April 1, 2025

Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use international students to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-immigration-news-concern-local-colleges-us-student-visa-revoked-southern-illinois-university-enrollee/16113193/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders say “ICE and IRS: Unholy alliance or border saviors.”
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/ice-and-irs-unholy-alliance-or-border-saviors/3710504/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump executive orders to promote more hatred against him..
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-administration-executive-orders-tariffs-march-31-2025-live-updates/3709767/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-gov-pritzker-declares-march-31-as-transgender-day-of-visibility/

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use postal workers to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/31/postal-workers-union-pushes-back-potential-usps-cuts-and-outlines-impact-illinois
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump budget cuts to promote more hatred against him.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/03/31/illinois-cook-county-public-health-officials-say-federal-funding-cuts-came-little-notice

WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ask “Why it’s important to vote in local elections.”
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/why-its-important-to-vote-in-local-elections/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump executive orders to promote more hatred against him.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/dr-hartman-trump-is-trying-to-whitewash-history/
https://wgnradio.com/news/trump-says-hes-not-joking-about-a-third-term-republicans-insist-he-is/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Tesla to promote more hatred against Musk to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/31/protests-elon-musk-tesla/
— Democrat ever-increasingly use Venezuelans to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/31/trump-legal-protections-venezuelans/
— Democrat ever-increasingly use bad weather to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/31/tornado-season-weather-service-cuts/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for antisemitism.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/31/amid-trump-administration-crackdown-on-campus-antisemitism-northwestern-reports-dip-in-incidents/
— Democrat leaders say Trump is stronger on immigration and weaker on trade.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/31/trump-immigration-trade/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs to promote more hatred against him.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/01/trump-tariffs-steel-aluminum/
— Paul Vallas: The decline in Black teachers has nothing to do with CPS’ evaluation system
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/01/opinion-chicago-decline-black-teachers/
— Democrat leaders use joint World Cup to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/01/us-canada-mexico-world-cup/
— Democrat leaders say Illinois becomes first state to mandate halal, kosher meals be available in public institutions such as schools
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/01/halal-kosher-meals-schools/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs to promote more hatred against him.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2025/03/31/trump-liberation-day-tariffs-eu-korea-brazil-coming-heres-what-mean-for-you

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat leaders say “Guide to voting in the suburbs Tuesday: Polling places, ID rules, write-ins and more.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250331/news/guide-to-voting-in-the-suburbs-tuesday-polling-places-id-rules-write-ins-and-more/
— Democrat leaders make endorsements in April 1 elections
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250319/endorsements/a-summary-of-daily-herald-endorsements-in-april-1-elections/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders do not want any of their illegals to be deported.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trumps-michael-jordan-jersey-immigration-guidance-challenged
— Democrat leaders have their law firms work against Trump.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-daily-gist/chicago-law-firm-pushes-back-against-trump
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/opinion-stop-autocratic-attacks-legal-profession

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/business/2025/04/01/illinois-eagle-closes-springfield-office-still-publishing-online/82745002007/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders say State Sen. Michael Hastings, a Democrat from Frankfort, won his last two elections. Now he’s filed lawsuits against defeated Republicans that charge they led a “smear campaign” against him.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/jim-dey-state-senator-taking-former-opponents-to-court/article_9a9088de-1a74-45dc-9db5-7f97d3291918.html

SOUTHERN
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving the stock market down to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/31/markets-jittery-as-trumps-liberation-day-tariffs-loom/

HERALD NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s executive orders to promote more hatred against him.
https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2025/03/28/joliet-activists-to-join-nationwide-protest-against-trump-musk-on-april-5/

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/march-31-officially-designated-transgender-day-of-visibility-in-illinois/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-transgender-athletes-protected-from-discrimination-despite-trumps-orders

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Green Card holders and travelers to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-01/green-card-holders-travelers-caught-in-trumps-immigration-crackdown

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders do not want any of their illegals to be deported.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-administration-deports-more-migrants-to-salvadoran-prison/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use disabled people to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2025-03-31/intellectual-and-developmental-disability-services-brace-for-potential-medicaid-cuts

IPM NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/how-is-the-trans-community-faring-under-the-trump-administration

CHICAGO MAROON
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for antisemitism.
https://chicagomaroon.com/46758/news/uchicago-to-investigate-faculty-members-posters-for-alleged-antisemitism/

CWB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders acknowledge that Streeterville alderman encourages residents to demand mayoral action on teen takeovers.
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/03/arrest-made-in-march-9-teen-trend-shooting-as-alderman-calls-on-mayor-to-take-action.html

STATE OF ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://gov.illinois.gov/news/press-release.31087.html
https://www.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/illinois/iisnewsattachments/31087-3.31.25-illinois-recognizes-march-31st-as-transgender-day-of-visibility-final-002.pdf.pdf

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrat leaders say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-486/
— Democrat leaders say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/31/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-279/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Illinoisans hit by nation’s 9th-worst economic growth, 3rd-worst wage gains
https://wirepoints.org/fresh-2024-data-illinoisans-hit-by-nations-9th-worst-economic-growth-3rd-worst-wage-gains-wirepoints/
— The six-figure salaries of school superintendents turn into massive pensions when they retire. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is a) only 44% of what my salary was in 1997 and b) less than what my salary was in 1972.
https://wirepoints.org/the-six-figure-salaries-of-school-superintendents-turn-into-massive-pensions-when-they-retire-wirepoints-on-with-wjols-scott-slocum/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To what extend did your teachers make you woke, that is, to what extent did they make you anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-nonveteran, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?  My teachers did none of the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump DHS sued for requiring illegal immigrants to register with government
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3364657/trump-dhs-sued-requiring-illegal-immigrants-register-government/

NEW YORK POST
— Illegal border crossings hit stunning new low in March, down 94% in a year because migrants are ‘scared there are consequences now’
https://nypost.com/2025/03/31/us-news/illegal-border-crossing-for-march-hit-stunning-new-low/

BLAZE
— Florida sheriff’s deputies make feds’ jobs easier by catching illegal aliens by the truckful
https://www.theblaze.com/news/florida-sheriff-s-deputies-make-feds-jobs-easier-by-catching-illegal-aliens-by-the-truckful

BREITBART
— Musk: ‘Tesla Takedown’ Events Are ‘Paid Protests’ Funded and Organized by Trump Haters
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/03/31/elon-musk-tesla-takedown-events-are-paid-protests-funded-and-organized-by-trump-haters/
— Tariffs: Economic ‘liberation’ or straitjacket?
https://www.breitbart.com/news/tariffs-economic-liberation-or-straitjacket/
— CBS Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans Support Trump’s Mass Deportations
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/03/31/cbs-poll-nearly-6-in-10-americans-support-trumps-mass-deportations/

FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— With New Agreements, the Trump Administration Expands its Whole-of-Government Approach to Combatting Illegal Immigration. Yes, but virtually all federal employees are Democrats.
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/trump-whole-government-approach-illegal-immigration

FOX NEWS
— Chicago alderman slams the murder capital’s ‘disregard for human life’  The city was named the US murder capital for the 13th year in a row.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-alderman-slams-murder-capitals-disregard-human-life
— SCOTUS must stop leftist judges’ lawless sabotage of Trump agenda. District judges are causing a Constitutional crisis with partisan overreach.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/scotus-must-stop-leftist-judges-lawless-sabotage-trump-agenda
— Colleges in ICE’s deportation crosshairs shelled out discounts, financial aid to illegal immigrants. Trump admin’s immigration crackdown has so far affected Columbia, Tufts, among others.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/colleges-ices-deportation-crosshairs-spent-years-courting-illegals-discounts-financial-aid-gop-rep

NEW AMERICAN
— Trump Terminates Parole for Some 530,000 “Migrants” Whom Biden Imported
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/trump-terminates-parole-for-some-530000-migrants-whom-biden-imported/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5221094-trans-day-of-visibility-trump/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5224628-trump-administration-cutting-funds-planned-parenthood/
— Democrat ever-increasingly use bad weather to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5220484-trump-energy-policy-global-warming/

CNN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/us/pride-month-protests-lgbtq/index.html

CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump budget cuts to promote more hatred against him.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-college-university-leaders-funding-threatened-federal-level/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ask “Do Americans Approve of President Trump?”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Democrat leaders say “As Trump Squeezes the Immigrant Work Force, Employers Seek Relief. Businesses that rely on immigrants are pushing for legislation to ensure an adequate, legal flow of laborers from abroad as deportations ramp up.” If they could have, all my employers would have hired immigrants instead of me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/business/economy/trump-immigrant-workers-visas.html
— Democrat leaders say “America Has Never Been Wealthier. Here’s Why It Doesn’t Feel That Way.” Everyone in politics, government, and journalism should be required to disclose where their money came from. Recently, my money came from inheritance. Before that, Social Security since 2010, CSRS pension since 1997, GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, Firestone Stores 1970-1972, Chrysler in 1970, Post Office 1966-1969, John’s Sinclair, Thrall Car, and Flossmoor Country Club in 1966, S.S. Kresge 1964-1966, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, and doing yard work 1962-1964.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/business/economy/wealth-cash-inequality.html

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders say that Trump says that the ultimate fruits of tariffs will be worth the pain.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/31/trump-tariffs-benefits-costs/82700560007/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use postal employees to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/30/postal-service-changes-doge-musk/82696231007/

KENTUCKY LANTERN
— Democrat leaders say top Democrats in Congress are asking GAO to open an investigation into whether the Trump administration violated federal law by freezing funding for several programs.
https://kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/01/repub/democrats-ask-congressional-watchdog-agency-to-probe-trumps-funding-freezes/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrat leaders say Trump Doesn’t Need Congress to Cut Waste. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-doesnt-need-congress-to-cut-waste-courts-law-63db5289
— Democrat leaders say “Trump Takes On the Judges.”
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-trump-takes-on-the-judges/5276BB29-B0CE-436B-BF19-100A413AB2F9
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders say “The Democrats Who Are Fighting—and Winning—Against Trump in Court. State attorneys general have brought 11 lawsuits against the president and his administration; strategy carries political risk.”
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-democrats-lawsuits-states-8b765117
— Democrat leaders say “A $6 Trillion Trump Tax Increase? Navarro says tariffs will raise $600 billion a year for the government, but he says this is a tax cut.”
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-tariffs-peter-navarro-6-trillion-tax-increase-2e5cc39d
— Democrat leaders say “Retire at 65? It’s More Like 62. People are overly optimistic about how much they can work later in life.” If your employer is Democrat or RINO, anticipate/expect that the more of the following that you are, the sooner that you will be forced to retire: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/retire-at-65-its-more-like-62-d5f943c4

BLOOMBERG
— Democrat leaders get Chicago’s retired teachers to question pension’s Tesla holdings.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-31/tesla-stock-plunge-raises-questions-for-chicago-teachers-pensions?srnd=phx-businessweek

NATION
— Democrats a) run the federal government and b) use the federal government to destroy Republicans.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/doge-white-supremacy-racism/

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.