FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Brandon Johnson responds to Trump threat to revoke CPS funding over DEI: ‘We’re gonna sue’ Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/04/mayor-brandon-johnson-trump-threat-cps-funding-sue/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/04/trump-administration-ends-disaster-grant-program/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/04/ice-venezuelan-migrant-kidney-transplant/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Vote by mail system helped Democrats win big in DuPage County. Democrats have far more trust in mailed-in ballots than Republicans, so they’re much more likely to sign up for the permanent vote by mail program. Democrats run DuPage County’s Election Division.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/04/04/vote-by-mail-dupage-county-township-municipal-elections-democrats-republicans-trump-rich-miller
— Hemp hangup: Why Illinois leaders have failed to regulate delta-8
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2025/04/05/hemp-delta8-tetrahydrocannabinol-thc-illinois-legislature
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving the stock market down.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/chicago-stocks-take-another-beating-trump-tariff-fears
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/economy/stocks-tumble-again-reaction-trump-tariffs
ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump tariffs for everything that is bad.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-food-banks-small-businesses-feel-impact-president-donald-trumps-sweeping-new-tariffs/16123883/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-consumers-stock-groceries-inflation-expected-ramp-due-president-donald-trumps-sweeping-new-tariffs/16128202/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/powell-warns-trumps-tariffs-expected-hike-inflation/16127929/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-expected-temporarily-release-man-trying-save-brother-cicero-need-kidney-transplant/16126250/
NBC5
— Democrat leaders react to threats of school funding cuts over DEI practices.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/illinois-leaders-react-to-threats-of-school-funding-cuts-over-dei-practices/3714447/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/man-detained-by-ice-temporarily-released-to-give-brother-life-saving-kidney/3714021/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving the stock market down.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-administration-tariffs-stocks-slide-worst-day-2020-april-04-2025-live-updates/3713786/
CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly lead protests against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/hands-off-2025-april-5-protests-chicago-suburbs/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving the stock market down.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/stocks-fall-for-second-day-after-trump-announced-new-tariffs/
WGN9
— Democrat Illinois public health director on Trump plan to cancel over $400M in pandemic-era grants
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/trump-admin-set-to-cancel-more-than-half-a-billion-dollars-in-pandemic-era-grants/
— Energy Department considers more than 40 percent of its employees non-essential as layoffs loom. As Gingrich GAO budget cuts worsened during the 1980s and 1990s, my Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly treated their employees who were the following to being non-essential: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://wgntv.com/news/national/energy-department-considers-more-than-40-percent-of-its-staff-non-essential-as-layoffs-loom/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1619984
NORTHWEST HERALD
— Political divide on display Saturday as anti-Trump rally, McHenry GOP dinner happen within miles of each other. McHenry County Republicans host annual dinner in Lake in the Hills hours after organizations protest against Trump in Algonquin.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/04/05/political-divide-on-display-saturday-as-anti-trump-rally-mchenry-gop-dinner-happen-within-miles-of-each-other/
SOUTHERN
— Trump says it could take 2 years before tariffs result in American manufacturing boom
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/04/04/trump-says-it-could-take-2-years-before-tariffs-result-in-american-manufacturing-boom/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Al Sharpton calls on PepsiCo to restore DEI initiatives, threatens boycott. Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/al-sharpton-calls-on-pepsico-to-restore-dei-initiatives-threatens-boycott/article_79753c83-5aca-5dee-a3df-935046dca78c.html
SHAW LOCAL
— Trump shuts Head Start office that serves all of Illinois. Did your parents send you to kindergarten? My critics/opponents started painting me as being privileged in 1953 when my parents sent me to kindergarten.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/04/04/trump-administration-shuts-head-start-office-that-serves-all-of-illinois-several-other-states/
STATELINE & WTVO
— Indiana Senate advances bill to absorb Illinois counties seeking secession
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/indiana-senate-illinois-secession/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukng69HlaSE
25 NEWS NOW
— Supreme Court allows Trump to cut teacher-training money that promotes DEI.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/04/04/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-cut-teacher-training-money-part-its-anti-dei-efforts/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn tariffs.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/video/economics-professor-details-impact-of-president-trumps-tariffs/10602460/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use trees to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-trump-administration-rolls-back-forest-protections-in-bid-to-ramp-up-logging/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use retirees to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-retirees-keep-their-eyes-on-the-economy-as-trumps-tariffs-roil-financial-markets/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Federal Reserve to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-federal-reserve-chief-says-trump-tariffs-likely-to-raise-inflation-and-slow-us-economic-growth/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-hands-off-protests-against-trump-and-musk-are-planned-across-the-us/
IPM NEWSROOM
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly rebrand the following: a) their race and gender based preference giving, b) their patronage, c) their political affiliation discrimination, d) their reverse discrimination, e) their age discrimination, f) their religious discrimination, and g) their notional origin discrimination.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/instead-of-ending-dei-university-of-illinois-will-add-open-to-all-language-to-websites/
CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION
— Democrat teachers ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/standing-up-to-trumps-attacks-on-our-lgbtqia-communities/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-283/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Illinois DOGE Profile: $1.5 million to the Chicago Therapy Collective to advocate for cross-dressing
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/670767448-illinois-doge-profile-1-5-million-to-the-chicago-therapy-collective-to-advocate-for-cross-dressing
WIREPOINTS
— Springfield Diocese: New IL abortion discrimination law tramples religious freedoms
https://wirepoints.org/springfield-diocese-new-il-abortion-discrimination-law-tramples-religious-freedoms-madison-st-clair-record/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Connie Cain’s Take on Kane County Election Results: GOP Lost Day Vote-By-Mail Ballots Put in the Post Office
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/04/connie-cains-take-on-kane-county-election-results-gop-lost-day-vote-by-mail-ballots-put-in-the-post-office/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use foreign countries to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/4/foreign-allies-warn-travelers-us-no-longer-safe-bet/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Measure threatens to dissolve Illinois’ rural townships, sparking opposition
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3370818/measure-threatens-to-dissolve-illinois-rural-townships-sparking-opposition/
— HUD moves to kill public housing assistance for ‘sanctuary’ cities and states
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3370932/hud-scott-turner-moves-kill-public-housing-assistance-sanctuary-states-illegal-immigrants/
— Democrats switch from racism to oligarchy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3368984/democrats-switch-strategy-racism-oligarchy/
AMAC
— Elites Hate Trump’s Tariffs Because They Work
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/elites-hate-trumps-tariffs-because-they-work/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Obama-Appointed Judge Orders Trump Administration to Return Alleged MS-13 Gang Member Back to the U.S.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/04/04/obama-appointed-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-return-alleged-ms-13-gang-member-back-to-the-u-s/
BREITBART
— Homeland Security to Switch Migrant Housing Funds to Deportation
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/04/04/homeland-security-to-switch-migrant-housing-funds-to-deportation/
— Woke Backlash: Leftists Organize Walmart Boycott over DEI Rollback
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/04/woke-backlash-leftists-organize-walmart-boycott-over-dei-rollback/
— Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Freeze Teacher Grants
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/04/supreme-court-allows-trump-admin-freeze-teacher-grants/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump’s China Tariffs Aim to Tackle Decades of Trade Imbalance, National Security Threats
https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/trumps-china-tariffs-aim-to-tackle-decades-of-trade-imbalance-national-security-threats-5837188
FOX NEWS
— IRS cutting its workforce by 25%, eliminating agency’s civil rights office. The layoffs come as the Trump administration continues to shrink the size of the federal workforce through the Department of Government Efficiency. If I was still working for IRS, my IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/irs-cutting-workforce-25-percent-eliminating-agencys-civil-rights-office
NEWSMAX
— DHS Looks to Divert Migrant Aid to Immigration Enforcement
https://www.newsmax.com/us/dhs-migrant-aid-funds/2025/04/04/id/1205772/
— HUD Moves to Cut Public Housing Funds for ‘Sanctuary’ Areas
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/hud-scott-turner-immigration/2025/04/04/id/1205757/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Goes to War Against Gender Ideology in Schools
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/04/04/trump-goes-to-war-against-gender-ideology-in-schools-n4938595
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly work against Trump’s economic plan.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5233705-trump-tariffs-economy-approval-survey/
https://thehill.com/business/5233486-jp-morgan-trump-tariffs-recession/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— IRS plans to cut up to 25% of staff, starting with closing its civil rights office. If I was still working for IRS, my IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would have killed me by now figuratively if not literally.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2025/04/05/irs-plans-cut-up-25-staff-starting-with-closing-its-civil-rights-office-ap-sources-say/
CNN
— Social Security targets tech team for cuts at a time when systems are under strain. To deal with Gingrich budget cuts 1980-1997, my Democrat GAO superiors targeted their employees like me who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. Gingrich had to have known that.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/politics/social-security-tech-team-layoffs/index.html
MSNBC
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly stage more protests against Trump/
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/hundreds-of-protests-planned-as-trump-s-abuses-generate-wide-array-of-grievances-236612677727
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving the stock market down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gidoyQigSOY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGxHFv7gSfU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8B1xDmj_KU
CNBC
— Automakers seek ‘opportunity in the chaos’ of Trump’s tariffs
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/05/automakers-seek-opportunity-in-the-chaos-of-trumps-tariffs.html
— China says ‘market has spoken’ after Trump tariffs spark global stocks rout
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/05/china-says-market-has-spoken-after-trump-tariffs-spark-stocks-rout.html
ABC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use world leaders against Trump.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/stock-markets-tumble-response-trumps-sweeping-tariffs/story?id=120440390
CBS NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daca-recipient-kansas-city-father-deported-mexico-despite-valid-documentation/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend DEI Grants to Teachers
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/supreme-court-trump-teacher-grants.html
— New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/new-york-trump-dei-order.html
— Republicans Like to Cut Taxes. With Tariffs, Trump Is Raising Them. President Trump’s tariffs are scrambling the Republican plan for the economy, long centered on tax cuts and growth.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/business/economy/republicans-tax-cuts-tariffs-trump.html
— Democrat leaders ask “Do Americans Approve of President Trump?”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html
— Trump’s Tariffs Are a Self-Inflicted Debacle
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/opinion/trump-tariffs-stock-market-recession.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying the American automotive industry.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/04/05/which-cars-vehicles-made-in-america/82758650007/
ABC DC
— Hundreds gather in DC to support sanctuary cities and immigrant families’ rights
https://wjla.com/newsletter-daily/hundreds-gather-in-dc-to-support-sanctuary-cities-and-immigrant-families-rights
WBUR
— Trump sets forth demands for Harvard to avert loss of billions in federal funding
https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/04/harvard-federal-funding-trump-demands-letter
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Is Replacing the Nanny State With a Daddy State. The president is using the powers of his office in an aggressive, paternalistic way without precedent. Is an old form of intrusive government being replaced by a new one?
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-is-replacing-the-nanny-state-with-a-daddy-state-d78a37c0
— The Peril of Trump’s Tariffs for America’s Auto Titans. The administration’s new levies will be a massive blow to the bottom line of Ford and GM and force job cuts across the industry.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/the-peril-of-trumps-tariffs-for-americas-auto-titans-ae3504e0
POLITICO
— Canada says its friendship with the US is ‘over.’ Now what? Trump’s aggressive trade policies have rocked an alliance that seemed unshakeable.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/05/canada-us-friendship-trade-tariffs-trump-00273255
— A slate of pro-climate candidates in Naperville swept city council races Tuesday in a political victory hailed by some as a referendum on the city’s ties to coal-fired electricity.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/chicago-suburb-rebukes-coal-elects-pro-climate-council/
HOT CARS
— New U.S. Tariffs Stall Dodge Charger Production, Trigger Layoffs
https://www.hotcars.com/dodge-charger-production-paused/
