FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Pritzker calls for release of $2B in federal funding halted by President Donald Trump administration
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-democratic-members-illinois-congressional-delegation-demanding-2b-federal-funding-halted-trump-admin/15957989/
— Federal workers rally at Chicago VA hospital in protest of mass layoffs by Trump administration
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-workers-rally-chicago-jesse-brown-va-west-side-protest-mass-layoffs-president-donald-trumps-administration/15957573/
— Immigration officials say everyone living in the US illegally must register.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/immigration-officials-say-everyone-living-us-illegally-register-what-does-mean/15957638/
— Apple to fix iPhone dictation glitch that suggests replacing the word ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/apple-fix-iphone-dictation-glitch-suggests-replacing-word-racist-trump/15956769/
— ‘Radical agreement’ in SCOTUS discrimination case. The Supreme Court seemed to find common ground in a high-profile case brought by a straight woman alleging “reverse” job discrimination in favor of gay people.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-finds-radical-agreement-employment-discrimination-case/15957259/
— Pritzker announces medical debt relief for 170,000 more Illinoisans under state program (COMMENT: What has helped you avoid medical debt? One thing that helped me endure my Democrat superiors’ tremendous efforts to waste my career and to get rid of me was the federal government paying 72% of my health care insurance premiums since I was 18 years old in 1966 and my wife’s premiums since we got married in 1978.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-announces-medical-debt-relief-170000-more-illinois-state-program/15957129/
— Acero Schools officials say immigration agents detained adult outside schools in Gage Park. Vigil held ahead of Chicago Public Schools Board meeting on taking control of some Acero charter schools.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-acero-schools-officials-say-immigration-agents-detained-adult-outside-soto-high-school-idar-elementary-gage-park/15958346/
WGN9
— Illinois lawmakers’ bill would decriminalize prostitution, create sex workers’ bill of rights (COMMENT: Democrats promote vices. Anticipate/expect that Democrats would promote prostitution just as strongly as they promote pot.)
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-lawmakers-bill-would-decriminalize-prostitution-create-sex-workers-bill-of-rights/
FOX32
— Blagojevich compares his case to Trump’s in FOX 32 interview, says ‘corrupt’ prosecutors should be in jail
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/blagojevich-compares-case-trump-fox-32-interview-corrupt-prosecutors-jail
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1599885
— Trump holds first full cabinet meeting, what was discussed
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1599706
— Trump instructs federal agencies to plan for massive layoffs
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1599560
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. JB Pritzker accuses Donald Trump of being a king, but he has acted like one himself – David E Smith
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/26/letters-022625/
— Extreme gerrymandering is as bad – Ray LaHood and James Nowlan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/27/opinion-gerrymandering-us-house-fair-maps/
— Hundreds protest Musk at Libertyville Tesla dealership: ‘What Elon has done to the brand is just make it feel dirty’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/26/hundreds-protest-musk-at-libertyville-tesla-dealership-what-elon-has-done-to-the-brand-is-just-make-it-feel-dirty/
— Audit finds thousands were improperly enrolled in state health care program for noncitizens, while costs were vastly underestimated
https://www.yahoo.com/news/audit-finds-thousands-were-improperly-234600903.html
— Local HUD workers terminated in recent Trump administration cuts
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/26/local-hud-workers-terminated-in-recent-trump-administration-cuts/
— Pritzker and state’s Democratic delegation in Washington say White House withholding $1.9 billion in federal funding
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/26/pritzker-omb-freeze-letter/
— Trauma on trauma: Immigration agents detain Acero charter schools parent on eve of school board vote to shutter some locations
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/26/ice-detains-school-parent/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago immigrant advocates plan ‘full week of civil disobediences’ kicking off on May Day. The “week of action” will start with a mega march on May 1 from Union Park to Federal Plaza and end with a “day without margaritas and guacamole” on Cinco de Mayo, May 5. There will also be work stoppages on May 2 and 3.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/02/26/chicago-immigrant-advocates-week-civil-disobediences-may-day
— Trump’s control of press pool, ban of AP clearly aim to drown free speech. The White House’s ongoing beef with the Associated Press and its takeover to control reporters covering President Trump are a slap in the face to Americans who rely on a free press and the First Amendment.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2025/02/26/white-house-ban-associated-press-freedom-pool-donald-trump-gulf-of-mexico-america-first-amendment
— Elon Musk, a one-man show of conflict of interest. Musk’s role at DOGE has him in charge of what happens next at the very agencies that can make his businesses thrive or suffer. If that sounds like a bad idea, that’s because it definitely is.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/02/26/elon-musk-doge-conflicts-of-interest-federal-agencies-doge-s-e-cupp
— Trump, feds blame private jet pilot for near-collision with Southwest jet at Midway. A Southwest Airlines jet attempting to land at Midway on Tuesday morning nearly crashed with a Flexjet jet that had crossed into its landing path. Federal officials are investigating the incident. A preliminary report could take 30 days.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/02/26/trumo-ntsb-private-jet-pilot-near-collision-southwest-midway
— Pritzker warns of Medicaid cuts, pushes White House to release $1.88B in funds. Gov. JB Pritzker traveled to Washington Tuesday to push for the release of $1.8 billion in frozen federal funds to the state of Illinois — and to further sound the alarm on a pending GOP budget cut to Medicaid that will strip coverage for more than 700,000 Illinois residents.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/02/26/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-frozen-federal-funds-illinois-medicaid-cuts
DAILY HERALD
— Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs in a new memo
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250226/nation-and-world-politics/the-trump-administration-sets-the-stage-for-large-scale-federal-worker-layoffs-in-a-new-memo-2/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Tens of thousands gather for Hindu festival at Nepal temple, with many lighting up marijuana joints
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/tens-of-thousands-gather-for-hindu-festival-at-nepal-temple-with-many-lighting-up-marijuana/article_2d1037c0-2de7-5699-a3aa-f9c66d668d41.html
SOUTHERN
— Republicans pushing forward on Medicaid changes, despite potential political fallout
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/02/27/republicans-pushing-forward-on-medicaid-changes-despite-potential-political-fallout/
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
— Chicago organizations gather outside Trump Tower on Inauguration Day to protest new administration
https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/watch-chicago-organizations-gather-outside-trump-tower-on-inauguration-day-to-protest-new-administration/
EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Illinois schools continuing DEI initiatives despite federal funding threats
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/illinois-schools-continuing-dei-initiatives-despite-federal-funding-threats/article_a7b56614-f48d-11ef-9b9a-2786de45574a.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Registry revival: Trump targets undocumented immigrants in sweeping new enforcement push
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/migrants-could-soon-face-fines-and-prison-time-for-failing-to-register-with-government-illegal-immigration-us-mexico-border-asylum-executive-order-immigration-and-nationality-act
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Pentagon orders new purge of social media sites to dump diversity, inclusion mentions by March 5
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-pentagon-orders-new-purge-of-social-media-sites-to-dump-diversity-inclusion-mentions-by-march-5/
— Democrats push pot in Pekin
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/new-cannabis-dispensary-proposed-to-go-in-historic-downtown-pekin-building/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Christianity declines among U.S. adults while ‘religiously unaffiliated’ grows
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-26/christianity-declines-among-u-s-adults-while-religiously-unaffiliated-grows-study-says
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-02-27/how-trumps-crackdown-plays-into-misperceptions-about-immigrants-and-crime
ILLINOIS TIMES
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters glorify and praise those who say that they can “work with” the hate-filled Trump-hating Pritzker. Pritzker destroys those who do not share his hatred against Trump.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/gop-says-they-can-work-with-dems-19816396
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-463/
— Isabel’s afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/02/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-256/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— About that “balanced” budget in Illinois
https://wirepoints.org/and-about-that-balanced-budget-in-illinois-wirepoints-quickpoint/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Washington Post wants to hear from recently fired federal employees. Does the Washington Post what to hear my story? My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire when was 49 years old in 1997. To justify that, they used massive Republican-led budget cuts and up-or-out, that is, they’re not having promoted me beyond GS-13. But they wanted to retaliate against me because I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation since 1988. Previously, they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, and d) forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. By doing the aforesaid, my Democrat GAO superiors wasted what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years and for IRS for almost 9 years, b) earning three job-related master’s degrees, c) earning six job-related professional certifications, and d) earning a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, to deal with Republican-led budget cuts, they first got rid of their employees who were Republican and then their employees who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. Because I was all of the aforesaid, I never would have survived for the 18 years if I had not a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) earned additional job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, c) became a licensed CPA in 1981, and d) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— With Bryon Daniels Announcing Candidacy for Florida Governor, Three Past Illinois Congressional Candidates Being Mentioned
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/26/with-bryon-daniels-announcing-candidacy-for-florida-governor-three-past-illinois-congressional-candidates-being-mentioned/
— FOID Retrieval Action in Cary
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/26/foid-retrieval-action-in-cary/
— Ness Reports on Springfield
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/26/ness-reports-on-springfield/
— Illinois Paying for Kaplan Test Preparation Courses for University Students and Those at Five Junior Colleges
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/26/illinois-paying-for-kaplan-test-preparation-courses/
— LaHood Playing Key Role in Selection of Next U.S. Attorney
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/26/lahood-playing-key-role-in-selection-of-next-u-s-attorney/
— Former Algonquin Township Trustee Ed Zimel Reflects on Randy Funk’s Defeat, Posts Victory Celebration Photos
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/26/ed-zimel-reflects-on-randy-funks-defeat-posts-victory-celebration-photos/
— Nail-Biter in Grafton Township Trustee Contest
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/26/nail-biter-in-grafton-township-trustee-contest/
– Pritzker Two-Step 3 AM Tax Hike Predicted
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox?compose=GTvVlcSBpRTKlGmDwHHjfpWkJTSNnwFZNWcqZdGStTcRNvBHZSlhfHFFDjMlLWXSDsbdLWldLzhQg
— Anonymous Letter in Support of Leda Bobera-Drain’s Re-Election Campaign Day Before Voting Did Not Lead to Victory
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/02/26/anonymous-letter-in-support-of-leda-bobera-drains-re-election-campaign-day-before-voting-did-not-lead-to-victory/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ICE tallies 20,000 arrests in one month
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/26/ice-tallies-20000-arrests-one-month/
— Trump memo orders ‘large-scale’ federal layoffs in sweeping agency cuts
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/26/memo-calls-large-scale-cuts-federal-agencies/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Will Trump’s Second Musk Bet Pay Off? DOGE could reform the government, or it could just aggravate voters.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/will-trumps-second-musk-bet-pay-off/
AMERICAN DECENCY
— Has the Glory of the Lord Departed from Wheaton?
https://americandecency.org/2025/has-the-glory-of-the-lord-departed-from-wheaton/
AMERICAN WIRE
— Michael Moore says deported illegals could cure cancer, stop killer asteroid, but Dem lawmaker reminds people that they are food picking slaves
https://americanwirenews.com/michael-moore-says-deported-illegals-could-cure-cancer-stop-killer-asteroid-but-dem-lawmaker-reminds-people-that-they-are-food-picking-slaves/
BLAZE
— Illegal aliens are criminals, not victims (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise illegals.)
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/illegal-aliens-are-criminals-not-victims
BREITBART
— Illegals Will Have Chance to Register Within 30 Days of Arrival and Be Removed, Will Have Chance to Come Back Later
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/02/26/noem-illegals-will-have-chance-to-register-within-30-days-of-arrival-and-be-removed-will-have-chance-to-come-back-later/
— Migration Arrests Rise Sevenfold Under Trump
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/02/26/migration-arrests-rise-sevenfold-under-trump/
— Michael Moore: Trump Might Be Deporting Illegals Who Could ‘Cure Cancer’ or Stop an Asteroid (COMMENT: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise illegals.)
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/02/26/michael-moore-trump-might-be-deporting-illegals-who-could-cure-cancer-or-stop-an-asteroid/
— Pentagon Orders the Removal of DEI from All Official Online Content
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/26/exclusive-pentagon-orders-removal-dei-all-official-online-content/
FOX NEWS
— The war on woke has ‘certainly’ not been won yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3FlFq4SoiU
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Wokeness in Medicine Lingers
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/wokeness-in-medicine-lingers/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Revokes Biden’s Concessions to Commie Venezuela
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/02/26/trump-revokes-bidens-concessions-to-commie-venezuela-n4937356
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— USAID Has Done America Extreme Harm Overseas
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/02/26/former_usaid_coo_the_agency_has_done_america_extreme_harm_overseas_its_a_multibillion-dollar_money_pot.html
— Pritzker’s Not a Nazi Either – Richard Porter (COMMENT: In my opinion, Pritzker is ever-increasingly treating Republicans like Hitler treated Jews. That explains why more and more and more Republicans are giving up on Illinois. That explains why more and more and more Republicans are fleeing Illinois.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/26/pritzkers_not_a_nazi_either_152419.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump suggests pilot’s license be suspended in close call at Chicago airport
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/trump-suggests-pilot-s-license-be-suspended-in-close-call-at-chicago-airport/ar-AA1zQfGk
— Trump hosts event honoring Black History Month (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote Black History Month. When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and replaced me with their Black History Month coordinator. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/watch-live-trump-hosts-event-honoring-black-history-month/ar-AA1zsYRv
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democratic governors pitch state jobs to federal workers cut by Trump
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democratic-governors-pitch-state-jobs-to-federal-workers-cut-by-trump/ar-AA1zR4Yr
— Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-2-27-2025
ABC NEWS
— As Trump’s deadline to eliminate DEI nears, few schools openly rush to make changes
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trumps-deadline-eliminate-dei-nears-schools-openly-rush-119240446
— A Project 2025 author Russell Vought carries out his vision for mass federal layoffs. The Trump administration’s demand that federal agencies plan to radically downsize is driven by a key figure in the conservative movement who has long planned this move. (COMMENT: Vought is a Wheaton College graduate.)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/project-2025-author-carries-vision-mass-federal-layoffs-119229770
NBC NEWS
— Trump administration creates registry for immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. Everyone who is in the U.S. illegally must register, give fingerprints and provide an address, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-administration-registry-immigrants-illegal-undocumented-rcna193818
CBS NEWS
— Federal agencies told to submit “reorganization plans,” prepare for mass firings
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-personnel-budget-memo-reorganization-plans/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration, Breaking With Musk’s Directive, Says Replying to His Email Is Voluntary. The response to Elon Musk’s “What did you do last week?” email to federal employees suggests that there may be limits to how far he can push the government’s work force.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/us/politics/elon-musk-email-federal-workers.html
— The Next Phase of Trump’s Large-Scale Work Force Cuts Is Underway. Workers at a handful of agencies have begun receiving notifications that they are part of the “reduction in force” directed by the president, after a wave of firings that targeted probationary workers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/trump-musk-doge-cuts-federal-workers.html
— Trump Administration Escalates Layoffs of Federal Workers. Federal officials circulated a memo asking agency leaders to plan even more job reductions after thousands of federal workers were fired in recent weeks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/trump-doge-federal-worker-layoffs-memo.html
— Trump Said E.P.A. Would Lose 65 Percent of Staff. Then, a Correction.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/climate/trump-epa-layoffs.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding. Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2025/elon-musk-business-government-contracts-funding/
— Musk attends Trump’s first Cabinet meeting of new term
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/26/trump-presidency-news/
— Are you a federal employee who was fired after a glowing review? Tell The Post. The Washington Post wants to hear from federal employees who were recently fired after receiving a glowing performance review. Tell us your story through this form.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/26/submissions-federal-dismissals/
USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/27/dei-backlash-erase-black-executives-gains/78475480007/
FORBES
— Here’s Where Trump’s Government Layoffs Reportedly Are—Social Security Administration, FEMA, IRS And More
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/02/26/heres-where-trumps-government-layoffs-reportedly-are-social-security-administration-fema-irs-and-more/
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://hbr.org/2025/02/how-to-assess-the-new-legal-risks-of-your-dei-policies
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Federal workers react to Trump administration’s new plan for restructuring, staff cuts: ‘They’ll have to fire me.’
https://www.businessinsider.com/doge-office-new-staff-cuts-federal-workers-responde-2025-2
FED SMITH
— RIFs Are Coming: What Federal Employees Need to Know About the Upcoming Workforce Optimization Initiative. The Trump administration is directing agencies to plan for large scale reorganizations and RIFs. Details of the plans have emerged. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, to deal with Republican-led budget cuts, they first got rid of their employees who were Republican and then their employees who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. Because I was all of the aforesaid, I never would have survived for the 18 years if I had not a) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) earned additional job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, c) became a licensed CPA in 1981, and d) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/02/26/rifs-are-coming-what-federal-employees-need-to-know-about-upcoming-workforce-optimization/
POLITICO
— Elon Musk’s bad rep among Dems threatens EV sales push in statehouses. Tesla’s campaigns to sell its electric vehicles directly to consumers, bypassing traditional dealerships, face more challenges in Democratic statehouses as Musk’s national clout grows.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/27/elon-musk-tesla-ev-sales-00206194
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
— All those in the mainstream news media are LGBTQ and/or promote LGBTQ.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/26/most-lgbtq-adults-expect-trumps-policies-to-affect-gay-lesbian-bisexual-and-trans-people-negatively/
FINANCIAL TIMES
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.ft.com/content/87cdf51c-c8e6-439c-aef6-91cb8faed78a
