FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for gasoline prices.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gas-prices-chicago-area-drivers-feeling-pain-skyrocketing-oil-reaches-126-highest-price-4-years/19009215/
— Hegseth clashes for a second day with Democrats in Congress over the Iran war.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-faces-second-day-democrats-grilling-iran-war/19005045/
— US Department of Justice investigating 36 Illinois school districts over sexuality, gender lessons.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-department-justice-investigating-36-illinois-school-districts-sexual-orientation-gender-ideology-lessons/19008848/
— IL Accountability Commission refers federal agents for investigation, possible prosecution.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-accountability-commission-refers-federal-agents-investigation-possible-prosecution-conduct-op-midway-blitz/19008040/
— Street signs are going up in the Orange County city of Westminster, honoring slain political activist Charlie Kirk.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/new-charlie-kirk-street-signs-westminster-california-draw-mixed-reactions-residents/18996555/
NBC5
— Dozens of Illinois schools, many in suburban Chicago, being investigated by DOJ. The agency said it will investigate whether the schools “have included sexual orientation and gender ideology (SOGI) content in any class for grades pre-K-12.” Districts under investigation include several across the Chicago area, including suburbs like Country Club Hills, DeKalb, North Chicago, Lyons, Elmwood Park and more.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dozens-of-illinois-school-districts-many-in-suburban-chicago-being-investigated-by-doj/3930294/
WGN9
— Illinois report blames Trump, White House officials for unlawful immigration acts. What happens next?
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-report-blames-trump-white-house-officials-for-unlawful-immigration-acts-what-happens-next/
FOX32
— Illinois commission alleges pattern of misconduct, brutality in Operation Midway Blitz
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-commission-alleges-pattern-of-misconduct-brutality-in-operation-midway-blitz
— Illegal immigrant admitted posing as Border Patrol agent in calculated scheme to disrupt deportations.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illegal-immigrant-admitted-posing-border-patrol-agent-calculated-scheme-disrupt-deportations-doj
— No workplace retirement plan? Trump’s new site aims to change that. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. Knowing that helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to get rid of me.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-retirement-savings-plans-401k-site
— Trump signs DHS funding bill, ending a record shutdown
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/house-approves-bill-fund-dhs
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to defeat Republicans. The gerrymandered Illinois 3rd Congressional District that I live in was drawn by Illinois Democrat leaders based on race.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/30/the-black-caucus-supreme-court/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/30/supreme-court-voting-rights-act/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/29/supreme-court-voting-rights-ruling-shakeup/
— Pritzker can help Illinois students compete for college admissions. DD: My critics/opponents have always used against me my ACT score being only 24. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have used the money that I earned washing dishes while I was in high school for ACT tutoring instead of for a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/30/opinion-university-of-illinois-college-admissions/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Just applying to college has become increasingly expensive. Students hoping to strengthen their competitiveness with Advanced Placement exams and additional ACT attempts can quickly rack up hundreds of dollars in fees. Add application costs, and families can easily spend $600 or more on the process. With tutoring, costs can climb even higher. Many families earn too much for financial assistance and still struggle to cover these costs. For Illinoisans navigating this process, even modest help matters. The federal program could cover public school students, unlocking a new way to fund these costs. Support from scholarship-granting organizations could cover the extra steps students now need to distinguish themselves in the competitive college admissions environment. My sister learned the hard way that even high-achieving students struggle to stand out. I graduated from U. of I., but my sister was rejected with a higher test score and stronger extracurriculars than mine. My family didn’t have resources for extra test prep or tutoring. I was lucky to be admitted then, and I might not have been so today.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republican legislators call for SAFE-T act amendments following Swedish Hospital shooting. The man accused of shooting two police officers, one fatally, had been free at the time of the shooting after a judge declined to order him to remain in custody pending trial in an earlier case.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2026/04/30/republicans-talley-police-shooting-swedish-hospital-cashless-bail-law-pretrial-release
— Chicago cop killer violently robbed store for $110, fled on scooter before hospital shooting. Judge D’Anthony Thedford called Alphanso Talley “dangerous” during a detention hearing Thursday and ordered him held at the Cook County Jail pending trial. Prosecutors still haven’t explained how Talley got a gun into the hospital after he was arrested and searched following the earlier robbery.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/04/30/swedish-hospital-john-bartholomew-alphanso-talley-chicago-police-department
— Pritzker commission investigating Operation Midway Blitz ‘lays the foundation for real accountability’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/04/30/pritzker-illinois-accountability-commission-operation-midway-blitz-trump-immigration
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/04/30/trumps-enemies-james-comey-democrats-journalists-maga-s-e-cupp
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/04/30/chicago-abortion-fund-busiest-first-quarter-40-year-history
DAILY HERALD
— Bailey calls for SAFE-T Act repeal after Chicago officer’s fatal shooting.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260430/illinois-state-politics/bailey-calls-for-safe-t-act-repeal-after-chicago-officers-fatal-shooting/
— Federal agents won’t be prosecuted over pepper-spraying protesters in Elgin
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260430/crime/federal-agents-wont-be-prosecuted-over-pepper-spraying-protesters-in-elgin/
— Kane County revamping property tax bill look.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260430/local-politics/kane-county-revamping-property-tax-bill-look/
— Speaker Johnson calls for redistricting Southern states before November
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260430/nation-and-world-politics/speaker-johnson-calls-for-redistricting-southern-states-before-november/
WGN RADIO
— Senate GOP Leader John Curran: CPD shooting suspect would not have been out prior to SAFE-T Act.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/senate-gop-leader-john-curran-cpd-shooting-suspect-would-not-have-been-out-prior-to-safe-t-act/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2026/04/30/nonprofit-mano-a-mano-unidos-patty-gamboa-immigrant-families-operation-midway-blitz
— Illinois schools have been required to teach Asian American history for 5 years. How is it going? In 2021, Illinois became the first state in the nation to require a unit of Asian American history at public schools. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at non-Whites that Whites have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that non-Whites have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-with-sasha-ann-simons/2026/04/30/illinois-schools-have-been-required-to-teach-asian-american-history-for-5-years-how-is-it-going
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Duckworth insults Hegseth
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-grills-hegseth-caine-over-lack-of-strategy-in-iran-92952.cfm
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
— DD: Everything is zero-sum. All the promotions that I did not get were given by my Democrat superiors to Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) who had less work experience than I had, had less education that I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/listen-grandma-lifes-not-zero-sum-game
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Bailey proposes bill to eliminate SAFE-T Act, as Republicans introduce similar bill.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-bailey-proposes-bill-to-eliminate-safe-t-act-as-republicans-introduce-similar-bill/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Senate committee passes bill to protect prescription info for trans, abortion patients. The bill would exclude certain prescriptions from a statewide database. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/senate-committee-passes-bill-to-protect-prescription-info-for-trans-abortion-patients/
GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Nicki Conforti Applauds Supreme Court Decision On Racial Gerrymandering. “In Illinois, our districts have been gerrymandered to the extreme, which limits the voice of the people,” says the IL-06 GOP candidate. DD: I am in the racially gerrymandered Illinois 3rd Congressional District.
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/amp/34050320/il-06-republican-candidate-niki-conforti-applauds-supreme-count-decision-on-racial-gerrymandering-op
CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders use May Day to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicagoreader.com/city-life/reader-radar/may-day-2026/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders use May Day to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/04/30/chicago-may-day-protest-organizers-expect-big-turnout-for-rally-and-march
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-515/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Scott Walker: WHCD shooting highlights danger of reckless political rhetoric. Leaders and influencers face scrutiny for language that fuels hatred.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/30/whcd-shooting-highlights-danger-reckless-political-rhetoric/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— The Elitist Media Despise Black Conservatives
https://www.creators.com/read/tim-graham/05/26/the-elitist-media-despise-black-conservatives
FOX NEWS
— Chicago reparations advocates say federal gov morally owes ‘7 quadrillion dollars’ in slave labor. The advocates spoke to dozens of students at an event, titled ‘Developing an Agenda: A Conversation on Reparations’ at Kennedy King College. DD: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations. To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders push more reparations. The more of the following that you are, the more reparations that Democrat leaders want you to pay: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-reparations-advocates-say-federal-gov-morally-owes-7-quadrillion-dollars-slave-labor.amp
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that expands retirement benefits for employees who do not have access to such benefits through their employers. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. Knowing that helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to get rid of me.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5857949-trump-executive-order-retirement-benefits/
CBS NEWS
— Senate rejects Democrats’ 6th Iran war powers resolution ahead of 60-day deadline.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-iran-war-powers-democrats/
— Confrontation between law enforcement and alleged correspondents’ dinner shooter lasted 7 seconds
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/confrontation-law-enforcement-alleged-correspondents-dinner-shooter-7-seconds/
— Louisiana suspends House primaries for May 16 following Supreme Court ruling.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/louisiana-house-primaries-suspended/
MSN
— Trump sued for firing mostly Black federal government employees. DD: My Democrat GAO (1980-1997), IRS (1971-1980), and Post Office (1966-1969) superiors outrageously, disgusting, falsely, and unethically hinted/implied that they had “cause,” that is, performance problems, to take the many big adverse actions that they took against me. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32. In my defense, I got promoted when I was 23, 24, 25, and 38.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-sued-for-firing-mostly-black-federal-government-employees/ar-AA2100cd
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The White House in December said Trump was well within his legal rights to fire Brown and that performance, not bias, drove the decision.)
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise non-Whites and non-males.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/04/30/diversity-graduate-school-earnings/
SPLC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote hatred.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/history-christian-supremacy-antisemitism-battle-shared-safety/
DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to defeat Republicans. The gerrymandered Illinois 3rd Congressional District that I live in was drawn by Illinois Democrat leaders based on race.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/4/30/800030538/courts/how-democrats-plan-to-fight-the-supreme-courts-racist-ruling/
