April 9, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Supreme Court allows Trump to terminate 16,000 probationary federal workers. Democrats run IRS and GAO. When I transferred from IRS to GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious that they could not immediately terminate me because I had already served my probationary period at IRS.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-allows-trump-terminate-16000-probationary-federal-workers/16144669/
— AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists. I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write about Republican leaders who have barred me from their events since then. I would focus on those who had me thrown out of their events.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ap-lawsuit-white-house-ban-judge-trevor-mcfadden-rules-donald-trumps-government-cant-bar-associated-press-journalists/16146124/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/fact-check-trump-misleads-on-transgender-issues/3717199/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s tariffs.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/local-leaders-react-to-trump-administrations-tariffs-impact-on-chicago/3717296/

CBS2
— White House says Trump open to negotiating tariffs as 104% tariff on China set to begin
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/white-house-says-trump-open-to-negotiating-tariffs-as-104-tariff-on-china-set-to-begin/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s tariffs.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/white-house-keeps-world-guessing-as-clock-ticks-down-to-trumps-new-tariffs/

FOX32
— Trump: Tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals coming ‘shortly’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-tariffs-imported-pharmaceuticals-coming-shortly
— Some DePaul University scholarships are discriminatory. Did you get a scholarship? I did not. Since 1966, my critics/opponents have used that to demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as a) being stupid and b) having filthy rich parents.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/depaul-scholarship-discrimination-complaint
— Trump tariffs: Some big-name automakers no longer shipping to US
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1621775

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Northwestern University says Trump administration to freeze $790 million in funding
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/northwestern-university-trump-admininistration-federal-funding-freeze/
— Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/supreme-court-federal-workers/
— Brian Burch, Chicago-area man up for Vatican ambassador, defends recent cuts to US foreign aid
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/vatican-ambassador-nominee/
— US stocks dive after another stunning reversal as uncertainty reigns about Trump’s tariffs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/us-stocks-trump-tariffs/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/supreme-court-deportation-ruling/
— The Democrat Party exists to promote more hatred not only against Trump, but against all those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/column-democrats-cory-booker-speech-protests-washington/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/09/cpd-striving-for-diversity-on-the-force-but-results-depend-on-how-new-officers-are-counted/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Police make 3 more firearm-related arrests at Naperville Topgolf lot, up to 7 for the year
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/08/naperville-topgolf-firearm-gun-police-parking-cannabis-arrests/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. How much success have Democrat leaders had so far turning those around you into stoners?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250408/news/elgin-could-get-its-second-recreational-cannabis-dispensary/
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250409/syndicated-columnists/holocaust-denial-trumps-assault-on-dei-is-an-affront-to-american-history/
— Wheaton OKs municipal grocery tax, as Lombard, other towns look to follow suit
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250408/news/wheaton-oks-municipal-grocery-tax-as-lombard-other-towns-look-to-follow-suit/
— Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers. After my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, a low level Democrat GAO Personnel Office employee hinted that he might be able to get me reinstated. But my Democrat GAO superiors had made it clear that if did not retire, they would make the next 6 years until I would be eligible for regular retirement a living hell for me. They promised to demote me and to give me adverse transfers, bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations and evaluations, and even worse things. They could easily do that because GAO was not unionized.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250408/nation-and-world-politics/supreme-court-blocks-order-requiring-trump-administration-to-reinstate-thousands-of-federal-workers/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How unions can navigate the Trump years. I should write about my critics/opponents who are the most anti-union. They stress that while I was a union member, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU and an MBA from Loyola and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/trump-administration-calls-union-strategies-opinion

BLOOMINGTOM PATAGRAPH
— Charlie Kirk draws mixed crowd of more than 700 at Illinois State University. If Kirk spoke in your county, in your township, or in your municipality, how many would attend? How many in support of Kirk. How many in opposition of Kirk?
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/article_c3340704-50a5-4fd9-88d9-7800d7cb221b.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Communist China against America
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/china-says-it-will-fight-to-the-end-after-trump-threatens-to-impose-still-more/article_aeaa3d24-02d0-563f-af11-41f3e43116fb.html

CHAMPAIHN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & WQAD & WAND TV
–Illinois Democrat legislators ever-increasingly pass bills that promote abortion and dependency on government.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/politics/illinois-house-approves-new-abortion-protection-plan-to-ease-college-admissions-student-teacher-stipends/article_dfa475dd-3864-44be-8080-2900c3f807ae.html
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/il-house-approves-new-abortion-protection-plan-ease-college-admissions-capitol-news/526-09b3ffc5-c9ef-4a40-9896-0e3ded71757b
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-house-democrats-pass-bill-requiring-contraception-medication-abortion-at-public-college-health-centers/article_ec5ba4f0-4649-4a07-9933-31e1770fc06a.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.bnd.com/opinion/article303681606.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump’s election order could jeopardize ‘hundreds of thousands’ of future mail ballots
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-08/trumps-election-order-could-jeopardize-hundreds-of-thousands-of-future-mail-ballots
— Democrat and RINO leaders stress Trump’s age and attack his health.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-09/trump-is-getting-a-physical-what-will-be-included-in-the-report

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Pot destroys you
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/business/press-releases/cision/20250408LA59568/most-cannabis-users-want-healthier-munchies-cbd-oracle-survey-finds/

DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF DUPAGE COUNTY
— Township Annual Meetings  I should write a book about what I have done since 1999 to help elect and to reelect Republican Milton Township officials. I would focus on those officials who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DIMPzHIOK9z/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-492/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/04/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-285/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCNENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Thomas More Society Comments on Rockford Court Victory in Which McHenry County’s 1st Way Pregnancy Center Was a Plaintiff
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/08/thomas-more-society-comments-on-rockford-court-victory-in-which-mchenry-countys-1sr-way-pregnancy-center-was-a-plaintiff/
— McLaughlin Holding Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/08/mclaughlin-holding-fundraiser/
— CORRECTION: Algonquin Township Clerk Maureen Huff Passed Over for Lake in the Hills Sanitary District Trustee Appointment BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT LIVE IN THE DISTRICT
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/07/algonquin-township-clerk-maureen-huff-passed-over-for-lake-in-the-hills-sanitary-district-trustee-appointment/
— Local GOP Feature Darin Bailey as Main Lincoln Day Speaker
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/04/07/local-gop-feature-darin-bailey-as-main-lincoln-day-speaker/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— More than 900K migrants who entered US with Biden-era CBP One app told to ‘self-deport’
https://nypost.com/2025/04/08/us-news/more-than-900k-migrants-who-entered-us-with-biden-era-cbp-one-app-told-to-self-deport/
— Head of IRS to resign in protest as agency inks deal to share tax data on illegal immigrants with DHS
https://nypost.com/2025/04/09/us-news/irs-commissioner-melanie-krause-quits-post-after-dhs-deal-to-share-tax-data-on-illegal-immigrants/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Rep. Jasmine Crockett calls on illegals to pick her cotton because ‘we done picking cotton’  I never picked cotton, but I did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, pumped more gasoline, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/04/rep_jasmine_crockett_calls_on_illegals_to_pick_her_cotton_because_we_done_picking_cotton.html

BREITBART
— Trump’s DHS Signs Deal with IRS to More Easily Locate Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/08/report-trump-s-dhs-signs-deal-irs-more-easily-locate-illegal-aliens/
— Why Trump Haters Keep Getting Caught Red Handed as They Vandalize Tesla EVs
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/04/08/why-trump-haters-keep-getting-caught-red-handed-as-they-vandalize-tesla-evs/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Justices Hand Trump National Security Win That Protects Public From Illegal Alien Criminals
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/08/justices-hand-trump-national-security-win-that-protects-public-illegal-alien-criminals/

DAILY WIRE
— See The Staggering Number Of Illegals Who Got Social Security Numbers Under Joe Biden. “No interview. No proof of identity, just put it in the mail.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/see-the-staggering-number-of-illegals-who-got-social-security-numbers-under-joe-biden

FOX NEWS
— Up to 1M migrants who used Biden’s CBP One app ordered to deport by Trump admin
https://www.foxnews.com/us/up-1m-migrants-who-used-bidens-cbp-one-app-ordered-deport-trump-admin

NEWSMAX
— Trump Plans to Fine Migrants $998 a Day for Failing to Leave
https://www.newsmax.com/us/illegals-migrants-deportation/2025/04/08/id/1206056/

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Trump Admin To Fine Undocumented Migrants $1K Daily For Ignoring Deportation Orders
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/trump-admin-to-fine-undocumented-migrants-1k-daily-for-ignoring-deportation-orders/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC NEWS
— Trump admin revokes legal status for migrants who entered the U.S. on Biden-era CBP One app
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-admin-revokes-legal-status-migrants-entered-us-biden-era-cbp-one-rcna200177

NEW YORK TIMES
— I.R.S. Agrees to Share Migrants’ Tax Information With ICE. The agreement is a major departure from the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to gain the trust of migrants and encourage them to file their taxes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/politics/irs-ice-tax-data-deal.html
— Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving the stock market down to destroy Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/business/economy/stock-market-economy-trump-tariffs.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The Democrat Party exists to promote more hatred not only against Trump, but against all those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/08/donald-trump-elon-musk-nationwide-protest-responses/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/herald-tribune/20250408/281715505440830?srsltid=AfmBOooRWgH1Bk-5JzQrIbYM4rs2MGU7Rbxf4ydv1b3egBpLqO5U02ta

NPR
— Migrants who entered the U.S. via CBP One app should leave ‘immediately,’ DHS says
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/g-s1-58984/cbp-one-app-migrants-dhs-border

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.