April 21, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Abrego Garcia to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/el-salvador-government-rejects-lawmakers-request-visit-abrego-garcia/16218278/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint the Pope as having been a liberal Democrat.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/what-pope-francis-said-controversial-issues-gay-rights-immigration/16217684/

CBC2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint the Pope as having been a liberal Democrat.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/pope-francis-remembered-for-his-commitment-to-social-justice/

WGN9
— How low will Democrat leaders drag the stock market down to destroy America to destroy Trump?
https://wgntv.com/news/stocks-and-the-dollar-tumble-as-investors-retreat-from-the-us/

WBEZ
— The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more homelessness.
https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/04/21/the-trump-administration-could-change-housing-policies-what-does-this-mean-for-illinois
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/theater-stages/2025/04/21/wake-of-a-dead-drag-queen-play-raven-theatre-hiv-art-nea
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more welfare for those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/04/21/most-in-illinois-want-more-funding-for-higher-education

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DePaul president called to testify to Congress on antisemitism
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/04/21/depaul-president-called-to-testify-to-congress-on-antisemitism
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/consumer-affairs/2025/04/18/federal-program-liheap-utility-bills-cut-trump-budget-plan

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Congress calls on DePaul president to testify in antisemitism probe
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/depaul-president-called-testify-antisemitism-probe
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more gambling.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/responsible-gambling-legislation-needed-illinois-op-ed

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— People Paying More In State Income Taxes, But Getting Less
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/study-shows-people-paying-more-in-state-income-taxes-but-getting-less/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2025/04/21/no-kings-550-protest-trump-in-downtown-freeport-rockford/83196052007/

CITIES 92.9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/04/21/illinois-officials-share-concerns-tariffs-will-impact-states-agricultural-sector/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters are doing everything that they can to destroy America to destroy Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-21/sell-usa-why-trumps-tariffs-may-be-sparking-a-historic-storm-on-wall-street
— Trump Administration to resume collections on student loan borrowers in default
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-21/trump-administration-to-resume-collections-on-student-loan-borrowers-in-default

WAND TV
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly spend more tax dollars to defeat Trump.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-attorney-general-requesting-15-million-budget-increase-to-address-trump-actions/article_1f5d57a9-98a5-49b9-8206-1ebe0572caed.html

WGLT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against him.
https://www.wglt.org/2025-04-21/u-s-farmers-trump-tariffs-trade-war
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, farmers are ever-increasingly dependent on government spending.
https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2025-04-21/illinois-scrambles-to-boost-locally-produced-farm-products-after-trumps-funding-freeze
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly organize more protests against Trump.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-04-21/protesters-in-normal-urge-congressman-darin-lahood-to-protect-medicaid-funding

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Homeschool Act proposer accused of ghost-voting.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/homeschool-act-proposer-accused-of-ghost-voting/article_3cd5b537-a1b7-4f88-9c28-d59427b694a6.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, farmers are ever-increasingly dependent on government spending.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-scrambles-to-boost-locally-produced-farm-products-after-trumps-funding-freeze/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-289/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— New State Senator Casts Controversial Vote
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/21/new-state-senator-casts-controversial-vote/
— Trump-Endorsed Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Bryon Donalds Speaking to State GOP Fundraiser Friday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/21/trump-endorsed-florida-gubernatorial-candidate-bryon-donalds-speaking-to-state-gop-fundraiser-friday/
— REBUTTAL FROM JOHN COLLINS ON TIM BECK’S “Logic Behind NOW’s ‘We Resist Rally’ Analyzed”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/21/logic-behind-nows-we-resist-rally-analyzed/
— RTA Seems To Be Using Tax Dollars to Raise Tax Dollar
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/21/rta-seems-to-be-using-tax-dollars-to-raise-tax-dollars/
— Idea That Failed on State Street Advanced for Michigan Avenue
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/20/6537/
— Trump v. Pritzker Feud from the Start
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/20/trump-v-pritzker-feud-from-the-start/
— Report on Abortion Tourism
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/20/report-on-abortion-tourism/
— McHenry County Doesn’t Make Top of the List of Highest Taxes Illinois Counties, But Kendall, Lake, Macon, Rock Island, Will and Winnebago Do
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/20/mchenry-county-doesnt-make-top-of-the-list-of-highest-taxes-illinois-counties-but-kendall-lake-macon-rock-island-will-and-winnebago-do/
— Remembering the Start of the American Revolution
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/19/remembering-the-start-of-the-american-revolution/
— More Anti-Trump Protests in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/19/more-anti-trump-protests-in-mchenry-county/
— Advice to Newly-Elected Officials
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/19/advice-to-newly-elected-officials/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— China says it will punish countries that use U.S. trade talks to ostracize Beijing
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/21/china-says-punish-countries-use-us-trade-talks-ostracize-beijing/

EPOCH TIMES
— China Issues Retaliatory Sanctions on U.S. Congress Members Over Hong Kong
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/china-issues-retaliatory-sanctions-on-u-s-congress-members-over-hong-kong-5844967

FEDERALIST
— The More Christian That America Is, The Better Off American Jews Will Be
https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/21/the-more-christian-that-america-is-the-better-off-american-jews-will-be/

FOX NEWS
— David Hogg and Reince Priebus clash over Trump deportation policies
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6371733004112

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Student loan borrowers in default face garnished wages
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/student-loan-debt-default-garnished-wages-payments-education-department/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2025-04-21/pope-francis-vance-gaza-refugees-migrants

CNN
— Harvard sues the Trump administration, taking the fight over federal funding and academic freedom to court
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/us/harvard-white-house-funding

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-congress-housing-voucher-assistance-funding-cuts-26f9a716af6731e3c6445015488bab3a

NEW YORK TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/trump-fertility-birthrate-sexism.html
— Democrat leaders say Hegseth shared sensitive military data
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/21/us/trump-administration-news

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Mexico’s president wants to ban U.S. ads warning against migration. How soon will Mexico officially declare war on America?
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-04-21/mexicos-president-says-u-s-ads-warning-against-migration-are-not-welcome

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— As Catholic Church Enters New Era, Conservative U.S. Members Push It Right. The conservative wing is reviving old practices and ​growing more assertive in the battle for the future of the Church—and the nation.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/conservative-catholic-maga-pope-vance-b2a4497b
— Harvard Is Suing the Trump Administration
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/harvard-sues-trump-administration-lawsuit-0f00e894

BLOOMBERG
— Behind Trump’s imperial presidency (and Elon), there’s Russell Vought
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-russell-vought-doge-musk-trump/
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/features/2024-07-29/white-men-the-most-likely-to-get-hired-even-with-dei-finds-research

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 66% Agree: Deport Illegals to ‘Liberate’ America
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/66_agree_deport_illegals_to_liberate_america

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.