering mail), IRS’s mission (funding the federal government), and GAO’s mission (fighting government fraud, waste, and abuse) helped me overcome workplace obstacles and to keep on working. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democrats Raise Legislative Salaries to $98,304
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/democrats-raise-salaries-to-98304/
— Marty McLaughlin Comments on “Another Year, Another Near Record-Breaking Democrat Budget”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/marty-mclaughlin-comments-on-another-year-another-near-record-breaking-democrat-budget/
— Joe Sosnowski Reacts to Budget: “Tax, Spend, Tax, Spend, Repeat”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/joe-sosnowski-reacts-to-budget-tax-spend-tax-spend-repeat/
— Jeff Keicher Comments on Record Budget, Cites $1 Billion in Tax Hikes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/jeff-keicher-comments-on-record-budget-cites-1-billion-in-tax-hikes/
— Southern Illinois State Rep. IDs Waste in Dems $55 Billion Spending
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/state-rep-ids-waste-in-dems-55-billion-spending/
— Tax Alert from Southern Illinois Republican State Senator Terri Bryant
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/tax-alert-from-southern-illinois-republican-state-senator-terri-bryant/
— Former State Rep. Allen Skillicorn Arrested for Hit and Run in Arizona
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/31/8107/
— The Leftward Bias of Colleges and Universities
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/31/the-leftward-bias-of-colleges-and-universities/
— Illinois Ranks 48th in New Tax Population & Study
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/31/illinois-ranks-48th-in-new-tax-population-study/
— A Splendid Analysis of the Refusal of Democrats to Allow Illinois Legislators Sufficient Time to Consider Budget Bills
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/31/a-splendid-analysis-of-the-refusal-of-democrats-to-allow-illinois-legislators-sufficient-time-to-consider-budget-bills/
— McHenry County One of Six Not Among Those Listed by Homeland Security as Defying Federal Immigration Law
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/mchenry-county-one-of-six-not-among-those-listed-by-homeland-security-as-defying-federal-immigration-law/
— Ness Plans Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/ness-plans-fundraiser/
— Don DeWitte on Democrats’ Budget
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/don-dewitte-on-democrats-budget/
— UPDATE: McHenry County One of Six Not Among Those Listed by Homeland Security as Defying Federal Immigration Law, FEDS REMOVE LIST
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/01/mchenry-county-one-of-six-not-among-those-listed-by-homeland-security-as-defying-federal-immigration-law/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Much of wokeness fueled by the sexual revolution. The left celebrates and protects all the wrong things.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/1/much-wokeness-fueled-sexual-revolution/
— Musk’s historic role showed that even a chainsaw can’t cut federal bloat.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/1/elon-musks-historic-role-showed-even-chainsaw-cant-cut-federal-bloat/
— Left’s ranks are filled with angry, bitter women who have been seduced by lies. Feminism: Marxism’s most grotesque mutation.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/1/lefts-ranks-filled-angry-bitter-women-seduced-lies/
— The ‘gospel of pride’ Is not the Gospel of Christ. Jesus did address sexual morality.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/1/gospel-pride-gospel-christ/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrats made themselves toxic — now they’re addicted to their own poison.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/01/opinion/toxic-democrats-are-addicted-to-their-own-dei-poison/
— DOGE started the war on waste —now it’s up to Congress to keep it going. GAO is supposed to fight government waste. But instead, the Democrats who run GAO wasted me.
https://nypost.com/2025/05/31/opinion/doge-started-war-on-waste-its-up-to-congress-to-finish-it/
— Colorado firebomb terror attack suspect was in the US illegally after overstaying his visa, previously applied for asylum
https://nypost.com/2025/06/02/us-news/colorado-terror-attack-suspect-was-in-the-united-states-illegally-after-overstaying-his-visa-previously-applied-for-asylum/
— Is America’s Jewish leadership failing American Jews?
https://nypost.com/2025/06/01/us-news/is-americas-jewish-leadership-failed-american-jews/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Thank you, President Trump, for Confronting South Africa’s Black Supremacy. In post-apartheid South Africa, hopes for equality have decayed into racial vengeance, as black supremacists target white farmers amid silence from global elites.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/06/02/thank-you-president-trump-for-confronting-south-africas-black-supremacy/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Lasting Damage of the George Floyd Riots.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/30/the-stain-of-george-floyd-riots-on-america-5-years-later/
— Harvard, You’re Entitled to Nothing.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/29/harvard-youre-entitled-to-nothing/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Harvard has “been a pox on our educational system at least since the 1920s.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/harvard-has-been-a-pox-on-our-educational-system-at-least-since-the-1920s/amp/
NEWSMAX
— All Immigration Law Violators Should Be Arrested.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/michael-cutler-ice-tom-homan/2025/06/01/id/1213145/
— Noem Defends DHS List Targeting Sanctuary Cities.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/kristi-noem-dhs-sanctuary-cities/2025/06/01/id/1213172/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Citizenship and That Pesky Constitution
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/06/02/citizenship_and_that_pesky_constitution_152863.html
— Democrats Do Stand For Things, Like “Illegal Aliens and Boys In Girls’ Sports”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/06/01/scott_jennings_democrats_do_stand_for_things_illegal_aliens_and_boys_in_girls_sports.html
TOWNHALL
— Mass Deportations Will Improve The Lives Of Every American.
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2025/06/02/mass-deportations-will-improve-the-lives-of-every-american-n2657968
— Democrat leaders push free health care for illegals because that encourages illegal immigration.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/06/01/democrat-pushes-free-health-care-for-illegal-aliens-denies-it-encourages-border-surge-despite-evidence-n2657950
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— Democrats run the federal government. Federal employees are their patronage army. They hired me in 1980, 1971, and 1966 because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. They wasted my career and got rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/the-trump-administration-will-now-favour-patriotic-americans-for-jobs/ar-AA1FQ9Ve
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/loyalty-test-for-federal-jobs-trump-demands-patriotic-americans-in-sweeping-hiring-shake-up/ar-AA1FPH8X
— My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and dupes destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/if-trump-says-jump-gop-lawmakers-find-the-party-fully-on-bended-knee/ar-AA1ueJq5
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Is Said to Have Known About NASA Nominee’s Democrat Donations Before Picking Him
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/us/politics/trump-musk-isaacman-nasa.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Patel remakes the FBI. I should write about how Gingrich and Bowsher remade GAO. Under Gingrich and Bowsher, the agency dumped half its employees. Overwhelming, those dumped employees were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. If Gingrich and Bowsher had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/us/politics/fbi-patel.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Walz.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/us/politics/tim-walz-democrats-2024.html
— How ICE Is Seeking to Ramp Up Deportations Through Courthouse Arrests
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/politics/ice-courthouse-arrests.html
— Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly make Republicans pay more reparations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/us/tulsa-race-massacre-reparations.html
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/business/china-student-visas-trump.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Blacks to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/opinion/black-history-trump.html?searchResultPosition=1
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump rides to the rescue of Chicago’s flailing mayor. The Justice Department might have just saved Chicago’s Brandon Johnson.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/02/trump-justice-department-chicago-mayor-johnson/
— List of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ removed from US government website following criticism.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/01/immigration-sanctuary-jurisdictions-list/18760c42-3f33-11f0-b78e-5ddff7eb1e49_story.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2025/05/23/what-do-pride-flag-colors-mean/83820854007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Sanctuary List Disappears From Homeland Security Website. Some local officials said the list contained mistakes.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/sanctuary-list-disappears-from-homeland-security-website-a2da427d
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly side with China against America.
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-hits-back-against-trump-claims-that-it-broke-trade-truce-as-tensions-simmer-1eeb59aa
— Springsteen vs. Trump. ‘The Boss’ and the president play to the same frustrated working-class crowd.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-vs-bruce-springsteen-music-politics-6685d3cf
BLOOMBERG
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly drive the stock market down to punish Trump and to punish the 77 million who voted for him.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-01/us-futures-slip-on-trump-tariffs-crude-surges-markets-wrap
BUSINESS WIRE
— Education Programs Key to Retaining and Attracting Talent for Companies. My IRS employee manual strongly encouraged me to take graduate business, accounting, and law courses. But IRS provided no reimbursement for tuition or books. Nevertheless, a) I started taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972 and earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and b) I started taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul in 1976 and earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I deducted the tuition and books. In 1978, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my deductions. I should write about that. They outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically argued a) that the courses did not relate to my job duties, b) that the courses did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took the courses to get a job in the private sector, and d) that I took the courses to qualify myself for a new trade or business. They ignored the content of my applications, course descriptions, and position descriptions.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250519254532/en/Education-Programs-Key-to-Retaining-and-Attracting-Talent-for-Companies
MANAGEMENT ISSUES
— What really matters to employees? What motivated you to overcome workplace obstacles and keep on working? The importance of the Post Office’s mission (delivering mail), IRS’s mission (funding the federal government), and GAO’s mission (fighting government fraud, waste, and abuse) helped me overcome workplace obstacles and to keep on working. While I was a S.S. Kresge employee 1964-1966, it was my wanting money to buy a new car (1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint) to get to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC. While I was a postal employee 1966-1969, it was my need for money to pay for my UIC and NIU expenses and to buy new cars (1968 Oldsmobile 442 and 1969 Dodge Charger SE) to get to/from classes and work. While I was a Firestone Store employee 1970-1972, it included my need for money to help support my mother and brother. While I was an IRS employee 1971-1980, it included my wanting money to pay for my Loyola and DePaul education expenses, to buy new cars (1972 Corvette, 1974 Dodge Dart, 1978 Chevy Chevette, and 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale), and to buy a new town home in 1972, a studio condo in 1974, a one bedroom condo in 1976, and a home in Wheaton in 1978. While I was a GAO employee 1980-1997 it included my wanting money to pay for my DePaul education expenses in 1980 and my IIT education expenses 1992-1997, to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, to buy new cars in 1989, 1993, 1995, and 1996, to buy collector cars (1962 Chevrolet Impala SS in 1989 and 1968 Charger R/T in 1994), etc. The importance of the Post Office’s mission (delivering mail), IRS’s mission (funding the federal government), and GAO’s mission (fighting government fraud, waste, and abuse) helped me overcome workplace obstacles and to keep on working.
https://management-issues.com/opinion/7703/pay-vs-benefits-what-really-matters-to-employees/
POLITICO
— My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and dupes destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/30/trump-administration-patriotic-americans-federal-workforce-00376752
FINANCIAL TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.ft.com/content/443db2f7-edc8-4274-b7d6-e4df40ff145c
May 22, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump confronts South Africa’s president in Oval Office, shows evidence of genocide
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-host-south-africa-president-cyril-ramaphosa-amid-tensions-resettlement-afrikaners/16492596/
WGN9
— Federal budget cuts threaten academic support for at-risk Chicago youth. What did you do while you were in high school? I did yard work, delivered newspapers, and washed dishes.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/federal-budget-cuts-threaten-academic-support-for-at-risk-chicago-youth/
FOX32
— Johnson calls Trump ‘a monster’ while defending diverse hiring amid DOJ probe
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-mayor-calls-trump-monster-defends-diverse-hiring-doj-probe
— LaHood urges party to put aside differences on Trump’s tax bill. LaHood is vowing that President Trump’s tax bill will not kick any Illinoisans off Medicaid or food stamp programs, and that it’ll just root out waste, fraud and abuse.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1645209
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/21/trump-south-africa/
— Firearm arrest No. 10 made at Naperville Topgolf parking lot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/20/naperville-police-topgolf-gun-arrest-2/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/21/first-homosexuals-exhibit-returns-chicago/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with South Africa against America
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/21/trump-south-africa/
— Speak incautiously about race, Mr. Mayor, and you invite federal scrutiny. Brandon Johnson still has to learn there are some things a mayor should not say.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/21/editorial-mayor-brandon-johnson-racial-contracting-trump/
— Waukegan parade organizer accuses alderman of intimidation. I should write about my critics’/opponents’ success in ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades in 2021, a role that I had since 2005.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/21/waukegan-council-victor-felix/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/05/21/trumps-anti-immigrant-ice-raids-deportation-chicago-rainbow-push-ben-jealous
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Naperville police chief says the city will have ‘zero tolerance’ to unlawful conduct at gatherings
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250521/news/naperville-police-chief-says-the-city-will-have-zero-tolerance-to-unlawful-conduct-at-gatherings/
— Defense Department accepts Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump’s use
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250521/nation-and-world-politics/defense-department-accepts-boeing-747-from-qatar-for-trumps-use/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/05/22/mayor-calls-trump-a-monster-00364698
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-518/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-310/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Broken cities, bad governance: Blue state city residents voting with their feet
https://wirepoints.org/broken-cities-bad-governance-blue-state-city-residents-voting-with-their-feet-fox-news/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— LaHood Votes for, Explains Federal Budget Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/22/lahood-votes-for-explains-federal-budget-bill/
— Keicher School Safety Bill Passes Both Houses
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/21/keicher-school-safety-bill-passes-both-houses/
— Could Republicans Be Taking U.S. Senate Race Seriously?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/21/could-republicans-be-taking-u-s-senate-race-seriously/
— Florida and Illinois Black Leaders Trade Places at Republican Events
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/21/florida-and-illinois-black-leaders-trade-places/
— McHenry Organization Gains Housing Subsidy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/21/mchenry-organization-gains-housing-subsidy/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump puts evidence of ‘White genocide’ in front of South African leader
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/21/trump-plays-video-south-african-leader-showing-purported-evidence/
— House passes Trump agenda bill, sending massive tax and spending cut package to the Senate. Blue-state moderates get more on SALT exemption; conservatives win on green energy, immigration, firearms.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/21/house-republicans-tweak-big-beautiful-bill-ahead-floor-vote/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Hillary Clinton wants immigrant women to do the job American women aren’t doing. I was the only White male who washed dishes in the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights. I did that 1964-1966.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3417646/hillary-clinton-immigration-foreign-women-do-job-americans-arent/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Supreme Court: Children of Illegal Aliens or Tourists are not U.S.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/05/supreme_court_children_of_illegal_aliens_or_tourists_are_not_u_s_citizens.html
— Can You Be a Trump-Supporter and a Good Christian? The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/05/can_you_be_a_trump_supporter_and_a_good_christian.html
BREITBART
— Illinois GOP Calls for Federal Intervention as Tensions Mount Over the State’s Trans Athlete Rules
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2025/05/21/illinois-gop-calls-for-federal-intervention-as-tensions-mount-over-states-trans-athlete-rules/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Forces South African President To Watch Video Of Country’s Leaders Calling For Genocide
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/21/trump-forces-south-african-president-to-watch-video-of-countrys-leaders-calling-for-genocide/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Confronts Ramaphosa Over ‘Afrikaner Genocide’ in Oval Office Meeting
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-ramaphosa-clash-over-afrikaner-genocide-in-white-house-meeting-5861261
— 2 Israeli Embassy Staffers Killed in DC Shooting Near Jewish Museum. The FBI says the attack is being investigated as a potential federal hate crime.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/two-israeli-embassy-staffers-shot-in-dc-near-jewish-museum-noem-5861621
— House Passes Trump Agenda Bill in Early Morning Vote. After weeks of negotiations, in a tight vote just before 7:00 a.m., the House approved the ‘big beautiful bill’ central to the president’s agenda.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/house-passes-trump-agenda-bill-in-early-morning-vote-5861273
FOX NEWS
— Naperville trans athlete conflict grows after tense track meet as state Republicans call for Trump’s help. State representative calls situation ‘disgusting’ as calls grow for the Trump administration to pull federal funding.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/illinois-trans-athlete-conflict-grows-after-tense-track-meet-state-republicans-call-trumps-help
FOX SPORTS
— Illinois state lawmakers get hostile during debates on trans athletes in girls’ sports. Democrat accused Republicans of being ‘obsessed with children’s genitalia’ as tensions mount following Naperville track controversy.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/illinois-state-lawmakers-get-hostile-during-debates-trans-athletes-girls-sports
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Chicago Resident Confronts Mayor Johnson: ‘Why are You a Racist?’ Mayor Johnson is a despicable human being.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/chicago-resident-confronts-mayor-johnson-why-are-you-a-racist/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— No, Ending DEI Programs Would Not Be a Loss to Education
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/no-ending-dei-programs-would-not-be-a-loss-to-education/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Trump’s cultural overhaul throttles local arts, humanities programs nationwide
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/politics/trump-culture-arts-humanities-grants-funding
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/frank-kameny-lgbtq-gay-rights-100th-birthday-rcna207654
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with South Africa against America
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africans-praise-ramaphosa-keeping-cool-amid-trump-attack-2025-05-22/
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/under-attack-by-trump-south-africas-ramaphosa-responds-with-trade-deal-offer-2025-05-21/
NEWSWEEK
— Trump Responds to Israeli Embassy Staff Killings in DC: ‘Must End’
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-responds-isreali-embassy-shooting-washington-dc-2075553
NEW YORK TIMES
— U.S. Formally Accepts Luxury Jet From Qatar for Trump. The Air Force has been asked to figure out a way to upgrade it so it can be put into use as a new Air Force One for the president.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/qatar-plane-trump-air-force-one.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump confronts South African president over violence against White farmers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/21/trump-south-africa-white-afrikaners-violence/
WALL STREET JOIRNAL
— The GOP’s SALT Deal Folly. Republicans make it easier for Democrats to raise state taxes. Before SALT, my wife and I paid less federal income tax by itemizing, both of us staring in 1978 and I starting in 1972. My critics/opponents were always furious about that. I deducted my graduate business and accounting course expenses 1972-1980 and my graduate finance course expenses 1992-1997.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/salt-cap-house-republicans-mike-johnson-mike-lawler-nick-lalota-tax-bill-7a6ef2ca?mod=opinion_lead_pos2
— You Can Still Negotiate a ‘Best and Final’ Job Offer. Job hunters can talk their way into a better deal, even if the salary is set. Ever since I was 31 years old in 1980, my critics/opponents have used against me big time my taking a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that pay cut proved a) that IRS had grossly overpaid me, that is, that IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1983, and 1974 and b) that was an extremely bad person because I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069/year, because much of what I would do for GAO was similar to what I did for IRS, because GAO audits IRS, because I has almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, because I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and because I had earned an MBA in 1976. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-offer-negotiations-82550489
BLOOMBERG
— Trump Ramps Up Criminal Charges Against Migrants in California
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-21/trump-ramping-up-criminal-charges-against-migrants-in-sanctuary-cities
POLITICO
— Trump administration accepts Qatari jet for Air Force One
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/21/trump-administration-accepts-qatari-jet-for-air-force-one-00362805
— Trump puts South Africa’s president on the defensive over ‘genocide’ claims
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/21/trump-south-africa-defensive-genocide-00362831
— Trump admin deportation flight to South Sudan violated court order, judge rules
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/21/trump-deportations-south-sudan-00362919
MEDIAITE
— Reporter William Kelly Slams Chicago Mayor for ‘Black Power Rhetoric’ and Asks Him: ‘Why Are You a Racist?’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/far-right-reporter-slams-chicago-mayor-for-black-power-rhetoric-and-asks-him-why-are-you-a-racist/
DAILY KOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/21/2323597/-Surprise-Trump-s-base-is-motivated-by-racist-hate-and-deep-bigotry-not-economics
April 6, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/05/thousands-rally-march-through-loop-for-national-hands-off-protest/
— Sean Morrison stepping down as Cook County GOP chair
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/05/sean-morrison-resigns-cook-county-republican-chair/
— Senate Republicans approve framework for Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts after late-night session
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/05/senate-republicans-trump-tax-breaks-spending-cuts/
— Trump goes all in with bet that the heavy price of tariffs will pay off for Americans
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/05/trump-tariffs-bet/
— It’s time to slash the number of Illinois local governments
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/06/opinion-cut-number-illinois-local-governments/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County GOP chair Sean Morrison is stepping down. Sean Morrison has served as a Cook County Board member since 2015 and county Republican Party chair since 2016. He will step down April 16 from the party chair role. An election will be held April 22 to select his successor.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/04/05/cook-county-gop-chairperson-sean-morrison-politics-suburban-chicago
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/04/05/hands-off-protest-chicago-today-daley-plaza-loop
— Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump budget cuts.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/04/trump-targets-chicago-daycares-children-budget-cuts-head-start
— Illinois still tops nationally in nuclear energy, No. 3 in carbon-free electricity. In 2024, utility-scale solar and wind were up nationwide, while coal was down, and other major energy sources saw little change.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/04/06/illinois-nuclear-energy-carbon-free-electricity
DAILEY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250405/nation-and-world-politics/demonstrators-protest-trump-musk-in-arlington-heights-and-other-suburbs/
ABC7
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://abc7chicago.com/post/hands-off-protest-chicago-today-groups-rally-donald-trump-elon-musk-daley-plaza-berwyn-gurnee-joliet-more/16131523/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-groups-protestors-rally-against-president-donald-trump-and-elon-musk/3714834/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/protesters-trump-musk-hands-off-rallies/3714775/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/trump-tariff-target-snl-cold-open/3714903/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/hands-off-2025-april-5-protests-chicago-suburbs/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-musk-hands-off-demonstrators-protest/
— Trump shutting down IRS civil rights office as part of widespread cuts. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, that is, they discriminated big time against their Republican employees who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, and/or had not passed the CPA examination like I had done and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-admin-shutting-down-irs-civil-rights-office-as-part-of-widespread-cuts/
WGN9
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://wgntv.com/news/ap-hands-off-protests-against-trump-and-musk-are-planned-across-the-us/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/anti-trump-musk-rally-chicago-today
WLS AM
— According to my critic/opponents, all the jobs that I got were bad jobs that should have been given to Blacks and to veterans.
https://www.wlsam.com/2025/04/05/black-veterans-warn-of-recruitment-woes-after-dei-purge/
WBEZ
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2025/04/05/hands-off-protest-chicago-trump-musk-daley-plaza-loop
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— It’s time for Illinois lawmakers to get past nuclear hangups
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-its-time-for-illinois-lawmakers-to-get-past-nuclear-hangups/article_1a55ba15-658e-44a5-a5c2-2cbb07e3938b.html
HERALD NEWS
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/04/05/hundreds-gather-in-joliet-to-protest-trump-musk-policies-as-part-of-nationwide-event-saturday/
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/04/05/thousands-protest-trump-musk-actions-at-hands-off-rally-in-geneva/
STATELINE
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.mystateline.com/news/trump-administration-tariffs-protest/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqvrNJBMA2U
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.nprillinois.org/springfield-il/2025-04-05/anti-trump-protestors-show-anger-and-concern-in-springfield
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-05/protesters-rally-against-trump-policies-across-the-u-s
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-05/nationwide-hands-off-protests-erupt-against-trump-and-musk
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— With sweeping tariffs, Trump tries to rewind globalization. Globalization has made America unacceptably dependent of foreign countries.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-04-05/with-sweeping-tariffs-trump-tries-to-rewind-globalization
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/video/protesters-mobilize-in-peoria-for-hands-off-rallies-against-president-trump/10603820/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/protesters-nationwide-rally-against-trump-and-musks-policies
WREX
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.wrex.com/news/hundreds-rally-against-trump-and-musk-in-hands-off-protests-across-the-stateline/article_8cc2d70a-6e5c-575f-a515-befaa3be2774.html
WGLT
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-04-05/bloomington-participates-nationwide-in-hands-off-rally-against-donald-trump-and-elon-musk
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/trump-tariff-target-snl-cold-open/3714903/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. They ever-increasingly demand that everyone vote for all the Democrat candidates in all elections to get rid of Trump. They succeeded in getting from 166 to 179 in my precinct to vote for Democrat Milton Township candidates while only 126-143 voted for Republican Township candidates.
— Trump is shutting down IRS civil rights office as part of widespread cuts. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, that is, they discriminated big time against their Republican employees who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, and/or had not passed the CPA examination like I had done and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents promote? My critics/opponents do not promote meritocracy. Instead, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) notional origin discrimination. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Back in the good old days, where did the money come from for your first down payment? Mine came from working for IRS for 15 months 1971-1972, from working part-time for Firestone Stores for 21 months 1971-1972, and from working full-time for Firestone Stores for 7 months before that 1970-1971. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents do not promote meritocracy. Instead, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopilinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— 300 Participate in Algonquin Anti-Trump Demonstration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/05/300-participate-in-anti-trump-demonstration/
LONG 9 STUDIO
— Republican Strongholds Have Turned Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZO-eyQsKzI
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that police are racists
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8426d37c-c378-4cd4-a001-6b8cdaf53592.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump tells Americans ‘hang tough’ as universal tariffs take effect
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/5/trump-tells-americans-hang-tough-universal-tariffs-take-effect/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Thousands protest across the US against Trump and Musk at ‘Hands Off’ rallies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3371422/thousands-protest-against-trump-musk-hands-off-rallies/
AMERICAN THINKER
— We Didn’t Start the Trade War—We’ve Just Finally Joined It
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/04/we_didn_t_start_the_trade_war_we_ve_just_finally_joined_it.html
EPOCH TIMES
— How to Find Down-Payment Assistance for a Mortgage. Where did the money come from for your first down payment? Mine came from working for IRS for 15 months, from working part-time for Firestone Stores for 21 months, and from working full-time for Firestone Stores for 7 months before that.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/bright/how-to-find-down-payment-assistance-for-a-mortgage-5810510
FOX NEWS
— Protesters rally against Trump, Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ gatherings nationwide. Congressman Jamie Raskin calls Trump an ‘economy-crashing dictator’ at DC rally.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/protesters-rally-against-trump-musk-hands-off-gatherings-nationwide
— New York prepares to battle Trump’s DEI funding threats in fight over schools. The Trump administration has pushed to restrict DEI funding at schools across the country.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-prepares-battle-trumps-dei-funding-threats-fight-over-schools
NATIONAL REVIEW
— A Spiteful and Baseless Crackdown on Homeschooling in Illinois
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/04/a-spiteful-and-baseless-crackdown-on-homeschooling-in-illinois/
PJ MEDIA
— New York State Will Defy Trump’s DEI Order for K-12 Schools
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/04/05/new-york-state-will-defy-trumps-dei-order-for-k-12-schools-n4938624
TOWNHALL
— AOC Surges Ahead of Schumer in New York Primary Poll, Signaling Shift in Democratic Power
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/04/05/aoc-surges-ahead-of-schumer-in-new-york-primary-poll-signaling-shift-in-democratic-power-n2655040
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5233363-trump-tariffs-vulnerable-republicans/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
.https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/protesters-tee-off-against-trump-and-musk-in-hands-off-rallies-across-the-us/article_9aff43cd-d020-584f-b0b8-e6a13bad4101.html
MSN
— First fallout from Donald Trump’s stiff tariffs: Stellantis to shut down Canada’s Windsor plant for two weeks. The factory which makes minivans and the Dodge Charger, employing 3,600 hourly workers will cease production from April 7 and has cited the tariffs as the main reason for the closure.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/first-fallout-from-donald-trump-s-stiff-tariffs-stellantis-to-shut-down-canada-s-windsor-plant-for-two-weeks/ar-AA1Ce1tM
— 900 U.S. Jobs on Hold as Stellantis Responds to Trump’s Auto Tariffs. The Windsor plant builds the Chrysler Pacifica, Voyager, and Dodge Charger Daytona, and the pause there affects about 4,500 workers.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/900-u-s-jobs-on-hold-as-stellantis-responds-to-trump-s-auto-tariffs/ar-AA1ClA38
CBS NEWS
— Trump tells Americans to “hang tough” as 10% universal tariffs take effect
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-universal-tariff-take-effect/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: A Swastika, a Tesla and a Debate Over the Limits of Hate Crime Law. Is it a hate crime for people to draw a swastika on a Tesla if they believe Elon Musk is a Nazi? The more demographics that you share with Trump, anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly take more adverse actions against you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/nyregion/tesla-vandalism-hate-crimes.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. They ever-increasingly demand that everyone vote for all the Democrat candidates in all elections to get rid of Trump. They succeeded in getting from 166 to 179 in my precinct to vote for Democrat Milton Township candidates while only 126-143 voted for Republican Township candidates.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/opinion/trump-law-firms-universities.html
— Republicans Want to Make the Trump Tax Cuts Last Forever
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/us/politics/republicans-tax-cuts.html
— Globalization Is Collapsing. Brace Yourselves.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/opinion/globalization-collapse.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Globalists promote Globalism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/06/trump-tariffs-political-risk/
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/across-the-us-protesters-rally-against-trump-musk/2025/04/05/1fc4dad9-66e1-4ebe-87d4-4b0284587656_video.html
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat leaders stage protests against Trump and Musk
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/05/protesters-decry-trump-musk-rallies-across-us/
USA TODAY
— Let DEI die: Trump’s playing hardball, and colleges are smart to fall in line. The Trump administration has shown it’s not messing around if college administrators don’t take its demands seriously.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/04/04/trump-dei-columbia-ohio-state-michigan/82778497007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Globalists promote Globalism
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/opinion-review-and-outlook/wsj-opinion-trump-new-protectionist-age/573F9135-4C73-404F-BE17-5FC5798B62D6
TIMES OF INDIA
— Amazon CEO promotes meritocracy. My critics/opponents do not promote meritocracy. Instead, they promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote a) race and gender based preference giving, b) patronage, c) political affiliation discrimination, d) reverse discrimination, e) age discrimination, f) religious discrimination, and g) national origin discrimination.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-at-town-hall-the-way-to-get-ahead-at-amazon-is-not-to-/articleshow/119894927.cms
March 29, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump administration names Andrew Boutros as interim US Attorney for Northern District of Illinois. The U.S. Attorney in Diersen v. GAO sided with GAO, that is, he sided with what my Democrat GAO superiors used to force me to retire, that is, he sided with Affirmative Action, DEI, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-administration-names-andrew-boutros-interim-us-attorney-northern-district-illinois-team/16098899/
— Winnetka signs agreement to augment police force with private security. Winnetka today, your municipality tomorrow as crime ever-increasingly increases under the Democrats and under the RINOs.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/village-winnetka-signs-agreement-augment-police-force-4-security-solutions/16099301/
NBC5
— Videos show large teen gatherings in downtown Chicago. How soon, if not already, will there be large teen gatherings in your municipality?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/videos-show-large-teen-gatherings-in-downtown-chicago/3709040/
WGN 9
— Illinois Democrat leaders to defy Trump voter order for April election
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/illinois-trump-voter-order-april-election/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8zI0oEsCKc
FOX32
— Illinois elections heat up: High-stakes races in Orland Park, Aurora
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-election-orland-park-aurora-arlington-heights
— Chicago lawyer appointed interim U.S. Attorney for Northern District of Illinois
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-lawyer-appointed-interim-us-attorney-northern-district-illinois
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Andrew Boutros officially announced as interim U.S. Attorney in Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/28/andrew-boutros-officially-announced-as-interim-u-s-attorney-in-chicago/
— Vance accuses Denmark of uninvesting in Greenland as Trump presses for US takeover of the island
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/28/jd-vance-greenland/
— Hegseth tells Philippines the Trump administration will ramp up deterrence against China threat
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/28/hegseth-philippines-trump-china/
— Democrat leaders crow that a federal judge temporarily blocks parts of Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/28/trump-dei-orders/
CHICAGO SUIN-TIMES
— Illinois Elections Board, that is, the Democrats who run Illinois, reject Trump’s executive order.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/03/28/illinois-elections-board-trump-executive-order-april-1-elections
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side the Tren de Aragua gang
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/03/28/tren-de-aragua-venezuela-gang-trump-tom-homan-terrorism-violence-crime-chicago-colombia-honduras-ecuador-nicolas-maduro-salvador
— From repairs to insurance, President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs could make owning a car more expensive
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/28/trump-auto-tariffs/
— Former prosecutor Andrew Boutros named Chicago’s interim U.S. Attorney
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/03/28/former-prosecutor-andrew-boutros-named-chicagos-interim-u-s-attorney
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/28/trump-administration-lies-truth-alternative-facts-robert-kennedy-vaccines-mona-charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/03/21/trump-american-exceptionalism-dangerous-wars-america-james-huffman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/03/29/usaid-agency-international-development-humanitarian-death-disease-trump-musk-amy-yee
— Chicago-area Vietnam War veterans commemorate 50 years since war’s end. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used against me my avoiding the Vietnam War draft the most. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/03/28/chicago-area-vietnam-war-veterans-commemorate-50-years-since-wars-end-that-was-a-brotherhood
DAILY HERALD
— Internal White House document details layoff plans across U.S. agencies. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under hiring freezes and/or promotion freezes because of Gingrich budget cuts. Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about that. To punish Gingrich, my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors took many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250327/nation-and-world-politics/internal-white-house-document-details-layoff-plans-across-u-s-agencies/
— Democrats argue Republicans waited too long to file latest redistricting lawsuit
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250329/news/democrats-argue-republicans-waited-too-long-to-file-latest-redistricting-lawsuit/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— GOP leaders target Northwestern law school in growing antisemitism probe
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/gop-leaders-target-northwesterns-pritzker-school-law
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Pritzker under fire from House Committee on Education for providing free legal representation to pro-Palestinian protestors
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/03/28/campus/pritzker-under-fire-from-house-committee-on-education-for-providing-free-legal-representation-to-pro-palestinian-protestors/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/illinois-public-health-funding-cuts-20244050.php
WAND TV
— US Naval Academy ends affirmative action in admissions. The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission to the service academy.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/us-naval-academy-ends-affirmative-action-in-admissions/article_3cbd91b0-229c-52db-988c-149ff322c28e.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.wandtv.com/news/trump-admin-cuts-idph-funding-puts-communities-at-risk/article_95271225-6394-4dc8-b135-68390d5f7a20.html
CITIES 92.9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more homelessness and blame it on Republicans. While Jews in Israel are overwhelming conservative, that is, pro-Republican, Jews in America are overwhelmingly liberal, that is pro-Democrat.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/03/28/illinois-bill-to-protect-homeless-from-fines-faces-law-enforcement-backlash/
IPM NEWSROOM
— Congressional committee asks University of Illinois for information on Chinese international students
https://ipmnewsroom.org/congressional-committee-asks-university-of-illinois-for-information-on-chinese-international-students/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-278/
— Trump targeted Chicago’s Jenner & Block, now they’re suing him. My Democrat superiors in the federal government targeted me big time. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. They especially targeted me because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. They even more especially targeted me after 1988 when I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/28/trump-targeted-chicago%e2%80%99s-jenner-block-now-they%e2%80%99re-suing-him/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS CENTER SQUARE
— Illinois GOP chair calls Governor’s trade mission ‘irresponsible’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_cece7299-39d0-4dc8-b197-d86ed4215e47.html
WHEATON RECORD
— Wheaton Professor Prays with Pro-Israel Demonstrators
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2025/03/28/pro-israel-demonstrators/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats and media allies play politics with organized agitation in GOP town halls. Planned disruptions reveal the left’s inability to cope with 2024 defeat.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/27/democrats-media-allies-play-politics-organized-agitation-gop-town/
— How major American law firms became a tool of the left
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/26/major-american-law-firms-became-tool-left/
NEW YORK POST
— Musk on why being in the government is ‘disadvantageous’ — as he blasts ‘jerk’ Tim Walz for mocking Tesla’s falling stock. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for more than 27 years. I should write about my critics/opponents who despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees the most. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://nypost.com/2025/03/28/us-news/elon-musk-blasts-jerk-tim-walz-for-mocking-teslas-falling-stock/
— Democrats’ response to losing? Profanity chic and terrorist porn.
https://nypost.com/2025/03/28/opinion/democrats-response-to-losing-profanity-chic-and-terrorist-porn/
— How the Trump Smithsonian order is fighting another bulwark of woke insanity
https://nypost.com/2025/03/28/opinion/how-the-trump-smithsonian-order-is-fighting-another-bulwark-of-woke-insanity/
DAILY WIRE
— Democrats Reveal How They Will Change The Rules To Take Back Power
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1565-democrats-reveal-how-they-will-change-the-rules-to-take-back-power
EPOCH TIMES
— University of Michigan Guts DEI Programs. The university was estimated to have spent $250 million on DEI programs since 2016. UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. But because of terrible demographics, I doubt that they would today.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/university-of-michigan-guts-dei-programs-5833032
FOX NEWS
— Chicago dubbed America’s murder capital as Democrat leaders ‘demonize’ police, splurge on migrants: alderman. Alderman Anthony Napolitano criticized sanctuary city leaders’ priorities as Chicago hit 573 homicides last year.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-dubbed-americas-murder-capital-democrat-leaders-demonize-police-splurge-migrants-alderman
NEWSMAX
— DHS Puts Funds for Sanctuary Cities on Chopping Block
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dhs-kristi-noem-fema/2025/03/28/id/1204841/
TOWNHALL
— Trump Signs Executive Order to Eliminate ‘Divisive, Race-Centered Ideology’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/03/28/trump-signs-executive-order-to-eliminate-divisive-race-centered-ideology-from-smithsonian-museums-n2654652
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Musk tries to rehab DOGE after backlash, mistakes. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it in the 1980s and 1990s, DOGE would not be needed today and I might still be a GAO employee. If Gingrich had formed a team to reform GAO, I would have volunteered to be a member of that team. I would have stressed a) that I had worked for GAO since 1980 and the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in1981, d) that I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, and e) that I earned an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://thehill.com/business/5220638-elon-musk-improving-government-efficiency-image/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— IRS Criminal Investigation Division (CID) announces modernization program as financial crimes use more tech. GAO audits IRS. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO on audits of IRS’s CID 1986-1988 at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $117,807-$125,661/year. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted what I had learned about CID doing that. They also wasted what I had learned about IRS’s Collection Division. I worked for that Division 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/irs-crime-fighting-arm-announces-modernization-20245906.php
MSN
— Black Americans describe how being a federal worker was their path to the middle class — and the heartbreak of losing it. According to my critics/opponents, the jobs that I got in 1964 (washing dishes), 1966 (cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline), 1970 (working on an automobile assembly line and selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances), 1971 (pumping gasoline and collecting delinquent taxes), and 1980 (auditing federal agencies) and the promotions that I got in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986 should have been given to Blacks. They were overjoyed when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black 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 had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/markets/black-americans-describe-how-being-a-federal-worker-was-their-path-to-the-middle-class-and-the-heartbreak-of-losing-it/ar-AA1BTjBR
AOL
— The ‘Meritocracy’ Lie. The judges in Diersen v. GAO rejected meritocracy and promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination (up-or-out), religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write about Diersen v. GAO.
https://www.aol.com/news/meritocracy-lie-144541218.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Inside the New Texas College Offering ‘Anti-Woke’ Education. To promote DEI is to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/in-depth-features/inside-the-new-texas-college-offering-anti-woke-education/8CC358EA-E4E6-47FB-AF98-9F60CD84F686
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters side with Canada against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/video/carney-says-canada-will-respond-to-trumps-tariffs-we-wont-back-down/2C8A6B67-6BC9-4D2F-9DC8-4950309F51B6
— ‘Lincoln’s Peace’ Review: The War That Wouldn’t Die. The Civil War was Democrats against Republicans. Democrats started the war and they have never surrendered
WIREPOINTS
— Why is Chicago the nation’s homicide capital? Bad guys know the chance of getting punished here is near-zero.
https://wirepoints.org/why-is-chicago-the-nations-homicide-capital-bad-guys-know-the-chance-of-getting-punished-here-is-near-zero-wirepoints-on-fox-news/. Democrats ever-increasingly destroy Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/lincolns-peace-review-the-war-that-wouldnt-die-90e7cb9c
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy municipalities, especially big municipalities.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/new-yorks-top-cop-has-what-democrats-need-policing-public-safety-crime-edf10604
FOIRBES
— ‘We Want Our Service Academies To Focus On War Fighting, Lethality, Patriotism’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uoxWziscJ8
FAST COMPANY
— Trump wants to destroy unions. A general strike is the only way to fight back. I was a union member for almost 12 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1980. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91308349/trump-wants-to-destroy-unions-a-general-strike-is-the-only-way-to-fight-back
FIERSE HEALTHCARE
— Federal union draws up lawsuit over Trump EO as RFK Jr. readies 10,000 HHS cuts. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized while I worked for it 1980-1997, the union would have sued Gingrich over his GAO budget cuts. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE and I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/rfk-jr-prepares-10000-job-cuts-across-hhs-new-wave-worker-reductions
March 5, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Johnson defends spending on migrant crisis during Capitol Hill hearings
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-defends-spending-migrant-crisis-during-sanctuary-city-hearings-washington-dc/15981771/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson testifies in DC at sanctuary city hearing
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-set-testify-washington-dc-sanctuary-city-hearing/15979555/
— Trump issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas to release all remaining hostages held in Gaza
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-issues-last-warning-hamas-release-remaining-hostages-held-gaza/15981541/
— Trump administration plans to fire over 70K employees at Department of Veterans Affairs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trumps-administration-planning-fire-70k-employees-us-department-veterans-affairs-memo-shows/15981426/
— ‘Partisan and divisive’: House leadership on Trump’s joint address
https://abc7chicago.com/post/democrats-republicans-react-president-trumps-joint-address-congress/15980125/
— Illinois legislative revenue estimate more than $700M lower than Gov. Pritzker’s proposed budget
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-legislative-revenue-estimate-737-million-lower-governor-jb-pritzkers-proposed-state-budget/15982106/
NBC5
— House Republicans seek to censure Rep. Al Green after interrupting Trump’s speech
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/house-republicans-seek-to-censure-rep-al-green-after-interrupting-trumps-speech/3689903/
— LaHood questions Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson during testimony before Congress
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/il-rep-darin-lahood-questions-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-during-testimony-before-congress/3689776/
CBS2
— Mayor Brandon Johnson defends Chicago’s immigration policies on Capitol Hill; “Chicago is and always has been a proud city of immigrants.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/after-prep-mayor-johnson-testify-capitol-hill-immigration/
FOX32
— Mayor Brandon Johnson delivers opening statement in sanctuary cities hearing
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DliSvuXQIHh8
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson defends Chicago’s sanctuary laws in GOP-led congressional hearing
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/mayor-brandon-johnson-congress-committee-sanctuary-laws/
— Democrat leaders say “Trump uses Democrats as stooges at address to Congress” and ask “When will the party learn some common sense?”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/editorial-donald-trump-uses-democrats-as-stooges-at-state-of-the-union-when-will-the-party-learn-some-common-sense/
— City begins rehousing efforts for Gompers Park homeless encampment residents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/chicago-rehousing-efforts-gompers-park-homeless/
— Aurora mayoral candidates Richard Irvin, John Laesch to answer questions at upcoming forum (COMMENT: While I was the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005 -2012, far too many Republican candidates objected to my asking them after their speeches that if elected, would they defend and advance all the planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/05/aurora-mayoral-candidates-richard-irvin-john-laesch-to-answer-questions-at-upcoming-forum/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Heavily-scripted Mayor Brandon Johnson survives congressional hot seat on Chicago’s sanctuary city policy
https://chicago.suntimes.com/brandonjohnson/2025/03/05/chicago-sanctuary-city-brandon-johnson-testimony-updates-file
DAILY HERALD
— ‘Insulting and disrespectful’: Suburban Democratic lawmakers slam Trump’s address to Congress
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250305/us-congress-politics/insulting-and-disrespectful-suburban-democratic-lawmakers-slam-trumps-address-to-congress/
— Illinois lawmakers boycott, bring pointed guests to Trump speech
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250304/nation-and-world-politics/illinois-lawmakers-boycott-bring-pointed-guests-to-trump-speech/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Brandon Johnson argues sanctuary city law keeps Chicago safer in high-profile House testimony
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-defends-chicagos-sanctuary-city-law-dc
SOUTHERN
— Trump, Musk raise questions about whether nation’s gold at Fort Knox has been stolen
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/05/trump-musk-raise-questions-about-whether-nations-gold-at-fort-knox-has-been-stolen/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Volunteers help fired federal workers re-enter the job market (COMMENT: No one helped me or my Republican GAO coworkers who were fired because of Republican-led budget cuts during the 1980s and 1990s.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-05/volunteers-help-fired-federal-workers-re-enter-the-job-market
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Republicans push for special master in Illinois redistricting lawsuit
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/republicans-push-for-special-master-in-illinois-redistricting-lawsuit#
KDHL RADIO
— Cannabis Edible Sends Illinois Teen To Emergency Room
https://kdhlradio.com/ixp/722/p/cannabis-edible-illinois/
WHEATON
— Women of Wheaton (COMMENT: What About Men of Wheaton?)
https://www.wheaton.il.us/1069/Women-of-Wheaton
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-261/
— Underutilized CPS schools driving up costs
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/05/report-underutilized-cps-schools-driving-up-costs/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— It all comes out in the wash. As time goes on, it becomes all the more clear that all my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican reject many, most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Antics at speech highlight Democrats’ Trump problem
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/5/antics-speech-highlight-democrats-trump-problem/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Chicago Mayor: Sanctuary Policies Make Cities Safer Because ‘Undocumented Immigrants Come Forward To Report Crimes’
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/chicago-mayor-sanctuary-policies-make-cities-safer-because-undocumented-immigrants-come-forward-to-report-crimes/
BREITBART
— Biden Quadrupled Unvetted Immigration Through Parole Program Abuse
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/03/05/report-biden-quadrupled-unvetted-immigration-through-parole-program-abuse/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— USDA employees fired en masse by Trump administration reinstated (COMMENT: I was among the more than 3,000 GAO employees who Republicans fired during the 1980s and 1990s. What if we had been reinstated?)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/usda-employees-fired-reinstatement/index.html
NBC NEWS
— Trump grants automakers a 1-month exemption on tariffs; Vance visits southern border
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/live-blog/live-updates-trump-vance-musk-doge-immigration-russia-ukraine-rcna194067
CBS NEWS
— JD Vance touts Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration in Texas
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/jd-vance-touts-trump-administrations-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration-in-texas/
— House Speaker Mike Johnson’s chief of staff arrested for DUI after Trump speech
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-johnson-chief-of-staff-hayden-haynes-arrested-dui-trump-speech/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Chicago’s Mayor Pushes Back as Republicans Attack Immigration Policies
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/us/brandon-johnson-chicago-mayor-sanctuary-city-hearing.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Americans don’t love Trump’s methods on Ukraine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/05/americans-dont-love-trumps-methods-ukraine/
— Trump administration plans 15 percent cut to VA workforce (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO during the 1980s and 1998s, Republicans cut half its workforce.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/05/veterans-affairs-cut-employees-trump-doge/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Tariff Concerns Paralyze Businesses, Raising Uncertainty
https://www.wsj.com/video/trump-tariff-concerns-paralyze-businesses-raising-uncertainty/9883E3CA-F5B0-4DB2-A2FB-0845198B7542
INDEPENDENT
— Speaker Mike Johnson’s chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump’s speech
https://www.yahoo.com/news/speaker-mike-johnson-chief-staff-213942800.html
February 25, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— Sick Politicians Want Killers, Rapists Roaming Our Streets
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/sick-politicians-want-killers-rapists-roaming-our-streets/
— Statement on Trump White House Victory Against the Associated Press
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/02/statement-on-trump-white-house-victory-against-the-associated-press/
— New Poll Shows Massive Support for President Trump and His Agenda
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/new-poll-shows-massive-support-for-president-trump-and-his-agenda/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Federal employees may get more demands to justify their work at Elon Musk’s direction
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-backs-musk-he-roils-federal-workforce-demands-threats/15953583/
— Is Mayor Brandon Johnson is ready to defend Chicago’s sanctuary city law to Congress?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ex-congressman-luis-guttierez-questions-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-is-ready-defend-sanctuary-city-law-congress/15954965/
— Rudy Giuliani satisfies Fulton County election workers’ $148 million defamation case
https://abc7chicago.com/post/rudy-giuliani-satisfies-fulton-county-election-workers-148-million-defamation-case/15952884/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Search for next US attorney in Chicago underway, again, in dramatically changed landscape (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always stressed that my Republican U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald appointed U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald who sided with my Democrat GAO superiors in Diersen v. GAO. Previously, Peter Fitzgerald also appointed Amy St. Eve to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois who also sided with my Democrat GAO superiors. To side with my Democrat GAO superiors is to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/search-for-next-us-attorney-in-chicago-underway-again-in-dramatically-changed-landscape/
— Democrat leaders always hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are responsible for racist graffiti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/officials-promise-immediate-consequences-after-racist-graffiti-found-at-oak-park-and-river-forest-high-school/
— Social Security says higher payments are on the way for millions of former public workers
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/social-security-payments/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 3.2 million Social Security recipients who received pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public service jobs will soon see a boost in their benefits. Most people will receive their one-time retroactive payment by the end of March, and new monthly payments will begin in April, the agency says. The Social Security Administration announced it would immediately begin processing retroactive payments and will send increased monthly payments to people affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset, which were rescinded in the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act that former President Joe Biden signed into law last year. The Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset limited Social Security benefits for recipients if they got retirement payments from other sources, including public retirement programs from a state or local government. Advocates say the Social Security Fairness Act rights a decades-old disparity, though it also puts a strain on Social Security Trust Funds, which face a looming insolvency crisis.)
— Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company’s diversity programs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/apple-diversity-programs-2/
— Federal employees may get more demands to justify their work at Elon Musk’s direction
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/federal-employees-elon-musk/
— Elon Musk renews threat to fire federal workers despite pushback from various agencies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/25/elon-musk-federal-workers/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rep. LaHood calls Trump policies a ‘priority’ as he opens search for new top federal prosecutor. The Peoria Republican also noted that the Northern District of Illinois has gone more than 22 months without a confirmed U.S. attorney.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/02/25/lahood-opens-u-s-attorney-search-by-calling-trump-policies
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that rump is a Nazi. To hint/imply/argue/shout that someone is a Nazi in America today is like hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that someone is a Jew in Germany in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2025/02/25/pritzker-trump-comparison-nazi-hitler-academic-commentary
— With intensifying assaults on the press, is it time for a ‘NATO for news’? To protect the free press in America, we need to agree that “an attack on one is an attack on all.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/02/24/president-donald-trump-assault-press-news-media-associated-press-ap-nato-news-jim-friedlich
DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton College in political, religious crosshairs over congratulating Trump appointee
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250225/news/wheaton-college-in-political-religious-crosshairs-over-congratulating-trump-appointee/
— Some GOP lawmakers start to call out DOGE — carefully
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250225/nation-and-world-politics/some-gop-lawmakers-start-to-call-out-doge-carefully/
— College of DuPage to host College Poll Worker Recruitment Summit April 11
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250224/submitted-content/college-of-dupage-to-host-college-poll-worker-recruitment-summit-april-11/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Who will be Chicago’s next U.S. attorney? Rep. LaHood is taking applications.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/darin-lahood-kicks-search-chicagos-us-attorney
SHAW LOCAL
— White House says it ‘will decide’ which news outlets cover Trump, rotating some traditional ones
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/02/25/white-house-says-it-will-decide-which-news-outlets-cover-trump-rotating-some-traditional-ones/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company’s diversity programs
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/alert-apple-shareholders-reject-proposal-to-20186932.php
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DeSantis talks up his wife as next Florida governor. Here’s what to know about Casey.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-as-desantis-talks-up-his-wife-as-next-florida-governor-heres-what-to-know-about-casey/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Rollback of diversity efforts leaves teachers wondering about effects on Black History Month
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-02-25/rollback-of-diversity-efforts-leaves-teachers-wondering-about-effects-on-black-history-month
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Pritzker positions himself at forefront of Trump opposition by invoking Nazis’ rise to power
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzker-positions-himself-at-forefront-of-trump-opposition-by-invoking-nazis-rise-to-power/
— Lawsuit threatens Illinois minority teachers scholarship. Conservative group seeks to overturn race-based financial aid. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me.)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawsuit-threatens-illinois-minority-teachers-scholarship/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Edgar disses Trump
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/02/25/edgar-battles-cancer-disses-trump-00205911
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-255/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Milena McConchie, Wife of Recently Resigned State Senator Dan McConchie Succumbs to Cancer from Chernobyl Radiation, R.I.P.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/milena-mcconchie-wife-of-recently-resigned-state-senator-dan-mcconchie-succumbs-to-cancer-from-chernobyl-radiation-r-i-p/
— Carbondale Retreats To Keep Sidewalk Counseling Case Out of U.S. Supreme Court
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/carbondale-retreats-to-keep-sidewalk-counseling-case-out-of-u-s-supreme-court/
— Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy “My Way or the Highway” Funk Mails Out Newsletter Right Before Election Day
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/algonquin-township-supervisor-randy-my-way-or-the-highway-funk-mails-out-newsletter-right-before-election-day/
— Schakowsky Continues Picketing Agencies Musk Targets
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/schakowsky-continues-picketing-agencies-musk-targets/
— Federal Gun Dealer Takedown
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/federal-gun-dealer-takedown/
— State Reps Reick and Keicher Set Tele-Town Hall Meeting February 26th
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/25/state-reps-reick-and-keicher-set-tele-town-hall-meeting-february-26th/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS warns illegal immigrants to self-deport
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/25/dhs-warns-illegal-immigrants-self-deport/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago keeps electing Democrats to disastrous results
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3329826/chicago-keeps-electing-democrats-disastrous-results/
— Hospitals conducting transgender procedures on children supported by billions in taxpayer dollars
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3329731/hospitals-transgender-procedures-children-billions-taxpayer-dollars/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump administration ends use of controversial app to allow migrants to fly without ID
https://nypost.com/2025/02/25/us-news/trump-administration-ends-use-of-app-to-allow-migrants-to-board-flights-without-id/
CITY JOURNAL
— How Universities Get Away With Hiring Radicals. Fellow-to-faculty programs have seeded academia with activists.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/universities-fellow-to-faculty-programs-activists
DAILY WIRE
— Nearly 100 Illegals Captured In Colony Ridge Deportation Raids. Border Czar Tom Homan said “several child sexual predators” were arrested in the Texas development.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-100-illegals-captured-in-colony-ridge-deportation-raids
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Homan Wants to Double ICE Footprint in Sanctuary Cities. Musk Is Helping Him Get There.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tom-homan-wants-to-double-ice-footprint-in-sanctuary-cities-elon-musk-is-helping-him-get-there/
NEWS BUSTERS
— The View Celebrates Black History Month By Promoting Discredited 1619 Project
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/02/25/view-celebrates-black-history-month-promoting-discredited
ONE AMERICA NEWS
— DHS Secretary Noem Says She Discovered Some Officials ‘Tipping Off’ Illegals About Deportation Plans: ‘They Will Be Fired’
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/dhs-secretary-noem-says-she-discovered-some-officials-tipping-off-illegals-about-deportation-plans-they-will-be-fired/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Poetic Justice: Obama Library Delayed – Discrimination Lawsuits, Environmental Injunctions, Enrichment Allegations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/poetic-justice-obama-library-delayed-discrimination-lawsuits-environmental-injunctions-enrichment-allegations/ar-AA1zCG31
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Federal workers urge congressional lawmakers to reverse job cuts
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-workers-urge-congressional-lawmakers-to-reverse-job-cuts/
— Case surge from fired federal workers jams federal board
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/case-surge-from-fired-federal-workers-jams-merit-systems-protection-board/
NTD
— House Hearing on ‘The Government Accountability Office’s 2025 High-Risk List’
https://www.ntd.com/live-1-pm-et-house-hearing-on-the-government-accountability-offices-2025-high-risk-list_1049779.html
WASHINGTON POST
— What has Trump done today?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/trump-administration-actions/
USA TODAY
— Trump pitches $5 million gold card path to citizenship for foreign investors
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/02/25/trump-pitches-gold-card-path-to-citizenship-for-foreign-investors/80355877007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Proposes Fines, Prison Time for Migrants Who Don’t Join Registry. Administration plans to establish registration website as soon as this week.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-immigration-migrant-registry-jail-time-95c405a7
POLITICO
— White House says it will determine which reporters have access to the president
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/trump-white-house-press-pool-access-00206001
PBS
— Elon Musk may direct more demands on federal employees to justify their work
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/elon-musk-may-direct-more-demands-on-federal-employees-to-justify-their-work
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Is Trump Acting Like a Dictator? 74% of Democrats Say So
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/is_trump_acting_like_a_dictator_74_of_democrats_say_so
February 18, 2025 Evening Edition
WHITE HOUSE
— EXPANDING ACCESS TO IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL AGENCIES
https://www.whitehouse.gov/news/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘We are the patriots’: Chicago federal employees protest mass firings in Federal Plaza (COMMENT: I have always been a Republican. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I share many demographics with Trump. If I was still a federal employee, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/18/federal-employees-protest-mass-firings/
— Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal money
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/18/trump-schools-end-dei-programs/
— Trump signs order to study how to expand IVF and calls for ‘radical transparency’ from government
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/18/trump-will-sign-new-executive-orders-while-his-first-joint-tv-interview-with-musk-airs-in-prime-time/
— Soon, if not already, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/14/dupage-naperville-homeless-winter-emergency-shelter/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/chicago-immigration-resource-guide
— Trump’s Friday firings leave EPA Chicago office with fewer scientists, staff. Dozens of probationary employees were cut because they didn’t have job protections.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/02/18/trump-fires-epa-chicago-scientists-staff-environmental-protection-agency
DAILY HERALD
— Suit asks court to block appointment of McConchie successor in Senate
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250218/illinois-state-politics/suit-asks-court-to-block-appointment-of-mcconchie-successor-in-senate/
— College of DuPage board names top pick for president
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250218/news/college-of-dupage-board-names-top-pick-for-president/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: COD Trustee Andrew Manno, who co-chairs the presidential search committee, told the board last month that it had selected about a dozen or so candidates to appear before the committee for interviews. The committee held those interviews over a span of two days — “over long, long hours” — and was able to narrow the search down to four candidates, Manno said in January. Both the board and the committee agreed to follow a “hybrid confidential approach” to “ensure that COD has the best quality candidates that the country has to offer,” Manno said previously.)
ABC7
— Judge declines to immediately block Elon Musk or DOGE from federal data or layoffs
https://abc7chicago.com/post/white-house-claims-elon-musk-does-not-run-doge-new-filing/15925645/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-leaders-speak-undocumented-business-owners-deportations-illinois-hispanic-chamber-commerce-offers-legal-adivce/15926782/
NBC5
— Republicans consider cuts, work requirements for Medicaid. Eighty million U.S. adults and children are currently enrolled in the nearly-free health care coverage offered to the poorest Americans.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/health/republicans-consider-cuts-work-requirements-medicaid/3677068/
CBS2
— Mentoring program helping Black high school students prepare for college success (COMMENT: To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/onegoal-mentoring-program-black-high-school-students-college/
FOX32
— Illinois federal employees protest against Trump’s layoffs. Federal workers held a rally at Federal Plaza in Chicago, protesting planned layoffs under President Donald Trump. The Trump administration offered buyouts to nearly 2 million federal employees, leading to 75,000 resignations. Thousands of probationary workers, including EPA employees, were fired without warning, sparking outrage. (COMMENT: I have always been a Republican. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I share many demographics with Trump. If I was still a federal employee, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-federal-employees-protest-against-trumps-layoffs
WTTW
— Are You a Federal Worker in Illinois? We Want to Hear From You. (COMMENT: Would WTTW be interested in hearing about how my Democrat GAO superiors used Republican-led budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997?)
https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/17/are-you-federal-worker-illinois-we-want-hear-you
— Fired EPA Workers in Chicago Rally Against Trump’s Mass Government Layoffs
https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/18/fired-epa-workers-chicago-rally-against-trump-s-mass-government-layoffs
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/02/18/committee-advances-bill-ban-vehicle-searches-based-smell-cannabis
VERMILION COUNTY FIRST
— Chief Budgeteer Senator Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) joined Illinois Senate Republican Leader Senator John Curran (R-Downers Grove) and Deputy Leader Senator Sue Rezin (R-Morris) to call on Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to commit to transparent accounting of taxpayer spending and to deliver a budget that does not include tax increases on Illinois families and businesses in tomorrow’s address.
https://vermilioncountyfirst.com/2025/02/18/illinois-senate-republicans-call-for-no-new-taxes-transparent-accounting-in-budget/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Illinois Republican Senate members say Democrats state budget is flawed
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/watch-live-illinois-republican-senate-members-discuss-budget/
— Florida is rushing to enforce new immigration laws.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-florida-is-rushing-to-enforce-new-immigration-laws-heres-what-to-know/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump’s border czar says ICE arrests way up, illegal border crossings way down
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-effect-has-migrants-thinking-twice-about-crossing-the-border-white-house-says-illegal-immigration-border-security-politics-ice-arrests-public-safety
WQAD
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/politics/illinois-politics/planned-parenthood-of-illinois-offering-medication-abortion-pills-through-app/526-3295b9a7-c293-4033-9d3d-4a4e89a2c287
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/politics/illinois-politics/illinois-committee-advances-bill-to-ban-vehicle-searches-based-on-smell-of-cannabis/526-3f033835-2d5d-4df9-b093-e19bb4879010
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Eliminating immigrant spending, boosting education funding top Senate Republican budget priorities. Gov. JB Pritzker set to give budget address Wednesday.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/eliminating-immigrant-spending-boosting-education-funding-top-senate-republican-budget-priorities/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Residents, Advocates Fear An Encampment Clearing As Tensions At Gompers Park Rise. Though the city said a planned March 5 moving event doesn’t mean the encampment will be cleared, similar events have led to the dismantling of tent cities, advocates said.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/02/18/residents-advocates-fear-an-encampment-clearing-as-tensions-at-gompers-park-rise/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-250/
— Poll unsurprisingly finds Trump/Musk and their actions unpopular in Illinois, except for a close division on immigration (COMMENT: 2.4 million in Illinois voted for Trump/Vance.)
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/18/poll-unsurprisingly-finds-trumpmusk-and-their-actions-unpopular-in-illinois-except-for-a-close-division-on-immigration/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Bill would eliminate property taxes for Illinois homeowners after 30 years of residency (COMMENT: I have lived in Illinois for more than 76 years and in Wheaton for almost 47 years. I have paid real estate taxes for more than 52 years.)
https://www.aol.com/bill-eliminate-property-taxes-illinois-213600444.html
— Pritzker to deliver proposed Illinois budget amid mounting spending pressures
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d154e64e-ee38-11ef-ad97-eb573b7a9e65.html
— Government efficiency caucus formed
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1951acf4-ee41-11ef-8dfc-47160dadc270.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Because Secret Service Clearance Is Required Wednesday Deadline to Buy Tickets to See Lara Trump at McHenry County/Joe Tirio Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/18/because-secret-service-clearance-is-required-wednesday-deadline-to-buy-tickets-to-see-lara-trump/
— Algonquin Township Road Commissioner Danijela Sandberg’s Opponent Prematurely Declares Victory
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/18/algonquin-township-road-commissioner-danijela-sandbergs-opponent-prematurely-declares-victory/
— Illinois Policy Institute Tees Up Opposition to Progressive Income Tax Proposals by Democrats
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/18/illinois-policy-institute-tees-up-opposition-to-progressive-income-tax-proposals-by-democrats/
— Looks Like I Was Wrong on Netflix Subject for “Monsters – Season 3”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/18/looks-like-i-was-wrong-on-netflix-subject-for-monsters-season-3/
— Grafton Township Republican Party Issues Endorsements for Township Trustee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/18/grafton-township-republican-party-issues-endorsements-for-township-trustee/
— Another View of the Replacement Process for State Senator Dan McConchie
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/18/another-view-of-the-replacement-process-for-state-senator-dan-mcconchie/
— The Censures of Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy Funk – Part 2
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/18/the-censures-of-randy-funk-part-2/
— McHenry County Administrator Peter Austin Gets 5.3% Raise
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/18/mchenry-county-administrator-peter-austin-gets-5-3-raise/
ILLINOIS RECORD
— A leaked Video shows the Illinois GOP seemingly lying about their 2024 election get out the vote impact
https://www.illinoisrecord.com/p/a-leaked-video-shows-the-illinois
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigrants now paying up to $30,000 as cartels raise prices under Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/18/illegal-immigrants-paying-30-000-cartels-raise-pri/
WASHINGTON EXAMINAR
— CPAC theme: ‘America is back on track’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3322407/cpac-theme-america-back-on-track/
AMERICAN WIRE
— Biden admin doled out 10 BILLION to illegals in just one year, shocking probe finds
https://americanwirenews.com/biden-admin-doled-out-10-billion-to-illegals-in-just-one-year-shocking-probe-finds/
CENTER SQUARE
— New guidance seeks to end use of ‘race preferences, stereotypes’ in school admissions
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_127ef2e4-ee26-11ef-a6c4-878910db08f2.html
— IRS tax gap grows to $600 billion as DOGE looks for savings (COMMENT: I worked for GAO for 3 years 1986-1988 on audits of IRS Criminal Investigation Division efforts to close the tax gap.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_ecd0de72-ee0c-11ef-848d-ebb54839938d.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency take a look at one of the federal government’s most-disliked agencies, the Internal Revenue Service, some point to a persistent problem: the tax gap. The tax gap is the difference between what taxpayers pay the IRS voluntarily and on time and what they actually owe the IRS. The projected annual gross tax gap for tax year 2022 was $696 billion, with about $90 billion of that paid late or through IRS enforcement, according to the IRS.)
DAILY WIRE
— Education Dept Slashes $600 Million In Grants Promoting ‘Divisive’ Ideologies. Grants had been training teachers in CRT and gender ideology.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/education-dept-slashes-600-million-in-grants-promoting-divisive-ideologies
FEDERALIST
— United States Should Encourage Less Migration, More Stability
https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/18/former-refugee-the-united-states-should-encourage-less-migration-more-stability/
FOX NEWS
— Vance to speak at CPAC’s opening day. CPAC, which dates back to 1974, is the nation’s oldest and largest annual gathering of conservative leaders and activists.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vice-president-jd-vance-speak-cpacs-opening-day
NEW AMERICAN
— Noem to Illegal Aliens and Would-be Illegals: Get Out, Stay Out, and Don’t Cross the Border
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/noem-to-illegal-aliens-and-would-be-illegals-get-out-stay-out-and-dont-cross-the-border/
NEWSMAX
— If you have a criminal record, you can’t stay here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt8YhNBsLVc
OPEN THE BOOKS
— CASH FOR MIGRANTS: FEMA NOT THE ONLY AGENCY SPENDING BIG. The Office of Refugee Resettlement has faced questions over transparency, conflict of interest.
https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/5f0bfa8c-91b1-4477-baa5-b98ecf340a76?lid=q5u4w2bhnmbt
TOWNHALL
— Homan Has the Perfect Response to AOC ‘Educating’ Illegals on How to Evade ICE
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2025/02/18/tom-homan-aoc-update-n2652391
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump says he may impose auto tariffs of around 25%
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-auto-tariffs-25-percent/
NEWSWEEK
— Inside the Five-Star Hotel Where Deported Migrants Are Awaiting Their Fate
https://www.newsweek.com/inside-five-star-hotel-where-deported-migrants-are-awaiting-their-fate-2032899
USA TODAY
— Student asks Supreme Court to say he can wear T-shirt saying ‘There are only two genders.’ In past decisions, the Supreme Court has allowed students to wear arm bands in protest of the Vietnam War but not to hold up a “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” banner.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/16/supreme-court-student-two-genders-t-shirt-free-speech/78390509007/
LEADER
— IRS tax gap grows to $600 billion as DOGE looks for savings (COMMENT: I worked for GAO for 3 years 1986-1988 on audits of IRS Criminal Investigation Division efforts to close the tax gap.)
https://www.myleaderpaper.com/news/national/irs-tax-gap-grows-to-600-billion-as-doge-looks-for-savings/article_e3f7dd85-5ace-5b39-a934-9d543adda481.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency take a look at one of the federal government’s most-disliked agencies, the Internal Revenue Service, some point to a persistent problem: the tax gap. The tax gap is the difference between what taxpayers pay the IRS voluntarily and on time and what they actually owe the IRS. The projected annual gross tax gap for tax year 2022 was $696 billion, with about $90 billion of that paid late or through IRS enforcement, according to the IRS. The problem has been around for decades and is growing. From 2014 to 2016, the IRS estimated the tax gap was about $496 billion each year, according to a 2024 report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.)
ABP
— How Big A Problem Are Illegal Indians For US? 11 Insights From Johns Hopkins Study.
https://news.abplive.com/news/world/how-big-problem-illegal-indians-us-11-insights-johns-hopkins-study-1752190
February 11, 1025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Henry Hyde’s Name Stripped From Courthouse Over Anti-Abortion Law
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-name-removed-courthouse-over-anti-abortion-law-2029685
— Trump Admin to ‘Double’ Manpower in Sanctuary Cities After Court Rulings
https://www.newsweek.com/border-czar-immigration-sanctuary-cities-legal-challenges-2029469
ABC7
— DuPage County lawmakers vote to remove Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse (COMMENT: Those who spoke eloquently in favor keeping the building named after Hyde include Hyde’s son Anthony Hyde, Chris Kachiroubas, Dennis Reboletti, and Gary Vician. Those who wanted to speak but were not allowed to because of Democrat time limits included Ron Almiron, Kevin Coyne, Jeanne Ives, and Randy Ramey. Of course, the five Republican County Board members who were present spoke eloquently in favor keeping the building named after Hyde: Cindy Cronin Cahill, Grant Eckhoff, Brian Krajewski, Sam Tornatore, and James Zay.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dupage-county-lawmakers-vote-remove-late-congressman-henry-hydes-name-courthouse/15892352/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During public comment at Tuesday’s meeting, Congressman Hyde’s son Anthony spoke on his father’s legacy. “My father didn’t do anything to deserve being canceled and that’s what this resolution aims to do,” he said. “It’s an attempt to erase and rewrite history. As elected officials, you have to be better than that.” . . . The resolution to remove Hyde’s name passed by a 10-5 vote.)
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot
https://abc7chicago.com/post/cannabis-news-2024-marks-another-record-breaking-year-legal-marijuana-sales-illinois-industry-grows/15894693/
WGN9
— DuPage County Board votes to strip former congressman’s name from courthouse
https://wgntv.com/news/dupage-county/dupage-county-board-votes-to-strip-former-congressmans-name-from-courthouse/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElsnPTH5xAQ
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage County Board votes to strip US Rep. Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/11/dupage-county-board-to-strip-u-s-rep-henry-hydes-name-from-courthouse/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While Democrats and Republicans voted along party lines on the issue, Democrats Lynn LaPlante and Lucy Chang Evans abstained from the vote and expressed disappointment that the matter was raised. . .The board’s vote followed several personal pleas from friends, family and supporters of Hyde’s asking members to refrain from moving forward with the name change. Anthony Hyde, Hyde’s son who lives in North Aurora, said his father was his hero. “No matter how you vote today, nothing will ever change that,” he said. “The chair and others in this room have stated the reason you want to remove his name from the judicial center is because of his position on abortion and, in particular, the Hyde Amendment. … Believe me when I say I can empathize with your position. “But also understand that my father was more than just a one-note politician. My father was a statesman for this country. He advocated for those in need locally, nationally and globally.” Public comment totaled 30 minutes. The board voted 10-8 against extending the public comment period by another half hour.)
— Crete hardware store workers rescue man who drove onto iced-over pond
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/11/crete-hardware-store-workers-rescue-driver-frozen-pond/
DAILY HERALD
— Henry Hyde’s name will be removed from courthouse in DuPage County
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250211/news/henry-hydes-name-will-be-removed-from-courthouse-in-dupage-county/
— ‘Hell has open borders’: Palatine church causes stir with sign invoking illegal immigration
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250210/news/palatine-church-causes-stir-with-sign-invoking-illegal-immigration/
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— DuPage County Board votes to remove Henry Hyde’s name from courthouse
https://www.nctv17.org/news/dupage-county-board-votes-to-remove-henry-hydes-name-from-courthouse/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Hell has open borders’: Palatine church causes stir with sign invoking illegal immigration
https://chicago.suntimes.com/suburban-chicago/2025/02/11/palatine-sign-illegal-immigration-new-hope-community-church
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2025/02/11/cannabis-sales-2024-marijuana
WBEZ
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot
https://www.wbez.org/business/2025/02/11/cannabis-sales-2024-marijuana
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot
https://www.wandtv.com/news/city-of-spirngfield-opens-another-round-of-cannabis-grant-applications/article_e5d7ee7a-e8c7-11ef-ac2d-6312328d5ca4.html
STATELINE
— Democrats protest outside LaHood’s Rockford office
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/activists-protest-trump-actions-outside-office-of-rockford-congressman-darin-lahood/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/alert-more-than-two-dozen-us-religious-groups-20160387.php
FOX ILLINOIS
— IRS enforcement funding on chopping block as GOP weighs spending priorities
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/irs-enforcement-funding-on-chopping-block-as-gop-weighs-spending-priorities-internal-revenue-service-trump-administration-politics
WCIA
— Republicans once railed against armed IRS agents. Now they want them for immigration enforcement
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-republicans-once-railed-against-armed-irs-agents-now-they-want-them-for-immigration-enforcement/
WGME
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in manipulating and dominating Wheaton College
https://wgme.com/news/nation-world/illinois-college-deletes-post-congratulating-trump-appointee-cites-significant-concern-wheaton-college-russell-vought-office-of-management-and-budget-white-house
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Lawsuits with Trump administration stretching Illinois attorney general’s resources. Raoul involved in multiple suits with other states challenging Trump actions
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawsuits-with-trump-administration-stretching-illinois-attorney-generals-resources/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-247/
— Magic phrase returns: ‘Forensic audit’ (COMMENT: I became a Forensic Accountant in 1997.)
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/11/magic-phrase-returns-forensic-audit/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Safe Suburbs USA on DuPage County vote to strip courthouse of Henry Hyde’s name: ‘Stop trying to replace our history with woke crazy!’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/669667623-safe-suburbs-usa-on-dupage-county-vote-to-strip-courthouse-of-henry-hyde-s-name-stop-trying-to-replace-our-history-with-woke-crazy
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— University of Illinois Chicago sued after fired professor criticized hiring programs
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1e6f41a8-e8b3-11ef-b51c-cb60d52aa87c.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: Illinois’ woes say more about Pritzker, Johnson than Trump
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-illinois-woes-say-more-about-pritzker-johnson-than-trump/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s dream of making Canada a U.S. state would be a political nightmare for Republicans
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/11/donald-trump-dream-making-canada-u-state-would-pol/
— FEMA employees did avoid pro-Trump homes last year
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/11/fema-employees-avoid-pro-donald-trump-homes-last-y/
— Trump administration officials tell senators they need $175B for border, immigration enforcement
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/11/trump-administration-officials-tell-senators-need-/
NEW YORK POST
— Homan accuses FBI of leaking information about ICE raids: ‘Lives at risk’
https://nypost.com/2025/02/11/us-news/tom-homan-accuses-fbi-of-leaking-information-about-ice-raids/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Palatine church branded hateful for ‘Heaven has strict immigration laws’
https://www.christianpost.com/news/church-branded-hateful-for-heaven-has-strict-immigration-laws.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Not Enough People Were ‘Marginalized,’ So Obama Created DEI (COMMENT: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, those who are the following are marginalized:
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/11/enough-people-were-marginalized-obama-created-dei/
DAILY WIRE
— Government To Fund Study On ‘Fear Of Deportation’ Leading To ‘Systemic Inflammation.’ The study hypothesizes that engaging in political activism could reduce ‘systemic inflammation’ in illegal immigrants.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/government-to-fund-study-on-fear-of-deportation-leading-to-systemic-inflammation
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Texas Tech Course Teaches Critical Race Theory Despite State Ban on DEI. “examine how privilege in the workplace impacts the socioeconomic and cultural status of individuals and groups.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/02/texas-tech-course-teaches-critical-race-theory-despite-state-ban-on-dei/
LIFE NEWS
— Democrats Remove Henry Hyde’s Name From Courthouse Because He Was Pro-Life
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/02/11/democrats-remove-henry-hydes-name-from-courthouse-because-he-was-pro-life/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— ‘They Forced Us’: Tom Homan Warns Sanctuary Cities Are About to ‘Get Exactly What They Don’t Want’
https://www.westernjournal.com/forced-us-tom-homan-warns-sanctuary-cities-get-exactly-dont-want/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Democrat leaders promote reverse discrimination in America as well as South Africa
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/11/africa/south-africa-land-aid-freeze-trump-intl/index.html
REUTERS
— Democrat leaders promote reverse discrimination in America as well as South Africa
https://www.reuters.com/world/trumps-accusations-against-south-africa-spark-white-privilege-self-mockery-2025-02-11/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/nyregion/trump-nyc.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders crow about their success manipulating and dominating religious leaders
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-02-11/trump-wont-block-immigration-arrests-in-houses-of-worship-now-these-27-religious-groups-are-suing
FORBES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/02/11/everything-to-know-about-trumps-mass-deportation-plans-pope-francis-slams-trumps-treatment-of-migrants/
June 19, 2024 Special Edition – Tracy resigns
Tracy “authorized a three-member committee to search for his replacement.” What process will be used to elect Tracy’s replacement? In my opinion, it should include an open Zoom meeting in which each of the candidates give their reasons why they should be elected. In 2005, as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, I organized a candidate forum in Springfield the evening before the day that the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee elected Andy McKenna as IRP’s chairman. The participants were John Cox, Stephen McGlynn, McKenna, and Jim Nalepa. Jim Oberweis wanted to participate, but could not.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Republican Chairman Don Tracy resigns just weeks before RNC in Milwaukee – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/19/illinois-republican-chairman-don-tracy-resigns-just-weeks-before-rnc-in-milwaukee/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Embattled state GOP Chairman Don Tracy resigned Wednesday, ending his more than three-year run and furthering a chaotic period of leadership for a political organization bordering on irrelevancy just weeks before Republicans gather in nearby Milwaukee to renominate former President Donald Trump at their national convention. Tracy’s resignation comes just two days after Illinois Republican leaders deposed Mark Shaw of Lake Forest as the state GOP’s vice chair over controversies stemming from his unsuccessful effort at last month’s state convention to leverage his party position and role as a paid Trump adviser into the post of Republican National Committeeman from Illinois. In his resignation letter, Tracy said his decision was in part because he spent more time dealing with infighting among fellow Republicans than fighting Democrats. “When I took on this full-time volunteer job in February, 2021, I thought I would be spending most of my time fighting Democrats, helping elect Republicans, raising money to pay for more Party infrastructure, and advocating for Party unity. Unfortunately, however, I have had to spend far too much time dealing with intra party power struggles, and local intra party animosities that continued after primaries and County Chair elections,” Tracy wrote in the letter. “In better days, Illinois Republicans came together after tough intraparty elections,” Tracy continued. “Now however, we have Republicans who would rather fight other Republicans than engage in the harder work of defeating incumbent Democrats by convincing swing voters to vote Republican.” Tracy said his resignation was effective upon the election of a new chairman or “no later than July 19,” which is the day after the Republican National Convention ends. He authorized a three-member committee to search for his replacement. Tracy held the party chairmanship since February 2021. An attorney from Springfield and a co-owner of his family’s wealthy food distribution business, he was narrowly elected by a moderate coalition of the Republican State Central Committee over Shaw to replace then-GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner’s handpicked chairman, Tim Schneider, who Shaw helped push out. Tracy was chosen as the first state Republican chairman from outside the Chicago area since 1988. Though previously an unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor in 2014 (2010?), he was viewed as coming from the donor class of the party rather than having a strong background in rank-and-file political organizing. That image proved to be his downfall as the GOP suffered continued political losses that led Democrats to control all three branches of state government and saw its suburban base sharply eroded in the populous collar counties. Republicans have lost a sizable share of suburban residents as the party that once embraced fiscal conservatism and social moderation has shifted sharply to more social conservatism and moved the GOP’s geographic base to less-populated rural downstate Illinois. Tracy failed to find ways to harness the rural populism that was an outgrowth of Trump’s dominance of the party. He also didn’t help party candidates distance themselves from Trump’s unpopularity in the suburbs, the region which has traditionally been the key for Republican success statewide. Ultimately, it was the controversies that engulfed Shaw at the state GOP convention in Collinsville that led to Tracy’s resignation. Shaw obtained an unauthorized delegate badge that entitled him to vote for himself for national committeeman, but he was twice rejected for the post by an overwhelming floor vote of delegates. Urged to drop out of the national committeeman’s race, Shaw later acknowledged he threatened to kick the “ass” of another state central committee member. Shaw also faced criticism for handing out drink tickets promoting his own RNC candidacy to a hospitality room dedicated to pushing support for Trump. With various Republican county chairs and state central committee members urging Tracy to remove Shaw from the vice chairmanship, Tracy took no public position and said he was powerless to force Shaw out. Critics said that made Tracy look weak and they also accused him of siding with Shaw by questioning whether he was being treated unfairly. In his letter, Tracy said the sacking of Shaw was “without due process” and “ portends a direction of the state party I am not comfortable with.” Tracy’s handling of the Shaw controversies reopened long-standing concerns about Tracy’s leadership abilities after having survived a “no confidence” test among state central committee members in May of last year. In his letter, Tracy said his decision to resign had been made prior to a Tribune article detailing concerns from party insiders about his leadership. But he erroneously wrote that “no one from the Tribune called me about this article, which I did not learn of until (Wednesday) morning.” A state GOP spokesman said Tuesday that Tracy “can’t chat today” to respond to a Tribune inquiry about party leadership moves. Tracy also had faced criticism as an inadequate spokesman for the state party, often dodging reporters at GOP events and, when speaking to them, repeating national Republican talking points rather than addressing the substance of questions. A similar pattern was evident at state central committee meetings, said one source familiar with the inner working of party matters. The source said Tracy showed up “literally” reading from a script and, if something happened off-script, he would “have to take a break.” Even before Tracy’s announcement, efforts to replace him had been brewing. Two potential successors who have been frequently mentioned are Aaron Del Mar, a former Cook County GOP chair from Palatine, and state Sen. Jason Plummer of Edwardsville. Both are members of the state central committee. In addition to Tracy’s resignation and Shaw’s ouster as vice chair, the state GOP’s finance chairman, suburban businessman Vince Kolber, stepped down following last month’s state convention. Kolber finished third for national committeeman, a post that eventually went to Dean White, a businessman from St. Charles.)
— Chicago-area immigrants hopeful over Biden’s executive order that offers pathways to citizenship to spouses of US citizens. – LAURA RODRÍGUEZ PRESA https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/06/19/chicago-area-immigrants-hopeful-over-bidens-executive-order-that-offers-pathways-to-citizenship-to-spouses-of-us-citizens/
ABC7
— Illinois Republican Chair Don Tracy to step down from position, citing ‘intra-party power struggles’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-republican-chair-don-tracy-announces-resignation-wants/14977494/
WGN9
— Illinois Republican Party Chair Don Tracy resigning after RNC – Ray Cortopassi
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-republican-party-chair-don-tracy-retiring-after-rnc/
WAND TV
— Tracy resigns as IL Republican Party Chairman, cites power struggles within party
https://www.wandtv.com/news/tracy-resigns-as-il-republican-party-chairman-cites-power-struggles-within-party/article_3d5eeefc-2e9f-11ef-8208-b39a5bba01e8.html
(THE RESIGNATION LETTER: https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/wandtv.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/f6/1f66988a-2ea1-11ef-b63c-cbfaa2c050a2/667380509f093.pdf.pdf )
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois GOP Chair resigns – Sean Crawford
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2024-06-19/illinois-gop-chair-resigns
NEWSMAX
— Illinois Republican Party Chair Resigns, Blames Party Infighting
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/gop-illinois/2024/06/19/id/1169399/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPS to rename 3 schools, including one named after Christopher Columbus. They make nine schools renamed since a Chicago Sun-Times investigation found 30 schools were named for slaveholders, and schools named after white people — mostly men — vastly outnumbered those named for African Americans, Latinos and indigenous people. – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/06/18/cps-to-rename-3-schools-including-one-named-after-christopher-columbus
— ‘Color of wealth’ study examines race, immigration status as factors in Chicago’s inequities. Black Chicagoans helped many parts of the city blossom culturally and economically, but they were also subject to financial exploitation, intimidation and racial violence — challenges later faced by immigrants from Mexico in the mid-20th century. – Adriana Cardona-Maguigad
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2024/06/18/color-of-wealth-study-examines-race-immigration-status-as-factors-in-chicagos-inequities
CBS2
— Cook County projecting $218 million budget deficit in 2025. No plans for tax hikes or layoffs. – John Odenthal
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cook-county-2025-budget-shortfall-projection/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a sweeping new plan from Biden – AP (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Sooner and sooner and sooner America will be a Hispanic nation.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/half-a-million-immigrants-could-eventually-get-us-citizenship-under-a-new-plan-from-biden/article_2e5f9c7e-08d9-5cda-acb4-bcc5ffe954d0.html
WGLT
— With the election 5 months away, Trump has yet to pick a running mate. – Jeongyoon Han, Franco Ordoñez
https://www.wglt.org/2024-06-19/with-the-election-5-months-away-trump-has-yet-to-pick-a-running-mate
FOX ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that those who have student loans will vote for Biden. Many vote for the candidate who promises to give the most preference to those who share their demographics.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/29-percent-borrowers-say-student-loan-debt-will-impact-their-vote-2024-election-college-education-payments-trump-biden-money-inflation-economy
CITY OF WHEATON
— Wheaton leaders promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wheaton.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/11753?fileID=16493
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago spends on migrants, then evicts them from shelters – Jim Talamonti
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d4ab1b0a-2e4f-11ef-9615-d794a80fbff5.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— A backlash against progressivism. Biden’s reelection ambition haunted by legacy of failure. – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jun/18/editorial-backlash-against-progressivism/
AMAC
— Backdoor To Illegal Voting? – Robert B. Charles
https://amac.us/newsline/society/backdoor-to-illegal-voting/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— What Kind of Conservative Will Trump II Be? The former President, despite some long standing preferences, is not a predictable ideologue. – W. James Antle III
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/what-kind-of-conservative-will-trump-ii-be/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Biden Administration Quietly Closes More than 350,000 Asylum Cases – Kari Jacobson
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2024/06/19/biden-administration-quietly-closes-more-350000-asylum-cases
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Turn Lawfare Into a Campaign Ad – Byron York
https://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2024/06/19/democrats-turn-lawfare-into-a-campaign-ad-n2640641
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/us/politics/bidens-strategy-immigrants.html